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Molecular techniques are transforming our understanding of cellular function and disease. However, accurate molecular analysis methods will be limited if the input DNA, RNA, or protein is not derived from pure population of cells or is contaminated by the wrong cells. Ultrasonic vibration microdissection provides the t... |
The purpose of this project is to elucidate the kinetic parameters that govern a simulated sphingolipid metabolism system using various global optimization routines including Monte Carlo, Simulated Annealing, and Genetic Algorithms. Here a simulated 6-node system built from five UniUni reaction equations with known kin... |
In this experiment, the bone marrow stroma cells (BMSCs) were harvested and then cultured in "neural stem cells (NSCs) medium" which was modulated by our lab with P. R. of China patent number as ZL 02134314.4 in vitro. The proliferation of NSCs was confirmed by formation of cell's clones and scan electron microscopy te... |
This paper presents the design and preliminary prototype of the Intelligent Glasses, a novel non-invasive electronic travel aid (ETA) designed to assist the blind/visually impaired to navigate easily, safely and quickly among obstacles in indoor/outdoor 3D environments. The Intelligent Glasses, a joint project between ... |
An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in China and the first case emerged in mid November 2002. The etiologic agent of this disease was found to be a previously unknown coronavirus, SARS-CoV. The detailed pathology of SARS-CoV infection and the host response to the viral infection are still n... |
In our earlier work we have proposed that protein activation is electromagnetic in its nature. This prediction is based on the Resonant Recognition Model (RRM) where proteins are analyzed using digital signal processing (DSP) methods applied to the distribution of free electron energies along the protein sequence. This... |
DNA base damage results from a combination of endogenous sources, (normal metabolism, increased metabolism due to obesity, stress from diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, and ischemia) and the environment (ingested toxins, ionizing radiation, etc.). If unrepaired DNA base damage can lead to diminished cell functio... |
Realgar, one of mineral drugs in Chinese traditional medicines has attracted an increasing attention because of its prominent anti-tumor effect. However, new challenges for improving its bioavailability has to be faced. Our previous studies have demonstrated that realgar nanoparticles may provide a less toxic agent for... |
Protein domain-domain interaction pairs supply functional information about the interacting proteins; and finding interaction motif pairs in protein-protein interaction database can deeply disclose the essence of the protein interaction. Up to now, there is little research work on prediction of interaction motif pairs ... |
In this paper a new method that uses Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) to denote a protein sequence is proposed for researching the protein classification problem. A protein is vectorized according to its content of biological words: patterns and motifs, which are generated by utilizing TEIRESIAS algorithm and MEME/MAST s... |
The massive accumulation of biological data in the past decades has generated a significant amount of biological knowledge which is represented in one way as biological pathways. The existence of over 150 pathway databases reflects the diversity of the biological data and heterogeneity of data models, storage formats a... |
The prevalence of atrial conduction defects and sinus node dysfunction increases with age. These age-related changes may play a critical role in establishing the substrate for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained arrhythmia. Despite the association between atrial arrhythmias and age, l... |
A set of protein pairs predicted to be interacting with high ratio of true positive is valuable for target selection in experiments like protein structure determination. Our goal in this paper is to investigate the problem of finding such a set of protein pairs in an organism by machine learning methods. Yeast genome w... |
A pocket blood sugar apparatus tested by enzyme electrode, which was designed using carbon and silver plasma as conducting materials. Both the work and reference electrodes are applied to the parts of enzyme electrode. The glucose oxidase is taken as the medium of blood sugar measuring. And the range of measuring gluco... |
The carbon nanotube modified biosensors for respectively monitoring uric acid (UA) and total cholesterol in blood were studied. The transducers were based on two screen-printed carbon electrodes, a carbon working electrode and a reference electrode. For UA sensors, uricase was immobilized on the surface of electrodes t... |
Nanostructures of lysozyme molecules and lysozyme-nanogold conjugates were generated by atomic force microscopy in contact-, tapping- and force-distance- mode on mica in aqueous solution. In contact mode at high ionic strength, adjusted lysozyme concentration and lower loading force a monolayer of defined structure and... |
