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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1988-08-26
    Description: In situ hybridization was used to assess total amyloid protein precursor (APP) messenger RNA and the subset of APP mRNA containing the Kunitz protease inhibitor (KPI) insert in 11 Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 7 control brains. In AD, a significant twofold increase was observed in total APP mRNA in nucleus basalis and locus ceruleus neurons but not in hippocampal subicular neurons, neurons of the basis pontis, or occipital cortical neurons. The increase in total APP mRNA in locus ceruleus and nucleus basalis neurons was due exclusively to an increase in APP mRNA lacking the KPI domain. These findings suggest that increased production of APP lacking the KPI domain in nucleus basalis and locus ceruleus neurons may play an important role in the deposition of cerebral amyloid that occurs in AD.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Palmert, M R -- Golde, T E -- Cohen, M L -- Kovacs, D M -- Tanzi, R E -- Gusella, J F -- Usiak, M F -- Younkin, L H -- Younkin, S G -- 5T32GM07250/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- AG06656/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- MH43444/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Aug 26;241(4869):1080-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Neuropathology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2457949" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alzheimer Disease/*genetics ; Amyloid/*genetics ; Bacteriophage lambda/genetics ; Brain/metabolism ; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Locus Coeruleus/metabolism ; Neurons/metabolism ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Operator Regions, Genetic ; Plasmids ; Protein Precursors/*genetics ; RNA/genetics ; RNA, Complementary ; RNA, Messenger/*genetics/metabolism ; Repressor Proteins/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Trypsin Inhibitors/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1988-11-25
    Description: The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) shows extensive genetic variation and undergoes rapid evolution. The fidelity of purified HIV-1 reverse transcriptase was measured during DNA polymerization in vitro by means of three different assays. Reverse transcriptase from HIV-1 introduced base-substitution errors in DNA from the bacteriophage phi X174 amber3 at estimated frequencies of 1/2000 to 1/4000. Analyses of misincorporation rates opposite a single template adenine residue showed that HIV-1 reverse transcriptase catalyzed nucleotide mismatches with a specificity of A:C much greater than A:G greater than A:A. The high error rate of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in vitro translates to approximately five to ten errors per HIV-1 genome per round of replication in vivo. This high error rate suggests that misincorporation by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase is, at least in part, responsible for the hypermutability of the AIDS virus. The specificity of misincorporation may provide a basis for the systematic construction of antiviral nucleosides.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Preston, B D -- Poiesz, B J -- Loeb, L A -- CA-07263-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- N01AI72654/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R35-CA-39903/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Nov 25;242(4882):1168-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2460924" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Avian Myeloblastosis Virus/enzymology ; Bacteriophage phi X 174/genetics ; DNA/*biosynthesis ; DNA Polymerase II/metabolism ; DNA, Viral/biosynthesis ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; HIV/*enzymology/genetics ; Kinetics ; Moloney murine leukemia virus/enzymology ; Mutation ; Nucleotides/metabolism ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/*metabolism
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1988-07-01
    Description: Expression of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R alpha) gene is activated by the transcriptional activator protein, Tax (previously referred to as the tat gene product), encoded by the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-I). Multiple protein binding sites for specific DNA-protein interactions were identified over the upstream IL-2R alpha transcriptional regulatory sequences. However, only one region, which includes the sequence motif GGGGAATCTCCC, was required for activation by both the tax gene product and mitogenic stimulation. Remarkably, this sequence also bound the nuclear factor NF kappa B, which is important for induction of kappa-immunoglobulin gene expression. A model is presented whereby regulation of cellular gene expression by the HTLV-I tax gene product occurs via an indirect mechanism that may involve a post-translational modification of preexistent cellular transcription factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ruben, S -- Poteat, H -- Tan, T H -- Kawakami, K -- Roeder, R -- Haseltine, W -- Rosen, C A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jul 1;241(4861):89-92.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ 07110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2838905" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; DNA/genetics/metabolism ; Deltaretrovirus/*genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects ; Gene Products, tat ; Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/genetics ; Mutation ; Plasmids ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, Immunologic/*genetics ; Receptors, Interleukin-2 ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism/*pharmacology
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1988-02-19
    Description: Point mutations were introduced into the overlapping trans-regulatory genes (tat-III and trs) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), and the mutants were evaluated for virus expression. The results showed that tat-III has a positive transacting role and is required for transcriptional activation. A chain terminating mutation early in the trs gene resulted in an increase in transcription of viral messenger RNA as measured by nuclear transcription experiments, but only one major species of viral messenger RNA (1.8 kilobases) was detected, and little or no viral structural proteins were made. Thus, the trs gene product is essential for expression of virus structural proteins but, at the same time, may have a negative trans-regulatory role in transcription. Cotransfection of the point mutant proviruses defective in tat or trs with each other or with a complementary DNA clone containing tat and trs sequences restored the normal transcription pattern and subsequent virus production.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sadaie, M R -- Benter, T -- Wong-Staal, F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Feb 19;239(4842):910-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3277284" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetyltransferases/genetics ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase ; Codon ; DNA/genetics ; *Genes, Regulator ; *Genes, Viral ; HIV/*genetics ; Humans ; Immunosorbent Techniques ; *Mutation ; Plasmids ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; RNA, Viral/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1988-02-19
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schekman, R -- Payne, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Feb 19;239(4842):919.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3277285" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Clathrin/genetics/*physiology ; Mutation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1988-11-04
    Description: As a way of studying nucleosome assembly and maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mutants bearing deletions or duplications of the genes encoding histones H2A and H2B were analyzed. Previous genetic analysis had shown that only one of these mutants exhibited dramatic and pleiotropic phenotypes. This mutant was also the only one that contained disrupted chromatin, suggesting that the original phenotypes were attributable to alterations in chromosome structure. The chromatin disruption in the mutant, however, did not extend over the entire genome, but rather was localized to specific regions. Thus, while the arrangement of nucleosomes over the HIS4 and GAL1 genes, the telomeres, and the long terminal repeats (delta sequences) of Ty retrotransposons appeared essentially normal, nucleosomes over the CYH2 and UBI4 genes and the centromere of chromosome III were dramatically disrupted. The observation that the mutant exhibited localized chromatin disruptions implies that the assembly or maintenance of nucleosomes differs over different parts of the yeast genome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Norris, D -- Dunn, B -- Osley, M A -- GM40118/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Nov 4;242(4879):759-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2847314" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Centromere/ultrastructure ; Chromatin/physiology/*ultrastructure ; Chromosome Deletion ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Galactose ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Fungal ; Histidine ; Histones/*genetics ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/*ultrastructure ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1988-07-08
    Description: Run-on transcription experiments were used to demonstrate that transcription of T cell receptor beta chain V genes is activated by DNA rearrangement, in a manner similar to immunoglobulin genes. A transcriptional enhancer likely to be involved in this activation has been identified. A 25-kilobase region from J beta 1 to V beta 14 was tested for enhancer activity by transient transfections, and an enhancer was found 7.5 kilobases 3' of C beta 2. The beta enhancer has low activity relative to the simian virus 40 viral enhancer, does not display a preference for V beta promoters, has a T cell-specific activity, and binds two purified immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McDougall, S -- Peterson, C L -- Calame, K -- GM29361/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jul 8;241(4862):205-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2968651" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Chromosome Mapping ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Immunoglobulin ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics ; In Vitro Techniques ; Mice ; Nuclear Proteins/physiology ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*genetics ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta ; *Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription Factors/physiology ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 1988-07-01
    Description: A method of combinatorial cassette mutagenesis was designed to readily determine the informational content of individual residues in protein sequences. The technique consists of simultaneously randomizing two or three positions by oligonucleotide cassette mutagenesis, selecting for functional protein, and then sequencing to determine the spectrum of allowable substitutions at each position. Repeated application of this method to the dimer interface of the DNA-binding domain of lambda repressor reveals that the number and type of substitutions allowed at each position are extremely variable. At some positions only one or two residues are functionally acceptable; at other positions a wide range of residues and residue types are tolerated. The number of substitutions allowed at each position roughly correlates with the solvent accessibility of the wild-type side chain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Reidhaar-Olson, J F -- Sauer, R T -- AI-15706/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jul 1;241(4861):53-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3388019" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Codon ; DNA/genetics/metabolism ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Plasmids ; Protein Conformation ; Repressor Proteins/*genetics ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/*genetics ; Viral Proteins ; Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 1988-10-14
    Description: Structural changes of the human retinoblastoma gene have been demonstrated previously in retinoblastoma and some clinically related tumors including osteosarcoma. Structural aberrations of the retinoblastoma locus (RB1) were observed in 25% of breast tumor cell lines studied and 7% of the primary tumors. These changes include homozygous internal deletions and total deletion of RB1; a duplication of an exon was observed in one of the cell lines. In all cases, structural changes either resulted in the absence or truncation of the RB1 transcript. No obvious defect in RB1 was detected by DNA blot analysis in primary tumors or cell lines from Wilms' tumor, cervical carcinoma, or hepatoma. These results further support the concept that the human RB1 gene has pleiotropic effects on specific types of cancer.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉T'Ang, A -- Varley, J M -- Chakraborty, S -- Murphree, A L -- Fung, Y K -- CA44754/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Oct 14;242(4876):263-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Hematology/Oncology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, CA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3175651" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Breast Neoplasms/*genetics ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13 ; DNA/genetics ; DNA Probes ; Exons ; Eye Neoplasms/*genetics ; Female ; *Gene Rearrangement ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Menopause ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Retinoblastoma/*genetics ; Risk Factors ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 1988-03-11
    Description: The expression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after T cell activation is regulated by NF-kappa B, an inducible DNA-binding protein that stimulates transcription. Proteins encoded by a variety of DNA viruses are also able to activate expression from the HIV enhancer. To determine how this activation occurs, specific genes from herpes simplex virus type 1 and adenovirus that activate HIV in T lymphoma cells have been identified. The cis-acting regulatory sequences in the HIV enhancer that mediate their effect have also been characterized. The relevant genes are those for ICP0-an immediate-early product of herpes simplex virus type 1-and the form of E1A encoded by the 13S messenger RNA of adenovirus. Activation of HIV by adenovirus E1A was found to depend on the TATA box, whereas herpesvirus ICP0 did not work through a single defined cis-acting element. These findings suggest multiple pathways that can be used to bypass normal cellular activation of HIV, and they raise the possibility that infection by herpes simplex virus or adenovirus may directly contribute to the activation of HIV in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by mechanisms independent of antigenic stimulation in T cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nabel, G J -- Rice, S A -- Knipe, D M -- Baltimore, D -- AI20530/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- F32GM11224/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 11;239(4845):1299-302.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2830675" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenoviruses, Human/genetics ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Genes, Regulator ; *Genes, Viral ; HIV/*genetics/growth & development ; Humans ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Plasmids ; Simplexvirus/genetics ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Virus Activation
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 1988-04-15
    Description: A new type of agonist-binding subunit of rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) was identified. Rat genomic DNA and complementary DNA encoding this subunit (alpha 2) were cloned and analyzed. Complementary DNA expression studies in Xenopus oocytes revealed that the injection of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) for alpha 2 and beta 2 (a neuronal nAChR subunit) led to the generation of a functional nAChR. In contrast to the other known neuronal nAChRs, the receptor produced by the injection of alpha 2 and beta 2 mRNAs was resistant to the alpha-neurotoxin Bgt3.1. In situ hybridization histochemistry showed that alpha 2 mRNA was expressed in a small number of regions, in contrast to the wide distribution of the other known agonist-binding subunits (alpha 3 and alpha 4) mRNAs. These results demonstrate that the alpha 2 subunit differs from other known agonist-binding alpha-subunits of nAChRs in its distribution in the brain and in its pharmacology.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wada, K -- Ballivet, M -- Boulter, J -- Connolly, J -- Wada, E -- Deneris, E S -- Swanson, L W -- Heinemann, S -- Patrick, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Apr 15;240(4850):330-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA 92138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2832952" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Brain/*metabolism ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; Female ; *Genes ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/metabolism ; Nucleotide Mapping ; Oocytes/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptors, Nicotinic/*genetics/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 1988-04-29
    Description: Zeins, the storage proteins of maize, are totally lacking in the essential amino acids lysine and tryptophan. Lysine codons and lysine- and tryptophan-encoding oligonucleotides were introduced at several positions into a 19-kilodalton zein complementary DNA by oligonucleotide-mediated mutagenesis. A 450-base pair open reading frame from a simian virus 40 (SV40) coat protein was also engineered into the zein coding region. Messenger RNAs for the modified zeins were synthesized in vitro with an SP6 RNA polymerase system and injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes. The modifications did not affect the translation, signal peptide cleavage, or stability of the zeins. The ability of the modified zeins to assemble into structures similar to maize protein bodies was assayed by two criteria: assembly into membrane-bound vesicles resistant to exogenously added protease, and ability to self-aggregate into dense structures. All of the modified zeins were membrane-bound; only the one containing a 17-kilodalton SV40 protein fragment was unable to aggregate. These findings suggest that it may be possible to create high-lysine corn by genetic engineering.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wallace, J C -- Galili, G -- Kawata, E E -- Cuellar, R E -- Shotwell, M A -- Larkins, B A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Apr 29;240(4852):662-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2834822" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; DNA/genetics ; DNA, Recombinant ; Female ; Genetic Engineering ; *Lysine/genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Oocytes/*metabolism ; Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Simian virus 40/genetics ; Xenopus laevis ; Zea mays ; Zein/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1988-10-21
