The Arabidopsis SOS2 protein kinase physically interacts with and is activated by the calcium-binding protein SOS3.

abstract：:African sleeping sickness is a fatal disease that is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Polyamine biosynthesis is an essential pathway in the parasite and is a validated drug target for treatment of the disease. S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) catalyzes a key step in polyamine biosynthe...

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

authors： Willert EK,Fitzpatrick R,Phillips MA

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We induced sublimation of suspended few-layer graphene by in situ Joule-heating inside a transmission electron microscope. The graphene sublimation fronts consisted of mostly {1100} zigzag edges. Under appropriate conditions, a fractal-like "coastline" morphology was observed. Extensive multiple-layer reconstructions ...

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

authors： Huang JY,Ding F,Yakobson BI,Lu P,Qi L,Li J

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1 (SUV39H1), a histone methyltransferase, catalyzes histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation and is involved in heterochromatin organization and genome stability. However, the mechanism for regulation of the enzymatic activity of SUV39H1 in cancer cells is not yet well known. In this stu...

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

authors： Wang D,Zhou J,Liu X,Lu D,Shen C,Du Y,Wei FZ,Song B,Lu X,Yu Y,Wang L,Zhao Y,Wang H,Yang Y,Akiyama Y,Zhang H,Zhu WG

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the thymic polypeptide thymopoietin (Tpo) on the properties of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AcChoR) were investigated by patch clamp techniques on mouse C2 myotubes and by biochemical assays on AcChoR-rich membrane fragments purified from the Torpedo marmorata electric organ. At high concentrat...

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

authors： Revah F,Mulle C,Pinset C,Audhya T,Goldstein G,Changeux JP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using differential display PCR, we have identified 98 cDNA fragments from the rat dorsal hippocampus that are expressed differentially between the fast learners and slow learners in the water maze learning task. One of these cDNA fragments encodes the rat serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase (sgk) gene. North...

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

authors： Tsai KJ,Chen SK,Ma YL,Hsu WL,Lee EH

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The versatility of CRISPR-Cas endonucleases as a tool for biomedical research has led to diverse applications in gene editing, programmable transcriptional control, and nucleic acid detection. Most CRISPR-Cas systems, however, suffer from off-target effects and unpredictable nonspecific binding that negatively impact ...

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

authors： Specht DA,Xu Y,Lambert G

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the three neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptor (SNARE) proteins synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin-1A, and SNAP-25 is the key step that leads to exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles. In the fully assembled SNARE complex, these three proteins form a coiled-coil ...

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

authors： Liang B,Kiessling V,Tamm LK

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukosialin (also known as Ly48, CD43, and sialophorin) is a major cell surface sialoglycoprotein found on a variety of hematopoietically derived cells. The precise function of this molecule is poorly understood but it has been implicated in cell proliferation and intercellular adhesion. We developed a transgenic mous...

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

authors： Dragone LL,Barth RK,Sitar KL,Disbrow GL,Frelinger JG

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The consumption of garlic is inversely correlated with the progression of cardiovascular disease, although the responsible mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that human RBCs convert garlic-derived organic polysulfides into hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), an endogenous cardioprotective vascular cell signaling molecule. ...

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

authors： Benavides GA,Squadrito GL,Mills RW,Patel HD,Isbell TS,Patel RP,Darley-Usmar VM,Doeller JE,Kraus DW

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In all organisms, mild heat pretreatments induce tolerance to high temperatures. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, such pretreatments strongly induce heat-shock protein (Hsp) 104, and hsp104 mutations greatly reduce high-temperature survival, indicating Hsp1O4 plays a critical role in induced thermotolerance. Sur...

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

authors： Lindquist S,Kim G

更新日期：1996-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that high olive oil intake reduces blood pressure (BP). These positive effects of olive oil have frequently been ascribed to its minor components, such as alpha-tocopherol, polyphenols, and other phenolic compounds that are not present in other oils. However, in this study we demonstrate th...

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

authors： Terés S,Barceló-Coblijn G,Benet M,Alvarez R,Bressani R,Halver JE,Escribá PV

更新日期：2008-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The bifunctional Neurospora crassa mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (CYT-18 protein) both aminoacylates mitochondrial tRNA(Tyr) and acts as a structure-stabilizing splicing cofactor for group I introns. Previous studies showed that CYT-18 has distinct tRNA(Tyr) and group I intron-binding sites, with the latter fo...

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

authors： Paukstelis PJ,Lambowitz AM

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Model organism studies have demonstrated that cell fate specification decisions play an important role in normal brain development. Their role in human neurodevelopmental disorders, however, is poorly understood, with very few examples described. The cerebellum is an excellent system to study mechanisms of cell fate s...

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

authors： Millen KJ,Steshina EY,Iskusnykh IY,Chizhikov VV

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are expressed on innate immune cells and trigger inflammation upon detection of pathogens and host tissue injury. TLR-mediated proinflammatory-signaling pathways are counteracted by partially characterized anti-inflammatory mechanisms that prevent exaggerated inflammation and host tissue dam...

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

authors： Zhou J,Wu R,High AA,Slaughter CA,Finkelstein D,Rehg JE,Redecke V,Häcker H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and the formation of aggregates are increasingly recognized components of the pathology of human genetic disease and hallmarks of many neurodegenerative disorders. As exemplified by polyglutamine diseases, the propensity for protein misfolding is associated with the length of polyglutamine expansion...

