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that the ubiquitin -proteasome system is involved in the process; however, the specific enzymes involved and the mechanism of limited proteolysis , in which half of the molecule is spared, have been obscure.", "entity": [{"entity": "enzymes", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [110, 117]}, {"entity": "ubiquitin", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [31, 40]}, {"entity": "-proteasome", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [41, 52]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Palombella and colleagues (Palombella, V.J., Rando, O.J., Goldberg, A.L., and Maniatis, T.(1994) Cell 78, 773-785) have shown that ubiquitin is required for the processing in a cell-free system of a truncated, artificially constructed, 60-kDa precursor .", "entity": [{"entity": "60-kDa precursor", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [236, 252]}, {"entity": "ubiquitin", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [131, 140]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "They have also shown that proteasome inhibitors block the processing both in vitro and in vivo.", 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was used during the study in sexually active women .", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Safety parameters were assessed throughout the study.", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Hirsutism , graded by the modified Ferriman-Gallwey score , and hormonal parameters were evaluated basally and at 4-month intervals during treatment.", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and ACTH stimulation tests were performed before and after 3 to 4 months of therapy .", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "In addition, the concentration of androgen receptors in mononuclear leukocytes was measured, in both the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle , basally and after 4 months of flutamide treatment.", "entity": [{"entity": "androgen receptors", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [34, 52]}, {"entity": "mononuclear leukocytes", "entity_type": "cell type", "pos": [56, 78]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "RESULTS: Flutamide was well tolerated in all women , with the noticeable exception of one patient who presented increased serum transaminase after 8 months of therapy .", "entity": [{"entity": "therapy", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [159, 166]}, {"entity": "serum transaminase", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [122, 140]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Hirsutism markedly improved in all women during the treatment ( Ferriman-Gallwey score after 1 year: 4.1 +/- 0.5 versus 14.1 +/- 0.9).", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "A reduction of serum androgens was found, whereas no change was observed in either basal or GnRH-stimulated gonadotropins or in the cortisol and 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone response to ACTH .", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Cycles remained ovulatory.", "entity": [], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Before treatment, the number of androgen receptors was higher in the luteal than in the follicular phase .", "entity": [{"entity": "androgen receptors", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [32, 50]}], "task": "NER"} 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{"text": "A PEBP2 alpha/AML-1-related factor increases osteocalcin promoter activity through its binding to an osteoblast-specific cis-acting element .", "entity": [{"entity": "PEBP2 alpha/AML-1-related factor", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [2, 34]}, {"entity": "osteocalcin promoter", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [45, 65]}, {"entity": "osteoblast-specific cis-acting element", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [101, 139]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "To identify osteoblast-specific cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors , we initiated an analysis of the promoter of a mouse osteocalcin gene , an osteoblast-specific gene .", "entity": [{"entity": "mouse osteocalcin gene", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [125, 147]}, {"entity": "promoter", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [111, 119]}, {"entity": "osteoblast-specific cis-acting elements", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [12, 51]}, {"entity": "trans-acting factors", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [56, 76]}, {"entity": "osteoblast-specific gene", 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line that overexpresses L-selectin showed increased organ infiltration .", "entity": [{"entity": "rat T-cell line", "entity_type": "cell line", "pos": [27, 42]}, {"entity": "L-selectin", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [62, 72]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "The induction of Tax expression in JPX9 cells resulted in about a twofold increase in the mRNA expression levels compared with the basal level .", "entity": [{"entity": "Tax", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [17, 20]}, {"entity": "mRNA", "entity_type": "RNA", "pos": [90, 94]}, {"entity": "JPX9 cells", "entity_type": "cell line", "pos": [35, 45]}], "task": "NER"} {"text": "Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase ( CAT ) assay after transient cotransfection showed about a fivefold transactivation of the L-selectin promoter by Tax .", "entity": [{"entity": "L-selectin promoter", "entity_type": "DNA", "pos": [126, 145]}, {"entity": "Tax", "entity_type": "protein", "pos": [149, 152]}, {"entity": "Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase", 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