Screening for concanavalin A binders from a mannose-modified α-helix peptide phage library.

abstract：:A novel class of pH-sensitive PEG lipids bearing acid-cleavable acetal linkages and short PEG chains have been synthesised and used in ternary vector formulations. The cleavage pH was influenced by structural components including the terminal PEG moiety and spacer length. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wong JB,Grosse S,Tabor AB,Hart SL,Hailes HC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida glabrata has been recognized as an efficient industrial microorganism for the production of pyruvate, the most widely used α-oxocarboxylic acid in the areas of agrochemicals, drugs, and chemicals. To gain a comprehensive understanding of its physiology and cellular metabolism, the genome-scale metabolic model ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Xu N,Liu L,Zou W,Liu J,Hua Q,Chen J

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus organize into two types of patterns depending on their nutritional status, i.e. in the presence of nutrients cells form spreading colonies and in the absence of nutrients cells form fruiting bodies. Formation of both patterns depends on directed cell movements, which, in turn,...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Leonardy S,Bulyha I,Søgaard-Andersen L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycodendrimers, such as glycoclusters and glycopolymers, are known to be very useful molecules to probe carbohydrate-lectin interactions. Herein, new second generation glycopeptide dendrimers (G2a-f) presenting a L-lysine-based (Lys) tetraantennary scaffold, four external thiomannosyl residues and, in the case of com...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Euzen R,Reymond JL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new transfection reagent based on nucleoside phosphocholine amphiphile leading to high transfection efficacy and low cytotoxicity is described. TEM, ethidium bromide displacement assays, agarose gel electrophoresis and SAXS studies support the formation of lipoplexes for the transfection of CHO cells. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Moreau L,Barthélémy P,Li Y,Luo D,Prata CA,Grinstaff MW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics is the study of proteins and their interactions within complex biological systems. While this field is often associated with mass spectrometry, it is more useful to consider proteomics in the context of an objective: to identify and understand the molecular basis of health and disease at the protein level i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bark SJ,Hook V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory networks are able to process complex signals and respond appropriately to the cellular context. Thus, an increasing effort by systems biology researchers is being focused on understanding which interactions are responsible for a given functional response. When translated into specific mathematical models, h...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Estrada J,Guantes R

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increased worldwide in parallel with the obesity epidemic. Potentilla discolor is one of the most important crude materials in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for therapy of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. In this work, a plasma metabonomic approach based on the combination of U...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li Y,Li JJ,Wen XD,Pan R,He YS,Yang J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of complex formation between amyloid-β fragments using surface plasmon resonance biosensing and electrospray mass spectrometry reveals that region 11-14 mediates zinc-induced dimerization of amyloid-β and may serve as a potential drug target for preventing development and progression of Alzheimer's disease. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kozin SA,Mezentsev YV,Kulikova AA,Indeykina MI,Golovin AV,Ivanov AS,Tsvetkov PO,Makarov AA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are defined as a community of surface-attached bacteria that are protected by an extracellular matrix of biomolecules. We have recently reported the synthesis of a small molecule, denoted TAGE, based on the natural product bromoageliferin and demonstrated that TAGE has anti-biofilm activity against ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Huigens RW 3rd,Ma L,Gambino C,Moeller PD,Basso A,Cavanagh J,Wozniak DJ,Melander C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we bring together recent results from our group focused towards the development of biosensors from single conically-shaped artificial nanopores. The nanopores, used in the work presented here, were prepared using the track-etch process. The fabrication of track-etched conical nanopores has been optimize...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sexton LT,Horne LP,Martin CR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious metabolic disease, and comprehensive understanding of its complex mechanism will help in preventing the onset and progression of DN. To reveal the systemic metabolic changes associated with renal injury, we performed 1H NMR-based metabonomic and multivariate analyses to analyze s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu J,Wang D,Chen Y,Sun H,He S,Wang C,Yang G,Shi M,Zhang J,Ren Y,Wang L,Lu Y,Cheng J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid carcinoma is a common endocrine malignancy worldwide, accounting for approximately 1% of all diagnosed cancers and about 91.5% of the malignancies of head and neck. However, differentiating malignant thyroid nodules from benign ones remains a diagnostic challenge. Thus, novel molecular markers that enable non-...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yao Z,Yin P,Su D,Peng Z,Zhou L,Ma L,Guo W,Ma L,Xu G,Shi J,Jiao B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that leads to 250 000 deaths annually. There is a need to better understand asthma by identifying new pathogenic molecules. We conducted a liquid-chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF-MS)-based metabolomics study to test for asthma and investigate the i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Su L,Shi L,Liu J,Huang L,Huang Y,Nie X

