• Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band

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  Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band 22q11.2, extends over 28 kb, contains six exons, and encodes for catechol-O-methyl-transferase (Weinshilboum and Raymond, 1977; Grossman et al., 1992; Lundström et al., 1995; Bearden et al., 2005). This enzyme plays a major role in regulatio

• ClC is not only a chloride ion channel but also

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  ClC-3 is not only a chloride ion channel but also a regulatory protein involved in the regulation of multiple signaling pathways. The PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway plays a crucial role in regulating cell growth, migration, invasion, and distant metastasis [13,14]. Although abnormal PI3K/AKT/mTOR a

• A variety of epidemiological and clinical studies

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  A variety of epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that light alcohol consumption may exert a favorable effects on BP levels but chronic heavy alcohol consumtion causes sustained BP elevation [16], [17]. The hypertensive effect of heavy drinking occurs with all forms of alcohol (i.e. beer win

• The T cell receptor TCR pathway is associated

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  The T cell receptor (TCR) pathway is associated with T cell activation and differentiation. When specific antigen peptides are recognized by the TCR, lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (lck) phosphorylates the immune-receptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) of the TCR-CD3 complex a

• br Inhibiting APC C during

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  Inhibiting APC/C during Interphase and prior to Anaphase Because ubiquitylation by APC/C triggers cell division, it is essential that APC/C is restrained until cells are prepared for its substrates to be degraded. In addition to regulation by phosphorylation, an additional layer of control comes

• br Introduction Concern has been raised over free estrogens

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  Introduction Concern has been raised over free estrogens (estrone [E1], 17ß-estradiol [E2] and 17α-ethynylestradiol [EE2] particularly) in the past decade due to their endocrine disrupting effects on environmental biota [1], [2]. Estrogens are excreted by vertebrates primarily as sulfate or glucu

• br Substoichiometric substrate modification E ligases

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  Substoichiometric substrate modification E3 ligases catalyze the rapid transfer of the SUMOD from the E2 enzyme to the substrate. By definition, enzymes are recycled in the reaction, allowing multiple rounds of substrate modification by a single enzyme. Thus, enzymes function at substoichiometric

• Total synthesis requires the two key intermediates and which

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  Total synthesis requires the two key intermediates 3 and 7, which were synthesized using the route described in below. Phenylethylamine 3 was readily synthesized from vanillin or isovanillin; the overall yield was 50–52%. To prepare the intermediates 7, bromination of 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acetate wi

• As the first allotetraploid fish

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  As the first allotetraploid fish in the world, our lab selectively breed the allotetraploid hybrid fish (4nAT, 4n = 200) from the distant hybridization offspring F3 of female Red Crucian Carp (Carassius auratus red var., abbreviated as RCC, 2n = 100) and male Common Carp (Cyprinius carpio L., abbrev

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion DDR played

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion DDR2 played a role in cell motile behavior, but the relationship between motility and collagen activation of DDR2 tyrosine kinase was unclear. Studies with smooth muscle cells from DDR1−/− mice demonstrated a defect in cell attachment to collagen and

• One of the most frequent gene alterations in MM is

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  One of the most frequent gene alterations in MM is methylation of the p15 and p16 genes in the 5′ upstream region. P15 and p16 proteins are GGsTop regulators involved in the inhibition of transition from G1 to S phase. Frequencies of p15 or p16 gene methylation up to 32% and 53%, respectively, have

• br Cyclin dependent kinases control more

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  Cyclin-dependent kinases control more than cell cycle CDKs’ roles conducting the concert of UCB 35625 was first revealed in the context of the tumor suppressor Rb, phosphorylation of which by CDK4 or CDK6 inactivates it loosing the transcription factor E2F [1], [12], [15]. Discovery of other cyc

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion We confirm

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion We confirmed the published cDNA and protein sequence of feline CSF-1R and stably cloned the cat receptor into the Ba/F3 cell line. Activation of feline CSF-1R by recombinant human CSF-1 was previously tested by Woolford et al. [14]. Expression of onc

• br Role of CRF receptors

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  Role of CRF1 receptors in the BNST in stress-induced relapse to cocaine seeking The seminal work of Stewart and co-workers [19] showed that rats that have extinguished their auto-administration of different drugs of abuse relapse to drug-seeking behaviour when exposed to footshock, even after a 4

• It would be very useful if unphosphorylated CK

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  It would be very useful if unphosphorylated CK1s could be prepared using an E. coli expression system without the troublesome in vitro phosphatase treatment. So far, it has been shown that coexpressed λPPase, a Mn2+-dependent protein phosphatase that can dephosphorylate phospho-Ser/Thr/Tyr [20,21],

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