Specific targeting of ISP6 to mitochondria is mediated by sequences other than its amino terminus.

abstract：:Somatic mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene were detected by peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-mediated real-time PCR clamping. Mutation was detected in negative control containing only wild-type DNA due to a misincorporation of dNTPs to PNA binding sites when the amount of template DNA was decr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyake M,Sugano K,Kawashima K,Ichikawa H,Hirabayashi K,Kodama T,Fujimoto H,Kakizoe T,Kanai Y,Fujimoto K,Hirao Y

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide, a highly reactive reagent towards tryptophan residues in proteins, is shown to activate the passive proton flux through the inner mitochondrial membrane of bovine heart submitochondrial particles (ETPH). When added at low concentrations, the reagent increased both the ATPase activity o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Solaini G,Baracca A,Parenti Castelli G,Rossi CA

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol dehydrogenase is a heterotetrameric enzyme containing the prosthetic group pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), which catalyzes the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. The crystal structure of methanol dehydrogenase from Methylophilus W3A1, previously determined at high resolution, exhibits a non-planar configu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li J,Gan JH,Mathews FS,Xia ZX

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo development proceeds under strict temporal control and an embryonic molecular clock (EC), evidenced by cyclic gene expression, is operating during somite formation and limb development, providing temporal information to precursor cells. In somite precursor cells, EC gene expression and periodicity depends on Re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheeba CJ,Palmeirim I,Andrade RP

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural studies using 500 MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy on Bam H1 recognition site d(GGATCC)2 in solution at 19 degrees is reported. The resonances from the sugar ring and base protons have been assigned from the 2D-COSY and NOESY spectra. Analyses of the NOESY cross-peaks between the base protons H8/H6 and sugar protons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sarma MH,Dhingra MM,Gupta G,Sarma RH

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors were used to study the possible association of phosphoinositide phosphorylation to tumor growth. These membranous enzymatic activities were measured during various stages of tumor growth induced by pharmacological manipulation of plasma prolactin level. An increase in phosphorylation of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sharoni Y,Teuerstein I,Levy J

更新日期：1986-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pervious biochemical and hemodynamic studies have highlighted the important role of εPKC in cardioprotection during ischemic preconditioning. However, little is known about the electrophysiological consequences of εPKC modulation in ischemic hearts. Membrane permeable peptide εPKC selective activator and inh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Restivo M,Kozhevnikov DO,Qu YS,Yue Y,Mochly-Rosen D,El-Sherif N,Boutjdir M

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Wet elastoidin spicules (fish fin rays) yield low-angle meridional X-ray diffraction patterns which resemble those from tendons. However, when the spicule dries the meridian splits into the arms of a diagonal cross (sometimes only one arm appears). Of the possible explanations we reject shearing of the axial arrangeme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hukins DW,Woodhead-Galloway J,Knight DP

更新日期：1976-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces toyocaensis NRRL 15009 produces A47934, a glycopeptide antibiotic. This compound is composed of several unusual amino acids, some of which have chlorinated aromatic rings. We have isolated two distinct halogenating enzymes, a chloroperoxidase (42,882 Da) and a catalase/bromoperoxidase (53,890 Da), from la...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marshall GC,Wright GD

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic immunomodulatory cytokine produced mainly by T lymphocyte. It is known that many kinds of non-haematopoietic cells, as well as immune cells and haematopoietic cells, express IL-4 receptors. Recently, we found that IL-4 increased hydroxyproline and osteocalcin accumulation and caus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishibashi H,Karube S,Yamakawa A,Koshihara Y

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin, a member of the Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily, plays an important role as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and differentiation. We have previously reported that IGF-1 induces a transient myostatin mRNA expression, through the activation of the Nuclear Factor of Activated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zuloaga R,Fuentes EN,Molina A,Valdés JA

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cultures of neonatal rat cerebral cortex in a serum-free medium were used to investigate a lack of neuronotrophic factors in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. A few neurons survived in the absence of brain extract. The addition of normal brain extract resulted in a 2.5-fold increase in neuronal survival. AD brain e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uchida Y,Ihara Y,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of 1 mM EGTA, the addition of the calcium ionophore ionomycin to human platelets loaded with 30 microM fura-2 could elevate [Ca2+]i from less than 100 nM to a maximum of greater than 3 microM, presumably by discharge of Ca2+ from internal stores. Under the same conditions thrombin could maximally incre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pollock WK,Rink TJ

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data has suggested a role for nitric oxide (NO) both in the induction of immunity and as an effector of tissue injury in experimental models of inflammation. In this study, we have tested the efficacy of two inhibitors of NO synthase, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) and aminoguanidine (AG), to modify the auto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Woolfson RG,Qasim FJ,Thiru S,Oliveira DB,Neild GH,Mathieson PW

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP) has been shown to bind calmodulin (CaM) in a specific Ca(2+)-dependent manner via a primary target sequence at its C-terminus [Protein Sci. 12 (2003) 1507]. Upon deimination of MBP, the nature of the interaction changed significantly, suggesting either a new binding site or different conform...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Libich DS,Hill CM,Haines JD,Harauz G

更新日期：2003-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that the product of the yeast open reading frame YML005w is required for wybutosine (yW) formation in the phenylalanine-accepting tRNA of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. tRNA isolated from a deletion mutant of the YML005w gene accumulates 4-demethylwyosine (ImG-14), a precursor lacking three of the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kalhor HR,Penjwini M,Clarke S

