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The astacin metalloprotease moulting enzyme NAS-36 is required for normal cuticle ecdysis in free-living and parasitic nematodes [PDF]

, 2011
Nematodes represent one of the most abundant and species-rich groups of animals on the planet, with parasitic species causing chronic, debilitating infections in both livestock and humans worldwide. The prevalence and success of the nematodes is a direct
ANDREW J. BIRNIE, ANTONY P. PAGE, GILLIAN McCORMACK, GILLIAN STEPEK, Hishida, Page   +5 more
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Enhanced Systemic Response of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Regulators in Campylobacter and Salmonella Patients

Diagnostics, 2018
Campylobacters are major enteropathogens worldwide with a substantial financial burden. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic metalloendopeptidases with ability to modify immune response and shown to be upregulated in patients with several ...
Anna Nilsson, Taina Tervahartiala, David Lennebratt, Anders Lannergård, Timo Sorsa, Hilpi Rautelin   +5 more
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Purification, characterization, and structural elucidation of serralysin-like alkaline metalloprotease from a novel source

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2019
Background Serratiopeptidase is an alkaline metalloendopeptidase, which acquired wide significance because of its therapeutic applications.
Swathi Nageswara, Girijasankar Guntuku, Bhagya Lakshmi Yakkali   +2 more
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The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin motifs) family [PDF]

, 2015
The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin motifs) enzymes are secreted, multi-domain matrix-associated zinc metalloendopeptidases that have diverse roles in tissue morphogenesis and patho-physiological remodeling, in ...
A Colige, A Didangelos, A Luque, A Moncada-Pazos, A Noel, A Tan Ide, AC Jonsson-Rylander, AC Nicholson, AJ Fosang, B Joe, BH Koo, BH Koo, BV Nusgens, C Casal, C Esselens, C Gendron, C Kintakas, C Lopez-Otin, C Ricciardelli, CB Kern, CG Viloria, CH Mjaatvedt, CJ Liu, CJ Liu, CL Jacobi, CM Dancevic, CN Brocker, CR Flannery, D Wagsater, DL Russell, DL Silver, DR Edwards, DR McCulloch, DT Jones, Dylan R Edwards, EA Lin, EC Arner, ED Karagiannis, EM Majerus, F Guo, F Vazquez, FG Brunet, FX Gomis-Ruth, FX Gomis-Ruth, G Gao, G Gao, G Hashimoto, G Murphy, GC Choi, GE Lind, GG Levy, GJ Wayne, Grant N Wheeler, H Enomoto, H Jin, H Stanton, H Stanton, HL Lung, HM Brown, I Abbaszade, I Peluso, Ines Desanlis, J Dubail, J Dubail, J Felsenstein, J Hofsteenge, J Huxley-Jones, J Huxley-Jones, J Morales, JA Pyun, JC Adams, JC Rodriguez-Manzaneque, JC Rodriguez-Manzaneque, JC Rodriguez-Manzaneque, JD Sandy, JM Longpre, K Demircan, K Fujikawa, K Gopalakrishnan, K Kuno, K Kuno, K Stankunas, K Tamura, K Yamamoto, K Yamamoto, L Angerer, L Faivre, L Mittaz, L Mosyak, L Troeberg, L Troeberg, L Troeberg, L Wagstaff, LA Collins-Racie, LE Dupuis, LM Ricketts, M Cudic, M Hour El, M Kashiwagi, M Krampert, M Llamazares, MA Aldahmesh, MD Tortorella, MN Vankemmelbeke, N Dagoneau, N Hattori, N Rocks, N Rocks, N Stupka, NH Lim, NV Lee, NV Lee, P Wang, PH Lo, PJ Koshy, PS Chockalingam, R Kelwick, RC Salter, RH Song, Richard Kelwick, RL Robker, RP Somerville, RP Somerville, RS Patel, S Abdul-Majeed, S Gerhardt, S Kumar, S Kumar, S Nandadasa, S Porter, S Porter, SS Apte, SS Glasson, T Fontanil, T Shindo, TN Wight, U Auf Dem Keller, W Du, W Zeng, WE Kutz, WM Wang, X Lu, X Pu, XL Zheng, YJ Liu, YP Hsu   +145 more
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Not so Dangerous After All? Venom Composition and Potency of the Pholcid (Daddy Long-Leg) Spider Physocyclus mexicanus

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), officially “cellar spiders” but popularly known as “daddy long-legs,” are renown for the potential of deadly toxic venom, even though venom composition and potency has never formally been studied.
Pamela A. Zobel-Thropp, Jennifer Mullins, Charles Kristensen, Brent A. Kronmiller, Cynthia L. David, Linda A. Breci, Greta J. Binford   +6 more
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Protein import into chloroplasts: new aspects of a well-known topic [PDF]

