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Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
wiley   +1 more source

APOBEC-1 cofactors regulate APOBEC3-induced mutations in hepatitis B virus

Journal of Virology
APOBEC3 proteins (A3s) play an important role in host innate immunity against viruses and DNA mutations in cancer. A3s-induced mutations in both viral and human DNA genomes vary significantly from non-lethal mutations in viruses to localized ...
Zhigang Chen, Thomas L. Eggerman, Alexander V. Bocharov, Irina N. Baranova, Tatyana G. Vishnyakova, Amy P. Patterson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ambitious role of anti angiogenesis molecules: Turning a cold tumor into a hot one [PDF]

, 2018
In renal cancer emerging treatment options are becoming available and there is a strong need to combine therapies to reformulate and adjourn clinical practice.
Botticelli, A., Marchetti, P., Nuti, M., Rughetti, A., Zizzari, I. G.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Fitness Effects of Mutations in Bacteria

Microbial Physiology, 2011
Mutation is the primary source of variation in any organism. Without it, natural selection cannot operate and organisms cannot adapt to novel environments. Mutation is also generally a source of defect: many mutations are not neutral but cause fitness decreases in the organisms where they arise.
Gordo, Isabel, Perfeito, Lilia, Sousa, Ana   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple ETS family transcription factors bind mutant p53 via distinct interaction regions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Mutant p53 gain‐of‐function is thought to be mediated by interaction with other transcription factors. We identify multiple ETS transcription factors that can bind mutant p53 and found that this interaction can be promoted by a PXXPP motif. ETS proteins that strongly bound mutant p53 were upregulated in ovarian cancer compared to ETS proteins that ...
Stephanie A. Metcalf, Nicholas F. Downing, Kaitlyn M. Mills, Samuel C. Metcalfe, Alexander E. Kritzer, Lindsey D. Mayo, Peter C. Hollenhorst   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear topology modulates the mutational landscapes of cancer genomes

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2017
Nuclear organization of genomic DNA affects processes of DNA damage and repair, yet its effects on mutational landscapes in cancer genomes remain unclear. Here we analyzed genome-wide somatic mutations from 366 samples of six cancer types.
Kyle S. Smith, Lin L. Liu, S. Ganesan, F. Michor, S. De   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
wiley   +1 more source

Viral Evolution and Adaptation as a Multivariate Branching Process

, 2013
In the present work we analyze the problem of adaptation and evolution of RNA virus populations, by defining the basic stochastic model as a multivariate branching process in close relation with the branching process advanced by Demetrius, Schuster and ...
Antoneli, Fernando, Bosco, Francisco, Castro, Diogo, Janini, Luiz Mário Ramos, Mondaini, R. P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Interpreting the dependence of mutation rates on age and time [PDF]

, 2015
Mutations can arise from the chance misincorporation of nucleotides during DNA replication or from DNA lesions that are not repaired correctly. We introduce a model that relates the source of mutations to their accumulation with cell divisions, providing
Gao, Ziyue, Przeworski, Molly, Sella, Guy, Wyman, Minyoung J.   +3 more
core   +5 more sources