Comparison of the disulfide bond arrangements of human recombinant and bovine brain heparin binding neurite-promoting factors.

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced a full-length cDNA (1083 bp) encoding the human liver cystathionine-gamma-lyase enzyme (cystathionase). The human cystathionase sequence presented a substantial deletion of 132 bases (44 amino acids) compared to that reported for rat cystathionase, and of 135 bases (45 amino acids) compare...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu Y,O'Dowd BF,Orrego H,Israel Y

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GroEL-like particles of Thermus aquaticus are homo-oligomeric complexes of two stacked seven member rings, sedimenting in the gradient at 20S. The apparent molecular mass of the native particles is 820,000 (+/- 30,000). The protein complex is composed with one polypeptide of M(r) 59,000. Immunoblotting results and N-t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikulík K,Benada O

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation induces severe damage in the hematopoietic system, which leads to bone marrow hyperplasia, pancytopenia, and aggravated tissue formation in bone marrow. Studies have shown that Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has a protective effect against irradiation, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this stu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun Z,Wu K,Lin Q,Fei H,Jiang H,Chen T,Yuan Y

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Z-DNA binding domain of human ADAR1 (Zα(ADAR1)) preferentially binds Z-DNA rather than B-DNA with high binding affinity. Here, we have carried out chemical shift perturbation and backbone dynamics studies of Zα(ADAR1) in the free form and in complex with three DNA duplexes, d(CGCGCG)(2), d(CACGTG)(2), and d(CGTACG...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee AR,Kim HE,Lee YM,Jeong M,Choi KH,Park JW,Choi YG,Ahn HC,Choi BS,Lee JH

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed an expression plasmid for regulated expression of the hepatitis B surface antigen gene in yeast using promoter of the yeast Pho5 gene. In the yeast transformants, the monomeric HBsAg (22K dalton) was estimated to constitute approximately 3% of the total proteins. On extraction, the HBsAg was found ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choo KB,Wu SM,Lee HH,Lo SC

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:P53 is renowned as a cellular tumor suppressor poised to instigate remedial responses to various stress insults that threaten DNA integrity. P53 levels and activities are kept under tight regulation involving a complex network of activators and inhibitors, which determine the type and extent of p53 growth inhibitory s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levav-Cohen Y,Goldberg Z,Zuckerman V,Grossman T,Haupt S,Haupt Y

更新日期：2005-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The microvesicles (MVs) in bovine posterior pituitaries contain the reserpine-sensitive vesicular monoamine transporter (Moriyama et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 11424-11429). An antibody against the N-terminal region of the monoamine transporter from bovine chromaffin granules recognized a polypeptide in the MVs wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moriyama Y,Yamada H

更新日期：1996-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate transporters (PHTs) are well-known for their roles in phosphate uptake in plants. However, their actions in imparting plant growth in plants are still not so clear. In our previous study, we observed that maize PHT1 gene ZmPt9 plays a significant role in phosphate uptake. In this study, we further characteri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu Y,Bao H,Fei H,Zhou W,Li X,Liu F

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It is considered that the essence of acute lung injury (ALI) is an excessive and uncontrolled inflammatory response in lung, of which mainly is attributed to the release of inflammatory mediators. Recent studies demonstrated that irisin, which is a metabolism associated factor after physical exercise could suppression...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shao L,Meng D,Yang F,Song H,Tang D

更新日期：2017-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used human neuroblastoma NB-OK1 cells to investigate the regulation of neurite outgrowth. Carbachol suppressed forskolin-stimulated neurite outgrowth in NB-OK1 cells although forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels were enhanced. The dose-response curve for this suppression was very similar to that for stimulation of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakagawa-Yagi Y,Saito Y,Takada Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pancreas carcinoma cell line T3M-4 contains activated c-Kirsten (K)-ras oncogene detectable by the DNA-mediated gene transfer technique using NIH/3T3 cells. DNA fragments containing coding lesions have been cloned, and nucleotide sequence analysis suggests that the T3M-4 oncogene has been activated by a sing...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirai H,Okabe T,Anraku Y,Fujisawa M,Urabe A,Takaku F

更新日期：1985-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aralin from Aralia elata is a newly identified type II ribosome- inactivating protein, which preferentially induces apoptosis in cancer cells. In this study, we identified that the aralin receptor is a 110-kDa high-density lipoprotein-binding protein (HDLBP), which functions as a HDL receptor. The sensitivities of tum...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Otsuka H,Gotoh Y,Komeno T,Ono T,Kawasaki Y,Iida N,Shibagaki Y,Hattori S,Tomatsu M,Akiyama H,Tashiro F

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), we compared gene expression profiles in human bone marrow MSC (11 lines) and human fibroblasts (4 lines) by RT-PCR and real time PCR. Messenger RNA levels of MHC-DR-alpha, MHC-DR-beta, MHC-DR-associated protein CD74, tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2, and neuroserpin were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishii M,Koike C,Igarashi A,Yamanaka K,Pan H,Higashi Y,Kawaguchi H,Sugiyama M,Kamata N,Iwata T,Matsubara T,Nakamura K,Kurihara H,Tsuji K,Kato Y

更新日期：2005-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in understanding the neurobiology of addiction indicate that not only dopaminergic neurotransmissions but also glutamatergic neurotransmissions within the mesolimbic system play important roles. While the role for the nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell and core in addiction has been extensively studied, the functi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim M,Au E,Neve R,Yoon BJ

