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The role of Coa2 in hemylation of yeast Cox1 revealed by its genetic interaction with Cox10.

Development of coenzyme Q10-enriched rice using sugary and shrunken mutants.

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for a bacterial thiaminase I gene and the thiaminase-producing bacterium Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus.

Variations of thiaminase I activity pH dependencies among typical Great Lakes forage fish and Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus.

Thiaminase activity of crucian carp Carassius carassius injected with a bacterial fish pathogen, Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida.

Inhibitory mechanism of novel inhibitors of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase from Haemophilus influenzae.

Mechanism of dimethylallyltryptophan synthase: evidence for a dimethylallyl cation intermediate in an aromatic prenyltransferase reaction.

Cloning and phylogenetic analysis of phytoene synthase 1 (Psy1) genes in common wheat and related species.

Selection of plastid- and nuclear-encoded reference genes to study the effect of altered endogenous cytokinin content on photosynthesis genes in Nicotiana tabacum.

The structure of dimethylallyl tryptophan synthase reveals a common architecture of aromatic prenyltransferases in fungi and bacteria.

Discovery of geranylgeranyltransferase-I inhibitors with novel scaffolds by the means of quantitative structure-activity relationship modeling, virtual screening, and experimental validation.

Suppression of Rft1 expression does not impair the transbilayer movement of Man5GlcNAc2-P-P-dolichol in sealed microsomes from yeast.

Photothermal cantilever actuation for fast single-molecule force spectroscopy.

Rho GTPase signaling and PTH 3–34, but not PTH 1–34, maintain the actin cytoskeleton and antagonize bisphosphonate effects in mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells

Simvastatin inhibits induction of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in rat alveolar macrophages exposed to cigarette smoke extract.

Construction and characterization of two Citrus BAC libraries and identification of clones containing the phytoene synthase gene.

Expression of the alternative oxidase complements cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in human cells.

Farnesyl protein transferase inhibitory components of Polygonum multiflorum.

DNA Repair in Mammalian Cells

Regulation of isoprene synthase promoter by environmental and internal factors