Cloning, sequencing, and expression of human gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor.

abstract：:We recently reported that the ETV6/FLT3 fusion protein conferred interleukin-3-independent growth on Ba/F3 cells. The present study has been conducted to assess role of the juxtamembrane domain of FLT3 for signal transduction and cell transformation. The wild-type ETV6/FLT3 fusion protein in transfected cells was a co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vu HA,Xinh PT,Kano Y,Tokunaga K,Sato Y

更新日期：2009-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and specificity of a novel synthetic thrombin inhibitor, DuP 714, on thrombin-induced elevation of cytoplasmic calcium, fibrinogen binding and aggregation in human platelets were examined. Thrombin (0.5 U/ml) stimulated an increase in [125I]fibrinogen binding in gel-filtered platelets which was blocked by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiu AT,Mousa SA,Pease LJ,Roscoe WA,Bozarth JM,Reilly TM,Smith RD,Timmermans PB

更新日期：1991-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII), an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypertension, hyperkalemia, and hyperchloremic acidosis, is reportedly due to mutations in WNK1 and WNK4 kinase genes. However, the pathogenesis of the disease remains unknown. Mutations in the WNK1 gene are the deletions in the f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohta A,Yang SS,Rai T,Chiga M,Sasaki S,Uchida S

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The lep of Azotobacter vinelandii is an 852-base-pair open reading frame (ORF) which encodes a protein of 284 amino acid residues. The translated protein shares 75% homology with leader peptidase I isolated from Pseudomonas fluorescens and 37% homology with leader peptidase I isolated from Escherichia coli. Five highl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jock CA,Pulakat L,Lee S,Gavini N

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a relatively simple and reliable method for isolating adrenocortical mitochondria from rats in good, reasonably pure yield. These organelles, which heretofore have been unobtainable in isolated form from small laboratory animals, are now readily accessible. A high degree of mitochondrial purity i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Solinas P,Fujioka H,Tandler B,Hoppel CL

更新日期：2012-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an autosomal dominant human disorder, caused by the abnormal expansion of a CTG trinucleotide repeat in the 3' untranslated region of a protein kinase gene (DMPK). Muscle symptoms are a common feature of the disorder and in the adult onset cases there are increased patterns of muscle fibre d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okoli G,Carey N,Johnson KJ,Watt DJ

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of lens crystallins in vivo or in a highly concentrated solution is not well established. Most studies were carried out in dilute solutions in which protein-protein interaction is minimal. In order to see whether there is conformational change (tertiary and secondary structures) when crystallin soluti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liang JJ,Chakrabarti B

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ATP upon difference absorbance due to Ca2+ and Mg2+ complexation with the metallochromic dye, Antipyrylazo III (AP III), was investigated. At divalent cation concentrations appropriate for Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ transport, wavelengths (greater than 670 nm) were found whereupon the addition of up to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gilchrist JS,Katz S,Belcastro AN

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of many small nuclear RNAs is dependent on RNase III-like endonuclease mediated cleavage, which generates a loading site for the exosome complex that trims the precursor at its 3' end. Using a temperature sensitive Pac1 nuclease, here we show that the endonuclease cleavage is equally important in termin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nabavi S,Nazar RN

更新日期：2010-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Brefeldin A (BFA), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi transport inhibitor, has been shown to cause accumulation of proteins in the ER, ER stress, and ultimately apoptosis. In this paper, we demonstrate that the knockdown of mitochondrial NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPm), a mitochondrial NADPH-generat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JL,Kim SY,Shin SW,Park JW

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells is a key event in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in humans. It has been suggested that modulation of platelet derived growth factor chain A (PDGF-A) gene expression may contribute to atherosclerosis. Using an 'in situ hybridization' technique the present...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zwijsen RM,Japenga SC,Heijen AM,van den Bos RC,Koeman JH

更新日期：1992-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Specifier proteins are important components of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system, which mediate plant defense against herbivory and pathogen attacks. Upon tissue disruption, glucosinolates are hydrolyzed to instable aglucones by myrosinases, and then aglucones will rearrange to form defensive isothiocyanates. Specif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang W,Wang W,Liu Z,Xie Y,Wang H,Mu Y,Huang Y,Feng Y

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The second open reading frame of avian reovirus S1 gene segment encodes a 17 kDa non-structural protein, named p17. The biological role of p17 is fully unknown so far. Using trypan blue dye exclusion and MTT assay, we demonstrated that the ectopic expression of p17 results in the reduction of viable cell number and ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu HJ,Lin PY,Lee JW,Hsu HY,Shih WL

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly translated proteins must undergo proper folding to ensure their function. To enter a low energy state, misfolded proteins form aggregates, which are associated with many degenerative diseases, such as Huntington's disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recent studies have shown the use of low molecular weight...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Upagupta C,Carlisle RE,Dickhout JG

更新日期：2017-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cereblon (CRBN) was originally identified as a target protein for a mild type of mental retardation in humans. However, recent studies showed that CRBN acts as a negative regulator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) by binding directly to the AMPK catalytic subunit. Because AMPK is implicated in myocardial ischemi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim J,Lee KM,Park CS,Park WJ

