... transcription factor ofthe Ets -family is involved in the regulation The members ofthe Ets -family oftranscriptionfactors bind to specific purine-rich sequences with a core motif of GGAA/T and ... plasmid The assays were carried out in triplicate, andthe error bars indicate the standard deviation Fig Nucleotide sequence ofthe 5¢-flanking region ofthe mouse a3 integrin gene Major and minor transcription ... analysis ofthe 5¢-flanking region and determination oftranscription start sites of mouse integrin a3 subunit gene The nucleotide sequence ofthe 0.5 kb SalI/SacI fragment and a part of exon is...
... http://genomebiology.com/2005/6/13/246 The lethal phenotypes ofthe AP-2 mutants generated so far have precluded an analysis ofthe roles of AP-2 transcriptionfactors in adult tissues We and others are currently exploiting the ... following the expansion ofthefamily during vertebrate evolution, redundant and non-redundant functions ofthe individual AP-2 family members evolved Although the single AP-2 protein in the cephalochordate ... in the primitive ectoderm of both invertebrates and vertebrates, suggesting an evolutionarily conserved role for thefamily in the formation of this tissue In mice, three ofthe five AP-2 family...
... member ofthe PapB familyof fimbrial transcriptional factorsThe members ofthe PapB family identified so far exist in both the E coli and Salmonella species and are all involved in the regulation of ... to the left and overlays of Ca-traces ofthe structurally similar proteins (light blue) and FocB (dark red) are shown to the right DNA strands are shown in yellow and orange, andthe RNA strand ... steps in the DNA is the main cause ofthe extreme DNA-bending ability of these proteins [48] Also, LacI [49,50] and PurR [51], members ofthe LacI family, bend their operator DNA Both LacI and PurR...
... parasites ofthe genus Giardia are one ofthe earliest lineages of eukaryotic cells, andthe Giardia protease is the earliest known branch ofthe cathepsin B family [23] Its phylogeny confirms that the ... Isoelectric focusing of rPhl p N and rPhl p Q, as detected by mAb IG12 The pH values ofthe respective fractions andthe size ofthe protein markers used are indicated (A) The full-length allergen ... concentrating the allergen according to the isoelectric point (pI) ofthe molecule A pH gradient from to 11 was established for the characterization of Phl p After completion ofthe run, the individual...
... above the relevant lanes, andthe absence of any added protein is indicated by ()) The position ofthe free RNA andofthe loading slots is indicated to the right of each gel A B abolished by the ... series of GFP fusions with the various motifs of Roquin, and by selectively deleting domains from the full-length protein, we determined that the ROQ domain in the N-terminus ofthe protein is the ... indicate this On the left side ofthe gel, bands in the Icos mRNA probe ladder are aligned to the Icos target RNA (B) Nucleotide sequence of Icos-specific RNA used in the REMSA (Fig 6) and RNase footprinting...
... the formation of an intermolecular bond occurs between the Orp1 Cys36 andthe Cys598 of Yap1 leading to its activation The subsequent formation ofthe Yap1 Cys303-Cys598 disulfide bond masks the ... absence of oxygen and in this case binds directly to the c-CRD Cys598, Cys620 and Cys629 in a manner independent ofthe Orp1 pathway [23] Metalloid and metal stress The widespread distribution ofthe ... with activation of FRM2 transcription, but also with growth in increasing concentrations of cadmium but not of H2O2 Because ofthe high degree of homology to Yap1, the role ofthe Yap2 cysteine...
... precursor of MLV Gag-Cav-1 co-localization, the presence ofthe putative CBD in MA of MLV andthe high degree of conservation among γ-retroviruses motivated us to investigate whether the two proteins ... 10,11] The identified L-domains differ in their sequence within the retrovirus familyand each retroviral L-domain binds specific factors to redirect Gag into the MVB pathway, thereby directing the ... 622–633 of gp41 [41] The CBD in gp41 is highly conserved within HIV-isolates and SIV lentivirus However, the binding region was mapped to the lentiviral ectodomain ofthe transmembrane protein and the...
... consequence ofthe work of Heilmann and Lieb [8], while the second is due to Joni and Rota [9] Theorem For any R ∈ L(k, n) where k ≥ 2, the roots of ρ G(R), x are real and lie in the open interval ... two paths they correspond to, one is a maximal proper subpath ofthe other The root of T (R, v) is the vertex corresponding to the empty path Let ηv,r be the number of closed walks of length ... number of perfect matchings in an (n − k)-regular subgraph of Kn,n The other incarnation ofthe problem is in (0, 1)-matrices Let Λk denote the set of n (0, 1)-matrices of order n in which the...
... pHKGDR22 encode for the region II (amino acids 198-522) ofthe P vivax DBP and region II ofthe P knowlesi a, b and g genes, respectively, in the context ofthe HSV gD protein These plasmids have ... conserved regions ofthe env gene of HIV and amplify the region between nucleotides 6884 and 7783, which includes the V3 loop This PCR product then served as template in a nested PCR ofthe HIV-1 MN ... surface of COS-7 cells was confirmed by immunofluorescence staining, andthe number of COS-7 cells stained was 5-10% ofthe population The same number of COS-7 cells transfected with the parental...