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the clinical significance and biological function of RASSF6 in human breast cancers. RASSF6 protein was found to be downregulated in 42 of 95 human breast cancer tissues by immunohistochemistry, which was associated with advanced TNM stage and nodal metastasis. The rate of RASSF6 downreg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He Z,Zhao TT,Jin F,Li JG,Xu YY,Dong HT,Liu Q,Xing P,Zhu GL,Xu H,Miao ZF

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To unravel the roles of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), we reduced its activity in transgenic muskmelon plants by an antisense approach. For this purpose, an 830 bp cDNA fragment of muskmelon sucrose phosphate synthase was expressed in antisense orientation behind the 35S promoter of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian H,Ma L,Zhao C,Hao H,Gong B,Yu X,Wang X

更新日期：2010-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Vomeronasal organs of female Wistar rats were exposed with sprayed urine preparations of male Wistar rats prior to sacrifice. Exposure to crude urine and ultrafiltrated urine preparation (<5000 Da) induced significant Fos expression, which is correlated with cellular activity, in the mitral/tufted cell layer of the ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsujikawa K,Kashiwayanagi M

更新日期：1999-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduced a lentiviral vector containing the Sox11 gene into injured spinal cords of mice to evaluate the therapeutic potential of Sox11 in spinal cord injury. Sox11 markedly improved locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury and this recovery was accompanied by an up-regulation of Nestin/Doublecortin expression...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo Y,Liu S,Zhang X,Wang L,Zhang X,Hao A,Han A,Yang J

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of isolated rat dispersed pancreatic acini to increasing concentrations (10 to 1000 ng/ml) of purified exotoxin-A from Pseudomonas aeruginosa resulted in a progressive inhibition of 3H-leucine incorporation into "cellular" (those remaining in the cells) and "secretory" (those released into the medium) protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Geokas MC,Vesenka GD,Dubick MA,Majumdar AP

更新日期：1985-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal dopamine receptors have been shown to play a critical role in ROS-dependent hypertension. D5 dopamine receptor deficient (D5-/-) mice are hypertensive and have increased systemic oxidative stress which is manifested in the kidney and the brain. To further investigate the underlying mechanisms of hypertension in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stoelting M,Geyer M,Reuter S,Reichelt R,Bek MJ,Pavenstädt H

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:RANTES is a potent chemotactic and activating agent for a variety of leukocytes including T-lymphocytes. To identify the region of the molecule responsible for this activity, we have made overlapping 10 amino acid peptides scanning the protein. A micro-Boyden chamber chemotaxis assay showed the most efficacious peptid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wells TN,Guye-Coulin F,Bacon KB

更新日期：1995-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Prevailing evidence suggests that abnormal autophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction participate in the process of PD. However, many damages of neuronal functions are regulated b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao M,Chen J,Mao K,She H,Ren Y,Gui C,Wu X,Zou F,Li W

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] on the growth of normal human keratinocytes cultured in serum-free medium was investigated. 1,25(OH)2D3 inhibited the cell growth at 10(-7) M by 75.3% and at 10(-6) M almost completely. The growth inhibition was accompanied by changes related to proliferation: (1) r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto K,Hashimoto K,Nishida Y,Hashiro M,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：1990-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Horny Goat Weed is a commonly used in Chinese herbal medicine. And it is used in multiple kinds of diseases including cardiovascular diseases. Icariin is the major component isolated from Horny Goat Weed. It is reported to have lipid-lowering effect. In atherosclerosis, icariin attenuate the enhanced prothrombotic sta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Wang YS,Song SL,Liang H,Ji AG

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are calcium-permeable ion channels assembled from four subunits that each have a common membrane topology. The intracellular carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) of each subunit varies in length, is least conserved between subunits, and binds multiple intracellular proteins. We defined ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bajaj G,Hau AM,Hsu P,Gafken PR,Schimerlik MI,Ishmael JE

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis-induced muscle proteolysis mainly reflects ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent protein degradation. The effect of in vivo administration of a proteasome inhibitor on muscle protein breakdown during sepsis is not known. We treated rats with the proteasome inhibitor N-benzyloxycarbonyl-Ile-Glu-(O-t-butyl)-Ala-leucinal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fischer D,Gang G,Pritts T,Hasselgren PO

更新日期：2000-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To further elucidate the role of CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) in hepatocyte differentiation, we investigated fetal and newborn C/EBP alpha-deficient (C/EBP alpha -/-) mice using confocal microscopy and markers specific for hepatocyte (AFP) and biliary epithelial cell (A6) differentiation. Histolo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomizawa M,Garfield S,Factor V,Xanthopoulos KG

更新日期：1998-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) is believed to be a sensitive and effective "biomarker" for monitoring metal contamination in fish. Comparison of amino acid sequences between flounder MT and trout MT revealed that there is a conserved region at their N-terminals. Using oligonucleotides derived from this conserved region, reverse...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chan KM

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A heparin-binding Mr 25,000 immunoreactive bFGF-like protein (ir-bFGF) is recognized in adult rat liver extract by affinity-purified polyclonal anti-human placental bFGF antibodies. Hepatic levels of this protein increase 4-fold in regenerating rat liver during the first 48 h after partial hepatectomy. Also, they appe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Presta M,Statuto M,Rusnati M,Dell'Era P,Ragnotti G

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of cultured hypothalamic slices with PRL causes a rapid translocation of a Ca2+/phospholipid dependent protein kinase from the cytosol to the membrane fraction. The translocation of PKC from the cytosol to the membrane occurred at physiological concentrations of PRL with a maximal response occurring at 10(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： DeVito WJ,Stone S,Avakian C

更新日期：1991-04-30 00:00:00