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We elucidated that the ten DGK isozymes have different relat
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We elucidated that the ten DGK isozymes have different relative 1-MGK and 2-MGK activities vs DGK activity under the same conditions. However, because the octylglucoside-mixed micellar assay was developed for DGK, it is not known whether the DGKs exhibit maximum 1-MGK and 2-MGK activities in this as
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The third challenge is to understand the mechanisms
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The third challenge is to understand the mechanisms of drug resistance. There are several different mechanisms of ES tumor to develop drug resistance. First, cancer stem cells are capable of proliferate and generate tumor cells with new sets of mutations which may harbor different protein targets [1
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The most common pathology associated with FGR is poor
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The most common pathology associated with FGR is poor placental perfusion as a result of abnormal placentation [4]. Placental developmental disorders and insufficient hormone synthesis may lead to FGR [5,6]. However, the exact mechanism responsible for abnormal placental development remains unclear.
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br Conclusion The past few years have witnessed substantial
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Conclusion The past few years have witnessed substantial progress in understanding the structural mechanisms of substrate recognition and the reactions catalyzed by the O-GlcNAc-cycling enzymes, but more work remains. In particular, future research will be needed to establish how OGT and OGA inte
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Because of the important role of the DDB CUL B
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Because of the important role of the DDB1-CUL4B interaction for CUL4B-based E3 ligases, disruption of the DDB1-CUL4B interaction could be an effective approach to treat cancer. Therefore, we developed an in vitro HTS assay based on yeast cell growth inhibition to identify compounds that could disrup
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br Author Contributions Statement br Conflicts of interest b
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Author Contributions Statement Conflicts of interest Acknowledgments We thank T. Ishii, H. Inaba, and S. Nakamura (Department of Cell Biology, TMDU) for kindly gifting BACCS and technical assistance; S. Kaneko, Y. Ishida, and R. Usumi (Department of Orthodontic Science, TMDU) for experiment
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UBA belongs to the non canonical E enzymes that
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UBA5 belongs to the non-canonical E1 enzymes that lack a defined Cys domain but have the active-site Cys within the adenylation domain [24]. Similar to other E1 enzymes, UBA5\'s adenylation domain comprises an eight-stranded beta sheet that is surrounded by helices [21]. Moreover, like the ancestral
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We also performed a correlation analysis
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We also performed a correlation analysis independent of annotated gene sets to identify potentially novel genes that are co-expressed with DHODH. Using the top 100 DHODH co-expressed genes in COAD, LGG, STAD, and PAAD diseases, we identified four common genes across all four diseases (Fig. 9). These
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br Conflict statement br Introduction Prostate cancer
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Conflict statement Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer [1], [2]. The incidence and mortality rate of prostate cancer are significantly higher in developed countries especially t
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In a recent study Tomkins et al
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In a recent study, Tomkins et al. [7] analyzed the protein-protein interaction network of ROCO proteins. Based on a database analysis, and only taking into account interactions reported in at least two peer-reviewed papers and/or confirmed by two different methods, 113 interactors were revealed for
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Several highly potent CysLT receptor antagonists with large
2019-10-08
Several highly potent CysLT1 receptor antagonists with large structural mineralocorticoid receptor have been developed. Beyond antagonists with structures analogous to cysteinyl leukotrienes, other subclasses comprise: (a) hydroxyacetophenones, (b) indoles and indazoles, (c) quinolines, benzothiazo
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Cells expressing the CDK S D mutant exhibit
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Cells expressing the CDK5 S47D mutant exhibit impaired migration and enhanced proliferation: Finally, we wished to determine the functional significance of this phosphoevent. Multiple studies have implicated active CDK5 in promotion of cell migration [9,16,[21], [22], [23], [24]] and in one study th
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So far few studies have been conducted
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So far few studies have been conducted on the role of chemokines in patients with PTSD and avoidant personality disorders. Ogłodek et al. [10] in her studies found an increase in the level of the chemokine CCL-5 in patients with avoidant personality disorder and general anxiety disorder (GAD) as com
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Early studies from the mollusk Aplysia reported the
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Early studies from the mollusk, Aplysia, reported the presence of a unique class of Nifedipine receptors in neurons, the acetylcholine-gated chloride channels (ACCs) (Kehoe and McIntosh, 1998). Later, studies identified these receptors in the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (Putrenko et al., 2
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br Particle swarm optimization for NLBP br Computational
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Particle swarm optimization for NLBP Computational tests Conclusions Acknowledgements This work was supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (No. 2009CB421104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50809004 & 41071323). Main Text