a neural sensor with novel structure and capable of double side recordings has been designed and fabricated using surface micromachining technique. Dry-etch Benzocyclobutene (BCB) was selected as the substrate and packaging material for its excellent electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. Positive photoresist (... |
This paper reported the identification and mechanism of dynamic mass redistribution in living cells mediated by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation using resonant waveguide grating (RWG) biosensors. In response to epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation, human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells gave rise ... |
Electrostatic self-assemble (ESA), which based on the alternating physisorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte, appears to be a promising method in preparing nanolayer films of biopolymers and controlling the structures and properties in nanoscale. It provides great potential in surface design of nanolayer for b... |
To infer protein function by matching local surface patterns, an effective scoring matrix for evaluating surface similarity is critical. In this study, we develop an evolution model of binding surfaces using a continuous time Markov process. We develop a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo method to estimate the substitu... |
Structural Genomics is an international effort to determine the three-dimensional shapes of all important biological macromolecules, with a primary focus on proteins. Target proteins should be selected according to a strategy that is medically and biologically relevant, of good financial value, and tractable. In 2003, ... |
The identification of protein-protein interactions along with their spatial and temporal localization is vital data for assigning functional information to proteins. Historically, these data sets obtained from fluorescence microscopy, have been analyzed manually, a process that is both time consuming and tedious. The d... |
For better understanding of genetic mechanisms underlying clinical observations, we often want to determine which genes and clinical traits are interrelated. We introduce a computational method that can find co-clusters or groups of genes and clinical parameters that are believed to be closely related to each other bas... |
Monitoring body kinematics has fundamental relevance in several biological and technical disciplines. In particular the possibility to know the posture exactly may furnish a main aid in rehabilitation topics. This paper deals with the design, the development and the realization of sensing garments, from the characteriz... |
In this paper, a novel graft copolymer, poly-(L-lysine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-g-PEG) with part of the PEG chains carrying a terminal nitrilotriacetic acid group (NTA) was synthesized. Through electrostatic interactions, these polycationic graft co-polymers assemble spontaneously from aqueous solution onto ne... |
Using a novel experimental technique that combines optical trapping with patch-clamp and fluorescence photometry, we provide preliminary evidence that native biological membranes are capable of electrically-induced piconewton level force generation in the absence of specialized transmembrane proteins. Force generation ... |
Here, we described the fabrication using photolithography of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based hydrogel microstructures encapsulating viable mammalian cells on glass and silicon substrates. Substrates were treated with 3-(trichlorosilyl) propyl methacrylate to form pendant acrylate group to covalent link the hydrogel m... |
This paper presents a theoretical and experimental investigation of MEMS thermal biosensors in flow-through measurements of metabolites. A model is developed to consider convective heat transfer effects and enzyme kinetics using the Michaelis-Menton theory. Numerical solutions from the model are compared with experimen... |
The investigation of interactions between two kinds of monoclonal antibodies and SARS virus with a label-free protein array technique were presented in this paper. The performance consists of three parts: a surface modification for ligand immobilization/surface, a protein array fabrication with an integrated microfluid... |
With complex configuration, the general whole-body fluorescence optical imaging system is power-consuming for it is mainly composed of laser or mercury lamp, filter and fiber-optic cable. In this paper we aimed at setting up a compact imaging system based on power light emitting diode (LED). We first discussed fluoresc... |
Application of the thermal biosensor as analytical tool is promising due to advantages as universal, simplicity and quick response. A novel thermal biosensor based on enzyme reaction has been developed. This biosensor is a flow injection analysis system and consists of two channels with enzyme reaction column and refer... |
A disposable amperometric biosensor for detecting blood glucose has been developed. The sensor is based on a screen-printed electrode prepared by electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole with glucose oxidase (GOD) and LiClO<sub>4</sub> dopants. In citric acid buffer (pH5.0), GOD with negative charges is immobilized wi... |