    Description: The translational diffusion of wild-type and underglycosylated molecules of a membrane-integral glycoprotein the Ld class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen has been measured. The Ld mutant molecules, which lack one or more glycosylation sites, had larger translational diffusion coefficients, D, than did wild-type Ld molecules glycosylated at three sites. The increase in D is linear with loss of glycosylation. The highest value of D approaches that for translational diffusion of molecules constrained only by viscosity of the membrane lipid bilayer. These results indicate that the external portions of cell surface glycoproteins interact significantly with other nearby molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wier, M -- Edidin, M -- AI-14584/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Oct 21;242(4877):412-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3175663" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/immunology ; Diffusion ; Glycosylation ; *Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics ; Humans ; Lipid Bilayers ; Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Mutation
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    Publication Date: 1988-09-23
    Description: The developmental regulation of two kinds of Xenopus 5S RNA genes (oocyte and somatic types) can be explained by differences in the stability of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions in a transcription complex that directs transcription initiation by RNA polymerase III. Dissociation of transcription factors from oocyte 5S RNA genes during development allows them to be repressed by chromatin assembly. In the same cells, somatic 5S RNA genes remain active because their transcription complexes are stable.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolffe, A P -- Brown, D D -- GM22395/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Sep 23;241(4873):1626-32.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3420414" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Chromatin ; DNA/physiology ; DNA Replication ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes ; Oocytes/cytology/ultrastructure ; RNA, Ribosomal/*genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/*genetics ; Transcription Factor TFIIIA ; Transcription Factor TFIIIB ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; *Transcription Factors, TFIII ; Transcription, Genetic ; Xenopus laevis
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1989-02-24
    Description: Cruciform DNA, a non-double helix form of DNA, can be generated as an intermediate in genetic recombination as well as from palindromic sequences under the effect of supercoiling. Eukaryotic cells are equipped with a DNA-binding protein that selectively recognizes cruciform DNA. Biochemical and immunological data showed that this protein is HMG1, an evolutionarily conserved, essential, and abundant component of the nucleus. The interaction with a ubiquitous protein points to a critical role for cruciform DNA conformations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bianchi, M E -- Beltrame, M -- Paonessa, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 24;243(4894 Pt 1):1056-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidleberg, Federal Republic of Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2922595" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/genetics/*metabolism ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; High Mobility Group Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Immunoassay ; Immunoblotting ; Liver/analysis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Peptide Fragments/genetics/isolation & purification ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Rats ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1988-01-01
    Description: The multiple copies of the human ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) are arranged as tandem repeat clusters that map to the middle of the short arms of chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21, and 22. Concerted evolution of the gene family is thought to be mediated by interchromosomal recombination between rDNA repeat units, but such events would also result in conservation of the sequences distal to the rDNA on these five pairs of chromosomes. To test this possibility, a DNA fragment spanning the junction between rDNA and distal flanking sequence has been cloned and characterized. Restriction maps, sequence data, and gene mapping studies demonstrate that (i) the rRNA genes are transcribed in a telomere-to-centromere direction, (ii) the 5' end of the cluster and the adjacent non-rDNA sequences are conserved on the five pairs of chromosomes, and (iii) the 5' end of the cluster is positioned about 3.7 kb upstream from the transcription initiation site of the first repeat unit. The data support a model of concerted evolution by interchromosomal recombination.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Worton, R G -- Sutherland, J -- Sylvester, J E -- Willard, H F -- Bodrug, S -- Dube, I -- Duff, C -- Kean, V -- Ray, P N -- Schmickel, R D -- HD-13506/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jan 1;239(4835):64-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Genetics Department, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3336775" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Biological Evolution ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13 ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21 ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Ribosomal/*genetics ; Genes ; Humans ; RNA, Ribosomal/*genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-04-28
    Description: Transcriptional activation of the human interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene, like induction of the IL-2 receptor alpha (IL-2R alpha) gene and the type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), is shown to be modulated by a kappa B-like enhancer element. Mutation of a kappa B core sequence identified in the IL-2 promoter (-206 to -195) partially inhibits both mitogen- and HTLV-I Tax-mediated activation of this transcription unit and blocks the specific binding of two inducible cellular factors. These kappa B-specific proteins (80 to 90 and 50 to 55 kilodaltons) similarly interact with the functional kappa B enhancer present in the IL-2R alpha promoter. These data suggest that these kappa B-specific proteins have a role in the coordinate regulation of this growth factor-growth factor receptor gene system that controls T cell proliferation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoyos, B -- Ballard, D W -- Bohnlein, E -- Siekevitz, M -- Greene, W C -- A127053-01/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 28;244(4903):457-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Microbiology, New York, NY 10029.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2497518" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Viral ; HIV-1/genetics ; HTLV-I Antigens/pharmacology ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/*genetics ; Interleukin-2/*genetics ; Molecular Weight ; Mutation ; Phytohemagglutinins/pharmacology ; Plasmids ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis ; T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Trans-Activators ; Transcription Factors/pharmacology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1989-09-22
    Description: Soybean cultivars resistant to Pseudomonas syringae pathovar glycinea (Psg), the causal agent of bacterial blight, exhibit a hypersensitive (necrosis) reaction (HR) to infection. Psg strains carrying the avrB gene elicit the HR in soybean cultivars carrying the resistance gene Rpg1. Psg expressing avrB at a high level and capable of eliciting the HR in the absence of de novo bacterial RNA synthesis have been obtained in in vitro culture. Nutritional signals and regions within the Psg hrp gene cluster, an approximately 20-kilobase genomic region also necessary for pathogenicity, control avrB transcription.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huynh, T V -- Dahlbeck, D -- Staskawicz, B J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Sep 22;245(4924):1374-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2781284" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cloning, Molecular ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Bacterial ; *Plant Diseases ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Pseudomonas/*genetics/growth & development/pathogenicity ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Restriction Mapping ; Soybeans/*genetics/microbiology ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 19
    Publication Date: 1989-03-10
    Description: Antisense RNA-mediated inhibition of gene expression was used to investigate the biological function of the c-raf-1 gene in a radiation-resistant human squamous carcinoma cell line, SQ-20B. S1 nuclease protection assays revealed that transfection of full-length raf complementary DNA in the antisense orientation (AS) leads to a specific reduction (greater than tenfold) of steady-state levels of the endogenous c-raf-1 sense (S) transcript in SQ-20B cells. In nude mice, the malignant potential of SQ-20B cells transfected with raf (S) was significantly increased relative to that of SQ-20B cells transfected with raf (AS). SQ-20B cells containing transfected raf (S) maintained a radiation-resistant phenotype as compared to those cells harboring the AS version, which appeared to have enhanced radiation sensitivity. These data indicate that the reduced expression of endogenous c-raf-1 is sufficient to modulate the tumorigenicity and the radiation-resistant phenotype of SQ-20B cells, thus implicating c-raf-1 in a pathway important to the genesis of this type of cancer.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kasid, U -- Pfeifer, A -- Brennan, T -- Beckett, M -- Weichselbaum, R R -- Dritschilo, A -- Mark, G E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 10;243(4896):1354-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Radiation Medicine, Vincent T. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington 20007.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2466340" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Blotting, Southern ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics ; Cell Line ; Cell Survival/*radiation effects ; Clone Cells ; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; *Proto-Oncogenes ; RNA/*genetics ; RNA, Antisense ; RNA, Messenger/*antagonists & inhibitors ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; Transplantation, Heterologous ; Tumor Cells, Cultured/*radiation effects
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    Publication Date: 1989-11-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Klausner, R D -- Harford, J B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Nov 17;246(4932):870-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2683086" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; *Models, Genetic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *Protein Biosynthesis ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-01-27
    Description: During sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, expression of developmental genes spoIVCB and cotD is induced in the mother cell compartment of the sporangium at morphological stages IV and V, respectively. A 27-kilodalton RNA polymerase sigma factor called sigma K (or sigma 27) has been found that causes weak transcription of spoIVCB and strong transcription of cotD. A 14-kD protein was also discovered that changes the specificity of sigma K-containing RNA polymerase, greatly stimulating spoIVCB transcription and markedly repressing cotD transcription. Both sigma K and the 14-kD protein are products of genes known to be required for expression of specific genes in the mother cell. Thus, sigma K directs gene expression in the mother cell and it is proposed that inactivation or sequestering of the 14-kD protein switches the temporal pattern of gene expression during the transition from stages IV to V of development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kroos, L -- Kunkel, B -- Losick, R -- GM18568/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 27;243(4890):526-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2492118" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus subtilis/*genetics/physiology ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Sigma Factor/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Spores, Bacterial/genetics ; Transcription Factors/*genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-04-07
    Description: Protein engineering and x-ray crystallography have been used to study the role of a surface loop that is present in pancreatic phospholipases but is absent in snake venom phospholipases. Removal of residues 62 to 66 from porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 does not change the binding constant for micelles significantly, but it improves catalytic activity up to 16 times on micellar (zwitterionic) lecithin substrates. In contrast, the decrease in activity on negatively charged substrates is greater than fourfold. A crystallographic study of the mutant enzyme shows that the region of the deletion has a well-defined structure that differs from the structure of the wild-type enzyme. No structural changes in the active site of the enzyme were detected.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kuipers, O P -- Thunnissen, M M -- de Geus, P -- Dijkstra, B W -- Drenth, J -- Verheij, H M -- de Haas, G H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 7;244(4900):82-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2704992" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Crystallography ; Enzyme Activation ; Kinetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Pancreas/enzymology ; Phospholipases/*metabolism ; Phospholipases A/genetics/*metabolism/physiology ; Phospholipases A2 ; *Protein Conformation ; Snake Venoms/analysis ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Swine
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    Publication Date: 1989-07-14
    Description: DNA mismatch correction is a strand-specific process involving recognition of noncomplementary Watson-Crick nucleotide pairs and participation of widely separated DNA sites. The Escherichia coli methyl-directed reaction has been reconstituted in a purified system consisting of MutH, MutL, and MutS proteins, DNA helicase II, single-strand DNA binding protein, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, exonuclease I, DNA ligase, along with ATP (adenosine triphosphate), and the four deoxynucleoside triphosphates. This set of proteins can process seven of the eight base-base mismatches in a strand-specific reaction that is directed by the state of methylation of a single d(GATC) sequence located 1 kilobase from the mispair.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lahue, R S -- Au, K G -- Modrich, P -- F32 GM12684/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM23719/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 14;245(4914):160-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2665076" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; *DNA Repair ; DNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis/*genetics ; Escherichia coli/*genetics ; Methylation ; Mutation
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-18
    Description: CD4 is a cell surface glycoprotein that is thought to interact with nonpolymorphic determinants of class II major histocompatibility (MHC) molecules. CD4 is also the receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), binding with high affinity to the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein, gp120. Homolog-scanning mutagenesis was used to identify CD4 regions that are important in class II MHC binding and to determine whether the gp120 and class II MHC binding sites of CD4 are related. Class II MHC binding was abolished by mutations in each of the first three immunoglobulin-like domains of CD4. The gp120 binding could be abolished without affecting class II MHC binding and vice versa, although at least one mutation examined reduced both functions significantly. These findings indicate that, while there may be overlap between the gp120 and class II MHC binding sites of CD4, these sites are distinct and can be separated. Thus it should be possible to design CD4 analogs that can block HIV infectivity but intrinsically lack the ability to affect the normal immune response by binding to class II MHC molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lamarre, D -- Ashkenazi, A -- Fleury, S -- Smith, D H -- Sekaly, R P -- Capon, D J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 18;245(4919):743-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2549633" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, Surface ; Binding Sites ; DNA, Recombinant ; HIV/*metabolism ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120 ; HLA-DP Antigens/immunology ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*immunology ; Humans ; Hybridomas ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Receptors, HIV ; Receptors, Virus/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; Retroviridae Proteins/immunology/*metabolism ; Rosette Formation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-31
    Description: C/EBP is a rat liver nuclear protein capable of sequence-specific interaction with DNA. The DNA sequences to which C/EBP binds in vitro have been implicated in the control of messenger RNA synthesis. It has therefore been predicted that C/EBP will play a role in regulating gene expression in mammalian cells. The region of the C/EBP polypeptide required for direct interaction with DNA has been identified and shown to bear amino acid sequence relatedness with the product of the myc, fos, and jun proto-oncogenes. The arrangement of these related amino acid sequences led to the prediction of a new structural motif, termed the "leucine zipper," that plays a role in facilitating sequence-specific interaction between protein and DNA. Experimental tests now provide support for the leucine zipper hypothesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Landschulz, W H -- Johnson, P F -- McKnight, S L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 31;243(4899):1681-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2494700" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; DNA/*metabolism ; Glutaral ; Leucine ; Liver/*analysis ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Weight ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Rats ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    Publication Date: 1989-11-03
