Identification and cloning of a second phytase gene (phyB) from Aspergillus niger (ficuum).

abstract：:The alternatively spliced isoform of the nonmuscle myosin II heavy chain B (MHC-B) with an insert of 21 amino acids at the 50- to 20-kDa junction of the globular region of myosin has been demonstrated to be expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) in chicken. To explore the role of this B2 inserted i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi M,Hirano T,Uchida K,Yamagishi A

更新日期：1999-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular response to oxidative stress is a complex process that is often connected to cell cycle regulation. The present study examines the effect of H(2)O(2) on cell cycle regulation and involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in these H(2)O(2)-induced responses in a p53-deficient human lung carcinoma cell line,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chung YW,Jeong DW,Won JY,Choi EJ,Choi YH,Kim IY

更新日期：2002-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin depolymerization through Rho GTPases or exogenous mechanical tension has been suggested as a key determinant for the formation of astrocyte stellation. Rho GTPases function as switching molecules to converge both extracellular and intracellular signals in regulation of cytoskeletal organization. Their involvemen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen CJ,Liao SL,Huang YS,Chiang AN

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cot/Tpl2, a member of MAP kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK), is indispensable for the ERK activation, as well as the production of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-23, and PGE(2) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages. However, the expression and the functional roles of Cot/Tpl2 in mast cells have not been elucidated. The adm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiba N,Kakimoto K,Masuda A,Matsuguchi T

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the transcription factor Sp1 and EGF receptor (EGFR) was examined on human gastric carcinoma cell lines and gastric carcinoma tissues as well as corresponding normal mucosa in order to clarify the mechanism of overexpression of EGFR gene without gene amplification. All 7 carcinoma cell lines expresse...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kitadai Y,Yasui W,Yokozaki H,Kuniyasu H,Haruma K,Kajiyama G,Tahara E

更新日期：1992-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycated insulin was evaluated in plasma and biological tissues of diabetic animal models by immunocytochemistry (ICC) and a novel radioimmunoassay. Glycated insulin circulated at 0.10 +/- 0.04 ng/ml and 2.20 +/- 0.14 ng/ml in lean and diabetic obese (ob/ob) mice, corresponding to 12.5 and 9.8% total plasma insulin, r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McKillop AM,Mooney MH,Harriott P,Flatt PR,O'Harte FP

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive and PKC-regulated alpha-secretase pathways have been reported to produce the secreted form of alpha-secretase-derived APP (sAPPalpha). Here, we examined putative role of furin in the regulation of alpha-secretase activity in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of the prodomain of furin and infection with a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang EM,Kim SK,Sohn JH,Lee JY,Kim Y,Kim YS,Mook-Jung I

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) is a severe clinical condition with high morbidity and mortality. Apoptosis is a key pathologic feature of ALI, and Bcl-2 plays an important role during the pathogenesis of ALI via the regulation of apoptosis. However, the regulation of Bcl-2 during ALI, particularly through microRNAs, remains ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao J,Li X,Zou M,He J,Han Y,Wu D,Yang H,Wu J

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal women treated with estrogen hormone replacement therapy and female patients with hypoplasminogenemia receiving oral contraceptives show increasing plasminogen (PLG) concentrations. The elevated PLG levels are in contrast to the estrogen dependent decline of lipoptrotein(a) [Lp(a)], whose main protein co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobelt L,Klammt J,Tefs K,Schuster V

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the number of cytosolic proteins associated with many diseases, development of cytosol-penetrating molecules from outside of living cells is highly in demand. To gain access to the cytosol after cellular uptake, cell-penetrating molecules should be released from intermediate endosomes prior to the lysosoma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim JS,Choi DK,Park SW,Shin SM,Bae J,Kim DM,Yoo TH,Kim YS

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide, the backbone of sphingolipids, has been reported to be involved in various cellular responses including apoptosis. We recently established and characterized a C2-ceramide-resistant HL-60 subline designated HL-CR. HL-CR cells were resistant to not only ceramide but also anti-cancer drugs including daunorubici...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawai H,Kawai S,Domae N

更新日期：2004-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting mitochondrial respiration has been documented as an effective therapeutic strategy in cancer. However, the impact of mitochondrial respiration inhibition on cervical cancer cells are not well elucidated. Using a panel of cervical cancer cell lines, we show that an existing drug atovaquone is active against t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian S,Chen H,Tan W

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different receptor subtypes for neuropeptide Y (NPY) have recently been cloned in mammals. We have discovered three distinct subtypes by PCR in the zebrafish, Danio rerio, and describe here one of these called zYc. The protein sequence identity is 46-51% to mammalian subtypes Y1, Y4 and Y6 and to zebrafish Ya, i....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ringvall M,Berglund MM,Larhammar D

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sofalcone, 2'-carboxymethoxy-4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)chalcone, is an anti-ulcer agent that is classified as a gastric mucosa protective agent. Recent studies indicate heat shock proteins such as HSP32, also known as heme-oxygenase-1(HO-1), play important roles in protecting gastrointestinal tissues from several ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shibuya A,Onda K,Kawahara H,Uchiyama Y,Nakayama H,Omi T,Nagaoka M,Matsui H,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:O-GlcNAcylation is a reversible post-translational modification that regulates cytosolic and nuclear proteins. We and others previously demonstrated that FoxO1 is O-GlcNAcylated in different cell types, resulting in an increase in its transcriptional activity. Four O-GlcNAcylation sites were identified in human FOXO1 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fardini Y,Perez-Cervera Y,Camoin L,Pagesy P,Lefebvre T,Issad T

