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Although the viral Rev protein is necessary for HIV replication, its main function in the viral replication cycle has been controversial. Reinvestigating the effect of Rev on the HIV-1 RNA distribution in various cell lines and primary cells revealed that Rev enhanced cytoplasmic levels of the unspl...
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PMID: 20427541
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It often is desirable to "prefractionate" RNA before analysis. Ordinarily, this can only be done with tissue culture cells, although it is possible to isolate nuclei and cytoplasm from certain "soft" tissues such as liver and white blood cells. This protocol describes a method for separating nuclei...
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PMID: 20516179
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We attempt to overcome these pitfalls by combining several methods suggested in previous studies and routinely used in contemporary standard phylogenetic analyses but that have not yet been applied to any bilaterian phylogeny based on these genes. The methods used include maximum likelihood and Baye...
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PMID: 19129141
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We applied a proteomic approach along with a Southwestern assay to detect both differentially expressed and MAR-binding NM proteins, in persistent hepatocyte nodules (PHN) in respect with normal hepatocytes (NH). In PHN, the NM undergoes changes both in morphology and in protein composition. We dete...
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PMID: 19000672
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I gene of Leptorhynchoides thecatus and Pseudoleptorhynchoides lamothei were used in phylogenetic analyses with available sequences of 26 other acanthocephalans. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses were identical in placing both genera in the Illiosentidae. Bootstrap analyses also indi...
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PMID: 18576776
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We will discuss potential mechanisms of TRAMP recruitment and exosome activation during RNA surveillance and degradation. Less well-understood observations link both the TRAMP and exosome complexes to chromatin structure and DNA repair, and we will speculate on the potential significance of these ac...
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PMID: 18211833
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We analyze patterns of global gene expression in cells lacking the Cid14 or the Dis3/Rpr44 subunit of the nuclear exosome. We found that transcripts from many genes induced during meiosis, including key regulators, accumulated in the absence of Cid14 or Dis3. Moreover, our data suggest that addition...
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PMID: 18025105
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Our knowledge of mRNA export mechanisms in flowering plants is in its infancy. Some proteins of the NUP107-160 complex, NUPs and DEAD-box proteins (DBPs), have been studied in flowering plants. Arabidopsis NUP160/SAR1 plays a critical role in mRNA export, regulation of flowering, and hormone and abi...
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PMID: 18630756
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We revealed firstly a decrease in the isoelectric point range of nuclear soluble proteins, which are known to be actively engaged in nuclear RNA metabolism, and a shortening in the molecular weight range of them under clinorotation. Moreover, minor and major proteins in clinorotated samples had decr...
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PMID: 18372723
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We used a combination of in silico comparative genomics and microarray-based transcriptional profiling. This approach to screening identified ~60 intergenic regions conserved between Sinorhizobium meliloti and related members of the alpha-proteobacteria sub-group 2. Of these, 14 appear to correspond...
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PMID: 18093320
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The nuclear 18S rRNA and chloroplast MATK genes of 18 samples of Panax notoginseng and its processed material Sanqi (Radix Notoginseng) were analyzed. The two genes, regardless of cultivar origin, were found to be identical to genotype R1 and M1, respectively, of the published sequences (GenBank acc...
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PMID: 16881018
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Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge, a commonly used Chinese medicinal material, from certain localities contains more favourable trace elements and fewer harmful trace elements than those from other localities. Therefore, there is a need to distinguish Astragalus membranaceus from different loca...
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PMID: 16442761
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Microarray analyses were performed on yeast strains mutant for the nuclear-specific exosome components Rrp6p and Rrp47p/Lrp1p or the core component Rrp41p/Ski6p, at permissive temperature and following transfer to 37 degrees C. 339 mRNAs showed clearly altered expression levels, with an unexpectedly...
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PMID: 16652390
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We used high-density microarrays to compare nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA levels from untreated and TCDD-treated mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) to test the hypotheses that (1) TCDD has a large impact on nuclear RNA levels and (2) that cytoplasmic RNA levels are dependent on nuclear RNA levels. We f...
