41 results about "Guanine Nucleotides" patented technology

A method and compositions for treating viral infection (IV) vitro and in vivo using a guanosine-rich oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotides have sufficient guanosine to form a guanosine tetrad. Also provided are oligonucleotides of at least two runs of at least two guanosines. Also provided are guanosine-rich oligonucleotides and methods for treating viral infections in humans, and a method for designing guanosine-rich oligonucleotides having anti-viral activity and integrase inhibition activity.

The present invention relates to reagents and methods for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. Specifically, the present invention relates to the use of proteins encoding transmembrane superfamily member 6 (TM4SF6), synaptophysin-like protein (SYPL), stomatin-like 2 (STOML2), Ras-associated GTP-binding protein (RAGA), nucleotide-sensitive Chloride channel 1A (CLNS1A), prion protein (p27-30) (PRNP), guanine nucleotide-binding protein β2-like 1 (GNB2L1), guanine nucleotide-binding protein 4 (GNG4), integral membrane protein 2B (ITM2B), integral membrane protein 1 (ITM1), transmembrane 9 superfamily member 2 (TM9SF2), opiate receptor-like 1 protein (OPRL1), low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4), human kidney Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of glomerular epithelin 1 (GLEPP1), toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), and / or zona pellucida glycoprotein 3A (ZP3) for early and advanced non-steroid-specific cancer diagnosis, cancer prognosis, and For screening therapeutic agents that modulate the gene expression and / or biological activity of the protein. The invention further relates to biotechniques designed to inhibit gene expression and / or biological activity of said proteins, including the use of agents identified in the screening assays described herein, vector delivery of antisense polynucleotide sequences, and the Antibody targeting the protein. In specific embodiments, the protein is of human origin.

The present invention is directed to methods for readily propagating somatic liver stem cells. The methods comprise enhancing guanine nucleotide (GNP) biosynthesis, thereby expanding guanine nucleotide pools. This in turn conditionally suppresses asymmetric cell kinetics in the explanted cells. The methods of the invention include pharmacological methods and genetic methods. For example, the resulting cultured somatic liver stem cells can be used for a variety of applications including cell replacement therapies, gene therapies, drug discovery applications, and tissue engineering applications, such as the generation of artificial liver.

The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the proliferation of malignant and / or hyperplastic cells in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a guanosine rich oligonucleotide. The present invention also provides oligonucleotides which are capable of being specifically bound to a specific cellular protein which is nucleolin and / or nucleolin in nature, which is implicated in the proliferation of cells, specifically malignant and / or hyperplastic cells, and a method for their selection.

The invention is a method for the isolation of molecules of interest using tubes in which at least a portion of the inner walls of the tube are coated with microbeads that are coated with a capture reagent to bind the molecule of interest. The microbeads may be glass or polymer beads. The invention is a method and apparatus for preparation of the tubes for use in the method of the invention. The invention is a method for determining ratios of guanine nucleotides bound to guanine-nucleotide binding proteins.

The present invention provides a method of identifying a compound having the ability to modulate the guanine nucleotide exchange cycle of a Ras superfamily GTPase, comprising: a) contacting the compound with a guanine nucleotide exchange factor and a GTPase and obtaining a baseline fluorescence measurement; b) contacting the guanine nucleotide exchange factor and the GTPase without the compound and obtaining a baseline fluorescence measurement; c) adding a fluorophore-conjugated GTP to the components of (a) and (b), respectively; d) obtaining fluorescence measurements of the respective components of (c) over time; e) subtracting the respective baseline fluorescence measurements of (a) and (b) from each fluorescence measurement of (d); and f) comparing the resulting fluorescence values of (e), wherein a decrease or increase in the rate of fluorescence change with the compound as compared with the rate of fluorescence change without the compound identifies a compound having the ability to modulate the guanine nucleotide exchange cycle of a Ras superfamily GTPase. Further provided are compounds of the invention and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention useful for the treatment of cancer and neurological disorders.

The present invention relates to a novel modified oligonucleotide comprising at least one guanosine molecule and a modified nucleic acid with therapeutic efficacies. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition having cell apoptotic activity against cancer cells for preventing or treating cancer comprising a guanosine-rich modified oligonucleotide with at least one therapeutically effective modified nucleic acid (N), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as active ingredient.

The present invention provides fluorescent cyanine dye-based nucleotide analogues, in which the cyanine dye is coupled to the γ-phosphate group of a nucleoside triphosphate. Preferred embodiments of the invention are directed to fluorescent cyanine dye-based GTP analogues which may be employed in an homogeneous FRET-based assay to measure the binding of guanine nucleotides to GPCR polypeptides, or alternatively, to measure the effect of an exogenous ligand on GPCR protein binding.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biochemical engineering and in particular discloses an immobilized enzyme for oriented catalysis of an esterification reaction and a preparation methodand application of the immobilized enzyme. The method comprises the following steps: mixing candida antarctica lipase with an HEPES (hydroxyethyl piperazin ethanesulfonic) buffer so as to obtain an HEPES-lipase liquid; and mixing the obtained HEPES-lipase liquid with GMP (guanine nucleotide) or AMP (adenine nucleotide) mother liquor so as to obtain a mixed solution, further uniformly mixing the mixed solution with metal ions, performing filtering, and performing freeze drying, so as to obtain the immobilized enzyme. The immobilized enzyme preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple, and the obtained immobilized enzyme is high in enzyme activity, is capable of effectively catalyzing the esterification reaction, in addition, is good in repeated utilization, but cannot catalyze alcoholysis reactions, has an oriented catalysis property, that is, is capable of catalyzing the esterification reaction but not alcoholysis reactions, and thus has very good application prospects.