Probing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae centromeric DNA (CEN DNA)-binding factor 3 (CBF3) kinetochore complex by using atomic force microscopy.

abstract：:Mate attraction in Aplysia involves a long-distance water-borne signal (the protein pheromone attractin), which is released during egg laying. Aplysia californica attractin attracts species that produce closely related attractins, such as Aplysia brasiliana, whose geographic distribution does not overlap that of A. ca...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Painter SD,Cummins SF,Nichols AE,Akalal DB,Schein CH,Braun W,Smith JS,Susswein AJ,Levy M,de Boer PA,ter Maat A,Miller MW,Scanlan C,Milberg RM,Sweedler JV,Nagle GT

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans choose actions based on both habit and planning. Habitual control is computationally frugal but adapts slowly to novel circumstances, whereas planning is computationally expensive but can adapt swiftly. Current research emphasizes the competition between habits and plans for behavioral control, yet many complex...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cushman F,Morris A

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse adipsin gene encodes a member of the serine protease family that is expressed predominantly in adipose tissue and is secreted into the bloodstream. Adipsin expression is sharply down-regulated in several models of genetic and acquired obesity, representing the first example of an adipocyte gene whose express...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Platt KA,Min HY,Ross SR,Spiegelman BM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial tissues mechanically deform the surrounding extracellular matrix during embryonic development, wound repair, and tumor invasion. Ex vivo measurements of such multicellular tractions within three-dimensional (3D) biomaterials could elucidate collective dissemination during disease progression and enable prec...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Leggett SE,Patel M,Valentin TM,Gamboa L,Khoo AS,Williams EK,Franck C,Wong IY

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of lutropin (LH; luteinizing hormone) alpha and beta subunits was examined in rat pituitaries incubated with [35S]methionine or [35S]sulfate. Combination was assessed by using antiserum directed against the beta subunit. The data show that combination of most of the subunits proceeds rapidly, well befo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hoshina H,Boime I

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of the pressure-dissociated monomer of Arc repressor was characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The NMR spectra of the monomer under pressure (up to 5.0 kbar; 1 bar = 100 kPa) are typical of a molten globule and they are considerably different from those of the native dimer and thermally denatured mono...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Peng X,Jonas J,Silva JL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of guanosine 5'-triphosphate,3'-diphosphate (pppGpp) in protein synthesis by Escherichia coli ribosomes and protein factors was examined. Although pppGpp could effectively substitute for GTP in reactions catalyzed by initiation factor 2 (ribosomal binding of fMet-tRNA and formation of N-formylmethion...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hamel E,Cashel M

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of a fracture network is a key process for many geophysical and industrial practices from energy resource recovery to induced seismic management. We focus on the initial stage of a fracture network formation using experiments on the symmetric coalescence of two equal coplanar, fluid-driven, penny-shaped ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： O'Keeffe NJ,Zheng Z,Huppert HE,Linden PF

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The traG protein of the F sex factor is an inner membrane protein with a molecular weight of 116,000. Mutants in traG (or in traN) are able to trigger conjugal DNA replication even though they cannot efficiently form stable mating aggregates with F(-) cells. The traG protein (and the traN protein) probably acts in the...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Manning PA,Morelli G,Achtman M

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a hallmark of many diseases, such as atherosclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, infectious diseases, and cancer. Although steroids and cyclooxygenase inhibitors are effective antiinflammatory therapeutical agents, they may cause serious side effects. Therefore, developing unique...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Jeon KI,Xu X,Aizawa T,Lim JH,Jono H,Kwon DS,Abe J,Berk BC,Li JD,Yan C

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Is the pathway of protein folding determined by the relative stability of folding intermediates, or by the relative height of the activation barriers leading to these intermediates? This is a fundamental question for resolving the Levinthal paradox, which stated that protein folding by a random search mechanism would ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Su ZD,Arooz MT,Chen HM,Gross CJ,Tsong TY

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular cAMP plays a crucial role in regulating the developmental program of Dictyostelium discoideum, functioning as a chemotactic agent, as well as a signal that regulates expression of developmentally expressed genes. These activities appear to be mediated by a cell-surface receptor for cAMP. We have studied ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chisholm RL,Hopkinson S,Lodish HF

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two factors that contribute to the progression of Parkinson disease are a brain defect in mitochondrial respiration and the generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by monoamine oxidase (MAO). Here we show that the two are linked. Metabolism of the neurotransmitter dopamine, or other monoamines (benzylamine, tyramine), ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cohen G,Farooqui R,Kesler N

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Axiomatic foundations for a theory of perception have been given in a prior communication [Shiman, L. G. (1978) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75, 2049-2053]. The theory is based on mathematically characterized stable images. Stable images model subjective (psychological) states of observers. We showed there is a universa...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Shiman LG

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of the cells in osteoblastic lineage, including preosteoblasts and osteoblasts, has been postulated to influence bone formation. However, the molecular bases that link preosteoblastic/osteoblastic cell migration and bone formation are incompletely understood. Nck (noncatalytic region of tyrosine kinase; coll...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Aryal A C S,Miyai K,Izu Y,Hayata T,Notomi T,Noda M,Ezura Y

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleus accumbens (NAc) serves as a key neural substrate that controls acute and adaptive behavioral responses to cocaine administration. In this circuit, inputs from the NAc are transmitted through two parallel pathways, named the direct and indirect pathways, and converge at the substantia nigra pars reticulata ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kimura K,Hikida T,Yawata S,Yamaguchi T,Nakanishi S