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PMID: 16962184
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We continue studies for identifying the molecular weight and chemical nature of the TSPC, and the role of its different fractions in regulation of proliferation processes. Besides, it is planned to produce antibodies against TSPC fractions with the purpose to block its inhibitory effect on myocyte r...
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PMID: 16892854
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We still do not have detailed enough information to understand fully the organization and regulation of the various processes taking place in the nucleolus. However, the present power of light and electron microscopy (EM) techniques means that a description of nucleolar processes at the molecular le...
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PMID: 17178467
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We report evidence for a parallel mechanism in the heart. Accumulation of expanded poly(CUG) RNA in nuclear foci is associated with sequestration of muscleblind proteins and abnormal regulation of alternative splicing in DM1 cardiac muscle. A toxic effect of RNA with an expanded repeat may contribut...
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PMID: 16254211
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In this issue of Cell, Prasanth et al. (2005) provide evidence that an inosine-containing RNA that is normally retained in the nucleus is cleaved within its 3' untranslated region following cellular stress. It is then transported to the cytoplasm and translated into protein. These findings suggest th...
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PMID: 16239133
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We show that contrary to prevailing notion, a group of nucleoplasmic proteins, mostly RNA binding proteins, relocalized from the nucleoplasm to a specific nucleolar cap during transcriptional inhibition. For instance, an exclusively nucleoplasmic protein, the splicing factor PSF, localized to nucleo...
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PMID: 15758027
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The relatively low levels of transfection that can be achieved by current gene delivery systems have limited the therapeutic utility of gene transfer. This is especially true for non-viral gene delivery systems, where the levels of gene expression achieved are usually well below the levels achieved...
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PMID: 15677338
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We also studied the RNA distribution from combinations of neighboring HIV and bacterial resistance genes that co-integrated within the genome of COS-7 cells-revealing spherical or track-like accumulations of RNA that were extensively branched. There were many nuclei with distinct but overlapping RNA...
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PMID: 15561100
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Since the chromanol ring is shared by both tocopherols and tocotrienols and the only difference between these two subgroups of Vitamin E is the phytol side chain, we conclude that the polyunsaturated phytol group in tocotrienols plays a key preventive role in E2 epoxidation. This is the first report...
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PMID: 16055275
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We examined the efficacy of expression-library immunization using a T. taeniaeformis rat model system. Total RNAs were isolated from the last 15 segments of adult T. taeniaeformis and poly A RNA was purified. cDNA library was produced using SuperScript Plasmid System, which contains a mammalian expr...
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PMID: 16438198
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We have found differences in sympatric tick populations. Notable differences were found in the body size and weight of Dermacentor andersoni collected from a single location in Montana, USA. These ticks were separated in groups consisting of big (B) and small (S) individuals. The objectives of this...
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PMID: 15639135
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We previously reported that sonic hedgehog (Shh) induces the differentiation of rat ventral forebrain neurons expressing a novel marker, EVF-1 [Development 125 (1998) 5079]. In this report, we show that EVF-1 is a novel, developmentally regulated, non-coding RNA, with no homology to other known non-...
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PMID: 15183307
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We have found no activation of this transcription factor in the brains of old (36 months) rats in response to exposure to 41 degrees C for 1h while strong activation is elicited in young (6 months) animals. Since brains of young and old rats had approximately the same amount of HSF-1 subunits, we an...
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PMID: 15541771
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X chromosome inactivation begins when a novel chromosomal RNA (cRNA) from the imprinted mouse Xist or human XIST locus coats or "paints" one X chromosome in cis and initiates a cascade of chromosome remodeling events. Molecular cytological studies have proven invaluable for understanding the distinc...
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PMID: 15015744
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We report here the differential subnuclear localization of RNA strands of opposite polarity derived from the replicating Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). During replication, (+)- and (-)-strand viroid RNAs are produced. We found that in infected cultured cells and plants, the (-)-strand RNA was...