    Description: In each cell cycle the complex structure of the chromosome must be replicated accurately. In the last few years there have been major advances in understanding eukaryotic chromosome replication. Patterns of replication origins have been mapped accurately in yeast chromosomes. Cellular replication proteins have been identified by fractionating cell extracts that replicate viral DNA templates in vitro. Cell-free systems that initiate eukaryotic DNA replication in vitro have demonstrated the importance of complex nuclear architecture in the control of DNA replication. Although the events of S phase were relatively neglected for many years, knowledge of DNA replication is now advancing rapidly in step with other phases of the cell cycle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Laskey, R A -- Fairman, M P -- Blow, J J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Nov 3;246(4930):609-14.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2683076" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Nucleus/physiology/ultrastructure ; Chromatin/physiology ; Chromosomes/physiology ; *DNA Replication ; *Interphase ; Models, Biological ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-05-26
    Description: Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasias (SED) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by disproportionate short stature and pleiotropic involvement of the skeletal and ocular systems. Evidence has suggested that SED may result from structural defects in type II collagen. To confirm the validity of this hypothesis, the structure of the "candidate" type II collagen gene (COL2A1) has been directly examined in a relatively large SED family. Coarse scanning of the gene by Southern blot hybridization identified an abnormal restriction pattern in one of the affected members of the kindred. Analysis of selected genomic fragments, amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, precisely localized the molecular defect and demonstrated that all affected family members carried the same heterozygous single-exon deletion. As a consequence of the mutation, nearly 90 percent of the assembled type II collagen homotrimers are expected to contain one or more procollagen subunits harboring an interstitial deletion of 36 amino acids in the triple helical domain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, B -- Vissing, H -- Ramirez, F -- Rogers, D -- Rimoin, D -- AR-38648/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- HD-22657/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 26;244(4907):978-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2543071" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosome Deletion ; Collagen/*genetics ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ; Exons ; Female ; Gene Amplification ; Humans ; Macromolecular Substances ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Osteochondrodysplasias/*genetics ; Pedigree ; Procollagen/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-01-27
    Description: Embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell lines are models for early cells in mouse embryogenesis. A 300-base pair fragment of the heavy chain enhancer was inactive in F9 EC cells, unlike in other nonlymphoid cells where it has significant activity. Alterations of the octamer motif increased enhancer activity. Nuclear extracts from F9 cells contained an octamer binding protein (NF-A3) that was unique to EC cells; the amount of NF-A3 decreased upon differentiation. It is proposed that NF-A3 represses specific regulatory sequences that contain the octamer motif. Thus, the same DNA sequence mediates either negative or positive transcriptional effects, depending on the cell type.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lenardo, M J -- Staudt, L -- Robbins, P -- Kuang, A -- Mulligan, R C -- Baltimore, D -- CA 01074/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HD0063/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HL37569/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 27;243(4890):544-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2536195" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bucladesine/pharmacology ; Cell Differentiation ; DNA/metabolism ; Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/*genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; Mice ; Mutation ; Neoplastic Stem Cells/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Repressor Proteins/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; Tretinoin/pharmacology ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 1989-05-05
    Description: An approach based on the polymerase chain reaction has been devised to clone new members of the family of genes encoding guanosine triphosphate-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors. Degenerate primers corresponding to consensus sequences of the third and sixth transmembrane segments of available receptors were used to selectively amplify and clone members of this gene family from thyroid complementary DNA. Clones encoding three known receptors and four new putative receptors were obtained. Sequence comparisons established that the new genes belong to the G protein-coupled receptor family. Close structural similarity was observed between one of the putative receptors and the 5HT1a receptor. Two other molecules displayed common sequence characteristics, suggesting that they are members of a new subfamily of receptors with a very short nonglycosylated (extracellular) amino-terminal extension.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Libert, F -- Parmentier, M -- Lefort, A -- Dinsart, C -- Van Sande, J -- Maenhaut, C -- Simons, M J -- Dumont, J E -- Vassart, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 5;244(4904):569-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, Belgium.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2541503" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; *Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/genetics ; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; *Gene Amplification ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/genetics ; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/genetics ; Receptors, Muscarinic/genetics ; Receptors, Neurokinin-2 ; Receptors, Neurotransmitter/*genetics ; Receptors, Serotonin/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Thyroid Gland/analysis ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-04-21
    Description: Quiescent T cells can be induced to express many genes by mitogen or antigen stimulation. The messenger RNAs of some of these genes undergo relatively rapid degradation compared to messenger RNAs from constitutively expressed genes. A T cell activation pathway that specifically regulates the stability of messenger RNAs for the lymphokines interleukin-2, interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is induced by stimulation of the CD28 surface molecule. This pathway does not directly affect the steady-state messenger RNA level, transcription, or messenger RNA half-life of other T cell activation genes, including c-myc, c-fos, IL-2 receptor, and the 4F2HC surface antigen. These data show that stimuli received at the cell surface can alter gene expression by inducing specific changes in messenger RNA degradation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lindstein, T -- June, C H -- Ledbetter, J A -- Stella, G -- Thompson, C B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 21;244(4902):339-43.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2540528" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antigens, CD28 ; Antigens, CD3 ; Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology ; Colony-Stimulating Factors/genetics ; Drug Stability ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ; Growth Substances/genetics ; Interferon-gamma/genetics ; Interleukin-2/genetics ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Lymphokines/*genetics ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-04
    Description: Complementary DNA clones, encoding the LH-hCG (luteinizing hormone-human choriogonadotropic hormone) receptor were isolated by screening a lambda gt11 library with monoclonal antibodies. The primary structure of the protein was deduced from the DNA sequence analysis; the protein contains 696 amino acids with a putative signal peptide of 27 amino acids. Hydropathy analysis suggests the existence of seven transmembrane domains that show homology with the corresponding regions of other G protein-coupled receptors. Three other types of clones corresponding to shorter proteins were observed, in which the putative transmembrane domain was absent. These probably arose through alternative splicing. RNA blot analysis showed similar patterns in testis and ovary with a major RNA of 4700 nucleotides and several minor species. The messenger RNA was expressed in COS-7 cells, yielding a protein that bound hCG with the same affinity as the testicular receptor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Loosfelt, H -- Misrahi, M -- Atger, M -- Salesse, R -- Vu Hai-Luu Thi, M T -- Jolivet, A -- Guiochon-Mantel, A -- Sar, S -- Jallal, B -- Garnier, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 4;245(4917):525-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Unite 135, Hopital de Bicetre, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2502844" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Membrane/*metabolism ; *Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/*genetics ; Female ; GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Ovary/analysis ; Protein Sorting Signals/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/analysis/genetics ; Receptors, LH/*genetics/metabolism ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Swine ; Testis/analysis ; Tissue Distribution
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-18
    Description: Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a human mitogen that is specific for epithelial cells. The complementary DNA sequence of KGF demonstrates that it is a member of the fibroblast growth factor family. The KGF transcript was present in stromal cells derived from epithelial tissues. By comparison with the expression of other epithelial cell mitogens, only KGF, among known human growth factors, has the properties of a stromal mediator of epithelial cell proliferation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Finch, P W -- Rubin, J S -- Miki, T -- Ron, D -- Aaronson, S A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 18;245(4919):752-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2475908" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Division ; Codon ; DNA/genetics/isolation & purification ; Epithelial Cells ; Epithelium/analysis/metabolism ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 ; *Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics ; Fibroblasts/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Growth Substances/*genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Mesoderm/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; RNA/analysis ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Skin/analysis ; Tissue Distribution ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-06-16
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marx, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 16;244(4910):1254, 1256.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2734608" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*prevention & control ; Animals ; HIV Antibodies/*biosynthesis ; HIV-1/*immunology ; Humans ; Mutation ; Pan troglodytes ; Vaccines, Inactivated/immunology ; Viral Vaccines/*immunology
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    Publication Date: 1989-12-08
    Description: The fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of familial mental retardation. Genetic counseling and gene isolation are hampered by a lack of DNA markers close to the disease locus. Two somatic cell hybrids that each contain a human X chromosome with a breakpoint close to the fragile X locus have been characterized. A new DNA marker (DXS296) lies between the chromosome breakpoints and is the closest marker to the fragile X locus yet reported. The Hunter syndrome gene, which causes iduronate sulfatase deficiency, is located at the X chromosome breakpoint that is distal to this new marker, thus localizing the Hunter gene distal to the fragile X locus.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Suthers, G K -- Callen, D F -- Hyland, V J -- Kozman, H M -- Baker, E -- Eyre, H -- Harper, P S -- Roberts, S H -- Hors-Cayla, M C -- Davies, K E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 8;246(4935):1298-300.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Histopathology, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2573953" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Chromosome Mapping ; Female ; Fragile X Syndrome/*genetics ; Genetic Counseling ; *Genetic Linkage ; *Genetic Markers ; Genomic Library ; Humans ; Hybrid Cells ; Likelihood Functions ; Mice ; Mucopolysaccharidosis II/genetics ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Sex Chromosome Aberrations/*genetics ; Translocation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-31
    Description: The tpa-1 gene mediates the action of tumor-promoting phorbol esters in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. A genomic fragment that constitutes a portion of the tpa-1 gene was cloned by Tc1 transposon tagging and was used as a probe to screen a nematode complementary DNA library. One of the isolated complementary DNA clones had a nucleotide sequence that predicts a polypeptide of 526 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence revealed that the predicted tpa-1 protein sequence is highly similar to protein kinase C molecules from various animals, including man.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tabuse, Y -- Nishiwaki, K -- Miwa, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 31;243(4899):1713-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2538925" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Caenorhabditis/*drug effects/genetics ; Cloning, Molecular ; Codon ; DNA/genetics ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Genetic Markers ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Phenotype ; Phorbol Esters/*pharmacology ; Protein Kinase C/*genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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    Publication Date: 1989-10-27
    Description: Allele loss is a hallmark of chromosome regions harboring recessive oncogenes. Lung cancer frequently demonstrates loss of heterozygosity on 17p. Recent evidence suggests that the p53 gene located on 17p13 has many features of such an antioncogene. The p53 gene was frequently mutated or inactivated in all types of human lung cancer. The genetic abnormalities of p53 include gross changes such as homozygous deletions and abnormally sized messenger RNAs along with a variety of point or small mutations, which map to the p53 open reading frame and change amino acid sequence in a region highly conserved between mouse and man. In addition, very low or absent expression of p53 messenger RNA in lung cancer cell lines compared to normal lung was seen. These findings, coupled with the previous demonstration of 17p allele loss in lung cancer, strongly implicate p53 as an anti-oncogene whose disruption is involved in the pathogenesis of human lung cancer.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Takahashi, T -- Nau, M M -- Chiba, I -- Birrer, M J -- Rosenberg, R K -- Vinocour, M -- Levitt, M -- Pass, H -- Gazdar, A F -- Minna, J D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 27;246(4929):491-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉National Cancer Institute-Navy Medical Oncology Branch, Bethesda, MD 20814.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2554494" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Carcinoid Tumor/genetics ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics ; Carcinoma, Small Cell/genetics ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 ; DNA, Neoplasm/genetics ; Gene Amplification ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/*genetics ; Mutation ; Oncogene Proteins/*genetics ; Phosphoproteins/*genetics ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; RNA, Neoplasm/genetics ; Ribonucleases ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-04
    Description: The pyrimidine analog 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) competes with thymidine for incorporation into DNA. Substitution of BUdR for thymidine does not significantly affect cell viability but does block cell differentiation in many different lineages. BUdR substitution in a mouse myoblast line blocked myogenic differentiation and extinguished the expression of the myogenic determination gene MyoD1. Forced expression of MyoD1 from a transfected expression vector in a BUdR-substituted myoblast overcame the block to differentiation imposed by BUdR. Activation of BUdR-substituted muscle structural genes and apparently normal differentiation were observed in transfected myoblasts. This shows that BUdR blocks myogenesis at the level of a myogenic regulatory gene, possibly MyoD1, not by directly inhibiting the activation of muscle structural genes. It is consistent with the idea that BUdR selectively blocks a class of regulatory genes, each member of which is important for the development of a different cell lineage.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tapscott, S J -- Lassar, A B -- Davis, R L -- Weintraub, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 4;245(4917):532-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2547249" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bromodeoxyuridine/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Cell Differentiation/drug effects ; Cell Line ; Creatine Kinase/genetics ; DNA/metabolism ; Desmin/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects ; Genes ; Mice ; Muscle Proteins/*genetics ; Muscles/*cytology ; Myogenin ; Nuclear Proteins/*genetics ; Plasmids ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1989-01-06
    Description: The temperature dependences of the reduction potentials (E degrees') of wild-type human myoglobin (Mb) and three site-directed mutants have been measured by the use of thin-layer spectroelectrochemistry. Residue Val68, which is in van der Waals contact with the heme in Mb, has been replaced by Glu, Asp, and Asn. The changes in E degrees' and the standard entropy (delta S degrees') and enthalpy (delta H degrees') of reduction in the mutant proteins were determined relative to values for wild type; the change in E degrees' at 25 degrees C was about -200 millivolts for the Glu and Asp mutants, and about -80 millivolts for the Asn mutant. At pH 7.0, reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II) in the Glu and Asp mutants is accompanied by uptake of a proton by the protein. These studies demonstrate that Mb can tolerate substitution of a buried hydrophobic group by potentially charged and polar residues and that such amino acid replacements can lead to substantial changes in the redox thermodynamics of the protein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Varadarajan, R -- Zewert, T E -- Gray, H B -- Boxer, S G -- DK 19038/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM 27738/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 6;243(4887):69-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2563171" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Asparagine ; Aspartic Acid ; Glutamates ; Glutamic Acid ; Heme/metabolism ; Humans ; Mutation ; Myoglobin/*metabolism ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins/*metabolism ; Thermodynamics ; Valine
