10 Result(s)
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Stress Kinase Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes
Stress-response kinases, the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), are activated in response to the challenge of a myriad of stressors. c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase...
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Functional divergence in protein (family) sequence evolution
As widely used today to infer ‘:function’, the homology search is based on the neutral theory that sites of greatest functional significance are under the strongest selective constraints as well as lowest evol...
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Characterization and identification of growth hormone receptors in snakeheaded fish (Ophiocephalida argus cantor) liver membrane
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Effect of divalent cations and disulfide reducing agents on the specific binding of growth hormone to snakeheaded fish liver membrane
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Directional mutational pressure affects the amino acid composition and hydrophobicity of proteins in bacteria
The relationship between change in genomic GC content and protein evolution in bacteria was studied by simple correlational analysis (at the genus level) and by Felsenstein’s (1985) independent contrast test. ...
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Study on the Acrtion Mechanism of Hemorrhagin I from Agkistrodon acutus Venom
Up to now, studies on the receptor of neural toxins and their functional mechanism were extensively reported (Tu, 1977a). Receptors of neural toxins have been proved to be present in the animal’s cells. As to ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis of Cell Death by Flow Cytometry
Apoptosis and necrosis denote two distinct modes of cell death. The distinction is based on differences in morphological, biochemical and molecular changes that occur within the dying cell (revie...
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Biochemical and Molecular Biological Characterization of Biotinylated Proteins of Plants
At least six biotinylated polypeptides can be detected in extracts from plants (1). These polypeptides are approximately 240 kDa, 120 kDa, 75 kDa, 60 kDa, 39 kDa and 34 kDa in size. Furthermore, the biotin enz...
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Methanogenesis from Propionate in Sludge and Enrichment Systems
The biological formation of methane from organic matter is a complex microbiological process involving many physiologically dependent relationships between and among a diversity of heterotrophic fermentative a...
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Synthetic Peptides and the Design of Peptide and Protein Recognition Surfaces
Macromolecular recognition is a unifying theme in biology and biotechnology and understanding the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain important goals of biochemical study. The structural nature of rec...
