In vitro synthesis of the nucleotide loop of cobalamin by Salmonella typhimurium enzymes.

abstract：:A three-dimensional model of the protein arrangement in the Escherichia coli 30S ribosome was constructed by using computerized multidimensional scaling of immunoelectron microscope data. This enabled data comparison between the new electron microscope technique and other methods such as crosslinking, chemical protect...

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

authors： Gaffney PT,Craven G

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported in previous studies that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has central effects of augmenting wakefulness and suppressing slow-wave sleep (SWS) and paradoxical sleep (PS) in rats. In the present study, we tested the effect of AH 6809, an antagonist of PGE2 receptors, on sleep-wake activities. AH 6809 in saline was in...

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

authors： Matsumura H,Honda K,Choi WS,Inoué S,Sakai T,Hayaishi O

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the complex between the heme- and FMN-binding domains of bacterial cytochrome P450BM-3, a prototype for the complex between eukaryotic microsomal P450s and P450 reductase, has been determined at 2.03 A resolution. The flavodoxin-like flavin domain is positioned at the proximal face of the heme...

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

authors： Sevrioukova IF,Li H,Zhang H,Peterson JA,Poulos TL

更新日期：1999-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:For >1,000 years, Chinese officials have recorded the annual abundance of the oriental migratory locust Locusta migratoria manilensis, with the ultimate aim of predicting locust outbreaks. Linking these records with temperature and precipitation reconstructions for the period 957-1956, we show that decadal mean locust...

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

authors： Stige LC,Chan KS,Zhang Z,Frank D,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The x-ray structure of rubredoxin has been refined by energy minimization. The computed structure is constrained to have standard bond lengths, bond angles, and planar trans peptide groups. Also, since most of the steric overlaps have been relieved, it has a very low energy. As judged by the root mean square (RMS) dev...

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

authors： Rasse D,Warme PK,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of the importance of different routes of HIV-1 (HIV) transmission are vital for prioritization of control efforts. Lack of consistent direct data and large uncertainty in the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-contaminated injections has made quantifying the proportion of transmission caused by contaminated...

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

authors： White RG,Ben SC,Kedhar A,Orroth KK,Biraro S,Baggaley RF,Whitworth J,Korenromp EL,Ghani A,Boily MC,Hayes RJ

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental mystery of plant cell biology is the occurrence of "stromules," stroma-filled tubular extensions from plastids (such as chloroplasts) that are universally observed in plants but whose functions are, in effect, completely unknown. One prevalent hypothesis is that stromules exchange signals or metabolites ...

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

authors： Brunkard JO,Runkel AM,Zambryski PC

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of cellulose microfibrils in wood is not known in detail, despite the abundance of cellulose in woody biomass and its importance for biology, energy, and engineering. The structure of the microfibrils of spruce wood cellulose was investigated using a range of spectroscopic methods coupled to small-angle ...

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

authors： Fernandes AN,Thomas LH,Altaner CM,Callow P,Forsyth VT,Apperley DC,Kennedy CJ,Jarvis MC

更新日期：2011-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect molting and metamorphosis are induced by steroid hormones named ecdysteroids, whose production is regulated by various neuropeptides. We cloned the gene and analyzed the expression of the prothoracicostatic peptide, a unique neuropeptide shown to suppress the production of ecdysteroids in the prothoracic gland ...

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

authors： Yamanaka N,Hua YJ,Roller L,Spalovská-Valachová I,Mizoguchi A,Kataoka H,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of the 31-amino acid, inner membrane protein MgtS (formerly denoted YneM) is induced by very low Mg2+ in a PhoPQ-dependent manner in Escherichia coli Here we report that MgtS acts to increase intracellular Mg2+ levels and maintain cell integrity upon Mg2+ depletion. Upon development of a functional tagged de...

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

authors： Wang H,Yin X,Wu Orr M,Dambach M,Curtis R,Storz G

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloned DNA probes containing genes coding for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (rbcA) of corn and of Chlamydomonas were used to identify, by heterologous hybridization, DNA fragments from Anabaena 7120 carrying the corresponding gene sequence. The same probes were used to isolate, from a reco...

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

authors： Curtis SE,Haselkorn R

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control over structural transformations in supramolecular entities by external stimuli is critical for the development of adaptable and functional soft materials. Herein, we have designed and synthesized a dipyridyl donor containing a central Z-configured stiff-stilbene unit that self-assembles in the presence of two ...

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

authors： Yan X,Xu JF,Cook TR,Huang F,Yang QZ,Tung CH,Stang PJ

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cactus, a Drosophila homologue of I kappa B, binds to and inhibits Dorsal, a homologue of the p50 and p65 components of NF-kappa B. We describe experiments in yeast with various Dorsal and Cactus derivatives showing that Cactus blocks the DNA binding and nuclear localization functions of Dorsal. In contrast, Dorsal's ...

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

authors： Lehming N,McGuire S,Brickman JM,Ptashne M

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) and NPC2 proteins are indispensable for the export of LDL-derived cholesterol from late endosomes. Mutations in these proteins result in Niemann-Pick type C disease, a lysosomal storage disease. Despite recent reports of the NPC1 structure depicting its overall architecture, the function of its ...

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

authors： Li X,Lu F,Trinh MN,Schmiege P,Seemann J,Wang J,Blobel G

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodless retina (gene symbol, r) was discovered in mice by Keeler 70 years ago and was first described in this journal as an autosomal recessive mutation leading to "the absence of the visual cells (rods), the external nuclear layer, and the external molecular layer" [Keeler, C. E. (1924) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 10,...

