Converging antigenic structure of a recombinant viral peptide displayed on different frameworks of carrier proteins.

abstract：:Myometrial membranes, obtained from estrogen-dominated (day 0) rat uteri, were immunoblotted with antiserum (SG1), which recognizes the alpha subunits of both Gi1 and Gi2, with antiserum (LE2) specific for Gi2 alpha, and with I3B antiserum, specific for Gi3 alpha. The data revealed the absence of detectable levels of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanfin Z,Goureau O,Milligan G,Harbon S

更新日期：1991-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium ionophore (A23187)-induced high molecular weight (HMW) and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation were investigated in human leukemia cell lines. An apoptosis-sensitive cell line, HL-60, showed HMW, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and morphological changes of apoptosis by A23187. MOLT-4, which is resistant to a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kataoka A,Kubota M,Wakazono Y,Okuda A,Bessho R,Lin YW,Usami I,Akiyama Y,Furusho K

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PMA-induced leukotriene C4 synthase (LTC4S) phosphorylation was investigated over a period of 8 h in a monocytic cell line (THP-1). The level of LTC4S phosphorylation was increased 3-5 fold over a 4 h period decreasing to basal levels after 8 h. This phosphorylation event was found to be specific to THP-1 cells as the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gupta N,Nicholson DW,Ford-Hutchinson AW

更新日期：1999-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Prodigiosin 25-C inhibited the accumulation of 3-(2,4-dinitroanilino)-3'-amino-N-methyldipropylamine and acridine orange in the acidic compartments of baby hamster kidney cells with little perturbation of cellular ATP levels. In rat liver lysosomes, prodigiosin 25-C inhibited the proton pump activity with an IC50 of a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kataoka T,Muroi M,Ohkuma S,Waritani T,Magae J,Takatsuki A,Kondo S,Yamasaki M,Nagai K

更新日期：1995-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are the guardians of peripheral tolerance acting to prevent autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythomatosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Defects in Tregs have been reported in these two diseases despite significant differences in their clinical phenotype and pathogenesis. In...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chavele KM,Ehrenstein MR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte-elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) positively regulates tumor progression and metastasis. Here, we document that AEG-1 upregulates transcription of the membrane protein tetraspanin 8 (TSPAN8). Knocking down TSPAN8 in AEG-1-overexpressing human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells markedly inhibited invasion and migrati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akiel MA,Santhekadur PK,Mendoza RG,Siddiq A,Fisher PB,Sarkar D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that, in the presence of chimeric oligonucleotides containing complementary deoxyribo- and 2'-O-methylnucleosides, a nonaribonucleotide, [5'-32P]pACUUACCUG, was cleaved specifically upon treatment with RNase H. When 3'm(UG)d(AATG)m(GAC)5' was used as a hybridization strand, pACUUACCUG was cleaved between C6 a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Inoue H,Hayase Y,Iwai S,Ohtsuka E

更新日期：1987-05-11 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 D was first described in plant tissue but has recently been shown to occur in mammalian cells where it is activated by cell surface receptors. Its mode of activation by receptors in unclear. Biochemical studies suggest that it may occur downstream of other effector proteins and that small GTP-dependent r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Holbrook PG,Geetha V,Beaven MA,Munson PJ

更新日期：1999-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cultured blood cells for transfusion purposes provide a safe alternative to donor blood, particularly for patients who require recurrent transfusions, and can be used as carriers of therapeutic molecules. In vitro derivation of hematopoietic cell types from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allows ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hansen M,von Lindern M,van den Akker E,Varga E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mediatophore is a protein purified from the nerve terminal membranes of Torpedo electric organ. It confers to artificial membranes a calcium-dependent mechanism that translocates acetylcholine. When similar reconstitution experiments are applied to rat brain synaptosomal membranes they reveal the presence of mediatoph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Israël M,Lesbats B,Morel N,Manaranche R,Le Gal la Salle G

更新日期：1988-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of p53 plays a central role in the cell's response to various stress signals. We investigated whether p53 is activated upon disruption of actin microfilaments, caused by cytochalasin D (CD). We show that treatment with CD leads to accumulation of p53 in the cells and activation of p53-dependent transcriptio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rubtsova SN,Kondratov RV,Kopnin PB,Chumakov PM,Kopnin BP,Vasiliev JM

更新日期：1998-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Local bending propensity and curvature of DNA can be characterized using a vector description of DNA bendability, based on a set of parameters derived from deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) cleavage experiments. Two characteristics-arithmetic and vector averages of bendability-were successfully used to predict experimenta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gabrielian A,Simoncsits A,Pongor S

更新日期：1996-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirement for a proline residue at the C-terminus of the Ca(2+)-binding photoprotein, aequorin, was investigated by measuring luminescence activities of a series of C-terminal deletion mutants, substitution mutants and an addition mutant. CD spectral measurements of apoaequorin with the C-terminal proline delete...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nomura M,Inouye S,Ohmiya Y,Tsuji FI

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) in Crithidia fasciculata was shown to be correlated to the growth of the parasite. An increase in activity was observed during exponential growth. Inhibition of protein synthesis induced an extremely rapid decay of AdoMetDC activity. The half-life of the en...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nasizadeh S,Persson L

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence led to the conclusion that mammalian ribosomal protein synthesis is a highly organized biological process in vivo. A wealth of data support the concept according to which tRNA aminoacylation, formation of the ternary complex on EF1A and delivery of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome is a processi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mirande M

