Thiol levels in CD134-defined subsets of rat T lymphocytes: possible implications for HgCl2-induced immune dysregulation.

abstract：:Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a congenital hereditary, bilateral eye disorder which affects both retina and the vitreous body. As a first step toward the identification of the gene responsible for the X-linked disorder, we report here the results of DNA analyses from the patients and their parents of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shastry BS,Trese MT

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-induced endogenous elicitor isolated from potato having molecular weight 9200 was degraded with trifluoroacetic acid to determine the sugar composition. The requisite composition of the elicitor was estimated to be a 2:3:4:7 mixture of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and galacturonic acid. Furthermore, the st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Monden T,Nakamura H,Murai A

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:G-G base-paired hairpin DNA structures on template strands offer potential "road-blocks" to a traversing polymerase. Klenow polymerase (exo+) pauses while replicating through G-G base-paired hairpin DNA due to the generation of G-G:C triplex. However, exonuclease-deficient Klenow traverses through de novo generated G-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramanathan S,Chary KV,Rao BJ

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The large ribosomal subunit of the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus was reconstructed in three dimensions from electron micrographs. This is the first reported reconstruction of the eukaryotic complex and demonstrates specific structural features such as an intersubunit canyon and a potential channel for th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Harauz G,Zuzan H,Kim PT,Holbrook JA

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Contractile properties differ between skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles as well as between various skeletal muscle fiber types. This functional diversity is thought to be mainly related to different speeds of myosin head pulling cycles, with the molecular mechanism of force generation being essentially the same. In...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Galler S,Andruchov O,Stephenson GM,Stephenson DG

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:BST2 is an antiviral factor that inhibits the release of enveloped virus at the plasma membrane via an unusual topology in which its N-terminal is in the cytosol while its C-terminal is anchored by glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI). BST2-deficient cells showed substantially higher release of virions than wild type cells...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yi E,Oh J,Kang HR,Song MJ,Park SH

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of C-terminal linear peptides of endothelin (ET)-1 and their N alpha-succinyl (Suc) analogs were synthesized and their binding affinities for the two subtypes of ET receptor, ETA and ETB, in porcine lung membranes were examined. Among the synthetic analogs, Suc-[Glu9,Ala11,15]-ET-1(8-21), IRL 1620, was the mo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takai M,Umemura I,Yamasaki K,Watakabe T,Fujitani Y,Oda K,Urade Y,Inui T,Yamamura T,Okada T

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Quite extraordinarily molybdenum is an essential element in life for the uptake of nitrogen from both nitrogen gas and nitrate, yet it is a relatively rare heavy trace element. It also functions in a few extremely important oxygen-atom transfer reactions at low redox potential. This review poses the question "Why does...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Williams RJ,Fraústo da Silva JJ

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs are recently found playing important roles in osteogenesis. In this study, we identified that miR-222-3p decreased during osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) using Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Furthermore, we investigated the effect of miR-222-3p on...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yan J,Guo D,Yang S,Sun H,Wu B,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrate cells, DNA double-strand breaks are efficiently repaired by homologous recombination or nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). The latter pathway relies on Ku (the Ku70/Ku86 heterodimer), DNA-PKcs, Artemis, Xrcc4, and DNA ligase IV (Lig4). Here, we show that a human pre-B cell line nullizygous for Lig4 exhibi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adachi N,Iiizumi S,So S,Koyama H

更新日期：2004-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone-H1 purified from rat skeletal muscle is a relatively potent inhibitor of peptide chain initiation in a cell free system, the rabbit reticulocyte lysate (50% inhibition at approximately 0.4 microM). H1 does not inhibit formation of the ternary complex nor its attachment to 40S ribosomes; the data are compatible...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： O'Leary NE,Cheema IR,Moore K,Mehard WB,Buse MG

更新日期：1987-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:SecB, a molecular chaperone in Escherichia coli, binds a subset of precursor proteins that are exported across the plasma membrane via the Sec pathway. Previous studies showed that SecB bound directly to the mature region rather than to the signal sequence of the precursor protein. To determine the binding pattern of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang Y,Pan X,Tai PC,Sui SF

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Gir2 is an uncharacterized protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, containing a RWD/GI domain. In this work, we report the biophysical characterization of Gir2. His-tagged Gir2, expressed and purified from Escherichia coli, showed an abnormally slow migration on SDS-PAGE. The yeast expressed protein behaves similarly. Us...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Alves VS,Pimenta DC,Sattlegger E,Castilho BA

更新日期：2004-01-30 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

abstract：:The new potent tumor promoters teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin , which are structurally unrelated to phorbol esters, activate Ca2+-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). The concentrations of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin for half-maximum acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujiki H,Tanaka Y,Miyake R,Kikkawa U,Nishizuka Y,Sugimura T

更新日期：1984-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fission yeast cell division is initiated by the cdc2/cdc13-cyclin protein kinase which in its catalytically active state comprises the mitotic inducer. During interphase the cdc2/cyclin complex is assembled in an inactive state that requires cdc25+ gene function for M-phase activation. The cdc25+ product, a 76 kd phos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ducommun B,Draetta G,Young P,Beach D

