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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2016-12-23
    Description: The phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 11528 ( P. syringae 11528), causing wild-fire disease in soybean and tobacco plants, processes PsyI-PsyR quorum-sensing (QS) system, in which PsyI is the N -(3-oxo-hexanoyl)-homoserine lactone (3OC6-HSL) synthase. In comparison to P. syringae 11528 AHL-deficient mutant, 845 3OC6-HSL-dependent genes were identified using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) in the AHL-deficient mutant grown with exogenous 3OC6-HSL in the transition from the exponential to the stationary phase, and many of them were associated with virulence, which were negatively regulated. The gene ontology and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of those genes presented that the most pronounced regulation was involved in bacterial motility. Moreover, similar expression profiles of genes during growth phases were observed in both the wild type and the AHL-deficient mutant with exogenous 3OC6-HSL compared with the AHL-deficient mutant. These findings imply that 3OC6-HSL has a critical contribution to the QS-dependent regulation on gene expression, and 3OC6-HSL-dependent regulation may play a significant role in plant infection.
    Keywords: Pathogens & Pathogenicity
    Print ISSN: 0378-1097
    Electronic ISSN: 1574-6968
    Topics: Biology
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: This study is to assess the effect of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical properties of amorphous polyethylene (PE) based on fully atomistic model. A stochastic constitutive model using data obtained from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for the material is constructed. Subsequently, a global sensitivity analysis approach is then employed to predict the essential parameters of the mechanical model. The sensitivity indices show that the key parameter affecting Young’s modulus and yield stress is the temperature followed by the strain rate.
    Electronic ISSN: 1996-1944
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Published by MDPI
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    Publication Date: 2014-11-30
    Description: Radiation fields emitted by O- and B-type stars or young stellar populations (SPs) are generally considered as significant central ionizing sources (CISs) of classic H  ii regions. In our previous studies, we showed that the inclusion of binary interactions in stellar population synthesis models can significantly increase the ultraviolet spectrum hardness and the number of ionizing photons of intermediate-age (IA) SPs (7 log( t /yr) 8). In this work, we present photoionization models of H  ii regions ionized by radiation fields emitted by IA SPs, including binary systems, and show that these fields are in theory possible candidates for significant CISs of classic H  ii regions. When radiation fields of IA SPs comprising binary systems are used as the CISs of classic H  ii regions, the theoretical strengths of a number of lines (such as [O  iii ] 4959 ' , [S  ii ] 6716 ' , etc.), which are weaker than observations, are increased; the border or selection-criterion lines between star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the diagnostic diagrams (for example, [N  ii ] 6583/Hα versus [O  iii ] 5007/Hβ), move into the region occupied originally by AGNs; and the He  ii 1640 line, observed in Lyman break and high-redshift gravitationally lensed galaxies, also can be produced.
    Print ISSN: 1745-3925
    Electronic ISSN: 1745-3933
    Topics: Physics
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    Publication Date: 2011-07-13
    Description: PlGF, one of the ligands for VEGFR-1, has been implicated in tumor angiogenesis. However, more recent studies indicate that genetic or pharmacological inhibition of PlGF signaling does not result in reduction of microvascular density in a variety of tumor models. Here we screened 12 human tumor cell lines and identified 3 that are growth inhibited by anti-PlGF antibodies in vivo. We found that efficacy of anti-PlGF treatment strongly correlates with VEGFR-1 expression in tumor cells, but not with antiangiogenesis. In addition, PlGF induced VEGFR-1 signaling and biological responses in tumor cell lines sensitive to anti-PlGF, but not in refractory tumor cell lines or in endothelial cells. Also, genetic ablation of VEGFR-1 signaling in the host did not affect the efficacy of PlGF blockade. Collectively, these findings suggest that the role of PlGF in tumorigenesis largely consists of promoting autocrine/paracrine growth of tumor cells expressing a functional VEGFR-1 rather than stimulation of angiogenesis.
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Publication Date: 2014-08-15
    Description: Recent effective use of TAL Effectors (TALEs) has provided an important approach to the design and synthesis of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins. However, it is still a challenging task to design and manufacture effective TALE modulators because of the limited knowledge of TALE–DNA interactions. Here we synthesized more than 200 TALE modulators and identified two determining factors of transcription activity in vivo : chromatin accessibility and the distance from the transcription start site. The implementation of these modulators in a gain-of-function screen was successfully demonstrated for four cell lines in migration/invasion assays and thus has broad relevance in this field. Furthermore, a novel TALE–TALE modulator was developed to transcriptionally inhibit target genes. Together, these findings underscore the huge potential of these TALE modulators in the study of gene function, reprogramming of cellular behaviors, and even clinical investigation.