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices based on shear-horizontal (SH) waves can be used as mass-sensitive immunosensors. This paper presents a novel SH-SAW sensor to detect anti-immunoglobulin (IgG) molecules by means of the antibody-antigen binding mechanism. The sensor system comprising dual delay lines was fabricated o... |
A new method based on support vector regression (SVR) has been introduced to predict the relative solvent accessibility (RSA) of residues from protein primary sequences, which uses the local information of protein primary sequences as input. Different to most previous methods which are designed to predict the exposure ... |
Secondary structure of a protein can be predicted efficiently by combining continuous wavelet transform (CWT) and Chou-Fasman method. We selected a protein with ID 1gca from PDB database, and substitute every amino acid of the protein with corresponding hydrophobic value. Then CWT was used to get the nucleated residues... |
Annotation of the functional sites on the surface of a protein has been the subject of many studies. In this regard, the search for attributes and features characterizing these sites is of prime consequence. Here, we present an implementation of a kernel-based machine learning protocol for identifying residues on a DNA... |
Conducting polymer can modify device surface properties and incorporate biomolecules for immobilization by electropolymerization at the same time. We investigated a method for surface modification by electrochemically deposited polypyrrole onto surface of Bio-MEMS micro device. We reported the effects of the numbers of... |
Heart failure has been identified as a serious international problem, in particular for aging groups, posing both an increasing number of patients on waiting lists in countries susceptible with Medicare systems and increasing financial burdens. It may be imperative to develop a marker that can identify such problems at... |
Protein sequence alignments reveal the evolutionary information between homologous sequences. Traditional sequence alignment methods only use sequence information and the structure information from template is ignored. Recently, Kleinjung et al. developed a contact-based sequence alignment method that used the structur... |
Subcellular location of a protein is one of the key functional characters as proteins must be localized correctly at the subcellular level to have normal biological functions. In this paper, all motifs in PROSITE were examined and those that are indicative to eukaryotic protein subcellular localizations were picked out... |
Multiple sequence alignment is a central topic of extensive research in computational biology. Basically, two or more protein sequences are compared so as to evaluate their similarity. This work reports a methodology for parallel processing of a multiple sequence alignment algorithm (ClustalW) in an environment of netw... |
In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a protein structure data and analysis system that is only used in the lab for analyzing the proprietary data. It is capable of storing public protein data, such as the data in Protein Data Bank (PDB) [1], and life scientists' proprietary data. This toolkit is t... |
To assess the protein expression of a new inhibitor of apoptosis, survivin, and its correlation with spontaneous apoptosis, tumor clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in nasal and paranasal sinus carcinoma (NPSC). |
The PDZ and LIM domain-containing protein family is encoded by a diverse group of genes whose phylogeny has currently not been analyzed. In mammals, ten genes are found that encode both a PDZ- and one or several LIM-domains. These genes are: ALP, RIL, Elfin (CLP36), Mystique, Enigma (LMP-1), Enigma homologue (ENH), ZAS... |
To study the roles of protein kinase C (PKC) in effect of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on wound healing and cicatrization. |
Liposome has similar lipid bilayer structure and fluid characteristics to real cell membrane, and plays an important role in mimetic biomembrane research. The preparation and characterization of liposome, studies on drug-liposome partitioning and protein-liposome interaction with immobilized liposome chromatography, ap... |
The issue of residues including organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticides in tea has made a great attention of researchers and customers in the world. Although some analytical methods have well been established to detect these pesticides, the sample preparations are generally laborious, time-consuming, and some of the p... |
The risk of infection with hepatitis E virus to international travellers to endemic regions such as the subcontinent of India, Nepal, South-East Asia, China, parts of the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and some countries of South America is underestimated. Hepatitis E virus is transmitted enterically usually by drinking w... |
Molecular biology yielded universal typing methods. However, different methods have different applications. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis allows precise population genetics studies. Random amplification is useful for quickly comparing a few strains. Pulse field gel electrophoresis, which is more discriminating than... |
