Decreased cpg15 augments oxidative stress in sleep deprived mouse brain.

abstract：:It is recognized that genetic factors play a role in the susceptibility to COPD. COPD is characterized by airflow limitation. Chronic inflammation causes small airway disease and parenchymal destruction, leading to the airflow limitation. Polymorphisms in pro-inflammatory cytokine genes may confer a risk for the devel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hegab AE,Sakamoto T,Saitoh W,Nomura A,Ishii Y,Morishima Y,Iizuka T,Kiwamoto T,Matsuno Y,Massoud HH,Massoud HM,Hassanein KM,Sekizawa K

更新日期：2005-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of guanine nucleotides on activation of the O2-. generating oxidase in a cell free system consisting of bovine neutrophils membranes, cytosol and arachidonic acid has been studied. In a complete system, GTP-gamma-S was stimulatory and GDP-beta-S inhibitory. When cytosol was omitted, both nucleotides acted a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doussiere J,Pilloud MC,Vignais PV

更新日期：1988-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning and characterization of both the cDNA (tufA) and genomic clones encoding for a chloroplast translation elongation factor (EF-Tu) from pea. The analysis of the deduced amino acids of the cDNA clone reveals the presence of putative transit peptide sequence and four GTP binding domains and two EF-Tu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh BN,Mishra RN,Agarwal PK,Goswami M,Nair S,Sopory SK,Reddy MK

更新日期：2004-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokinesis in animal cells relies on a centralspindlin complex consisting of male germ cell RacGap (MgcRacGAP) and mitotic kinesin-like protein 1 (MKLP1). Rho GTPases act as molecular switches to regulate the actin cytoskeleton for cytokinesis, of which Rac1 is regulated by MgcRacGAP. In this study, we determined the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsuura A,Lee HH

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hartnup disorder is an autosomal recessive phenotype involving a transporter for monoamino-monocarboxylic acids. Genetic analysis of the mouse model mapped its locus to human chromosome 11q13 (8). We report here the results of linkage analysis in two Japanese first cousin-marriage families. In the first family, the pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nozaki J,Dakeishi M,Ohura T,Inoue K,Manabe M,Wada Y,Koizumi A

更新日期：2001-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of hydroxyl radicals by tetrachlorohydroquinone (TCHQ, a major metabolite of the widely used biocide pentachlorophenol) in the presence of H(2)O(2) was studied by salicylate hydroxylation method. HPLC with electrochemical detection was used to measure the levels of 2,3- and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DH...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu BZ,Kitrossky N,Chevion M

更新日期：2000-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified the region containing transcriptional enhancer in mouse immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene as an initiation region of DNA replication. The octamer sequence therein has been found to be essential for initiation of DNA replication as well as for transcription. Octamer-binding protein fam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ogawa N,Ariga H,Iguchi-Ariga SM

更新日期：1994-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gaseous signaling molecule produced by cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) and cystathionine β-synthase (CBS), influences bone remodeling in many ways. Osteoclasts play an important role in bone remodeling during tooth movement induced by mechanical loading, which increases the rate of tooth movement...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mo S,Hua Y

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 synthesizes the symmetric dimethylarginine in nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins such as histone H2A, H4 and several non-histone proteins that are required for a variety of biological processes. Currently, two splice variants (v1 and v2) of murine PRMT5 have been deposited in the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu W,Kim JD,Tabara S,Kwon C,Mizukami H,Kimura K,Fukamizu A

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is required in all organisms for crucial functions, as a number of proteins need iron for activity. Mutations of the genes encoding proteins involved in iron uptake, transport, and utilization result in various human disorders or animal models with very different clinical presentations and organ involvement. Howe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rötig A,Chantrel-Groussard K,Munnich A,Rustin P

更新日期：2001-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous Arg- mutants arose at high frequencies in Streptomyces lividans. Exposure to ethidium bromide increased the frequency of arg instability. In Pro+ strains the induced arg mutants were mainly argG, but in the proB mutants, a new mutation, argJ, prevailed which lacked ornithine acetyltransferase activity and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chou CF,Chen CW

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TRAIP/RNF206 plays diverse roles in cell cycle progression, DNA damage response, and DNA repair pathways. Physiological importance of TRAIP is highlighted by the identification of pathogenic mutations of TRAIP gene in patients diagnosed with primordial dwarfism. Although the diverse functions of TRAIP in the nucleus h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park IS,Han Yg,Chung HJ,Jung YW,Kim Y,Kim H

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption of phage T4 to its outer membrane receptor (the lipopolysaccharide) triggers a transient depolarization of the cytoplasmic membrane which is prevented upon addition of EGTA, suggesting that calcium is necessary for the transmission of the signal between the two membranes. Using the fluorescent indicator QUI...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boulanger P,Labedan B,Letellier L

更新日期：1985-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle undergoes complicated differentiation steps that include cell-cycle arrest, cell fusion, and maturation, which are controlled through sequential expression of transcription factors. During muscle differentiation, remodeling of the epigenetic landscape is also known to take place on a large scale, deter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe TM,Higuchi S,Kawauchi K,Tsukasaki Y,Ichimura T,Fujita H

