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BLANNOTATOR: enhanced homology-based function prediction of bacterial proteinsMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Bioinformatics 13:33. 2012..This problem has created a pressing need for improvements in homology-based annotation...
Regulation of xylose metabolism in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiaeLaura Salusjärvi
VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, P, O, Box 1000, FI 02044 VTT, Finland
Microb Cell Fact 7:18. 2008..abstract:..
Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding proteinMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P O Box 56, FIN 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:17193-8. 2009..The presence of mucus-binding pili on the surface of a nonpathogenic Gram-positive bacterial strain reveals a previously undescribed mechanism for the interaction of selected probiotic lactobacilli with host tissues...
MPEA--metabolite pathway enrichment analysisMatti Kankainen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espooi, Finland
Bioinformatics 27:1878-9. 2011..AVAILABILITY: The web server and source code of MPEA are available at http://ekhidna.biocenter.helsinki.fi/poxo/mpea/...
MATLIGN: a motif clustering, comparison and matching toolMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Bioinformatics 8:189. 2007..Efficient post-processing, for example, reduces the redundancy of the motifs predicted and enables them to be annotated...
Effect of acid stress on protein expression and phosphorylation in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GGJohanna Koponen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Proteomics 75:1357-74. 2012..rhamnosus GG proteins with ProQ Diamond 2-DE gel staining. Proteins participating in central cellular pathways were shown to be phosphorylated, and the phosphorylation of glycolytic enzymes was found to be especially extensive...
POCO: discovery of regulatory patterns from promoters of oppositely expressed gene setsMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 33:W427-31. 2005..The program is freely available at http://ekhidna.biocenter.helsinki.fi/poco...
Comparative proteome cataloging of Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains GG and Lc705Kirsi Savijoki
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
J Proteome Res 10:3460-73. 2011..The present study provides the most comprehensive catalog of the Lactobacillus proteins to date and holds great promise for the discovery of novel probiotic effector molecules...
Growth phase-associated changes in the proteome and transcriptome of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in industrial-type whey mediumKati Laakso
Research and Development, Valio Ltd, Helsinki, Finland Department of Veterinary Biosciences Institute of Biotechnology Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Microb Biotechnol 4:746-66. 2011..rhamnosus GG has a highly flexible and adaptable metabolism and that the growth stage during which bacterial cells are harvested and consumed should be taken into consideration to gain the maximal benefit from probiotic bacteria...
POXO: a web-enabled tool series to discover transcription factor binding sitesMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 34:W534-40. 2006..The performance of POXO is demonstrated by analysing expression data from pathogen treated Arabidopsis thaliana. In this example, POXO detected activated gene sets and suggested transcription factors responsible for their regulation...
Identifying functional gene sets from hierarchically clustered expression data: map of abiotic stress regulated genes in Arabidopsis thalianaMatti Kankainen
Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 34:e124. 2006..Thus, in comparison to analyses of manually selected gene lists, the systematic analysis of every cluster can reveal unexpected biological phenomena and produce much more comprehensive biological insights to the experiment of interest...
Proteomics and transcriptomics characterization of bile stress response in probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GGKerttu Koskenniemi
Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Mol Cell Proteomics 10:M110.002741. 2011..The significance of these findings in terms of the functionality of a probiotic bacterium is discussed...
Genome sequence of Lactobacillus crispatus ST1Teija Ojala
Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, P O Box 56, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
J Bacteriol 192:3547-8. 2010..Here, we report the genome sequence of L. crispatus ST1, a chicken isolate displaying strong adherence to vaginal epithelial cells...
LOCP--locating pilus operons in gram-positive bacteriaIlya Plyusnin
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P O Box 56 Viikinkaari 5, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Bioinformatics 25:1187-8. 2009..AVAILABILITY: Software is available at http://ekhidna.biocenter.helsinki.fi/locp/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online...
Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus downregulates FCER1 and HRH4 expression in human mast cellsAnna Oksaharju
Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki 00140, Finland
World J Gastroenterol 17:750-9. 2011..To investigate the effects of four probiotic bacteria and their combination on human mast cell gene expression using microarray analysis...
Mucosal adhesion properties of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG SpaCBA and SpaFED pilin subunitsIngemar von Ossowski
Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology, P O Box 66, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:2049-57. 2010....
Adhesive polypeptides of Staphylococcus aureus identified using a novel secretion library technique in Escherichia coliRiikka Kylväjä
Division of General Microbiology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9C, University of Helsinki, Finland
BMC Microbiol 11:117. 2011....
POBO, transcription factor binding site verification with bootstrappingMatti Kankainen
Structural Genomics Group, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 32:W222-9. 2004..POBO is freely available from http://ekhidna.biocenter.helsinki.fi:9801/pobo...
Proteome analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG using 2-D DIGE and mass spectrometry shows differential protein production in laboratory and industrial-type growth mediaKerttu Koskenniemi
Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
J Proteome Res 8:4993-5007. 2009..The present study demonstrates the fundamental effects of culture conditions on the proteome of LGG, which are likely to affect the functionality and characteristics of its use as a probiotic...
Nonpathogenic Lactobacillus rhamnosus activates the inflammasome and antiviral responses in human macrophagesMinja Miettinen
Valio R and D, Helsinki, Finland
Gut Microbes 3:510-22. 2012..Our results indicate that nonpathogenic bacteria are able to activate the inflammasome. In addition, our results suggest that L. rhamnosus may prime the antiviral potential of human macrophages...
Identification of regulatory elements in the AGT1 promoter of ale and lager strains of brewer's yeastVirve Vidgren
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1000, FI 02044 VTT, Finland
Yeast 28:579-94. 2011..Both AGT1 promoters were repressed by glucose but their derepression was different, possibly due to a distinct distribution of Mig1 elements in these two promoters...
DANCER: a program for digital anatomical reconstruction of gene expression dataMatti Kankainen
Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 31:e132. 2003..This program should help to provide visualization and interpretation of data derived from gene expression experiments. DANCER may be freely downloaded...
