Abundant transcripts from retrotransposons are unstable in fully grown mouse oocytes.

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) protein 3AB is a membrane-interacting protein containing a stretch of 21 hydrophobic amino acid residues. The nature of its membrane association was studied in detail by analysing various deletion mutants. In vivo and in vitro expression of the wild-type protein and its mutants allowed to demon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ciervo A,Beneduce F,Morace G

更新日期：1998-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we demonstrate that HL-60 nuclei isolated in calcium but not EGTA containing buffers specifically bind PE and express approximately 37,000 receptor sites/nucleus. Nuclear phorbol ester binding is lost by isolation in the absence of calcium, but can be repleted by the addition of partially purified prot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kraft AS,Appling C,Berkow RL

更新日期：1987-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of IGF-II on glucose-induced insulin release in the pancreatic beta-cell. Introduction of IGF-II during perifusion of the cells with 20 mM glucose abolished glucose-induced insulin release. Concomitant addition of IGF-II with 20 mM glucose caused a complete inhibition of insulin release...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Q,Berggren PO,Larsson O,Hall K,Tally M

更新日期：1998-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cachexia, observed in most cancer patients, is a syndrome that includes wasting of bodily energy reserves and is characterized by muscle atrophy and fat loss. We have previously demonstrated that isoflavones, such as genistein and daidzein, prevent muscle wasting in tumor-bearing mice. In this study, we examined the e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshimura T,Saitoh K,Sun L,Wang Y,Taniyama S,Yamaguchi K,Uchida T,Ohkubo T,Higashitani A,Nikawa T,Tachibana K,Hirasaka K

更新日期：2018-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Papiliocin is a 37-residue peptide isolated from the swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus. In this study, we found that Papiliocin induced the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and hydroxyl radicals known to be important regulators of apoptosis in Candida albicans. To examine the relationship between the a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang B,Hwang JS,Lee J,Kim JK,Kim SR,Kim Y,Lee DG

更新日期：2011-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) isolated from the backswimmer Buenoa margaritacea has been analyzed spectroscopically. The met form at pH less than 6 shows a 30nm red shift in the Qv and Qo bands and a 5nm red shift in the Soret band compared to mammalian Hb, while only minor differences are seen in the spectra of the CO and O2 adduc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osmulski PA,Vossbrinck CR,Sampath V,Caughey WS,Debrunner PG

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase was partially purified from myofibrils of bovine heart by sequential column chromatographies. The purified protein phosphatase was immunologically identified as a delta isoform of PP1 (PP1delta). The myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin-binding phosphatase (MBP) in smooth muscle was co-purified w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishio H,Ichikawa K,Hartshorne DJ

更新日期：1997-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn consistent with Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui R,He J,Mei R,de Fromentel CC,Martel-Planche G,Taniere P,Hainaut P

更新日期：2005-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of d-glucose and its pentaacetate ester was investigated in GLUT4 null mice and control C57Bl6/CBA mice. The incorporation of d-[U-(14)C]glucose (1.7 mM) into glycogen of diaphragm, soleus, and extensor digitorium longus muscles averaged, in the GLUT4 null mice, only 34 +/- 7% of the mean corresponding ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ladrière L,Charron MJ,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of facilitative glucose transporters (Glut 1, 2 and 3) was examined by Western blot analyses 10, 20 and 30 days following surgically induced unilateral abdominal cryptorchidism. The cryptorchid testes exhibited marked degenerative changes in the seminiferous tubules and spermatogonia, impaired and incomplet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Farooqui SM,Al-Bagdadi F,O'Donnell JM,Stout R

更新日期：1997-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemin (iron protoporphyrin IX) is a necessary component of many proteins, functioning either as a cofactor or an intracellular messenger. Hemoproteins have diverse functions, such as transportation of gases, gas detection, chemical catalysis and electron transfer. Stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) is a protein involved in respir...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Westberg JA,Jiang J,Andersson LC

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data have shown that stress and other psychological factors might influence cancer onset and progression. However, to date, the mechanisms are not well understood. In the present study, we used chronic exposure to a scream as a novel form of sound stress to explore the influence of the chronic stress b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou N,Zhang X,Zhao L,Zhao X,Li Z,Song T,Huang C

更新日期：2013-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In pancreatic beta-cells, stimulation of insulin secretion by glucose and other nutrients requires metabolism of these nutrients to acetyl-CoA. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the conversion of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, which is a powerful inhibitor for carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 and fatty acid oxidation,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang S,Kim KH

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication mechanisms are poorly understood in most of trypanosomatids, in particular the replication of the peculiar mitochondrial DNA, the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA). To contribute to the knowledge on the mechanism of kDNA replication in Trypanosoma cruzi, we have previously characterized the Universal Minicircle S...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coelho ER,Rodrigues Dde C,Urményi TP,Rondinelli E,Silva R

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:When human ovarian carcinoma cells are challenged with endotoxin, an I kappa B kinase is transiently induced within 3 to 5 min. This enzyme activity causes the hyperphosphorylation and subsequent degradation of I kappa B which allows NF-kappa B to translocate to the nucleus where it activates transcription. When endot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohler NG,Joly A

