Isolation of a novel protein phosphatase2C in rice and its response to gibberellin.

abstract：:We have cloned the 5' upstream -1034 to +88 fragment of the human inducible nitric oxide synthase (hiNOS) gene and demonstrate its competence to promote luciferase gene transcription in vascular-smooth-muscle (VSM) cells and macrophages. Sequential 5' end-deletions localized positive regulatory elements of hiNOS trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kolyada AY,Savikovsky N,Madias NE

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability and catalytic efficacy of the L-2-haloacid dehalogenase isolated from Azotobacter sp. RC26 were studied after immobilisation on a DEAE Sephacel solid matrix. While the optimum temperature for the soluble dehalogenase falls in the range of 30-40 degrees C, the activity of the immobilised enzyme shows a fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Diez A,Prieto MI,Alvarez MJ,Bautista JM,Garrido J,Puyet A

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Monosomy 7 and interstitial deletions in the long arm of chromosome 7 (-7/7q-) is a common nonrandom chromosomal abnormality found frequently in myeloid disorders including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Using a short probe-based microarray co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asou H,Matsui H,Ozaki Y,Nagamachi A,Nakamura M,Aki D,Inaba T

更新日期：2009-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The rSK3 gene encodes a small conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel that is transcriptionally regulated by estrogen. To examine determinants of rSK3 gene expression, the CAP site was defined and the promoter was identified. A 33 bp sequence adjacent to the promoter was shown to act as an enhancer in L6 cells that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jacobson D,Pribnow D,Herson PS,Maylie J,Adelman JP

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A major protein AA amyloid protein was purified and characterised from a Papua New Guinnean individual. This AA protein differed from all previously characterised SAA variants by the combination of Ala52, Val57, Asn60, Phe68, Phe69 and Gly72. Since the prevalence of AA-amyloidosis is unusually high in Papua New Guinea...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Westermark P,Sletten K,Westermark GT,Raynes J,McAdam KP

更新日期：1996-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT axis and the Nuclear Factor kappa B (NFκB) pathway play critical roles in macrophage survival. In cells other than macrophages proper operation of those two pathways requires Ca²(+) influx into the cell, but if that is the case in macrophages remains unexplored. In the pres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tano JY,Vazquez G

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Since conventional chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) has marginal survival benefit in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), an effective targeted therapeutic agent is urgently required. Activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway is frequently observed in CCA, and thus, PI3K and mTOR are promis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang DK,Lee YG,Chan Chae Y,Lee JK,Paik WH,Lee SH,Kim YT,Ryu JK

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA encoding a swelling-induced chloride conductance regulatory protein, plcln, was cloned from rabbit ciliary epithelium by using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach. The open reading frame encoding 236 amino acids possesses high amino acid identity (93/%) with the previously cloned plcln from human...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wan XL,Chen S,Sears M

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau plays important roles in the assembly and stabilization of the microtubule structure to facilitate axonal transport in mammalian brain. The intracellular tau aggregates to form paired helical filaments leading to neurodegenerative disorders, collectively called tauopathies. In our previous report, we established a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu BK,Yuan RY,Chang YP,Lien HW,Chen TS,Chien HC,Tong TS,Tsai HP,Fang CL,Liao YF,Chang CC,Chen RP,Huang CJ

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system of 11.5-day mouse embryos, the expression of CRABP was spatially restricted to the anteroposterior axis. CRABP was most strongly expressed in the rhombencephalon and the anterior part of the neural tube. In 14-day mouse embryo, CRABP drastically decreased in the brain and the anterior par...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momoi T,Hanaoka K,Momoi M

更新日期：1990-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:RBM39, also known as splicing factor HCC1.4, acts as a transcriptional coactivator for the steroid nuclear receptors JUN/AP-1, ESR1/ER-α and ESR2/ER-β. RBM39 is involved in the regulation of the transcriptional responses of these steroid nuclear receptors and promotes transcriptional initiation. In this paper, we repo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mai S,Qu X,Li P,Ma Q,Liu X,Cao C

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), poses an unprecedented global health crisis. It is particularly urgent to develop clinically effective therapies to contain the pandemic. The main protease (Mpro) and the RNA-dependent RNA poly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jin Z,Wang H,Duan Y,Yang H

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:OPA1 is a cause gene for autosomal dominant optic atrophy and possesses eight alternative splicing variants. Here, we identified two isoforms of OPA1 proteins in HeLa cells and examined their submitochondrial localization and complex formations. RT-PCR shows that HeLa cells mainly express isoforms 7 and 1 of OPA1. Sin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh M,Hamamoto T,Seo N,Kagawa Y,Endo H

更新日期：2003-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel conformation-specific antibodies were raised against a cyclic chimeric dodecapeptidyl multiple antigen peptide (cCD-MAP) constructed with a spacer-armed Gly-Asp dipeptide and two pentapeptides (S(169)-Q(170)-K(171)-E(172)-G(173) of CCR5 and E(179)-A(180)-D(181)-D(182)-R(183) of CXCR4) which are components of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misumi S,Takamune N,Ido Y,Hayashi S,Endo M,Mukai R,Tachibana K,Umeda M,Shoji S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA coding for rat IL-5 was obtained by RT-PCR from total spleen RNA. With the exception of a single a.a. replacement at position 85 (L-P), it is identical to the published sequence obtained by retroviral gene transfer. This cDNA was used to express biologically active recombinant IL-5 in E. coli and in insect cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pierrot C,Cocude C,Cêtre C,Godin C,Lafitte S,Capron M,Khalife J