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:New approaches to improve the quality and efficiency of stem cell-derived neurons are important for both research and clinical arenas. Customized subsets of differentiated neurons can be used as model systems to understand the etiology of a variety of complex neurological diseases and disorders. These same neuronal ce...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Greco SJ,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecule modulators are critical for dissecting and understanding signaling pathways at the molecular level. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a cytokine that signals via the JAK-STAT pathway and is implicated in cancer and inflammation. To identify modulators of this pathway, we screened a chemical collection against an ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Johnson RL,Huang R,Jadhav A,Southall N,Wichterman J,MacArthur R,Xia M,Bi K,Printen J,Austin CP,Inglese J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New-type oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 influenza viruses have been a major threat to human health since the 2009 flu pandemic. To resolve the drug resistance issue, we aimed to identify a new type of inhibitors against H1 from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by employing the world's largest TCM database () for virtual...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chang SS,Huang HJ,Chen CY

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eIF4E-binding protein 1 (4EBP1) has long been known to be completely unstructured without any secondary structures, which contributed significantly to the proposal of the induced fit mechanism for target binding of intrinsically disordered proteins. We show here that 4EBP1 is not completely unstructured, but conta...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kim DH,Lee C,Cho YJ,Lee SH,Cha EJ,Lim JE,Sabo TM,Griesinger C,Lee D,Han KH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular program associated with the organ morphogenesis but also with the disease progression. EMT in the cancer field fuels neoplastic progression promoting the resistance to cell death, the resistance to chemotherapy and the acquisition of stem cell properties. Co...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Vergara D,Simeone P,del Boccio P,Toto C,Pieragostino D,Tinelli A,Acierno R,Alberti S,Salzet M,Giannelli G,Sacchetta P,Maffia M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, as it probably modifies the balance between free-radical generation and antioxidant activity. On the other hand, however, acute physical activity increases oxygen uptake and leads to a temporary imbalance between the production of r...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guidi F,Magherini F,Gamberi T,Bini L,Puglia M,Marzocchini R,Ranaldi F,Modesti PA,Gulisano M,Modesti A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low transfection efficiency and inactivation by serum are the major drawbacks for cationic polymers when used as non-viral gene vectors. Here, a series of N-succinyl-chitosan-graft-polyethylenimine (NSC-g-PEI) copolymers with different compositions were synthesized through grafting low molecular weight PEI (800 Da) to...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Lu B,Sun YX,Li YQ,Zhang XZ,Zhuo RX

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mono-site mutations of the absolutely conserved residues, (464)LGR(466), in the α-helix 5 (h5) of HPV16 L1 completely disrupted the pentamer formation. The implication of this finding is the potential usage of a h5-like peptide as the reagent to interfere with the pentamer formation and stability as an anti-HPV re...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jin S,Pan D,Zha X,Yu X,Wu Y,Liu Y,Yin F,Chen XS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyethylenimine (PEI, especially with M(w) of 25,000) has been known as an efficient gene carrier and a gold standard of gene transfection due to its high transfection efficiency (TE). However, high concomitant cytotoxicity limited the application of PEI. In this report, several cationic polymers derived from low mol...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li S,Wang Y,Zhang J,Yang WH,Dai ZH,Zhu W,Yu XQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutamate γ-carboxylation plays a pivotal part in a number of important human diseases. However, traditional protein γ-carboxylation site detection by experimental approaches are often laborious and time-consuming. In this study, we initiated an attempt for the computational prediction of protein γ-carboxylation s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang N,Li BQ,Gao S,Ruan JS,Cai YD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex signalling systems have evolved in multicellular organisms to enable cell-to-cell communication during growth and development. In plants, cell communication via the extracellular matrix (apoplast) controls many processes vital for plant survival. Secretion of ATP into the extracellular matrix is now recognised...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chivasa S,Slabas AR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify an agent with specific activity against human lens epithelial cells (HLECs), we confirmed the presence of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and GR-α genes and evaluated whether GRs have a relationship with the apoptotic process in cultured HLECs. We also determined whether the inhibitor RU486 could rescue the...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang L,Zhao W,Leng F,Ge J,Bu Z,Zhang Y,Liu P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine/threonine kinases is an attractive drug target for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Diacylglycerol (DAG), phorbol esters and others act as ligands for the C1 domain of PKC isoforms. Inspection of the crystal structure of the PKCδ C1b subdomain in complex with phor...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Mamidi N,Gorai S,Mukherjee R,Manna D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting protein subcellular localization is a challenging problem, particularly when query proteins have multi-label features meaning that they may simultaneously exist at, or move between, two or more different subcellular location sites. Most of the existing methods can only be used to deal with the single-label ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Lin WZ,Fang JA,Xiao X,Chou KC

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A metabolomic study was performed to investigate the biochemical profiles of livers from male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio), using a multiple platform approach, incorporating 1H NMR, GC/MS and LC/MS. The reproducibility and reliability of the three methods were validated prior to the assays. Major biomolecules de...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ong ES,Chor CF,Zou L,Ong CN

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbalanced uptake of Omega 6/Omega 3 (ω-6/ω-3) ratios could increase chronic disease occurrences, such as inflammation, atherosclerosis, or tumor proliferation, and methylation methods for measuring the ruminal microbiome fatty acid (FA) composition/distribution play a vital role in discovering the contribution of foo...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu Y,Buendía-Rodríguez G,Peñuelas-Rívas CG,Tan Z,Rívas-Guevara M,Tenorio-Borroto E,Munteanu CR,Pazos A,González-Díaz H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00