supported by the National Key Scientific Program of China(2011CB911000);the National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB932702);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21325520,21327009,J1210040,21177036);the National Instrumentation Program(2011YQ030124);the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of NSFC(21521063)
DNAzymes, generated through in vitro selection processes, are single-stranded DNA catalysts that can catalyze a wide variety of reactions, such as RNA or DNA cleavage and ligation or DNA phosphorylation. Based on spec...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51222307,51303173,51390480,21474104 and 51403205);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(International cooperation and communication program 2011DFR51090);Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Program(Nos.20120306,20130521011JH)
Polyethylenimine-poly(L-lysine) (PEI-PLL) copolymer was synthesized via ring-opening polymerization of L-lysine N-carboxyanhydride (Lys(Z)-NCA) initiated by PEI. The complexation of PEI-PLL with siRNA was stud...
Background The extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has increasingly become a major contributor to nosocomial infections and can exhibit multiple antibiotic resistance.Previous stu...
Supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2011CB504206,2012CB518700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91019013,31221061,31200653 and 31370866);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-11-0410)
The Polycomb group (PcG) genes repress gene expression mainly through chromatin modifications and regulation of chromatin structure. At present, at/east four protein complexes of PcG proteins are identified, includi...
supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CBA01103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31171254);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(WK2060190018)
Most eukaryotes employ a variety of mechanisms to defend the integrity of their genome by recognizing and silencing parasitic mobile nucleic acids.However,recent studies have shown that genomic DNA undergoes extensive...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30971007);the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province for Outstanding Young Scholars (No.2010CDA103);the National Basic Research Program(No.2011CB504403)
This study was aimed to examine the effect of TREK-1 silencing on the function of astrocytes. Three 21-nucleotide small interfering RNA (siRNA) duplexes (siT1, siT2, siT3) targeting TREK-1 were constructed. Cy3-labele...
supported by the National Science and Technology Major Projects of China (No. 2009ZX08009-026B);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20090461375);the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2006CB101903)
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a recently developed technique for characterizing the function of plant genes by gene transcript suppression and is increasingly used to generate transient loss-of-function assay...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30721063);National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2005CB522402, 2006CB910403);National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology grant (2060204);Beijing municipal government grant (YB20081002301)
Objective To study the regulatory mechanism of SATB1 repression in cells other than T cells or erythroid cells, which have high expression level of SATB1. Methods HeLa epithelial cells were treated with either histone...
Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB914804);National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007AA021010);Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China for Returned Scholars;Key Project of the Science & Technology Pillar Program of Tianjin (Grant No. 07ZCKFSH03700);Innovative Research Foundation of Nankai University
The signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) have diverse biological functions and are involved in cell differentiation, proliferation, development, apoptosis and inflammation. Several constitutively...