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 | Synergistic effects of metal ion and the pre-senile cataract-causing G98R alphaA-crystallin: self-aggregation... | f7: Thermal stability of wild type and G98R αA-crystallin upon Cu2+-binding. Aggregation of 0.2 mg/ml of αA-crystallin (curve 1) and G98R αA-crystallin (curve 2) in buffer B and of 30 μM Cu2+-treated samples of αA-crystallin (curve 3) and G98R αA-crystallin...Bottom Line: Interestingly, Cu(2+) binding increases the chaperone-like activity of alphaA-crystallin toward the aggregation of citrate synthase at 43 degrees C while it decreases the chaperone-like activity of G98R alphaA-crystallin.Mixed oligomer formation between the... | Singh D, Tangirala R, Bakthisaran R, Chintalagiri MR - Mol. Vis. (2009) |
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 | HIV-1 infection and CD4 T cell depletion in the humanized Rag2-/-gamma c-/- (RAG-hu) mouse model. | Figure 3: Ex vivo productive HIV-1 infection in human cells differentiated in reconstituted Rag2-/-γc-/- mice. Thymus, spleen and lymph node tissues were collected at 16 weeks post-engraftment. Single cell suspensions were made and stimulated for 3 days with PHA and...Bottom Line: Additionally, a chimeric HIV-1 NL4-3 virus expressing a GFP reporter, although capable of causing viremia, failed to show CD4 T cell depletion possibly due to attenuation.The humanized RAG-hu mouse model, characterized by its capacity for sustained multi-lineage... | Berges BK, Wheat WH, Palmer BE, Connick E, et al. - Retrovirology (2006) |
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 | Hydrogen bonding progressively strengthens upon transfer of the protein urea-denatured state to water... | fig2: Relationship between hydrodynamic volume and CD. The hydrodynamic volume (degree of compactness) of Nank4−7* species thermally denatured at 55 °C (Rh⊗)3 relative to the volume of thermally denatured Nank4−7* species in 0, 2, and 4 M urea (Rh)3. The ratio...Bottom Line: The same general effects portraying hierarchical folding observed in the DSE at 55 degrees C are also often seen at room temperature.Analysis of Nank4-7* DSE structural energetics at room temperature as a function of solvent provides rationale for understanding... | Holthauzen LM, Rösgen J, Bolen DW - Biochemistry (2010) |
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![Ochratoxin A biodegradation by carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) from S. cerevisiae. (a) OTA detected in assays versus time. (b) OTα detected in the same assays versus time.-×- assay with 0.1 mg/mL of CPY at pH 5.6, 37 °C; -▲- assay with 0.5 mg/mL of CPA (control) at pH 7.5, 37 °C, -□- assay with no enzyme at pH 5.6, 37 °C (blank). Material, methods were as reported in [140].](/imgs/rescaled137/3153227_toxins-02-01078-g003.png) | Biodegradation of ochratoxin a for food and feed decontamination. | toxins-02-01078-f003: Ochratoxin A biodegradation by carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) from S. cerevisiae. (a) OTA detected in assays versus time. (b) OTα detected in the same assays versus time.-×- assay with 0.1 mg/mL of CPY at pH 5.6, 37 °C; -▲- assay with 0.5 mg/mL of CPA (control)...Bottom Line: Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the most important mycotoxins that is found in food and feed products.OTA is produced by several species of Aspergillus and Penicillium that can be found in a wide variety of agricultural products, which makes the presence of OTA... | Abrunhosa L, Paterson RR, Venâncio A - Toxins (Basel) (2010) |
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 | Involvement of auxin dynamics in hypergravity-induced promotion of lignin-related gene expression in... | fig2: Fluorometric analysis of GUS activities in the inflorescence stems of hypergravity-treated DR5::GUS transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Values are the mean ±SE (n=5–12). The values were normalized to the mean value of samples at 0 h. *P <0.05 Mann-Whitney...Bottom Line: Recent studies have shown that hypergravity enhances lignification through up-regulation of the expression of lignin biosynthesis-related genes, although its hormonal signalling mechanism is unknown.Hypergravity treatment at 300 g significantly increased β-glucuronidase... | Tamaoki D, Karahara I, Nishiuchi T, Wakasugi T, et al. - J. Exp. Bot. (2011) |
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 | Water isotopes in desiccating lichens. | Fig7: The Ψ2 model incorporates the existence of two isotopically distinct water pools connected with each other (see Fig. 4, dashed lines). The graph illustrates the experimentally measured time course of δ18O of thallus water (symbols) and the modelled values...Bottom Line: A model was developed as a proof of concept that accounts for the specific water relations of these poikilohydric organisms.The approach incorporates first their variable thallus water potential and second a compartmentation of the thallus water into two isotopically... | Hartard B, Cuntz M, Máguas C, Lakatos M - Planta (2009) |
