Creutzfeldt-Jakob infection increases adenylate cyclase activity in specific regions of guinea pig brain.

abstract：:Here, we report the volume and enthalpy changes accompanying CO photodissociation from the mixed valence form of cytochrome bo3 oxidase from Escherichia coli. The results of photoacoustic calorimetry indicate two kinetic phases with distinct volume and enthalpy changes accompanying CO photodissociation from heme o3 an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miksovská J,Gennis RB,Larsen RW

更新日期：2005-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are presented on the formation of a linoleic acid oxygenation product under basal conditions by guinea pig alveolar macrophages (AM). Under non-stimulated conditions 20 X 10(6) AM released about 1 nmol 9-hydroxylinoleic acid (9-HODE) during a 15 min incubation. Furthermore, AM released more than 2 nmol 12-hydroxy...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Engels F,Willems H,Nijkamp FP

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug carriers such as liposomes are not readily transported across cellular barriers that constitute epithelia. However, certain epithelia (rabbit yolk sac endoderm and enterocytes of suckling rat gut proximal small intestine) are well known to transcytose maternal IgG by Fc receptor-mediated endocytic events. We have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Patel HM,Wild AE

更新日期：1988-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat chromosomal gene for uricase was cloned. The gene spans more than 20 kilobases and the coding region is divided into 8 exons by 7 introns. The organization of the rat uricase gene is so greatly different from that of the soybean gene that the difference may not have been caused only by the removal of some ance...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Motojima K,Goto S

更新日期：1990-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:There are now at least 14 distinct diseases linked to germ line mutations in the 21 genes that encode the connexin (Cx) family of gap junction proteins. This review focuses on the links between germ-line mutations in the gene encoding Cx43 (GJA1) and the human disease termed oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD). This di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laird DW

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we introduce monobromobimane, a thiol reagent, as a selective blocker of the recently identified dithiol whose oxidation-reduction status modifies voltage sensing by the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a cyclosporin A-sensitive channel. Monobromobimane does not inhibit the phosphate carrier, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Costantini P,Chernyak BV,Petronilli V,Bernardi P

更新日期：1995-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate compartmentalization in intracellular organelles has been long recognized as critical for plant physiology but the molecular identity of the proteins involved remained unclear for a long time. In Arabidopsis thaliana, AtClC-a has been recently shown to be a NO(3)(-)/H(+) antiporter critical for nitrate transpo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zifarelli G,Pusch M

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Several clinical studies have shown that cyclosporin A (CsA) is effective for treating a variety of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Because reactive oxygen species are believed to play a key role in the development of these diseases, causing cell apoptosis, we investigated whether CsA inhibits H2O2-induc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugano N,Ito K,Murai S

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha2-Macroglobulin was derivatized with a sulfhydryl cross-linker and sandwiched between a mica substrate and a silicon nitride tip, both coated with gold, of an atomic force microscope and force curve measurement was carried out. An extensive downward deflection of the cantilever was observed in the retracting real...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mitsui K,Hara M,Ikai A

更新日期：1996-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The F-box protein Skp2 is important for S phase entry and binds to Skp1 and the cyclin A-Cdk2 complex. Here we report the cloning, analysis of genomic organization and characterization of a novel gene product related to Skp2 named FBL2. The human FBL2 gene was found to be a highly interrupted gene of at least 126.6 kb...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ilyin GP,Rialland M,Glaise D,Guguen-Guillouzo C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylcholine (PC) is a classical ligand of C-reactive protein (CRP), a clinically important acute phase protein. In search of new ligands, CRPs were affinity-purified from several pathological samples, which exhibited distinct molecular variants induced in different diseases. Both glycosylated and non-glycosylate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Das T,Mandal C,Mandal C

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:All acetylcholine receptor subunit genes contain E boxes and are blocked by membrane depolarization. We have used transfected C2C12 myogenic cells to investigate the response, to electrical stimulation and KCl, of wildtype and mutant regulatory regions of the chick acetylcholine receptor alpha, gamma and delta subunit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Su CT,Huang CF,Schmidt J

更新日期：1995-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP) consists of a conserved 54 kDa subunit (cpSRP54) and a unique 43 kDa subunit (cpSRP43) but lacks SRP-RNA, an essential and universally conserved component of cytosolic SRPs. High sequence similarity exists between cpSRP54 and bacterial SRP54 except for a plant-specif...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Richter CV,Träger C,Schünemann D

更新日期：2008-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexin-I is a calcium dependent phospholipid binding and phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitory protein. A 'substrate depletion' model has been proposed for the mechanism of PLA2 inhibition by annexin-I in studies with 14 to 18 kDa PLA2s. Herein, we have studied the inhibition mechanism using 100 kDa cytosolic PLA2 from ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim KM,Kim DK,Park YM,Kim CK,Na DS

更新日期：1994-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the molecular binding specificity of two rabbit polyclonal sera generated against phenolic glycolipid antigens namely PheG1 B and PheG1 B-3 from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. PheG1 B is the well-known mycoside B (2-O-Me-alpha-L-Rhap 1----aglycone), while PheG1 B-3 is a recently found glycolipid (alpha-L-Rhap-(1-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vercellone A,Riviere M,Fournié JJ,Puzo G

