Unusual biphasic melting behaviour of Rhodotorula gracilis DNA.

abstract：:Estrogen deficiency-induced obesity has a high risk of visceral fat accumulation and body weight gain. It is also associated with many adverse health conditions. Taheebo extract from Tabebuia avellanedae has been recognized as playing several biological and pharmacological roles. Therefore, we investigated whether the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwamoto K,Fukuda Y,Tokikura C,Noda M,Yamamoto A,Yamamoto M,Yamashita M,Zaima N,Iida A,Moriyama T

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2.1-kb genomic region responsible for Ogawa serotype specificity of Vibrio cholerae 01 was identified by cosmid cloning and recombinant plasmid experiments. The plasmid carrying this region derived from Ogawa type Vibrio cholerae NIH 41 coded for a specific protein of 27 kD, and was found to convert serotype specifi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito T,Ohshita Y,Nakamoto T,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of natriuretic peptide, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), very similar to each other in structure and in pharmacological effect, are known to be present in mammalian heart and brain. In our present survey for unidentified peptides in porcine brain extracts, we found a new ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sudoh T,Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomatal movements are regulated by alternate phase transition in the lipophilic domains of membrane initiated by blue light through activation of plasmalemma redox system. ABA blocks the blue light activated redox reactions leading to the accumulation of superoxide (O2.-) radical inducing melting of the membrane and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Purohit S,Kumar GP,Laloraya M,Laloraya MM

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Anders et al. (2011) [11] reported that cyclinD1/Cdk4 and cyclinD3/Cdk6 enhance the transcriptional activity of FOXM1c by phosphorylating its TAD. They defined 12 Cdk consensus sites as essential for the activation of FOXM1c by cyclinD1/Cdk4 and cyclinD3/Cdk6 and stated that the 12 Cdk-sites are positioned within the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wierstra I

更新日期：2013-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins and developmental regulation of cerebellar oligodendrocytes are largely unknown, although some hypotheses of embryonic origins have been suggested. Neural stem cells exist in the white matter of postnatal cerebellum, but it is unclear whether these neural stem cells generate oligodendrocytes at postnatal s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naruse M,Shibasaki K,Ishizaki Y

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (AM) gains its bioactivity by amidation at its C-terminal, forming "mature AM." The mature AM and the expression of AM receptor component mRNAs, receptor activity-modifying protein 2 and calcitonin receptor-like receptor, from feto-maternal tissues of normal pregnant women and women with histologic chor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Makino I,Makino Y,Yoshihara F,Nishikimi T,Kawarabayashi T,Kangawa K,Shibata K

更新日期：2003-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the pathogenesis of the cardiovascular system with aging, we studied the basal release of NO in cultured endothelial cells isolated from normal human umbilical veins (HUVECs) at different population doubling levels (PDLs). The release of NO was assayed by a newly ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato I,Morita I,Kaji K,Ikeda M,Nagao M,Murota S

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ABCG2 (also called MXR (3), BCRP (4), or ABCP (5) is a recently-identified ABC half-transporter, which causes multidrug resistance in cancer. Here we report that the expression of the ABCG2 protein in Sf9 insect cells resulted in a high-capacity, vanadate-sensitive ATPase activity in isolated membrane preparations. AB...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozvegy C,Litman T,Szakács G,Nagy Z,Bates S,Váradi A,Sarkadi B

更新日期：2001-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-183 cluster, composed of miR-183/-96/-182 genes, is highly expressed in the adult retina, particularly in photoreceptors. It involves in development, maturation and normal function of neuroretina. Ectopic overexpression of miR-183/-96/-182 genes was performed to assess reprogramming of hRPE cells. They were amplif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Davari M,Soheili ZS,Samiei S,Sharifi Z,Pirmardan ER

更新日期：2017-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA for subunit d of rat mitochondrial H(+)-ATP synthase was cloned from a brain cDNA library. The protein contains internally repeat structures that have sequences similar to those of other ATP-related proteins. The antibodies raised against the protein A-subunit d fusion protein expressed in E. coli specificall...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Motojima K,Imanaka T

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogeny of T-Kininogen expression in the rat liver was examined. Levels approximately 6 fold higher than seen in the adult liver are present during the perinatal period. Elevated levels are also seen in the maternal liver, beginning 5 days prior to parturition. The timing of induction in the fetal and maternal li...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mann EA,Lingrel JB

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1), upregulated in various types of malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC), has been reported to be associated with the carcinogenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are widely involved in the initiation and progression of cancer. However, the functional significance of AEG-1 and the relati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang S,Wu B,Li D,Zhou W,Deng G,Zhang K,Li Y

更新日期：2014-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that astrocytes release gliotransmitters (i.e., ATP, L-glutamate, D-serine, and peptide hormones) and participate actively in synaptic functioning. Although ATP release from astrocytes modulates the activity of neurons, the mechanisms regulating the ATP release from astrocytes and the sou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oya M,Kitaguchi T,Yanagihara Y,Numano R,Kakeyama M,Ikematsu K,Tsuboi T

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the production of transgenic quails using a replication-defective pantropic retroviral vector based on Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV) pseudotyped with vesicular stomatitis virus G protein (VSV-G). The retroviral vector was injected into laid quail embryos at the blastodermal stage, and the embryo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuarai S,Ono K,Yamaguchi K,Nishijima K,Kamihira M,Iijima S

