Conserved and hybrid meta-cleavage operons from PAH-degrading Burkholderia RP007.

abstract：:Virosomes as membranous vesicles with viral fusion protein in their membrane are versatile vehicles for cargo delivery. The vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G) is a common fusogenic protein used in virosome preparation. This glycoprotein has been used in liposomal systems so far, but in this study, we have...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asadikaram G,Poustforoosh A,Pardakhty A,Torkzadeh-Mahani M,Nematollahi MH

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is involved in a multitude of pathological conditions. In the present study, cell cycle arrest was demonstrated in monolayer cultures of Chinese hamster ovary cells subjected to low-level oxidative stress induced by the addition of hydrogen peroxide. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis charac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Clopton DA,Saltman P

更新日期：1995-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the GATA-4 gene was analyzed in P19CL6 cells. A 124bp segment containing conserved two GC-boxes and E-box was essential for the basal promoter activity, as determined with a transient luciferase reporter gene assay. However, an extended 1312 bp reporter construct but not the 124 bp segment, when ligate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishibashi T,Yokura Y,Ohashi K,Yamamoto H,Maeda M

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human glia maturation factor beta (r-hGMF-beta) is a single-chain polypeptide (141 amino acid residues) containing three cysteines, at positions 7, 86 and 95. Nascent r-hGMF-beta exists in the reduced state and has no biological activity. The protein can be activated through oxidative refolding by incubati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zaheer A,Lim R

更新日期：1990-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a subtraction-enhanced display technique, we identified a cDNA clone representing alpha-prothymosin, from rat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). alpha-Prothymosin has been reported to be involved in cell proliferation and regulated by c-myc gene in vitro. In the present study, we investigated the gene expression...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CG,Boers W,Reitsma PR,van Deventer SJ,Chamuleau RA

更新日期：1997-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP2A5 is a major enzyme responsible for nicotine and cotinine metabolism in mice. Nicotine and cotinine enhance alcoholic fatty liver in wild type (WT) mice but not in CYP2A5 knockout (KO) mice, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated during the CYP2A5-mediated metabolism contributes to the enhancing effect. In c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen X,Wang K,Cederbaum AI,Lu Y

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding site(s) in rabbit liver fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase for the active site binding ligand, fructose 6-phosphate, and the inhibitor, fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, have been investigated by using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The distance from a nitroxide spin label to the bound ligands and the distance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu F,Roy M,Fromm HJ

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine, p-nitrophenylphosphate, and phosphorylcholine was quantitated in homogenates prepared from the occipital and temporal regions of control and Alzheimer's Disease patient brain. There were no significant differences detected in activities of enzymes cleaving the first 2 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanfer JN,McCartney DG

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:After allylisopropylacetamide-mediated "suicide" destruction of their prosthetic heme moieties, certain rat liver cytochrome P-450 isozymes can be effectively reconstituted by addition of exogenous hemin in vitro. We now report that two of these isozymes will equally accept mesohemin , a 2,4-diethyl heme-analog and re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bornheim LM,Correia MA,Smith KM

更新日期：1984-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (Ang-II) has been shown to possess several atherogenic properties including its ability to induce macrophage-mediated oxidation of LDL and to form Ang-II-modified LDL which is taken up by macrophages at enhanced rate. Oxidized-LDL (Ox-LDL) is also taken up by macrophages at enhanced rate via several sca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keidar S,Attias J

更新日期：1997-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins containing the ARID (AT-rich interaction domain) DNA-binding motif regulate gene expression and differentiation in fungi, plants, and animals. This report describes phenotypes resulting from targeted disruption of the ARID gene Mrf-2. Homozygous loss of Mrf-2 resulted in a high rate of neonatal mortality that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Whitson RH,Tsark W,Huang TH,Itakura K

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene III protein (pIII) from phi Lf, a filamentous phage of Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris, was purified by gel filtration with FPLC. The gIII coding region was amplified by PCR, which was then cloned into pUC18 and expressed in Escherichia coli. The size of both pIII, purified from phage particle and expres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu TJ,You BY,Lin NT,Yang MT,Tseng YH

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is a major contributor of cancer-related mortality. The mammalian target or rapamycin (mTOR) signaling is frequently hyper-activated in colorectal cancers, promoting cancer progression and chemo-resistance. In the current study, we investigated the anti-colorectal cancer effect of a novel mTOR comple...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huo HZ,Zhou ZY,Wang B,Qin J,Liu WY,Gu Y

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a homology search with endostatin, the C-terminus 185 aa of collagen XVIII, we report the cloning, expression, and antiangiogenic activity of a 22 kDa human collagen XV fragment, that we have named restin. Restin was expressed in the prokaryotic pET expression system. We have shown that restin inhibits the mi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramchandran R,Dhanabal M,Volk R,Waterman MJ,Segal M,Lu H,Knebelmann B,Sukhatme VP

更新日期：1999-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between autophagy and Chlamydia trachomatis infection remain inconclusive. In order to further understand the role of autophagy in C. trachomatis-infected cells. Atg5 silenced HeLa229 cell line was used to establish an autophagy inhibition C. trachomatis infection model. The results suggested that Atg5 se...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang F,Zhang L,Lu X,Zhu Q,Shi T,Lu R,Yu P,Zhang H,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriorhodopsin (BR) was reconstituted into artificial lipid membrane containing various charged lipid compositions. The proton pumping activity of BR under flash and continuous illumination, proton permeability across membrane, as well as the decay kinetics of the photocycle intermediate M(412) were studied. The re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Z,Bai J,Xu Y

