Abstract:
:The major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi, cruzipain, can be obtained essentially homogeneous, starting from crude epimastigote extracts, in one step, by affinity chromatography on Cystatin-Sepharose (specific for cysteine proteinases) or ConA-Sepharose (specific for high mannose N-linked glycoproteins). The methods offer considerable potential for enzyme purification from scarce sources, such as other parasite stages or radioactively labelled material with high specific radioactivity.
journal_name
Biol Resjournal_title
Biological researchauthors
Labriola C,Sousa M,Cazzulo JJsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
101-7issue
1-2eissn
0716-9760issn
0717-6287journal_volume
26pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Prognosis remains one of most crucial determinants of gastric cancer (GC) treatment, but current methods do not predict prognosis accurately. Identification of additional biomarkers is urgently required to identify patients at risk of poor prognoses. METHODS:Tissue microarrays were used to measure expressio...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-019-0249-0
更新日期:2019-08-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/0717-6287-47-41
更新日期:2014-09-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602001000100012
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602000000200013
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/0717-6287-47-14
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602004000200007
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-019-0229-4
更新日期:2019-04-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0716-97602008000300004
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602006000300010
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-018-0179-2
更新日期:2018-09-04 00:00:00
abstract::Guanine nucleotide binding proteins (GTP-binding proteins) function as transducers of signals in different cellular processes. We have identified several GTP-binding proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi by Western blot analyses. Six polypeptide bands, p20, p25, p28, p31, p37 and p38, were specifically detected in epimastigot...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-016-0088-1
更新日期:2016-07-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0716-97602011000200009
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602005000100007
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s40659-020-00309-z
更新日期:2020-09-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0716-97602010000200013
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0716-97602008000400005
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/0717-6287-47-66
更新日期:2014-12-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-020-00316-0
更新日期:2020-10-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602006000100002
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/0717-6287-47-40
更新日期:2014-09-04 00:00:00
abstract::After the progress made during the genomics era, bioinformatics was tasked with supporting the flow of information generated by nanobiotechnology efforts. This challenge requires adapting classical bioinformatic and computational chemistry tools to store, standardize, analyze, and visualize nanobiotechnological inform...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0716-97602011000100006
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:IcarisideII (ICAII) could promote the differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to Schwann cells (SCs), leading to improvement of erectile function (EF) and providing a realistic therapeutic option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-019-0262-3
更新日期:2019-10-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602004000400017
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Renal response to atrial natriuretic peptide in chronic cholestasis was studied in anaesthetized rats and in their isolated perfused kidneys. Cholestasis was induced by bile duct section after ligature, while controls were sham operated. Three weeks after surgery, cholestatic rats showed moderate arterial hypotension,...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transducin serves as a mediator between the receptor protein, rhodopsin, and the effector protein, cGMP phosphodiesterase, in the visual process. Transducin is a protein composed of three polypeptides: T alpha, T beta, and T gamma, and acts as two functional units, the alpha-subunit and the beta gamma-complex. In the ...
journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40659-018-0207-2
更新日期:2018-12-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0716-97602006000100012
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00