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Ping YH, Chu CY, Gao H, Jacque JM, Stevenson M, Rana TM (2004) Modulating HlV-1 replication by RNA interference directed against human transcription elongation factor SPT5, Retro-virology 1 46... 

Transcription exhibits three phases initiation, elongation, and termination. All are dependent upon distinct DNA czV-elements and can be modulated by distinct tranS jzim protein factors. 

The latter type of compounds should preferably carry either one type I unit or at most two units (positioned as far apart as possible), and have an elongated structure (which does not fold as verapamil, for example) with a small cross-sectional area, Ad- The first type of compounds is expected to be transported slowly, whereas the second type may not be transported. Table 20.2 summarizes the drug properties relevant for transporter binding and lipid partitioning of a substrate (modulator or inhibitor) of P-gp. Inspection of the information contained in Table 20.2 shows that the synthesis and membrane incorporation of inhibitors with a low number of H-bond acceptor patterns should be simpler and more efficient than that of inhibitors with a large number of patterns. 

In summary, a number of parameters of outgrowth initiation, elongation, branching and cessation combine to generate axonal or dendritic geometry. These components can be modulated in vitro by a variety of soluble and substrate-bound factors, suggesting that, in vivo, control over morphological differentiation is multifactorial. 

All polyketides use the same general mechanism for chain elongation. Acetyl coenzyme A provides acetate (C2) units, which are condensed by a ketosynthase (KS). This in turn catalyzes condensation of the growing chain onto an acyl carrier protein (ACP), as generalized in Fig. 1.4. Enzymes such as ketoreductase (KR), enoyl reductase (ER), and dehydratase (DH) establish the oxidation state of caibon during translation, imparting structural diversity. Successive translation of each module leads to a chain of the required length that is eventually passed to thioeste-rase (TE), which releases the chain as a free acid or lactone. 

A typical module consists of an adenylation (A) domain, a peptidyl carrier protein (PCP) domain, and a condensation (C) or elongation domain. The A domain activates a specific amino acid as an... 

Figure 3.6. Polyketlde chains use an iterative process akin to the fatty acid chain elongation process. However, an extra layer of chemical diversity can be generated by feeding different starter units into the system consequently, the polyketlde biosynthetic system has been compared to a Lego system where a few modules can be joined together in many different ways.

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