Promoter analysis and chromosomal mapping of human EBAG9 gene.

abstract：:The myelin basic proteins (MBPs) are a family of polypeptides that are predominantly expressed in the nervous system where they play a major role in myelination. We have generated four lines of transgenic mice carrying a transgene in which 1.34 kb of the 5'-flanking sequence of the mouse MBP gene was fused upstream of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asipu A,Mellor AL,Blair GE

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) of smooth muscle consists of an actin-binding domain at the N-terminal, the catalytic domain in the central portion, and the myosin-binding domain at the C-terminal. The kinase activity is mediated by the catalytic domain that phosphorylates the myosin light-chain of 20kDa (MLC20), act...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura A,Xie C,Zhang Y,Gao Y,Wang HH,Ye LH,Kishi H,Okagaki T,Yoshiyama S,Hayakawa K,Ishikawa R,Kohama K

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of gamma-interferon (gamma-IFN) on the interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) induced stimulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) expression in human foreskin microvascular endothelial cells (HFMEC) and in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) was investigated. When gamma-IFN and IL-1 alph...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wojta J,Zoellner H,Gallicchio M,Hamilton JA,McGrath K

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia (PE) is the leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying placentation facilitates the development of better intervention of this disease. MicroRNAs are strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of this syndrome. In current study, we found...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li Q,Pan Z,Wang X,Gao Z,Ren C,Yang W

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental gene transfer has permitted a wide variety of studies on gene regulation and function. However, possible effects of the introduced DNA on cellular metabolism are not well understood. Here we demonstrated that introduction of DNA into a promonocytic cell line, U937, by electroporation caused extensive cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimokawa T,Okumura K,Ra C

更新日期：2000-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) has emerged as a promising noninvasive modality for neuromodulation. Despite previous evidence that US may mediate cellular response by activating mechanosensitive ion channels embedded in the cell membrane, the underlying mechanism is not well understood. In this work, we developed a vertically deploy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liao D,Li F,Lu D,Zhong P

更新日期：2019-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitors calyculin A, okadaic acid and the calmodulin antagonist W-7 on amylase secretion were studied in pancreatic acini. Calyculin A and okadaic acid dose-dependently inhibited amylase secretion to basal levels when stimulated with the intracellularly acting secreta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meyer-Alber A,Fetz I,Waschulewski IH,Höcker M,Fölsch UR,Schmidt WE

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2.8-kb sequence of cDNA encoding southeastern diamondback rattlesnake venom L-amino acid oxidase was determined. A translated single open reading frame revealed a 58.7-kDa polypeptide containing a signal sequence and FAD binding motif. The protein similarity search and analysis showed that the snake L-amino acid o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Raibekas AA,Massey V

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses are crucial for the control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication. Multiple studies on HIV-infected individuals and SIV-infected macaques have indicated association of several major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) gen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nomura T,Yamamoto H,Takahashi N,Naruse TK,Kimura A,Matano T

更新日期：2014-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity and the surface charge distribution of native low density lipoprotein (LDL) are prerequisites of its binding to the LDL receptor. Oxidation is one of the most important physiological effects resulting in an altered structure and metabolism of LDL. To reveal forces responsible for maintaining the intact s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakatos S,Fürész J,Pállinger E,Rischák K,Schweitzer K,Szollár L

更新日期：1995-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have reported three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against purified human placental insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I receptors. These antibodies, in contrast to the well-studied mAb alpha IR-3, stimulate binding of IGF-I and IGF-II to the receptor and DNA synthesis as well [Xiong, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li SL,Kato J,Paz IB,Kasuya J,Fujita-Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The two zinc fingers of the DNA binding domain of the human retinoic acid receptor-beta were labelled with 113Cd. Two- and three-dimensional heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments show that the first eight conserved cysteine residues coordinate the two zinc ions tetrahedrally. The ninth conserved c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Knegtel RM,Boelens R,Ganadu ML,George AV,van der Saag PT,Kaptein R

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic dyneins are multisubunit minus-end-directed microtubule motors. Different isoforms of dynein are thought to provide a means for independent movement of different organelles. We investigated the differential regulation of dynein-driven transport of pigment organelles (melanosomes) in Xenopus melanophores. A...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reilein AR,Serpinskaya AS,Karcher RL,Dujardin DL,Vallee RB,Gelfand VI

更新日期：2003-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is activated by nitric oxide (NO) and generates the second messenger cyclic GMP (cGMP). Recently, purified sGC α1β1 has been shown to additionally generate the cyclic pyrimidine nucleotides cCMP and cUMP. However, since cyclic pyrimidine nucleotide formation occurred only the presence of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bähre H,Danker KY,Stasch JP,Kaever V,Seifert R

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Using fluorescence and UV-vis spectroscopies and mass spectrometry, we demonstrated that the presence of physiological levels of reduced glutathione enhances the binding of Zn(II) to XPAzf, a Cys4 zinc finger peptide derived from the XPA protein, by means of formation of a ternary complex of a general formula ZnXPAzf[...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Piatek K,Hartwig A,Bal W

