Fluorescence studies of human semi-beta-hemoglobin assembly.

abstract：:Alpha-synuclein (a-syn) aggregation in brain is implicated in several synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Until date, at least six disease-associated mutations in a-syn (namely A30P, E46K, H50Q, G51D, A53T, and A53E) are known to ca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanaka G,Yamanaka T,Furukawa Y,Kajimura N,Mitsuoka K,Nukina N

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL or Apo2L) and its receptors are members of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily. TRAIL triggers apoptosis by binding to its two proapoptotic receptors DR4 and DR5, a process which is negatively regulated by binding of TRAIL to its two decoy rece...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun SY,Yue P,Zhou JY,Wang Y,Choi Kim HR,Lotan R,Wu GS

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to demonstrate that the AT motif binding factor 1-A (ATBF1-A) is expressed in the crypts and the bases of villi of the small intestine and negatively regulates transcription of brush-border enzyme gene, aminopeptidase-N (APN). In situ hybridization visualized a limited ATBF1-A mRNA expression i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kataoka H,Joh T,Miura Y,Tamaoki T,Senoo K,Ohara H,Nomura T,Tada T,Asai K,Kato T,Itoh M

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) hyper-activity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is often associated with patients' poor prognosis. Our previous study has shown that resminostat, a novel HDAC inhibitor (HDACi), activated mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP)-dependent apoptosis pathway in HCC cells. Here we e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng X,Zhang D,Li Z,Fu M,Liu H

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine interferon gene (MuIFN alpha) has been isolated from a cosmid library. The sequence of a 1.2-kb HindIII-PstI fragment revealed a new MuIFN alpha gene which has not yet been described and which was termed MuIFN alpha 7. The coding sequence produced biologically active IFN when expressed in monkey cells under t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dion M,Vodjdani G,Doly J

更新日期：1986-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:During embryonic development of Musca domestica inactive ornithine decarboxylase protein appears in the embryos at 6 h postoviposition, increases in concentration and reaches a maximum level at 9 h postoviposition. The inactive enzyme is associated with the plasma membrane and appears to be the precursor for active or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lilleberg SL,Killilea SD,Vaske DA,Leopold RA,Sparks RB Jr

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously [K. Moissoglu, I.H. Gelman, J. Biol. Chem. 278 (2003) 47946-47959] that oncogenic v-Src could induce 7- to 10-fold greater anchorage-independent growth (AIG) in FAK-null mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) compared to those expressing FAK. Here, we demonstrate that the enhanced AIG (eAIG) correlates wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moissoglu K,Sachdev S,Gelman IH

更新日期：2005-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:v-Src activates gene expression mediated by serum response elements (SREs) and TPA response elements (TREs). v-Src-induced SRE- and TRE-mediated gene expressions are both dependent upon HaRas. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a serine/threonine phosphatase that has been implicated in v-Src-initiated signals. We report...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gupta R,Foster DA

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth development is a highly organized process characterized by reciprocal interactions between epithelium and mesenchyme. However, the expression patterns and functions of molecules involved in mouse tooth development are unclear from the viewpoint of explaining human dental malformations and anomalies. Here, we sho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyado M,Ogi H,Yamada G,Kitoh J,Jogahara T,Oda S,Sato I,Miyado K,Sunohara M

更新日期：2007-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Micromolar concentrations of glucocorticoids rendered L-M cells (a murine tumorigenic fibroblast line) less sensitive to the cytotoxic activity of murine TNF. The potency of different steroids paralleled their known anti-inflammatory potency, and pretreatment was more effective than post treatment. Sex steroids and mi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kull FC Jr

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose tissue of genetically obese Zucker rats is characterized by coordinated tissue specific overtranscription of a subset of genes related to lipid storage such as Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH). We show that CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) is an activator of GAPDH proximal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rolland V,Le Liepvre X,Houbiguian ML,Lavau M,Dugail I

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize genes involved in megakaryocytic commitment, we compared expression profiles of bipotent cells (UT-7/c-mpl) with those of the same cells induced to differentiate towards megakaryopoiesis in the presence of TPO. Using cDNA arrays, we showed that 12 out of 2260 genes changed their expression level after ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Decraene C,Garçon L,Lacout C,Sabri S,Auffray C,Vainchenker W,Duménil D,Piétu G,Svinartchuk F

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for investigating the cellular response of polymorphonuclear leukocytes to various stimuli was introduced using simultaneously native (luminol-independent) and luminol dependent luminescence as an indicator for myeloperoxidase (MPO)-H2O2-halide and O2- mediated reactions. In experimental systems containing lo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roschger P,Graninger W,Klima H

更新日期：1984-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a cofactor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). As the induction of NO synthesis by immunostimulants in vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells requires de novo synthesis of BH4, we investigated whether immunostimu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hattori Y,Gross SS

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha- and/or beta-subunits of human beta-hexosaminidase A (alphabeta) and B (betabeta) are approximately 60% identical. In vivo only beta-hexosaminidase A can utilize GM2 ganglioside as a substrate, but requires the GM2 activator protein to bind GM2 ganglioside and then interact with the enzyme, placing the termi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zarghooni M,Bukovac S,Tropak M,Callahan J,Mahuran D