更新日期：2012-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on molecular modelling study, we propose that the reaction between L-aspartate an carbamoylphosphate, catalyzed by E. coli aspartate carbamoyltransferase, may proceed via a tetrahedral intermediate and that the breakdown of the intermediate is facilitated by an intramolecular proton transfer between the amino gr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gouaux JE,Krause KL,Lipscomb WN

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular remodeling characterized by hyperproliferative neointima formation is an unfavorable repair process that is triggered by vascular damage. This process is characterized by an increased local inflammatory and proliferative response that critically involves the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β). I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schlaweck S,Zimmer S,Struck R,Bartok E,Werner N,Bauernfeind F,Latz E,Nickenig G,Hornung V,Ghanem A

更新日期：2011-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuropeptide was isolated from the corpora cardiaca of the corn earworm moth Heliothis zea, and purified by sequential gradient elution in three reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatographic steps. The primary structure, pGlu-Leu-Thr-Phe-Ser-Ser-Gly-Trp-Gly-Asn-NH2 was determined by automated gas-phase Edma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jaffe H,Raina AK,Riley CT,Fraser BA,Bird TG,Tseng CM,Zhang YS,Hayes DK

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (ADPRP) is a nuclear enzyme that transfers ADP-ribose from NAD+ to diverse nuclear proteins. Previously, the function of ADPRP was considered to relate exclusively to its catalytic activity. However, recent experiments have shown that ADPRP is actually an abundant DNA-binding protein, and t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nobori T,Yamanaka H,Carson DA

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity affects a high percentage of new cancer patients worldwide. The detailed mechanism of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity is not completely understood. We investigated whether rapamycin could protect rats from cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. METHODS:Forty-eight male Wistar rats were r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fang B,Xiao H

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2) is the key enzymatic factor in Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), a transcriptional repressor which contributes to oncogenesis. Recent research has revealed the key role of aberrant EZH2 hyper-activity in human gliomas. Here, we examined the role of the lesser-known PRC2-associated PHD Fi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu J,Ji H,Tang H,Xu Z

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrocyte mechanotransduction in response to mechanical loading is essential for the health and homeostasis of articular cartilage. The actin cytoskeleton has been implicated in cell mechanics and mechanotransduction. This study tests the hypothesis that loading modulates actin dynamics and organisation with subsequ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Campbell JJ,Blain EJ,Chowdhury TT,Knight MM

更新日期：2007-09-21 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：:This is the first systematic study on the pancreatic beta cell function in the heterozygous mouse with targeted disruption of the beta cell glucokinase gene. The heterozygotes' beta cell displayed the following characteristics: (1) impaired glucose sensitivity with normal glucose responsiveness, (2) poor discriminatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aizawa T,Asanuma N,Terauchi Y,Suzuki N,Komatsu M,Itoh N,Nakabayashi T,Hidaka H,Ohnota H,Yamauchi K,Yasuda K,Yazaki Y,Kadowaki T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that silkworm hemolymph exhibits anti-apoptotic activity against baculovirus-induced Sf9 cell apoptosis. In this study, using various chemical inducers, such as actinomycin D, camptothecin, and staurosporine, we found that silkworm hemolymph inhibits insect cell apoptosis induced not only by b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rhee WJ,Kim EJ,Park TH

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasectomy induces an immediate biophysical incompetence in epididymal spermatozoa in terms of the erroneous execution of membrane configuration processes, premature membrane melting and untimely protein gyration. Disturbances in the planned expression 'foreign proteins' and the possible 'swinging off' of these molecul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chatterjee S,Laloraya M,Kumar GP

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Episomal vectors can allow efficient genetic modification of cells and have the potential advantage of avoiding chromosomal position of integration effects. Here we explore the use of an Epstein-Barr virus-based episomal vector with human embryonic stem (ES) cells, and find high initial transfection rates, but a rapid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kameda T,Smuga-Otto K,Thomson JA

更新日期：2006-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The lep of Azotobacter vinelandii is an 852-base-pair open reading frame (ORF) which encodes a protein of 284 amino acid residues. The translated protein shares 75% homology with leader peptidase I isolated from Pseudomonas fluorescens and 37% homology with leader peptidase I isolated from Escherichia coli. Five highl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jock CA,Pulakat L,Lee S,Gavini N

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin contains multiple redox sensitive methionines whose oxidation alters the regulation of numerous targets. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to define the molecular principles that govern how calmodulin is structurally poised to detect and respond to methionine oxidation. We found that calmodulin's ope...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Walgenbach DG,Gregory AJ,Klein JC

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported the first vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) clinical strain, Mu50, whose cell wall is remarkably thickened resulting from the activation of cell-wall synthesis. To explore the genetic basis for the vancomycin resistance, cDNA differential hybridization was performed using RNAs ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroda M,Kuwahara-Arai K,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2000-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement sensitization of red blood cells (RBCs) can cause life-threatening hemolytic anemias. We have previously shown that complement receptor 1 (CR1) derivatives specifically the N-terminal region with decay accelerating activity (DAA) for inactivation of a key enzyme in the complement cascade can reduce compleme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu J,Heck S,Debnath A,Yazdanbakhsh K

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00