... ARTICLE
Cytokine properties of prokineticins
Justin Monnier and Michel Samson
INSERM U620, Universite
´
de Rennes 1, IFR 140, Rennes Cedex, France
Introduction
Prokineticin 1 (PROK1) and prokineticin ... representing amino acid
sequence similarity among prokineticins receptors and chemokine
receptors.
Cytokine properties of prokineticins J. Monnier and M....
... and a list of interpre-
tations; for group — number of heads of the group
and lists of interpretations of syntactic and semantic
head.
Every interpretation consists of a base form and
a morphosyntactic ... may be omitted.
2.3 Left, Match and Right
The contents of parts Left, Match and Right
have the same syntax and semantics. Each of them
may contain a sequence...
... both the ET and
hydrodynamic data of primed a
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. Our revised mod-
els further support an alternative view of the confor-
mational states and mechanism of action of integrins,
and suggest ... that, on the basis of potential structural
clashes and a new prediction of the O-glycosylation
sites (see the Materials and methods), S218 and T615
were selected in place o...
... dis-
ruption of the electrical properties of the outer and inner leaflets of plasma
membrane and ionic gradients through it. Removal of sialic acid from the
outer plasma membrane caused a redistribution of ... the role of electrical properties of the plasma
membrane in the subcellular distribution of K-Ras. In
particular, we investigated (a) the role of surface
charge...
... localization
of cystatin F, its restricted and readily regulated expres-
sion [18], selective and not too potent inhibition of
cathepsins are all in favor of the active role of cystatin
F in processes of ... lowered affinity of cyst-
atin F for these enzymes. Proline in the S
2
site is a fea-
ture of human stefin A and cystatins F, S and SN, all
of which are significantly...
... Research Scholar of the Thailand
Research Fund. We would like to thank Prof. Steve C.
Fry, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Univer-
sity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, and Dr Albert
Schulte, ... Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
3 Department of Biochemistry and Center for Protein Structure and Function, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
4 Max...
... structure of the beta-cate-
nin/E-cadherin complex and the molecular basis of diverse ligand
recognition by beta-catenin. Cell 105, 391–402.
53. Husi, H. & Grant, S.G. (2001) Proteomics of the ... both of a transiently transfected
reporter gene and of a resident Myb-target gene. When
single and double mutants were compared, we found a
clear correlation between reduction in...
... biochemistry of
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try and melanogenesis. ... physiological activators
are often unknown, and thus the use of an activator
such as SDS is warranted to learn more about the
functional properties of an enzyme. Gene...
... the monomeric form and 45% in the
trimeric form, and b-structure is absent from both forms.
The CD spectra of the 1–70 and 70–90 regions of the protein
are reported in the inset of Fig. 1. The secondary-structure
analysis ... the
basis of the known protein sequence and the endoproteinase
Glu-C specificity. In most cases, a mixture of the native and
acetylated peptides was o...
... summa-
tion of the elution profiles of the isolated 3D mutant of Hsp27 and
isolated wild-type Hsp20 is presented on curve 1. Experimental elution
profiles of the mixture of the 3D mutant of Hsp27 and Hsp20 ... (A) and IEF (B) of wild-type
Hsp20 (1), and of its S16D mutant that is soluble in the absence (2) and
in the presence (3) of urea. Arrows indicate the position...