• In sum although it is reasonable to

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  In sum, although it is reasonable to assume that the activities of an enzyme on alternative (metabolically available) substrates may often depend on neutral drift, the point is difficult to prove because various types of selective pressures can be at play, and these will be different in different or

• br Experimental Procedures br Author Contributions br

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  Experimental Procedures Author Contributions Acknowledgments Introduction Oxysterols came to prominence in the late 1970\'s with the oxysterol hypothesis which proposed that the suppressive effect of cholesterol on its own synthesis is mediated through oxysterols not by cholesterol itsel

• Generally glycines and other small residues such

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  Generally, glycines (and other small residues such as alanine) present in a helical GxxxG-motif that are facing the same side of the helix form a uniform surface that enables direct contact with a second helix. Crystal structures of multipass membrane proteins have demonstrated that GxxxG-motifs are

• Intriguingly one E residue may serve as a molecular gate

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  Intriguingly, one E2 residue may serve as a molecular ‘gate’ to allow the C-terminus of ubiquitin to access the closed E2~Ub conformations favorable for ubiquitin transfer. This residue, Asp87 in UbcH5 family members, resides on one side of the opening that leads to the active site Cys (Fig. 4D). In

• In addition to glutamatergic inputs the RTn integrates

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  In addition to glutamatergic inputs, the RTn integrates cholinergic, serotonergic and noradrenergic synapses of fibers coming from nuclei located in the brainstem (Asanuma, 1992, Morrison and Foote, 1986, Pare et al., 1988) involved in the alternating firing mode and in the frequency changes of reti

• br Role of ALDH Isoenzymes in

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  Role of ALDH Isoenzymes in Glioma Growth and Invasion ALDH family genes are commonly upregulated in gliomas, indicating ALDH-dependent cell metabolism. Specific ALDH isoenzymes have been detected in high- and low-grade tumors implicated in cell proliferation, maintenance of CSC properties, invasi

• DAPK is involved in the p dependent

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  DAPK-1 is involved in the p53 dependent apoptotic pathway and it is a mediator of γ-interferon induced apoptosis. DAPK-1 is also involved in other death signaling pathways (tumor necrosis factor-α, CD95 and transforming growth factor-β) and it blocks tumor metastasis in vivo. The loss of DAPK mRNA P

• Multivariate models take interactions between cytokines into

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  Multivariate models take interactions between cytokines into account and were used to accurately distinguish samples from different time points in pregnancy. The distinction accuracy did not increase with increasing time between the gestational time points, indicating that the cytokine development

• Introduction Eicosanoid lipid prostaglandin D

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  Introduction Eicosanoid lipid prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) is the major prostaglandin produced by activated mast factor (Lewis and Austen, 1981). The physiological function of PGD2 is mainly mediated by two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), PGD2 receptor 1 and 2 (DP1 and DP2), which share modest seq

• Opiate withdrawal promotes the activation of the corticotrop

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  Opiate withdrawal promotes the activation of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system, a major coordinator of neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stressors. For instance, early (8–48 h) morphine withdrawal is associated with increased CRF mRNA expression in the central nucleus of the a

• We did not find any

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  We did not find any significant associations between APOE genotype and BDI-II, BAI, or PAI clinical scale scores. Our results indicate that APOE is not likely to play a major role in psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy. This is in line with studies in the general population, which have not found a

• br Conflicts of interest br Acknowledgments This research wa

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  Conflicts of interest Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004593). Introduction Resistance to Inhibitors of Cholinest

• More recently it was discovered that

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  More recently, it was discovered that BChE hydrolyzes the neuropeptide gut hormone, ghrelin [25], [26], [27], [28]. Nonetheless, because the enzyme reaction is very slow, those who first reported this finding were initially reluctant to attribute a real physiological role for that phenomenon. Our ow

• To better understand the mechanism of splicing in CLCN we

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  To better understand the mechanism of splicing in CLCN1, we began by constructing a minigene spanning exons 5–7 of CLCN1, resulting in the synthetic CLCN1 (5–7) minigene. We also established a new assay using real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, which can distinguish between splicing variants b

• Studies have recently raised concerns about the potential ro

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  Studies have recently raised concerns about the potential role of parabens in breast cancer, as these chemicals are commonly detectable in human breast cancer tissues. An analysis of 160 breast tissue samples collected from 40 mastectomies for primary breast cancer in England showed that at least on

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