Global Expression Profiling of Acetate-grown Escherichia coli.
Authors: Oh Min-Kyu; Rohlin Lars; Kao Katy C; Liao James C;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:11815613
'This study characterized the transcript profile of Escherichia coli in acetate cultures using DNA microarray on glass slides. Glucose-grown cultures were used as a reference. At the 95% confidence level, 354 genes were up-regulated in acetate, while 370 genes were down-regulated compared with the glucose-grown culture. Generally, more metabolic genes ... More
RasGRP, a Ras guanyl nucleotide- releasing protein with calcium- and diacylglycerol-binding motifs.
Authors:Ebinu JO, Bottorff DA, Chan EY, Stang SL, Dunn RJ, Stone JC
Journal:Science
PubMed ID:9582122
RasGRP, a guanyl nucleotide-releasing protein for the small guanosine triphosphatase Ras, was characterized. Besides the catalytic domain, RasGRP has an atypical pair of EF hands that bind calcium and a diacylglycerol (DAG)-binding domain. RasGRP activated Ras and caused transformation in fibroblasts. A DAG analog caused sustained activation of Ras-Erk signaling ... More
Class II histone deacetylases act as signal-responsive repressors of cardiac hypertrophy.
Authors:Zhang CL, McKinsey TA, Chang S, Antos CL, Hill JA, Olson EN,
Journal:Cell
PubMed ID:12202037
The heart responds to stress signals by hypertrophic growth, which is accompanied by activation of the MEF2 transcription factor and reprogramming of cardiac gene expression. We show here that class II histone deacetylases (HDACs), which repress MEF2 activity, are substrates for a stress-responsive kinase specific for conserved serines that regulate ... More
Improvements in siRNA properties mediated by 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinonucleic acid (FANA).
Authors:Dowler T, Bergeron D, Tedeschi AL, Paquet L, Ferrari N, Damha MJ,
Journal:Nucleic Acids Res
PubMed ID:16554553
RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged recently as an efficient mechanism for specific gene silencing. Short double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are now widely used for cellular or drug target validation; however, their use for silencing clinically relevant genes in a therapeutic setting remains problematic because of their unfavourable metabolic stability ... More
Use of an in vivo reporter assay to test for transcriptional and translational fidelity in yeast.
Authors: Shaw Randal J; Bonawitz Nicholas D; Reines Daniel;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12006589
Eukaryotic RNA polymerase II and Escherichia coli RNA polymerase possess an intrinsic ribonuclease activity that is stimulated by the polymerase-binding proteins SII and GreB, respectively. This factor-activated hydrolysis of nascent RNA has been postulated to be involved in transcription elongation as well as removal of incorrect bases misincorporated into RNA. ... More