更新日期：1997-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial strain collected from Western Australia carries all the specific features of Halobacteria, an extremely halophilic archaebacteria. This strain, Halobacterium sp. aus-1, contains a retinal protein which does differ from bacteriorhodopsin but still pumps out protons in the light. This novel proton pump is na...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukohata Y,Sugiyama Y,Ihara K,Yoshida M

更新日期：1988-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity and the factors which may regulate this steroid hydroxylase were examined in the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, during the last larval stadium. Radioassay experiments revealed that midgut ecdysone 20-monooxygenase undergoes a single 50-fold increase in activity tempor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keogh DP,Johnson RF,Smith SL

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial uncoupling protein UCP-1 uncouples respiration from ATP synthesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and thus energy is dissipated as heat. Recently two further isoforms have been identified which may play a similar role in other tissues. We have determined the effects of the rodent-selective beta3-adreno...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Emilsson V,Summers RJ,Hamilton S,Liu YL,Cawthorne MA

更新日期：1998-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Lafora disease, a progressive myoclonus epilepsy, is an autosomal recessive disease caused in approximately 80% of cases by mutation of the EPM2A gene, which encodes a dual specificity protein phosphatase called laforin. In addition to its phosphatase domain, laforin contains an N-terminal carbohydrate-binding domain ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang W,Roach PJ

更新日期：2004-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:GLM, a luteolin derivative, shows anti-melanogenic effect via regulation of various signal molecules; however, it is unclear whether it also exerts anti-inflammatory effect. This study investigated the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effect of GLM on activated dendritic cells (DCs) to elucidate its therapeutic pot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim WS,Song HY,Han JM,Byun EB

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of Bruton's agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase (Btk) SH2 domain was modeled based on v-Src. Btk SH2 is presumably very related to the other SH2 structures consisting of two beta-sheets surrounded by two alpha-helices, with a well conserved hydrophobic core and phoshotyrosyl peptide bind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vihinen M,Nilsson L,Smith CI

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, pigments are made by melanocytes within a specialized organelle, the melanosome. Mature, pigment-laden melanosomes are then transferred to keratinocytes to drive the visible pigmentation of the animal's hair and skin. The dilute suppressor (dsu) locus encodes an extragenic suppressor of the pigmentation de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu XS,Martina JA,Hammer JA 3rd

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the cDNA encoding human PICK1 (protein interacting with C kinase 1), a PDZ domain-containing protein of 415 amino acids, and also identified the Drosophila homologue by search of the databank. Northern blot analysis shows a single mRNA of about 2.0 kb ubiquitously expressed in human tissues. Although PI...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takeya R,Takeshige K,Sumimoto H

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:RANTES is a cytokine produced by activated T-lymphocytes that has been shown to exert chemotactic activity for memory-type CD4 T-lymphocytes and eosinophils. In this study, RANTES caused directional migration of human mast cells. When compared to other potential chemoattractants of the same cells, RANTES was found to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mattoli S,Ackerman V,Vittori E,Marini M

更新日期：1995-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of AtNTRC (AtNTRC(OE)) in Arabidopsis thaliana led to a freezing and cold stress tolerance, whereas a knockout mutant (atntrc) showed a stress-sensitive phenotype. Biochemical analyses showed that the recombinant AtNTRC proteins exhibited a cryoprotective activity for malate dehydrogenase and lactic deh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JC,Lee S,Shin SY,Chae HB,Jung YJ,Jung HS,Lee KO,Lee JR,Lee SY

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A porphyrinic sensor was used to monitor nitric oxide release from vascular smooth muscle in response to exposure to ultraviolet light. Aortic rings exposed to UV light relaxed with a time course that parallels this observed NO release. With repeated UV light treatments, the magnitude of the relaxations diminished, su...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kubaszewski E,Peters A,McClain S,Bohr D,Malinski T

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The BLM-Ni(III) complex preferentially cleaves guanine residues at D loop and anticodon loop of yeast tRNA(phe) by aniline treatment, whereas the BLM-Co(III) complex degrades certain 5'-AN sites of the minor groove region after irradiation of UV light. These cleavage features are clearly different from that of the BLM...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guan LL,Totsuka R,Kuwahara J,Otsuka M,Sugiura Y

更新日期：1993-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The 15-kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) has been implicated in etiology of some types of cancer. Herein, inducible RNAi cell lines were established and cell morphology and motility were analyzed. The majority of Sep15-deficient cells (>95%) formed membrane blebs in a dynamic manner. Blebbing cells transformed cell morphology...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bang J,Jang M,Huh JH,Na JW,Shim M,Carlson BA,Tobe R,Tsuji PA,Gladyshev VN,Hatfield DL,Lee BJ

更新日期：2015-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Various gene delivery systems have been widely studied for the acute spinal cord injury (SCI) treatment. In the present study, a novel type of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-loaded cationic nanobubbles (CNBs) conjugated with MAP-2 antibody (mAbMAP-2/BDNF/CNBs) was prepared to provide low-intensity focused ul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song Z,Ye Y,Zhang Z,Shen J,Hu Z,Wang Z,Zheng J

更新日期：2018-02-12 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