更新日期：1998-12-30 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：:Chloroquine inhibited carbachol-induced amylase release in a dose-dependent fashion in rat pancreatic acini; cholecystokinin- and bombesin-induced secretory responses were almost unchanged by the antimalarial drug. The inhibition of carbachol-induced amylase release by chloroquine was competitive in nature with a Ki o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Habara Y,Williams JA,Hootman SR

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate consumption of wine is associated with cardiovascular protection most likely by increasing the endothelial formation of nitric oxide (NO). The present study investigated whether red wine polyphenolic compounds (RWPCs) increase the formation of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in arteries and,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ndiaye M,Chataigneau T,Andriantsitohaina R,Stoclet JC,Schini-Kerth VB

更新日期：2003-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the enzyme tyrosine aminotransferase and the synthesis of its specific mRNA were evaluated at different hours of the day in the liver of 3-, 12- and 24-month old BN rats. The enzyme activity has a circadian rhythm with a peak at midnight in 3- and 12-month old, which shifts to 03.00 hrs in 24-month old...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Servillo G,Della Fazia MA,Viola-Magni M

更新日期：1991-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The bridging element for electron transfer in proteins is the hydrogen bond according to the new experimental perspective in preference to carbon-carbon σ-bond presently used. The purpose of this study is to identify an alternative pathway linked by hydrogen bonds suitable for electron transfer from heme-Fe of cytochr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramasarma T,Vaigundan D

更新日期：2018-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (DEX), a potent glucocorticoid, increased the expression of T-cell death associated gene 8 (TDAG8), a proton-sensing G protein-coupled receptor, which is associated with the enhancement of acidic pH-induced cAMP accumulation, in peritoneal macrophages. We explored the role of increased TDAG8 expression i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He XD,Tobo M,Mogi C,Nakakura T,Komachi M,Murata N,Takano M,Tomura H,Sato K,Okajima F

更新日期：2011-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of protein kinase C has been shown to be involved in the activation pathway of many cell types. Recently, a number of investigations have suggested that protein kinase C plays an essential role in T lymphocyte activation. The recent synthesis of the protein kinase inhibitors, H-7 and HA1004, have now made p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Clark RB,Love JT Jr,Sgroi D,Lingenheld EG,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various differentiation-inducers on the activity of Ca2+, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (C-kinase) activity and endogenous protein phosphorylation by the kinase were examined in the extracts of HL-60 cells. Although all of the inducers, retinoic acid, dibutyryl cAMP, nicotinamide, dimethylsulfoxi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanaka Y,Tsuyuki M,Itaya-Hironaka A,Inada Y,Yoshihara K,Kamiya T

更新日期：1990-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) has been demonstrated that it plays a significant role in cell death receptor signal transduction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of TRAF2 and its possible role in FJOA. We observed an up-regulation of TRAF2 in FJOA by immunohistoc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang J,Zhang J,Wu C,Guo X,Chen C,Bao G,Sun Y,Chen J,Xue P,Xu G,Cui Z

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were made on the mechanism of the effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on the activity of (Ca2++Mg2+)-ATPase, a membrane bound Ca2+-extrusion pump enzyme from the basolateral membranes (BLM) of canine kidney (Km for free Ca2+ = 1.3 X 10(-7) M, Vmax = 200 nmol Pi/mg/min). At 1 X 10(-7) M free Ca2+, both PTH (10(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Itoh K,Morimoto S,Shiraishi T,Taniguchi K,Onishi T,Kumahara Y

更新日期：1988-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Binary enterotoxin of Clostridium perfringens (BEC), consisting of the components BECa and BECb, was recently identified as a novel enterotoxin produced by C. perfringens that causes acute gastroenteritis in humans. Although the detailed mechanism of cell intoxication by BEC remains to be defined, BECa shows both NAD+...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawahara K,Yonogi S,Munetomo R,Oki H,Yoshida T,Kumeda Y,Matsuda S,Kodama T,Ohkubo T,Iida T,Nakamura S

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The RC2 antibody is widely used to label mouse radial glial cells in the developing central nervous system. While the antibody is known to recognize a 295-kDa intermediate filament proximal protein, the gene encoding the RC2 antigen remains to be identified. Here, we present evidences clearly demonstrating that Nestin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park D,Xiang AP,Zhang L,Mao FF,Walton NM,Choi SS,Lahn BT

更新日期：2009-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently isolated a rat homologue of the Caenorrhabditis elegans lin-10 product. Although rat lin-10 is expressed in the cytosol and membrane fractions of various tissues, it is distributed only in the membrane fraction in brain where it is enriched in the synaptic plasma membrane and postsynaptic density frac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ide N,Hata Y,Hirao K,Irie M,Deguchi M,Yao I,Satoh A,Wada M,Takahashi K,Nakanishi H,Takai Y

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) catalyzes the first committed step in gluconeogenesis. Here we investigated the effect of various hormones including cAMP, dexamethasone and insulin on the abundance of PC mRNA in the human hepatocyte cell line, HepG2. Treatment of HepG2 cells with 1 microM of glucagon increased the expressio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thonpho A,Sereeruk C,Rojvirat P,Jitrapakdee S

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) gene expression and IGFBP secretion were investigated in a retinoic acid (RA)-resistant subline (RROI) of MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells. Our results demonstrate that RRO-I cells constitutively secrete higher levels of IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-5. In addition, we found th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheikh MS,Shao ZM,Chen JC,Clemmons DR,Roberts CT Jr,LeRoith D,Fontana JA

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00