Search Results - "Kiefer, M C"

A summary of reptile and anuran amphibian species from Brazilian sandy coastal plains: 31 years of sampling efforts of the "Laboratório de Ecologia de Vertebrados, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro" by Rocha, C F D, Militão, C M, Vrcibradic, D, Van Sluys, M, Pereira-Ribeiro, J, Dias, E J R, Marra, R V, Bergallo, H G, Winck, G R, Galdino, C A B, Cunha-Barros, M, Kiefer, M C, Telles, F B S, Almeida-Santos, P, Hatano, F H, Menezes, V A, Siqueira, C C, Miranda, J P, Maia-Carneiro, T, Oliveira, J C F

“…Although currently there is already a set of studies regarding ecological aspects of some particular reptile and amphibian species living in Brazilian sandy…”
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Differential success in sampling of Atlantic Forest amphibians among different periods of the day by Rocha, C F D, Siqueira, C C, Ariani, C V, Vrcibradic, D, Guedes, D M, Kiefer, M C, Almeida-Gomes, M, Goyannes-Araújo, P, Borges-Júnior, V N T, Van Sluys, M

“…In general, anurans tend to be nocturnal, though diurnal activity is characteristic of some groups. Studies show that frog activity may be inferred based on…”
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Species composition, richness and nestedness of lizard assemblages from Restinga habitats along the brazilian coast by Rocha, C F D, Vrcibradic, D, Kiefer, M C, Menezes, V A, Fontes, A F, Hatano, F H, Galdino, C A B, Bergallo, H G, Van Sluys, M

“…Habitat fragmentation is well known to adversely affect species living in the remaining, relatively isolated, habitat patches, especially for those having…”
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Protection from Fas-Mediated Apoptosis by a Soluble Form of the Fas Molecule by Cheng, Jianhua, Zhou, Tong, Liu, Changdan, Shapiro, John P., Brauer, Matthew J., Kiefer, Michael C., Barr, Philip J., Mountz, John D.

“…Fas is an apoptosis-signaling receptor molecule on the surface of a number of cell types. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis revealed a human…”
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Interferon-γ Modulates a p53-independent Apoptotic Pathway and Apoptosis-related Gene Expression by Ossina, Natalya K., Cannas, Angela, Powers, Virginia C., Fitzpatrick, Paul A., Knight, John D., Gilbert, James R., Shekhtman, Eugene M., Tomei, L. David, Umansky, Samuil R., Kiefer, Michael C.

“…Interferon (IFN)-γ increases the sensitivity of tumor cell lines, many of which are p53 mutants, to tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated and anti-Fas…”
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Ligand-Affinity Cloning and Structure of a Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan That Binds Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Kiefer, Michael C., Stephans, James C., Crawford, Kevin, Okino, Ken, Barr, Philip J.

“…Expression cloning of cDNAs encoding a basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) binding protein confirms previous hypotheses that this molecule is a cell-surface…”
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Fas-mediated apoptosis in human prostatic carcinoma cell lines by ROKHLIN, O. W, BISHOP, G. A, HOSTAGER, B. S, WALDSCHMIDT, T. J, SIDORENKO, S. P, PAVLOFF, N, KIEFER, M. C, UMANSKY, S. R, GLOVER, R. A, COHEN, M. B

“…Of six prostatic carcinoma cell lines examined (ALVA31, DU145, JCA1, LNCaP, ND1, and PC3) by flow cytometric analysis, all were found to be positive for Fas…”
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Role of Muscle Insulin-like Growth Factors in Nerve Sprouting: Suppression of Terminal Sprouting in Paralyzed Muscle by IGF-Binding Protein 4 by Caroni, Pico, Schneider, Corinna, Kiefer, Michael C., Zapf, Jürgen

“…The protracted absence of muscle activation initiates complex cellular and molecular reactions aimed at restoring functional neuromuscular transmission and…”
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Expression of a Human Proprotein Processing Enzyme: Correct Cleavage of the von Willebrand Factor Precursor at a Paired Basic Amino Acid Site by Wise, Robert J., Barr, Philip J., Wong, Polly A., Kiefer, Michael C., Brake, Anthony J.

