Isolation and characterization of cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutase gene from maize.

abstract：:Transgenic mouse which produces human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) ubiquitously was used to study carbohydrate structures of AFP produced by various tissues as well as that in the serum. A series of tissues from the transgenic mouse were cultured in vitro and the AFP produced was analyzed by affinity electrophoreses with 4...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koyama Y,Sakai M,Kitagawa T,Taketa K,Nishi S

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A mass screening program for congenital hypothyroidism has markedly improved prognosis of children with congenital hypothyroidism and also revealed several cases with unknown pathogenesis. We here report two independent Japanese multigeneration families with multinodular goiter (MNG) with euthyroidism and with high TS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi T,Nozaki J,Komatsu M,Wada Y,Utsunomiya M,Inoue K,Takada G,Koizumi A

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-blotting and dot-blotting procedures were used to investigate the binding of [125I]-heparin to apolipoprotein E, its thrombin fragments E22 (residues 1-191) and E12 (residues 192-299), and to nine apolipoprotein E synthetic fragments. E22 and E12 bound [125I] heparin indicating multiple heparin-binding domains....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cardin AD,Hirose N,Blankenship DT,Jackson RL,Harmony JA,Sparrow DA,Sparrow JT

更新日期：1986-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of green fluorescence protein (GFP) or other proteins with the use of GFP as a marker, the fluorescence of GFP is for the most part related directly to the nativity of its structure. Naturally, such a relation does exist since the chromophore of this protein is formed autocatalytically only just after GFP a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Melnik BS,Povarnitsyna TV,Melnik TN

更新日期：2009-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-like coronavirus (SL-CoV) in bats have a similar genomic organization to the human SARS-CoV. Their cognate gene products are highly conserved with the exception of the N-terminal region of the S proteins, which have only 63-64% sequence identity. The N-terminal region of coronavirus S protein is responsible for v...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou P,Han Z,Wang LF,Shi Z

更新日期：2009-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chemical intervention of autophagy has been investigated in clinical trials for various age-related conditions such as sarcopenia and neurodegeneration. However, at present, no autophagy inducer has been established as a disease-modifying agent against neurodegenerative diseases. METHODS:We screened a lib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirano K,Fujimaki M,Sasazawa Y,Yamaguchi A,Ishikawa KI,Miyamoto K,Souma S,Furuya N,Imamichi Y,Yamada D,Saya H,Akamatsu W,Saiki S,Hattori N

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The second open reading frame of avian reovirus S1 gene segment encodes a 17 kDa non-structural protein, named p17. The biological role of p17 is fully unknown so far. Using trypan blue dye exclusion and MTT assay, we demonstrated that the ectopic expression of p17 results in the reduction of viable cell number and ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu HJ,Lin PY,Lee JW,Hsu HY,Shih WL

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their advantages in analysis, 4D NMR experiments are still infrequently used as a routine tool in protein NMR projects due to the long duration of the measurement and limited digital resolution. Recently, new acquisition techniques for speeding up multidimensional NMR experiments, such as nonlinear sampling, i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shigemitsu Y,Ikeya T,Yamamoto A,Tsuchie Y,Mishima M,Smith BO,Güntert P,Ito Y

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostasin is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored serine protease and a suppressor of tumor cell invasion. We recently reported that the human prostasin gene is up-regulated by the transcription factor sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2 (SREBP-2). In the present study, we identified multiple SREBP-2 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen M,Chen LM,Chai KX

更新日期：2006-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase is a heterodimer of related 51 and 66 kDa subunits. The smaller subunit arises by viral protease-catalyzed cleavage of the carboxy-terminal domain of the 66 kDa species. Comparison of the amino acid composition analyses of the isolated 51 kDa and 66 kDa subunits...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Graves MC,Meidel MC,Pan YC,Manneberg M,Lahm HW,Grüninger-Leitch F

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Brewers yeast contains factors that increase and decrease glucose tolerance. Hop components (lupulones) that adhere to yeast during the brewing process elicit a variety of biological effects including the induction of hepatic cytochrome P4503A. Colupulone was tested for its effects on glucose tolerance and cytochrome ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mannering GJ,Shoeman JA,Shoeman DW

更新日期：1994-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of a systematic non-targeting screening of peptide signal molecules in Hydra, we identified a novel myoactive neuropeptide called Hym-176. The primary structure of Hym-176 was determined to be APFIFPGPKVamide. It specifically and reversibly induced contraction of the ectodermal muscle of the hydra bo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yum S,Takahashi T,Koizumi O,Ariura Y,Kobayakawa Y,Mohri S,Fujisawa T

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ca(2+) signaling mediated by the Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent phosphatase, calcineurin, is required for survival during environmental stress. One role of the phosphatase under these conditions is to activate gene expression through its regulation of the Crz1p ("crazy") transcripti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cyert MS

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:RegIIIβ and RegIIIγ are antimicrobial peptides expressed in intestinal epithelial cells. Expression of these peptides is reportedly decreased by high-fat diet (HFD) and increased by indigestible oligosaccharides in mice. Clearly, these dietary regimens change the structure of intestinal microbiota. We employed an inte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Udomsopagit T,Miwa A,Seki M,Shimbori E,Kadota Y,Tochio T,Sonoyama K

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of camel lens zeta-crystallin with aspirin was investigated by activity and fluorescence measurements. Aspirin minimally inhibited the oxidoreductase activity of the enzyme and weakly quenched its fluorescence. However, significant fluorescence quenching of zeta-crystallin coincided with the appearance of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bazzi MD

