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Theoretical considerations have shown that the five possible overlapping
reading-frame configurations differ significantly in their coding
flexibility and thus in their information content (Siegel and Fitch 1980;
Smith and Waterman 1980). Contrary to expectation, the overlapping frame
configuration allowing the greatest coding flexibility is rarely seen,
whereas one of the most constraining is common. We point out here that this
overlapping reading-frame paradox and an observed but unexplained
preference in coding regions for a pyrimidine-purine at codon boundaries
(Shepherd 1981; Jones and Kafatos 1982; Smith et al. 1983) are intimately
linked. The codon boundary preference, which may be related to translation
efficiency or accuracy, places constraints on the evolution of overlapping
coding regions. These considerations may help identify actual coding
regions in DNA sequences. We have analyzed five sequenced (enteric)
bacterial insertion sequences for codon boundary incidences and
reading-frame configurations and find that they are consistent with these
proposed constraints.
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Steven G Thomas Simon DJ Calaminus Jocelyn M Auger Stephen P Watson Laura M Machesky 《BMC cell biology》2007,8(1):46
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The platelet cytoskeleton mediates the dramatic change in platelet morphology that takes place upon activation and stabilizes thrombus formation. The Arp2/3 complex plays a vital role in these processes, providing the protrusive force for lamellipodia formation. The Arp2/3 complex is highly regulated by a number of actin-binding proteins including the haematopoietic-specific protein HS1 and its homologue cortactin. The present study investigates the role of HS1 in platelets using HS1-/- mice. 相似文献43.
Fourteen native strains of Trichoderma spp. from wildand agricultural pathosystems in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, with growth-promoting ability of Capsicum chinense Jacq. seedlings were evaluated and antagonistic effect of their filtrate against second-stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne incognita. The strains Th05-02 and Th27-08 showed the best significant effects on plant hight variable increments 55.57 and 47.62%, theTh07-04 with 29.48% more root length, theTh02-01 and Th07-04 isolates increased from 48.71 to 84.61% in volume radical and 53.40% of total dry biomass. Statistical analysis (p≤0.001) of Th43 and Th43-13-14 filtrates caused 100% mortality at 24 and 48h. In the test of reversibility to 24 h after replacing the filtrates Th43-13, Th43-14, TH09-06 and TH20-07 by sterile distilled water, the J2 did not recover their viability, so they were considered as the best potential strains of Trichoderma spp. with antagonistic capacity in J2 of M.incognita. 相似文献
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M Kale R Ramsey-Goldman S Bernatsky MB Urowitz D Gladman PR Fortin M Petri E Yelin S Manzi S Edworthy O Nived S-C Bae D Isenberg A Rahman JG Hanly C Gordon S Jacobsen E Ginzler DJ Wallace GS Alarcón MA Dooley L Gottesman K Steinsson A Zoma J-L Senécal S Barr G Sturfelt L Dreyer L Criswell J Sibley JL Lee AE Clarke 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(Z3):A15
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Pairwise likelihood methods for inference in image models 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
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Suppression of type II collagen (COL2A1) cleavage by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β2 in cultured human osteoarthritic
cartilage has been shown to be associated with decreased expression of collagenases, cytokines, genes associated with chondrocyte
hypertrophy, and upregulation of prostaglandin (PG)E2 production. This results in a normalization of chondrocyte phenotypic expression. Here we tested the hypothesis that PGE2 is associated with the suppressive effects of TGF-β2 in osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage and is itself capable of downregulating
collagen cleavage and hypertrophy in human OA articular cartilage. Full-depth explants of human OA knee articular cartilage
from arthroplasty were cultured with a wide range of concentrations of exogenous PGE2 (1 pg/ml to 10 ng/ml). COL2A1 cleavage was measured by ELISA. Proteoglycan content was determined by a colorimetric assay.
Gene expression studies were performed with real-time PCR. In explants from patients with OA, collagenase-mediated COL2A1
cleavage was frequently downregulated at 10 pg/ml (in the range 1 pg/ml to 10 ng/ml) by PGE2 as well as by 5 ng/ml TGF-β2. In control OA cultures (no additions) there was an inverse relationship between PGE2 concentration (range 0 to 70 pg/ml) and collagen cleavage. None of these concentrations of added PGE2 inhibited the degradation of proteoglycan (aggrecan). Real-time PCR analysis of articular cartilage from five patients with
OA revealed that PGE2 at 10 pg/ml suppressed the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-13 and to a smaller extent MMP-1, as well as the
proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α and type X collagen (COL10A1), the last of these being a marker of chondrocyte hypertrophy.
These studies show that PGE2 at concentrations much lower than those generated in inflammation is often chondroprotective in that it is frequently capable
of selectively suppressing the excessive collagenase-mediated COL2A1 cleavage found in OA cartilage. The results also show
that chondrocyte hypertrophy in OA articular cartilage is functionally linked to this increased cleavage and is often suppressed
by these low concentrations of added PGE2. Together these initial observations reveal the importance of very low concentrations of PGE2 in maintaining a more normal chondrocyte phenotype. 相似文献
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Recent horizontal transfer of a mariner transposable element among and between Diptera and Neuroptera 总被引:11,自引:4,他引:7
Transposable elements of the mariner family are widespread among insects
and other invertebrates, and initial analyses of their relationships
indicated frequent occurrence of horizontal transfers between hosts. A
specific PCR assay was used to screen for additional members of the
irritans subfamily of mariners in more than 400 arthropod species.
Phylogenetic analysis of cloned PCR fragments indicated that relatively
recent horizontal transfers had occurred into the lineages of a fruit fly
Drosophila ananassae, the horn fly Haematobia irritans, the African malaria
vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae, and a green lacewing Chrysoperla
plorabunda. Genomic dot-blot analysis revealed that the copy number in
these species varies widely, from about 17,000 copies in the horn fly to
three copies in D. ananassae. Multiple copies were sequenced from genomic
clones from each of these species and four others with related elements.
These sequences confirmed the PCR results, revealing extremely similar
elements in each of these four species (greater than 88% DNA and 95% amino
acid identity). In particular, the consensus sequence of the transposase
gene of the horn fly elements differs by just two base pairs out of 1,044
from that of the lacewing elements. The mosquito lineage has diverged from
the other Diptera for over 200 Myr, and the neuropteran last shared a
common ancestor with them more than 265 Myr ago, so this high similarity
implies that these transposons recently transferred horizontally into each
lineage. Their presence in only the closest relatives in at least the
lacewing lineage supports this hypothesis. Such horizontal transfers
provide an explanation for the evolutionary persistence and widespread
distribution of mariner transposons. We propose that the ability to
transfer horizontally to new hosts before extinction by mutation in the
current host constitutes the primary selective constraint maintaining the
sequence conservation of mariners and perhaps other DNA-mediated elements.
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