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    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: The contribution of the anticodon to the discrimination between cognate and noncognate tRNAs by Escherichia coli Arg-tRNA synthetase has been investigated by in vitro synthesis and aminoacylation of elongator methionine tRNA (tRNA(mMet) mutants. Substitution of the Arg anticodon CCG for the Met anticodon CAU leads to a dramatic increase in Arg acceptance by tRNA(mMet). A nucleotide (A20) previously identified by others in the dihydrouridine loop of tRNA(Arg)s makes a smaller contribution to the conversion of tRNA(mMet) identity from Met to Arg. The combined anticodon and dihydrouridine loop mutations yield a tRNA(mMet) derivative that is aminoacylated with near-normal kinetics by the Arg-tRNA synthetase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schulman, L H -- Pelka, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1595-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2688091" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Anticodon/*genetics ; Arginine-tRNA Ligase/metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Escherichia coli/enzymology/genetics ; Kinetics ; Methionine-tRNA Ligase/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Transfer/*genetics ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/*genetics ; RNA, Transfer, Arg/*genetics ; Substrate Specificity ; T-Phages/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-03
    Description: Isolation of a clone encoding the mouse lymph node homing receptor reveals a deduced protein with an unusual protein mosaic architecture, containing a separate carbohydrate-binding (lectin) domain, an epidermal growth factor-like (EGF) domain, and an extracellular precisely duplicated repeat unit, which preserves the motif seen in the homologous repeat structure of complement regulatory proteins and other proteins. The receptor molecule is potentially highly glycosylated, and contains an apparent transmembrane region. Analysis of messenger RNA transcripts reveals a predominantly lymphoid distribution in direct relation to the cell surface expression of the MEL-14 determinant, and the cDNA clone is shown to confer the MEL-14 epitope in heterologous cells. The many novel features, including ubiquitination, embodied in this single receptor molecule form the basis for numerous approaches to the study of cell-cell interactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Siegelman, M H -- van de Rijn, M -- Weissman, I L -- AI09022/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- OIG43551/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 3;243(4895):1165-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2646713" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Carbohydrate Metabolism ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; DNA/*genetics ; Epidermal Growth Factor ; Glycosylation ; Lymph Nodes/*metabolism ; Membrane Glycoproteins/*genetics ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-11-03
    Description: An 88-base pair fragment in the core promoter of the human hepatitis B virus (HBV) contains a functional promoter and a strong liver-specific enhancer. This enhancer functions in human hepatoma cells, where it is much more active than the previously described HBV enhancer in stimulating expression of the linked bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene expressed from heterologous promoters. Studies of the role of this enhancer-promoter in HBV may help to clarify mechanisms of gene expression in cells infected with HBV and the role of the virus in the pathogenesis of hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yee, J K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Nov 3;246(4930):658-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2554495" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/genetics ; Chromosome Deletion ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; *Genes, Viral ; Hepatitis B virus/*genetics ; Liver/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; *Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Simplexvirus/enzymology/genetics ; Thymidine Kinase/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; Viral Structural Proteins/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-04-28
    Description: Mice transgenic for a hybrid gene containing the liver promoter of the mouse amylase gene (Amy-1a) fused to the SV40 tumor antigen coding region unexpected developed malignant brown adipose tissue tumors (malignant hibernomas). Expression of the alpha-amylase gene had previously been thought to be confined to the liver parotid, and pancreas; however, analysis of white and brown adipose tissue from nontransgenic mice revealed expression of the endogenous Amy-1a gene in these tissues. Gene constructs driven by the Amy-1a liver promoter thus provide a means of targeting gene expression to the adipocyte cell lineage in transgenic mice. Moreover the high frequency of metastases in the liver, lungs, spleen, heart, and adrenals of these mice provides an experimental system in which to study the development of disseminated malignancy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fox, N -- Crooke, R -- Hwang, L H -- Schibler, U -- Knowles, B B -- Solter, D -- CA-10815/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-18470/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-21124/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 28;244(4903):460-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2785714" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adipose Tissue/metabolism/pathology ; *Adipose Tissue, Brown/metabolism/pathology ; Animals ; Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming/*genetics ; Cloning, Molecular ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Liver/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Neoplasms, Experimental/*genetics/pathology ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism ; Tissue Distribution ; Transcription, Genetic ; alpha-Amylases/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-07-21
    Description: Mammalian glucocorticoid receptors enhance transcription from linked promoters by binding to glucocorticoid response element (GRE) DNA sequences. Understanding the mechanism of receptor action will require biochemical studies with purified components. Enhancement was observed in vitro with derivatives of the receptor that were expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and added to a cell-free extract from Drosophila embryo nuclei. Transcription from promoters linked to one or multiple GREs was selectively enhanced by as much as six times. The effect was weaker with only one GRE, and enhancement was abolished by a point mutation that inactivates the GRE in vivo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Freedman, L P -- Yoshinaga, S K -- Vanderbilt, J N -- Yamamoto, K R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 21;245(4915):298-301.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2473529" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA/genetics/metabolism ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Mutation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA/biosynthesis ; Rats ; Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Templates, Genetic ; *Transcription, Genetic
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  • 44
    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: The pituitary hormone thyrotropin, or thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), is the main physiological agent that regulates the thyroid gland. The thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) was cloned by selective amplification with the polymerase chain reaction of DNA segments presenting sequence similarity with genes for G protein-coupled receptors. Out of 11 new putative receptor clones obtained from genomic DNA, one had sequence characteristics different from all the others. Although this clone did not hybridize to thyroid transcripts, screening of a dog thyroid complementary DNA (cDNA) library at moderate stringency identified a cDNA encoding a 4.9-kilobase thyroid-specific transcript. The polypeptide encoded by this thyroid-specific transcript consisted of a 398-amino acid residue amino-terminal segment, constituting a putative extracellular domain, connected to a 346-residue carboxyl-terminal domain that contained seven putative transmembrane segments. Expression of the cDNA conferred TSH responsiveness to Xenopus oocytes and Y1 cells and a TSH binding phenotype to COS cells. The TSHR and the receptor for luteinizing hormone-choriogonadotropin constitute a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors with distinct sequence characteristics.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Parmentier, M -- Libert, F -- Maenhaut, C -- Lefort, A -- Gerard, C -- Perret, J -- Van Sande, J -- Dumont, J E -- Vassart, G -- R01-DK21732/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1620-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2556796" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Cell Line ; *Cloning, Molecular ; Cyclic AMP ; Dogs ; Female ; *Genes ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes/drug effects/metabolism ; Organ Specificity ; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Receptors, Thyrotropin/*genetics ; Thyrotropin/pharmacology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Xenopus
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  • 45
    Publication Date: 1989-10-27
    Description: Immunization with chemically detoxified pertussis toxin can prevent severe whooping cough with an efficacy similar to that of the cellular pertussis vaccine, which normally gives unwanted side effects. To avoid the reversion to toxicity and the loss of immunogenicity that may follow chemical treatment of pertussis toxin, inactive toxins were constructed by genetic manipulation. A number of genetically engineered alleles of the pertussis toxin genes, constructed by replacing either one or two key amino acids within the enzymatically active S1 subunit, were introduced into the chromosome of strains of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica. These strains produce mutant pertussis toxin molecules that are nontoxic and immunogenic and that protect mice from the intracerebral challenge with virulent Bordetella pertussis. Such molecules are ideal for the development of new and safer vaccines against whooping cough.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pizza, M -- Covacci, A -- Bartoloni, A -- Perugini, M -- Nencioni, L -- De Magistris, M T -- Villa, L -- Nucci, D -- Manetti, R -- Bugnoli, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 27;246(4929):497-500.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Sclavo Research Center, Siena, Italy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2683073" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Female ; Genetic Techniques ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mutation ; *Pertussis Toxin ; Pertussis Vaccine/*toxicity ; Rabbits ; Vaccines, Synthetic/toxicity ; Virulence Factors, Bordetella/genetics/immunology/*toxicity
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  • 46
    Publication Date: 1989-05-05
    Description: Promonocytic (U1) and T lymphocytic (ACH-2) cell lines chronically infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) constitutively express low levels of virus, but expression can be induced by phorbol esters and cytokines. Whereas ACH-2 cells produce infectious virions, U1 cells produce defective, noninfectious particles. Although 3'-azido-3'-deoxythimidine (AZT) prevented acute HIV infection of susceptible cells, it did not prevent the induction of HIV expression in the infected cell lines. In contrast, interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) inhibited the release of reverse transcriptase and viral antigens into the culture supernatant after phorbol ester stimulation of both cell lines. Further, IFN-alpha suppressed the production or release (or both) of whole HIV virions, but had no effect on the amount of cell-associated viral proteins. Also, after phorbol ester stimulation of ACH-2 cells, IFN-alpha reduced the number of infectious viral particles secreted into the culture supernatant, but had no effect on the infectivity of cell-associated virus. These findings lend support to the combined use of antiviral agents that have action at both the early (AZT) and the late (IFN-alpha) stages of HIV replication.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Poli, G -- Orenstein, J M -- Kinter, A -- Folks, T M -- Fauci, A S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 5;244(4904):575-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2470148" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/therapy ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/microbiology ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Gene Expression Regulation ; HIV-1/drug effects/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Immunoblotting ; Interferon Type I/administration & dosage/*pharmacology ; Microscopy, Electron ; Monocytes/microbiology ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins ; T-Lymphocytes/microbiology ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Vacuoles/microbiology ; Virion/drug effects/physiology/ultrastructure ; Virus Replication/*drug effects ; Zidovudine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology
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  • 47
    Publication Date: 1989-02-03
    Description: The nitrogen regulatory (NtrC) protein of enteric bacteria, which binds to sites that have the properties of transcriptional enhancers, is known to activate transcription by a form of RNA polymerase that contains the NtrA protein (sigma 54) as sigma factor (referred to as sigma 54-holoenzyme). In the presence of adenosine triphosphate, the NtrC protein catalyzes isomerization of closed recognition complexes between sigma 54-holoenzyme and the glnA promoter to open complexes in which DNA in the region of the transcription start site is locally denatured. NtrC is not required subsequently for maintenance of open complexes or initiation of transcription.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Popham, D L -- Szeto, D -- Keener, J -- Kustu, S -- GM38361/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 3;243(4891):629-35.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Berkley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2563595" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/analogs & derivatives/metabolism/pharmacology ; *Bacterial Proteins ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; Deoxyribonuclease I ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/genetics ; Heparin/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins ; Phosphorylation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Salmonella typhimurium/*genetics ; Sigma Factor/metabolism ; *Trans-Activators ; Transcription Factors ; *Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-10-27
    Description: Expression of the c-myc oncogene is deregulated in a variety of malignancies. Rearrangement and mutation of the c-myc locus is a characteristic feature of human Burkitt's lymphoma. Whether deregulation is solely a result of mutation of c-myc or whether it is influenced by the transformed B cell context has not been determined. A translocated and mutated allele of c-myc was stably transfected into fibroblasts. The rearranged allele was expressed indistinguishably from a normal c-myc gene: it had serum-regulated expression, was transcribed with normal promoter preference, and was strongly attenuated. Thus mutations by themselves are insufficient to deregulate c-myc transcription.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Richman, A -- Hayday, A -- 40364/PHS HHS/ -- GM 07499/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 27;246(4929):494-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biology Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2683072" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics ; Cell Line ; Fibroblasts/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Humans ; Mutation ; Oncogenes/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc ; *Transfection ; Translocation, Genetic
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  • 49
    Publication Date: 1989-09-08
    Description: Overlapping complementary DNA clones were isolated from epithelial cell libraries with a genomic DNA segment containing a portion of the putative cystic fibrosis (CF) locus, which is on chromosome 7. Transcripts, approximately 6500 nucleotides in size, were detectable in the tissues affected in patients with CF. The predicted protein consists of two similar motifs, each with (i) a domain having properties consistent with membrane association and (ii) a domain believed to be involved in ATP (adenosine triphosphate) binding. A deletion of three base pairs that results in the omission of a phenylalanine residue at the center of the first predicted nucleotide-binding domain was detected in CF patients.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Riordan, J R -- Rommens, J M -- Kerem, B -- Alon, N -- Rozmahel, R -- Grzelczak, Z -- Zielenski, J -- Lok, S -- Plavsic, N -- Chou, J L -- DK34944/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK39690/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Sep 8;245(4922):1066-73.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2475911" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Biological Transport ; Cloning, Molecular/methods ; Cystic Fibrosis/*genetics/metabolism/pathology ; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ; DNA/*isolation & purification ; *Genes ; *Genes, Recessive ; Humans ; Ion Channels/pathology ; Membrane Proteins/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 50
    Publication Date: 1989-03-10
    Description: An analysis of the aminoacylation kinetics of unmodified yeast tRNAPhe mutants revealed that five single-stranded nucleotides are important for its recognition by yeast phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, provided they were positioned correctly in a properly folded tRNA structure. When four other tRNAs were changed to have these five nucleotides, they became near-normal substrates for the enzyme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sampson, J R -- DiRenzo, A B -- Behlen, L S -- Uhlenbeck, O C -- GM 37552/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 10;243(4896):1363-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2646717" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Phenylalanine-tRNA Ligase/*metabolism ; Plants/genetics ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/*genetics ; RNA, Transfer, Phe/*genetics/metabolism ; Schizosaccharomyces/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Triticum/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-12-15
