Catalytic activity and stability of hammerhead ribozymes containing 2'-acetamido-2'-deoxyribonucleosides.

abstract：:AtNPF7.3/AtNRT1.5, which is a nitrate transporter that drives root-to-shoot transport of NO3-, is also involved in modulating the response to K+ deprivation in Arabidopsis by affecting root development and K+ transport. However, whether NPF7.3/NRT1.5 functions in regulating plant responses to deficiencies of other nut...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui YN,Li XT,Yuan JZ,Wang FZ,Wang SM,Ma Q

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show here a novel non-viral strategy to transduce human cells by using an EBV-based vector system. The EBV-based vectors, the plasmid vectors carrying EBV oriP (origin for plasmid replication) and EBNA (EBV nuclear antigen) 1 gene from EBV genome, were combined with 2 gene delivery systems, i.e., cationic liposome ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh E,Osawa M,Tomiyasu K,Hirai H,Shimazaki C,Oda Y,Nakagawa M,Kondo M,Kinoshita S,Mazda O,Imanishi J

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Three principally different sites of action have been reported for proinsulin C-peptide, at surface-mediated, intracellular, and extracellular locations. Following up on the latter, we now find that (i) mass spectrometric analyses reveal the presence of the C-peptide monomer in apparent equilibrium with a low-yield se...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jörnvall H,Lindahl E,Astorga-Wells J,Lind J,Holmlund A,Melles E,Alvelius G,Nerelius C,Mäler L,Johansson J

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that adult cells such as pancreatic exocrine cells can be converted to pancreatic β-cells in a process called cell reprogramming. Enteroendocrine cells and β-cells share similar pathways of differentiation during embryonic development. Notably, enteroendocrine K cells express many of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee E,Ryu GR,Moon SD,Ko SH,Ahn YB,Song KH

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent environmental sampling around a landfill site in the UK demonstrated that unidentified xenoestrogens were present at higher levels than control sites; that these xenoestrogens were capable of super-activating (resisting ligand-dependent antagonism) the murine variant 2 ERβ and that the ionic liquid 1-octyl-3-me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leitch AC,Lakey AF,Hotham WE,Agius L,Kass GEN,Blain PG,Wright MC

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We generated two transgenic mice carrying the adenovirus type 12 E1 region genes under control of the human renin promoter, in which the E1A and E1B genes were expressed predominantly in the kidney. Interestingly, renal transcription of the gene for mouse renin was shown to be elevated at 28 and 40 folds as compared i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukamizu A,Sagara M,Sugiyama F,Yagami K,Murakami K

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and glucagon secretion from the islets of Langerhans is highly regulated. Although an increased plasma glucose level is the major stimulus for insulin exocytosis, roles for glutamine and glutamate have been suggested. Interestingly, the islet cells display elements associated with synaptic transmission. In the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gammelsaeter R,Jenstad M,Bredahl MK,Gundersen V,Chaudhry FA

更新日期：2009-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen (TAM), an anti-estrogen compound, is widely used for chemotherapy of breast cancer, although the molecular mechanisms underlying TAM cytotoxicity are obscure. Here, we show that TAM dramatically caused degradation of vimentin (VIM) in human skin fibroblasts, in a time and dose dependent manner. Addition of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto M,Inoue S,Ogawa S,Conrad C,Muramatsu M,Shackelford D,Masliah E

更新日期：1998-06-18 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：:Here we describe the molecular cloning of human cyclin B3, its localization, and its structure. It is localized in the subcentromeric region of the X chromosome, still not completely sequenced by the Human Genome Project. This cyclin B3 is unusually large for a mitotic cyclin. Its mRNAs were found in all tissues and w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lozano JC,Perret E,Schatt P,Arnould C,Peaucellier G,Picard A

更新日期：2002-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP cassette binding protein 1 (ABCA1) controls the apolipoprotein-mediated cholesterol efflux pathway and determines plasma HDL levels. Although cAMP is known to promote ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux from cells, it has not been determined whether cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) isoforms regulate t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin G,Bornfeldt KE

更新日期：2002-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:MutT-related proteins degrade 8-oxo-7,8-dihydrodeoxyguanosine triphosphate (8-oxo-dGTP), a mutagenic substrate for DNA synthesis, in the nucleotide pool, thereby preventing DNA replication errors. During a search of GenBank EST database, we found a new member of MutT-related protein, MTH2, which possesses the 23-amino...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cai JP,Ishibashi T,Takagi Y,Hayakawa H,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：2003-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of D-fructose within the lumen of the human small intestine is thought to be mediated by the GLUT5 isoform of the human facilitative sugar transporter family. This isoform has been expressed in oocytes and shown to be capable of D-fructose transport. Some debate remains regarding the absolute substrate ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kane S,Seatter MJ,Gould GW

更新日期：1997-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia cells respond to toxic stimuli by undergoing a form of programmed cell death known as apoptosis. However, the signaling events responsible for the execution of this form of death are poorly understood. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades are involved in the cellular response to extracel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stadheim TA,Kucera GL

更新日期：1998-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cells have been shown to induce enzyme activities, which are characteristically high in brain capillaries, in cerebral and non cerebral endothelial cells in culture. We evaluated the activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma GT) in freshly isolated (ex vivo) bovine blood (BEC) and lymphatic (LEC) endothel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weber E,Lorenzoni P,Raffaelli N,Cavina N,Sacchi G

