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br Concluding Remarks Recent studies have provided
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Concluding Remarks Recent studies have provided unprecedented details of APC/C structure and enzymology, which explain how the activity of this massive E3 ligase is controlled, and how ubiquitylation is achieved to temporally regulate cell division. Although one pervasive question has been why th
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Here we discuss implications of several
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Here, we discuss implications of several major families of RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligases (MDM, Cullin, GRAIL, TRAF, TRIM) as targets in inflammation and immunity, and provide insights into potential small molecule interventions to mediate the cellular responses (summarized in Table 1). We briefly c
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Raltitrexed synthesis Tailoring pharmacological treatment to
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Tailoring pharmacological treatment to the genetic background of a person can enhance therapeutic response (), increase compliance (), and decrease drug toxicity (, , ). Because cocaine addiction has a strong genetic basis, with the vulnerability to develop an addiction estimated to be as high as 72
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Verapamil a calcium channel blocker
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Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker used clinically as a coronary vasodilator, was amongst the first compounds identified that could reverse MDR and potentiate the effects of MDR1 substrates such as vincristine [15], [16]. Verapamil, along with a number of other MDR1 blockers, have proved largely u
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DNA methylation assay To test the biological activity of
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DNA methylation assay. To test the biological activity of purified A1S_0222, a methylation assay was performed using the Int1 DNA. As an alternative DNA substrate, Seq3 (located in gene A1S_0965 of A. baumannii ATCC 17978) was amplified from Acinetobacter baumannii 29D2 using the oligonucleotides Se
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RDH belongs to C family of the short
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RDH10 belongs to 16C family of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDRs) superfamily of proteins [12], [13]. Notably, in human genome adjacent to the gene encoding RDH10 on chromosome 8 are located two other genes encoding members of the SDR16C family: retinol dehydrogenase epidermal 2 (RDHE2,
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The lungs dissected from week mice were cut into
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The lungs dissected from 4–5-week mice were cut into small pieces and then immersed in Dulbecco\'s modified Eagle\'s medium (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) containing collagenase II (2 mg/ml), trypsin (2.5 mg/ml), Dnase I (2 mg/ml), penicillin (100 U/ml), and streptomycin (100 μg/ml) for 12 hours at 37
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Arsenic could cause apoptosis in both
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Arsenic could cause apoptosis in both benign and malignant cells (Akao et al., 2000, Gupta et al., 2003, Namgung and Xia, 2001). However, at present, little is known about the consequences of arsenic-treated urothelial cells in autophagy and expression of its related proteins. In addition, the alter
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br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion The studie
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Materials and methods Results Discussion The studies reported here provide a more direct link between conformations of the glycine-rich region of DAPK and enzyme activity. As schematically illustrated in Fig. 3, the various conformations of DAPK with bound substrate or product can be consid
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br Funding This work was supported
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Funding This work was supported by a research grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SCHN477-9-2 to R.S.S), the Manfred-Stolte-Stiftung (to R.S.S.) and by a research grant from the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe, No. 106696/TP 5 to T.F.). Introduction Death-associated protein k
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In all available E E structures the RING type
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In all available E2:E3 structures, the RING-type domain binds the E2 on a surface that is remote from the active site Cys (and therefore from the ubiquitin thioester) (Fig. 2). The non-contiguous E3-binding and active sites on the E2 imply that the role played by a RING to facilitate ubiquitin trans
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fmoc osu australia Crystallographic and NMR based analyses
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Crystallographic and NMR-based analyses have revealed that RINGs and U-boxes have a common mode of interaction with E2s (Fig. 2A). The key structural elements are two loop-like regions, which, in the case of RINGs, coordinate Zn. The loops surround a shallow groove formed by the central α-helix. Tog
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In addition to glutamatergic inputs the RTn
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In addition to glutamatergic inputs, the RTn integrates cholinergic, serotonergic and noradrenergic synapses of fibers coming from nuclei located in the brainstem (Asanuma, 1992, Morrison and Foote, 1986, Pare et al., 1988) involved in the alternating firing mode and in the frequency changes of reti
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Adding MPA or NETA we
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Adding MPA or NETA we found no impact on the estradiol-induced downregulation of serum-stimulated endothelin synthesis in vitro [40]. Progesterone was also able to inhibit the angiotensin II-induced increase in endothelin production [41]. Several clinical studies on the effect of oral or transdermal
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Several of the keloid like lesions seen in these
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Several of the keloid-like lesions seen in these individuals were pigmented. It is of potential relevance that genetic variants in DDR1 [MIM: 600408] have been associated with vitiligo, and DDR1 activation is involved when leukotriene b4 are attached to collagen-IV fibers. Because DDR1 and DDR2 are