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PMID: 14555700
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We found two main groups of gorgonian octocorals using a maximum parsimony analysis of the two genes. One group corresponds to deep-water taxa including species from the suborders Calcaxonia and Scleraxonia characterized by an enlargement of the G13 helix. The second group has species from Alcyoniin...
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PMID: 12967605
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We show here that only a fraction of LRP130 proteins are in nuclei and are directly bound in vivo to at least some of the same RNA molecules as the nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein hnRNP A1. The majority of LRP130 proteins are located within mitochondria, where they are directly bound to polyadenyl...
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PMID: 12832482
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We used a well-established fluorescence in situ hybridization technique which allows one to simultaneously detect pre-mRNAs and assess ploidy level in a single cell. All alleles of GPIIb, GPIIIa, VWF, beta-actin, hsp70, c-mpl, Fli-1, and FOG-1 genes are transcriptionally active in megakaryocytes fro...
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PMID: 12393414
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We have measured, by reverse transcription and real-time quantitative PCR, the steady-state levels of the mitochondrial and nuclear transcripts encoding several subunits of the human oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, in different normal tissues (muscle, liver, trachea, and kidney) and in cu...
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PMID: 12466294
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We recently characterized a new Arabidopsis mutant, abh1, which shows ABA-hypersensitive regulation of seed germination, stomatal closing, and cytosolic calcium increases in guard cells (V. Hugouvieux, J.M. Kwak, J.I. Schroeder [2001] Cell 106: 477-487). ABH1 encodes the large subunit of a dimeric A...
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PMID: 12427994
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Jan J Schmidtko,
Ruojie R Wang,
Chin-Lee CL Wu,
Shamila S Mauiyyedi,
Nancy L NL Harris,
Patricia P Della Pelle,
Nicole N Brousaides,
Luba L Zagachin,
Judith A JA Ferry,
Fred F Wang,
Tatsuo T Kawai,
David H DH Sachs,
Benedict A BA Cosimi and
Robert B RB Colvin
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By in situ hybridization, expression of the RNA product, homologous for EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) was identified in the PTLD tumor cells of all cases, indicating latent primate EBV- related infection. This report identifies a novel animal model of EBV associated PTLD in the setting of kidney transplant...
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PMID: 12023621
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In mammalian cells, significantly more RNA is turned over in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm. However, only recently have we begun to understand the mechanisms and regulation of nuclear RNA decay.
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PMID: 11909514
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We studied tRNA import in the yeast system, both in vitro and in vivo, and applied similar approaches to study 5S rRNA import into human mitochondria. Despite the obvious divergence of RNA import systems suggested for different species, we find that in yeast and human cells this pathway involves sim...
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PMID: 12416306
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The model of partial hepatectomy was utilized to investigate the influence of human fetal liver cells (FLCs) and of human embryo tissue (PCF) postnuclear cytoplasm fraction injection on the rate of DNA and nRNA synthesis in regenerating rat liver cells. Single infusion of FLCs and PCF into the splee...
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PMID: 12916234
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We tested the hypothesis that rapid, stress-induced CRH transcription occurred during the first two postnatal weeks, and is associated with pCREB expression. The time-course of induction of unedited, heteronuclear CRH RNA (CRH hnRNA) was examined in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of imma...
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PMID: 11731007
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Analyses of CYP1A1 mRNA were used to monitor the responsiveness of murine hepatoma 1c1c7 and human monocytic U937 cells in different phases of the cell cycle to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Concentrations of TCDD capable of inducing CYP1A1 were not cytostatic to either cell line. Stea...
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PMID: 11602686
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These results may be explained by exon-specific nuclear RNA degradation rates, as also indicated by results from an in vitro degradation assay using a HeLa nuclear extract.
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PMID: 11485396
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We conclude that P450R transcription, rather than nuclear RNA processing or mRNA stabilization, is the primary mechanism whereby T3 induces hepatic P450R mRNA....
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PMID: 11306680
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CDDO selectively reduced the induction of MMP-1 and MMP-13 at the levels of messenger RNA and protein. Treatment with CDDO prior to cytokine stimulation enhanced this inhibition, and we demonstrated that CDDO functions at the level of transcription. Additionally, CDDO reduced IL-1beta-mediated invas...