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfotransferase activity catalyzing the transfer of sulfate ester group from 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate to salivary mucins was found associated with Golgi-rich membrane fraction of rat submandibular salivary glands. Alkaline borohydride reductive cleavage of the synthesized 35S-labeled glycoprotein led to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Slomiany BL,Piotrowski J,Nishikawa H,Slomiany A

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, also known as the canonical Wnt pathway, plays a role in cell proliferation and differentiation in several tissues/organs. It has been recently described in humans a relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and mutation in the gene encoding the transcription factor TCF7L2 associ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maschio DA,Oliveira RB,Santos MR,Carvalho CP,Barbosa-Sampaio HC,Collares-Buzato CB

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An intein is a polypeptide that interrupts the functional domains of a protein, called the exteins. The intein can facilitate its own excision from the exteins, concomitant with the ligation of the exteins, in a process called protein splicing. The alpha subunit of the ribonucleotide reductase of the extreme thermophi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kerrigan AM,Powers TL,Dorval DM,Reitter JN,Mills KV

更新日期：2009-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of the expression of human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogenes E6 and E7 plays a pivotal role in cervical carcinogenesis because the E6 and E7 proteins neutralize p53 and Rb tumor suppressor pathways, respectively. In approximately 90% of all cervical carcinomas, HPVs are found to be integrated into the host g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee K,Lee AY,Kwon YK,Kwon H

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of cellular adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins is poorly understood. In the present analyses, we set out to test the hypothesis that high galectin-3 concentration on the cell surface downregulates cellular adhesion to the extracellular matrix proteins. Various tumor cell lines were briefly incubated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ochieng J,Leite-Browning ML,Warfield P

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicubenol and 19-hydroxyferruginol (Ferruginol) are sesquiterpenes isolated from the black heartwood of Cryptomeria japonica. Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized antigen-presenting cells that monitor the antigenic environment and activate naïve T cells. The role of DC is not only to sense danger but also to tolerize...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takei M,Umeyama A,Arihara S

更新日期：2005-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:N-terminal of Leu-norleucinal or Leu-methioninal was modified to obtain a cell penetrative peptide inhibitor against calpain. Benzyloxycarbonyl (Z) derivatives had less active against papain than phenylbutyryl derivatives and leupeptin. Z-Leu-nLeu-H (calpeptin) was more sensitive to calpain I than Z-Leu-Met-H and leup...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsujinaka T,Kajiwara Y,Kambayashi J,Sakon M,Higuchi N,Tanaka T,Mori T

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Labial grooves in maxillary incisors have been reported in several wild-type rodent species. Previous studies have reported age-dependent labial grooves occur in moderate prevalence in C57BL/6 mice; however, very little is known about the occurrence of such grooves. In the present study, we observed age-dependent groo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ota MS,Kondo K,Li Y,Iseki S,Yamashita A,Gibson CW,Kondo T

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherens junction-associated protein-1 (AJAP1), also called SHREW1, was first discovered as a novel component of adherens junctions in 2004. In later studies, AJAP1 was found to suppress invasion and predict recurrence of some tumors. Apart from its function as a putative tumor suppressor, AJAP1 is still poorly unders...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang M,Zhou X,Jiang W,Li M,Zhou R,Zhou S

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:RT-PCR, a rapidly emerging technique for the detection of RNA, is being used by many investigators to quantify small amounts of RNA. Accurate quantification of RNA content has been facilitated by the use of competitive amplicons as internal controls. We demonstrate that losses in sensitivity and accuracy are associate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Henley WN,Schuebel KE,Nielsen DA

更新日期：1996-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycosides are important antibiotics used against a wide range of pathogens. As a mechanism of defense, bacteria have evolved enzymes able to inactivate these drugs by regio-selectively adding a variety of functionalities (acetyl, phospho, and nucelotidyl groups) to their scaffolds. The aminoglycoside nucleotidyl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Porter VR,Green KD,Zolova OE,Houghton JL,Garneau-Tsodikova S

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here two human VIP receptor cDNA clones isolated from a jejunal epithelial cell cDNA library. The hIVR8 cDNA encodes a human VIP receptor consisting of 460 amino acids and has seven putative transmembrane domains like other G protein-coupled receptors. When expressed in COS-7 cells, hIVR8 conferred specifi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Couvineau A,Rouyer-Fessard C,Darmoul D,Maoret JJ,Carrero I,Ogier-Denis E,Laburthe M

更新日期：1994-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are N-glycosylated proteins but the role of this post-translational modification in GPCR biosynthesis has not been extensively studied. We previously showed that the non-glycosylated AT(1) receptor is inefficiently expressed at the cell surface. In this study, we addressed whet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lanctôt PM,Leclerc PC,Escher E,Guillemette G,Leduc R

更新日期：2006-02-10 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：:Incubation of 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid with corn (Zea mays L.) hydroperoxide dehydrase led to the formation of an unstable allene oxide derivative, 12,13(S)-epoxy-9(Z),11,15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid. Further conversion of the allene oxide yielded two major products, i.e. alpha-ketol 12-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamberg M

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00