A novel iron responsive element in the 3'UTR of human MRCKalpha.

abstract：:Increasing the number of transcription factor binding sites within a construct can enhance expression. In an attempt to create a synthetic locus control region for mammary expression, we have generated beta-lactoglobulin-reporter constructs with multiple copies of the cluster of transcription sites normally located wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： James RM,Neil C,Webster J,Roos S,Clark AJ,Whitelaw CB

更新日期：2000-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial growth factors have become the target of intense research since the initial discovery of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF/VPF). At present, VEGF is established as a major inducer of angiogenesis in normal and pathological conditions. Recently several new members in the VEGF family have been describ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Farnebo F,Piehl F,Lagercrantz J

更新日期：1999-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model that includes biochemical interactions among the PTS system, phosphofructokinase (PFK), and pyruvate kinase (PK) is used to evaluate the dynamic behavior of the glycolytic pathway of Escherichia coli under steady-state conditions. The influence of ADP, phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), and fructose-6-pho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Diaz Ricci JC

更新日期：2000-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel synthetic retinoid, CD437, shows potent anti-tumor activity in a range of different cancer cell lines and now serves as a prototype for development of new retinoid related molecules (RRMs). The purpose of this study was to examine the effect and cellular targets of CD437 in the human metastatic melanoma cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Magnussen GI,Ree Rosnes AK,Shahzidi S,Dong HP,Emilsen E,Engesæter B,Flørenes VA

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac development requires the action of transcription factors, which control the specification and differentiation of cardiac cell types. One of these factors, encoded by the homeobox gene tinman (tin), is essential for the specification of all cardiac cells in Drosophila. An increasing number of examples show that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zaffran S,Frasch M

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recently, the newly identified embryonic stem cell marker, Zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 4 gene (ZSCAN4), which plays a key role in genomic stability by regulating telomere elongation, was shown to co-localize with TRF1 foci. This suggests that the interaction of ZSCAN4 with TRF1 functions in regulatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee K,Gollahon LS

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated P. chabaudi parasites were permeabilized with digitonin and the function of intracellular Ca2+ stores was studied using the Ca2+ indicators arsenazo III or Fluo 3-acid in the medium. Addition of the second messenger InsP3 (5 microM) to permeabilized parasites leads to Ca2+ release into the medium, with the me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Passos AP,Garcia CR

更新日期：1998-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Slo3 channels (mSlo3) primarily mediate mouse sperm K(+) currents and are essential for the capacitation-associated hyperpolarization (CAH). Whether Slo3 and/or Slo1, two Slo family K(+) channels are functionally expressed in human sperm is controversial. Our recent pharmacological studies of the human sperm CAH sugge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sánchez-Carranza O,Torres-Rodríguez P,Darszon A,Treviño CL,López-González I

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bladder carcinoma cell line EJ-1 secreted a protein of 30 kDa as a major component. This protein was purified from the serum-free conditioned medium of EJ-1. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence was identical to that of fibroblast-derived endothelial cell growth factor (f-ECGF), but there were differences in their...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akaogi K,Okabe Y,Funahashi K,Yoshitake Y,Nishikawa K,Yasumitsu H,Umeda M,Miyazaki K

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in human cancers has gradually been acknowledged. In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), several circRNAs have been reported to regulate tumor growth and metastasis. However, the role of hsa_circ_0000673 in HCC remains largely unknown. In this study, we found that hsa_circ_000067...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang W,Wen D,Gong L,Wang Y,Liu Z,Yin F

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of the anticancer drug Taxol in yew (Taxus) species is thought to involve the preliminary formation of the advanced taxane diterpenoid intermediate baccatin III upon which the functionally important N-benzoyl phenylisoserinoyl side chain is subsequently assembled at the C13-O-position. In vivo feeding...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Long RM,Croteau R

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is widely involved in pathophysiological processes of cardiac remodeling. Molecules associated with antioxidant functions may be ideal targets for reversing cardiac remodeling. Sestrin2 is the important component of endogenous antioxidant defense, while there is little information on the pathophysiolo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Du JX,Wu JZ,Li Z,Zhang C,Shi MT,Zhao J,Jin MW,Liu H

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the cDNA sequence for neurocalcin, a novel calcium-binding protein in bovine brain. This clone (pCalN) has 582 nucleotides in the open reading frame including the termination codon TGA, 11 nucleotides of the 5' leader and 1251 nucleotides of the 3' noncoding region. The deduced amino acid sequence reveal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okazaki K,Watanabe M,Ando Y,Hagiwara M,Terasawa M,Hidaka H

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin, a novel growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide, was recently isolated from rat stomach by the search of an endogenous ligand to an "orphan" G-protein-coupled-receptor. Ghrelin neuron is present in the arcuate nucleus of rat hypothalamus, but its central effect on growth hormone (GH) release has yet to be c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Date Y,Murakami N,Kojima M,Kuroiwa T,Matsukura S,Kangawa K,Nakazato M

更新日期：2000-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes of the IL-1 family encode three different peptides, IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1Ra, respectively. IL-1 operates through IL-1RI, and is involved in airway inflammation in asthmatic subjects, whereas IL-1Ra appears to be a specific competitive inhibitor of IL-1. All genes are on chromosome 2q12-21 where genomewid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mao XQ,Kawai M,Yamashita T,Enomoto T,Dake Y,Sasaki S,Kataoka Y,Fukuzumi T,Endo K,Sano H,Aoki T,Kurimoto F,Adra CN,Shirakawa T,Hopkin JM