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 | Coronatine Gene Expression In Vitro and In Planta, and Protein Accumulation During Temperature Downshift... | f3-sensors-09-04272: Stability of the cma transcript as a function of temperature. Transcription was blocked by addition of rifampicin (0 min) at 50 μg mL-1 to the 18 °C-culture and the culture shifted from 18 to 28 °C at an OD600 of 1·0. Total RNA was isolated from aliquots...Bottom Line: A steady induction of cma::egfp by temperature downshift was observed in both environments.The results indicate that PG4180 responds to a temperature decrease with COR gene expression.However, COR gene expression and protein biosynthesis increased steadily,... | Braun Y, Smirnova AV, Weingart H, Schenk A, et al. - Sensors (Basel) (2009) |
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 | Mechanisms for the evolution of a derived function in the ancestral glucocorticoid receptor. | pgen-1002117-g002: AncGR1 and its descendents evolved reduced hormone sensitivity.Ligand-dependent transcriptional activation of receptors was measured in the presence of increasing concentrations of hormone using a luciferase reporter gene assay. Dose-response curves were calculated...Bottom Line: Using site-directed mutagenesis, X-ray crystallography, and computational analyses of protein stability to recapitulate and determine the effects of historical mutations, we show that AncGR1's reduced ligand sensitivity evolved primarily due to three key substitutions.Two... | Carroll SM, Ortlund EA, Thornton JW - PLoS Genet. (2011) |
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 | Sustained release of multiple growth factors from injectable polymeric system as a novel therapeutic... | Fig3: Computer-assisted quantitative analyses of hindlimb blood flow in apoE−/− mice demonstrated significantly enhanced ratio of ischemic to untreated limb blood perfusion in mice ischemic limb receiving intramuscular injections of alginate (Blank), alginate...Bottom Line: Muscle VEGF and PDGF content was assessed at multiple time points.In the VEGF/PDGF group, local tissue VEGF and PDGF levels peaked at week 2 and 4, respectively, with detectable PDGF levels at week 6.At week 6, mean vessel mean diameter was significantly greater... | Sun Q, Silva EA, Wang A, Fritton JC, Mooney DJ, et al. - Pharm. Res. (2009) |
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 | Dual oscillator model of the respiratory neuronal network generating quantal slowing of respiratory rhythm. | Fig1: (a) Dual Oscillator Model: NeuronGroup1 (pFRG) provides excitatory synaptic input to NeuronGroup2 (preBötC) and NeuronGroup2 provides inhibitory synaptic input directly to NeuronGroup1. (b) Three neuronal group model: Similar to Dual Oscillator Model except...Bottom Line: Compatible with experimental results, the model predicted the changes in firing pattern of pFRG neurons from biphasic expiratory to monophasic inspiratory, synchronous with preBötC neurons.With a reduced excitability of preBötC network, the breakdown of synchronous... | Lal A, Oku Y, Hülsmann S, Okada Y, Miwakeichi F, et al. - J Comput Neurosci (2010) |
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 | Chemistry and biochemistry of dietary polyphenols. | nutrients-02-01231-f002: Basic flavonoid structures.Bottom Line: Polyphenols are the biggest group of phytochemicals, and many of them have been found in plant-based foods.Polyphenol-rich diets have been linked to many health benefits.The discussions are focused on important and most recent advances in the above aspects,... | Tsao R - Nutrients (2010) |
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 | N2'-->p3' phosphoramidate glycerol nucleic acid as a potential alternative genetic system. | fig2: Thermal denaturation curve of a 1:1 mixture of A9 and T10 npGNA compared with A10:T10 duplexes of DNA, GNA, and GNA:npGNA.Bottom Line: Glycerol nucleic acid (GNA) is an interesting base-pairing system with an acyclic, three-carbon backbone.In the present study, GNA analogues with N2'-->P3' phosphoramidate linkages (npGNA) have been synthesized and their base-pairing properties examined.These... | Chen JJ, Cai X, Szostak JW - J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009) |
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 | Degradation of microcystin-LR and RR by a Stenotrophomonas sp. strain EMS isolated from Lake Taihu, China. | f3-ijms-11-00896: The effect of different temperatures on EMS growth indicated by absorbance at 600 nm measured every 3 hours. EMS was incubated with M9 medium containing crude MCs extract at 4 °C (▪), 10 °C (•), 20 °C (▴), 30 °C (▾), and 37 °C (♦), respectively.Bottom Line: In addition, mlrA gene involved in the degradation of MC-LR and MC-RR was detected in EMS.Due to the limited literature this gene has rare homologues.Sequencing analysis of the translated protein from mlrA suggested that MlrA might be a transmembrane protein,... | Chen J, Hu LB, Zhou W, Yan SH, Yang JD, Xue YF, et al. - Int J Mol Sci (2010) |
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 | Outer surface protein C is a dissemination-facilitating factor of Borrelia burgdorferi during mammalian... | pone-0015830-g002: The 5-AA deletion does not reduce the ability of B. burgdorferi to colonize joint or skin tissue of SCID mice.Subgroups of five SCID mice were inoculated with 104 spirochetes of the clone ΔospC/FL/1, ΔospC/FL2, ΔospC/ΔNt5/1 or ΔospC/ΔNt5/2, and euthanized...Bottom Line: The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi dramatically upregulates outer surface protein C (OspC) in response to fresh bloodmeal during transmission from the tick vector to a mammal, and abundantly produces the antigen during early infection.As OspC... | Seemanapalli SV, Xu Q, McShan K, Liang FT - PLoS ONE (2010) |
