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Transduction of cellular signals by G
2020-10-23
Transduction of cellular signals by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is stringently regulated to prevent the deleterious effects of unrestrained GPCR signaling. The rapid termination of signaling mediated by agonist-occupied GPCRs is referred to as homologous desensitization and involves the foll
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Here we show that cpg is expressed only in
2020-10-23
Here, we show that cpg2 is expressed only in the GKT137831 and encodes a protein that localizes specifically to the postsynaptic endocytic zone of excitatory synapses. We present evidence that CPG2 is a critical component of the postsynaptic endocytic pathway that mediates both constitutive and act
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br Materials and methods br
2020-10-23
Materials and methods Results Discussion In this study, we first showed that fluxametamide, a novel isoxazoline insecticide, inhibits agonist responses in two types of LGCCs, the M. domestica GABACl and GluCl, with higher potency in the former channel versus the latter one (Fig. 3). In addi
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To analyze EBI expression and
2020-10-23
To analyze EBI2 expression and its function in T cells in vivo, we created an EGFP reporter/knockout mouse strain, termed EBI2EGFP. This mouse strain in heterozygous configuration allows for a systematic analysis of the expression of EBI2 in distinct cell types in steady-state and under inflammatory
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br Conclusions br ISG is an ubiquitin like protein that
2020-10-23
Conclusions ISG15 is an ubiquitin‐like protein that is induced by treating mammalian h89 with interferon‐α/β. UbE1L was identified as the E1‐activating enzyme for ISG15 in the course of experiments that demonstrated that the nonstructural or NS1 protein of influenza B virus inhibits ISG15 conj
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As before all calculations are
2020-10-23
As before [3], [4], all calculations are based on thermodynamically first- and second-order hydropathic (amino acid) scales [6], [7], linearly scaled to a common center and a common range for each of the 20 amino acids. These are then converted to a triangular matrix , where is the length of a s
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Conventional aromatic radiofluorination via nucleophilic sub
2020-10-22
Conventional aromatic radiofluorination via nucleophilic substitution requires electron-withdrawing activating group(s) at the ortho or para position to achieve good radiolabeling yield. In the case of CJ-042794 (), the phenoxy substitution para to the fluoro group is considered an electro-donating
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RGDfK The activity of cysteine endopeptidases involved in
2020-10-22
The activity of cysteine endopeptidases involved in the germination of caryopses is generally regulated at two levels: the hormonal induction of synthesis by gibberellins (Drzymała et al., 2008) and a putative regulation of activity by phytocystatines (Kiyosaki et al., 2007, Martinez et al., 2009),
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Pursuant to our in vitro data that neutrophilic elastase
2020-10-22
Pursuant to our in vitro data that neutrophilic elastase activated the elastase-dependent oncolytic virus, we initially hypothesized that tumor-infiltrating neutrophils could be the source for elastase in tumor tissue. However, we did not detect neutrophils in the PANC-1 tumor tissue where we observ
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Peptides undergoing only a single hydroxylation i e PA Hyp
2020-10-22
Peptides undergoing only a single hydroxylation, i.e. PA-Hyp-KPAPK and PAPK-Hyp-APK, were then used to investigate the kinetics of vCPH co-factor and co-substrate dependences. The values for KMapp for Fe(II) and KM for 2OG for the two peptide substrates were within error (KMapp, Fe(II): 0.9 μM ± 0.1
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br Material and methods br Results br
2020-10-22
Material and methods Results Discussion Both progesterone and estradiol are major ovarian steroids crucial for the development and homeostasis of the female reproductive tract (Patel et al., 2015). In the cervix, estrogen softens the cervical stroma affecting the extracellular matrix (ECM)
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Using HPLC and an amino acid sequencer the site
2020-10-22
Using HPLC and an amino Mepivacaine HCl sequencer, the site of cleavage into the fluorogenic substrate AbzFRQEDDnp, determined as specific to the endopeptidase STH2, was analyzed and identified as being R2-Q3, and into substrate AbzFGQEDDnp, determined as specific to SH1, it was G2-Q3 (Fig. 5, Fig.
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All components of the UPP were predicted to be
2020-10-22
All components of the UPP were predicted to be susceptible to oxidative stress due to the cysteine residues in their active sites [36]. Curcusone D inhibits DUBs but has no significant effect on the action of E1, E2s, E3s, or the proteasome, which indicates that the targets of the ROS induced by cur
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It has been reported that vernolic acid accumulation in tran
2020-10-22
It has been reported that vernolic AG-14361 accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds expressing a Δ12-epoxygenase often resulted in failure of germination and impaired growth and development (Singh et al., 2001). Similar phenomena were also reported for transgenic Arabidopsis seeds with accumul
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The notion that a small
2020-10-21
The notion that a small subset of inducible cellular transcripts, encoding immunological important factors, is translocated across the nuclear envelope by the karyopherin CRM1 is gaining support from various recent studies. For example, experimental evidence has been provided demonstrating that the