“…Intracellular proteolytic processing of precursor polypeptides is an essential step in the maturation of many proteins, including plasma proteins, hormones,…”
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Posttranslational regulation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 in normal and transformed human fibroblasts : insulin-like growth factor dependence and biological studies by CONOVER, C. A, KIEFER, M. C, ZAPF, J

“…Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4) is a 24-26-kD protein expressed by a variety of cell types in vivo and in vitro. Treatment of normal…”
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Regulation and biological effect of endogenous insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 in human osteoblastic cells by Conover, C A, Kiefer, M C

“…U-2 human osteosarcoma cells secrete a 29/32/34 kilodalton (kDa) insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) identified as O-glycosylated IGFBP-5…”
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Characterization of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 4, 5, and 6 produced in yeast by Kiefer, M C, Schmid, C, Waldvogel, M, Schläpfer, I, Futo, E, Masiarz, F R, Green, K, Barr, P J, Zapf, J

“…The insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) family comprises six structurally distinct, but highly homologous proteins. They have been identified in…”
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Structure and biological activities of a heparin-derived hexasaccharide with high affinity for basic fibroblast growth factor by TYRRELL, D. J, ISHIHARA, M, RAO, N, HORNE, A, KIEFER, M. C, STAUBER, G. B, LAM, L. H, STACK, R. J

“…We demonstrated previously that heparin-derived hexasaccharides are the smallest fragments of the polysaccharide with comparable basic fibroblast growth factor…”
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Carboxy-truncated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 stimulates mitogenesis in osteoblast-like cells by Andress, D L, Loop, S M, Zapf, J, Kiefer, M C

“…Recently we demonstrated that a 23 kDa form of IGFBP-5, derived from osteoblast-like cells, stimulates osteoblast mitogenesis and enhances IGF-I action…”
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The cDNA and derived amino acid sequence for human osteopontin by KIEFER, M. C, BAUER, D. M, BARR, P. J

“…The authors have isolated and sequenced a cDNA representing the coding region of human osteopontin (bone sialoprotein 1), a cell-binding sialoprotein specific…”
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Characterization of the chromosomal gene and promoter for human insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 by ALLANDER, S. V, LARSSON, C, EHRENBORG, E, SUWANICHKUL, A, WEBER, G, MORRIS, S. L, BAJALICA, S, KIEFER, M. C, LUTHMAN, H, POWELL, D. R

“…To better understand the regulation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) expression, we cloned the IGFBP-5 gene from human genomic…”
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Regulation of insulin‐like growth factor binding protein 4 by a specific insulin‐like growth factor binding protein 4 proteinase in normal human osteoblast‐like cells: Implications in bone cell physiology by Durham, Susan K., Kiefer, Michael C., Riggs, Lawrence B., Conover, Cheryl A.

“…Insulin‐like growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP‐4) is secreted by normal human osteoblast‐like cells (hOB) and is a potent inhibitor of insulin‐like growth…”
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Cloning of Three Human Multifunctional De novo Purine Biosynthetic Genes by Functional Complementation of Yeast Mutations by Schild, David, Brake, Anthony J., Kiefer, Michael C., Young, Daru, Barr, Philip J.

“…Functional complementation of mutations in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used to clone three multifunctional human genes involved in de novo…”
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Modulation of apoptosis by the widely distributed Bcl-2 homologue Bak by Kiefer, Michael C, Brauer, Matthew J, Powers, Virginia C, Wu, Jason J, Umansky, Samuil R, Tomei, L. David, Barr, Philip J

“…Members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins are characterized by their ability to modulate cell death. Bcl-2 and some of its homologues inhibit apoptosis, whereas…”
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Molecular cloning of a new human insulin-like growth factor binding protein by Kiefer, M C, Ioh, R S, Bauer, D M, Zapf, J

“…We have cloned a new insulin-like growth factor's binding protein (IGFBP) from a human osteosarcoma cDNA library. Two conserved regions in the COOH-terminal…”
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