    Keywords: Targeted inhibition of gene function, Targeted gene modification
    Print ISSN: 0305-1048
    Electronic ISSN: 1362-4962
    Topics: Biology
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    Publication Date: 2002-05-25
    Description: We have studied the correlation between structural dynamics and function of the hairpin ribozyme. The enzyme-substrate complex exists in either docked (active) or undocked (inactive) conformations. Using single-molecule fluorescence methods, we found complex structural dynamics with four docked states of distinct stabilities and a strong memory effect where each molecule rarely switches between different docked states. We also found substrate cleavage to be rate-limited by a combination of conformational transitions and reversible chemistry equilibrium. The complex structural dynamics quantitatively explain the heterogeneous cleavage kinetics common to many catalytic RNAs. The intimate coupling of structural dynamics and function is likely a general phenomenon for RNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhuang, Xiaowei -- Kim, Harold -- Pereira, Miguel J B -- Babcock, Hazen P -- Walter, Nils G -- Chu, Steven -- GM62357/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 May 24;296(5572):1473-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12029135" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Carbocyanines/metabolism ; Catalysis ; Enzymes, Immobilized ; Fluorescence ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Kinetics ; Nepovirus/genetics ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Satellite ; RNA, Viral/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Thermodynamics
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2000-06-17
    Description: Using fluorescence microscopy, we studied the catalysis by and folding of individual Tetrahymena thermophila ribozyme molecules. The dye-labeled and surface-immobilized ribozymes used were shown to be functionally indistinguishable from the unmodified free ribozyme in solution. A reversible local folding step in which a duplex docks and undocks from the ribozyme core was observed directly in single-molecule time trajectories, allowing the determination of the rate constants and characterization of the transition state. A rarely populated docked state, not measurable by ensemble methods, was observed. In the overall folding process, intermediate folding states and multiple folding pathways were observed. In addition to observing previously established folding pathways, a pathway with an observed folding rate constant of 1 per second was discovered. These results establish single-molecule fluorescence as a powerful tool for examining RNA folding.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhuang, X -- Bartley, L E -- Babcock, H P -- Russell, R -- Ha, T -- Herschlag, D -- Chu, S -- GM49423/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Jun 16;288(5473):2048-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4060, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10856219" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Biotinylation ; Carbocyanines ; Catalysis ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Guanosine/metabolism ; Kinetics ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; Models, Molecular ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligoribonucleotides/metabolism ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Protozoan/*chemistry/metabolism ; Tetrahymena thermophila
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2008-05-10
    Description: The reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) catalyses a series of reactions to convert the single-stranded RNA genome of HIV into double-stranded DNA for host-cell integration. This task requires the reverse transcriptase to discriminate a variety of nucleic-acid substrates such that active sites of the enzyme are correctly positioned to support one of three catalytic functions: RNA-directed DNA synthesis, DNA-directed DNA synthesis and DNA-directed RNA hydrolysis. However, the mechanism by which substrates regulate reverse transcriptase activities remains unclear. Here we report distinct orientational dynamics of reverse transcriptase observed on different substrates with a single-molecule assay. The enzyme adopted opposite binding orientations on duplexes containing DNA or RNA primers, directing its DNA synthesis or RNA hydrolysis activity, respectively. On duplexes containing the unique polypurine RNA primers for plus-strand DNA synthesis, the enzyme can rapidly switch between the two orientations. The switching kinetics were regulated by cognate nucleotides and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, a major class of anti-HIV drugs. These results indicate that the activities of reverse transcriptase are determined by its binding orientation on substrates.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655135/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655135/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Abbondanzieri, Elio A -- Bokinsky, Gregory -- Rausch, Jason W -- Zhang, Jennifer X -- Le Grice, Stuart F J -- Zhuang, Xiaowei -- GM 068518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM068518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM068518-05/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Z01 BC010493-05/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2008 May 8;453(7192):184-9. doi: 10.1038/nature06941.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18464735" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; DNA/*biosynthesis ; DNA Primers/genetics/metabolism ; *DNA Replication ; Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ; HIV/*enzymology/genetics ; HIV Reverse Transcriptase/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrolysis ; Ligands ; RNA/genetics/*metabolism ; *Reverse Transcription ; Substrate Specificity ; Templates, Genetic
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Abbondanzieri, Elio A -- Zhuang, Xiaowei -- England -- Nature. 2009 Jan 22;457(7228):392-3. doi: 10.1038/457392a.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158782" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphatases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Bacillus Phages/*enzymology ; DNA, Viral/chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrolysis ; Models, Biological ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Virus Assembly
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-25
    Description: The ATP-dependent chromatin assembly and remodelling factor (ACF) functions to generate regularly spaced nucleosomes, which are required for heritable gene silencing. The mechanism by which ACF mobilizes nucleosomes remains poorly understood. Here we report a single-molecule FRET study that monitors the remodelling of individual nucleosomes by ACF in real time, revealing previously unknown remodelling intermediates and dynamics. In the presence of ACF and ATP, the nucleosomes exhibit gradual translocation along DNA interrupted by well-defined kinetic pauses that occurred after approximately seven or three to four base pairs of translocation. The binding of ACF, translocation of DNA and exiting of translocation pauses are all ATP-dependent, revealing three distinct functional roles of ATP during remodelling. At equilibrium, a continuously bound ACF complex can move the nucleosome back-and-forth many times before dissociation, indicating that ACF is a highly processive and bidirectional nucleosome translocase.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835771/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835771/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blosser, Timothy R -- Yang, Janet G -- Stone, Michael D -- Narlikar, Geeta J -- Zhuang, Xiaowei -- GM073767/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Dec 24;462(7276):1022-7. doi: 10.1038/nature08627.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts 02138, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20033040" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; *Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly ; Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ; Humans ; *Models, Molecular ; Nucleosomes/*chemistry ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/*metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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