Progress In Nucleic Acid Research And

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology. It contains contributions from leaders in their fields and abundant references.

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Genetic Switches During Bacteriophage λ Development

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Grzegorz Wegrzyn and Alicja Wegrzyn

I. Bacteriophage λ as a Model in Molecular Studies

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II. Developmental Pathways of Bacteriophage &lambda

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III. Genetic Switches: A Way to Regulate Bacteriophage λ Development

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IV. Concluding Remarks

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References

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Molecular Aspects of Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis and Recombination

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S. Anuradha and K. Muniyappa

I. General Introduction

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II. Meiosis

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III. G-quartets

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IV. Conclusions

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References

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Non-HKD Phospholipase D Enzymes: New Players in Phosphatidic Acid Signaling?

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Carlo Zambonelli and Mary F. Roberts

I. Introduction

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II. Phosphatidic Acid (PA)

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III. Phospholipase D (PLD) Enzymes

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IV. Dimetal Enzymes "Similar" to scPLD; Can They Do PLD Chemistry?

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V. Prospectus

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References

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Nucleotide Excision Repair

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Joyce T. Reardon and Aziz Sancar

I. Introduction

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II. Damage Recognition

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III. Excision Repair in Escherichia coli

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IV. Excision Repair in Humans

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V. Modulation of DNA Repair by Transcription

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VI. Repair of Chromatin

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VII. Repair of DNA Interstrand and DNA-Protein Cross-Links

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VIII. Concluding Comments

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References

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Signal Transduction Pathways in Cancer Development and as Targets for Cancer Prevention

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Ann M. Bode and Zigang Dong

I. Introduction

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II. Signals Involved in Neoplastic Cell Transformation and Carcinogenesis

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III. Carcinogen-Induced Signal Transduction

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IV. Chemoprevention and Signal Transduction Targets

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V. Conclusions/Summaries

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References

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ADAR Gene Family and A-to-I RNA Editing: Diverse Roles in Posttranscriptional Gene Regulation

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Louis Valente and Kazuko Nishikura

I. Historical Overview

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II. A Family of Editors

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III. Requirement of Double-Stranded RNA in the A-to-I RNA Editing Mechanism

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IV. Cellular Consequences

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V. Future Prospects

328

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References

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The Second Paradigm for Activation of Transcription

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S.R. Wigneshweraraj, P.C. Burrows, P. Bordes, J. Schumacher, M. Rappas, R.D. Finn, W.V. Cannon, X. Zhang, and M. Buck

I. Two Major Steps in Transcription Initiation

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II. The Bacterial Transcription Machinery

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III. The σ-54 Factor

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IV. The AAA Activator

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V. Determinants in Core RNAP

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VI. Toward a Detailed Mechanism for Activation

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References

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Families of Protein Phosphatase 1 Modulators Activated by Protein Kinases A and C: Focus on Brain

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Qing-Rong Liu, Jian-Ping Gong, and George R. Uhl

I. Introduction

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II. A Family of Protein Kinase A (PKA)-Activated PP1 Inhibitors

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III. A Family of Protein Kinase C (PKC)-Activated PP1 Inhibitors

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IV. Function of PKA- and PKC-Dependent PP1 Inhibitors

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V. Comparisons of the Families of PKA- and PKC-Dependent PP1 Inhibitors

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VI. Conclusions

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References

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Index

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