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of class II gene transcription may involve alleviation of transcription repression as well as stimulation of the assembly and function of the general RNA polymerase (RNAP) II transcription machinery. Here, we investigated whether activator-reversible transcription repression by NC2 (Dr1/DRAP1) contributes t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Castaño E,Gross P,Wang Z,Roeder RG,Oelgeschläger T

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The atmospheric and deep sea reservoirs of carbon dioxide are linked via physical, chemical, and biological processes. The last of these include photosynthesis, particle settling, and organic matter remineralization, and are collectively termed the "biological carbon pump." Herein, we present results from a 13-y (1992...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Karl DM,Church MJ,Dore JE,Letelier RM,Mahaffey C

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have obtained the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of Cu2+ bound in a tetragonal single crystal of hen egg-white lysozyme. A part of this spectrum has been shown to originate from Cu2+ ions bound at the site designated as B by Teichberg et al. [Teichberg, V.I., Sharon, N., Moult, J., Smilansky, A. & Yonath,...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hutchison CA Jr,Singel DJ,Hadad MN,Kemple MD

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety kilobase pairs (kb) of DNA have been isolated from the 3B region of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Previous cytogenetic analyses have placed a gene required for rhythmic behavior (per) in this chromosomal interval. Physical characterization of a series of chromosomal rearrangements altering per lo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bargiello TA,Young MW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal chromaffin granules contain at least 10 peptides, ranging in size from 3 to 5 kilodaltons, that yield, upon digestion with trypsin, peptides that show specific binding to opiate receptors. All are distinctly different from beta-endorphin. Two of these peptides have been purified to homogeneity and subjected to...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kimura S,Lewis RV,Stern AS,Rossier J,Stein S,Udenfriend S

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized seven murine retinoic acid receptor gamma cDNA isoforms (mRAR-gamma 1 to -gamma 7) generated by alternative splicing of at least seven exons. These isoforms differ from one another in their 5' untranslated region and in two cases (mRAR-gamma 1 and -gamma 2) differ in their N-terminal A region, wh...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kastner P,Krust A,Mendelsohn C,Garnier JM,Zelent A,Leroy P,Staub A,Chambon P

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of membranes and membrane lipid function has lagged far behind that of nucleic acids and proteins, largely because it is difficult to manipulate cellular membrane lipid composition. To help solve this problem, we show that methyl-α-cyclodextrin (MαCD)-catalyzed lipid exchange can be used to maximally...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Li G,Kim J,Huang Z,St Clair JR,Brown DA,London E

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the pathogenic mechanism of dominant mutations affecting the carboxyl terminus of rhodopsin that cause retinitis pigmentosa, we generated five lines of transgenic mice carrying the proline-347 to serine (P347S) mutation. The severity of photoreceptor degeneration correlated with the levels of transgene expr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Li T,Snyder WK,Olsson JE,Dryja TP

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The x-ray crystal structures of the sulfide oxidase antibody 28B4 and of antibody 28B4 complexed with hapten have been solved at 2.2-angstrom and 1.9-angstrom resolution, respectively. To our knowledge, these structures are the highest resolution catalytic antibody structures to date and provide insight into the molec...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hsieh-Wilson LC,Schultz PG,Stevens RC

更新日期：1996-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis provides a powerful means of investigating human migration, social organization, and a plethora of other crucial questions about humanity's past. Recently, specialists have suggested that the ideal research design involving aDNA would include multiple independent lines of evidence. In this ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bongers JL,Nakatsuka N,O'Shea C,Harper TK,Tantaleán H,Stanish C,Fehren-Schmitz L

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR5 encodes a cell surface chemokine receptor molecule that serves as the principal coreceptor, with CD4, for HIV-type 1 (HIV-1). Varied HIV-1 susceptibility and time to progression to AIDS have been associated with polymorphisms in CCR5. Many of these polymorphisms are located in the 5' cis-regulatory region of CCR5...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bamshad MJ,Mummidi S,Gonzalez E,Ahuja SS,Dunn DM,Watkins WS,Wooding S,Stone AC,Jorde LB,Weiss RB,Ahuja SK

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent observation of superconductivity in [Formula: see text] has raised fundamental questions about the hierarchy of the underlying electronic structure. Calculations suggest that this system falls in the Mott-Hubbard regime, rather than the charge-transfer configuration of other nickel oxides and the supercondu...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Goodge BH,Li D,Lee K,Osada M,Wang BY,Sawatzky GA,Hwang HY,Kourkoutis LF

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) stimulated the phosphorylation of a 28-kDa protein (p28) in the ME-180 line of human cervical carcinoma cells. The effect of TNF-alpha on the phosphorylation state of p28 was rapid (4-fold increase within 15 min) and persistent, remaining above the basal level for at least 2 hr....

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Marino MW,Pfeffer LM,Guidon PT Jr,Donner DB

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A convergent, highly stereoselective total synthesis of (-)-spinosyn A (1) is described. Key features of the synthesis include the transannular Diels-Alder reaction of macrocyclic pentaene 11 and the transannular Morita-Baylis-Hillman cyclization of 12 that generates tetracycle 26. The total synthesis of (-)-spinosyn ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mergott DJ,Frank SA,Roush WR

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00