K J Vavra
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McCoy M, Dellwo M, Schneider D, Banks T, Falvo J, Vavra K, et al.
J Biomol NMR
. 1997 Jan;
9(1):11-24.
PMID: 9081540
We report here the backbone 1HN, 15N, 13C alpha, 13CO, and 1H alpha NMR assignments for the catalytic domain of human fibroblast collagenase (HFC). Three independent assignment pathways (matching 1H,...
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Chowdhury S, Vavra K, Brake P, Banks T, Falvo J, Wahl R, et al.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom
. 1995 Jan;
9(7):563-9.
PMID: 7612936
Human fibroblast collagenase belongs to a family of matrix metalloproteinases which have been implicated in a number of connective tissue disorders ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to tumor invasion. To examine...
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Ho T, Qoronfleh M, Wahl R, Pulvino T, Vavra K, Falvo J, et al.
Gene
. 1994 Sep;
146(2):297-301.
PMID: 8076835
Human neutrophil collagenase (HNC) is a member of a family of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). HNC is capable of cleaving all three alpha-chains of types I, II and III collagens. In...
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Spurlino J, Smallwood A, Carlton D, Banks T, Vavra K, Johnson J, et al.
Proteins
. 1994 Jun;
19(2):98-109.
PMID: 8090713
The X-ray crystal structure of a 19 kDa active fragment of human fibroblast collagenase has been determined by the multiple isomorphous replacement method and refined at 1.56 A resolution to...
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Vavra K, Gorovsky M
Biochemistry
. 1982 Apr;
21(8):1772-81.
PMID: 6282318
Under appropriate conditions, up to 8.5% of the total acetate can be removed from the histones of isolated Tetrahymena macronuclei by an endogenous histone deacetylase activity. After in vitro deacetylation,...
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Vavra K, Allis C, Gorovsky M
J Biol Chem
. 1982 Mar;
257(5):2591-8.
PMID: 7061439
Histone acetylation in Tetrahymena macro- and micronuclei has been studied utilizing a combination of electrophoretic and autoradiographic techniques. Histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 are acetylated to varying extents in...
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Vavra K, Pederson D, Gorovsky M
Nucleic Acids Res
. 1981 Nov;
9(21):5825-43.
PMID: 6273809
Methods have been developed to analyze the kinetics of digestion of chromatin by nucleases. Radioactively labeled nuclei were incubated with enzyme in an ultrafiltration apparatus and digestion rates of different...
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Glover C, Vavra K, Guttman S, Gorovsky M
Cell
. 1981 Jan;
23(1):73-7.
PMID: 6260382
Both heat shock and decilliation of Tetrahymena pyriformis lead to an increase in the level of histone H1 phosphorylation. After heat shock, starved or growing cells reach the same maximum...