... endothelial cells, which, in combination with the CCR2 decreased expression, could be beneficial with respect to the risk of atherosclerosis considering their well documented role in the local accumulation ... Watanabe MA: Genetic polymorphisms in the chemokine and chemokine receptors: impact on clinical course and therapy ofthe human immunodeficiency virus type infection (HIV-1) Curr Med Chem 2007, 14:1325-1334 ... significant effect of fenofibrate in the MCP-1/CCL2 gene expression However, there was a significant decrease in the gene expression ofthe CX3CL1/ Fractalkine in patients treated with fenofibrate...
... gene, the 1618 bp PCR fragment obtained with primers rpoN1 (5¢-GCTGC ATCTCGACGATCTTC-3¢) and rpoN2 (5¢-ATCGCTTGC GCTGAGCCTCT-3¢) from rpoN (GenBank Accession Number AY837592) was inserted into the ... primers speci c for the hynS gene: otsh14 (5¢-GAT CGCGATATTGAACATC-3¢) was used in the reverse transcription and otsh11 (5¢-CTGCCCGAGCTTGACGC-3¢) served as other primer in PCR Using these primers ... ThisThisThisThis work work work work [35] Stratagene Promega This work Stratagene This work [10] [10] [28] [29] [36] GenBank no L05081 This work This work This work This work [37] [15] This...
... starting concentration of 5-20 nM This induces a severe crisis associated with cell death, which can last 3-4 weeks, until by outgrowth of cell islets resistant to this concentration the tissue culture ... two other facts contributed significantly to the success ofthe system The availability ofthe entire sequence ofthe AcNPV virus 64 has allowed identification and characterization of many hitherto ... hu-LIF could be detected (Fig 1), reflecting incomplete glycosylation as a consequence of incomplete processing, possibly in conjunction with the compromised state ofthe insect cell at thetime of...
... which it was digested with Bgl II and BamH I The EMCV IRES was amplified from pIRES2-eGFP (Clontech) using the oligonucleotides TACCGCGGGCCCGAGATCTGCCCCTCTC and CCGGATCCCATGGTTGTGGCCATATTATCA, ... previously described [25] In brief: (i) HOXB4-2A-MGMTP140KIRES-eGFP HOXB4 was amplified from its cDNA using the oligonucleotides TTGCGGCCGCCATGGCTATGAGTTCTTTTTTGATC and TTCTCGAGAGAGCGCGCGGGGGCCTC, following ... restriction fragment (ii) MGMTP140K-2A-HOXB4IRES-eGFP MGMT was amplified from its cDNA using the oligonucleotides TTGCGGCCGCCATGGACAAGGATTGTGAAATG and TTCTCGAGAGTTTCGGCCAGCAGGC, following which...
... which it was digested with Bgl II and BamH I The EMCV IRES was amplified from pIRES2-eGFP (Clontech) using the oligonucleotides TACCGCGGGCCCGAGATCTGCCCCTCTC and CCGGATCCCATGGTTGTGGCCATATTATCA, ... previously described [25] In brief: (i) HOXB4-2A-MGMTP140KIRES-eGFP HOXB4 was amplified from its cDNA using the oligonucleotides TTGCGGCCGCCATGGCTATGAGTTCTTTTTTGATC and TTCTCGAGAGAGCGCGCGGGGGCCTC, following ... restriction fragment (ii) MGMTP140K-2A-HOXB4IRES-eGFP MGMT was amplified from its cDNA using the oligonucleotides TTGCGGCCGCCATGGACAAGGATTGTGAAATG and TTCTCGAGAGTTTCGGCCAGCAGGC, following which...
... Another common outcome of virus-host interaction isthe physiological process of cell death Apoptosis, which is an active and highly conserved process of cellular self-destruction with distinctive ... clusters can be decided by the user, and the algorithm then randomly assigns each gene to one ofthe K clusters The distance between each gene and the centre of each cluster (centroid) is calculated, ... specific locations on a solid support, such as a coated glass surface Arrays allow the identification ofthe sequence, and the abundance of each detected nucleic acid interrogated by the microarray...
... cells infection is occurred as the consequence of local reactivation ofthe virus from EBV-carrying B lymphocytes This hypothesis is based on the observation: EBV was found in B-lymphocytes but not ... EBNA 3C can increase the production of LMP1 in the presence of EBNA2 (Zhao et al., 2000) Further researches on EBNA 3C show it may disrupt multiple cell cycle checkpoints and induce nuclear division ... Etiology NPC often occurs in specific race and area This suggests that genetic and environmental factors may contribute to the oncogenesis of NPC Until now, many studies reveal that genetic factor,...
... Fermentation of mixed glucose-xylose substrates by engineered strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: role ofthe coenzyme specificity of xylose reductase, and effect of glucose on xylose utilization Microb ... participated in the design ofthe study and commented on the manuscript All authors contributed to the scientific discussion throughout the work and have read and approved the final manuscript Competing ... product formation from xylitol to ethanol The current comparison using isogenic S cerevisiae CEN.PK strains was undertaken to elucidate the relative contribution of these two beneficial genetic...
... Hughes His team chose to start with a single source, the XM sequences from NCBI (see Table for a list ofthe resources mentioned in this article) “We downloaded the XM collection from the NCBI It’s ... the attributes of gene products in terms of Molecular Function, Biological Process and Cellular Component still undecided about how many genes make up a mouse “There is no ‘gold standard’ cDNA database ... detectable on the arrays,” says Hughes The collection contains about 75% ofthe current RefSeq sequences, it contains the majority of Ensembl genes, Journal of Biology 2004, 3:19 http://jbiol.com/content/3/5/19...
