Background: Grain weight (GW) is a key component of sunflower yield and quality, but may be limited by maternal tissues. Cell growth is influenced by expansin proteins that loosen the plant cell wall. This study aimed to identify spatio-temporal expression of EXPN genes in sunflower reproductive organ tissues (ovary, pericarp, and embryo) and evaluate correlations between reproductive organ growth and expansin genes expression.
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October 2008
Tacrolimus is an agent used in clinical immunosuppressive drug therapies. A wide spectrum of adverse effects has been reported in association with this immunosuppressor, including neurotoxic effect. The upper limit of therapeutic blood concentrations of tacrolimus has been described as 30 ng/ml in immunosuppressed patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe examined the relative function of the two classes of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for ADP-ribosylation factors that regulate recruitment of coat proteins on the Golgi complex. Complementary overexpression and RNA-based knockdown approaches established that GBF1 regulates COPI recruitment on cis-Golgi compartments, whereas BIGs appear specialized for adaptor proteins on the trans-Golgi. Knockdown of GBF1 and/or COPI did not prevent export of VSVGtsO45 from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but caused its accumulation into peripheral vesiculotubular clusters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe formation and maturation of membrane carriers that transport cargo from the ER to the Golgi complex involves the sequential action of the coat protein complexes COPII and COPI. Recruitment of COPI to nascent carriers requires activation of ADP-ribosylation factors by a BrefeldinA-sensitive guanine nucleotide exchange factor. Using new antisera and a GFP-tagged protein, we demonstrate that the exchange factor GBF1 localized to both Golgi membranes and peripheral puncta, near but separate from ER exit sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalysis of multiple transcripts for the Arf-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1 identified three positions displaying small in-frame deletions and insertions. Sequencing of genomic DNA for CHO GBF1 and analysis of the human gene established that those variations were consistent with alternate splicing events. RT-PCR analysis of CHO mRNA confirmed that these small in-frame deletions occurred at significant and similar frequencies in both WT and BFA resistant CHO cells.
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