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Multiple Sequence Alignment Based on Profile Alignment of Intermediate Sequences [PDF]

Journal of Computational Biology, 2007
Despite considerable efforts, it remains difficult to obtain accurate multiple sequence alignments. By using additional hits from database search of the input sequences, a few strategies have been proposed to significantly improve alignment accuracy, including the construction of profiles from the hits while performing profile alignment, the inclusion ...
Yue, Lu, Sing-Hoi, Sze
openaire   +2 more sources

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical Encodings of Amino Acids in Multivariate Gaussian Modeling of Protein Multiple Sequence Alignments

Molecules, 2018
Residues in proteins that are in close spatial proximity are more prone to covariate as their interactions are likely to be preserved due to structural and evolutionary constraints.
Patrice Koehl, Henri Orland, Marc Delarue   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protein multiple sequence alignment benchmarking through secondary structure prediction

Bioinform., 2017
Motivation: Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is commonly used to analyze sets of homologous protein or DNA sequences. This has lead to the development of many methods and packages for MSA over the past 30 years.
Quan Le, Fabian Sievers, D. Higgins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Formatt: Correcting protein multiple structural alignments by incorporating sequence alignment

BMC Bioinformatics, 2012
Background The quality of multiple protein structure alignments are usually computed and assessed based on geometric functions of the coordinates of the backbone atoms from the protein chains.
Daniels Noah M, Nadimpalli Shilpa, Cowen Lenore J   +2 more
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Characterizing the salivary RNA landscape to identify potential diagnostic, prognostic, and follow‐up biomarkers for breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study explores salivary RNA for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, prognosis, and follow‐up. High‐throughput RNA sequencing identified distinct salivary RNA signatures, including novel transcripts, that differentiate BC from healthy controls, characterize histological and molecular subtypes, and indicate lymph node involvement.
Nicholas Rajan, Irina Primac, Emre Etlioglu, Laurens Debruyne, Ann Janssen, Magy Sallam, Kevin Tabury, Roel Quintens, Wiebren Tjalma, Mohammed Abderrafi Benotmane   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing universal primers for the isolation of DNA sequences encoding Proanthocyanidins biosynthetic enzymes in Crataegus aronia

BMC Research Notes, 2012
Background Hawthorn is the common name of all plant species in the genus Crataegus, which belongs to the Rosaceae family. Crataegus are considered useful medicinal plants because of their high content of proanthocyanidins (PAs) and other related ...
Zuiter Afnan, Sawwan Jammal, Al Abdallat Ayed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the gap: Multi‐stakeholder perspectives of molecular diagnostics in oncology

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Although molecular diagnostics is transforming cancer care, implementing novel technologies remains challenging. This study identifies unmet needs and technology requirements through a two‐step stakeholder involvement. Liquid biopsies for monitoring applications and predictive biomarker testing emerge as key unmet needs. Technology requirements vary by
Jorine Arnouts, Senada Koljenović, Elise Daems, Karolien De Wael, Marc Peeters, Léon C. van Kempen, Greetje Vanhoutte, Karen Zwaenepoel, Timon Vandamme   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source