更新日期：2004-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum prealbumin isolated from a Japanese patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) has been found to consist of a mixture of normal prealbumin and a prealbumin variant which contains a methionine for valine substitution at position 30. The prealbumin variant in the serum is identical to the prealbumin va...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakazato M,Kangawa K,Minamino N,Tawara S,Matsuo H,Araki S

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies have been obtained against a synthetic dodecapeptide identical to the aminoacid sequence 120-131 DSPIKDGVWPPE (inferred from its DNA sequence) of Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase subunit III. The antibodies had a titer higher than 1:10000 when tested against the antigen. These antibo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Müller M,Labonia N,Azzi A

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiber X-ray diffraction and measurement of fibre dimensions yield information about the effects of a mechanical tension on hydration of DNA in fibres. At a given relative humidity, the mechanical tension changes the DNA conformation but does not modify the number of water molecules associated to a nucleotide. The numb...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Harmouchi M,Albiser G,Premilat S

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we demonstrated that Ang II provokes a transitory enhancement of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and paxillin phosphorylation in human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC). Moreover, Ang II induces a time- and dose-dependent augmentation in cell migration, but does not affect HUVEC proliferation. The ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Montiel M,de la Blanca EP,Jiménez E

更新日期：2005-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:ASC2 structure has been well defined by 1141 NOE experimental restraints. The model consists of five alpha helices. alpha-Helices are connected by short random structure loops. The sole exception is the loop connecting helices 2 and 3, which has a 20-residue length. Folding generally agrees with the folding of recentl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Espejo F,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2006-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic analysis of murine anterior pituitary extract revealed five major proteins of Mr 13,000-18,000 (designated P13, P14, P16, P17, and P18 according to Mr), three of which, P16, P17, and P18, were markedly influenced by estradiol benzoate and perphenazine in a manner similar to that of growth hormone, and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sinha YN,Jacobsen BP

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximal activity of the enzymes hexokinase and 6-phosphofructokinase were measured in interscapular brown adipose tissue during ageing in the rat. The activity of these glycolytic enzymes increased markedly during the suckling-weaning transition (20-22 days of age), but from 30 to 100 days of age the activities pe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simpson ML,Cooney GJ,Caterson ID,Newsholme EA

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of neutrophils with LTB(4) or PAF results in the production of a rapidly oscillating actin polymerization/depolymerization response. Treatment of neutrophils with inhibitors of PKC prior to stimulation with ligand resulted in a masking of the F-actin oscillations. Because myosin has been shown to be a subs...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rengan R,Omann GM

更新日期：1999-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic islets of Langerhans produce several peptide hormones, predominantly the metabolically active hormones insulin and glucagon, which are critical for maintaining normal fuel homeostasis. Some evidence exists that pancreatic endocrine cells turn over at a slow rate and can regenerate in certain conditions....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hunziker E,Stein M

更新日期：2000-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line is routinely used as a model system for the study of ER+, estrogen-responsive human breast cancer. Although most investigators have found these cells to be estrogen-responsive, there are reports that some stocks of MCF-7 cells may be either insensitive or may display decreased s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Klotz DM,Castles CG,Fuqua SA,Spriggs LL,Hill SM

更新日期：1995-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (LDL) accumulate in the vascular wall and promote a local inflammatory process contributing to the progression of atheromatous plaque. The key role of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in this process has been documented and the enzyme has been involved in the oxidative modification of apolipopro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Antwerpen P,Boudjeltia KZ,Babar S,Legssyer I,Moreau P,Moguilevsky N,Vanhaeverbeek M,Ducobu J,Nève J

更新日期：2005-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrene, a structural analog of benzo[a]pyrene, is an effective competing ligand for high affinity carcinogen binding proteins in mouse liver. A pyrene-derivatized Sepharose gel was prepared for affinity chromatography purification of these proteins, and adsorbs all detectable [3H]B[a]P-binding activity from hepatic cy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Collins S,Altman JD,Marletta MA

更新日期：1985-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP1A1 is largely involved in carcinogenesis through the bioactivation of numerous procarcinogens. Exposure to environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) leads to induction of CYP1A1 via AhR pathway. We have previously demonstrated that fetal bovine serum (FBS) induces CYP1A1 gene transcr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： N'Guyen QB,Fallone F,Seree E,Fina F,Villard PH,Guigal N,De Meo M,Lacarelle B,Martin PM,Barra Y

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Armadillo proteins are involved in providing strength and support to cells and tissues, nuclear transport, and transcriptional activation. In this report, we describe the identification and characterisation of the cDNA of the desmosomal armadillo protein plakophilin 2 in zebrafish. The 2448bp coding sequence encodes a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moriarty MA,Martin ED,Byrnes L,Grealy M

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of endochondral ossification is strictly regulated by a variety of extracellular and intracellular factors. Recently, it has become recognized that specific miRNAs are involved in this process by regulating the expression of the relevant genes at the post-transcriptional level. In this present study we obt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sumiyoshi K,Kubota S,Ohgawara T,Kawata K,Nishida T,Shimo T,Yamashiro T,Takigawa M

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00