Rate of quaternary structure change in hemoglobin measured by modulated excitation.

abstract：:By selective attachment of a DNA cleavage agent to specific residues in the yeast TATA box binding protein (yTBP), we demonstrate that, in solution, yTBP binds to the TATA boxes of both the adenovirus major late promoter and the yeast CYC1 promoter with only a modest preference in orientation and binds well to several...

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

authors： Cox JM,Hayward MM,Sanchez JF,Gegnas LD,van der Zee S,Dennis JH,Sigler PB,Schepartz A

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted drug delivery critically depends on the binding selectivity of cargo-transporting colloidal particles. Extensive theoretical work has shown that two factors are necessary to achieve high selectivity for a threshold receptor density: multivalency and weak interactions. Here, we study a model system of DNA-coat...

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

authors： Scheepers MRW,van IJzendoorn LJ,Prins MWJ

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CD83 is commonly known as a specific marker for mature dendritic cells. It has been shown to be important for CD4(+) T-cell development in the thymus. However, its function in the peripheral immune system remains enigmatic. Here, we show that CD83 inhibits proliferation and production of IL-2 and IFN-γ by T cells, and...

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

authors： Chen L,Zhu Y,Zhang G,Gao C,Zhong W,Zhang X

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterotrimeric complex between integrin-linked kinase (ILK), PINCH, and parvin is an essential signaling platform, serving as a convergence point for integrin and growth-factor signaling and regulating cell adhesion, spreading, and migration. We report a 1.6-A crystal structure of the ILK ankyrin repeat domain bou...

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

authors： Chiswell BP,Zhang R,Murphy JW,Boggon TJ,Calderwood DA

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Photochemical release (uncaging) of bioactive messengers with three-dimensional spatial resolution in light-scattering media would be greatly facilitated if the photolysis could be powered by pairs of IR photons rather than the customary single UV photons. The quadratic dependence on light intensity would confine the ...

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

authors： Furuta T,Wang SS,Dantzker JL,Dore TM,Bybee WJ,Callaway EM,Denk W,Tsien RY

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effect of diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A, and cycloheximide on the CV-1 cell cytoskeleton. Within a few hours after producing an inhibition of cellular protein synthesis, all these agents specifically disrupted the organization of the vimentin filament system with no discernab...

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

authors： Sharpe AH,Chen LB,Murphy JR,Fields BN

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune model of multiple sclerosis, is a complex disease influenced by genetic, intrinsic, and environmental factors. In this study, we questioned whether parent-of-origin effects influence EAE, using reciprocal F2 intercross progeny generated between EAE-susceptib...

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

authors： Teuscher C,Noubade R,Spach K,McElvany B,Bunn JY,Fillmore PD,Zachary JF,Blankenhorn EP

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 16 (IL-16) is a chemotactic cytokine that binds to the CD4 receptor and affects the activation of T cells and replication of HIV. It is expressed as a large 67-kDa precursor protein (pro-IL-16) in lymphocytes, macrophages, and mast cells, as well as in airway epithelial cells from asthmatics after challeng...

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

authors： Bannert N,Avots A,Baier M,Serfling E,Kurth R

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fe(CN)6(-3) oxidation of the aerobically isolated 7Fe Azotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I, (7Fe)FdI, is a degradative reaction. Destruction of the [4Fe-4S] cluster occurs first, followed by destruction of the [3Fe-3S] cluster. At a Fe(CN)6(-3)/(7Fe)FdI concentration ratio of 20, the product is a mixture of apoprotein ...

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

authors： Stephens PJ,Morgan TV,Devlin F,Penner-Hahn JE,Hodgson KO,Scott RA,Stout CD,Burgess BK

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding is the molecular basis for several human diseases. How the primary amino acid sequence triggers misfolding and determines the benign or toxic character of the misfolded protein remains largely obscure. Among proteins that misfold, polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins provide an interesting case:...

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

authors： Duennwald ML,Jagadish S,Muchowski PJ,Lindquist S

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the efficiency of transformation by linear DNA fragments in yeast strains carrying different numbers of homologous targets for recombination. In strains carrying dispersed copies of a target and in strains carrying tandem arrays, the frequency of transformation is proportional to the number of targets...

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

authors： Wilson JH,Leung WY,Bosco G,Dieu D,Haber JE

更新日期：1994-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A general procedure is described for the production of human monoclonal antibodies from peripheral blood lymphocytes immunized in vitro against T-cell-dependent antigens. These lymphocytes immunized in culture were used to produce human-human or human-mouse hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies specific for digox...

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

authors： Borrebaeck CA,Danielsson L,Möller SA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the world, efforts are under way to restore watersheds, but restoration planning rarely accounts for future climate change. Using a series of linked models of climate, land cover, hydrology, and salmon population dynamics, we investigated the impacts of climate change on the effectiveness of proposed habita...

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

authors： Battin J,Wiley MW,Ruckelshaus MH,Palmer RN,Korb E,Bartz KK,Imaki H

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining the virus-host interactions responsible for HIV-1 transmission, including the phenotypic requirements of viruses capable of establishing de novo infections, could be important for AIDS vaccine development. Previous analyses have failed to identify phenotypic properties other than chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) a...

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

authors： Parrish NF,Gao F,Li H,Giorgi EE,Barbian HJ,Parrish EH,Zajic L,Iyer SS,Decker JM,Kumar A,Hora B,Berg A,Cai F,Hopper J,Denny TN,Ding H,Ochsenbauer C,Kappes JC,Galimidi RP,West AP Jr,Bjorkman PJ,Wilen CB,Doms RW

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal domains of the two alpha-subunits (alphaCTD) in Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) recognize specific sequences called UP elements in some promoters. These interactions can increase transcription dramatically. Previously, effects of upstream DNA-alphaCTD interactions on transcription were quantified...

