Modular recognition of nucleic acids by PUF, TALE and PPR proteins.

abstract：:Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), TATp, in particular, has been used widely for intracellular delivery of various agents ranging from small molecules to proteins, peptides, range of pharmaceutical nanocarriers and imaging agents. This review highlights the mechanisms of CPP-mediated delivery and summarizes numerous ex...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sawant R,Torchilin V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen positive breast cancer is a dreadful disease in women worldwide. The human estrogen receptor-α (ERα) pathway plays a critical role in estrogenic signaling and targeting ERα in breast cancer treatment. The key role of Lemur tyrosine kinase-3 (LMTK3) in regulation of ERα has been identified and it is found to b...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Anbarasu K,Jayanthi S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tankyrases (TNKS), key transmitters in the Wnt signaling pathway which is very conservative in evolution, are vital targets as they are overexpressed widely in many cancers. In this work, 5 inhibitors with novel structures have been discovered and validated using the ligand-based (pharmacophore) virtual screening, doc...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Pu Y,Zhang S,Chang Z,Zhang Y,Wang D,Zhang L,Li Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Undoubtedly, metabonomics can reveal the comprehensive efficacies of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulae and its complex mechanism at the molecular biological level. In this study, an attempt was made to address the pretreatment effect of a TCM formula. In this case, as a critical point, we should first know h...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yan B,Deng Y,Hou J,Bi Q,Yang M,Jiang B,Liu X,Wu W,Guo D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia and inflammation have been identified as the hallmarks of colitis, intertwined with metabolism. Here, we report that halofuginone (HF), an antiparasitic drug, attenuates dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice, as represented by attenuating the disease activity index, inhibiting colonic shortening...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu J,Xiao HT,Wang HS,Mu HX,Zhao L,Du J,Yang D,Wang D,Bian ZX,Lin SH

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:All trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) is widely used to direct the differentiation of cultured stem cells. When exposed to the pluripotent human embryonal carcinoma (EC) stem cell line, TERA2.cl.SP12, ATRA induces ectoderm differentiation and the formation of neuronal cell types. We report in this study that novel polyene ch...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Clemens G,Flower KR,Gardner P,Henderson AP,Knowles JP,Marder TB,Whiting A,Przyborski S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Are protein functions continuous or discretized? Proteomics investigations are starting to address this non-trivial awesome question focusing upon determining the nature of biological molecular relationships. In the following editorial we present a number of experimental studies published in this themed Proteomics Iss...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Urbani A,Castagnola M,Fasano M,Bini L,Modesti A,Timperio AM,Roncada P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large combinatorial libraries of macrocyclic peptides are a useful source of bioactive compounds. However, peptides are not generally cell permeable, so there is great interest in the development of methods to create large libraries of modified peptides. In particular, N-alkylation of peptides is known to improve thei...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Morimoto J,Kodadek T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key signaling proteins that regulate how cells interact with their environment. Traditional signaling cascades involving GPCRs have been well described and are well established and very important clinical targets. With the development of more recent technologies, hints about the...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang X,Eggert US

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not surprising that a large number of diseases related to amyloid fibril depositions are formed in various organs. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the transformation of native proteins into amyloid fibrils in order to clarify which key elements of this process determine the pathway of protein misfolding...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Galzitskaya OV

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis, oxidative stress (OS) enhances the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to sustained cell growth, inflammation, excessive tissue remodelling and accumulation, which results in the development and acceleration of renal damage. In our previous work (Eltoweissy et al....

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Eltoweissy M,Dihazi GH,Müller GA,Asif AR,Dihazi H

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most commonly occurring metabolic and endocrinological disorders affecting women of reproductive age. Metabolomics is an emerging field that holds promise in understanding disease pathophysiology. Recently, a few metabolomics based studies have been attempted in PCOS pati...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： RoyChoudhury S,Mishra BP,Khan T,Chattopadhayay R,Lodh I,Datta Ray C,Bose G,Sarkar HS,Srivastava S,Joshi MV,Chakravarty B,Chaudhury K

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciphering functional interactions between proteins is one of the great challenges in biology. Sequence-based homology-free encoding schemes have been increasingly applied to develop promising protein-protein interaction (PPI) predictors by means of statistical or machine learning methods. Here we analyze the relatio...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhou Y,Zhou YS,He F,Song J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequencing technology has generated a vast amount of genomic and epigenomic data, and has provided us a great opportunity to study gene functions on a global scale from an epigenomic view. In the last decade, network-based studies, such as those based on PPI networks and co-expression networks, have shown good ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li W,Wang M,Sun J,Wang Y,Jiang R

