Publications
1995
Dirheimer G., Baranowski W., Keith G.
Variations in tRNA modifications, particularly of their queuine content in higher eukaryotes. Its relation to malignancy grading Journal Article
In: Biochimie, vol. 77, no. 1-2, pp. 99-103, 1995, (0300-9084 Journal Article Review Review, Tutorial).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: &, Animals, Cell, derivatives/analysis, Female, Gov't, Guanine/*analogs, Human, Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology, Neoplastic/genetics, Non-U.S., Ovarian, post-transcriptional, Processing, Purines/analysis, Pyrimidines/analysis, RNA, Support, Transfer/*chemistry/metabolism, Transformation
@article{,
title = {Variations in tRNA modifications, particularly of their queuine content in higher eukaryotes. Its relation to malignancy grading},
author = { G. Dirheimer and W. Baranowski and G. Keith},
year = {1995},
date = {1995-01-01},
journal = {Biochimie},
volume = {77},
number = {1-2},
pages = {99-103},
abstract = {Literature references dealing with the variations in the modification level of nucleosides in total eukaryotic tRNAs as a function of different physiological status and after drug administration as well as in sequenced cytoplasmic tRNAs between normal and tumor cells and in SV40-transformed cells are reviewed. In addition, special attention is given to guanine replacement of queuine in the first position of the anticodon of tRNAs. A correlation between the level of this undermodification in cancer tissues and the malignancy grading could be found in human ovarian tumors, confirming the results reported in several laboratories for lymphomas and lung cancer tissues. Indeed tRNAs from primary and metastatic human ovarian malignant tumors are Q deficient as compared to tRNAs from normal tissues or benign tumors: thus queuine deficiency increases with malignancy and grading of differentiation.},
note = {0300-9084
Journal Article
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Review, Tutorial},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Keith G., Dirheimer G.
Postlabeling: a sensitive method for studying DNA adducts and their role in carcinogenesis Journal Article
In: Curr Opin Biotechnol, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 3-11, 1995, (0958-1669 Journal Article Review Review, Academic).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: *Cell, *Genome, Adducts/*analysis, and, Animals, Base, Cell, Conditions/genetics/pathology, Data, Dilution, Division, DNA, Genetic, Gov't, Human, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology, Neoplastic, Non-U.S., Phosphorus, Precancerous, Radioisotope, Radioisotopes, Sensitivity, Sequence, Specificity, Support, Technique, Transformation, Xenobiotics
@article{,
title = {Postlabeling: a sensitive method for studying DNA adducts and their role in carcinogenesis},
author = { G. Keith and G. Dirheimer},
year = {1995},
date = {1995-01-01},
journal = {Curr Opin Biotechnol},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {3-11},
abstract = {The covalent binding of xenobiotics to DNA is an important trigger of the multistage process that leads to carcinogenesis. 32P-postlabeling represents a highly sensitive method for biomonitoring exposure to genotoxic agents and for cancer risk assessment; it is capable of detecting less than one DNA adduct per human genome. Recent improvements to the technique have shown that the resistance of adducted DNA to enzyme digestion may lead to an overestimation of the number of different adducts present in a sample.},
note = {0958-1669
Journal Article
Review
Review, Academic},
keywords = {*Cell, *Genome, Adducts/*analysis, and, Animals, Base, Cell, Conditions/genetics/pathology, Data, Dilution, Division, DNA, Genetic, Gov't, Human, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology, Neoplastic, Non-U.S., Phosphorus, Precancerous, Radioisotope, Radioisotopes, Sensitivity, Sequence, Specificity, Support, Technique, Transformation, Xenobiotics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1994
Meister Marie, Braun A, Kappler Christine, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Hoffmann Jules A
Insect immunity. A transgenic analysis in Drosophila defines several functional domains in the diptericin promoter Journal Article
In: EMBO J., vol. 13, no. 24, pp. 5958–5966, 1994, ISSN: 0261-4189.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Anti-Infective Agents, Base Sequence, beta-Galactosidase, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic, Genetically Modified, Germ Cells, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insect Proteins, M3i, Male, Models, Nucleic Acid, Promoter Regions, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, reichhart, Repetitive Sequences, Transformation
@article{meister_insect_1994,
title = {Insect immunity. A transgenic analysis in Drosophila defines several functional domains in the diptericin promoter},
author = {Marie Meister and A Braun and Christine Kappler and Jean-Marc Reichhart and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0261-4189},
year = {1994},
date = {1994-12-01},
journal = {EMBO J.},
volume = {13},
number = {24},
pages = {5958--5966},
abstract = {Diptericins are antibacterial polypeptides which are strongly induced in the fat body and blood cells of dipteran insects in response to septic injury. The promoter of the single-copy, intronless diptericin gene of Drosophila contains several nucleotide sequences homologous to mammalian cis-regulatory motifs involved in the control of acute phase response genes. Extending our previous studies on the expression of the diptericin gene, we now report a quantitative analysis of the contribution of various putative regulatory elements to the bacterial inducibility of this gene, based on the generation of 60 transgenic fly lines carrying different elements fused to a reporter gene. Our data definitively identify two Kappa B-related motifs in the proximal promoter as the sites conferring inducibility and tissue-specific expression to the diptericin gene. These motifs alone, however, mediate only minimal levels of expression. Additional proximal regulatory elements are necessary to attain some 20% of the full response and we suspect a role for sequences homologous to mammalian IL6 response elements and interferon-gamma responsive sites in this up-regulation. The transgenic experiments also reveal the existence of a distal regulatory element located upstream of -0.6 kb which increases the level of expression by a factor of five.},
keywords = {Animals, Anti-Infective Agents, Base Sequence, beta-Galactosidase, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic, Genetically Modified, Germ Cells, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insect Proteins, M3i, Male, Models, Nucleic Acid, Promoter Regions, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, reichhart, Repetitive Sequences, Transformation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}