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of troglitazone on expression of E-cadherin and claudin 4 in human pancreatic cancer cells. Troglitazone dose-dependently increased expression of E-cadherin and claudin 4 mRNA and protein in PK-1 cells. Snail, Slug and ZEB1, mRNAs were not changed by troglitazone, indicating that these three tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumei S,Motomura W,Yoshizaki T,Takakusaki K,Okumura T

更新日期：2009-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured bovine aortic smooth muscle and endothelial cells each display distinct specific binding sites for radiolabeled atrial natriuretic peptide (ANF). 125I-pro-rANF (103-126)I binding to both cell types is rapid, reversible and competitive. Scatchard plots of the binding data show Bmax values of 5.5 and 0.1 - 2.1 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schenk DB,Johnson LK,Schwartz K,Sista H,Scarborough RM,Lewicki JA

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancers are resistant to TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis. Silencer of death domains (SODD) binds to TNF-alpha receptor TNFR-1, and prevents spontaneous self-association of death domains and inappropriate receptor signaling. In addition, overexpression of SODD suppresses TNF-alpha-induced cell death. In this re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozawa F,Friess H,Zimmermann A,Kleeff J,Büchler MW

更新日期：2000-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) is the most abundant non-protein thiol that buffers reactive oxygen species in the brain. GSH does not reduce nitroxides directly, but in the presence of ascorbates, addition of GSH increases ascorbate-induced reduction of nitroxides. In this study, we used electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imagi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Emoto MC,Matsuoka Y,Yamada KI,Sato-Akaba H,Fujii HG

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp16.3 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis belongs to the small heat shock protein family and has chaperone-like activity in vitro. The only universally conserved hydrophobic residue Leu122 was substituted by Val and Ala, respectively. The mutations on the Leu122 of Hsp16.3 have resulted in much lower structural stabilit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mao Q,Chang Z

更新日期：2001-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Small GTP-binding proteins of the Ras and Rho family participate in various important signalling pathways. Large clostridial cytotoxins inactivate GTPases by UDP-glucosylation. Using Clostridium difficile toxin B-10463 (TcdB) for inactivation of Rho proteins (RhoA/Rac/Cdc42) and Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin-1522...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hippenstiel S,Kratz T,Krüll M,Seybold J,von Eichel-Streiber C,Suttorp N

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural changes of the F-actin-myosin head (S1) complex during the cross-bridge cycle are essential in muscle contraction. Although a large body of evidence has accumulated showing that the actin: S1 stoichiometry in the decorated F-actin-S1 filament is 1:1 at saturation by S1, a recent report by Andreev and Bo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Carlier MF,Didry D

更新日期：1992-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated P. chabaudi parasites were permeabilized with digitonin and the function of intracellular Ca2+ stores was studied using the Ca2+ indicators arsenazo III or Fluo 3-acid in the medium. Addition of the second messenger InsP3 (5 microM) to permeabilized parasites leads to Ca2+ release into the medium, with the me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Passos AP,Garcia CR

更新日期：1998-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian sterile 20-kinase 1 (Mst1), a member of the sterile-20 family protein kinase, plays an important role in the induction of apoptosis. However, little is know about the physiological activator of Mst1 and the role of Mst1 in endothelial cells (ECs). We examined whether Mst1 is involved in the tumor necrosis fa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohtsubo H,Ichiki T,Imayama I,Ono H,Fukuyama K,Hashiguchi Y,Sadoshima J,Sunagawa K

更新日期：2008-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) on the expression of uPAR and the mechanism by which it regulates expression of uPAR was examined in two different colon cancer cell lines HCT116 and GEO, respectively. The study shows that under physiological concentration, aspirin upregulates steady-state ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jamaluddin MS

更新日期：2006-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are a promising source for clinical stem cell transplantation. However, telomere regulation mechanisms, as one of the possible major mechanisms by which hMSCs sustain their stem cell characteristics, remain unknown. We isolated hMSCs by plastic adhesion and characterize...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao YM,Li JY,Lan JP,Lai XY,Luo Y,Sun J,Yu J,Zhu YY,Zeng FF,Zhou Q,Huang H

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of experimental conditions during long-time (72 h) incubations of neonatal mouse calvaria on the measurement of prostaglandins was investigated. Incubations of the cultured calvaria were carried out in the presence and absence of stimulating agents of bone resorption, such as thrombin and parathyroid hor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leis HJ,Malle E,Hoffmann O,Klaushofer K,Fratzl-Zelman N,Koller K,Peterlik M

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The patch clamp technique applied to canine atrial myocyte sarcolemma, showed that 2 types of K+ channels were differentially affected by Ach. The 2 channel types differed in conductance, responses to [Ca++], and sensitivity to membrane potential. Addition of Ach (10(-9) M to 10(-6) M) to pipette solutions increased o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bubien JK,Woods WT Jr

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem cell (mESC)-derived cardiomyocytes represent a promising source of cells for use in the development of models for studying early cardiac development as well as cell-based therapies in postnatal pathologies. Here, we report a highly efficient cardiac differentiation system in which high density em...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee MY,Cagavi Bozkulak E,Schliffke S,Amos PJ,Ren Y,Ge X,Ehrlich BE,Qyang Y

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00