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) and related N-acyl ethanolamine (NAE) lipids is complex and appears to involve multiple pathways, including: (1) direct release of NAEs from N-acyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine (NAPE) precursors by the phosphodiesterase NAPE-PLD, and (2) double O-deacylation of NAP...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Simon GM,Cravatt BF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significant increase in the demand for purified protein for crystallization and structural studies has made necessary the development of multi-sample methods for identifying solution conditions that affect protein stability and aggregation. Conditions that stabilize proteins can improve protein purification and cr...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Senisterra GA,Finerty PJ Jr

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To faithfully execute diverse biological programs all cells need to access and distribute their genomes in a highly organized way. In the nucleus of eukaryotic cells DNA is packed with histone proteins into chromatin. The originating nucleo-protein complex is the regulatory platform for all genetic processes. Of these...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Nikolov M,Fischle W

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretagogin is a hexa EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein expressed in neuroendocrine, pancreatic endocrine and retinal cells. The protein has been noted for its expression in specific neuronal subtypes in the support of hierarchical organizing principles in the mammalian brain. Secretagogin has previously been found to i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bauer MC,O'Connell DJ,Maj M,Wagner L,Cahill DJ,Linse S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular heterogeneity and stochastic fluctuation play key roles in biological processes. Single molecule approaches have the key advantage of avoiding ensemble averaging, allowing the observation of transient intermediates and heterogeneity (both static and dynamic). Thus they have revolutionised the way many biologi...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ying L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and functional changes in albumin are of particular interest as numerous studies in vivo have reported a strong involvement of glycated-HSA in the development and progression of chronic diabetic complications. Non-enzymatic addition of glucose molecules to a protein induces structural changes in it. These c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Neelofar K,Arif Z,Alam K,Ahmad J

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the key feature of some bacteria, such as Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis. Via EET processes, these bacteria can grow on electrode surfaces and make current output of microbial fuel cells. c-Type cytochromes can be used as carriers to transfer electrons, whic...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ding DW,Xu J,Li L,Xie JM,Sun X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a versatile pathogen Staphylococcus aureus can cause various disease patterns, which are influenced by strain specific virulence factor repertoires but also by S. aureus physiological adaptation capacity. Here, we present metabolomic descriptions of S. aureus central metabolic pathways and demonstrate the potential...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liebeke M,Dörries K,Zühlke D,Bernhardt J,Fuchs S,Pané-Farré J,Engelmann S,Völker U,Bode R,Dandekar T,Lindequist U,Hecker M,Lalk M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the preclinical drug discovery process it remains a challenge to enable early elimination of candidate molecules that may have non-specific, off-target activities. Here, we use whole zebrafish embryo assays coupled with genetic analysis to address this issue. PLK1 (Polo-like kinase 1) is one of the key regulato...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhong H,Xin S,Zhao Y,Lu J,Li S,Gong J,Yang Z,Lin S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the expected preference of an immobilised oligosaccharide Man(9)(GlcNAc)(2) upon a 96-well photochemical array, for its known receptor, the cell-surface lectin Dendritic Cell-Specific ICAM3 Grabbing Nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) when compared to immobilised competing monosaccharides. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Dilly SJ,Clark AJ,Mitchell DA,Marsh A,Taylor PC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, more and more research has shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in the development and progression of various diseases, but it is not easy to predict potential human miRNA-disease associations from the vast amount of biological data. Computational methods for predicting potential disease-miRNA a...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chen X,Liu MX,Yan GY

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zebrafish Danio rerio is a model vertebrate organism for understanding biological mechanisms. Recent studies have explored using zebrafish as a model for lipid-related diseases, for in vivo fish bioassays, and for embryonic toxicity experiments. Mass spectrometry (MS) and MS imaging are established tools for lipid...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Pirro V,Guffey SC,Sepúlveda MS,Mahapatra CT,Ferreira CR,Jarmusch AK,Cooks RG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry combined with high efficiency capillary liquid chromatography provides high sensitivity and broad dynamic range measurements for the characterization of biological macromolecules in complex matrices, and is an increasingly powerful analytical tool for systems biology research....

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Smith RD,Tang K,Shen Y

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered regions in proteins are known to evolve rapidly while maintaining their function. However, given their lack of structure and sequence conservation, the means through which they stay functional is not clear. Poor sequence conservation also hampers the classification of these regions into functi...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Moesa HA,Wakabayashi S,Nakai K,Patil A

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell culture metabolomics has demonstrated significant advantages in cancer research. However, its applications have been impeded by some influencing factors such as culture media, which could significantly affect cellular metabolic profiles and lead to inaccuracy and unreliability of comparative metabolomic analysis ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Huang Z,Shao W,Gu J,Hu X,Shi Y,Xu W,Huang C,Lin D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon entering biological systems, such as the blood stream, nanoparticles form molecular complexes with the proteins encountered called protein coronas, which shield the surface of the exogenous nanoparticle. The most abundant blood proteins, such as albumin, initially occupy the surface of the nanoparticle. Owing to ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ramezani F,Rafii-Tabar H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00