Targeting uracil-DNA glycosylases for therapeutic outcomes using insights from virus evolution [PDF]
Ung-type uracil-DNA glycosylases are frontline defenders of DNA sequence fidelity in bacteria, plants, and animals; Ungs also directly assist both innate and humoral immunity.
Bouhamdan M+18 more
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Analysis of the impact of a uracil DNA glycosylase attenuated in AP-DNA binding in maintenance of the genomic integrity in Escherichia coli [PDF]
Uracil DNA glycosylase (Ung) initiates the uracil excision repair pathway. We have earlier characterized the Y66W and Y66H mutants of Ung and shown that they are compromised by ∼7- and ∼170-fold, respectively in their uracil excision activities.
Acharya+57 more
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A Versatile System for USER Cloning-Based Assembly of Expression Vectors for Mammalian Cell Engineering [PDF]
A new versatile mammalian vector system for protein production, cell biology analyses, and cell factory engineering was developed. The vector system applies the ligation-free uracil-excision based technique--USER cloning--to rapidly construct mammalian ...
A Aronheim+37 more
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Removal of Misincorporated Ribonucleotides from Prokaryotic Genomes: An Unexpected Role for Nucleotide Excision Repair [PDF]
Stringent steric exclusion mechanisms limit the misincorporation of ribonucleotides by high-fidelity DNA polymerases into genomic DNA. In contrast, low-fidelity Escherichia coli DNA polymerase V (pol V) has relatively poor sugar discrimination and ...
A Vaisman+77 more
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Inducible and constitutive promoters for genetic systems in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius [PDF]
Central to genetic work in any organism are the availability of a range of inducible and constitutive promoters. In this work we studied several promoters for use in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. The promoters were tested with
AF Andersson+32 more
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A mutant Pfu DNA polymerase designed for advanced uracil-excision DNA engineering [PDF]
Background The combined use of restriction enzymes with PCR has revolutionized molecular cloning, but is inherently restricted by the content of the manipulated DNA sequences.
Nørholm, Morten HH
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Main Points Juvenile stress (JS) increases ventral CA1‐LTP lastingly Blocking glutamine synthetase mimics LTP after JS, providing its product glutamine normalizes it Glutamine–glutamate cycle in astrocytes regionally mediates allostatic plasticity after JS Abstract A traumatic childhood is among the most important risk factors for developing stress ...
Sebastian Ivens+8 more
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Expression, Purification and Characterization of Ricin vectors used for exogenous antigen delivery into the MHC Class I presentation pathway [PDF]
Disarmed versions of the cytotoxin ricin can deliver fused peptides into target cells leading to MHC class I-restricted antigen presentation [Smith et al. J Immunol 2002; 169:99-107].
Lord, J. Michael+3 more
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Mimicking damaged DNA with a small molecule inhibitor of human UNG2 [PDF]
Human nuclear uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG2) is a cellular DNA repair enzyme that is essential for a number of diverse biological phenomena ranging from antibody diversification to B-cell lymphomas and type-1 human immunodeficiency virus infectivity ...
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Multiple gene knockout systems developed in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius are powerful genetic tools. However, plasmid construction typically requires several steps. Alternatively, PCR tailing for high‐throughput gene disruption was also developed in S.
Shoji Suzuki+2 more
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