更新日期：1990-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-pore channel proteins, TPC1 and TPC2, are calcium permeable ion channels found localized to the membranes of endolysosomal calcium stores. There is increasing interest in the role of TPC-mediated intracellular signaling in various pathologies; however their role in breast cancer has not been extensively evaluated....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jahidin AH,Stewart TA,Thompson EW,Roberts-Thomson SJ,Monteith GR

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:N(6)-methyl-2(')-deoxyadenosine (MedAdo) is a nucleoside naturally found in prokaryotic DNA. Interestingly, the N(6)-methylation of adenine in DNA seems to have been counter-selected during the course of evolution since MedAdo has not been detected in mammalian DNA until now. We show here that treatment with MedAdo in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Charles MP,Ravanat JL,Adamski D,D'Orazi G,Cadet J,Favier A,Berger F,Wion D

更新日期：2004-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that silkworm hemolymph exhibits anti-apoptotic activity against baculovirus-induced Sf9 cell apoptosis. In this study, using various chemical inducers, such as actinomycin D, camptothecin, and staurosporine, we found that silkworm hemolymph inhibits insect cell apoptosis induced not only by b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rhee WJ,Kim EJ,Park TH

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined how growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) regulated pituitary GRF receptor gene expression in the conscious rat. GRF receptor mRNA levels were significantly increased by immunoneutralization of endogenous GRF with its specific antiserum. This effect was dose dependent and the maximum level was 3.8-fold hig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miki N,Ono M,Murata Y,Ohsaki E,Tamitsu K,Yamada M,Demura H

更新日期：1996-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginseng, refering to the roots of the species of the genus Panax ginseng, has been widely used in traditional oriental medicine for its wide spectrum of medicinal effects, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumorigenic, adaptogenic, and anti-aging activities. Many of its medicinal effects are attributed to the triterpene...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Min JK,Kim JH,Cho YL,Maeng YS,Lee SJ,Pyun BJ,Kim YM,Park JH,Kwon YG

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The human amyloid beta protein is a major component of brain amyloid found in patients with Alzheimer's disease. As an initial step to understand the biological function of its precursor protein, we have isolated cDNA for the mouse homolog of the human beta protein precursor. Comparison of the predicted amino acid seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada T,Sasaki H,Furuya H,Miyata T,Goto I,Sakaki Y

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has linked deregulation of microRNA-495 (miR-495) to tumorigenesis; however, its function in tumor progression is controversial. This work was undertaken to explore the expression and biological roles of miR-495 in bladder cancer. The expression of miR-495 was examined in 67 pairs of bladder canc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tan M,Mu X,Liu Z,Tao L,Wang J,Ge J,Qiu J

更新日期：2017-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain further insight into the biochemical properties of the antibacterial hexetidine, isolated rat liver mitochondria were added with this drug and investigation made of certain features related to mitochondrial bioenergetics. Hexetidine was found to cause oxidation of intramitochondrial pyridine nucleotides and st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： D'Arcangelo G,Barile M,Passarella S,Quagliariello E

更新日期：1987-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is an important cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Tubulointerstitial inflammation and subsequent fibrosis appear to be a major contributor of the disease progression to ESKD; however, the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Herein, we report that a unique feature of CY...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui TG,Ichikawa T,Yang M,Dong X,Li J,Cui T

更新日期：2009-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse hepatoma cell line, Hepa-1, is highly sensitive to the toxic effects of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Half maximal survival (LD50) of cells occurs at 0.068 ug AFB1/ml. Benzo(a)anthracene, which induces aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and cytochrome P1-450 in Hepa-1, causes a slight increase in the toxicity of AFB1 (LD50 =...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kärenlampi SO

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PSI domains are cysteine-rich modules found in extracellular fragments of hundreds of signaling proteins, including plexins, semaphorins, integrins, and attractins. Here, we report the solution structure of the PSI domain from the human Met receptor, a receptor tyrosine kinase critical for proliferation, motility, and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kozlov G,Perreault A,Schrag JD,Park M,Cygler M,Gehring K,Ekiel I

更新日期：2004-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown similarities between the histopathological characteristics of NPC and Alzheimer's disease (AD) including amyloid and tau pathologies. While dysfunction in insulin signaling was widely detected in AD brain, the function of insulin signaling proteins has not been examined in NPC disease. In this study...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ong QR,Lim ML,Chua CC,Cheung NS,Wong BS

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier investigations have shown that (a) antibodies against a carrier-coupled 20-residue synthetic peptide (C-20), (200)HACQKKLLKFEALQQEEGEE(219), corresponding to the C-terminal partially helical sequence of chicken riboflavin carrier protein (RCP; 219 AA) curtail pregnancy in mammals and (b) helix stabilization by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramanian S,Karande AA,Adiga PR

更新日期：2001-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The human arylamine N-acetyltransferase NAT2 is responsible for the biotransformation of numerous arylamine drugs and carcinogens. A common polymorphism of the NAT2 gene has been associated with susceptibility to drug toxicity and various malignancies. In this study, we used the crystal structure of the Salmonella typ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rodrigues-Lima F,Dupret JM

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00