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PMID: 11352241
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We have examined the expression of RAG genes in 11 cases of EBV-associated endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), 25 cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD, 17 EBV(+), 8 EBV(-)) and 10 cases of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Using in situ hybridization, expression of the RAGs was detected in cortical th...
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PMID: 11279609
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The mitochondrion-associated RNase P activity (mtRNase P) was extensively purified from HeLa cells and shown to reside in particles with a sedimentation constant ( approximately 17S) very similar to that of the nuclear enzyme (nuRNase P). Furthermore, mtRNase P, like nuRNase P, was found to process...
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PMID: 11134342
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The nucleolar and extranucleolar RNA synthesis was studied in the mink blastocysts at different stages of embryonic diapause and during the periimplantation period using cytoradioautography. The data obtained suggest a differential and stage specific activity of the embryonic mRNA and rRNA synthesis...
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PMID: 11573428
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We have found that alpha-globin pre-mRNA is stabilized by a mechanism that does not modulate the half-life of mature mRNA. The insertion of DNA fragments of various unrelated sequences into the 3'-UTR of the human alpha-globin gene strongly reduces mRNA abundance upon transfection into choriocarcino...
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PMID: 10867002
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We found that human methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MRS) was translocated to nucleolus in proliferative cells, but disappeared in quiescent cells. The nucleolar localization of MRS was triggered by various growth factors such as insulin, PDGF, and EGF. The presence of MRS in nucleoli depended on the inte...
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PMID: 10791971
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We really know about the nonchromatin elements (if any) of internal nuclear structure? Are there objective reasons (as opposed to thinly veiled disdain) to question experiments that use harsh nuclear extraction steps and precipitation-prone conditions? Are the known biophysical properties of the nuc...
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PMID: 10712500
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We used an analytical transmission electron microscopic method to determine the structure and composition of PML nuclear bodies and the surrounding nucleoplasm. Electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI) demonstrates that the core of the PML nuclear body is a dense, protein-based structure, 250 nm in diam...
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PMID: 10648561
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Our findings support the notion that the nucleolus is the site of assembly and/or interaction between the family of ribonucleoproteins involved in protein synthesis, in addition to ribosomes themselves....
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PMID: 10618370
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The nucleolar localization elements (NoLEs) of U17 small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), which is essential for rRNA processing and belongs to the box H/ACA snoRNA family, were analyzed by fluorescence microscopy. Injection of mutant U17 transcripts into Xenopus laevis oocyte nuclei revealed that deletion o...
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PMID: 10564278
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We present evidence for an association between a splicing factor, hnRNP-F, and TATA-binding protein (TBP), which is an essential factor needed for transcription initiation. An affinity detection experiment revealed hnRNP-F in the preparation of TBP-interacting proteins. HnRNP-F was associated with T...
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PMID: 10471789
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These results imply that T. brucei possesses distinctive pathways for its nuclear RNA metabolism, which is consistent with a spatio-functional organization of the parasite's nucleus.
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PMID: 10425153
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We summarize our current knowledge and recent progress in identifying components involved in nuclear RNA export in yeast....
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PMID: 10376682
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We describe a method to image selectively the protein-based architecture in the eukaryotic cell nucleus using nitrogen and phosphorus mapping. In addition, we describe a method to determine total mass as well as stoichiometric relationships between protein and RNA. This method is illustrated using p...
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PMID: 10420641
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We examined another aspect of transcriptional regulation, intergenic transcription, which has been observed throughout the prototypic gene cluster of human beta-globin. These intergenic transcripts are nuclear and it is possible that they play an important functional role in the beta-globin locus. H...
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PMID: 10049749
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1. The contributions of specific residues in gamma- and epsilon-subunits to the developmental changes in conductance and open time of Xenopus muscle acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) were investigated. This study was directed primarily at residues in the M2 domains of gamma- and epsilon-subunits; howe...
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PMID: 9925875
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