The first markers of meningococci were serogroup, defined by different polyosidic capsular immunospecifities (12 are described at present), and are still of great importance. Several other antigenic structures such as outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are used as markers : OMP serotypes of classes 2 and 3, OMP subtype of ... |
Decreased placental oxygenation and increased oxidative stress are implicated in the development of preeclampsia. Oxidative stress arises from imbalance between pro-versus anti-oxidants and can lead to biological oxidation and apoptosis. Because pregnant women living at high altitude (3100 m, HA) have lowered arterial ... |
Hyperglycemia, advanced glycation end products (AGEs), hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia may play roles in the development of diabetes-associated atherosclerosis and post-angioplasty restenosis. Clinically, their effects seem to be synergic. However, few studies have focused on the synergistic action of these factors. ... |
Totipotent and regionally non-specified embryonic stem (ES) cells provide a powerful tool to understand mechanisms controlling stem cell differentiation in different regions of the adult brain. As the development capacity of ES cells in the adult brain is still largely unknown, we grafted small amounts of mouse ES (mES... |
This paper focuses on the effect of the venom of the spider Macrothele raveni on the proliferation of human hepatocelluar carcinoma cell line HepG2 and the related molecular mechanism. XTT test showed that the proliferation of HepG2 cells in vitro was inhibited by the spider venom (P<0.05) in a concentration-dependent ... |
The effects of scorpion venom heat resistant protein (SVHRP) (National invention patent of China, 2004-10-20, No. ZL01 1 06166.92) on the excitability of acutely isolated rat hippocampal neurons were observed by whole-cell recording and the potential molecular mechanisms underlying its antiepileptic effect were investi... |
To construct a novel recombinant immunotoxin (IT) expression vector by fusing mouse macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha gene (mMIP-1alpha) into a truncated diphtheria toxin gene (DT390), and examine the expression of mMIP-1alpha-DT390 fusion protein in NIH3T3 cells. |
To construct a combination method of methylation sensitive restriction enzyme and semi-nested touch down PCR assay for studying the promoter region methylation status of P16 gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma. |
OBJECTIVE To study the expression of NgR mRNA and NgR protein in the brain tissues of newborn rats with hypoxic ischemic brain damage (HIBD) its implications. |
To investigate the expression of minichromosome maintenance protein 6 (MCM6) in tissue sections of craniopharyngioma and observe its relation with the outcome of patients with craniopharyngiomas. |
To study the early diagnosis value of acute rejection response to perforin and granzyme B protein expressions around transplantation pancreas tissue after pancreatic transplantation. |
Food incompatibilities affect approximately 20% of the general population in Western countries. In about one quarter of the affected children and one tenth of affected adults, the incompatibility is based on an allergy, that is, on an immunologically generated incompatibility reaction. Gastrointestinal symptoms occur i... |
Biochemical, genetic, enzymatic and molecular approaches were used to demonstrate, for the first time, that tellurite (TeO(3) (2-)) toxicity in E. coli involves superoxide formation. This radical is derived, at least in part, from enzymatic TeO(3) (2-) reduction. This conclusion is supported by the following observatio... |
Even though mRNA expression levels are commonly used as a proxy for estimating functional differences that occur at the protein level, the relation between mRNA and protein expression is not well established. Further, no study to date has tested whether the evolutionary differences in mRNA expression observed between s... |
Biotinidase is an enzyme synthesized predominantly by the liver. Serum activity of this enzyme has been shown to be low in chronic liver disease. In this study, we endeavored to assess the diagnostic value of serum biotinidase as a marker of hepatic biosynthetic function in acute and chronic liver dysfunction. Twenty-t... |
Wilson disease (WD) results when specific mutations occur at the ATP7B gene. The presence of mutations in the ATP7B gene was studied in the coding region and the intron-exon boundaries in 15 WD Spanish patients, and their first-degree relatives when possible. A total of 20 nucleotide sequence changes were detected, 18 ... |
Splanchnic arterial vasodilation represents the pathophysiological hallmark of the hemodynamic dysfunction observed in portal hypertensive states. The role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in the splanchnic arterial vasodilation remains to be elucidated. We therefore investigated: (i) if nNOS is involved in the... |
Apoptosis is involved in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury. The protein FNK, constructed from an anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-x(L), exhibits the stronger anticell death activity. We evaluated the effect of FNK on apoptosis after hepatic ischemia and reperfusion, using FNK-overexpressing transgenic mice and the HIV/Tat ... |