... shorten thetime period over which the main branches grew After the end of July, 62% ofthe enriched plants ceased growth as compared with 37% ofthe controls The early onset of yellowing and the ... growth indicates earlier senescence ofthe -enriched C0 plants The final leaf area per plant, at the end ofthe growth period, was reduced by C0 enrichment The pattern of growth through the vegetative ... reduction in shoot growth, which is very unusual and may have resulted from the timing ofthe nutrient application The accumulation ofthe carbon surplus was restricted to the root system These changes...
... on the same chromosomes of Br However, we did not determine precisely which copy ofthe replicated AK block family corresponds to the Br BACs because ofthe possibility that Br sequences in the ... amplified bands, which could result in inaccurate mapping ofthe BAC sequence In this case, the resulting assignment ofthe BAC to an incorrect linkage group on a specific AK block family member ... gene-rich seed BACs as well as the alignment of sequence scaffolds Quick selection of a sufficient number of gene-rich seed BACs and directed ordering ofthe sequence scaffold will likely accelerate...
... figures and the primary drafts ofthe manuscript, and contributed to finalisation ofthe text and journal-specific formatting NC co-conceptualised the project and contributed to data analysis and ... location and mapped locus coordinate (cM) [p150/112 population] LpLrK10.1 LpPcaClone 1.1 LpPcaClone 1.2 LpPCAClone2.1 LpPcaClone3.1 LpPcaClone3.2 LpPcaClone3.3 LpPcaClone4.1 LpHvclone1 LpHvclone2 ... LpPcaClone1 LpPcaClone2 LpPcaClone3 LpPcaClone4 Oat NBS-LRR candidate from Pca cluster Oat NBS-LRR candidate from Pca cluster Oat NBS-LRR candidate from Pca cluster Oat NBS-LRR candidate from Pca...
... Sequence CrCRP-2F1 5’-TAAACGAATTCACTAGAGGAAGGTGAA-3’ CrCRP-2F2 5’-AGAATTCCAAGGCCTCACTTCAT-3’ CrCRP-2F3 5’-AGAATTCCTGTCACACGTGGTCA-3’ CrCRP-2F4 5’-AGAATTCCTGTGTGCATCATTCG-3’ CrCRP-2R 5’-AACAGCTCGAGGAACAGTGAAAAATTC-3’ ... T 61 21 TTACCTGATCTGCAAGAAATTACCTTATGTTACTGGTTCAAGCTGCATCGCTTAAAGGGC L P D L Q E I T L C Y W F K L H R L K G 121 41 ACACCTCATATATTTTCTTACGCCAACTCTGAAACAGACAATGAGATTCTGACATCTCTG T P H I F S Y ... CrCRP-2F-1Æ TCTAACTTCTGCTCTAGAGGAAGGTGAAATCAGCACAAAGGTTAAATTTCCTCCGTCTAG L T S A L E E G E I S T K V K F P P S S 121 41 TTCTCCGTCATTCCCGCGACTAGTAATGGTGGGAACGTTACCTGATCTGCAAGAAATTAC S P S F P R...
... P-value Cis-regulatory module scoring metric Given the 16 motifs enriched in cluster MCEs, we hypothesized that the co-occurrence ofsomeof these motifs in an MCE may be indicative ofthe MCE's ... the likelihood ratio ofthe probability ofthe motif not occurring by chance to the probability ofthe motif occurring by chance Let p(x) be the P-value of motif x Thus, for an MCE having occurrences ... function that scores each MCE as a sum ofthe likelihood-ratio of enrichment for each ofthe 16 motifs if they are present in the MCE We ranked 3,347 MCEs by their scores representing the MCE's...
... pair (sense oligonucleotide ZFC1, 5¢-CAGATTCTCAGTCCACGA-3¢ and antisense oligonucleotide ZFC2 5¢-GCTCACTGTT TCCTCATCC-3¢) was used to amplify a 606 bp PrP1 cDNA fragment from nucleotides 1003–1608 ... oligonucleotide ZFB1 5¢-AGG CAGCAGCTAGGGTC-3¢ and antisense oligodeonucleotide ZFB2 5¢-GTCCAAACACTGTCACGC-3¢) was used to amplify a 401 bp PrP3 cDNA fragment designed from nucleotides 129–529 in the ... that matched with the predicted secondary structures of human PrPC (Fig 2) Hydrophobic cluster analysis [27] predicted the presence of several conserved hydrophobic clusters throughout the compared...
... GACTGTTGCTCATTTGTGGA GAGGCTAGATACTGCTCGATGT TGATGATTTGGAACCATTATTGAA CACCTTTTTCCTTCATCTTTTCAT ACTACCTCATGAAGATCCTG TTGCTGATCCACATCTGCTG TAATACGACTCACTATAGGG ATTTAGGTGACACTATAGAA and at 72 C, with ... highly conserved regions, and amplified product gave a speci c product of 284 bp A set of b-actin primers (forward: 5¢-ACTACCTCATGAAGATCCTG-3¢ and reverse: 5¢-TTGCTGACCACATCTGCTG-3¢) served as a control ... presented as PCR products after normalizing against products of b-actin The x-axis indicates the time- periods of LPS incubation and the relative expression ofthe carp IL-10 gene on the y-axis Controls...
... determined by cytochemical staining [33–36] Besides oviduct and liver, the chicken ectoATPDase is also present in the apical membranes ofthe oxyntic-peptic cells [37] The distribution ofthe ectoATPDase ... antibody, MC27, the protein could be seen to be distributed at the bile canaliculi (Fig 4) This localization ofthe ecto-ATPDase agrees with previous finding of distribution of cell surface ATPase activity ... hydrolysis activity in the presence of Ca2+ [26], the CaATPase activity ofthe purified chicken liver ecto-ATPDase is 30% ofthe MgATPase activity at a divalent ion-ATP concentration of mM at...