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is known to participate in the immune and inflammatory processes. In this study, we investigated the production of nitric oxide (NO) in murine viral myocarditis induced by coxsackievirus B3. The expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA in the heart first appeared on day 4 after virus inoculation an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikami S,Kawashima S,Kanazawa K,Hirata K,Katayama Y,Hotta H,Hayashi Y,Ito H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The new potent tumor promoters teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin , which are structurally unrelated to phorbol esters, activate Ca2+-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). The concentrations of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin for half-maximum acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujiki H,Tanaka Y,Miyake R,Kikkawa U,Nishizuka Y,Sugimura T

更新日期：1984-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have created genital skin fibroblast cell lines directly from three patients in a Chinese family affected by androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS). All patients in the family share an identical AR Arg840Cys mutant but show different disease phenotypes. By using the cell lines, we find that the mutation has not infl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang M,Wang J,Zhang Z,Zhao Z,Zhang R,Hu X,Tan T,Luo S,Luo Z

更新日期：2005-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancers are resistant to TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis. Silencer of death domains (SODD) binds to TNF-alpha receptor TNFR-1, and prevents spontaneous self-association of death domains and inappropriate receptor signaling. In addition, overexpression of SODD suppresses TNF-alpha-induced cell death. In this re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozawa F,Friess H,Zimmermann A,Kleeff J,Büchler MW

更新日期：2000-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:CHFR ubiquitin ligase acts as a checkpoint upon DNA damage and its functional inactivation is one of key characteristics of tumor development and metastasis. Despite the crucial role in maintaining genome integrity and cell cycle progression, little is known how CHFR stability is regulated. Here, we showed that CHFR i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kwon YE,Bae SJ,Kim M,Seol JH

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term neuropathic pain can lead to anxiety, depression, and other issues, which seriously affect patients' quality of life. For this reason, it is important to find effective treatments. Studies have shown that glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) can relieve neuropathic pain. However, its mechanism of ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pan Y,Jiang L,Wang C

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A common cause for pharmacogenetic alteration in drug response is genetic variation in encoded amino acid sequence. We have used the catecholamine and drug-metabolizing enzyme sulfotransferase (SULT)1A3 to create an artificial model system to study mechanisms-especially possible aggresome formation-by which genetic al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang L,Yee VC,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：2004-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study showed that small G protein signaling modulator 3 (SGSM3) was highly correlated with Cx43 in heart functions and that high levels of SGSM3 may induce Cx43 turnover through lysosomal degradation in infarcted rat hearts. Here, we investigated the protective effects of kenpaullone on cardiomyocytes follo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Joo HC,Choi JW,Moon H,Lee CY,Yoo KJ,Kim SW,Hwang KC

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in collagen II are associated with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, a group of heritable diseases whose common features include aberrations of skeletal growth. The mechanisms through which mutations in collagen II affect the cartilaginous tissues are complex and include both intracellular and extracellular proc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gawron K,Jensen DA,Steplewski A,Fertala A

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. (T. asiatica) has been utilized traditionally for medicinal purposes such as the treatment of diabetes. Currently, the extract is considered to be a good source of anti-diabetic agents, but the active compounds have yet to be identified. In this study, we investigated the effects of fractio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe A,Kato T,Ito Y,Yoshida I,Harada T,Mishima T,Fujita K,Watai M,Nakagawa K,Miyazawa T

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The calmodulin-stimulated ATPase of maize coleoptiles is a 140,000 Mr polypeptide. In the present study, formation of a phosphorylated intermediate by the enzyme is demonstrated. Phosphorylation is sensitive to chasing with unlabelled ATP and to hydroxylamine; lanthanum enhances its intensity while calmodulin enhances...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Briars SA,Evans DE

更新日期：1989-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen receptor (AR) recognizes and binds to 15-bp palindromic androgen response element (ARE) sequences with high affinity in vitro, which consist of two hexameric half-sites arranged as inverted repeats with a 3-bp spacer. Although a few near-consensus ARE sequences have been actually identified in the transcripti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Horie-Inoue K,Bono H,Okazaki Y,Inoue S

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), named NS5B, is phosphorylated by the cellular protein kinase C-related kinase 2 (PRK2) at two serine residues (Ser29 and Ser42) of the finger subdomain (genotype 1b). Herein, using bioinformatics, we selected four potential phosphorylation residue...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hernández S,Figueroa D,Correa S,Díaz A,Aguayo D,Villanueva RA

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (Sfrp5), an anti-inflammatory adipocytokine secreted by adipocytes, plays an important role in energy metabolism. Studies have shown that Sfrp5 plays a salutary role in the regulation of lipid metabolism, but its specific mechanism needs further study. In this study, we showed a low...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao A,Jiang F,Yang G,Liu H,Li L

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular localization of the myosin binding subunit (MBS) of smooth muscle myosin phosphatase. In MDCK cells in a confluent monolayer of polarized epithelial sheet, MBS was concentrated to the cell-cell adhesion sites. Double-immunofluorescence analysis with anti-MBS and anti-beta-catenin antibodi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki N,Nishizawa M,Ito M,Fujioka M,Nakano T,Tsujino S,Matsuzawa K,Kimura K,Kaibuchi K,Inagaki M

更新日期：1997-01-23 00:00:00