Arabidopsis thaliana defense-related protein ELI3 is an aromatic alcohol:NADP+ oxidoreductase.

abstract：:The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is produced in response to abiotic stresses and mediates stomatal closure in response to drought via recently identified ABA receptors (pyrabactin resistance/regulatory component of ABA receptor; PYR/RCAR). SLAC1 encodes a central guard cell S-type anion channel that mediates ABA-...

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

authors： Brandt B,Brodsky DE,Xue S,Negi J,Iba K,Kangasjärvi J,Ghassemian M,Stephan AB,Hu H,Schroeder JI

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual awareness has been proposed to depend on recurrent processing in early visual cortex areas including the primary visual cortex (V1). Here, we address this hypothesis with high spatiotemporal resolution magnetoencephalographic recordings in subjects performing a substitution masking paradigm. Neural activity ref...

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

authors： Boehler CN,Schoenfeld MA,Heinze HJ,Hopf JM

更新日期：2008-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamatergic synaptic terminals harbor reluctant synaptic vesicles (SVs) that contribute little to synchronous release during action potentials but are release competent when stimulated by sucrose or by direct intracellular application of calcium. It has been noted that the proximity of a release-competent SV to the ...

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

authors： Lee JS,Ho WK,Lee SH

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder of young humans. Each year 150,000 children in the United States experience their first seizure. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), used to treat seizures in children, infants, and pregnant women, cause cognitive impairment, microcephaly, and birth defects. The cause of unwan...

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

authors： Bittigau P,Sifringer M,Genz K,Reith E,Pospischil D,Govindarajalu S,Dzietko M,Pesditschek S,Mai I,Dikranian K,Olney JW,Ikonomidou C

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The cycles of carbon and oxygen at the Earth surface are intimately linked, where the burial of organic carbon into sediments represents a source of oxygen to the surface environment. This coupling is typically quantified through the isotope records of organic and inorganic carbon. Yet, the late Neoproterozoic Eon, th...

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

authors： Bjerrum CJ,Canfield DE

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:After prolonged exposure to ascorbate, collagen synthesis in cultured human skin fibroblasts increased approximately 8-fold with no significant change in synthesis of noncollagen protein. This effect of ascorbate appears to be unrelated to its cofactor function in collagen hydroxylation. The collagenous protein secret...

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

authors： Murad S,Grove D,Lindberg KA,Reynolds G,Sivarajah A,Pinnell SR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of DsRed, a red fluorescent protein from a corallimorpharian, has been determined at 2.0-A resolution by multiple-wavelength anomalous dispersion and crystallographic refinement. Crystals of the selenomethionine-substituted protein have space group P2(1) and contain a tetramer with 222 noncrystal...

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

authors： Yarbrough D,Wachter RM,Kallio K,Matz MV,Remington SJ

更新日期：2001-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment, specification, and validation of synaptic connections are thought to be mediated by interactions between pre- and postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecules. Arguably, the best-characterized transsynaptic interactions are formed by presynaptic neurexins, which bind to diverse postsynaptic ligands. In a proteo...

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

authors： Sterky FH,Trotter JH,Lee SJ,Recktenwald CV,Du X,Zhou B,Zhou P,Schwenk J,Fakler B,Südhof TC

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Degeneracy, the ability of elements that are structurally different to perform the same function or yield the same output, is a well known characteristic of the genetic code and immune systems. Here, we point out that degeneracy is a ubiquitous biological property and argue that it is a feature of complexity at geneti...

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

authors： Edelman GM,Gally JA

更新日期：2001-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A major calmodulin-binding protein (CaM-BP) of Mr 240,000 was demonstrated in various rat tissues by using a 125I-labeled CaM gel overlay technique. This protein (designated p240) was detected in the particulate fraction and to a lesser extent in the cytosol of all tissues studied. Binding of CaM to p240 was completel...

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

authors： Palfrey HC,Schiebler W,Greengard P

更新日期：1982-06-01 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：:Mechanical robustness of the cell under different modes of stress and deformation is essential to its survival and function. Under tension, mechanical rigidity is provided by the cytoskeletal network; with increasing stress, this network stiffens, providing increased resistance to deformation. However, a cell must als...

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

authors： Zhou EH,Trepat X,Park CY,Lenormand G,Oliver MN,Mijailovich SM,Hardin C,Weitz DA,Butler JP,Fredberg JJ

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms lead to mitogenic, survival, and chemotactic responses in a variety of mesenchymal cell types during development and in the adult. We have studied the importance of phosphatidylinositol-3' kinase (PI3K) signaling in these responses by mutating the PI3K-binding sites in th...