    Description: Tumor suppressor genes are wild-type alleles of genes that play regulatory roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, and other cellular and systemic processes. It is their loss or inactivation that is oncogenic. The first evidence of tumor suppressor genes appeared in the early 1970s, but only within the past few years has a wealth of new information illuminated the central importance of these genes. Two or more different suppressor genes may be inactivated in the same tumors, and the same suppressors may be inactive in different tumor types (for example, lung, breast, and colon). The suppressor genes already identified are involved in cell cycle control, signal transduction, angiogenesis, and development, indicating that they contribute to a broad array of normal and tumor-related functions. It is proposed that tumor suppressor genes provide a vast untapped resource for anticancer therapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sager, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 15;246(4936):1406-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Cancer Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2574499" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alleles ; Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Division ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Cloning, Molecular ; Eye Neoplasms/genetics ; Heterozygote ; Humans ; Hybrid Cells ; Kidney Neoplasms/genetics ; Mutation ; Neoplasms/*genetics ; Oncogene Proteins/genetics ; Phosphoproteins/genetics ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Retinoblastoma/genetics ; Suppression, Genetic/*genetics ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; Wilms Tumor/genetics
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  • 52
    Publication Date: 1989-08-11
    Description: The endogenous c-mos product, pp39mos, is required for progesterone-induced meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. Treatment of oocytes with progesterone induced a rapid increase in pp39mos that preceded both the activation of maturation promoting factor (MPF) and germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). Microinjection of synthetic mos RNA into oocytes activated MPF and induced GVBD in the absence of progesterone. Thus, the mos proto-oncogene product may qualify as a candidate "initiator" protein of MPF and is at least one of the "triggers" for G2 to M transition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sagata, N -- Daar, I -- Oskarsson, M -- Showalter, S D -- Vande Woude, G F -- N01-CO-74101/CO/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 11;245(4918):643-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉BRI-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research Facility, MD 21701.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2474853" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cycloheximide/pharmacology ; Female ; Growth Substances/physiology ; Kinetics ; Maturation-Promoting Factor ; Meiosis/drug effects ; Microinjections ; Oocytes/*physiology ; Progesterone/pharmacology ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mos ; RNA/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; Xenopus
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  • 53
    Publication Date: 1989-02-24
    Description: In Drosophila, five "terminal" polarity genes must be active in females in order for them to produce embryos with normal anterior and posterior ends. Hypoactivity mutations in one such gene, torso, result in the loss of the most posterior domain of fushi tarazu expression and the terminal cuticular structures. In contrast, a torso hyperactivity mutation causes the loss of central fushi tarazu expression and central cuticular structures. Cytoplasmic leakage, transplantation, and temperature-shift experiments suggest that the latter effect is caused by abnormal persistence of the torso product in the central region of the embryo during early development. Thus, the amount and timing of torso activity is key to distinguishing the central and terminal regions of the embryo. Mutations in the tailless terminal gene act as dominant maternal suppressors of the hyperactive torso allele, indicating that the torso product acts through, or in concert with, the tailless product.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Strecker, T R -- Halsell, S R -- Fisher, W W -- Lipshitz, H D -- GM07616/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HD23099/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 24;243(4894 Pt 1):1062-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2922596" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Abdomen ; Alleles ; Animals ; Cytoplasm/physiology ; Drosophila/anatomy & histology/embryology/*genetics ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Suppression, Genetic ; Thorax
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    Publication Date: 1989-11-17
    Description: The proposal that the absorption maximum of the visual pigments is governed by interaction of the 11-cis-retinal chromophore with charged carboxylic acid side chains in the membrane-embedded regions of the proteins has been tested by mutating five Asp and Glu residues thought to be buried in rhodopsin. Changing Glu113 to Gln causes a dramatic shift in the absorption maximum from 500 nanometers to 380 nanometers, a decrease in the pKa (acidity constant) of the protonated Schiff base of the chromophore to about 6, and a greatly increased reactivity with hydroxylamine. Thus Glu113 appears to be the counterion to the protonated Schiff base. Wavelength modulation in visual pigments apparently is not governed by electrostatic interaction with carboxylate residues, other than the counterion.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhukovsky, E A -- Oprian, D D -- 5T32 GM07596-11/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- EY07965/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- R01 EY007965/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- S07 RR07044/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Nov 17;246(4932):928-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2573154" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Aspartic Acid ; Glutamates ; Glutamic Acid ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Hydroxylamine ; Hydroxylamines/pharmacology ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Retinal Pigments/*metabolism ; Retinaldehyde/*metabolism ; Retinoids/*metabolism ; Rhodopsin/genetics/*metabolism ; Schiff Bases ; Spectrophotometry
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  • 55
    Publication Date: 1989-10-27
    Description: Activation of protein kinase C is thought to require association of the kinase with the cell membrane. It has been assumed that cellular substrates for the kinase must likewise be associated with membranes, and previous studies with membrane-associated myristoylated proteins have supported this view. It is now shown that a mutation that prevents the normal amino-terminal myristoylation of a prominent cellular substrate of protein kinase C, and appears to prevent its membrane association, does not prevent the normal phosphorylation of this protein in intact cells in response to phorbol esters. Thus, membrane association may not be required in order for protein kinase C substrates to undergo phosphorylation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Graff, J M -- Gordon, J I -- Blackshear, P J -- 2T32-GM 07171/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- AI27179/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 27;246(4929):503-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratories, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2814478" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Chickens ; Enzyme Activation ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Mutation ; Myristic Acid ; Myristic Acids ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Kinase C/*metabolism ; Proteins/*metabolism ; Substrate Specificity ; Transfection
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  • 56
    Publication Date: 1989-06-23
    Description: The multiprotein-DNA complexes that participate in bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination were used to study the combined effect of protein-induced bending and protein-mediated looping of DNA. The protein integrase (Int) is a monomer with two autonomous DNA binding domains of different sequence specificity. Stimulation of Int binding and cleavage at the low affinity core-type DNA sites required interactions with the high affinity arm-type sites and depended on simultaneous binding of the sequence-specific DNA bending protein IHF (integration host factor). The bivalent DNA binding protein is positioned at high affinity sites and directed, by a DNA bending protein, to interactions with distant lower affinity sites. Assembly of this complex is independent of protein-protein interactions.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892171/" 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/PMC1892171/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Moitoso de Vargas, L -- Kim, S -- Landy, A -- AI-13544/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM-33928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM033928/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM062723/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 23;244(4911):1457-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2544029" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Bacteriophage lambda/enzymology/*genetics ; Binding Sites ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/*metabolism ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; DNA Transposable Elements ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics/*metabolism ; DNA, Viral/genetics/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Integrases ; Integration Host Factors ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation/*drug effects ; Recombination, Genetic
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  • 57
    Publication Date: 1989-08-25
    Description: Blue cone monochromacy is a rare X-linked disorder of color vision characterized by the absence of both red and green cone sensitivities. In 12 of 12 families carrying this trait, alterations are observed in the red and green visual pigment gene cluster. The alterations fall into two classes. One class arose from the wild type by a two-step pathway consisting of unequal homologous recombination and point mutation. The second class arose by nonhomologous deletion of genomic DNA adjacent to the red and green pigment gene cluster. These deletions define a 579-base pair region that is located 4 kilobases upstream of the red pigment gene and 43 kilobases upstream of the nearest green pigment gene; this 579-base pair region is essential for the activity of both pigment genes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nathans, J -- Davenport, C M -- Maumenee, I H -- Lewis, R A -- Hejtmancik, J F -- Litt, M -- Lovrien, E -- Weleber, R -- Bachynski, B -- Zwas, F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 25;245(4920):831-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Wilmer Ophthalmologic Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2788922" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Adult ; Base Sequence ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosome Deletion ; Color Vision Defects/*genetics ; DNA/analysis ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Retinal Pigments/genetics ; Thalassemia/genetics ; X Chromosome
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    Publication Date: 1989-04-14
    Description: A new method has been developed that makes it possible to site-specifically incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins. Synthetic amino acids were incorporated into the enzyme beta-lactamase by the use of a chemically acylated suppressor transfer RNA that inserted the amino acid in response to a stop codon substituted for the codon encoding residue of interest. Peptide mapping localized the inserted amino acid to a single peptide, and enough enzyme could be generated for purification to homogeneity. The catalytic properties of several mutants at the conserved Phe66 were characterized. The ability to selectively replace amino acids in a protein with a wide variety of structural and electronic variants should provide a more detailed understanding of protein structure and function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Noren, C J -- Anthony-Cahill, S J -- Griffith, M C -- Schultz, P G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 14;244(4901):182-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2649980" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amino Acids ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; Mutation ; Protein Biosynthesis ; *Proteins ; RNA, Transfer/isolation & purification ; beta-Lactamases
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  • 59
    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: Granulocyte and natural killer (NK) cell Fc receptors for immunoglobulin G (CD16) differ in only a few amino acids, yet have phosphatidylinositol glycan (PIG) or polypeptide membrane anchors, respectively. Mutagenesis shows that anchoring is regulated by a serine residue near the PIG anchor attachment site in the extracellular domain. The NK cell isoform was not expressed on the surface of COS cells unless cotransfected with a subunit that was expressed in NK cells and that was identical to the gamma subunit of the high affinity IgE Fc receptor (Fc epsilon RI). However, the CD16 sequence and not expression of the gamma subunit is dominant in regulating PIG reanchoring.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hibbs, M L -- Selvaraj, P -- Carpen, O -- Springer, T A -- Kuster, H -- Jouvin, M H -- Kinet, J P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1608-11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2531918" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD/genetics ; Antigens, Differentiation/*genetics ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/immunology ; Flow Cytometry ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Immunoglobulin ; Granulocytes/immunology ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Killer Cells, Natural/immunology ; L Cells (Cell Line)/immunology ; Mice ; Mutation ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/isolation & purification ; Receptors, Fc/*genetics ; Receptors, IgG ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1989-01-27
    Description: Differential gene expression in the mother cell chamber of sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis is determined in part by an RNA polymerase sigma factor called sigma K (or sigma 27). The sigma K factor was assigned as the product of the sporulation gene spoIVCB on the basis of the partial aminoterminal amino acid sequence of the purified protein. The spoIVCB gene is now shown to be a truncated gene capable of specifying only the amino terminal half of sigma K. The carboxyl terminal half is specified by another sporulation gene, spoIIIC, to which spoIVCB becomes joined inframe at an intermediate stage of sporulation by site-specific recombination within a 5-base pair repeated sequence. Juxtaposition of spoIVCB and spoIIIC need not be reversible in that the mother cell and its chromosome are discarded at the end of the developmental cycle. The rearrangement of chromosomal DNA could account for the presence of sigma K selectively in the mother cell and may be a precedent for the generation of cell type-specific regulatory proteins in other developmental systems where cells undergo terminal differentiation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stragier, P -- Kunkel, B -- Kroos, L -- Losick, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 27;243(4890):507-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2536191" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus subtilis/*genetics/physiology ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA Probes ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; *Gene Rearrangement ; *Genes, Bacterial ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Sigma Factor/genetics ; Spores, Bacterial ; Transcription Factors/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1989-07-07
    Description: Protein interiors contain many tightly packed apolar atoms in a nearly crystalline state. Both shielding of apolar atoms from solvent and efficient interior packing arrangements affect protein stability, but their relative importance is unclear. To separate these effects, the stabilities of wild-type and mutant gene V proteins from bacteriophage fl were studied by measuring resistance to denaturation. The effects of subtle interior packing changes, both separate from and combined with changes in buried side chain hydrophobicity, were measured. For the interior apolar-to-apolar substitutions studied, the two effects were of the same magnitude and alteration of packing without accompanying hydrophobicity changes substantially destabilized the protein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sandberg, W S -- Terwilliger, T C -- 5732 GM07281/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM38714/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 7;245(4913):54-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2787053" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Calorimetry ; Coliphages/genetics ; Drug Stability ; Guanidine ; Guanidines ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Denaturation ; *Viral Proteins/genetics
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  • 62
    Publication Date: 1989-07-07
    Description: The insulin receptor has an intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity that is essential for signal transduction. A mutant insulin receptor gene lacking almost the entire kinase domain has been identified in an individual with type A insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans. Insulin binding to the erythrocytes or cultured fibroblasts from this individual was normal. However receptor autophosphorylation and tyrosine kinase activity toward an exogenous substrate were reduced in partially purified insulin receptors from the proband's lymphocytes that had been transformed by Epstein-Barr virus. The insulin resistance associated with this mutated gene was inherited by the proband from her mother as an apparently autosomal dominant trait. Thus a deletion in one allele of the insulin receptor gene may be at least partly responsible for some instances of insulin-resistant diabetes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Taira, M -- Hashimoto, N -- Shimada, F -- Suzuki, Y -- Kanatsuka, A -- Nakamura, F -- Ebina, Y -- Tatibana, M -- Makino, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 7;245(4913):63-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Second Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, Inohana, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2544997" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Alleles ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; *Chromosome Deletion ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/enzymology/*genetics ; Female ; *Genes ; Humans ; Insulin Resistance ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Pedigree ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*genetics ; Receptor, Insulin/*genetics ; Restriction Mapping
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    Publication Date: 1989-05-19