... Identity values between 35% and 100% ofthe monomers within the inverted arrangement ofthe two arrays are similar to the values of head to tail monomers The tandem arrays ofthe head to head junction ... DH and BW performed the sequencing ofthe c0t-1 clones, provided the BAC end sequence database and helped to draft the manuscript TS participated in the design and coordination ofthe project and ... contributions FZ and TW wrote the paper, participated in the bioinformatic analyses ofthe c0t-1 library, carried out the alignments ofthe tandemly repeated c0t-1 sequences and performed the molecular...
... Page of 19 Figure Models ofthe plant PUM-HD bound to RNA (A, B) Ribbon (left) and stick (right) models ofthe PUM-HDs of AtPUM2 (A) and Os01g62650 (B) bound to the RNA bases of Box ofthe NRE ... determine the binding affinity ofthe AtPum2 PUM-HD to the wildtype and mutant NRE1 The AtPum2 PUM-HD Figure Models ofthe AtPum13 PUM-HD bound to RNA Ribbon (A) and stick (B) models ofthe PUM-HD of ... one region of chromosome 2, and other tandemly located genes are also evident (i.e., AtPum and 10, AtPum 13 and 14, and AtPum 18 and 19) Greater than half ofthe Arabidopsis (15/26) and rice (13/19)...
... influence ofthe remaining seven SNPs on serum concentrations of YKL-40 none ofthe other SNPs contributed significantly to the association supporting the isolated highly significant effect ofthe ... seen with any ofthe haplotypes (data not shown) LD analysis ofthe eight genotyped SNPs revealed that both the proximal promoter andthe distal part ofthe gene contained blocks of high or moderate ... inclusion in the study population The study was approved by the local ethics committee Table summarizes the demographic data for the patients with RA andthe controls Table Characteristics ofthe study...
... subsequently fixed, and immunofluorescence was performed to obtain snapshots ofthe distributions of Gag andofthe raft marker protein, Caveolin-1 (Figure 4B) Indeed, both Caveolin-1 and Gag staining ... complementation of both VN and VC fragments the simultaneous expression of three plasmids is required In the first case the VN is expressed as a fusion MS2-VN protein and can tether to the RNA reporter ... concomitantly, via the same protein domain (NC), reveals a rather multifaceted property of Gag and further strengthens the implication of Staufen1 in HIV-1 assembly [21] Furthermore, time-lapse...
... construct a recombinant map of CRF49_cpx representing a consensus of breakpoints across the three full genomes Results and Discussion Description ofthe Cohort The majority ofthe subjects was female ... of 800 bp of sequence whereas many ofthe LAHDB subtype designations are provided for sequences of less than 300 bp) Furthermore, of subtype designations, there can be multiple listings for the ... barrier and documentation of new CRFs and accurate representation of global sequence diversity is essential for these strategies While the majority prevalence of subtype A and CRF02_AG in the new...
... through changes in the activity ofthe immune system In this regard, the effect of sepsis andthe influence of nutrition on tissue protein metabolism and on the functioning ofthe growth hormone ... changes at the level ofthe mucosa ofthe gastrointestinal tract In mice, the presence or absence of nutrients within the gut lumen has a major influence on the size and function ofthe gut mucosal ... differentially influence circulating cytokine profiles andthe expression of mRNA of SOCS proteins, ofthe GHR andof IGF-I The present study demonstrates that the choice of nutrition route in sepsis may influence...
... and 19 can activate one or more of these ligands [37] The shed form of these ligands binds to one or more ofthe EGFR/HER familyof receptors Four members of this family exist, i.e., HER1 (c-erbB1), ... epiregulin ADAM10, on the other hand, appears to be the major sheddase for the release of EGF and betacellulin [35,36] In certain situations however, other ADAMs including ADAM8, 9, 12, 17 and 19 can activate ... ADAM17, release of EGFR ligands and EGFR/ERK signalling This cascade of events ultimately resulted in enhanced migration While shedding ofthe extracellular domain ofthe HER ligands results in...
... factor function The combined results of these studies have expanded our current understanding ofthe expression and function ofthe PRL familyof enzymes as well as ofthe role these important ... 2G) Equivalent levels of expression were noted in the villous epithelium, crypt epithelium, and muscularis mucosae ofthe duodenum and jejunum and in the Brunner’s glands ofthe duodenum PRL-2 was ... closer to the base ofthe gastric glands PRL-2 was heavily expressed in all regions ofthe stomach As with PRL-1, the strongest expression of PRL-2 occurred toward the base ofthe gastric glands (Figure...
... synthesized in and released from the hypothalamus, binds to GnRH receptors on the surface ofthe gonadotrope This leads to the synthesis and secretion of LH and FSH, which stimulate the production of steroid ... activation oftranscriptionfactorsand rapid induction of early genes This figure illustrates the distributed and interconnected movement of information from the receptor to the genome (Ruf and Sealfon ... EXPRESSION OF LH AND FSH β GENES IN THE IMMATURE GONADOTROPE αT3-1 CELLS ANDTHE REPRESSION IS REVERSED BY GNRH YANG MENG A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL...
... words instead ofthe advised 250-265) It has a sound structure, your position is clearly expressed, the information is well-organized, and structure-wise the sentences are fine The vocabulary ... outweigh the disadvantages Overall, I am convinced that we should further promote globalization and meanwhile the local government should take measures to combat culture assimilation and sweat ... sentences are fine The vocabulary is impressive and there were only a few grammatical errors (see comments underlined in blue) Overall, this seems to be a band 7.5 + essay ...