Polyamine metabolism in an obligately alkalophilic Bacillus alcalophilus that grows at pH 11.0.

abstract：:A baculovirus expression system has been used to express large quantities of full-length, biologically active Xenopus fibroblast growth factor receptor-1. Recombinant XFGFR-1 was purified to near homogeneity by a single step immunoaffinity purification procedure. The recombinant XFGFR-1 binds both FGF-1 and FGF-2 with...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brown SA,Friesel R

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:During the search for ANP receptor ligands of microbial origin, we isolated a novel polysaccharide, HS-142-1, from culture broth of Aureobasidium sp. HS-142-1 inhibited [125I]-rANP binding to ANP receptor in rabbit kidney cortex membranes with an IC50 of 0.3 mu g/ml, but gave no effects on specific binding of [125I]-E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morishita Y,Sano T,Ando K,Saitoh Y,Kase H,Yamada K,Matsuda Y

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly assumed that plants do not possess consciousness. Since the criterion for this assumption is usually human consciousness this assumption represents a top down attitude. It is obvious that plants are not animals and using animal criteria of consciousness will lead to its rejection in plants. However usin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Calvo P,Baluška F,Trewavas A

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The oyster vasa-like gene was previously demonstrated to be specifically expressed in germline cells of adult oysters Crassostrea gigas. In the present study, this gene was used as a molecular marker to establish the developmental pattern of germline cells during oyster ontogenesis, using whole-mount in situ hybridiza...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fabioux C,Huvet A,Lelong C,Robert R,Pouvreau S,Daniel JY,Minguant C,Le Pennec M

更新日期：2004-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of 8-Br-cAMP promotes neurite outgrowth and neuronal differentiation in N1E115 mouse neuroblastoma cells. Prior or simultaneous treatment of PMA blocks 8-Br-cAMP-mediated neurite outgrowth. Phosphorylation of cellular proteins during these treatments was examined in a permeabilized cell system. While PMA pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li H,Chen HC,Huang FL

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetyltransferase MOF is involved in active transcription regulation through histone H4K16 acetylation. MOF is downexpressed in a number of human tumors, but biological function of MOF in endometrial cancer has not been fully defined. The estrogen receptor α (ERα) is a transcription factor that regulates estro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Y,Zeng K,Wang C,Wang S,Sun H,Liu W,Wang X,Niu J,Cong SY,Zhou X,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant cells are characterized by the presence of P-glycoprotein on the plasma membrane, which binds and probably transports antitumor agents outside the cells. P-glycoprotein is also present in various normal tissues such as the adrenal gland. To investigate the physiological function of P-glycoprotein, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naito M,Yusa K,Tsuruo T

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic GTPase activity of cellular protein p21ras is strongly increased by cytosolic GTPase activating protein (GAP). The activity of this enzyme has been shown to be inhibited by arachidonic acid. We report here that this inhibition is antagonized by the presence of 1-stearoyl, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol. This ef...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Homayoun P,Stacey DW

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Reportedly, in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) vectors, insertion of central polypurine tract (cPPT) increased expression of transgenes for a short period. To test this for a stable condition, we constructed a series of vectors carrying a Neo(r) gene as a stable marker driven by a synthetic thymidine kinase ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakuma R,Kobayashi N,Ae K,Kitamura Y

更新日期：2003-03-14 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：:Iron overload, as a risk factor for osteoporosis, can result in the up-regulation of Hepcidin, and Hepcidin knockout mice display defects in their bone microarchitecture. However, the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying Hepcidin deficiency-derived bone loss remain unclear. Here, we show that hepcidin knockdown...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang Y,Yan Y,Wang X,Zhu G,Xu YJ

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rheb binds and activates mTORC1, which plays a pivotal role in diverse cellular physiologies. To increase our understanding of how Rheb regulates mTORC1 signaling, we set out to identify Rheb binding proteins using shotgun proteomics approaches. In this study, we characterized HSP70, one of the identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryu HH,Ha SH

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal AAL-toxin triggers programmed cell death (PCD) through perturbations of sphingolipid metabolism in AAL-toxin-sensitive plants. While Arabidopsis is relatively insensitive to the toxin, the loh2 mutant exhibits increased susceptibility to AAL-toxin due to the knockout of a gene involved in sphingolipid metab...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gechev TS,Ferwerda MA,Mehterov N,Laloi C,Qureshi MK,Hille J

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the cytoplasmic domain of human Fc gamma RII in cellular activation was studied by transfecting P815 cells with different isoforms or deletion mutants of this receptor and then assaying protein tyrosine phosphorylation after crosslinking with anti-CD32 monoclonal antibodies. Fc gamma RIIa, but not Fc gamma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Z,Pudiak D,Looney RJ

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin, a gastric-derived peptide, has recently been identified as an endogenous natural ligand for the growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor. However, secretory characteristics of ghrelin are still obscure in ruminants. To investigate the diurnal rhythm in ghrelin secretion and its relationship to GH secretion, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugino T,Hasegawa Y,Kikkawa Y,Yamaura J,Yamagishi M,Kurose Y,Kojima M,Kangawa K,Terashima Y