更新日期：1996-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:P-selectin is a cell adhesion molecule found in platelets and endothelial cells mediating binding of leukocytes. It is stored in secretory granules and expressed at the plasma membrane after cell activation. After rapid internalisation P-selectin recycles or is degraded. The 35 amino acid cytoplasmic domain of P-selec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Florian V,Schlüter T,Bohnensack R

更新日期：2001-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen, a widely used nonsteroidal antiestrogen in the treatment of breast cancer, forms several metabolites. 4-Hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHTam), a metabolite found in the bloodstream, has much higher affinity for the estrogen receptor than tamoxifen itself. Oxidative activation of 4-OHTam induces DNA damage. DNA isolate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sharma M

更新日期：2000-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we investigate the effects of the dihydropyridine-type antagonists of calcium channels nitrendipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and the calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 on the induction of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) in J774.2 macrophages cultured in vitro. Pretreat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Szabó C,Thiemermann C,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of vitamin A on the expression of apoAI and CIII genes in intact rats was studied. In vitamin A-deficient rats, the hepatic level of apoAI mRNA was increased and enhanced by an oral administration of excess retinoic acid(RA). A similar administration to normal rats caused an increase in the apoAI mRNA level...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagasaki A,Kikuchi T,Kurata K,Masushige S,Hasegawa T,Kato S

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallographic studies have shown independent binding sites for sugar and peptide ligands of concanavalin A, although they were considered functional mimics based on biochemical experiments. The topological correlation of 12-residue peptide with different carbohydrate ligands of concanavalin A showed similarity betw...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain D,Kaur KJ,Goel M,Salunke DM

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells and play an essential role for triggering T-cell-mediated immune responses. In search for novel cell surface molecules expressed on DCs involved in T cell priming by representational differential analysis, we identified a mouse homologue of Tspan-3 (mT...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tokoro Y,Shibuya K,Osawa M,Tahara-Hanaoka S,Iwama A,Kitamura T,Nakauchi H,Shibuya A

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is frequently involved in various cancers. The hMSH3 gene is one of the human MMR genes whose role in bladder cancer is not known. We hypothesized that down-regulation of the hMSH3 gene might be involved in bladder cancer. In this study we analyzed this gene with regard to f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawakami T,Shiina H,Igawa M,Deguchi M,Nakajima K,Ogishima T,Tokizane T,Urakami S,Enokida H,Miura K,Ishii N,Kane CJ,Carroll PR,Dahiya R

更新日期：2004-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 is prevalently overexpressed in human cancers and is regarded as a new diagnostic and therapeutic target. Pin1 interacts with several proteins involved in cell cycle events in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Among them, NIMA (never in mitosis, gene A) was first identified to inte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen J,Li L,Zhang Y,Yang H,Wei Y,Zhang L,Liu X,Yu L

更新日期：2006-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermo-alkalophilic bacterium, Geobacillus thermoleovorans secrets many enzymes including a 43 kDa extracellular lipase. Significant thermostability, organic solvent stability and wide substrate preferences for hydrolysis drew our attention to solve its structure by crystallography. The structure was solved by molecul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moharana TR,Pal B,Rao NM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The green tea gallocatechins, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) (IC(50) = 0.69 microM), (-)-gallocatechin-3-O-gallate (GCG) (IC(50) = 0.67 microM), (-)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate (ECG) (IC(50) = 1.3 microM), and theasinensin A (IC(50) = 0.13 microM), were found to be potent and selective inhibitors of rat squalene ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abe I,Seki T,Umehara K,Miyase T,Noguchi H,Sakakibara J,Ono T

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The IGF/IGF-1R system, which includes the IGF, IGF-1R, and IGFBPs proteins, plays an important role in the development and growth of colorectal cancer. We previously reported that in the HT29 human colon cancer cell line EGCG, the major biologically active component of green tea, inhibits activation of the RTKs EGFR, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimizu M,Deguchi A,Hara Y,Moriwaki H,Weinstein IB

更新日期：2005-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The death of cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction (MI) often leads to ventricular remodeling as well as heart failure (HF). The cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) have the ability to regenerate functional heart muscle in patients after MI, which provides a promising method for MI-induced HF therapy. However, to dat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li L,Wang Q,Yuan Z,Chen A,Liu Z,Wang Z,Li H

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate in manure of monogastric animals pollutes the environment if improperly applied to soil. Strategies that reduce phosphate inputs into animal production systems reduce environmental pollution. Using a novel vaccine to fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23), we induced neutralizing antibodies that reduced the ph...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bobeck EA,Burgess KS,Jarmes TR,Piccione ML,Cook ME

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of gene expression of a low M(r) GTP-binding protein, ram p25, was examined throughout the entire brain of adult rat by in situ hybridization. ram-mRNA was expressed predominantly in anterior and intermediate lobes of pituitary gland (hypophysis), and weakly in hippocampal formation. In other parts of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagata K,Sakagami H,Kondo H,Nozawa Y

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase, depleted of polypeptide subunits by alkaline detergent treatment, was characterized with respect to metal content, optical spectral properties, and oxidase activity. Treatment with 1.0% Triton X-100 at pH 9.5 followed by anion-exchange chromatography caused removal of subunit III, su...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yewey GL,Caughey WS

更新日期：1987-11-13 00:00:00