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

authors： Pittler SJ,Keeler CE,Sidman RL,Baehr W

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizure activity regulates gene expression for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and neurturin (NRTN), and their receptor components, the transmembrane c-Ret tyrosine kinase and the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored GDNF family receptor (GFR) alpha 1 and alpha 2 in limbic structures. We demonstrat...

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

authors： Nanobashvili A,Airaksinen MS,Kokaia M,Rossi J,Asztély F,Olofsdotter K,Mohapel P,Saarma M,Lindvall O,Kokaia Z

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Natal philopatry, the return of individuals to their natal area for reproduction, has advantages and disadvantages for animal populations. Natal philopatry may generate local genetic adaptation, but it may also increase the probability of inbreeding that can compromise persistence. Although natal philopatry is well do...

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

authors： Salles OC,Pujol B,Maynard JA,Almany GR,Berumen ML,Jones GP,Saenz-Agudelo P,Srinivasan M,Thorrold SR,Planes S

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of red blood cells is normally tightly regulated by a classic homeostatic mechanism based on oxygen sensing in the kidney. Decreased oxygen delivery resulting from anemia induces the production of erythropoietin, which increases red cell production and hence oxygen delivery. Investigations of erythropoietin...

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

authors： Percy MJ,Zhao Q,Flores A,Harrison C,Lappin TR,Maxwell PH,McMullin MF,Lee FS

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In many human cancers, tumor-specific chromosomal rearrangements are known to create chimeric products with the ability to transform cells. The EWS/WT1 protein is such a fusion product, resulting from a t(11;22) chromosomal translocation in desmoplastic small round cell tumors, where 265 aa from the EWS amino terminus...

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

authors： Kim J,Lee JM,Branton PE,Pelletier J

更新日期：1999-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Striga is a major biotic constraint to sorghum production in semiarid tropical Africa and Asia. Genetic resistance to this parasitic weed is the most economically feasible control measure. Mutant alleles at the LGS1 (LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1) locus drastically reduce Striga germination stimulant activity. We provid...

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

authors： Gobena D,Shimels M,Rich PJ,Ruyter-Spira C,Bouwmeester H,Kanuganti S,Mengiste T,Ejeta G

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly multiplexed assays using antibody coated, fluorescent (xMap) beads are widely used to measure quantities of soluble analytes, such as cytokines and antibodies in clinical and other studies. Current analyses of these assays use methods based on standard curves that have limitations in detecting low or high abund...

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

authors： Won JH,Goldberger O,Shen-Orr SS,Davis MM,Olshen RA

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of the Gossypium hirsutum sucrose synthase (SuSy) gene under the control of 2 promoters was examined in hybrid poplar (Populus alba x grandidentata). Analysis of RNA transcript abundance, enzyme activity, cell wall composition, and soluble carbohydrates revealed significant changes in the transgenic lin...

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

authors： Coleman HD,Yan J,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several dual route models of human speech processing have been proposed suggesting a large-scale anatomical division between cortical regions that support motor-phonological aspects vs. lexical-semantic aspects of speech processing. However, to date, there is no complete agreement on what areas subserve each route or ...

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

authors： Fridriksson J,Yourganov G,Bonilha L,Basilakos A,Den Ouden DB,Rorden C

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Unambiguous evidence is presented that two X-chromosome inversions produce lethality in X/O males because of position-effect suppression of genes in the basal heterochromatin. The data support the hypothesis that the ribosomal RNA cistrons are the genes suppressed. There is evidence for a region in the X basal heteroc...

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

authors： Baker WK

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins potentiated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) to induce a transformed phenotype in non-neoplastic rat kidney fibroblasts in cell culture have been isolated from many non-neoplastic tissues of the adult mouse, including submaxillary gland, kidney, liver, muscle, heart, and brain. They resemble previously descri...

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

authors： Roberts AB,Anzano MA,Lamb LC,Smith JM,Sporn MB

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the large ectodomain of MET, the product of the c-met protooncogene and receptor for hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF). Here, we establish by deletion mutagenesis that the HGF/SF and heparin-binding sites of MET are contained within a large N-terminal domain spanning the alpha-chai...

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

authors： Gherardi E,Youles ME,Miguel RN,Blundell TL,Iamele L,Gough J,Bandyopadhyay A,Hartmann G,Butler PJ

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activator proteins in bacteria often operate by interaction with the C-terminal domain of the alpha-subunit of RNA polymerase (RNAP). Here we report the discovery of an "anti-alpha" factor Spx in Bacillus subtilis that blocks transcriptional activation by binding to the alpha-C-terminal domain, thereby...

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

authors： Nakano S,Nakano MM,Zhang Y,Leelakriangsak M,Zuber P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD) play pivotal roles in signal transduction leading to apoptosis and NF-kappaB activation and inflammation. Here we identify and characterize human and mouse CARD protein 6 (CARD6), CARD-containing proteins of unique structure. CARD6 associates with microtubules an...

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

authors： Dufner A,Pownall S,Mak TW

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Awareness that our planet is a self-supporting biosphere with sunlight as its major source of energy for life has resulted in a long-term historical fascination with the workings of self-supporting ecological systems. However, the studies of such systems have never entered the canon of ecological or evolutionary tools...

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

authors： Rillig MC,Antonovics J

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sands from various geographic locations reduce N(2) from the air to NH(3) and traces of N(2)H(4) on exposure to sunlight. This N(2) photofixation occurs under sterile conditions on the surface of finely dispersed titanium minerals such as rutile, utilizing reducing equivalents generated through the photolysis of chemi...

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

authors： Schrauzer GN,Strampach N,Hui LN,Palmer MR,Salehi J

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00