更新日期：2002-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous data from a human leukemic cell line made resistant to the nucleoside analog (NA) 9-β-D-arabinofuranosylguanine (AraG) revealed a massive upregulation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) genes and the ABCB1 gene coding for the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The expression of these genes is regulated th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fyrberg A,Skoglund K,Wolk M,Lotfi K

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and glucagon secretion from the islets of Langerhans is highly regulated. Although an increased plasma glucose level is the major stimulus for insulin exocytosis, roles for glutamine and glutamate have been suggested. Interestingly, the islet cells display elements associated with synaptic transmission. In the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gammelsaeter R,Jenstad M,Bredahl MK,Gundersen V,Chaudhry FA

更新日期：2009-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone and known to form several species of multimer, however, the precise components of each multimer have not been fully determined. We purified each multimer adiponectin selectively from human plasma and characterized them by affinity columns using anti-adiponectin, gelatin, or ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hada Y,Yamauchi T,Waki H,Tsuchida A,Hara K,Yago H,Miyazaki O,Ebinuma H,Kadowaki T

更新日期：2007-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitronectin immobilized onto polystyrene microtiter wells was demonstrated to specifically bind plasminogen in a concentration-dependent manner, yielding an estimated KD = 0.4 microM. Heparin only moderately interfered with the vitronectin-plasminogen interaction, whereas high concentrations of 6-amino-hexanoic acid i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Preissner KT

更新日期：1990-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes that hybridize to the cDNA for alcohol-inducible cytochrome P-450 form 3a (P-450ALC) have been isolated from a rabbit genomic library and characterized by restriction mapping, hybridization, and partial sequence analysis. The genes show extensive sequence similarity as judged by hybridization at high stringe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Khani SC,Porter TD,Coon MJ

更新日期：1988-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is recognized that 4,5-diaminovaleric acid, formed from glutamate 1-semialdehyde, functions as the intermediate in the last step of delta-aminolevulinic acid formation from glutamate, the enantioselectivity of the participating glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase for 4,5-diaminovaleric acid has remai...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Friedmann HC,Duban ME,Valasinas A,Frydman B

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an important factor in the development of skin lesions in diabetes. A new antioxidant, hydrogen, can selectively neutralize hydroxyl radicals (()OH) and peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) in cell-free systems, whereas it seldom reacts with other ROS. Fibroblasts are a key component of skin. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu P,Wang Z,Sun X,Chen X,Zeng S,Chen L,Li S

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong temperature dependent low angle X-ray scattering by trifluoroethanol- and hexafluoro-2-propanol-water mixtures was observed in conditions commonly used in NMR work on peptides. At least two types of molecular effects may contribute to the observed scattering: formation of clathrate hydrate-like aggregates of al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuprin S,Gräslund A,Ehrenberg A,Koch MH

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive cellular cholesterol is transported to the liver by a pathway called 'reverse cholesterol transport.' Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) mediates cholesterol uptake in the liver. Polyunsaturated fatty acids, known to activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), have been reported to in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malerød L,Sporstøl M,Juvet LK,Mousavi A,Gjøen T,Berg T

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:E-cadherin plays a mechanical role in mediating cell-cell interactions and maintaining epithelial tissue integrity, and the loss of E-cadherin function has been implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. Syndecan-2, a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is upregulated during the development of colon cance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang B,Jung H,Chung H,Moon BI,Oh ES

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that estrogen effects in the heart include direct hormone effects on the myocardium. In a recent study we found that one beneficial effect of estradiol on the myocardium is the inhibition of apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. This effect was associated with a reduction of NF-kappaB activity. In th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pelzer T,Neumann M,de Jager T,Jazbutyte V,Neyses L

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the possibility that bilirubin physiologically acts as an antioxidant by using scurvy-prone ODS-od/od rats treated with endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide: LPS). Recently, bilirubin oxidative metabolites were isolated from human urine and named biotripyrrin-a and biotripyrrin-b. The LPS injection markedly incre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi T,Horio F,Hashizume T,Tanaka M,Ikeda S,Kakinuma A,Nakajima H

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation has multifaceted role in cancer progression including initiation, promotion and invasion by affecting the immune surveillance and associated signaling pathways. Inflammation facilitates the over-expression of cytokines, chemokines and growth factors involved in progression of different cancers including b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suman S,Sharma PK,Rai G,Mishra S,Arora D,Gupta P,Shukla Y

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical loading of cultured mesangial cells has been shown to induce both increased production of matrix proteins and cell proliferation. This in vitro phenomenon has been implicated in the progression of glomerular sclerosis observed in a variety of glomerular diseases. However, it is not yet known how cells sense...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamasaki K,Mimura T,Furuya H,Morino N,Yamazaki T,Komuro I,Yazaki Y,Nojima Y

更新日期：1995-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Indo-1 is widely used to measure intracellular free calcium, [Ca2+]i, by comparing the fluorescence emission at 2 or more wavelengths with the emissions, which are assumed to be known, of Indo-1 when it is fully calcium-bound and when it is fully calcium-free. Accurate quantitation requires that these "reference" valu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Owen CS,Shuler RL

更新日期：1989-08-30 00:00:00