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 | Heparin alters viral serpin, serp-1, anti-thrombolytic activity to anti-thrombotic activity. | Figure 4: Heparin-dependent inhibition of thrombin by Serp-1. Thrombin at a fixed amount (0.002 NIH units) was incubated with Serp-1 at three non-inhibiting amounts (38, 75, and 150 ng) with increasing units of heparin (X axis). The experiment conditions were similar...Bottom Line: We demonstrate here that heparin binds to Serp-1 and enhances Serp-1 inhibition of thrombin, a human pro-thrombotic serine protease, in vitro, altering inhibitory activity to a more predominant anti-thrombotic activity.In a cell-based assay, heparin facilitates... | Li X, Schneider H, Peters A, Macaulay C, King E, et al. - Open Biochem J (2008) |
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![[3H]GABA uptake assayed in oocytes expressing WT-GAT17. The GABA uptake activity was measured in uninjected (○), GAT-1 mRNA-injected (▵), GAT-1 mRNA-injected and TMRM-labeled (▴), and GAT-1 mRNA-injected and MTSET-treated (•) oocytes. Each data point is the mean value of measurements from three to four cells, and the error bars indicate SEM. The curves are the nonlinear fits to hyperbolic dose–response relations (Michaelis-Menten equation).](/imgs/rescaled137/2233755_JGP8141.f2.png) | An intermediate state of the gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter GAT1 revealed by simultaneous voltage... | Figure 2: [3H]GABA uptake assayed in oocytes expressing WT-GAT17. The GABA uptake activity was measured in uninjected (○), GAT-1 mRNA-injected (▵), GAT-1 mRNA-injected and TMRM-labeled (▴), and GAT-1 mRNA-injected and MTSET-treated (•) oocytes. Each data point...Bottom Line: The presence of gamma-aminobutyric acid did not noticeably affect the fluorescence waveforms.Physiol. 114:459-476).Therefore, the study provides verification that conformational changes occur during GAT1 function. | Li M, Farley RA, Lester HA - J. Gen. Physiol. (2000) |
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 | Rise and fall of an anti-MUC1 specific antibody. | pone-0015921-g007: Ranking of the affinity matured anti-MUC1 scFs by antigen titration ELISA.A dilution series of scFvs was used for MUC1 detection. The bound scFvs were detected with mouse anti-myc (1∶1,000) and goat anti-mouse IgG (Fab specific) HRP conjugate (1∶10,000)...Bottom Line: The scFv bound to T47D and MCF-7 mammalian cancer cell lines were recloned into the scFv-Fc and IgG format resulting in decrease of affinity of one binder.However, the experiments showed no significant decrease in tumour growth or increase in the survival rates.Despite... | Thie H, Toleikis L, Li J, von Wasielewski R, et al. - PLoS ONE (2011) |
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 | What determines the assembly of transcriptional network motifs in Escherichia coli? | pone-0003657-g004: Examples of functional fine-tuning in Zs of hierarchical FFLs: the arabinose (A) and galactose (B) systems.In each case we plotted (top) the incoming/outgoing regulatory interactions associated to the TF sensing the specific sugar and those links involved in...Bottom Line: Analysis of the latter pattern reveals that coregulation between large regulon-size TFs is common under a network neutral model, leading to the assembly of a great number of FFLs and bifans.On the whole, and even under the conservative neutralist scenario considered,... | Camas FM, Poyatos JF - PLoS ONE (2008) |
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 | In vitro HIV-1 selective integration into the target sequence and decoy-effect of the modified sequence. | pone-0013841-g004: In vitro integration using modified or variable-length target sequences.Number of PIAP copies from integration into variable-length repeat sequences (left). Line represents a linear regression between the logarithm of copy number and number of repeated x, y...Bottom Line: Moreover, on incubation with the deleted DNAs and original sequence, the integration efficiency and selectivity for the original target sequence were significantly reduced, which indicated interference effects by the deleted sequence DNAs.Finally, integrase... | Tsuruyama T, Nakai T, Hiratsuka T, Jin G, et al. - PLoS ONE (2010) |
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 | Tracking tumor evolution via prostate-specific antigen: an individual post-operative study. | Figure 1: Linear plot of PSA score vs. time. PSA values in μg/l are displayed as a function of measurement time in months after the surgery.Bottom Line: The progress of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level after radical prostatectomy is observed for a patient in order to extract information about the mode of tumor cell growth.An initial rapid-growth mode changed to a slower power-law regime within two... | Erbudak M, Erzan A - Theor Biol Med Model (2010) |
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