    Description: During frog embryogenesis, mesoderm is specified in the equatorial region of the early embryo by a signal from the vegetal hemisphere. Prospective ectodermal cells dissected from the animal hemisphere can be respecified to form mesodermal tissues by recombination with vegetal tissue or by treatment with any of several polypeptide growth factors or growth factor-like molecules. Together with the discovery that several developmental mutations in Drosophila are in genes with significant homology to mammalian mitogens and oncogenes, these observations suggest that early developmental signals may use similar transduction pathways to mitogenic signals characterized in cultured mammalian cells. Whether mesoderm can be induced by activation of intracellular signal transduction pathways implicated in mitogenesis and oncogenesis has been investigated with the viral oncogene polyoma middle T. Microinjection of middle T messenger RNA into early embryos results in the respecification of isolated prospective ectodermal tissue to form characteristic mesodermal structures. Middle T in frog blastomeres appears to associate with cellular activities similar to those observed in polyoma-transformed mouse cells, and transformation-defective middle T mutants fail to induce mesoderm. These results suggest that early inductive signals and mitogenic and oncogenic stimuli may share common signal transduction pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Whitman, M -- Melton, D A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 19;244(4906):803-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2658054" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming/genetics ; Blastocyst/physiology ; Blastomeres/physiology ; Ectoderm/physiology ; Immunosorbent Techniques ; Mesoderm/*physiology ; Mitosis ; Morphogenesis ; Muscles/embryology ; Mutation ; *Oncogenes ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; *Signal Transduction ; Transfection ; Transformation, Genetic ; Xenopus/*embryology
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-03
    Description: Sindbis virus, an enveloped virus with a single-stranded RNA genome, was engineered to express a bacterial protein, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), in cultured insect, avian, and mammalian cells. The vectors were self-replicating and gene expression was efficient and rapid; up to 10(8) CAT polypeptides were produced per infected cell in 16 to 20 hours. CAT expression could be made temperature-sensitive by means of a derivative that incorporated a temperature-sensitive mutation in viral RNA synthesis. Vector genomic RNAs were packaged into infectious particles when Sindbis helper virus was used to supply virion structural proteins. The vector RNAs were stable to at least seven cycles of infection. The expression of CAT increased about 10(3)-fold, despite a 10(15)-fold dilution during the passaging. Sindbis virus vectors should prove useful for expressing large quantities of gene products in a variety of animal cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Xiong, C -- Levis, R -- Shen, P -- Schlesinger, S -- Rice, C M -- Huang, H V -- AG05681/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AI11377/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI24134/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 3;243(4895):1188-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2922607" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aedes ; Animals ; Bacteria/enzymology ; Cells, Cultured ; Chick Embryo ; Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/*genetics ; Codon ; Cricetinae ; DNA/genetics ; Drosophila ; Gene Amplification ; Gene Expression Regulation ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Quail ; RNA, Viral/*genetics ; Sindbis Virus/*genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1989-02-03
    Description: A 148-nucleotide subfragment of hepatitis delta virus RNA was shown to undergo cleavage and ligation reversibly. The direction of the reaction is determined by the presence or absence of Mg2+ ions, with the presence of Mg2+ favoring the cleavage reaction. Ligation requires specific conformation of the RNA molecules involved and occurs only between two cleaved RNA fragments that are still held together by hydrogen bonds. The ligation reaction occurs rapidly on removal of Mg2+ by EDTA. This represents a new class of RNA enzymes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wu, H N -- Lai, M M -- AI26741/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 3;243(4891):652-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2492677" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Edetic Acid/pharmacology ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Hepatitis Delta Virus/*genetics ; Hot Temperature ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Magnesium/pharmacology ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Plasmids ; RNA, Viral/biosynthesis/*metabolism ; T-Phages/enzymology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Virus Replication
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-18
    Description: The chemical identity of the amino acid free-radical site that represents one of the two oxidizing equivalents stored in the H2O2-oxidized intermediate (compound ES) of the mitochondrial heme enzyme, cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP) has been sought for almost a quarter of a century. Site-directed mutagenesis alone cannot yield this answer. Low-temperature 35-gigahertz (Q-band) electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy was used to examine compound ES prepared from proteins containing specifically deuterated methionine or tryptophan, as well as the amino acid replacement Trp51----Phe. The results definitely identify the site of the radical in compound ES as tryptophan, most likely Trp191.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sivaraja, M -- Goodin, D B -- Smith, M -- Hoffman, B M -- GM-33804/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM-41049/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL-13531/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM041049/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 18;245(4919):738-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2549632" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; *Cytochrome-c Peroxidase/genetics ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; Free Radicals ; Mutation ; Oxidation-Reduction ; *Peroxidases/genetics ; Recombinant Proteins ; *Tryptophan
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    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: Fos and Jun form a heterodimeric complex that associates with the nucleotide sequence motif known as the AP-1 binding site. Although this complex has been proposed to function as a transcriptional regulator in neurons, no specific target gene has yet been identified. Proenkephalin mRNA increased in the hippocampus during seizure just after an increase in c-fos and c-jun expression was detected. Fos-Jun complexes bound specifically to a regulatory sequence in the 5' control region of the proenkephalin gene. Furthermore, c-fos and c-jun stimulated transcription from this control region synergistically in transactivation assays. These data suggest that the proenkephalin gene may be a physiological target for Fos and Jun in the hippocampus and indicate that these proto-oncogene transcription factors may play a role in neuronal responses to stimulation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sonnenberg, J L -- Rauscher, F J 3rd -- Morgan, J I -- Curran, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1622-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology, Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, NJ 07110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2512642" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Brain/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Enkephalins/*genetics ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; *Genes ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Precursors/*genetics ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun ; *Proto-Oncogenes ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Teratoma ; Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-31
    Description: The discovery that the AP-1 family of enhancer binding factors includes a complex of the cellular Fos (cFos) and cellular Jun (cJun) proteins established a direct and important link between oncogenesis and transcriptional regulation. Homodimeric cJun protein synthesized in vitro is capable of binding selectively to AP-1 recognition sites, whereas the cFos polypeptide is not. When cotranslated, the cFos and cJun proteins can form a stable, heterodimeric complex with the DNA binding properties of AP-1/cJun. The related proteins Jun B and vJun are also able to form DNA binding complexes with cFos. Directed mutagenesis of the cFos protein reveals that a leucine repeat structure is required for binding to cJun, in a manner consistent with the proposed function of the "leucine zipper." A novel domain adjacent to, but distinct from, the leucine repeat of cFos is required for DNA binding by cFos-cJun heterodimers. Thus experimental evidence is presented that leucine repeats can mediate complex formation between heterologous proteins and that promotes further understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the function of two proto-oncogene products.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Turner, R -- Tjian, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 31;243(4899):1689-94.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2494701" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Chromatography, Affinity ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; *Leucine ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Oncogenes ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun ; Rats ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1989-08-18
    Description: Oligonucleotides that bind to duplex DNA in a sequence-specific manner by triple helix formation offer an approach to the experimental manipulation of sequence-specific protein binding. Micromolar concentrations of pyrimidine oligodeoxyribonucleotides are shown to block recognition of double helical DNA by prokaryotic modifying enzymes and a eukaryotic transcription factor at a homopurine target site. Inhibition is sequence-specific. Oligonucleotides containing 5-methylcytosine provide substantially more efficient inhibition than oligonucleotides containing cytosine. The results have implications for gene-specific repression by oligonucleotides or their analogs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maher, L J 3rd -- Wold, B -- Dervan, P B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 18;245(4919):725-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2549631" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 5-Methylcytosine ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cytosine/analogs & derivatives ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA Restriction Enzymes ; DNA, Recombinant ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific/metabolism ; Metallothionein/genetics ; Methylation ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/*pharmacology ; Plasmids ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1989-06-16
    Description: Recombinant DNA clones containing large pieces of DNA are useful in the study of large genetic units, but these are difficult to make in most bacterial cloning vectors. A strategy is described that uses general and site-specific recombination to construct large pieces of eukaryotic DNA from smaller cloned segments. The large clones are propagated on F factor-based plasmids in Escherichia coli. They can be easily modified to introduce mutations or rearrangements. These techniques were applied to the construction of large DNA segments from the bithorax complex of Drosophila.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉O'Connor, M -- Peifer, M -- Bender, W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 16;244(4910):1307-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2660262" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: DNA, Recombinant/*biosynthesis ; DNA, Superhelical/biosynthesis ; Escherichia coli/*genetics ; *F Factor ; Genetic Vectors ; Mutation ; Plasmids ; *Transformation, Bacterial
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    Publication Date: 1989-03-31
    Description: The protein products of the fos and jun proto-oncogenes form a heterodimeric complex that participates in a stable high affinity interaction with DNA elements containing AP-1 binding sites. The effects of deletions and point mutations in Fos and Jun on protein complex formation and DNA binding have been examined. The data suggest that Fos and Jun dimerize via a parallel interaction of helical domains containing a heptad repeat of leucine residues (the leucine zipper). Dimerization is required for DNA binding and results in the appropriate juxtaposition of basic amino acid regions from Fos and Jun, both of which are required for association with DNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gentz, R -- Rauscher, F J 3rd -- Abate, C -- Curran, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 31;243(4899):1695-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ 07110.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2494702" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; DNA/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Glutaral ; Immunosorbent Techniques ; *Leucine ; Macromolecular Substances ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun ; Rats ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1989-03-17
    Description: A true Bronsted analysis of proton transfer in an enzyme mechanism is made possible by the chemical rescue of an inactive mutant of aspartate aminotransferase, where the endogenous general base, Lys258, is replaced with Ala by site-directed mutagenesis. Catalytic activity is restored to this inactive mutant by exogenous amines. The eleven amines studied generate a Bronsted correlation with beta of 0.4 for the transamination of cysteine sulfinate, when steric effects are included in the regression analysis. Localized mutagenesis thus allows the classical Bronsted analysis of transition-state structure to be applied to enzyme-catalyzed reactions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Toney, M D -- Kirsch, J F -- GM07232/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM35393/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 17;243(4897):1485-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2538921" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amines ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; Kinetics ; Lysine ; Mutation ; Protons
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  • 73
    Publication Date: 1989-04-21
    Description: RNA amplification with transcript sequencing (RAWTS) is a rapid and sensitive method of direct sequencing that involves complementary DNA synthesis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a primer or primers containing a phage promoter, transcription from the phage promoter, and reverse transcriptase-mediated sequencing. By means of RAWTS, it was possible to sequence each of four tissue-specific human messenger RNAs (blue pigment, factor IX, phenylalanine hydroxylase, and tyrosine hydroxylase) in four cell types examined (white blood cells, liver, K562 erythroleukemia cells, and chorionic villus cells). These results indicate that there is a basal rate of transcription, splicing, and polyadenylation of tissue-specific mRNAs in adult and embryonic tissues. In addition to revealing sequence information, it is possible to generate a desired in vitro translation product by incorporating a translation initiation signal into the appropriate PCR primer. RAWTS can be used to obtain novel mRNA sequence information from other species as illustrated with a segment of the catalytic domain of factor IX. In general, the ability to obtain mRNA sequences rapidly across species boundaries should aid both the study of protein evolution and the identification of sequences crucial for protein structure and function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sarkar, G -- Sommer, S S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 21;244(4902):331-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2565599" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Chorionic Villi/analysis ; DNA/biosynthesis ; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism ; Factor IX/*genetics ; Gene Amplification ; Humans ; Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/metabolism ; Leukocytes/analysis ; Liver/analysis ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phenylalanine Hydroxylase/*genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Biosynthesis ; RNA, Messenger/*genetics ; Retinal Pigments/*genetics ; Species Specificity ; Tissue Distribution ; Transcription, Genetic ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/*genetics
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  • 74
    Publication Date: 1989-09-15
    Description: The Tar chemoreceptor of Escherichia coli is a membrane-bound sensory protein that facilitates bacterial chemotaxis in response to aspartate. The EnvZ molecule has a membrane topology similar to Tar and is a putative osmosensor that is required for osmoregulation of the genes for the major outer membrane porin proteins, OmpF and OmpC. The cytoplasmic signaling domain of Tar was replaced with the carboxyl portion of EnvZ, and the resulting chimeric receptor activated transcription of the ompC gene in response to aspartate. The activation of ompC by the chimeric receptor was absolutely dependent on OmpR, a transcriptional activator for ompF and ompC.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Utsumi, R -- Brissette, R E -- Rampersaud, A -- Forst, S A -- Oosawa, K -- Inouye, M -- GM12350/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM1553/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM19043-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Sep 15;245(4923):1246-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2476847" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aspartic Acid/*pharmacology ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins ; Chemoreceptor Cells ; Chimera ; Escherichia coli/*genetics/metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genetic Vectors ; Ion Channels ; Osmolar Concentration ; Plasmids ; Porins ; Signal Transduction/*drug effects ; Transcription, Genetic ; Triethylenephosphoramide ; Water-Electrolyte Balance
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    Publication Date: 1989-06-16
    Description: Filamentous fungi are important in medicine, industry, agriculture, and basic biological research. For example, some fungal species are pathogenic to humans, whereas others produce beta-lactam antibiotics (penicillin and cephalosporin). Industrial strains produce large amounts of enzymes, such as glucoamylase and proteases, and low molecular weight compounds, such as citric acid. The largest and most economically important group of plant pathogens are fungi. Several fungal species have biological properties and genetic systems that make them ideally suited for basic biological research. Recently developed techniques for genetic engineering of filamentous fungi make it possible to alter their detrimental and beneficial activities in novel ways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Timberlake, W E -- Marshall, M A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 16;244(4910):1313-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2525275" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aspergillus nidulans/*genetics ; Forecasting ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genetic Engineering/*methods/trends ; Mutation ; Neurospora/*genetics ; Neurospora crassa/*genetics ; Transformation, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1989-06-30
