Reverse engineering of metabolic networks, a critical assessment.

abstract：:Induced hypoxia stress on cervical cancer derived cells (HeLa cells) leads to significant changes in their membrane lipid profiles. The lipidome of HeLa cells was characterized by a joint approach wherein liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was followed by high resolution NMR measurements. Multiva...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yu Y,Vidalino L,Anesi A,Macchi P,Guella G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is associated with most cell signaling and developmental processes in eukaryotes. Despite the vast extent of the phosphoproteome within the cell, connecting specific kinases with relevant targets remains a significant experimental frontier. The challenge of linking kinases and their substrates ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sopko R,Andrews BJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Mannose-modified lectin-binding peptides were obtained from an α-helical-designed peptide phage library. Concanavalin A (ConA) was used as a representative target protein for the lectin family. The identified glycopeptides could selectively bind to ConA with micromolar affinity. With these results, the methodologies d...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ven Chang I,Tsutsumi H,Mihara H

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional methods for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including direct DNA sequencing, pyrosequencing, and melting curve analysis, are to a great extent limited by their requirement for particular detection instruments. To overcome this limitation, we established a novel SNP detection technique ut...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Imai K,Ogai Y,Nishizawa D,Kasai S,Ikeda K,Koga H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of the structure and dynamics of signal transduction systems through data-based mathematical models in ordinary differential equations or other paradigms has proven to be a successful approach in recent times. Extending this concept, we here analysed the use of kinetic models based on power-law terms...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Vera J,Rath O,Balsa-Canto E,Banga JR,Kolch W,Wolkenhauer O

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rule-based modeling provides a means to represent cell signaling systems in a way that captures site-specific details of molecular interactions. For rule-based models to be more widely understood and (re)used, conventions for model visualization and annotation are needed. We have developed the concepts of an extended ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chylek LA,Hu B,Blinov ML,Emonet T,Faeder JR,Goldstein B,Gutenkunst RN,Haugh JM,Lipniacki T,Posner RG,Yang J,Hlavacek WS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-chemical deamination of cytosine using 3-cyanovinylcarbazole nucleoside (CNVK) mediated photo-cross-linking is a technique for site-directed mutagenesis. Using this technique in vivo requires the elimination of a high-temperature incubation step; instead, incubation should be carried out under physiological cond...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sethi S,Ooe M,Sakamoto T,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a sensitive, non-destructive displacement assay, using a fluorescent peptide indicator, for real-time monitoring of the interactions between RNA and RNA binding proteins (RBPs). The developed fluorescent peptide indicators, each containing a mid-sequence fluorophore unit, allowed sensing of target...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jeong HS,Choi SM,Kim HW,Park JW,Park HN,Park SM,Jang SK,Rhee YM,Kim BH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although angiotensin (Ang)II-induced Janus-activated kinase (JAK)2 phosphorylation was reported to be enhanced in failing human cardiomyocytes, the downstream balance between cardio-protective (signal transducer and activator of transcription-STAT3) and the pro-inflammatory (STAT2 and STAT5) response remains unexplore...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Cambi GE,Lucchese G,Djeokeng MM,Modesti A,Fiaschi T,Faggian G,Sani G,Modesti PA

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Genome-wide RNA interference screens have greatly facilitated the identification of essential host factors (EHFs) for viral infections, whose knockdown effects significantly influence virus replication but not host cell viability. However, little has been done to link EHFs with another important host factor type, i.e....

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Xie D,Han L,Luo Y,Liu Y,He S,Bai H,Wang S,Bo X

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：:Understanding the molecular mechanism that underlies the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) is vital to develop regenerative medicines for neurological disorders. In our previous work, Rho-GDI-γ was found to be able to prompt neuronal differentiation when it was down regulated. However, it is unclear how Rho-...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang J,Hu F,Cheng H,Zhao XM,Wen T

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Sequence specific binding of DNA and RNA is of fundamental importance in the regulation of cellular gene expression. Because of their modular structure repeat domain proteins are particularly well suited for these processes and have been widely adopted throughout evolution. Detailed biochemical and structural data has...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Filipovska A,Rackham O

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein methylation catalyzed by methyltransferases carries many important biological functions. Methylation and their regulatory enzymes are involved in a variety of human disease states, raising the possibility that abnormally methylated proteins can be disease markers and methyltransferases are potential therapeuti...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Shi SP,Xu HD,Wen PP,Qiu JD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aging and development in male Wistar-derived rats on the profile of endogenous metabolites excreted in the urine was investigated using both (1)H NMR spectroscopy and HPLC-TOF MS using electrospray ionisation (ESI). The endogenous metabolites were profiled in samples collected from male rats every two we...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Williams RE,Lenz EM,Lowden JS,Rantalainen M,Wilson ID

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila cell culture is used as a model system with multiple applications including the identification of new therapeutic targets in screens, the study of conserved signal transduction pathway mechanisms, and as an expression system for recombinant proteins. However, in vitro methods for Drosophila cell and organ c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Burnette M,Brito-Robinson T,Li J,Zartman J

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：: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：:There are major issues regarding the proposed pathway for starch degradation in germinating cereal grain. Given the commercial importance but genetic intractability of the problem, we have embarked on a program of chemical genetics studies to identify and dissect the pathway and regulation of starch degradation in ger...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rejzek M,Stevenson CE,Southard AM,Stanley D,Denyer K,Smith AM,Naldrett MJ,Lawson DM,Field RA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of large scale sequencing methods has enabled analyses of the protein-coding parts of cancer genomes to find the mutated genes that cause common human cancers. Unbiased mutation analyses of human tumors originating in the breast, colon, brain, and pancreas have revealed genomic landscapes composed of a few ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ali MA,Sjöblom T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic information in genomes is ordered, arranged in such a way that it constitutes a code, the so-called cis regulatory code. The regulatory machinery of the cell, termed trans-factors, decodes and expresses this information. In this way, genomes maintain a potential repertoire of genetic programs, parts of which a...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rangel-Chavez C,Galan-Vasquez E,Martinez-Antonio A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are a predominant type of small non-coding RNAs approximately 21 nucleotides in length that play an essential role at the post-transcriptional level by either RNA degradation, translational repression or both through an RNA-induced silencing complex. Identification of these molecules can aid the dissecting o...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yao Y,Ma C,Deng H,Liu Q,Zhang J,Yi M

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the effect of flexible linker length on the catalytic efficiency of fusion proteins, two short flexible peptide linkers of various lengths were fused between Arabidopsis thaliana 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) and Polygonum cuspidatum stilbene synthase (STS) to generate fusion proteins 4CL-(GSG)n-S...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guo H,Yang Y,Xue F,Zhang H,Huang T,Liu W,Liu H,Zhang F,Yang M,Liu C,Lu H,Zhang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2017-02-28 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：:Celastrol, isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. (Thunder God's Vine), has been used to treat cancer, chronic inflammatory, autoimmune and other human diseases. However, to date, the protein targets and the mechanism of action of celastrol have remained elusive. In this s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhou Y,Li W,Wang M,Zhang X,Zhang H,Tong X,Xiao Y

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00