... THERE STILL IS GOLD IN THE DATABASE MINE
Madeleine Bates
BBN Laboratories
10 Moulton Street
Cambridge, MA 02238
Let me state clearly at the outset that I
disagree with the premise that ... databasesl"
has resulted in this panel, which is supposed to
debate the necessity of continuing work in this
area rather than to debate technical issues in the
are...
... synthesis
was initially hindered following stearate administration
and was completely interrupted at longer incubation
periods. Interestingly, the interruption of TAG synthe-
sis preceded the ... thus
excluding the possibility of nonspecific inhibition of
ER stress. When the available acyl-CoAs are in excess,
they are channeled towards TAG synthesis.
The main findings of the prese...
... combinations are the P-loop
nucleotide triphosphate hydrolase domain, the epider-
mal growth factor (EGF) domain, the SH3 domain,
the P-kinase domain and the domains involved in the
blood clotting ... domain deletions are more com-
mon at either of the protein termini, and that their
occurrence is slightly higher at one of the termini,
depending on the number of domains...
... carbinolamine intermediate;
III, iminoquinone intermediate; IV, product Schiff base intermediate;
V, aminoquinol intermediate. In the oxidative half-reaction the ami-
noquinol intermediate is converted ... substrates. The lack
of inhibition observed with benzylamine (Fig. 5A) in
comparison to the inhibition observed with tryptamine
(Fig. 5B) suggests differences in binding of...
... determining the
binding specificity towards phosphopeptides. For example,
the b-sheet structure after the EF3 segment in the Src SH2
does not exist in the Grb4 SH2 domain while the insertion
after the ... titration with the Grb4 SH2 domain, i.e. the
binding isotherms (Fig. 4A). The ephrinB2(301–333)-
pY304 peptide was found to have the strongest binding
to the Grb4...
... Aarhus, Denmark
Intrinsic factor (IF) is the gastric protein that promotes the
intestinal uptake of vitamin B
12
. Gastric IF from animal
sources is used in diagnostic tests and in vitamin pills.
However, ... analytical and
therapeutic purposes.
Keywords: arabidopsis; cobalamin; intrinsic factor; recom-
binant.
Vitamin B
12
(cobalamin, Cbl) is the most complex of the
vitamin...
... on
abnormalities in microsomal drug-metabolizing func-
tion during the late phase of sepsis [6]. However, the
underlying mechanisms involved in hepatic dysfunction
during sepsis remain elusive.
Among ... this increase was attenuated by
GdCl
3
.
Discussion
Several studies have shown that interactions between
KCs and endotoxin comprise the initiating event lead-
ing to hepatotoxicity...
... repulsive interactions
within the RNA molecule. The protein thereby
smooths the folding energy landscape. The direction of
the RNA folding reaction (either annealing or dis-
placement) is then no ... annealing of the
new duplex finally results in either the replacement of
the original strand or the expulsion of the invading
strand, according to the kinetics and thermo...
... per
hour. Data points were spline-interpolated to obtain time-
continuous information on net photosynthesis during the
whole period of cold exposure. The rate of raffinose synthe-
sis, r
Suc fi Raf
, ... successful metabolic engineering
of freezing tolerance in plants should include such an
analysis of the dynamics of metabolism to gain com-
prehensive information about the effects of...
... hypoxanthine and guanine is only 0.26% and
0.09%, respectively, of the activity of HPRT, the role
of the PRTFDC1 in purine metabolism remains
unclear and it is uncertain whether it has the capacity
to ... as
for HPRT. The DSLS results also suggest a sequential
mechanism where PRPP binds first, inducing a confor-
mation change, then allowing the purine base to bind in
accord...