更新日期：1992-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural analogs of adenosine 5'-acylphosphates, which are intermediates of the reaction catalyzed by acyl-CoA synthetases, were synthesized by condensing primary alcohols with AMP to examine the inhibitory effects on the lignoceroyl-CoA and palmitoyl-CoA synthetase activities. Hexadecyl, octadecyl, eicosyl, docosyl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shiraishi T,Tezuka K,Uda Y

更新日期：1994-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The androgen-binding protein (ABP) has been purified 87,500-fold from rat testis using 4 steps of HPLC, with a yield of 14%. The molecule was 99% pure with a specific activity estimated to 16,600 pmol/mg protein. The iodinated molecule was eluted in 2 peaks in Sephacryl S300 gel filtration with a molecular mass estima...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gueant JL,Khanfri J,Gerard H,Fremont S,Gerard A,Grignon G,Nicolas JP

更新日期：1986-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A high intake of dietary fat has been suggested to diminish mitochondrial functioning in skeletal muscle, possibly attributing to muscular fat accumulation. Here we show however, that an 8-week high-fat dietary intervention did not affect intrinsic functioning of rat skeletal muscle mitochondria assessed by respiromet...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoeks J,Briedé JJ,de Vogel J,Schaart G,Nabben M,Moonen-Kornips E,Hesselink MK,Schrauwen P

更新日期：2008-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 has been purified from the venom of Horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) by gel permeation chromatography followed by reverse-phase HPLC. The primary structure was established by sequence analysis of the intact protein and its enzymic peptides. The structure has 120 residues, properties like other group I...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Siddiqi AR,Shafqat J,Zaidi ZH,Jörnvall H

更新日期：1991-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine can be metabolized by chicken erythrocytes as a carbon source maintaining ATP levels. In addition, it stimulates glucose uptake and lactate production. Adenosine effects do not involve binding to membrane receptors. They are dependent on the provision of a carbon source to glycolysis and correlate with the i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Espinet C,Bartrons R,Carreras J

更新日期：1989-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and aggregation are linked to several degenerative diseases and are responsible for the formation of bacterial inclusion bodies. Roles of molecular chaperones in promoting protein deposition have been speculated but not proven in vivo. We have investigated the involvement of individual chaperones in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carrió MM,Villaverde A

更新日期：2003-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to synthesise a cDNA encoding part of human cardiac troponin I. Amplification was achieved using fully degenerate sets of oligonucleotides corresponding to conserved regions of amino acid sequence identified in other troponin I isoforms. The cloned PCR fragment was subs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vallins WJ,Brand NJ,Dabhade N,Butler-Browne G,Yacoub MH,Barton PJ

更新日期：1990-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of estramustine and estramustine phosphate (EP) on the interaction of microtubule associated protein 2 (MAP2) with actin has been examined. We show that (a) neither estramustine nor EP influences actin polymerisation (b) EP, but not estramustine, reduces the amount of MAP2 which co-sediments with F-actin in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pedrotti B,Islam K

更新日期：1997-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA complementary to the rat hypothalamic mRNA coding for the corticotropin-releasing factor precursor (prepro-CRF) has been cloned by screening a cDNA library with a human genomic DNA probe. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned cDNA has revealed that rat prepro-CRF consists of 187 amino acid residues including ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jingami H,Mizuno N,Takahashi H,Shibahara S,Furutani Y,Imura H,Numa S

更新日期：1985-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Using specific monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, we have analyzed protein kinase C alpha and beta isozyme expression in human T cells from peripheral blood (PB) and from thymus. While the PKC beta isozyme was present in all T cell sub-types isolated from both PB and thymus, the alpha isozyme was found only in sing...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tarantino N,Debré P,Körner M

更新日期：1994-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channels comprise two subunits: SUR1 and Kir6.2. Two SUR1 mutations, A116P and V187D, reduce channel activity causing persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy. We investigated whether these mutations cause temperature sensitive misfolding. We show that the processing d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang K,Fang K,Fromondi L,Chan KW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathelicidins are a group of myeloid antimicrobial peptide precursors found in a variety of mammalian species. Transcripts of this family show a highly conserved 5' region corresponding to the 5' untranslated region, signal peptide and propiece, and diverse 3' regions encoding structurally varied C-terminal sequences ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scocchi M,Wang S,Zanetti M

更新日期：1997-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses have been etiologically implicated with leukemia in humans and animals. Understanding the virus life cycle, the proteins and enzymes involved in its replication, is essential for developing potent anti-viral drugs. Phosphorylation of retroviral proteins may alter their shape in such a way as to increase o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seri I,Priel E

更新日期：1996-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher eukaryotes the hypermodified guanine analogue, queuine (7-(5-[(1S,4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopentene-1-yl) amino)-methyl)-7-deazaguanine), occurs free or as modified nucleoside (Q) in the anticodon of specific tRNAs. Fast proliferating tissues and tumors contain considerable amounts of free queuine and Q-de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Langgut W,Kersten H

更新日期：1990-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubrivivax gelatinosus is a facultative phototrophic non-sulfur bacterium belonging to the beta subclass of the purple bacteria. A terbutryn-resistant mutant of R. gelatinosus has been isolated and characterized. Increased resistance levels to terbutryn (300-fold), atrazine (6-fold) and o-phenanthroline (3-fold) were ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ouchane S,Picaud M,Astier C

更新日期：1995-10-23 00:00:00