更新日期：2000-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel photoaffinity label, 8-N(3)-3'-biotinyl-ATP, has been synthesized. The introduction of an additional biotin residue is advantageous for easy detection of labeled proteins. This could be first tested by reaction with the F(1)-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 (TF(1)). UV irradiation of TF(1) in the pre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schäfer HJ,Coskun U,Eger O,Godovac-Zimmermann J,Wieczorek H,Kagawa Y,Grüber G

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:As a first step toward improving dideoxynucleoside inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus replication in human lymphocytes, we examined the kinetics of 5'-phosphorylation of a series of 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides, using deoxycytidine kinase purified from human thymus extracts. Nucleosides with the 2'-deoxyribose moi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Johnson MA,Johns DG,Fridland A

更新日期：1987-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat adult liver and hepatocyte lines express an 1.7-kb variant alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA which differs from the 2.2-kb fetal AFP transcript in sequence in the 5' region. Here we report the characterization of a variant AFP cDNA, ARFP9, which is 1349 bp in length and encodes a 325 amino acid polypeptide. Nucleot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe T,Jimenez-Molina JL,Chou JY

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of IL-8 can be induced by LPS via TLR4 signaling pathway. In this study, we tested the effect of a herbal melanin (HM) extract, from black cumin seeds (Nigella sativa L.), on IL-8 production. We used HM and LPS in parallel to induce IL-8 production by THP-I, PBMCs, and TLR4-transfected HEK293 cells. Bot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： El-Obeid A,Hassib A,Pontén F,Westermark B

更新日期：2006-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) enhances cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-mediated anion secretion by the human intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2. With the patch-clamp and Ussing chamber techniques, we investigated how PTH stimulates CFTR activity in Caco-2 cells. Cell-attached recordings reve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jantarajit W,Wongdee K,Lertsuwan K,Teerapornpuntakit J,Aeimlapa R,Thongbunchoo J,Harvey BSJ,Sheppard DN,Charoenphandhu N

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sortase enzymes belong to a family of transpeptidases found in Gram-positive bacteria. Sortase is responsible for the reaction that anchors surface protein virulence factors to the peptidoglycan cell wall of the bacteria. The compound (Z)-3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl) acrylonitrile (DMMA) has previously ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh KB,Nam KW,Ahn H,Shin J,Kim S,Mar W

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic sequence of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium NRC-1 has been analyzed by the Z curve method. The Z curve is a three-dimensional curve that uniquely represents a given DNA sequence. Based on the known behaviors of the Z curves for the archaea whose replication origins have been identified, the analysis ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang R,Zhang CT

更新日期：2003-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 135kDa DNA polymerase alpha lacking primase activity has been purified to near homogeneity from Coprinus meiotic tissues. The activity of the DNA polymerase was sensitive to aphidicolin and N-ethylmaleimide, but was insensitive to dideoxythymidine triphosphate. DNA synthesis was proceeded with a low processivity. Ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawado T,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin is a potent angiogenic factor secreted by cultured tumor cells and is found in various normal organs and tissues. The ovary is one of the adult organs in which angiogenesis normally occurs during the female reproductive cycle. In this study, we examined whether angiogenin protein is localized and if angioge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee HS,Lee IS,Kang TC,Jeong GB,Chang SI

更新日期：1999-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral gene transfer of dominant selectable markers into hematopoietic cells can be used to select genetically modified cells in vivo or to attenuate the toxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents. We show that retroviral gene transfer of thymidylate synthase (TS) confers resistance to TS directed anticancer agents ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fantz CR,Shaw D,Moore JG,Spencer HT

更新日期：1998-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that SNM1A colocalizes with 53BP1 at sites of double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by IR, and that these proteins interact with or without DNA damage. However, the role of SNM1A in the DNA damage response has not been elucidated. Here, we show that SNM1A is required for an efficient G1 checkpoi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akhter S,Legerski RJ

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently isolated a rat homologue of the Caenorrhabditis elegans lin-10 product. Although rat lin-10 is expressed in the cytosol and membrane fractions of various tissues, it is distributed only in the membrane fraction in brain where it is enriched in the synaptic plasma membrane and postsynaptic density frac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ide N,Hata Y,Hirao K,Irie M,Deguchi M,Yao I,Satoh A,Wada M,Takahashi K,Nakanishi H,Takai Y

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Kif4A is a member of the Kinesin-4 family of kinesins. Kif4A is thought to be a bona fide chromokinesin because it possesses a motor domain and associates with condensed chromosomes during mitosis. Genetic deletion of Kif4A promotes tumorigenic phenotypes in mouse embryonic cells. Kif4A is critical for mitotic r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G,Chen PL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation has an essential role in regulating the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The serine/threonine kinase PIM2 is highly expressed in human macrophages, and exhibits regulatory role in inflammatory response. However, its effect on ARDS progression has not been investigated and still ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang F,Xu L,Dong G,Zhu M,Liu L,Wang B

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, we have examined the role of serotonin in regulating the levels of methyl farnesoate and ecdysteroids in the giant mud crab Scylla serrata and validated that serotonin indeed is a reproductive hormone. Administration of serotonin elevated circulatory levels of methyl farnesoate and ecdysteroids i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Girish BP,Swetha CH,Reddy PS

更新日期：2017-09-02 00:00:00