Production of shorter mRNA for protein phosphatase 2A beta by alternative poly(A) addition.

abstract：:Myostatin belongs to the transforming growth factor beta superfamily and has been shown to function as an inhibitor of skeletal muscle proliferation and differentiation. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms of myostatin function during myogenesis, differential display reverse transcription PCR was employed to...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang W,Zhang Y,Ma G,Zhao X,Chen Y,Zhu D

更新日期：2005-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether protein kinase C (PKC) plays a role in mediating growth inhibitory effects of hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA) we compared a control H29 colon cancer cell line to a derivative, HT29-PKC7, that overexpresses high levels of PKC beta 1. We found that although HMBA markedly inhibited the growth of the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi PM,Weinstein IB

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid flowing through the bone porosity might be a primary stimulus for functional adaptation of bone. Osteoblasts, and osteocytes in particular, respond to fluid flow in vitro with enhanced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) release; both of these signaling molecules mediate mechanically-induced bone f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McGarry JG,Klein-Nulend J,Prendergast PJ

更新日期：2005-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of ionophores on Cl- distribution in human erythrocyte suspensions, we measured the membrane potential by using 19F and 31P NMR methods. Incubation of human erythrocytes with 0.005 mM of the neutral ionophores valinomycin and nonactin resulted in membrane potentials of -21.2 and -17.8 mV in t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wittenkeller L,Mota de Freitas D,Ramasamy R

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults. Long-non coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recently shown to play important roles in regulating numerous biological processes both in physiologic and pathologic condition. However, the role of lncRNAs in glioma remains largely unknown. In this study...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang H,Wei DL,Wan L,Yan SF,Sun YH

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human epidermal melanocytes and keratinocytes express mRNA for all enzymes involved in de novo synthesis/recycling of the cofactor (6R) L-erythro 5,6,7,8 tetrahydrobiopterin (6BH4) in normal healthy individuals. An enhanced epidermal de novo synthesis was identified in association with decreased epidermal phenylalanin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schallreuter KU,Zschiesche M,Moore J,Panske A,Hibberts NA,Herrmann FH,Metelmann HR,Sawatzki J

更新日期：1998-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ion channels (VGCs) mediate selective diffusion of ions across cell membranes to enable many vital cellular processes. Three-dimensional structure data are lacking for VGC proteins; hence, to better understand their function, there is a need to identify the conserved motifs using sequence analysis method...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guda P,Bourne PE,Guda C

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene VPS35 encodes a component of the retromer complex which is involved in vesicle transport from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network. Yeast and human VPS35 orthologs are highly conserved and mutations in human VPS35 cause an autosomal dominant form of late-onset Parkinson disease (PD). ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sowada N,Stiller B,Kubisch C

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide biosynthesis within a neuron involves several steps occurring at the soma and during its travel to the nerve terminal, where it accumulates to be released under stimulatory conditions. We have measured hypothalamic TRH and TRH mRNA during ontogeny and circadian cycle and observed that TRH mRNA variations are m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Covarrubias L,Uribe RM,Méndez M,Charli JL,Joseph-Bravo P

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently novel human plasma and urinary protein of low molecular weight was isolated from several highly purified preparations of protein HC by gel chromatography and high voltage electrophoresis with a yield of about 8 mg/g. The protein has a molecular weight of about 20,000, neutral electrophoretic mobility at ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： López-Otin C,Grubb AO,Méndez E

更新日期：1983-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role in various physiological and pathological processes mediated by β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) in cardiomyocytes. However, the sources and signaling pathways involved in ROS production induced by acute β-AR activation have not yet been fully defined. In primary neonata...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang J,Xiao H,Shen J,Wang N,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent timers are useful tools for studying the spatial and temporal cellular or molecular events. Based on the trans-splicing mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans, we constructed a "fluorescent timer" through bicistronic expression of two fluorescent proteins with different maturation times. When used in vivo, th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen MR,Yang S,Niu WP,Li ZY,Meng LF,Wu ZX

更新日期：2010-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequences in the NH2-terminal region and some other parts of human gastric cathepsin E were investigated. The NH2-terminal sequencing revealed that the cathepsin E preparation which had been activated at pH 4.0 contained one major and one minor isozymes in an approximate molar ratio of 3:1. The NH2-term...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Athauda SB,Matsuzaki O,Kageyama T,Takahashi K

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The most widely used rate expression for single-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions, namely the Michaelis-Menten kinetics is based upon the assumption that enzyme concentration is in excess of the substrate in the medium and the rate is mainly limited by the substrate concentration according to saturation kinetics. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kargi F

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reexamined the intracellular localization of the ubiquitously expressed target membrane SNAP receptor (t-SNARE), SNAP-23. While SNAP-23 appears on the plasma membrane, in the cell types examined there is a significant pool associated with endosomal compartments. Immuno-staining and expression of green fluoresc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen D,Whiteheart SW

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:High altitude hypobaric hypoxia environment impairs male's reproductive function. Leptin is an adipose tissue-derived hormone which regulates body weight homeostasis. Its receptor (LepR) has been found in all levels of male reproductive axis, indicating that it can affect male reproductive system in a direct or (and) ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Liu S,Xu C

