[HTML][HTML] Prostacyclin is a specific effector of adipose cell differentiation. Its dual role as a cAMP-and Ca (2+)-elevating agent.

G Vassaux, D Gaillard, G Ailhaud, R Negrel - Journal of Biological …, 1992 - Elsevier
The mitogenic-adipogenic activity of carbaprostacyclin (cPGI2), a stable analogue of
prostacyclin (PGI2), has been proposed to be related to its ability to elicit cAMP production …

Cloning and characterization of genes encoding methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in Bacillus subtilis.

DW Hanlon, GW Ordal - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1994 - Elsevier
Several genes homologous to the methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) of
Escherichia coli have been cloned and characterized from the Gram-positive bacterium …

Motility and chemotaxis

GW Ordal, L Màrquez‐Magaña… - Bacillus subtilis and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews the genetics and mapping of fla‐che‐mot genes, then the mechanisms
of motility and chemotaxis, and finally, what is known about regulation of gene expression in …

Sequence and characterization of Bacillus subtilis CheB, a homolog of Escherichia coli CheY, and its role in a different mechanism of chemotaxis

DS Bischoff, GW Ordal - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1991 - ASBMB
The Bacillus subtilis gene encoding CheB, which is homologous to Escherichia coli CheY,
the regulator of flagellar rotation, has been cloned and sequenced. It has been verified …

Chemotactic methylation and behavior in Bacillus subtilis: role of two unique proteins, CheC and CheD

MML Rosario, JR Kirby, DA Bochar, GW Ordal - Biochemistry, 1995 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received January 3, 1995® abstract: We characterizedmutants in two
novel genes of Bacillussubtilis, cheCand cheD. Mutants in CheC had a high smooth …

Identification of TlpC, a novel 62 kDa MCP-like protein from Bacillus subtilis

DW Hanlon, MML Rosario, GW Ordal… - …, 1994 - microbiologyresearch.org
We report the sequence and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tlpC gene. tlpC encodes
a 61.8 kDa polypeptide (TlpC) which exhibits 30% amino acid identity with the Escherichia …

CheB is required for behavioural responses to negative stimuli during chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis

JR Kirby, TB Niewold, S Maloy… - Molecular …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The methyl‐accepting chemotaxis protein, McpB, is the sole receptor mediating asparagine
chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis. In this study, we show that wild‐type B. subtilis cells …

Characterization of a Novel Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Gene,dmcB, from the Oral Spirochete Treponema denticola

H Li, S Arakawa, QD Deng, H Kuramitsu - Infection and immunity, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Immediately downstream from the previously isolated Treponema denticola ATCC 35405
prtB gene coding for a chymotrypsinlike protease activity, an open reading frame, ORF3 …

CheY-dependent methylation of the asparagine receptor, McpB, during chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis

JR Kirby, MM Saulmon, CJ Kristich, GW Ordal - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
For the Gram-positive organism Bacillus subtilis, chemotaxis to the attractant asparagine is
mediated by the chemoreceptor McpB. In this study, we show that rapid net demethylation of …

Sequence and characterization of Bacillus subtilis CheW.

DW Hanlon, LM Marquez-Magana… - Journal of Biological …, 1992 - ASBMB
A Bacillus subtilis open reading frame (ORF) encoding a predicted polypeptide of 156 amino
acids was subcloned and sequenced. The polypeptide was found to be homologous to …