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The genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Shulaev V Sargent DJ Crowhurst RN Mockler TC Folkerts O Delcher AL Jaiswal P Mockaitis K Liston A Mane SP Burns P Davis TM Slovin JP Bassil N Hellens RP Evans C Harkins T Kodira C Desany B Crasta OR Jensen RV Allan AC Michael TP Setubal JC Celton JM Rees DJ Williams KP Holt SH Ruiz Rojas JJ Chatterjee M Liu B Silva H Meisel L Adato A Filichkin SA Troggio M Viola R Ashman TL Wang H Dharmawardhana P Elser J Raja R Priest HD Bryant DW Fox SE Givan SA Wilhelm LJ Naithani S Christoffels A Salama DY 《Nature genetics》2011,43(2):109-116
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Systems that exhibit complex behaviours are often found in a particular dynamical condition, poised between order and disorder. This observation is at the core of the so-called criticality hypothesis, which states that systems in a dynamical regime between order and disorder attain the highest level of computational capabilities and achieve an optimal trade-off between robustness and flexibility. Recent results in cellular and evolutionary biology, neuroscience and computer science have revitalised the interest in the criticality hypothesis, emphasising its role as a viable candidate general law in adaptive complex systems. This paper provides an overview of the works on dynamical criticality that are — To the best of our knowledge — Particularly relevant for the criticality hypothesis. The authors review the main contributions concerning dynamics and information processing at the edge of chaos, and illustrate the main achievements in the study of critical dynamics in biological systems.Finally, the authors discuss open questions and propose an agenda for future work. 相似文献
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Proteoglycans (PGs), a family of complex post-translationally sculptured macromolecules, are fundamental regulators of most
normal and aberrant cellular functions. The unparalleled structural–functional diversity of PGs endows them with the ability
to serve as critical mediators of the tumor cells’ interaction with the host microenvironment, while directly contributing
to the organization and dynamic remodeling of this milieu. Despite their indisputable importance during embryonic development
and in the adult organism, and their frequent dysregulation in tumor lesions, their precise involvement in tumorigenesis awaits
a more decisive demonstration. Particularly challenging is to ascertain to what extent selected PGs may catalyze tumor progression
and to what extent they may inhibit it, implying antithetic functions of individual PGs. Integrated efforts are needed to
consolidate the routine use of PGs in the clinical monitoring of cancer patients and to broaden the exploitation of these
macromolecules as therapeutic targets. Several PGs have the required attributes to be contemplated as effective antigens for
immunotherapeutic approaches, while the tangible results obtained in recent clinical trials targeting the NG2/CSPG4 transmembrane
PG urge further development of PG-based cancer treatment modalities. 相似文献
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Sarno S Mazzorana M Traynor R Ruzzene M Cozza G Pagano MA Meggio F Zagotto G Battistutta R Pinna LA 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(3):449-460
8-hydroxy-4-methyl-9-nitrobenzo(g)chromen-2-one (NBC) has been found to be a fairly potent ATP site-directed inhibitor of
protein kinase CK2 (Ki = 0.22 μM). Here, we show that NBC also inhibits PIM kinases, especially PIM1 and PIM3, the latter
as potently as CK2. Upon removal of the nitro group, to give 8-hydroxy-4-methyl-benzo(g)chromen-2-one (here referred to as
“denitro NBC”, dNBC), the inhibitory power toward CK2 is almost entirely lost (IC50 > 30 μM) whereas that toward PIM1 and PIM3 is maintained; in addition, dNBC is a potent inhibitor of a number of other kinases
that are weakly inhibited or unaffected by NBC, with special reference to DYRK1A whose IC50 values with NBC and dNBC are 15 and 0.60 μM, respectively. Therefore, the observation that NBC, unlike dNBC, is a potent
inducer of apoptosis is consistent with the notion that this effect is mediated by inhibition of endogenous CK2. The structural
features underlying NBC selectivity have been revealed by inspecting its 3D structure in complex with the catalytic subunit
of Z. mays CK2. The crucial role of the nitro group is exerted both through a direct electrostatic interaction with the side chain of Lys68
and, indirectly, by enhancing the acidic dissociation constant of the adjacent hydroxyl group which interacts with a conserved
water molecule in the deepest part of the cavity. By contrast, the very same nitro group is deleterious for the binding to
the active site of DYRK1A, as disclosed by molecular docking. This provides the rationale for preferential inhibition of DYRK1A
by dNBC. 相似文献
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Pregnancy: a cloned horse born to its dam twin 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Galli C Lagutina I Crotti G Colleoni S Turini P Ponderato N Duchi R Lazzari G 《Nature》2003,424(6949):635
Several animal species, including sheep, mice, cattle, goats, rabbits, cats, pigs and, more recently, mules have been reproduced by somatic cell cloning, with the offspring being a genetic copy of the animal donor of the nuclear material used for transfer into an enucleated oocyte. Here we use this technology to clone an adult horse and show that it is possible to establish a viable, full-term pregnancy in which the surrogate mother is also the nuclear donor. The cloned offspring is therefore genetically identical to the mare who carried it, challenging the idea that maternal immunological recognition of fetal antigens influences the well-being of the fetus and the outcome of the pregnancy. 相似文献
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The coordinated and reciprocal action of serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) protein kinases and phosphatases produces transient phosphorylation, a fundamental regulatory mechanism for many biological processes. The human genome encodes a far greater number of Ser/Thr protein kinases than of phosphatases. Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), in particular, is ubiquitously distributed and regulates a broad range of cellular functions, including glycogen metabolism, cell-cycle progression and muscle relaxation. PP1 has evolved effective catalytic machinery but lacks substrate specificity. Substrate specificity is conferred upon PP1 through interactions with a large number of regulatory subunits. The regulatory subunits are generally unrelated, but most possess the RVxF motif, a canonical PP1-binding sequence. Here we reveal the crystal structure at 2.7 A resolution of the complex between PP1 and a 34-kDa N-terminal domain of the myosin phosphatase targeting subunit MYPT1. MYPT1 is the protein that regulates PP1 function in smooth muscle relaxation. Structural elements amino- and carboxy-terminal to the RVxF motif of MYPT1 are positioned in a way that leads to a pronounced reshaping of the catalytic cleft of PP1, contributing to the increased myosin specificity of this complex. The structure has general implications for the control of PP1 activity by other regulatory subunits. 相似文献
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