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium release from internal stores of Entamoeba histolytica, a parasitic protozoan, was observed by measuring fluorescence of Fura-2. Emptying of inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3)-sensitive calcium pools in permeabilized E. histolytica did not significantly affect subsequent calcium release by inositol(1,3...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Raha S,Giri B,Bhattacharyya B,Biswas BB

更新日期：1995-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic activities of orexin A (OXA) in mature adipocytes are mediated via PI3K/PKB and PPARγ. However, the effects of OXA on preadipocytes are largely unknown. We report here that OXA stimulates the proliferation and viability of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and protects them from apoptosis via ERK1/2, but not through PKB....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Skrzypski M,Kaczmarek P,Le TT,Wojciechowicz T,Pruszyńska-Oszmalek E,Szczepankiewicz D,Sassek M,Arafat A,Wiedenmann B,Nowak KW,Strowski MZ

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of 2'-OH groups in the binding of mRNA to human ribosomes were studied using site-directed cross-linking. We found that both mRNA and mDNA analogues bearing a cross-linker can modify ribosomal proteins (rps) S3e and S2e at the mRNA entry site independently on tRNA presence, but only mRNA analogues were capab...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Graifer D,Zhigailov A,Ven'yaminova A,Malygin A,Iskakov B,Karpova G

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:C26, the C-terminal 26 residue peptide of serpin A1, significantly increased cell proliferation in cultures of hepatoma cells, but not in porcine kidney epithelial cells, human skin fibroblasts or keratinocytes. The mitogenic activity of C26 was preferentially inhibited with a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, an anti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Congote LF,Temmel N

更新日期：2004-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxysterols result from cholesterol by enzymatic or oxidative processes. Some exert cytotoxic effects leading to necrosis or apoptosis. Detoxification of these compounds mainly occurs in the liver and requires transport from peripheral tissues towards it. Some ATP-binding cassette transporters are involved in export of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Engel T,Kannenberg F,Fobker M,Nofer JR,Bode G,Lueken A,Assmann G,Seedorf U

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of cyanide to the CO complex of cytochrome oxidase reduces the apparent photosensitivity of the Fe-CO bond. This effect is not seen with azide, or when cyanide is added to ferromyoglobin-CO. It is proposed that cyanide binds to CuB, and restricts the passage of CO out of the protein. This restriction favors g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hill BC

更新日期：1994-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of intact nuclear DNA with proteins undissociable by 2.0 M NaCl and nonionic detergents were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis following physical or enzymatic fragmentation. Sulfhydryl molecules converted these DNAs (but not the bacteriophage lambda DNA) into smaller-Mr forms. Following limited restric...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taş S,De Larco J,Altiok E

更新日期：1985-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin I, the calcium sensor for neurotransmission, is palmitoylated. We have identified the palmitoylation sites as five cysteine residues located between the transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions. In contrast to wild-type synaptotagmin, the non-acylated mutant is not converted to the endoglycosidase-H-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Heindel U,Schmidt MF,Veit M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:hTrp3 is a human homologue of the Drosophila gene responsible for a transient receptor potential (trp) mutation. When stably expressed in HEK293 cells, hTrp3 formed ion channels that were active under resting conditions but could be further stimulated by carbachol or ATP via endogenous muscarinic or purinergic recepto...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hurst RS,Zhu X,Boulay G,Birnbaumer L,Stefani E

更新日期：1998-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factors-beta (TGFbeta1, 2 and 3) are secreted in a complex with their propeptides (latency-associated peptide 1 (LAP1), 2 and 3). TGFbeta signaling requires the dissociation of LAP and TGFbeta, a process termed latent TGFbeta activation. This process is a critical but incompletely understood step i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Annes JP,Rifkin DB,Munger JS

更新日期：2002-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid sequences of cytotoxin-like basic proteins (CLBPs), purified from the venoms of Formosan cobra (Naja naja atra) and Indian cobra (Naja naja), were reinvestigated. The determined sequences differed from those reported previously by Takechi et al. [(1985) Biochem. Int. 11, 795-802; (1987) Biochem. Int. 14, 14...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Inoue S,Okumura K,Tsujino M,Ohkura K,Ikeda K,Takechi M,Tanaka Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：1989-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence homology was found by computer analysis between potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) RNA and U3B snRNA of Novikoff hepatoma cells. This homology is colinear in arrangement, extends in length to 81% of the entire U3B snRNA molecule and is involved in the PSTV molecule unique sites which, if depicted in terms of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kiss T,Pósfai J,Solymosy F

更新日期：1983-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercellularity and accumulation of extracellular matrix are common responses of renal glomeruli to inflammatory stimuli. Using the differential display approach, we compared the gene expression patterns of proliferating and differentiating rat mesangial cells in two- and three-dimensional cultures. Osteopontin, an e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pröls F,Heidgress D,Rupprecht HD,Marx M

更新日期：1998-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the methylerythritol phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis, the GcpE/IspG enzyme catalyzes the conversion of 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate into (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate. This reaction requires a double one-electron transfer involving a [4Fe-4S] cluster. A thylakoid prepara...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Seemann M,Tse Sum Bui B,Wolff M,Miginiac-Maslow M,Rohmer M

更新日期：2006-03-06 00:00:00