Recovery of an arenavirus entirely from RNA polymerase I/II-driven cDNA.
Authors:Flatz L,Bergthaler A,de la Torre JC,Pinschewer DD
Journal:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
PubMed ID:16537369
The prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus has been a primary workhorse of viral immunologists for almost a century, and it has served as an important model for studying basic principles of arenavirus molecular biology. Its negative-stranded bisegmented RNA genome has, however, posed a major obstacle to attempts at manipulating the ... More
Reconstitution of human DNA polymerase delta using recombinant baculoviruses: the p12 subunit potentiates DNA polymerizing activity of the four-subunit enzyme.
Authors: Podust Vladimir N; Chang Long-Sheng; Ott Robert; Dianov Grigory L; Fanning Ellen;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:11711545
'Eukaryotic DNA polymerase delta is thought to consist of three (budding yeast) or four subunits (fission yeast, mammals). Four human genes encoding polypeptides p125, p50, p66, and p12 have been assigned as subunits of DNA polymerase delta. However, rigorous purification of human or bovine DNA polymerase delta from natural sources ... More
The cathepsin B of Toxoplasma gondii, toxopain-1, is critical for parasite invasion and rhoptry protein processing.
Authors: Que Xuchu; Ngo Huân; Lawton Jeffrey; Gray Mary; Liu Qing; Engel Juan; Brinen Linda; Ghosh Partho; Joiner Keith A; Reed Sharon L;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12000756
'Cysteine proteinases play a major role in invasion and intracellular survival of a number of pathogenic parasites. We cloned a single copy gene, tgcp1, from Toxoplasma gondii and refolded recombinant enzyme to yield active proteinase. Substrate specificity of the enzyme and homology modeling identified the proteinase as a cathepsin B. ... More
Misexpression of the eyes absent family triggers the apoptotic program.
Authors: Clark S Wesley; Fee Brian E; Cleveland John L;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:11700312
'Genetic studies in Drosophila and mice have shown that eyes absent (eya) is an important and conserved transcriptional regulator of development. Along with eyeless/Pax6, sine oculis, and dachshund, eya genes function as master regulators in eye development and can induce ectopic eye formation. Furthermore, the loss-of-function mutants of these genes ... More
Characterization of three alternatively spliced isoforms of the Rel/NF-kappa B transcription factor Relish from the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Authors: Shin Sang Woon; Kokoza Vladimir; Ahmed Abduelaziz; Raikhel Alexander S;
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:12119421
'The Rel/NF-kappa B transcription factor Relish performs a central role in the acute-phase response to microbial challenge by activating immune antibacterial peptides. We cloned and molecularly characterized the gene homologous to Drosophila Relish from the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Unlike Drosophila Relish, Aedes Relish has three alternatively spliced transcripts encoding different ... More