• Because stimulation and blockade of dopamine D receptor

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  Because stimulation and blockade of dopamine D2 receptor all cause a similar disruption of maternal behavior, one critical question is whether they do so through the same or different behavioral mechanisms. One idea is that stimulation or blockade of D2 receptors similarly suppresses maternal motiva

• br Concluding remarks A crucial step in the microbial

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  Concluding remarks A crucial step in the microbial degradation of steroids is the 1(2)-dehydrogenation of the steroid nucleus by FAD-dependent Δ1-KSTDs. This step is required to initiate the opening of the steroid nucleus under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. A large variety of steroid-deg

• The lungs dissected from week mice were cut into

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  The lungs dissected from 4–5-week mice were cut into small pieces and then immersed in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) containing collagenase II (2 mg/ml), trypsin (2.5 mg/ml), Dnase I (2 mg/ml), penicillin (100 U/ml), and streptomycin (100 μg/ml) for 12 hours at 37 °C

• Using characteristic features of ECM proteins and a computat

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  Using characteristic features of ECM proteins and a computational pipeline combining interrogation of protein and gene databases, we previously defined the matrisome as the ensemble of ECM and ECM-associated proteins [[16], [17], [18]]. In mammals, the matrisome represents 4% of the genome, or appro

• br Funding sources br Introduction Psychiatric comorbidities

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  Funding sources Introduction Psychiatric comorbidities affect up to 70% of people with pharmacoresistant epilepsy and significantly impact quality of life [1]. Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy have been thought to be due to psychosocial stress. However, recent evidence suggests a more com

• salvinorin a australia br Materials and methods br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion The EP4 salvinorin a australia for PGE2 is similar to the EP1, EP2 and EP3 receptors in that they all have seven transmembrane segments and are coupled to Gα subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins, with a different Gα subunit for each receptor (Sugim

• N Cyclopentylmethyl analog exhibited fold

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  N-Cyclopentylmethyl analog 25 exhibited 2.3-fold less potent receptor affinity and 1.6-fold less potent antagonist activity. Among the compounds tested, the N-isobutyl analog 23 showed the most potent EP1 receptor affinity and antagonist activity. In summary, a series of 4-( 2-[alkyl(phenylsulfonyl

• ACE also known as Kininase II

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  ACE also known as Kininase II is an important enzyme of the Renin angiotensin PSB 0777 ammonium salt synthesis system (RAAS) (Novo et al., 1987), it is believed to be a potent blood pressure regulator and also plays a crucial role in activation of the bradykinin receptor via inactivation of bradykin

• Judging from the densitometric analysis of the

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  Judging from the densitometric analysis of the Western blots, CYP2E1 protein was expressed, although at very low levels, by PT cells. This corresponds to previous observations [10], showing that CYP2E1 was expressed in the PT, although expression was higher in the distal tubule. Testosterone 6β-hyd

• br Ubiquitination and deubiquitination pathways Ubiquitinati

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  Ubiquitination and deubiquitination pathways Ubiquitination is a part of the post-translational modification (PTM) process. Ubiquitination affects proteins in various ways, but its main functions are to signal protein degradation via the 26S proteasome, modify cellular location of proteins, affec

• Dehydrogenation by a KSTD is also a crucial

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  — 1(2)-Dehydrogenation by a Δ1-KSTD is also a crucial step during Spironolactone degradation of the steroid core. Several Δ1-KSTDs were shown to be active under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions [27,29,47,50,66]. Furthermore, the last common intermediate of both aerobic and anaerobic steroid d

• An even more striking difference is observed

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  An even more striking difference is observed when comparing active site residues, which are evolutionarily very well conserved in other soluble PPases 18, 19. In 31 known PPase sequences, 13 functionally important active site residues are conserved in all sequences, but only two of them (D70 and D97

• Cytochromes P CYP are a superfamily

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  Cytochromes P450 (CYP 450) are a superfamily of hemoproteins containing a heme cofactor, which are widely distributed in animals, plants and microbes (Hannemann et al., 2007). CYP450 exhibits a variety of biological functions including biotransformation of drugs, detoxification of endogenous and xen

• br Acknowledgments br Introduction Understanding the charact

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  Acknowledgments Introduction Understanding the characteristics of the Amazonian Dark soils “Terras Pretas de Índio” (TPIs) is of ecological importance, because the TPI soils represent a residue-based model for tropical sustainable agriculture (Sombroek et al., 2003, Neves et al., 2003, Cohen-O

• br Acknowledgements This work was supported by the European

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  Acknowledgements This work was supported by the European Committee Fifth Framework Project QLK5-1999-01360. We are grateful to Dr. T.T. Hoang for the provision of plasmids pEX18Tc, pPS858 and pFLP2, Prof. B.L. Wanner for providing us with the plasmid pKD4 and related strains, and Prof. P. Soucail

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