Controlled release of human growth hormone fused with a human hybrid Fc fragment through a nanoporous polymer membrane [PDF]
Nanotechnology has been applied to the development of more effective and compatible drug delivery systems for therapeutic proteins. Human growth hormone (hGH) was fused with a hybrid Fc fragment containing partial Fc domains of human IgD and IgG(4) to ...
Cha, HJ +8 more
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Making tau amyloid models in vitro: a crucial and underestimated challenge
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This review highlights the challenges of producing in vitro amyloid assemblies of the tau protein. We review how accurately the existing protocols mimic tau deposits found in the brain of patients affected with tauopathies. We discuss the important properties that should be considered when forming amyloids and the benchmarks that should be used to ...
Julien Broc, Clara Piersson, Yann Fichou
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Membrane topology of the ArsB protein, the membrane subunit of an anion-translocating ATPase [PDF]
, 1992 The ars operon of the conjugative R-factor R773 encodes an oxyanion pump that catalyzes extrusion of arsenicals from cells of Escherichia coli. The oxyanion translocation ATPase is composed of two polypeptides, the catalytic ArsA protein and the ...
Rosen, Barry P. +2 more
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Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis acid resistance and pH homeostasis mechanisms
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibits a remarkable resilience to acid stress. In this Review, we discuss some of the molecular mechanisms and metabolic pathways used by the tubercle bacilli to adapt and resist host‐mediated acid stress. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a successful pathogen that has developed a variety of strategies to survive and ...
Janïs Laudouze +3 more
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mGPfusion: Predicting protein stability changes with Gaussian process kernel learning and data fusion [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Proteins are commonly used by biochemical industry for numerous processes. Refining these proteins' properties via mutations causes stability effects as well. Accurate computational method to predict how mutations affect protein stability are necessary to facilitate efficient protein design.
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Novel therapeutic targets in chronic myeloid leukaemia through a discrete time discrete Markov chain model of BCR-ABL1 interactions [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) is a blood-derived proliferative disorder, which is highly associated to a translocation of chromosomes 9 and 22 or the creation of Philadelphia chromosome Ph(+) cases, inducing the synthesis of a chimeric fusion protein, namely BCR-ABL1 (Breakpoint Cluster Region-Abelson 1 chimeric protein), which is known for driving ...
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Passaging of a Newcastle disease virus pigeon variant in chickens results in selection of viruses with mutations in the polymerase complex enhancing virus replication and virulence [PDF]
, 2010 Some Newcastle disease virus (NDV) variants isolated from pigeons (pigeon paramyxovirus type 1; PPMV-1) do not show their full virulence potential for domestic chickens but may become virulent upon spread in these animals.
Dortmans, J.C.F.M. +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.α2 → 8 polysialic acid elicits poor immunogenicity. Small‐angle scattering shows a supramolecular structure with parallel‐chain binding, although in different forms at μm and mm calcium. The major histocompatibility complex requires molecular weights around 2000 Da to produce antibodies, and 2000 Da polysialic oligomers will bind in these structures ...
Kenneth A. Rubinson
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Combining Flagellin and human β-defensin-3 to combat bacterial Infections
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 The discovery and therapeutic use of antibiotics made a major contribution to the reduction of human morbidity and mortality. However, the growing resistance to antibiotics has become a matter of huge concern.
Ofra eSabag, Haya eLorberboum-Galski
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Repressor fusions as a tool to study protein–protein interactions [PDF]
Structure, 1995 Genetic reporter systems are necessarily limited in the kinds of information they can provide. The most obvious limitation is that the insides of cells are complex. The phenotype of a gene fusion protein will be determined not only by the property we wish to assay, but also by other effects of the intracellular environment on the chimeric gene product,
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