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

authors： Nollen EA,Garcia SM,van Haaften G,Kim S,Chavez A,Morimoto RI,Plasterk RH

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) contributes to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome. With aging, the partial trisomy 16 (Ts65Dn) mouse model of Down's syndrome exhibited reductions in BFCN size and number and regressive changes in the hippocampal terminal...

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

authors： Cooper JD,Salehi A,Delcroix JD,Howe CL,Belichenko PV,Chua-Couzens J,Kilbridge JF,Carlson EJ,Epstein CJ,Mobley WC

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal infections often induce epithelial damage that must be repaired for optimal gut function. While intestinal stem cells are critical for this regeneration process [R. C. van der Wath, B. S. Gardiner, A. W. Burgess, D. W. Smith, PLoS One 8, e73204 (2013); S. Kozar et al., Cell Stem Cell 13, 626-633 (2013...

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

authors： Mileto SJ,Jardé T,Childress KO,Jensen JL,Rogers AP,Kerr G,Hutton ML,Sheedlo MJ,Bloch SC,Shupe JA,Horvay K,Flores T,Engel R,Wilkins S,McMurrick PJ,Lacy DB,Abud HE,Lyras D

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An inborn deficiency in the ability of aldolase B to split fructose 1-phosphate is found in humans with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI). A stable isotope procedure to elucidate the mechanism of conversion of fructose to glucose in normal children and in HFI children has been developed. A constant infusion of D-[...

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

authors： Gopher A,Vaisman N,Mandel H,Lapidot A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain continuously influences and perceives the physiological condition of the body. Related cortical representations have been proposed to shape emotional experience and guide behavior. Although previous studies have identified brain regions recruited during autonomic processing, neurological lesion studies have ...

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

authors： Guo CC,Sturm VE,Zhou J,Gennatas ED,Trujillo AJ,Hua AY,Crawford R,Stables L,Kramer JH,Rankin K,Levenson RW,Rosen HJ,Miller BL,Seeley WW

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme animal movements are usually associated with a single, high-performance behavior. However, the remarkably rapid mandible strikes of the trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus bauri, can yield multiple functional outcomes. Here we investigate the biomechanics of mandible strikes in O. bauri and find that the extreme mandib...

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

authors： Patek SN,Baio JE,Fisher BL,Suarez AV

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Bernard-Soulier syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of platelet dysfunction presenting with mild thrombocytopenia, circulating "giant" platelets and a bleeding phenotype. The bleeding in patients with the Bernard-Soulier syndrome is disproportionately more severe than suggested by the reduced platele...

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

authors： Ware J,Russell S,Ruggeri ZM

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes purified from primary cultures of neonatal rat cerebrum can now be grown in a synthetic medium supplemented with putrescine, prostaglandin F2 alpha, insulin, fibroblast growth factor, and hydrocortisone. These five supplements have a marked synergistic effect on growth when used in combination but have litt...

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

authors： Morrison RS,de Vellis J

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+) channel alpha(1A)-subunit is a voltage-gated, pore-forming membrane protein positioned at the intersection of two important lines of research: one exploring the diversity of Ca(2+) channels and their physiological roles, and the other pursuing mechanisms of ataxia, dystonia, epilepsy, and migraine. alpha(1A...

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

authors： Jun K,Piedras-Rentería ES,Smith SM,Wheeler DB,Lee SB,Lee TG,Chin H,Adams ME,Scheller RH,Tsien RW,Shin HS

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured rat embryo cells are resistant to neoplastic transformation by chemical carcinogens unless they are extensively subcultured or infected with a murine leukemia virus (MuLV) first. We found that, in normal cultured cells, MuLV activates expression of rat genes that are the progenitors of sarcoma virus genes, b...

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

authors： Kimball PC,Simon MC,Mishra NK

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：:Activating mutations in BRAF are found in 50% of melanomas and although treatment with BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi) is effective, resistance often develops. We now show that recently discovered NRAS isoform 2 is up-regulated in the setting of BRAF inhibitor resistance in melanoma, in both cell lines and patient tumor tissu...

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

authors： Duggan MC,Stiff AR,Bainazar M,Regan K,Olaverria Salavaggione GN,Maharry S,Blachly JS,Krischak M,Walker CJ,Latchana N,Tridandapani S,de la Chapelle A,Eisfeld AK,Carson WE 3rd

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The dnaZX gene of Escherichia coli directs the synthesis of two proteins, DnaZ and DnaX. These products are confirmed as the gamma and tau subunits of DNA polymerase III because antibody to a synthetic peptide present in both the DnaZ and DnaX proteins reacts also with the gamma and tau subunits of holoenzyme. To char...

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

authors： Lee SH,Walker JR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokine genes Il4, Il5, and Il13 are contained within a 140-kb region of mouse chromosome 11 and their expression is controlled by a locus control region (LCR) embedded within this locus. The LCR is composed of a number of DNase I-hypersensitive sites (HSs), which are believed to encompass t...

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

authors： Williams A,Lee GR,Spilianakis CG,Hwang SS,Eisenbarth SC,Flavell RA

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified RNA polymerase II was found to be able to weakly recognize the initiator (Inr) present in the adenovirus IVa2 and major late promoters. The association of RNA polymerase II with the Inr was enhanced by the general transcription factors. The Inr was capable of directing the formation of a DNA-protein co...

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

authors： Carcamo J,Buckbinder L,Reinberg D

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a theory, and its computer implementation, of how mental simulations underlie the abductions of informal algorithms and deductions from these algorithms. Three experiments tested the theory's predictions, using an environment of a single railway track and a siding. This environment is akin to a universal Tu...

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

authors： Khemlani SS,Mackiewicz R,Bucciarelli M,Johnson-Laird PN

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00