Mimicking the antenna-electron transfer properties of photosynthesis.

abstract：:The recently discovered potato tuber (Solanum tuberosum) alpha-glucan, water dikinase (GWD) (formerly known as R1) catalyzes the phosphorylation of starch by a dikinase-type reaction mechanism in which the beta-phosphate of ATP is transferred to either the C-6 or the C-3 position of the glucosyl residue of starch. In ...

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

authors： Mikkelsen R,Mutenda KE,Mant A,Schürmann P,Blennow A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon mutagenesis screen is a powerful tool to facilitate the discovery of cancer genes that drive tumorigenesis in mouse models. In this study, we sought to identify genes that functionally cooperate with sonic hedgehog signaling to initiate medulloblastoma (MB), a tumor of the cerebellu...

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

authors： Genovesi LA,Ng CG,Davis MJ,Remke M,Taylor MD,Adams DJ,Rust AG,Ward JM,Ban KH,Jenkins NA,Copeland NG,Wainwright BJ

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We establish size limitations for assembling structures of controlled size and shape out of colloidal particles with short-ranged interactions. Through simulations we show that structures with highly variable shapes made out of dozens of particles can form with high yield, as long as each particle in the structure bin...

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

authors： Zeravcic Z,Manoharan VN,Brenner MP

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Prochlorococcus is an abundant marine cyanobacterium that grows rapidly in the environment and contributes significantly to global primary production. This cyanobacterium coexists with many cyanophages in the oceans, likely aided by resistance to numerous co-occurring phages. Spontaneous resistance occurs frequently i...

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

authors： Avrani S,Lindell D

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus B (GBV-B), which infects tamarins, is the virus most closely related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has a protein (p7) that is believed to form an ion channel. It is critical for viability. In vitro studies suggest that GBV-B has an analogous but larger protein (p13). We found that substitutions of the -1 an...

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

authors： Takikawa S,Engle RE,Emerson SU,Purcell RH,St Claire M,Bukh J

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive utilization of pesticides against insects provides us with a good model for studying the adaptation of a eukaryotic genome to a strong selective pressure. One mechanism of resistance is the alteration of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7), the molecular target for organophosphates and carbamates. Here, we rep...

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

authors： Mutero A,Pralavorio M,Bride JM,Fournier D

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible, by using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectroscopy, to detect the conformational changes occurring in both the protein and the chromophore of bacteriorhodopsin during the photocycle. In contrast to Raman spectroscopy, a laser is unnecessary and hence the problem of a perturbing probe be...

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

authors： Rothschild KJ,Marrero H

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cell (NKT) cells (iNKT cells) produce both T-helper 1 (Th1) and T-helper 2 cytokines in response to α-Galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) stimulation and are thought to be the important effectors in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immunity involved in autoimmune disorders, microbial inf...

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

authors： Wu TN,Lin KH,Chang YJ,Huang JR,Cheng JY,Yu AL,Wong CH

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Population intelligence quotients increased throughout the 20th century-a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect-although recent years have seen a slowdown or reversal of this trend in several countries. To distinguish between the large set of proposed explanations, we categorize hypothesized causal factors by whether t...

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

authors： Bratsberg B,Rogeberg O

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of biomolecular isomerization processes, such as protein folding, is governed by a free-energy surface of high dimensionality and complexity. As an alternative to projections into one or two dimensions, the free-energy surface can be mapped into a weighted network where nodes and links are configurations ...

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

authors： Gfeller D,De Los Rios P,Caflisch A,Rao F

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterodorsal part of the medial nucleus of the amygdala (MeAp) receives its major sensory input from the accessory olfactory bulb and projects massively to the medial preoptic nucleus and other sexually dimorphic hypothalamic nuclei thought to play key roles in mediating steroid-sensitive reproductive functions. ...

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

authors： Simerly RB,Young BJ,Capozza MA,Swanson LW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibrillary tangles are one of two lesions found in the brain of Alzheimer disease victims. With synthetic peptide fragments of human neurofilament NF-M17 (Glu-Glu-Lys-Gly-Lys-Ser-Pro- Val-Pro-Lys-Ser-Pro-Val-Glu-Glu-Lys-Gly, phosphorylated and unphosphorylated), CD studies were done to examine the effect of sodiu...

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

authors： Fasman GD,Moore CD

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:CCAAT enhancer-binding protein-alpha (C/EBPalpha) functions as a pleiotropic transcriptional activator of adipocyte genes during adipogenesis. Nuclear factor C/EBP undifferentiated protein (CUP), an isoform of activator protein-2alpha (AP-2alpha), binds to repressive elements in the C/EBPalpha gene promoter, silencing...

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

authors： Jiang MS,Lane MD

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a comparative analysis of metal-related neuronal vulnerability was performed in two brainstem nuclei, the locus coeruleus (LC) and substantia nigra (SN), known targets of the etiological noxae in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. LC and SN pars compacta neurons both degenerate in Parkinson's di...

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

authors： Zecca L,Stroppolo A,Gatti A,Tampellini D,Toscani M,Gallorini M,Giaveri G,Arosio P,Santambrogio P,Fariello RG,Karatekin E,Kleinman MH,Turro N,Hornykiewicz O,Zucca FA

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly aggressive character of melanoma makes it an excellent model for probing the mechanisms underlying metastasis, which remains one of the most difficult challenges in treating cancer. We find that miR-182, member of a miRNA cluster in a chromosomal locus (7q31-34) frequently amplified in melanoma, is commonly...

