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Oxidative stress and growth temperature in Bacillus subtilis.
(1987)Pretreatment of Bacillus subtilis with low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide protected the cells against the lethal effects of higher levels of oxidative stress. During the period of adaptation, eight proteins were ... -
Relationship among oxidative stress, growth cycle, and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
(1987)The sensitivity of Bacillus subtilis to hydrogen peroxide (oxidative stress) was found to vary with the position of the culture in the growth cycle. The most dramatic change occurred at the stationary phase, when the cells ... -
CODON USAGE AND GENE-EXPRESSION LEVEL IN DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM - HIGHLY EXPRESSED GENES DO PREFER OPTIMAL CODONS
(1989)Codon usage patterns in the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum have been re-examined (a total of 58 genes have been analysed). Considering the extreme A + T-richness of this genome (G + C = 22%), there is a surprising ... -
Replication and segregational stability of Bacillus plasmid pBAA1.
(1989)A cryptic plasmid, pBAA1, was identified in an industrial Bacillus strain. The plasmid is 6.8 kilobases in size and is present in cells at a copy number of approximately 5 per chromosome equivalent. The plasmid has been ... -
Estimation of synteny conservation and genome compaction between pufferfish (Fugu) and human.
(2000)BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the amount of gene order and synteny conservation between two species gives insights to the extent and mechanisms of divergence. The vertebrate Fugu rubripes (pufferfish) has a small genome with ... -
Apoptosis-associated release of Smac/DIABLO from mitochondria requires active caspases and is blocked by Bcl-2
(2001)Smac/DIABLO is a mitochondrial protein that potentiates some forms of apoptosis, possibly by neutralizing one or more members of the IAP family of apoptosis inhibitory proteins. Smac has been shown to exit mitochondria and ... -
CARDINAL, a novel caspase recruitment domain protein, is an inhibitor of multiple NF-kappa B activation pathways.
(2001)Proteins possessing the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) motif have been implicated in pathways leading to activation of caspases or NF-kappaB in the context of apoptosis or inflammation, respectively. Here we report the ... -
Executioner caspase-3, -6, and -7 perform distinct, non-redundant roles during the demolition phase of apoptosis.
(2001)Members of the caspase family of cysteine proteases play central roles in coordinating the stereotypical events that occur during apoptosis. Because the major executioner caspases, caspase-3 and caspase-7, exhibit almost ... -
Fourfold faster rate of genome rearrangement in nematodes than in Drosophila
(2002)We compared the genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to 13% of that of Caenorhabditis briggsae, identifying 252 conserved segments along their chromosomes. We detected 517 chromosomal rearrangements, with the ratio ... -
On the genetics of retinitis pigmentosa and on mutation-independent approaches to therapeutic intervention
(Nature Publishing Group, 2002)Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the group of hereditary conditions involving death of retinal photoreceptors, represents the most prevalent cause of visual handicap among working populations in developed countries. Here we ...
