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Peter Vallone, Michael Coble, R S. Just, John M. Butler, Thomas J. Parsons
The typing of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located throughout the mitochondrial genome (mtGenome) allows for differentiation between individulas possessing an identical HVa/HV2 sequence. A set of 11 SNPs selected for separating the most common
The generation of reactive oxygen species may be both beneficial to cells, performing a function in inter- and intra-cellular signaling, and detrimental, modifying cellular bimolecules, accumulation of which has been associated with numerous diseases. Of
Proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin from the cytoplasm to the extracellular side is initiated from protonated asp96 in the cytoplasmic region towards the deprotonated Schiff base. This occurs in the transition from the photocycle late M state to the N
Yadu D. Tewari, T. Ihara, Karen W. Phinney, M P. Mayhew
The time course and thermodynamics of the lipase-catalyzed transesterification reaction (benzl alcohol + butyl acetate = benzyl acetate + 1-butanol) has been studied in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO 2), n-hexane, toluene, and neat media (no solvent
J P. Jakupciak, Wenhua Wang, Peter E. Barker, S Srivastava, Donald H. Atha
Activation of telomerase plays a critical role in unlimited proliferation and immortalization of cells. Telomerase activity has been shown to correlate with tumor progression, indicating that tumors expressing this enzyme posses aggressive clinical
Veerasamy Ravichandran, Ram D. Sriram, G L. Gilliland
MitoMorphy uses a number of publicly available human mitochondrial DNA sequences from different ethnic groups to compare and annotate the associated polymorphic data. It provides an integrated display of mitochondrial DNA sequence comparison, sequence
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already
The kinetics for the isomerization of fructose-6-phosphate to glucose-6-phosphate (F6P -> G6P) by baker's yeast phosphoglucose isomerase in terms of k cat and K m was determined from analysis of Differential Stopped Flow Microcalorimeter (DSFM)
David T. Gallagher, D Chinchilla, Herbert Lau, Edward Eisenstein
Allosteric and cooperative control signals were investigated in the tetrameric enzyme threonine deaminase. The tetramer consists of two dimers that associate at the x dyad. The structure pointed the way to use the Q175E mutation to create hybrid tetramers
We have compared telomerase activity measurements by slab-gel and capillary electrophoresis in human cultured cells and in epithelial cells isolated from clinical blood specimens. The cultured cells were A549 and H125 human cancer cell lines, and the
Vytautas Reipa, Marcia J. Holden, M P. Mayhew, V L. Vilker
Putidaredoxin (Pdx) is an 11,400 Da iron-sulfur protein that sequentially transfers two electrons to the cytochrome P450cam during the enzymatic cycle of the stereo specific camphor hydroxylation. We report two transitions in the Pdx UV-VIS absorption and
Veerasamy Ravichandran, G B. Vasquez, S Srivastava, M Verma, E Petricoin, Joshua Lubell, Ram D. Sriram, Peter E. Barker, G L. Gilliland
The advent of human proteomics as a major discipline has led to a reexamination of the need for consensus and a nationally sanctioned set of proteomics technology standards. Such standards for databases and data reporting may be applied to Two-Dimensional
The reaction path for the catalytic conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) by the enzyme mammalian adenylyl cyclase has been calculated theoretically using the Hartree-Fock method. The crystal structure of a
Genetic markers located on the Y chromosome are of increasing importance in human identity testing. In an effort to evaluate the forensic utility of Y chromosome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, we constructed several novel multiplex allele
I Pechik, J Madrazo, M W. Mosesson, I Hernandez, G L. Gilliland, L Medved
Non-substrate interactions of thrombin with fibrin play an important role in modulating its procoagulant activity. To establish the structural basis for these interactions, we crystallized PPACK-inhibited thrombin in complex with a fragment, Eht
Prasad T. Reddy, Pawel Jaruga, T R. O'Connor, H Rodriguez, M Miral Dizdar
Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg) is a DNA glycosylase with an associated AP lyase activity. As a DNA repair enzyme, Fpg excises several modified bases from DNA associated with exposure to oxidizing agents such as free radicals. Experiments in many
Proton transfer from the cyctoplasm to the extracellular side is initiated from protonated asp96 in the cytoplasmic region towards the deprotonated Schiff base. This occurs in the transition from the late M photocycle state to the N state. A quantum