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Ruth Akhtar

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[PDF][PDF] Circadian cycling of the mouse liver transcriptome, as revealed by cDNA microarray, is driven by the suprachiasmatic nucleus

RA Akhtar, AB Reddy, ES Maywood, JD Clayton… - Current biology, 2002 - cell.com
Background: Genes encoding the circadian pacemaker in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic
nuclei (SCN) of mammals have recently been identified, but the molecular basis of …

Acetylcholine increases the breakdown of triphosphoinositide of rabbit iris muscle prelabelled with [32P] phosphate

AA Abdel-Latif, RA Akhtar, JN Hawthorne - Biochemical Journal, 1977 - portlandpress.com
1. Paired iris smooth muscles from rabbits were incubated for 30 min at 37 degrees C in an
iso-osmotic salt medium containg glucose, inositol, cytidine and [32P]phosphate. 2. One of …

Requirement for calcium ions in acetylcholine-stimulated phosphodiesteratic cleavage of phosphatidyl-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate in rabbit iris smooth muscle

RA Akhtar, AA Abdel-Latif - Biochemical Journal, 1980 - portlandpress.com
… medium (Akhtar & Abdel-Latif, 1978a) and the enzyme that might be involved in these
effects appears to be phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate phosphodiesterase (Akhtar & Abdel-Latif, …

Genetic variation of basal iron status, ferritin and iron regulatory protein in mice: potential for modulation of oxidative stress

B Clothier, S Robinson, RA Akhtar, JE Francis… - Biochemical …, 2000 - Elsevier
Toxic and carcinogenic free radical processes induced by drugs and other chemicals are
probably modulated by the participation of available iron. To see whether endogenous iron …

Calcium ion requirement for acetylcholine-stimulated breakdown of triphosphoinositide in rabbit iris smooth muscle.

RA Akhtar, AA Abdel-Latif - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 1978 - ASPET
Previous studies from this laboratory have established that addition of acetylcholine (ACh)
or norepinephrine to 32P-labeled rabbit iris smooth muscle increases significantly the …

Carbachol causes rapid phosphodiesteratic cleavage of phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate and accumulation of inositol phosphates in rabbit iris smooth muscle; …

RA Akhtar, AA Abdel-Latif - Biochemical Journal, 1984 - portlandpress.com
… ranged from 2.5 to 10min (Abdel-Latif & Akhtar, 1976) and were conducted either under …
Akhtar & Abdel-Latif, 1978). Part of this work has already appeared in preliminary form (Akhtar

Epidermal growth factor stimulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase during wound closure in rabbit corneal epithelial cells.

Y Zhang, RA Akhtar - Investigative ophthalmology & visual …, 1997 - iovs.arvojournals.org
… Zhang Y, Araki-Sasaki k, Handa H, Akhtar RA. Effect of carbachol on phospholipase C-mediated …
Zhang Y, Akhtar RA. Effect of epidermal growth factor on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase …

The benchmark error problem with global capital markets

FK Reilly, RA Akhtar - Journal of Portfolio Management, 1995 - search.proquest.com
In an analysis of the benchmark error problem, it is argued that the selection of a proxy for the
theoretical market portfolio could influence the evaluation of portfolio performance. A study …

Light pulse‐induced heme and iron‐associated transcripts in mouse brain: a microarray analysis

R Ben‐Shlomo, RA Akhtar, BH Collins… - Chronobiology …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Synchronization of circadian oscillators with the outside world is achieved by the acute effects
of light on the levels of one or more clock components. In mammals the PAS transcription …

Studies on the properties of triphosphoinositide phosphomonoesterase and phosphodiesterase of rabbit iris smooth muscle

RA Akhtar, AA Abdel-Latif - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 1978 - Elsevier
The rabbit iris smooth muscle has been shown to contain triphosphoinositide phosphomonoesterase
(phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.36) and …