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a very common pediatric disease with unknown etiology which sometimes leads to chronic recurrent OME. Immune reactions in serum and in the middle ear system play roles in the etiology, pathogenesis, and prevention of otitis media. The middle ear mucosa has a secretory immune system s... |
Bordetella pertussis infects the respiratory tract of the human host and causes whooping cough in children. The nature of immunity against Bordetella pertussis infection and disease is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate cell mediated immunity in mice immunized with outer membrane component of c... |
Multi drug resistance(MDR) is a major problem in the treatment ofcancer and hematological malignancies. This resistance is multi factorial and is the result of decreased intra cellular drug accumulation. This is partly due to the presence of a 170KD intra membranous protein termed P-glycoprotein(P-gp) that is an energy... |
Bovine tropical Theileriosis caused by Theileria annulata is an economically important disease of cattle. An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine antibody levels in vaccinated and unvaccinated cattle, using cellular schizont as antigen and its results were compared with immunofluorescent assa... |
In present study different protein measurement methods are evaluated on the allergenic extract of Chenopodium album pollen, which was previously prepared in our laboratory and applied in skin prick testing in comparison with a commercial extract. The protein content of similar amounts of these two extracts which had ca... |
Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (oligos) are the tools that bind to complementary sequence of targeted mRNA and block specifically protein translation. In the present study, a novel 20 mer oligo as an antisense for human IL-13 is introduced. This oligo is designed according to the IL-13 mRNA coding region and synthesiz... |
Laboratory diagnosis of acute measles is usually achieved by serology assays for measle-specific IgM antibody. For comparison of measle-specific IgM antibody in saliva and serum, 95 paired blood and saliva samples were collected 1-14 days after the onset of rash. The specimens were tested for specific IgM antibody by a... |
The bulk of our knowledge on immunosuppression in malnutrition comes from the experiments done on cell-mediated immunity. However, malnutrition-induced modifications of humoral immunity have been less understood. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of acute protein-energy malnutrition on serum leve... |
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human gamma-herpesvirus that infects about 95% of the adult population. The majority of primary infections occurs in early childhood and is generally subclinical; it can cause infectious mononucleosis (IM), which is usually a self-limiting lymphoproliferative disorder. However, ... |
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (AT) is an autosomal recessive disorder involving cerebellar degeneration, immunodeficiency, radiation sensitivity and cancer predisposition. The ATM gene on human chromosome 11q22.3 has recently been identified as the gene responsible for ataxia-telangiectasia (AT). The gene mutated in AT, which ... |
We present the first reported case of antiphospholipid syndrome with stroke in an Iranian boy (7-month-old) who had two ischemic strokes within a period of 2 months. Serum anticardiolipid antibody was positive and the patient had low levels of protein S and C. This case emphasizes the importance of antiphospholipid ant... |
The aim of this study was to evaluate an enzyme - linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of anti - helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) specific IgG antibodies in specimens of oral fluid.All subjects over the age 18 years undergoing endoscopy for any reason were asked to participate in the study. Two groups of... |
Controversial immunomodulatory properties of bee venom (BV) have provided an appropriate field for more investigation. The aim of present research was to verify the effects of honeybee venom on matrix metalloproteinase activity and interferon production as well as cell proliferation in monocyte and fibroblast cell line... |
Varicella zoster virus (VZV), the causative agent of chicken pox and shingles, can cause severe systemic infections of the CNS and the respiratory tract in immunocompetent individuals as well as in immunocompromized patients.The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence of antibody Varicella zoster... |
The most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene found in human cancer is p53. In a normal situation, p53 is activated upon the induction of DNA damage to either arrest the cell cycle or else induce apoptosis. However, when mutated, p53 is no longer able to properly accomplish these functions. Our aim was to investiga... |