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

authors： Ross W,Gourse RL

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the pubertal increase in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) release is withheld by a dominant inhibitory neuronal system, the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a known inhibitory neurotransmitter, in the control of LHRH release was examined in conscious female monkeys at the...

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

authors： Mitsushima D,Hei DL,Terasawa E

更新日期：1994-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) is a class of ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine PP involved in stress responses in yeasts, mammals, and plants. Here, I present mutational analysis of two Arabidopsis thaliana PP2Cs, encoded by ABI1 and AtPP2C, involved in the plant stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA...

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

authors： Sheen J

更新日期：1998-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Both mammals and birds use the interaural time difference (ITD) for localization of sound in the horizontal plane. They may localize either real or phantom sound sources, when the signal consists of a narrow frequency band. This ambiguity does not occur with broadband signals. A plot of impulse rates or amplitude of e...

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

authors： Peña JL,Konishi M

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of Shigella to spread within the cytosol of infected epithelial cells and to infect adjacent cells is critical for the development of infection foci, which lead to mucosal abscesses. Shigella is a nonmotile microorganism that appears to utilize host cell microfilaments to generate intra- as well as interc...

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

authors： Bernardini ML,Mounier J,d'Hauteville H,Coquis-Rondon M,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for systematic peptide variation by a combination of rational and evolutionary approaches is presented. The design scheme consists of five consecutive steps: (i) identification of a "seed peptide" with a desired activity, (ii) generation of variants selected from a physicochemical space around the seed pep...

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

authors： Schneider G,Schrödl W,Wallukat G,Müller J,Nissen E,Rönspeck W,Wrede P,Kunze R

更新日期：1998-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization theory has been used to analyze evolutionary adaptation. This theory has explained many features of biological systems, from the genetic code to animal behavior. However, these systems show important deviations from optimality. Typically, these deviations are large in some particular components of the sys...

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

authors： Pérez-Escudero A,Rivera-Alba M,de Polavieja GG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinosarcomas (CSs) of the uterus and ovary are highly aggressive neoplasms containing both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. We analyzed the mutational landscape of 68 uterine and ovarian CSs by whole-exome sequencing. We also performed multiregion whole-exome sequencing comprising two carcinoma and sarcoma s...

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

authors： Zhao S,Bellone S,Lopez S,Thakral D,Schwab C,English DP,Black J,Cocco E,Choi J,Zammataro L,Predolini F,Bonazzoli E,Bi M,Buza N,Hui P,Wong S,Abu-Khalaf M,Ravaggi A,Bignotti E,Bandiera E,Romani C,Todeschini P,Tas

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) by growing bacteria is an integral part of forming biofilm-like structures. In such dense systems, mechanical interactions among the structural components can be expected to significantly contribute to morphological properties. Here, we use a particle-based modeli...

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

authors： Ghosh P,Mondal J,Ben-Jacob E,Levine H

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors on activated T cells exist in high- and low-affinity configurations, both of which share a ligand-binding component known as the Tac protein. Although almost all binding of IL-2 to such cells was inhibited by an antibody to Tac, the predominant component of binding on the natural killer ...

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

authors： Robb RJ,Rusk CM,Yodoi J,Greene WC

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the microbial community in the human intestine may play an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity. We examined 184,094 sequences of microbial 16S rRNA genes from PCR amplicons by using the 454 pyrosequencing technology to compare the microbial community structures of 9 individuals,...

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

authors： Zhang H,DiBaise JK,Zuccolo A,Kudrna D,Braidotti M,Yu Y,Parameswaran P,Crowell MD,Wing R,Rittmann BE,Krajmalnik-Brown R

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-2 is a type I four-alpha-helical bundle cytokine that plays vital roles in antigen-mediated proliferation of peripheral blood T cells and also is critical for activation-induced cell death. We now demonstrate that IL-2 potently decreases expression of IL-7 receptor alpha chain (IL-7Ralpha) mRNA and pr...

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

authors： Xue HH,Kovanen PE,Pise-Masison CA,Berg M,Radovich MF,Brady JN,Leonard WJ

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that a substantial portion of the mutagenic alterations produced in the basal layer of human skin by sunlight are induced by wavelengths in the UVA range. Using laser capture microdissection we examined separately basal and suprabasal keratinocytes from human skin squamous cell carcinomas and premalign...

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

authors： Agar NS,Halliday GM,Barnetson RS,Ananthaswamy HN,Wheeler M,Jones AM

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the similarity between a putative cloned mammalian release factor (RF) and tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TRS), a recombinant rabbit RF fusion protein was expressed from prokaryotic expression vectors. Purified fractions of the fusion proteins were tested for TRS and RF activities. Addition of the fusion prote...

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

authors： Timchenko L,Caskey CT

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial peptide hepcidin appears to play a central role in the regulation of iron homeostasis. In intact animals, iron overload or the injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates transcription of HAMP, the gene that encodes hepcidin. In isolated hepatocytes, IL-6, an inflammatory cytokine the production...

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

authors： Lee P,Peng H,Gelbart T,Beutler E

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb group proteins are essential regulators of developmental processes across animals. Despite their importance, studies on Polycomb are often restricted to classical model systems and, as such, little is known about the evolution of these important chromatin regulators. Here we focus on Polycomb Repressive Compl...

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

authors： Gahan JM,Rentzsch F,Schnitzler CE

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00