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Novel bone morphogenetic protein receptor inhibitor JL5 suppresses tumor cell survival signaling and induces regression of human lung cancer
BMP receptor inhibitors induce death of cancer cells through the downregulation of antiapoptotic proteins XIAP, pTAK1, and Id1-Id3. However, the current most potent BMP receptor inhibitor, DMH2, does not downr...
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RNase H: Specificity, Mechanisms of Action, and Antiviral Target
The Ribonuclease (RNase) H is one of the four enzymes encoded by all retroviruses, including HIV. Its main activity is the hydrolysis of the RNA moiety in RNA–DNA hybrids. The RNase H ribonuclease is essential...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Drug Design
This minireview focuses on recent developments in the application of molecular dynamics to drug design. Recent applications of endpoint free-energy computational methods such as molecular mechanics Poisson-Bol...
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Polymorphic variants in TSC1 and TSC2 and their association with breast cancer phenotypes
TSC1 acts coordinately with TSC2 in a complex to inhibit mTOR, an emerging therapeutic target and known promoter of cell growth and cell cycle progression. Perturbation of the mTOR pathway, through abnormal ex...
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Models of glycoprotein hormone receptor interaction
The glycoprotein hormones regulate reproduction and development through their interactions with receptors in ovarian, testicular, and thyroid tissues. Efforts to design hormone agonists and antagonists useful ...
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Proteinase 3: Substrate Specificity and Possible Pathogenetic Effect of Wegener’s Granulomatosis Autoantibodies (C-ANCA) by Dysregulation of the Enzyme
Reactivity of proteinase 3 (PR3) was tested against various amino acid and thioester substrates. The best substrate is Boc-Ala-Ala-Nva-SBzl with a k cat/ ...
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Strategies to improve public service activities in urban universities
Some of the strategies utilized by universities to carry out the public service mission to their communities include cooperative extension, evening colleges, workshops and seminars, community forums, research ...