, 2007
Protein import into plant chloroplasts is a fascinating topic that is being investigated by many research groups. Since the majority of chloroplast proteins are synthesised as precursor proteins in the cytosol, they have to be posttranslationally ...
Bölter, Bettina, Soil, Juergen, Stengel, Anna   +2 more
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ADAMTS9, a member of the ADAMTS family, in Xenopus development [PDF]

, 2018
Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling by metalloproteinases is crucial during development. The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin type I motifs) enzymes are secreted, multi-domain matrix-associated zinc metalloendopeptidases ...
Boerboom, Brocker, Brunet, Casini, Dubail, Dupuis, Dutt, Enomoto, Fletcher, Guo, Harrison, Hatch, Jones, Jungers, Kelwick, Kern, Lienkamp, McCulloch, McCulloch, Nandadasa, Nandadasa, Nieuwkoop, Otto, Owens, Rao, Session, Silver, Somerville, Stanton, Suga, Suzuki, Szabo, Tamura, Tomlinson, Tomlinson, Tomlinson, Watanabe, Wheeler   +37 more
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Gene expression and matrix turnover in overused and damaged tendons [PDF]

, 2005
Chronic, painful conditions affecting tendons, frequently known as tendinopathy, are very common types of sporting injury. The tendon extracellular matrix is substantially altered in tendinopathy, and these changes are thought to precede and underlie the
Abbaszade I, Akeson WH, Alfredson H, Amiel D, Archambault J, Astrom M, Bank RA, Banyard J, Benjamin M., Berenson MC, Boot-Handford RP, Brown PD., Cal S, Caterson B, Cawston TE, Cawston TE., Clark IM, Colige A, Colige A, Collins-Racie LA, Corps AN, Corps AN, Curwin SL, Dalton S, Dickinson SC, Eriksen HA, Everts V, Fernandes RJ, Fitzgerald J, Flannery CR, G. P. Riley, Gao G, Gelberman RH, Gillard GC, Gotoh M, Hannafin JA., Hardingham TE, Hashimoto T, Heinemeier K, Ireland D, Jarvinen M, Jozsa L, Jozsa L, Kannus P, Kannus P., Kannus P., Kashiwagi M, Kashiwagi M, Kaushal GP, Kjaer M, Koch M, Koch M, Koshy PJ, Koskinen SO, Kuno K, Langberg H, Langberg H, Langberg H, Leadbetter WB., Lehto M, McCawley LJ, McNeilly CM, Murphy G, Myllyharju J, Nagase H., Pace JM, Patterson-Kane JC, Pierfitte C, Rees SG, Riley G., Riley GP, Riley GP, Riley GP, Riley GP, Riley GP, Riley GP., Samiric T, Samiric T, Sandy JD, Sandy JD, Sandy JD, Sato K, Smith RK, Smith RK, Somerville RP, Tipton CM, Tortorella MD, Tortorella MD, Tsuzaki M, Vankemmelbeke MN, Vogel KG, Waggett AD, Wang P, Woo SLY, Woo SLY, Woo SLY, Yasuda K, Yoshihara Y   +97 more
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Multiple myeloma primary cells show a highly rearranged unbalanced genome with amplifications and homozygous deletions irrespective of the presence of immunoglobulin-related chromosome translocations [PDF]

, 2007
Background and Objectives Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell neoplasia in which genetic studies have shown that genomic changes may affect almost all chromosomes, as shown by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and comparative ...
Alvarez, S. (Sara), Blesa, D. (David), Calasanz-Abinzano, M.J. (Maria Jose), Cigudosa, J.C. (Juan Cruz), Ferreira, B. (Bibiana), Largo, C. (Cristina), Prosper, F. (Felipe), Saez, B. (Borja), Suela, J. (Javier)   +8 more
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Acute cocaine treatment increases thimet oligopeptidase in the striatum of rat brain [PDF]

, 2012
Many studies indicate that thimet oligopeptidase (EC3.4.24.15; TOP) can be implicated in the metabolism of bioactive peptides, including dynorphin 1-8, alpha-neoendorphin, beta-neoendorphin and GnRH.
Andersen, Monica Levy, Bicocchi, Eliane S., Chagas, Jair Ribeiro, Dalio, Fernanda Montiel, Ferro, Emer Suavinho, Freua, Rodrigo, Gesteira, Tarsis Ferreira, Machado, Mauricio Ferreira Marcondes, Nader, Helena Bonciani, Oliveira, Vitor, Perry, Juliana Cini, Toledo, Claudio A. B., Tufik, Sergio, Visniauskas, Bruna   +13 more
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