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of endothelin-1 in the cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes was investigated. Studies on the cultured cardiac myocytes with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction followed by Southern hybridization indicated that mRNA of ET-1(preproET-1 mRNA) was expressed by cardiac myocytes. ET-1 polypeptide wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki T,Kumazaki T,Mitsui Y

更新日期：1993-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal homeostasis is regulated by the interplay among different cell types in the kidneys including endothelial cells. In the present study we investigated the phenotypic regulation of endothelial cells by BRG1, a chromatin remodeling protein, in a mouse model of obstructive nephropathy (ON). We report that endothelia...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu L,Mao L,Xu Y,Wu X

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bryostatin-1 is a natural activator of protein kinase C and currently examined in phase I trials as anticancer agent. We found that Bryostatin-1 induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) expression in the human cell line MONO-MAC-6. Using Northern blot analysis and a bioassay for the detection of the cytokine we...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Steube KG,Drexler HG

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A new point mutation was found in the coding sequence of the secretor FUT2 gene. This missense mutation with an A-->T substitution at nucleotide 385 resulted in an amino acid change of Ile129 to Phe129. This mutation showed a clear genetic trait in an Indonesian pedigree and, when appearing in a homozygous form, it wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Henry S,Mollicone R,Fernandez P,Samuelsson B,Oriol R,Larson G

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing has revealed the existence of a second gene for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a key factor in a variety of DNA metabolic events. The alternate copy of PCNA (PfPCNA2) shows only 23% identity to an earlier reported P. falciparum PCNA homologue (Pf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Patterson S,Whittle C,Robert C,Chakrabarti D

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tailspike protein (TSP) of bacteriophage P22 is a homotrimeric multifunctional protein responsible for recognition and hydrolysis of Salmonella typhimurium host receptors. Once properly folded, TSP shows an unusual stability to temperature and detergent denaturation, prompting the analysis of TSP as a framework fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Carbonell X,Villaverde A

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) has been associated with "primary" and "secondary" mtDNA missense point mutations, and a synergistic role has been proposed for secondary mutations. No previous study has investigated the effects of LHON primary or primary plus secondary mutations on the respiratory competenc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vergani L,Martinuzzi A,Carelli V,Cortelli P,Montagna P,Schievano G,Carrozzo R,Angelini C,Lugaresi E

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chk2/hCds1, the human homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad53p and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cds1p, plays a critical role in the DNA damage checkpoint pathway. While several in vivo targets of Chk2 have been identified, the other target proteins of Chk2 responsible for multiple functions, such as cell cycle arrest, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seo GJ,Kim SE,Lee YM,Lee JW,Lee JR,Hahn MJ,Kim ST

更新日期：2003-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Blot-hybridization of sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) genomic DNA with a cloned rDNA probe revealed individual variation in the length of the rDNA repeat unit and also in the non-transcribed spacer sequences. The number of distinct rDNA repeat subclasses distinguishable within any one sea urchin was limited and usua...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simmen FA,Mandel M,Humphreys T

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has focused on the role of the 42- and 44-kDa mitogen-activated protein kinases (p42/44 MAPKs) and the 38-kDa mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) in the proliferation of the pancreatic beta-cell line MIN6. MIN6 beta-cell proliferation was assessed by measuring 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burns CJ,Squires PE,Persaud SJ

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Trp140 of E. coli aspartate aminotransferase has been converted to Phe or Gly by site-directed mutagenesis. As compared to the wild-type enzyme, either of the mutant enzymes showed 10- to 100-fold increase in Km's for natural dicarboxylic substrates, but did not show appreciable changes in Km's for aromatic substrates...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue Y,Kuramitsu S,Morino Y,Kagamiyama H

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder that develops a profound intellectual and motor disability and affects 1 from 10 000 to 15 000 live female births. This disease is characterized by a period of apparently normal development until 6-18 months of age when motor and communication abilities regress ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ghorbel R,Ghorbel R,Rouissi A,Fendri-Kriaa N,Ben Salah G,Belguith N,Ammar-Keskes L,Gouider-Khouja N,Fakhfakh F

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Genistein (5, 7-dihydroxy-3- (4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) is a natural isoflavone revealing many biological activities. Thus, it is considered as a therapeutic compound in as various disorders as cancer, infections and genetic diseases. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that genistein inhibits activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grabowski M,Banecki B,Kadziński L,Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka J,Kaźmierkiewicz R,Gabig-Cimińska M,Węgrzyn G,Węgrzyn A,Banecka-Majkutewicz Z

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific binding of [3H][D-Ala2,D-Leu5]enkephalin, [3H]ethylketocyclazocine, 5-[3H]hydroxytryptamine, and [3H]spiperone was examined in neuroblastoma-brain hybrid cell line NCB-20 following exposure to inhibitors of N-linked protein glycosylation (tunicamycin, TM) and oligosaccharide processing (swainsonine, SW). TM t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McLawhon RW,Berry-Kravis E,Dawson G

更新日期：1986-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are characterized by the accumulation of a pathological form of prion protein (PrP(Sc)), which behaves as an infectious agent. Here we developed an in vitro co-culture system to analyze the PrP(Sc) transmission from ScN2a cell, which persistently retains PrP(Sc), to naïve N2a cell. In this cell-to-cell ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanaka M,Hara H,Nishina H,Hanada K,Hagiwara K,Maehama T

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00