更新日期：2008-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The reverse transcriptase of Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV) was partially purified from virus particles and appeared to be a heterodimer with subunit molecular masses of 70 kdal and 59 kdal. The polymerase activity of this enzyme had an absolute requirement for a divalent cation, preferring Mg++ over Mn++. Addi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thomas DA,Furman PA

更新日期：1991-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid fibrils were isolated from amyloid-laden tissue obtained from a chronic hemodialysis patient with carpal tunnel syndrome. After solubilization in guanidine HCl, a significant amount of the protein was located in a homogeneous low molecular weight fraction. The protein was found to be identical to beta 2-microg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gejyo F,Yamada T,Odani S,Nakagawa Y,Arakawa M,Kunitomo T,Kataoka H,Suzuki M,Hirasawa Y,Shirahama T

更新日期：1985-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is featured by hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance, lipid deposition and inflammation. However, the pathogenic mechanism of NAFLD is still poorly understood. Dual-specificity phosphatase 16 (DUSP16), a c-Jun N-terminal kinase-specific phosphatase, has been reported to negativ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu YK,Hu LF,Lou DS,Wang BC,Tan J

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau misfolding has been implicated in a variety of tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease. The microtubule binding domain of tau consists of four repeat segments (R1-R4), and aggregation of these segments leads to the formation of neurofibrillary tangles. Previous studies indicate that misfolded tau associates wit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dicke SS,Tatge L,Engen PE,Culp M,Masterson LR

更新日期：2017-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of musk xylene on contents of both cytochrome P-450IA1 and cytochrome P-450IA2 in rat liver was investigated using Western blotting analysis. Rats were treated i.p. for five consecutive days with either 50, 100 or 200 mg musk xylene/kg body weight. Musk xylene increased both total cytochrome P-450 and cytoc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwata N,Minegishi K,Suzuki K,Ohno Y,Kawanishi T,Takahashi A

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated calpromotin, a protein reported abundant in human red cells and shown to be of significance for KCl transport. We show that calpromotin is identical to a radical scavenger protein, thiol-specific antioxidant protein (TSA). Calpromotin is known to exist partially as a large complex of identical subunit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kristensen P,Rasmussen DE,Kristensen BI

更新日期：1999-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of mRNA influences the dynamics of gene expression. The CCR4-NOT complex, the major deadenylase in mammalian cells, shortens the mRNA poly(A) tail and contributes to the destabilization of mRNAs. The CCR4-NOT complex plays pivotal roles in various physiological functions, including cell proliferation, ap...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi A,Kikuguchi C,Morita M,Shimodaira T,Tokai-Nishizumi N,Yokoyama K,Ohsugi M,Suzuki T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorafenib may provide survival benefits for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. However, tumor cells can display primary or secondary resistance to Sorafenib. To identify genes capable of conveying Sorafenib resistance, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR transcriptional activation library (SAM) in human Hu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cai J,Chen J,Wu T,Cheng Z,Tian Y,Pu C,Shi W,Suo X,Wu X,Zhang K

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogenovibrio marinus strain MH-110, an obligately lithoautotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, possesses three sets of the genes for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO): namely, two form I type (cbbLS-1 and cbbLS-2) and one form II type (cbbM) enzymes. The cbbQ-m gene was located downstream ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi NR,Arai H,Kodama T,Igarashi Y

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mycothiol in mycobacteria was examined by comparative analysis of mutants disrupted in the four known genes encoding the protein machinery needed for mycothiol biosynthesis. These mutants were sensitive to acid stress, antibiotic stress, alkylating stress, and oxidative stress indicating that mycothiol and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rawat M,Johnson C,Cadiz V,Av-Gay Y

更新日期：2007-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A baculovirus expression system has been used to express large quantities of full-length, biologically active Xenopus fibroblast growth factor receptor-1. Recombinant XFGFR-1 was purified to near homogeneity by a single step immunoaffinity purification procedure. The recombinant XFGFR-1 binds both FGF-1 and FGF-2 with...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brown SA,Friesel R

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on both cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-OP)-induced inositol-1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP3) production and on cytosolic free calcium concentrations [Ca2+]i by fluorescence measurements in fura-2-loaded pancreatic acini. Our data show that EGF inhibits CCK-OP ind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pröfrock A,Piiper A,Eckhardt L,Schulz I

更新日期：1991-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are crucial for the maintenance of immunological tolerance, and it has been reported that Treg cells are enriched within the tumor micro-environment for immune evasion due to their immunosuppressive functions. To inhibit Treg cells functions, FoxP3, a lineage-specific transcription fact...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JH,Ko JS,Shin Y,Cho JY,Oh HA,Bothwell AL,Lee SK

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new form of cytochrome P-450 has been purified from untreated male rabbit liver microsomes. This form was designated P-450 LM2b on the basis of its electrophoretic mobility on SDS polyacrylamide gel, where it migrates as a polypeptide of apparent molecular weight of 50,250. This hemoprotein exhibits a maximum at 448...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bonfils C,Larroque C,Maurel P

更新日期：1986-02-13 00:00:00