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J Inorg Biochem ; 104(10): 1013-21, 2010 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20627315

ABSTRACT

This paper highlights an innovative application of inorganic-binding peptides as quality control tools for detecting defects on inorganic surfaces of any shape. The approach involves attaching a fluorescent label to an inorganic-binding peptide and exploiting the peptide's high binding specificity to detect, by simple fluorescence microscopy, chemical composition defects of microm size and crystallographic state defects. Proof of concept was demonstrated by monitoring binding of a previously isolated ZnO-binding peptide to galvanized steel substrates. The approach was further validated for TiO(2) coatings and stainless steel, with two new, specific inorganic-binding peptides isolated by phage display.


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Inorganic Chemicals/chemistry , Peptide Library , Peptides/chemistry , Amino Acid Sequence , Inorganic Chemicals/metabolism , Kinetics , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Peptides/genetics , Peptides/metabolism , Protein Binding , Quality Control , Stainless Steel/chemistry , Surface Properties , Titanium/chemistry , Titanium/metabolism , Zinc Oxide/chemistry , Zinc Oxide/metabolism
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J Biol Chem ; 279(16): 15841-9, 2004 Apr 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14752115

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We employed differential display of expressed mRNAs (Liang, P., and Pardee, A. B. (1992) Science 257, 967-971) to identify genes up-regulated after long term potentiation (LTP) induction in the hippocampus of awake adult rats. In situ hybridization confirmed the differential expression of five independently amplified clones representing two distinct transcripts, cl13/19/90 and cl95/96. Neither cl13/19/90 nor cl95/96 showed significant sequence homology to known transcripts (mRNA or expressed sequence tag) or to the mouse or human genome. However, comparison with the rat genome revealed that they are localized to a predicted intron of the phosphodiesterase Pde10A gene. cl13/19/90 and cl95/96 are likely to be part of the Pde10A primary transcript as, using reverse transcriptase-PCR, we could specifically amplify distinct introns of the Pde10A primary transcript, and in situ hybridization demonstrated that a subset of Pde10A splice variants are also up-regulated after LTP induction. These results indicate that amplification of a primary transcript can faithfully report gene activity and that differential display can be used to identify differential expression of RNA species other than mRNA. In transiently transfected Cos7 cells, Pde10A3 reduces the atrial natriuretic peptide-induced elevation in cGMP levels without affecting basal cGMP levels. This cellular function of LTP-associated Pde10A transcripts argues for a role of the cGMP/cGMP-dependent kinase pathway in long term synaptic plasticity.


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Long-Term Potentiation/genetics , Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases/genetics , Animals , Humans , Introns , Isoenzymes/genetics , Male , Mice , Molecular Sequence Data , Neuronal Plasticity/genetics , RNA Splicing , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Up-Regulation/genetics
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