Rapid synthesis of oligonucleotides by the phosphotriester method.

abstract：:Pterocarpans, a family of isoflavonoids found in the diverse Fabaceae, display potent cytotoxic activity over a panel of tumor cell lines, and among those tested, 2,3,9- trimethoxypterocarpan displays the most potent activity. This study evaluates the effects of 2,3,9-trimethoxypterocarpan and its related derivatives ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Militão GC,Prado MP,Pessoa C,de Moraes MO,Silveira ER,Lima MA,Veloso PA,Costa-Lotufo LV,Machado-Santelli GM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are subcellular organelles which are present in virtually every eukaryotic cell and catalyze a large number of metabolic functions. The importance of peroxisomes for humans is stressed by the existence of a large group of genetic diseases in which either the biogenesis of peroxisomes is impaired or one of ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Wanders RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preadipocyte cell lines 3T3-L1 and 3T3-F442A are widely used to study the cellular mechanisms of preadipocyte differentiation and mature adipocyte functions. However, transfection with naked DNA is inefficient in these cell lines. Adenoviral gene transfer is a powerful technique to induce high levels of transgene ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Béréziat V,Moritz S,Klonjkowski B,Decaudain A,Auclair M,Eloit M,Capeau J,Vigouroux C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are here reporting that calpain-1 is a constitutive component of a distinct lipid raft/caveolin-1 microdomain isolated from bEnd5 cells in association with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). Perturbations in intracellular calcium concentration by Ca2+-ionophore A23187 or pro...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Martines A,Stifanese R,Faelli EL,Perasso L,Melloni I,Ruggeri P,Averna M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic phosphonate inhibitor designed for lipase inhibition but displaying a broader range of activity was covalently immobilized on a solid support to generate a function-directed tool targeting serine hydrolases. To achieve this goal, straightforward and reliable analytical techniques were developed, allowing t...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Delorme V,Raux B,Puppo R,Leclaire J,Cavalier JF,Marc S,Kamarajugadda PK,Buono G,Fotiadu F,Canaan S,Carrière F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disintegrins are small non-enzymatic proteins common in the venoms of many viperid snakes. These proteins have received significant attention due to their ability to inhibit platelet aggregation and cell adhesion, making them model compounds in drug development and design investigations. The present study used a combi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Saviola AJ,Modahl CM,Mackessy SP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increase of multidrug resistance, novel anti-leukemia agents with diverse mechanisms of action are required to address this challenge. NK-18, the core region of mammalian derived protein NK-lysin, effectively inhibited the viability of both multidrug resistant and sensitive leukemia cell lines. Meanwhile, thi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yan J,Liang X,Bai C,Zhou L,Li J,Wang K,Tang Y,Zhao L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterocin CRL35 activity is deeply influenced by the membrane viscosity as could be demonstrated performing determinations of the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) at different temperatures and analyzing the membrane viscosity in these cells as well as in resistant bacteria. In all the cases, bacteriocin activit...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Minahk CJ,Saavedra L,Sesma F,Morero R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of integral membrane voltage-gated ion channels by the initially soluble C-terminal channel polypeptide (CP) of the pore-forming colicins is a fruitful area for studies on membrane protein import. The dependence of CP import on specific membrane parameters can be better understood using liposomes and pla...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Zakharov SD,Cramer WA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified chromatin isolated from lymphocytic cells derived from patients with acute leukemia, or other lymphoproliferative disorders has been compared with chromatin isolated from normal human lymphocytic cells by gel electrophoresis and differential gradient ultracentrifugation. Thermal denaturation studies showed hi...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Desai LS,Wulff UC,Foley GE

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a new extended set of 13 amber suppressors in E coli, systematic amino-acid replacements were performed at positions 104(E) and 238(G) of TEM-1 beta-lactamase from PUC19. The enzyme is tolerant to most substitutions tested at position 104. Missense revertants E104K, E104S or E104Y exhibited only minor changes in...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lenfant F,Labia R,Masson JM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cycling rates of E. coli ribosomes and of elongation factors EF-Tu and EF-G have been obtained and these are compatible with translation rates in vivo. We show that the rate of translocation is faster than 50 s-1 and therefore that the EF-G function is not a rate limiting step in protein synthesis. The in viv...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Bilgin N,Kirsebom LA,Ehrenberg M,Kurland CG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoactive hormone bradykinin, its N-and C-terminal fragments and some structural analogues were studied by Circular Dichroism. Conformational features of the peptide can be detected by comparative analysis of the various CD spectra recorded as a function of aqueous pH, solvent and temperature. It is shown that th...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lintner K,Fermandjian S,Regoli D

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli K-12 has been purified and characterized from cell mutants able to grow in putrescine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. The enzyme has an Mr of 195,000 +/- 10,000 in its dimeric form with an Mr of 95,000 +/- 1,000 for each subunit, a pH optimum at 5.4 ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Prieto MI,Martin J,Balaña-Fouce R,Garrido-Pertierra A

