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Green Fluorescent Protein—The Light Fantastic from Jellyfish to Gene Expression... 

Decitabine (5-aza-deoxycytosine) is an analog of the nucleoside 2 -deoxycytidine. It is believed to exert its antineoplastic effects after phosphorylation and direct incorporation into DNA and by inhibition of the enzyme DNA methyltransferase, causing hypomethylation of DNA and cellular differentiation or apoptosis. DNA hypomethylation is achieved at concentrations below those required to significantly inhibit DNA synthesis, which may promote restoration of function to genes associated with control of cellular differentiation and proliferation. Cytotoxicity in rapidly dividing cells may also result from covalent adducts between DNA methyltransferase and decitabine. 

CREB stands for cyclic-AMP response element (CRE) binding protein and is a transcription factor. When phosphorylated by cyclic AMP- and cyclic GMP-dependent Protein Kinases or other protein kinases it binds to gene promoters that contain a specific binding site. After binding, the respective transcription activity is modulated. 

Another example is a recently discovered second mode of action by which nuclear receptors modulate transcription. In contrast to DNA-binding-dependent mechanisms, cross talk refers here to gene regulation by protein-protein-interaction of nuclear receptors with other transcription factors, such as AP-1 or NF-kB. Consequently, the nuclear receptor acts as a corepressor or coactivator of transcription. 

As these drug (side) actions may also involve polymorphic pathways, they are also amenable to gene... 

As this suggests, the major problem we face is the recognition and isolation of genes which confer stress tolerance. Thereafter, we may use reverse genetics to confirm the adaptive significance of these genes. Other approaches to gene isolation will now be discussed. 

A gene designated msrA has been identified in Staph, aureus which confers resistance to macrolides and streptogramins but not to lincosamides. Its function is unknown but the DNA sequence is homologous to genes coding for known efflux proteins. 

Manucci PM, Tuddenham EGD. The hemophilias—From royal genes to gene therapy. New Engl J Med 2001 344 1773-1779. 

In addition to histone deacetylation, histone lysine methylation can also lead to gene silencing which is not blocked by the HDAC inhibitors [6, 51], Several lines of evidence have suggested a connection between cancer and histone lysine methyltrans-ferases (HKMTs) [52], HKMTs catalyze the transfer of methyl group(s) from the cofactor. S -adenosyI-methionine (AdoMet) to some specific lysine residues in the N-terminal histone tails [53, 54], With one exception of Dotl [55], all known HKMTs contain the SET domain which represents a novel structural fold [53, 56], Among SET-domain HKMTs, SET7/9 is one of the best characterized experimentally. It is a... 

McMahon In terms of the model you are presenting that H19 might have a functional role, what has been done with regard to gene targeting to remove the H19 transcriptional locus or to ectopically express it in transgenics ... 

Nasmyth There are many examples where this is a stochastic event. Stochastic can refer to genes flicking on and off, or it can be choosing a position on the cell and marking that point — budding in yeast is a good example of this. Also, in the lateral inhibition, it is which one of the neuroblasts will win out. Once you have established this, you have created a focus for generating asymmetry. 

Replication Replication of lambda DNA occurs in two distinct fashions during different parts of the phage production cycle. Initially, liberation of lambda DNA from the host results in replication of a circular DNA, but subsequently linear concatamers are formed, which replicate in a different way. Replication is initiated at a site close to gene 0 and from there proceeds in opposite directions (bidirectional... 

Table 13.3. A guide to genes and proteins. All life forms are made up of material that includes proteins, which are involved in nearly every aspect of structure and function. In humans there are around 40,000 different types of proteins (there may be thousands or millions of each type). The same protein can differ slightly between individuals although it does the same job.

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