    Description: Ribonuclease P (RNase P) RNA is the catalytic moiety of the ribonucleoprotein enzyme that removes precursor sequences from the 5' ends of pre-transfer RNAs in eubacteria. Phylogenetic variation according to recently proposed secondary structure models was used to identify structural elements of the RNase P RNA that are dispensable for catalysis. A simplified RNase P RNA that consists only of evolutionarily conserved features was designed, synthesized, and characterized. Although the simplified RNA (Min 1 RNA) is only 263 nucleotides in length, in contrast to the 354 to 417 nucleotides of naturally occurring RNase P RNAs, its specificity of pre-tRNA cleavage is identical to that of the native enzymes. Moreover, the catalytic efficiencies of the Min 1 RNA and the native RNA enzymes are similar. These results focus the search for the catalytic elements of RNase P RNAs to their conserved structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Waugh, D S -- Green, C J -- Pace, N R -- GM29231/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM34527/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 30;244(4912):1569-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2472671" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacillus megaterium/enzymology ; Base Sequence ; Biological Evolution ; Catalysis ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics ; Endoribonucleases/genetics/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; *Escherichia coli Proteins ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Plasmids ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Bacterial/genetics/*metabolism ; Ribonuclease P ; Species Specificity ; T-Phages/enzymology/genetics ; Temperature ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 77
    Publication Date: 1989-08-18
    Description: The expression of proto-oncogenes representative of several functional categories has been investigated during development of mouse male germ cells. The c-raf proto-oncogene and three members of the c-ras gene family were expressed in mitotically active stem cells, throughout the prophase of meiosis and to varying extents in post-meiotic cell types. In contrast, the nuclear proto-oncogenes c-fos, c-jun, and c-myc were specifically expressed at high levels in type B spermatogonia. High levels of c-myc and c-jun RNAs were also detected in spermatocytes early in the prophase of meiosis. The type B spermatogonia represent the last mitotic cell division before entry into meiotic prophase; therefore, these nuclear proto-oncogenes may be involved in altering programs of gene expression at this developmental transition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolfes, H -- Kogawa, K -- Millette, C F -- Cooper, G M -- CA 21082/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 28946/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HD 15269/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 18;245(4919):740-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2475907" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Nucleus/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Male ; *Meiosis ; Mice ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) ; *Proto-Oncogenes ; RNA/analysis ; Spermatids/metabolism ; Spermatocytes/metabolism ; *Spermatogenesis ; Spermatogonia/metabolism ; Spermatozoa/analysis/metabolism/*ultrastructure ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 78
    Publication Date: 1988-03-18
    Description: A probe for the 5' end of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene was used to study expression of the gene in normal human muscle, myogenic cell cultures, and muscle from patients with DMD. Expression was found in RNA from normal fetal muscle, adult cardiac and skeletal muscle, and cultured muscle after myoblast fusion. In DMD muscle, expression of this portion of the gene was also revealed by in situ RNA hybridization, particularly in regenerating muscle fibers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Scott, M O -- Sylvester, J E -- Heiman-Patterson, T -- Shi, Y J -- Fieles, W -- Stedman, H -- Burghes, A -- Ray, P -- Worton, R -- Fischbeck, K H -- GM32592/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- NS08075/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 18;239(4846):1418-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Neurology Department, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2450401" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cells, Cultured ; DNA/genetics ; DNA, Recombinant ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Muscles/embryology/*metabolism ; Muscular Dystrophies/*genetics ; Myocardium/metabolism ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; RNA/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism ; Regeneration ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1988-09-02
    Description: A 16-kilodalton protein expressed in cells producing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) was identified as the gene product of the vpu open reading frame. When expressed in vitro, the 81-amino acid vpu protein reacted with about one-third of the serum samples from AIDS patients that were tested, indicating that the vpu open reading frame is expressed in vivo as well. Introduction of a frame-shift mutation into the vpu open reading frame did not significantly interfere with expression of the major viral proteins in a transient expression system. However, a five- to tenfold reduction in progeny virions was observed after the infection of T lymphocytes with the mutant virus. These data suggest that the vpu gene product is required for efficient virus replication and may have a role in assembly or maturation of progeny virions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Strebel, K -- Klimkait, T -- Martin, M A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Sep 2;241(4870):1221-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3261888" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology ; Base Sequence ; DNA, Viral/genetics ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; *Genes, Viral ; HIV/*genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Immune Sera/immunology ; Immunoassay ; Mutation ; Protein Biosynthesis ; RNA, Viral/genetics ; T-Lymphocytes/microbiology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Viral Proteins/*genetics/immunology/physiology ; Virus Replication
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    Publication Date: 1988-03-04
    Description: The heat-shock consensus element (HSE), CTNGAANNTTCNAG, is found in multiple copies upstream of all heat-shock genes. Here, the sequence requirements for heat-shock induction are tested by Drosophila germline transformation with an hsp70-lacZ gene fused to a pair of synthetic HSEs. Certain single-base substitutions in either HSE cause a dramatic reduction (forty-fold) in expression. Surprisingly, variations in sequences immediately flanking the HSEs also reduced levels of induction. One such variant that contains two perfect 14-base pair HSEs, which are correctly spaced relative to each other and the TATA box, retained only 7% of wild type-induced expression. These and additional analyses indicate that the heat-shock regulatory element includes sequences beyond the 14-base pair HSE and may be better described as a dimer of a 10-base pair sequence, NTTCNNGAAN.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Xiao, H -- Lis, J T -- GM25232/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 4;239(4844):1139-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3125608" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Composition ; DNA, Recombinant ; Drosophila melanogaster/*genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Heat-Shock Proteins/*genetics ; Hot Temperature ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; *Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism ; *Transformation, Genetic
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  • 81
    Publication Date: 1988-02-19
    Description: In an in vitro system for the Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland, it was found that 10(-9)M juvenile hormone III could accurately mimic the copulation-induced response of increased protein synthesis in glands from virgin flies. Stimulation by this hormone required calcium in the medium. Experiments with tumor-promoting phorbol esters indicated that activation of protein kinase C can also cause the glands to increase protein synthesis. Stimulation of protein synthesis by juvenile hormone did not occur in mutants deficient in kinase C activity. These results suggest a membrane-protein-mediated effect of juvenile hormone that involves calcium and kinase C.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yamamoto, K -- Chadarevian, A -- Pellegrini, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Feb 19;239(4842):916-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3124270" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium/*physiology ; Drosophila melanogaster/*metabolism ; Enzyme Activation/drug effects ; Genitalia, Male/drug effects/metabolism ; Juvenile Hormones/genetics ; Male ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Mutation ; Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate ; Phorbol Esters/pharmacology ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Kinase C/*metabolism ; Sesquiterpenes/*pharmacology ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 1988-05-06
    Description: A point mutation in the human insulin receptor gene in a patient with type A insulin resistance alters the amino acid sequence within the tetrabasic processing site of the proreceptor molecule from Arg-Lys-Arg-Arg to Arg-Lys-Arg-Ser. Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphocytes from this patient synthesize an insulin receptor precursor that is normally glycosylated and inserted into the plasma membrane but is not cleaved to mature alpha and beta subunits. Insulin binding to these cells is severely reduced but can be increased about fivefold by gentle treatment with trypsin, accompanied by the appearance of normal alpha subunits. These results indicate that proteolysis of the proreceptor is necessary for its normal full insulin-binding sensitivity and signal-transducing activity and that a cellular protease that is more stringent in its specificity than trypsin is required to process the receptor precursor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yoshimasa, Y -- Seino, S -- Whittaker, J -- Kakehi, T -- Kosaki, A -- Kuzuya, H -- Imura, H -- Bell, G I -- Steiner, D F -- AM 13914/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- AM 20595/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 May 6;240(4853):784-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3283938" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; DNA/genetics ; Diabetes Mellitus/*genetics/metabolism ; Female ; Glycosylation ; Humans ; Insulin/metabolism ; Insulin Resistance/*genetics ; Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Protein Precursors/*genetics/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism ; Receptor, Insulin/*genetics/metabolism ; Trypsin/metabolism
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 1988-07-29
    Description: Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia is a syndrome in which the plasma levels of apolipoprotein B (apo-B) and cholesterol are abnormally low. A truncated species of apo-B was identified in the plasma lipoproteins of members of a kindred with familial hypobetalipoproteinemia. DNA sequencing studies on genomic clones and enzymatically amplified genomic DNA samples revealed a four-base pair deletion in the apo-B gene. This short deletion, which results in a frameshift and a premature stop codon, accounts for the truncated apo-B species and explains the low apo-B and low cholesterol levels in this family.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Young, S G -- Northey, S T -- McCarthy, B J -- HL-01672-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-14197/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-38781-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jul 29;241(4865):591-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Gladstone Foundation Laboratories for Cardiovascular Disease, University of California, San Francisco 94140-0608.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3399894" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Apolipoproteins B/*genetics ; Cholesterol/*blood ; Chromosome Deletion ; Cloning, Molecular ; Heterozygote ; Humans ; Hypobetalipoproteinemias/*genetics ; Hypolipoproteinemias/*genetics ; Mutation ; Pedigree
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  • 84
    Publication Date: 1988-06-24
    Description: A 20-base pair region in the first intron of the human c-myc gene was identified as the binding site of a nuclear protein. This binding site is mutated in five out of seven Burkitt lymphomas sequenced to date. To investigate the protein-recognition region in greater detail, the abnormal c-myc allele from a Burkitt lymphoma line (PA682) that carries a t(8;22) chromosomal translocation was used. A point mutation in the binding region of the PA682 c-myc DNA abolished binding of this nuclear protein. This protein may be an important factor for control of c-myc expression, and mutations in its recognition sequence may be associated with c-myc activation in many cases of Burkitt lymphoma.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zajac-Kaye, M -- Gelmann, E P -- Levens, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Jun 24;240(4860):1776-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2454510" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Burkitt Lymphoma/*genetics ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism ; *Oncogenes ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics ; RNA/genetics ; RNA, Antisense ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 85
    Publication Date: 1989-04-28
    Description: The interleukin-2 receptor alpha (IL-2R alpha) chain gene contains a sequence similar to the immunoglobulin (Ig) kappa (kappa) enhancer NF-kappa B binding site. This site, which is bound by the nuclear protein, NF-kappa B, is critical for Ig kappa gene expression. The major T cell nuclear factor that binds to the IL-2R alpha site in vitro appears indistinguishable from NF-kappa B. NF-kappa B binds to IL-2R alpha and kappa sequences with similar affinities; however, only the kappa site potently activates transcription from heterologous promoters. Thus, high-affinity NF-kappa B binding in vitro cannot be equated with transcriptional activation in vivo. Mutation of the NF-kappa B binding site in the context of an IL-2 R alpha promoter construct markedly diminished promoter activity in human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-transformed MT-2 cells but not in phorbol myristate acetate-stimulated Jurkat T cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cross, S L -- Halden, N F -- Lenardo, M J -- Leonard, W J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 28;244(4903):466-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2497520" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line, Transformed ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; *Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; HIV-1/genetics ; HeLa Cells ; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/*genetics ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; NF-kappa B ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, Interleukin-2/*genetics ; T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 1989-01-13
    Description: When grown in vitro, cells from Kaposi's sarcoma lesions of AIDS patients (AIDS-KS cells) constitutively release several growth promoting activities. When inoculated into nude mice, the AIDS-KS cells induce a KS-like lesion of mouse origin. Here it is shown that the AIDS-KS cells express messenger RNA for a complex mixture of cytokines that correlate with several of the biological activities of these cells. Basic fibroblast growth factor, which is a potent angiogenic factor, and interleukin-1 messenger RNAs are expressed at very high levels and seem to account for a large proportion of the activities, since their corresponding proteins are released in biologically active form into the culture media where they induce autocrine and paracrine growth effects.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ensoli, B -- Nakamura, S -- Salahuddin, S Z -- Biberfeld, P -- Larsson, L -- Beaver, B -- Wong-Staal, F -- Gallo, R C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 13;243(4888):223-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2643161" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*complications ; Biological Factors/*genetics ; Cytokines ; Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics ; Humans ; Interleukin-1/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/isolation & purification ; Reference Values ; Sarcoma, Kaposi/etiology/*genetics/pathology ; Transcription, Genetic ; Tumor Cells, Cultured/*cytology
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 1989-02-03
    Description: The RNA genome of the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) appears to be made up of two parts: a small domain with a high degree of sequence conservation and structural features likely to promote replication; plus a second, larger domain that is less conserved and encodes the delta antigen. This report focuses on one of the several sets of data that have led to the proposal of this model: the existence of a novel structural element in HDV genomic RNA. This structural element lies within the highly conserved domain of HDV RNA and may be related to the local tertiary structure previously mapped to the central conserved region of the plant viroid genome. Both elements occur in regions with no apparent coding capacity and are distinctively responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light. Transcripts containing partial and full-length genomic sequences of HDV readily undergo a UV-induced crosslinking reaction, which establishes a covalent bond between two noncontiguous segments. By locking two segments of the overall structure into place, this crosslink has permitted the unbranched, rodlike model of HDV RNA to be examined and confirmed in the portion of the RNA analyzed. The clustering of the novel tertiary structure and the recently discovered self-cleavage sites into a highly conserved, but apparently noncoding, portion of the genome defines a viroid-like domain in HDV RNA and raises questions about the possible events leading up to the association of free-living RNAs with messenger RNAs and other RNA molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Branch, A D -- Benenfeld, B J -- Baroudy, B M -- Wells, F V -- Gerin, J L -- Robertson, H D -- DA-5130/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- GM-28294/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- N01-AI-72623/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 3;243(4891):649-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Genetics, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2492676" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: DNA/genetics ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; *Genes ; *Genes, Viral ; Hepatitis Delta Virus/*genetics ; Macromolecular Substances ; RNA, Ribosomal, 5S ; RNA, Viral/metabolism/*radiation effects ; Ribonuclease T1/metabolism ; Ribonuclease, Pancreatic/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; *Ultraviolet Rays