更新日期：2015-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genomic clones containing the 3'-end of CYP3A7, the whole 5'-flanking region plus the first exon of CYP3A5 were isolated from two different human genomic banks and sequenced. The 5'-flanking region of CYP3A5, from nucleotide -1 to -1434, was 60% and 59% similar with the corresponding regions of CYP3A4 and CYP3A7, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jounaïdi Y,Guzelian PS,Maurel P,Vilarem MJ

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) has received increasing research attention in behavioral science, psychiatry, and psychopharmacology. However, the number of available genetic markers for primates is still insufficient. We identified a novel variation/polymorphism in the second intron of DRD4 in humans based on the sur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimada MK,Inoue-Murayama M,Ueda Y,Maejima M,Murayama Y,Takenaka O,Hayasaka I,Ito S

更新日期：2004-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Stretch activation of cation-permeable channels may be an important proximal sensory mechanism in mechanotransduction. As actin filaments may mediate cellular responses to changes of the mechanical properties of the substrate and regulate stretch-induced calcium transients, we examined the role of actin filaments and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Z,Wong K,Glogauer M,Ellen RP,McCulloch CA

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:TESK1 (testis-specific protein kinase 1) is a serine/threonine kinase, with a unique structure composed of an N-terminal protein kinase domain and a C-terminal proline-rich domain. Northern blot analysis revealed that TESK1 mRNA is predominantly expressed in testicular germ cells. We present here evidence that express...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Toshima J,Koji T,Mizuno K

更新日期：1998-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:BA1544 from Bacillus anthracis was previously annotated as a transcription factor for the gene cluster ba1554 - ba1558, but has not been experimentally characterized. B. anthracis is an obligate pathogen causing fatal inhalational anthrax, and BA1544 is absolutely conserved in Bacillus species, including Bacillus cere...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MI,Hong M

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas sitosterol and 24(28)-methylene cycloartanol were competitive inhibitors (with Ki = 26 microM and 14 microM, respectively), 24(R,S)-25-epiminolanosterol was found to be a potent non-competitive inhibitor (Ki = 3.0 nM) of the S-adenosyl-L-methionine-C-24 methyl transferase from sunflower embryos. Because the gr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nes WD,Janssen GG,Norton RA,Kalinowska M,Crumley FG,Tal B,Bergenstrahle A,Jonsson L

更新日期：1991-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Nek2 is a mammalian protein kinase that is structurally homologous to NIMA, a mitotic regulator in Aspergillus nidulans. To understand the possible cellular processes in which Nek2 participates during the cell cycle, we investigated the expression and subcellular localization of Nek2 in mitotic cells. The Nek2 protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ha Kim Y,Yeol Choi J,Jeong Y,Wolgemuth DJ,Rhee K

更新日期：2002-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the steady-state levels of intermediate filament mRNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using the RNAse protection assay (NFL, NFM, NFH; corrected against GAPDH) or by PCR (peripherin, alpha-internexin, nestin, and vimentin; corrected against beta-actin). Significant elevations of NFL and peripherin mR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Strong MJ,Leystra-Lantz C,Ge WW

更新日期：2004-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the WNK1 and WNK4 genes result in an inherited hypertensive disease, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII). Recently, the KLHL3 and Cullin3 genes were also identified as responsible genes for PHAII. Although we have reported that WNK4 is a substrate for the KLHL3-Cullin3 E3 ligase complex, it is not cle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi D,Mori T,Wakabayashi M,Mori Y,Susa K,Zeniya M,Sohara E,Rai T,Sasaki S,Uchida S

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary copper-deficiency in rats produced a organ-specific decrease of copper content. This was paralleled by a decrease of the activity of the copper-enzyme superoxide dismutase. In liver such a decrease is partially due to the existence of an apo-form of superoxide dismutase, which can be reactivated by addition of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rossi L,Ciriolo MR,Marchese E,De Martino A,Giorgi M,Rotilio G

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes containing the expression vector pRSVneo coding for neomycin phosphotransferase-II were used for a gene transfer into rat liver cells in vivo. After intravenous application of liposomes to male Wistar-rats, non-integrated vector DNA was detected by blot-hybridisation in isolated nuclei of hepatocytes. Presen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leibiger B,Leibiger I,Sarrach D,Zühlke H

更新日期：1991-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transduction activity was markedly elevated in cancer cells as shown by the increased activity of enzymes utilizing 1-phosphatidylinositol, PI (PI 4-kinase and PI-4-phosphate 5-kinase) for the production of the second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, IP3, in rat hepatomas (Cancer Res. 54: 2611;5574, 1994...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singhal RL,Yeh YA,Praja N,Olah E,Sledge GW Jr,Weber G

更新日期：1995-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA of the phytopathogenic Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35 was partially digested with Sau3AI, ligated into the BamHI site of pBluescript II SK+, and introduced into E. coli. One clone that was able to hydrolyse carboxymethylcellulose and polygalacturonic acid was selected. A 2.9 kb fragment containing the pelL1 gen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SR,Kim MK,Kim JO,Bae DW,Cho SJ,Cho YU,Yun HD

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study characterizes constitutively expressed rat testicular interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) proteins. IL-1 bioactivity of crude testis protein was completely neutralized by IL-1alpha antiserum, IL-1 receptor antagonist, and soluble type I IL-1 receptor. Upon non-denaturating gel permeation chromatography, b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gustafsson K,Sultana T,Zetterström CK,Setchell BP,Siddiqui A,Weber G,Söder O

更新日期：2002-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin belongs to the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta superfamily and is a potent negative regulator of skeletal muscle development and growth. We utilized microinjection of an antisense RNA-expressing vector to establish a hereditarily stable myostatin gene knockdown zebrafish strain with a double-muscle phe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee CY,Hu SY,Gong HY,Chen MH,Lu JK,Wu JL

更新日期：2009-10-02 00:00:00