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper development of the cerebral cortex is essential for brain formation and functioning. O-GlcNAcylation, an important posttranslational modification, regulates the pathways critical for neuronal health and the survival of the cerebral cortex in neurodegenerative diseases. However, the role of O-GlcNAcylation i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng J,Wu Y,Chen L,Li Y,Liu F,Shao J,Huang M,Fan M,Wu H

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiol and disulfide compounds were tested as an anti-HIV drug against transactivator (Tat)-mediated transactivation of HIV-1. Of all the compounds tested, thiamine disulfide, alpha-lipoic acid, and N-acetycysteine significantly depressed HIV-1 Tat activity. Thiamine disulfide alone in these compounds possessing anti-H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shoji S,Furuishi K,Misumi S,Miyazaki T,Kino M,Yamataka K

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a congenital hereditary, bilateral eye disorder which affects both retina and the vitreous body. As a first step toward the identification of the gene responsible for the X-linked disorder, we report here the results of DNA analyses from the patients and their parents of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shastry BS,Trese MT

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein markers induced by hormones are the necessary probes to study hormone regulation of gene expression. We have previously shown that ACTH was able to induce one of these markers in the cytosol of the rat adrenal: protein E (Dazord et al, Biochem. J., 176, 233-239, 1978). In this paper by using adrenal mRNA from ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Langlois-Gallet D,Dazord A

更新日期：1984-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently deorphanized niacin receptor subtypes NIACR1 (GPR109A) and NIACR2 (GPR109B) play an essential role in the regulation of metabolic processes and immune reactions. Both receptors belong to the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family, whose members have traditionally been treated as monomeric entities, but ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mandrika I,Petrovska R,Klovins J

更新日期：2010-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated if Cl(-) regulates the proliferation of the MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells. The proliferation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells was diminished by lowering the extracellular Cl(-) concentration ([Cl(-)](o)) in the culture medium. The lowered in [Cl(-)](o) increased the periods of the G(0...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maki M,Miyazaki H,Nakajima K,Yamane J,Niisato N,Morihara T,Kubo T,Marunaka Y

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts which derive from hemopoietic cells are multinucleated cells responsible for bone resorption. We found that cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), thapsigargin (TG), and 2,5-di-(t-butyl)-1,4-hydroquinone (BHQ) induced osteoclast-like cell (OCL) formation in cocultures of mouse calvaria-derived stromal cells and hemopoi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takami M,Woo JT,Takahashi N,Suda T,Nagai K

更新日期：1997-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the glycogen branching enzyme gene, GBE1, result in glycogen storage disease (GSD) type IV, an autosomal recessive disorder having multiple clinical forms. One mutant allele of this gene, GBE1 c.1076A>C, has been reported in Ashkenazi Jewish cases of an adult-onset form of GSD type IV, adult polyglucosan ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hussain A,Armistead J,Gushulak L,Kruck C,Pind S,Triggs-Raine B,Natowicz MR

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We established a sensitive and specific two-site enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) using two region-specific monoclonal antibodies. We investigated the tissue distribution and the plasma concentration of immunoreactive (ir-) PrRP in rats using this assay. Ir-PrRP was widely distributed in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto H,Murakami Y,Horikoshi Y,Noguchi J,Habata Y,Kitada C,Hinuma S,Onda H,Fujino M

更新日期：1999-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusing recombinant proteins to highly soluble partners is frequently used to prevent aggregation of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. Moreover, co-overexpression of prokaryotic chaperones can increase the amount of properly folded recombinant proteins. To understand the solubility enhancement of fusion protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Douette P,Navet R,Gerkens P,Galleni M,Lévy D,Sluse FE

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface of Candida albicans is enriched with highly glycosylated mannoproteins that are involved in the interaction with host tissues. N- and O-glycosylation are post-translational modifications that initiate in the endoplasmic reticulum, and finalize in the Golgi. The KRE2/MNT1 family encode a set of multifu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Díaz-Jiménez DF,Mora-Montes HM,Hernández-Cervantes A,Luna-Arias JP,Gow NA,Flores-Carreón A

更新日期：2012-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine erythrocyte green heme binding protein and bovine erythrocyte flavin reductase have been isolated in highly purified forms and subjected to amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis. The two proteins possess similar amino acid compositions and identical N-terminal amino acid sequences. Mor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Quandt KS,Xu F,Chen P,Hultquist DE

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitor for the adhesion of monocytes to cytokine-stimulated endothelial cells, K-7174, was selected by an assay system using the cultured human monocytic cells and human endothelial cells. K-7174 inhibited the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) induced by either tumor necrosis factor a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umetani M,Nakao H,Doi T,Iwasaki A,Ohtaka M,Nagoya T,Mataki C,Hamakubo T,Kodama T

更新日期：2000-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein 7 (hK7), a chymostatin-like serine protease, is overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomas as well as other human cancers. Although it has been demonstrated to participate in normal desquamation by facilitating cell shedding at the skin surface, its role in human malignancies remains unclear. To investigat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramani VC,Haun RS

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine age-related degradation of gammaD-crystallin and the cleavage sites in the connecting peptide regions of the two domains of gammaD- and gammas-crystallins. The water-soluble (WS) proteins from lenses of donors of different ages and a purified gamma-crystallin fraction were analyz...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Srivastava OP,Srivastava K

更新日期：1998-12-18 00:00:00