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 1989-05-12
    Description: Membrane fusion induced by the envelope glycoproteins of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIVmac) is a necessary step for the infection of CD4 cells and for the formation of syncytia after infection. Identification of the region in these molecules that mediates the fusion events is important for understanding and possibly interfering with HIV/SIVmac infection and pathogenesis. Amino acid substitutions were made in the 15 NH2-terminal residues of the SIVmac gp32 transmembrane glycoprotein, and the mutants were expressed in recombinant vaccinia viruses, which were then used to infect CD4-expressing T cell lines. Mutations that increased the overall hydrophobicity of the gp32 NH2-terminus increased the ability of the viral envelope to induce syncytia formation, whereas introduction of polar or charged amino acids in the same region abolished the fusogenic function of the viral envelope. Hydrophobicity in the NH2-terminal region of gp32 may therefore be an important correlate of viral virulence in vivo and could perhaps be exploited to generate a more effective animal model for the study of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bosch, M L -- Earl, P L -- Fargnoli, K -- Picciafuoco, S -- Giombini, F -- Wong-Staal, F -- Franchini, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 12;244(4905):694-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2541505" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Viral/genetics ; *Gene Products, env ; HIV/*analysis ; HIV Antigens/metabolism ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120 ; HIV Envelope Protein gp41 ; Humans ; Membrane Glycoproteins ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; *Retroviridae Proteins/genetics/metabolism/pharmacology ; *Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic ; Retroviruses, Simian/*analysis ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/microbiology ; Transfection ; Vaccinia virus/genetics ; *Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics/metabolism/pharmacology ; *Viral Fusion Proteins
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  • 89
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    Publication Date: 1989-02-24
    Description: The genetic control of neuronal differentiation has been studied by examining mutations that affect the development and function of the six touch receptor neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. By screening for touch-insensitive mutants, it has been possible to identify 18 genes (represented by 417 mutations) that are required at various stages in the developmental program for touch cell differentiation. Two of the genes are needed for the generation of precursors in the touch cell lineages; without the precursors, touch cells are not made. A third gene, mec-3, specifies the differentiation of the touch cells, probably by acting as a transcription factor. The remaining 15 genes are likely targets of mec-3 action; mutants defective in these genes have nonfunctioning, yet differentiated, touch cells. Some of these latter genes are needed for the formation of cell-specific components of the touch cells, such as a set of microtubules that are only found in these cells. The study of the touch genes should help us understand how touch cell fate is determined, how microtubule form is specified, and, perhaps, how mechanical stimuli are transduced.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chalfie, M -- Au, M -- GM30997/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 24;243(4894 Pt 1):1027-33.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2646709" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Caenorhabditis/cytology/*genetics/growth & development ; Cell Differentiation ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Mechanoreceptors/cytology ; Mutation ; Neurons/*cytology ; Touch
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    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: Expression of high levels of the structural proteins of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) requires the presence of the protein encoded by the rev open reading frame (Rev) and its associated target sequence CAR (cis anti-repression sequence) which is present in the env region of viral RNA. Extensive mutagenesis demonstrated that CAR has a complex secondary structure consisting of a central stem and five stem/loops. Disruption of any of these structures severely impaired the Rev response, but many of the stem/loops contain material that was unnecessary for Rev regulation and must be retained in these structures to avoid disturbing adjacent structures critical for CAR function. Probably no more than two of the described structural components are involved in sequence-specific recognition by regulatory proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dayton, E T -- Powell, D M -- Dayton, A I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1625-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2688093" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Chromosome Deletion ; Gene Amplification ; Gene Products, rev/genetics/*metabolism ; *Genes, Viral ; HIV-1/*genetics ; Models, Structural ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Plasmids ; RNA, Viral/*genetics ; Software ; Trans-Activators/*metabolism ; Transfection ; Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics ; rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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  • 91
    Publication Date: 1989-05-12
    Description: The age of the molecular organization of life as expressed in the genetic code can be estimated from experimental data. Comparative sequence analysis of transfer RNA by the method of statistical geometry in sequence space suggests that about one-third of the present transfer RNA sequence divergence was present at the urkingdom level about the time when archaebacteria separated from eubacteria. It is concluded that the genetic code is not older than, but almost as old as our planet. While this result may not be unexpected, it was not clear until now that interpretable data exist that permit inferences about such early stages of life as the establishment of the genetic code.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Eigen, M -- Lindemann, B F -- Tietze, M -- Winkler-Oswatitsch, R -- Dress, A -- von Haeseler, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 12;244(4905):673-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max-Planck-Institut fur biophysikalische Chemie, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2497522" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Anticodon ; Archaea/genetics ; Base Sequence ; *Biological Evolution ; Codon ; Computer Simulation ; Eubacterium/genetics ; *Genetic Code ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Phylogeny ; *RNA, Transfer ; Statistics as Topic ; Time Factors
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 1989-02-24
    Description: Facultative intracellular pathogens pose an important health problem because they circumvent a primary defense mechanism of the host: killing and degradation by professional phagocytic cells. A gene of the intracellular pathogen Salmonella typhimurium that is required for virulence and intracellular survival was identified and shown to have a role in resistance to defensins and possibly to other microbicidal mechanisms of the phagocyte. This gene may prove to be a regulatory element in the expression of virulence functions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fields, P I -- Groisman, E A -- Heffron, F -- AI07235/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI22933/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 24;243(4894 Pt 1):1059-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2646710" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Blood Proteins/*physiology ; Cytoplasmic Granules/analysis ; DNA, Bacterial/genetics ; Defensins ; *Genes, Bacterial ; Humans ; Macrophages/analysis/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mutation ; Neutrophils/analysis ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Phagocytes/*physiology ; Plasmids ; Rabbits ; Salmonella typhimurium/*genetics/pathogenicity
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  • 93
    Publication Date: 1989-12-22
    Description: One action of cyclosporin A thought to be central to many of its immunosuppressive effects is its ability to inhibit the early events of T lymphocyte activation such as lymphokine gene transcription in response to signals initiated at the antigen receptor. Cyclosporin A was found to specifically inhibit the appearance of DNA binding activity of NF-AT, AP-3, and to a lesser extent NF-kappa B, nuclear proteins that appear to be important in the transcriptional activation of the genes for interleukin-2 and its receptor, as well as several other lymphokines. In addition, cyclosporin A abolished the ability of the NF-AT binding site to activate a linked promoter in transfected mitogen-stimulated T lymphocytes and in lymphocytes from transgenic mice. These results indicate that cyclosporin A either directly inhibits the function of nuclear proteins critical to T lymphocyte activation or inhibits the action of a more proximal member of the signal transmission cascade leading from the antigen receptor to the nucleus.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Emmel, E A -- Verweij, C L -- Durand, D B -- Higgins, K M -- Lacy, E -- Crabtree, G R -- CA 39612/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HL 33942/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1617-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, CA 94305.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2595372" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Chromosome Deletion ; Cyclosporins/*pharmacology ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects ; Genes/drug effects ; Humans ; Interleukin-2/genetics ; Lymphocyte Activation/*drug effects ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Receptors, Interleukin-2/genetics ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/*immunology ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 1989-03-10
    Description: The antibiotic resistance gene neomycin phosphotransferase (neo) has been precisely targeted to a chromosomal region close to the cystic fibrosis (CF) locus on chromosome 7. The chromosomal target was the expressed SV40 array integrated at chromosome 7, band q31-q35 in a human-mouse hybrid cell line that contains chromosome 7 as the only human component. Stringent selection for neo expression by homologous recombination (3 of 11 correctly targeted) was achieved by fusing the SV40 large T antigen gene, in frame, to neo in a promoterless construct, such that G418 resistance depended on endogenous promoter function and read-through transcription. Chromosome-mediated gene transfer (CMGT) with G418 selection was then used generate mouse hybrids that carried the targeted locus intact, but retained only a fragment of human chromosome 7. This gene targeting strategy will access new regions of the human (or other mammalian) genome, create precise mutations efficiently by gene disruption, and potentially restore normal gene function by mutation correction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dorin, J R -- Inglis, J D -- Porteous, D J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Mar 10;243(4896):1357-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2538001" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming/genetics ; Cell Line ; Chromosome Mapping ; *Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 ; Cloning, Molecular ; *Genes ; Genes, Viral ; Humans ; Hybrid Cells ; Kanamycin Kinase ; Mice ; Mutation ; Phosphotransferases/*genetics ; *Recombination, Genetic ; Restriction Mapping ; Simian virus 40/genetics ; *Transfection
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 1989-10-27
    Description: The prohormone-processing endoprotease (KEX2 gene product) of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a membrane-bound, 135,000-dalton glycoprotein, which contains both asparagine-linked and serine- and threonine-linked oligosaccharide and resides in a secretory compartment. Analysis of mutant kex2 genes truncated at their 3' end indicates that carboxyl terminal domains of the enzyme are required for its proper localization within the cell. A human gene product, "furin," shares 50% identity with the catalytic domain of Kex2 protease and is, therefore, a candidate for a human prohormone-processing enzyme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fuller, R S -- Brake, A J -- Thorner, J -- GM21841/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR01685/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 27;246(4929):482-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2683070" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; *Proprotein Convertases ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology ; *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Serine Endopeptidases/*genetics/metabolism ; Subcellular Fractions/enzymology ; *Subtilisins
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 1989-07-07
    Description: A prominent feature of diabetes mellitus is the inability of insulin to appropriately increase the transport of glucose into target tissues. The contributions of different glucose transport proteins to insulin resistance in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes was evaluated. A glucose transporter messenger RNA and its cognate protein that are exclusively expressed in muscle and adipose tissue were specifically depleted in diabetic animals, and these effects were reversed after insulin therapy; a different glucose transporter and its messenger RNA that exhibit a less restricted tissue distribution were not specifically modulated in this way. Depletion of the muscle- and adipose-specific glucose transporter species correlates with and may account for the major portion of cellular insulin resistance in diabetes in these animals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Garvey, W T -- Huecksteadt, T P -- Birnbaum, M J -- DK 38765/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK 39519/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 7;245(4913):60-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2662408" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3-O-Methylglucose ; Adipose Tissue/metabolism ; Animals ; Blood Glucose/metabolism ; Brain/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy/*metabolism ; Insulin/*therapeutic use ; Male ; Methylglucosides/metabolism ; Monosaccharide Transport Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics ; Muscles/metabolism ; Organ Specificity ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred Strains ; Reference Values ; *Suppression, Genetic ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1988-08-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marx, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Aug 26;241(4869):1039-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2457946" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/congenital/immunology/*prevention & control ; Animals ; Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Cats ; *Genes, Viral ; *Genetic Variation ; HIV/*genetics/immunology ; HIV Antibodies ; HIV Seropositivity ; Humans ; Leukemia Virus, Feline/genetics ; Mutation ; Pan troglodytes ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase ; Vaccines/*immunology ; Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics/immunology
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    Publication Date: 1988-03-25
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marx, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 25;239(4847):1493-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2832939" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bone Diseases/genetics ; Collagen/genetics ; *Genes ; *Growth ; Growth Substances/physiology ; Humans ; Intercellular Junctions ; Mutation ; Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 1988-12-23
    Description: The aminoacylation specificity ("acceptor identity") of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) has previously been associated with the position of particular nucleotides, as opposed to distinctive elements of three-dimensional structure. The contribution of a G.U wobble pair in the acceptor helix of tRNA(Ala) to acceptor identity was examined with synthetic amber suppressor tRNAs in Escherichia coli. The acceptor identity was not affected by replacing the G.U wobble pair in tRNA(Ala) with a G.A, C.A, or U.U wobble pair. Furthermore, a tRNA(Ala) acceptor identity was conferred on tRNA(Lys) when the same site in the acceptor helix was replaced with any of several wobble pairs. Additional data with tRNA(Ala) show that a substantial acceptor identity was retained when the G.U wobble pair was translocated to another site in the acceptor helix. These results suggest that the G.U wobble pair induces an irregularity in the acceptor helix of tRNA(Ala) to match a complementary structure in the aminoacylating enzyme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McClain, W H -- Chen, Y M -- Foss, K -- Schneider, J -- GM42123/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Dec 23;242(4886):1681-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2462282" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Composition ; Escherichia coli/*genetics ; Mutation ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Bacterial/*metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Ala/*metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/*metabolism ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Suppression, Genetic
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 1988-11-18
    Description: Human fetal globin genes are not expressed in hybrid cells produced by the fusion of normal human lymphocytes with mouse erythroleukemia cells. In contrast, when lymphocytes from persons with globin gene developmental mutations (hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin) are used for these fusions, fetal globin is expressed in the hybrid cells. Thus, mutations of developmental origin can be reconstituted in vitro by fusing mutant lymphoid cells with differentiated cell lines of the proper lineage. This system can readily be used for analyses, such as globin gene methylation, that normally require large numbers of pure nucleated erythroid cells, which are difficult to obtain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Papayannopoulou, T -- Enver, T -- Takegawa, S -- Anagnou, N P -- Stamatoyannopoulos, G -- DK30852/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Nov 18;242(4881):1056-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2461587" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Fusion ; Chromosome Deletion ; Fetal Hemoglobin/*genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Globins/*genetics ; Hemoglobinopathies/*genetics ; Humans ; Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute ; Mice ; Mutation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Messenger/genetics
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