Developmental proteins play a pivotal role in the origin of animal complexity and diversity. We report here the identification of a highly divergent developmental protein superfamily (DANGER), which originated before the emergence of animals (approximately 850 million years ago) and experienced major expansion-contract... |
An enzymatic debriding preparation was formulated with purified enzyme derived from a crude pineapple stem extract. The primary component of this preparation was the sulfhydryl protease ananain which represented >/=85% of the proteolytic activity. The remaining proteolytic activity in the preparation was contributed by... |
We have previously reported that local application of viable Staphylococcus aureus dramatically accelerates wound healing, but viable Staphylococcus epidermidis does not. Because the S. aureus effect occurred in the absence of infection and because the cell walls of the two bacterial species differ, we hypothesized tha... |
Aim. To assess role of 24 hour heart rate variability (HRV) for prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and systolic dysfunction in the era of wide use of b-adrenoblockers. Material. Patients (n=135) with symptomatic CHF and ischemic (68%) or nonischemic cardiomyopathy (32%) with systolic left ventricula... |
Dynamics of fatty acid binding protein (FABP) and pro-brain natriuretic peptide (pro-BNP) levels was studied in patients with ischemic heart disease at rest, during transitory myocardial ischemia, and before and after balloon angioplasty. Forty patients were included: 25 patients with stable angina comprised the study ... |
Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells that is essential for maintaining arterial integrity. Fibulin-4(-/-) mice die just before birth due to arterial hemorrhage, but fibulin-4(+/-) mice appear to be outwardly normal. Experiments were therefore performed to determine whet... |
Host innate immunity contributes to malaria clinical outcome by providing protective inflammatory cytokines such as interferon-gamma, and by shaping the adaptive immune response. Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is the etiologic agent of the most severe forms of human malaria. Natural Killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the... |
TonB-dependent receptors (TBDRs) are outer membrane proteins mainly known for the active transport of iron siderophore complexes in Gram-negative bacteria. Analysis of the genome of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), predicts 72 TBDRs. Such an overrepresentation is common in Xant... |
Podocalyxin is a CD34-related transmembrane protein involved in hematopoietic cell homing, kidney morphogenesis, breast cancer progression, and epithelial cell polarization. Although this sialomucin has been shown to block cell adhesion, the mechanisms involved remain enigmatic. It has, however, been postulated that th... |
To investigate the regulation of P2X3 protein expression in the trigeminal ganglion sensory neurons after the nociceptive stimulation by orthodontic tooth movement force. |
To investigate the effect of periodontal infection on circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) in type 2 diabetes patients. |
Since its discovery, green fluorescence protein (GFP) has been used as a reporter in a broad range of applications, including the determination of gene expresion in diverse organisms, and subcellular protein localization. pEGFP-N1 is a eukayotic expression vector encoding EGFP, the MCS of which locates at the N terminu... |
Retroviruses are obligate intracellular parasites that have coevolved with their hosts for millions of years. It is therefore not surprising that retroviruses take advantage of numerous host factors during their life cycle. In addition to positive cellular factors that are of use to the virus, host cells have also evol... |
To study the differentiation effect of recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis 11000 protein on infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
In patients with Huntington's disease (HD), the proteolytic activity of the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is reduced in the brain and other tissues. The pathological hallmark of HD is the intraneuronal nuclear protein aggregates of mutant huntingtin. We determined how to enhance UPS function and influence catalytic... |
Government-imposed feed bans have created a need for new applications for meat & bone meal (MBM). Many potential new applications require MBM protein to be both soluble and free of infectious prion. Treatment with protease is generally effective in reducing insoluble, thermally-denatured proteins to soluble peptides. I... |
M-phase Promoting Factor (MPF; the cyclin B-cdk 1 complex) is activated at M-phase onset by removal of inhibitory phosphorylation of cdk1 at thr-14 and tyr-15. At M-phase exit, MPF is destroyed by ubiquitin-dependent cyclin proteolysis. Thus, control of MPF activity via inhibitory phosphorylation is believed to be part... |
Signaling-protein mRNAs tend to have long untranslated regions (UTRs) containing binding sites for RNA-binding proteins regulating gene expression. Here we show that a PUF-family RNA-binding protein, Mpt5, represses the yeast MAP-kinase pathway controlling differentiation to the filamentous form. Mpt5 represses the pro... |
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