Single molecule tracking of quantum dot-labeled mRNAs in a cell nucleus.

abstract：:Three metallo forms of peptide deformylase (PDF, EC 3.5.1.31) of Escherichia coli were prepared and crystallized (space group C2, diffraction limit 1.9 A) for initiating the X-ray structure determination of the metal center in correlation with the catalytic functionality of this enzyme. The native Fe2+ containing enzy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Groche D,Becker A,Schlichting I,Kabsch W,Schultz S,Wagner AF

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of studies have indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of carcinogenesis and cancer progression and may serve as potential therapeutic tools for cancer therapy. Frizzled7 (Fzd7), the most important receptor of the Wnt signaling pathway, is extensively involved in cancer development ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren W,Li C,Duan W,Du S,Yang F,Zhou J,Xing J

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cAMP on the expression of ETA (ET-1 selective type) receptor mRNA and on the response to endothelin-1 (ET-1) were investigated in rat aortic smooth muscle cells in primary culture, using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fura-2 microfluorometry of cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura J,Chen X,Jahan H,Shikasho T,Kobayashi S,Kanaide H

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES) is constitutively expressed in various cells and regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-1-dependent immediate PGE(2) generation. Its primary structure is identical to co-chaperone p23, a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding protein. We have revealed that Hsp90 regulated both cP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatani Y,Hokonohara Y,Kakuta S,Sudo K,Iwakura Y,Kudo I

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is an important gene regulating tumor invasion. In this study, shRNA technology was used to suppress NDRG1 expression in CaSki (a cervical cancer cell line) and HO-8910PM (an ovarian cancer cell line). In vitro assays showed that NDRG1 knockdown enhanced tumor cell adhesion, m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao G,Chen J,Deng Y,Gao F,Zhu J,Feng Z,Lv X,Zhao Z

更新日期：2011-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the molecular mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effect of theanine, a green tea component, using primary cultured rat cortical neurons, focusing on group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). Theanine and a group I mGluR agonist, DHPG, inhibited the delayed death of neurons caused by brie...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagasawa K,Aoki H,Yasuda E,Nagai K,Shimohama S,Fujimoto S

更新日期：2004-07-16 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：PURPOSE:Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor-initiating cells, are involved in tumor progression, metastasis, and drug resistance. Hybrid liposomes (HLs) are nano-sized liposomal particles that can be easily prepared by ultrasonicating a mixture of vesicular and micellar molecules in buffer solutions. In this ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inamura K,Komizu Y,Yamakuchi M,Ishida S,Matsumoto Y,Matsushita T

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of 1,25-Dihydroxy-vitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] on the concentration of cytoplasmic ionized calcium [Ca2+] of cultured rat mesangial cells were studied at the single cell level by microspectrofluorometry of fura-2-loaded cells. Addition of 1,25(OH)2D3 produced an immediate increase of [Ca2]+. This rise in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boland RL,de Boland AR,Nobiling R,Weinreich T,Ritz E

更新日期：1991-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombopoietin receptor, also known as c-Mpl, is a member of the cytokine superfamily, which regulates the differentiation of megakaryocytes and formation of platelets by binding to its ligand, thrombopoietin (TPO), through Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling. The l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sasazawa Y,Sato N,Suzuki T,Dohmae N,Simizu S

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cyclic AMP-independent protein kinases (CK 1 and CK 2) in the cytosol fraction of AH-66 hepatoma cells have been purified to homogeneity. CK 1 and CK 2 had molecular weights of 36,000 and 340,000, respectively, as determined by gel filtration. CK 1 consists of a single polypeptide and CK 2 is composed of two subun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakajo S,Shimizu T,Shinkawa K,Nakaya K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1983-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane lipid peroxidation is known to produce various aldehydic compounds which cause a wide range of biological effects including heart disease, aging, and cancer. To investigate the effect of lipid peroxidation products on the expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), which catalyze the conjugation of react...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuda A,Nakamura Y,Ohigashi H,Osawa T,Uchida K

更新日期：1997-07-18 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：:Transcription factor NF-kappaB has both pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic properties depending on the cell type. Its role in the intestinal epithelial cell has not been well elucidated. Trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) is an anti-apoptotic peptide secreted by intestinal goblet cells. Here we show that TFF3 activated NF-kappaB p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen YH,Lu Y,De Plaen IG,Wang LY,Tan XD

更新日期：2000-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of substituted 4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones have been made and assayed as inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) and other serine proteases. The benzoxazinones are kinetically competitive, alternate substrate inhibitors that inhibit by acylation and slow deacylation. Two structure-activity relationships hav...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Spencer RW,Copp LJ,Bonaventura B,Tam TF,Liak TJ,Billedeau RJ,Krantz A

更新日期：1986-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Six forms of cytochrome P-450 in the mitochondria of larvae from Musca domestica were isolated by solubilization with CHAPS followed by ammonium sulfate fractionation and HPLC on an anion-exchange column. Forms 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 catalyzed the formation of 20-hydroxy-ecdysone from ecdysone in the presence of NADPH and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Srivatsan J,Weirich M,Agosin M