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been identified and purified from the venom of desert cobra (W aegyptia) to apparent homogeneity using a TSK G 3000 SW gel filtration column and a Mono Q anion-exchange column. AChE was purified to homogeneity as established by sodium dodecylsulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. T...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Duhaiman AS,Alhomida AS,Rabbani N,Kamal MA,al-Jafari AA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of fatty acids among cellular glycerophospholipids is finely regulated by the CoA-dependent acylation of lysophospholipids followed by transacylation reactions. Arachidonic acid is the fatty acid precursor of a wide family of bioactive compounds called the eicosanoids, with key roles in innate immunit...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Balgoma D,Montero O,Balboa MA,Balsinde J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific contacts between DNA phosphate groups and positively charged nucleophilic amino acids from the Escherichia coli Fpg protein play a significant role in DNA-Fpg protein interaction. In order to identify these phosphate groups the chemical crosslinking procedure was carried out. The probing of the Fpg protein ac...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kuznetsova S,Rykhlevskaya A,Taranenko M,Sidorkina O,Oretskaya T,Laval J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian Virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication was studied in vitro using cell free extracts prepared from SV40 infected CV1 cells. The cells were fractionated into a soluble cytoplasmic fraction and nuclei. The nuclei were lysed with high salt and used to prepare a soluble nuclear fraction. Both fractions displayed DNA polym...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Girard M,Marty L,Cajean C,Suarez F

更新日期：1976-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'RNA editing' was used for the first time in 1986 to describe the process of uridylate insertion into trypanosomal mitochondrial transcripts. Since then, the term has been used more generally to describe a large variety of processes involving base insertions, deletions and conversions that generate RNAs with ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Blanc V,Jordana X,Litvak S,Araya A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypsin and pronase treatment of purified human neutral bronchial mucins released small fragments from the C-terminal end of these molecules and resulted in slight increases in their sedimentation coefficient presumably reflecting conformational changes. The antigenic determinant of neutral bronchial mucins which appe...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lhermitte M,Lambin G,Lafitte JJ,Rousseau J,Degand P,Roussel P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Lyme arthritis provides a mouse model for exploring the development of pathology following infection of C3H mice with Borrelia burgdorferi. Infected mice develop a reliable inflammatory arthritis of the ankle joint with severity that typically peaks around two to three weeks post-infection and then underg...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Brown CR,Dennis EA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incubation of polyphosphates with the ribosomal fraction of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius leads to the covalent attachment of phosphate to threonine residue(s) of a single 40,000 Mr protein. The hydrolysis kinetics of this protein showed that polyphosphate might be the modifying group. The reaction requires 2 mM Mn2+ ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Skorko R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of 1,400 transfer RNAs has revealed the imprint of a prototypic genetic code in position 3-4-5 of the acceptor stem. It appears only in the transfer RNAs for the primordial amino acids ie those found by chemical condensation of a nitrogen-methane-water-ammonia mixture. The model for...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Möller W,Janssen GM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of cDNA and RNA sequencing techniques has enabled determination of the complete sequence of one of the mRNAs coding for the precursor of the small subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase of Nicotiana sylvestris. In this 898-nucleotide-long mRNA, 540 nucleotides code for the entire 180-amino-acid-l...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pinck M,Guilley E,Durr A,Hoff M,Pinck L,Fleck J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of a concentrated preparation (EPA 30) containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 n-3) on the limiting desaturation steps of the polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Adu...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Narce M,Frenoux JM,Dardel V,Foucher C,Germain S,Delachambre MC,Poisson JP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein 3D structures support their biological functions. As the number of protein structures is negligible in regards to the number of available protein sequences, prediction methodologies relying only on protein sequences are essential tools. In this field, protein secondary structure prediction (PSSPs) is a mature ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： de Brevern AG

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have purified, by a three step procedure, a yeast C-nitrosoreductase and studied its action on p-nitroso-N,N-dimethylaniline. Microcalorimetric measurements performed on the microcalorimeter LKB "batch", have been given the number of protons exchanged during the reaction : four protons are involved. Two are given b...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Huynh CH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potato virus A (PVA), a potyvirus with a (+)ssRNA genome translated to a large polyprotein, was engineered and used as a gene vector for expression of heterologous proteins in plants. Foreign genes including jellyfish GFP (Aequorea victoria) encoding the green fluorescent protein (GFP, 27 kDa) and the genes of human o...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kelloniemi J,Mäkinen K,Valkonen JP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our principle hypothesis is that the hypothalamic hormone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), is an immunostimulatory hormone and plays a pivotal role in the gender differences in immunity and/or autoimmunity. As a general rule, females display heightened immune responses and heightened endocrinological responsive...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ansari MA,Dhar M,Muthukrishnan V,Morton TL,Bakht N,Jacobson JD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to demonstrate the in vivo antioxidant properties of metallothioneins (MTs), the bacteria Escherichia coli was used as a cell reactor in which we compared the metal binding and antioxidative functions of MTs from different species, with different structures and polypeptide lengths. No protective effects of cy...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Achard-Joris M,Moreau JL,Lucas M,Baudrimont M,Mesmer-Dudons N,Gonzalez P,Boudou A,Bourdineaud JP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00