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

authors： Segura MF,Hanniford D,Menendez S,Reavie L,Zou X,Alvarez-Diaz S,Zakrzewski J,Blochin E,Rose A,Bogunovic D,Polsky D,Wei J,Lee P,Belitskaya-Levy I,Bhardwaj N,Osman I,Hernando E

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma is well known as the signature cytokine of CD4+ T helper 1, CD8+, and natural killer cells, but recent studies demonstrate that antigen-presenting cells, in particular dendritic cells (DCs), are another potent source for this proinflammatory cytokine. T-bet, a transcription factor that controls IFN-gamma exp...

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

authors： Lugo-Villarino G,Maldonado-Lopez R,Possemato R,Penaranda C,Glimcher LH

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In a microarray-based gene profiling analysis of Müller glia-derived retinal stem cells in light-damaged retinas from adult zebrafish, we found that 2 genes required for regeneration of fin and heart tissues in zebrafish, hspd1 (heat shock 60-kDa protein 1) and mps1 (monopolar spindle 1), were up-regulated. Expression...

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

authors： Qin Z,Barthel LK,Raymond PA

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene function is typically evaluated by sampling the continuum of gene expression at only a few discrete points corresponding to gene knockout or overexpression. We argue that this characterization is incomplete and present a library of engineered promoters of varying strengths obtained through mutagenesis of a consti...

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

authors： Alper H,Fischer C,Nevoigt E,Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:GSTs catalyze the conjugation of glutathione with a wide variety of hydrophobic compounds, generally resulting in nontoxic products that can be readily eliminated. In contrast to many other organisms, the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum possesses only one GST isoenzyme (PfGST). This GST is highly abundant in t...

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

authors： Fritz-Wolf K,Becker A,Rahlfs S,Harwaldt P,Schirmer RH,Kabsch W,Becker K

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Professional antigen-presenting dendritic cells (DCs) are critical in regulating T cell immune responses at both systemic and mucosal sites. Many Lactobacillus species are normal members of the human gut microflora and most are regarded as safe when administered as probiotics. Because DCs can naturally or therapeutica...

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

authors： Mohamadzadeh M,Olson S,Kalina WV,Ruthel G,Demmin GL,Warfield KL,Bavari S,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:P elements have been cloned and sequenced from Drosophila nebulosa. Their sequences have diverged less than 6% from P elements of Drosophila melanogaster. However D. nebulosa P elements have nucleotide changes that close all four open reading frames found in the D. melanogaster P element. Microinjection experiments sh...

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

authors： Lansman RA,Shade RO,Grigliatti TA,Brock HW

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle by neurotransmitters generates diacylglycerol, an activator of protein kinase C, which may regulate some forms of neurotransmission. Phorbol esters, potent inflammatory and tumor-promoting compounds, also activate protein kinase C. We demonstrate potent and selective effec...

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

authors： Baraban JM,Gould RJ,Peroutka SJ,Snyder SH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), T helper cells exhibit increased and prolonged expression of cell-surface CD40 ligand (CD154), spontaneously overproduce interleukin-10 (IL-10), but underproduce interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). We tested the hypothesis that the imbalance of these gene products reflects skewed expre...

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

authors： Mishra N,Brown DR,Olorenshaw IM,Kammer GM

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of leukocyte integrin avidity is a crucial aspect of inflammation and immunity. The actin cytoskeleton has an important role in the regulation of integrin function, but the cytoskeletal proteins involved are largely unknown. Because inflammatory stimuli that activate integrin-mediated adhesion in human poly...

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

authors： Jones SL,Wang J,Turck CW,Brown EJ

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether the regulatory protein of an inducible operon for a catabolic pathway is a positive or a negative element in the control of expression is correlated with the frequent or infrequent presence, respectively, of the system's substrate in the natural environment. ...

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

authors： Savageau MA

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing a cell-free chromatin transcription system that recapitulates progesterone receptor (PR)-mediated transcription in vivo, we have investigated further the coactivator functions of steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1) in terms of its functional domains as well as cooperation with other coactivators in PR tra...

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

authors： Liu Z,Wong J,Tsai SY,Tsai MJ,O'Malley BW

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a process called "bioturbation," burrowing macrofauna have altered the seafloor habitat and modified global carbon cycling since the Cambrian. However, the impact of macrofauna on the community structure of microorganisms is poorly understood. Here, we show that microbial communities across bioturbated, but ge...

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

authors： Deng L,Bölsterli D,Kristensen E,Meile C,Su CC,Bernasconi SM,Seidenkrantz MS,Glombitza C,Lagostina L,Han X,Jørgensen BB,Røy H,Lever MA

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor (COUP-TF) genes encode transcription factors belonging to the orphan subfamily of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. Two COUP-TF counterparts have been cloned from mouse. In an attempt to study the function of these genes in the developing central...

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

authors： Qiu Y,Cooney AJ,Kuratani S,DeMayo FJ,Tsai SY,Tsai MJ

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Using short-term cultures of hamster embryo cells, we have examined the effects of the free-radical scavenger superoxide dismutase (superoxide:superoxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.15.1.1) and the enzyme catalase (hydrogen-peroxide:hydrogenperoxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.11.1.6) on x-ray- and bleomycin-induced transformation ...

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

authors： Borek C,Troll W

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A perversion in an otherwise uniform helical structure, such as a climbing plant tendril, refers to a kink that connects two helices with opposite chiralities. Such singularity structures are widely seen in natural and artificial mechanical systems, and they provide the fundamental mechanism of helical symmetry breaki...

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

authors： Liu S,Yao Z,Chiou K,Stupp SI,Olvera de la Cruz M

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00