更新日期：1990-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized the cDNA encoding a novel protein designated DJ-1. DJ-1, sharing no significant homology with the sequences so far reported, did not show transactivation activity in the Gal4 recombinant system, but transformed mouse NIH3T3 cells by itself. Furthermore, DJ-1 showed a cooperative tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagakubo D,Taira T,Kitaura H,Ikeda M,Tamai K,Iguchi-Ariga SM,Ariga H

更新日期：1997-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of accessible SH-groups was determined in membrane vesicles prepared from Escherichia coli growing in fermentation conditions at slightly alkaline pH on glucose with or without added formate. Addition of ATP or formate to the vesicles caused a approximately 1.4-fold increase in the number of accessible SH-g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mnatsakanyan N,Poladian A,Bagramyan K,Trchounian A

更新日期：2003-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that pyridoxal phosphate shows considerable inhibition of cathepsins. CLIK-071, in which the phosphate ester of position 3 of pyridoxal phosphate was replaced by propionate, strongly inhibited cathepsin B. Three new types of synthetic pyridoxal propionate derivatives showing specific inhibition of cathepsin K...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Katunuma N,Matsui A,Inubushi T,Murata E,Kakegawa H,Ohba Y,Turk D,Turk V,Tada Y,Asao T

更新日期：2000-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The iron molybdenum cofactor of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase has been solubilized for the first time in dimethylformamide and acetonitrile. These solutions have the ability to reconstitute the inactive nitrogenase of the UW 45 mutant of A. vinelandii and exhibit an S = 3/2 EPR signal similar to that for the cofa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lough SM,Jacobs DL,Lyons DM,Watt GD,McDonald JW

更新日期：1986-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have identified molecules involved in IL-1 signaling that transmit the extracellular stimulus to downstream kinase molecules causing altered transcriptional activity. Many of these investigations have relied heavily on ligand induced protein-protein interactions detected by immuno-coprecipitation to map ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boch JA,Yoshida Y,Koyama Y,Wara-Aswapati N,Peng H,Unlu S,Auron PE

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned two cDNA isoforms as well as genomic sequences of the mouse Prx V gene and characterized their molecular genetic features. Two isoforms of the mouse Prx V cDNA were identified from liver and testis. The testis-originated long transcripts had extra 1164-bp 5'-UTR sequences compared to the liver-originate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee TH,Kim SJ,Kang SW,Lee KK,Rhee SG,Yu DY

更新日期：2000-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein folding problem has long been a formidable challenge. Here we present a synthetic natural motif approach that exploits small preexisting structural models for the dissection of forces important in protein folding. An example for this approach is shown in the modification of a 31-residue leucine zipper pept...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Butcher DJ,Luo Z,Huang Z

更新日期：1999-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that microRNAs function as oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes in human cancer. MiR-503 is deregulated in various human cancers and has been associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression. However, the underlying mechanisms of miR-503 involvement in the development and progr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li B,Liu L,Li X,Wu L

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 is a major cell-surface receptor for hyaluronate (HA). By alternative RNA-splicing a large number of CD44 variants are generated. To explore the role of CD44 splicing in the regulation of cell binding to HA, three different isoforms of CD44 were transfected in the CD44 negative B-cell lymphoma line Namalwa and in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： van der Voort R,Manten-Horst E,Smit L,Ostermann E,van den Berg F,Pals ST

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin, von Willebrand factor, and fibrinogen each bind to the glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex on activated platelets via an arg-gly-asp-ser (RGDS) sequence present within the adhesive proteins. Both the IIb and IIIa polypeptides of the IIb-IIIa complex on thrombin activated platelets are specifically and extensive...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Santoro SA,Lawing WJ Jr

更新日期：1989-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs) have been postulated to be regulators of thermogenesis, energy balance, and oxidative stress. Brain mitochondrial carrier protein-1 (BMCP1) is a new member of the UCP family, but little is known about the gene regulation and the role of BMCP1 in the central nervous system. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno T,Miura-Suzuki T,Yamashita H,Mori N

更新日期：2000-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine416 of human tau protein is believed to be phosphorylated in Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles. We synthesized a fragment of tau, consisting of amino acids 408-421 in both non-phosphorylated and serine416-phosphorylated forms. Circular dichroism in a trifluoroethanol-water mixture indicated a beta-turn----beta-p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lang E,Szendrei GI,Elekes I,Lee VM,Otvos L Jr

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have shown that phospholipase D (PLD) is activated by protein kinase C (PKC) in vivo and in vitro. In this study, a PLD isoform (rPLD1) was shown to bind to PKC-alpha in Rat1 fibroblasts treated with phorbol ester. The PKC-alpha binding domain of rPLD1 was localized to its N-terminus. The phospholipase wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Min DS,Exton JH

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In isolated rabbit proximal tubules the addition of 2.0 microM but not 0.2 microM ionomycin induced a sustained increase in cell pH ([pH]i). This [pH]i response to 2.0 microM ionomycin was shown to be independent of several transporters such as Na+/H+ exchanger, Na(+)-HCO3- cotransporter, Cl-/HCO3- exchanger, or H(+)-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada H,Seki G,Taniguchi S,Uwatoko S,Suzuki K,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00