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the garfish olfactory nerve, the time-courses of lateral expansion (swelling) and birefringence changes in nerve fibers have been examined at the site of application of electric current pulses. The effects of various chemical agents on these non-electrical signs of rapid structural changes in the nerve fibers ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tasaki I,Byrne PM

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45 is a leukocyte-specific, two domain transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase. Co-purification of a recombinant protein containing the first phosphatase domain of CD45 (6His-D1) with a recombinant protein containing the second phosphatase domain (GST-D2) from E. coli indicated a stable interaction which resulted in incr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Felberg J,Johnson P

更新日期：2000-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research revealed that doxorubicin (DOX) decreased expression of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in cancer cells. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying this effect are not well established. Here, we demonstrate that doxorubicin down-regulates PD-L1 expression through induction of AU-rich element (ARE) b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim DJ,Jang JH,Ham SY,Choi SH,Park SS,Jeong SY,Kim BC,Jeon DY,Lee BJ,Ko BK,Park JW,Cho WJ

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein7 (BMP7) attenuates renal tubular and interstitial damage in a variety of experimental models. The function of BMP in the glomerulus is, however, not well understood. In the present study, we generated transgenic mice carrying cDNA for noggin, an endogenous inhibitor of BMPs, driven by the po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyazaki Y,Ueda H,Yokoo T,Utsunomiya Y,Kawamura T,Matsusaka T,Ichikawa I,Hosoya T

更新日期：2006-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloned murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV) sequences allowed us to search for murine mammary tumor virus related sequences in the DNA of surgically removed human breast tumors. Out of 28 tumors so far examined two were found to contain an Eco RI DNA fragment homologous to the long terminal repeat-group antigen (LTR-Gag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Crépin M,Lidereau R,Chermann JC,Pouillart P,Magdamenat H,Montagnier L

更新日期：1984-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Small GTPase Rap1 has been implicated in the proper differentiation of testicular germ cells. In the present study, we investigated the functional significance of RA-GEF-2/Rapgef6, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap1, in testicular differentiation using mice lacking RA-GEF-2. RA-GEF-2 was expressed predomina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okada K,Miyake H,Yamaguchi K,Chiba K,Maeta K,Bilasy SE,Edamatsu H,Kataoka T,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific peptide (SAMS peptide) phosphorylation assay has previously been used to measure and subsequently purify rat liver 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). In this report, we show that this peptide and a peptide based on the sequence surrounding the site phosphorylated on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sullivan JE,Carey F,Carling D,Beri RK

更新日期：1994-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 1 mol of phosphoryl groups was incorporated per mol of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor (eIF) 4E following incubation of purified preparations of this factor with purified preparations of a protamine kinase from bovine kidney cytosol. By contrast, purified preparations of two forms of mitogen-activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Amick GD,Damuni Z

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated botulinum D toxin ADP-ribosylates a 22 kDa molecular weight protein in homogenates obtained by sonication of a suspension of rabbit peritoneal neutrophils. The ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by activated botulinum D toxin is inhibited in homogenates obtained from cells pretreated with the toxin, suggesting that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mege JL,Volpi M,Becker EL,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1988-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-17 is a T-cell-derived pro-inflammatory cytokine, exhibiting multiple biological activities in a variety of cells and believed to fine tune all general phases of hematopoietic response. However, the signaling mechanism of this novel cytokine remains unknown. Here, we report for the first time that the earl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramaniam SV,Cooper RS,Adunyah SE

更新日期：1999-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver enriched transcription factors HNF-3 and HNF-4 are known to play major roles in development and differentiation of hepatocytes. STAT-3 and STAT-5 are signaling peptides activated by a variety of cytokines and growth factors including HGF and EGF. Their role in hepatocyte growth and differentiation is yet to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Runge D,Runge DM,Drenning SD,Bowen WC Jr,Grandis JR,Michalopoulos GK

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab5 is a GTP-binding protein that is crucial for endocytic machinery functions. We previously identified L-plastin as a binding protein for Rab5, using an affinity column with constitutively active Rab5. L- and T-plastin are isoforms of a plastin protein family belonging to actin-bundling proteins that are implicated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hagiwara M,Shinomiya H,Kashihara M,Kobayashi K,Tadokoro T,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaf-1/Rip11 encoded by the clone KIAA0857 participates in endosomal recycling through the interaction with both gamma-SNAP, a member of the soluble NSF attachment protein family, and a small GTPase, Rab11. Gaf-1/Rip11 and other Rab11-interacting proteins constitute a novel protein family that is involved in the endocy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawase K,Shibata M,Kawashima H,Hatsuzawa K,Nagahama M,Tagaya M,Tani K

更新日期：2003-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs), which include leukotriene C4 (LTC4), are the predominant class of LTs synthesized by mast cells. CysLTs can induce many of the abnormalities seen in asthma. LTC4 is generated by the conjugation of LTA4 with reduced glutathione (GSH) by LTC4 synthase. During screening of the effects of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seki K,Hisada T,Kawata T,Kamide Y,Dobashi K,Yamada M,Mori M,Okajima F,Ishizuka T

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00