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

authors： Heuchel R,Berg A,Tallquist M,Ahlén K,Reed RK,Rubin K,Claesson-Welsh L,Heldin CH,Soriano P

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A major virulence factor of Plasmodium falciparum is the adherence of parasitized erythrocytes to the wall of postcapillary venules via a specific interaction between parasite-derived erythrocyte surface ligands and receptors on endothelial cells. To study this phenomenon in vitro, we selected a parasite population th...

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

authors： Chaiyaroj SC,Coppel RL,Novakovic S,Brown GV

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved two-component regulatory system GacS/GacA determines the expression of extracellular products and virulence factors in a variety of Gram-negative bacteria. In the biocontrol strain CHA0 of Pseudomonas fluorescens, the response regulator GacA is essential for the synthesis of extracellular protease (AprA)...

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

authors： Blumer C,Heeb S,Pessi G,Haas D

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged periods of extreme heat or drought in the first year after fire affect the resilience and diversity of fire-dependent ecosystems by inhibiting seed germination or increasing mortality of seedlings and resprouting individuals. This interaction between weather and fire is of growing concern as climate changes,...

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

authors： Slingsby JA,Merow C,Aiello-Lammens M,Allsopp N,Hall S,Kilroy Mollmann H,Turner R,Wilson AM,Silander JA Jr

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the crystal structure of a translation termination complex formed by the Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome bound with release factor RF2, in response to a UAA stop codon, solved at 3 A resolution. The backbone of helix alpha5 and the side chain of serine of the conserved SPF motif of RF2 recognize U1 and A2 ...

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

authors： Korostelev A,Asahara H,Lancaster L,Laurberg M,Hirschi A,Zhu J,Trakhanov S,Scott WG,Noller HF

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experiments have shown that spreading epithelial sheets exhibit a long-range coordination of motility forces that leads to a buildup of tension in the tissue, which may enhance cell division and the speed of wound healing. Furthermore, the edges of these epithelial sheets commonly show finger-like protrusions w...

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

authors： Basan M,Elgeti J,Hannezo E,Rappel WJ,Levine H

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable structures of icosahedral symmetry can serve numerous functional roles, including chemical microencapsulation and delivery of drugs and biomolecules, epitope presentation to allow for an efficient immunization process, synthesis of nanoparticles of uniform size, observation of encapsulated reactive intermediate...

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

authors： Olson AJ,Hu YH,Keinan E

更新日期：2007-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells for 12-97 hr with methionine-enkephalin results in an increase in adenylate cyclase activity [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1] that is mediated by the opiate receptor. The results show that cells become tolerant to, and dependent upon, enkephalin. ...

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

authors： Lampert A,Nirenberg M,Klee WA

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody specific for the native form of Chinese hamster hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; IMP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 2.4.2.8) was used to detect the synthesis of HPRT protein in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate translation system primed with mRNA from Chinese hamster tissues and c...

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

authors： Melton DW,Konecki DS,Ledbetter DH,Hejtmancik JF,Caskey CT

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kell blood group is a major antigenic system in human erythrocytes. Kell antigens reside on a 93-kDa membrane glycoprotein that is surface-exposed and associated with the underlying cytoskeleton. We isolated tryptic peptides and, based on the amino acid sequence of one of the peptides and by using the PCR, prepare...

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

authors： Lee S,Zambas ED,Marsh WL,Redman CM

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using defined oligomers of IgE, our group previously studied the quantitative relationship between the aggregation of the high affinity receptors for IgE (Fc epsilonRI) and the earliest signals initiated by such aggregation: the phosphorylation of tyrosines on the receptor. Notably, at certain doses of the oligomers s...

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

authors： Torigoe C,Goldstein B,Wofsy C,Metzger H

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a stable protein that functions in a monomeric state as an electron donor for cytochrome c oxidase. It is also released to the cytosol when permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane occurs at the early stage of apoptosis. For nearly half a century, it has been known that cyt c forms ...

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

authors： Hirota S,Hattori Y,Nagao S,Taketa M,Komori H,Kamikubo H,Wang Z,Takahashi I,Negi S,Sugiura Y,Kataoka M,Higuchi Y

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A transcription factor required for synthesis of accurately initiated run-off transcripts by RNA polymerase II has been purified and shown to have an associated DNA-dependent ATPase (dATPase) activity that is strongly stimulated by the TATA region of promoters. This transcription factor, designated delta, was purified...

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

authors： Conaway RC,Conaway JW

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the function of silicon (Si) in plant physiology has long been debated, its beneficial effects on plant resistance against abiotic and biotic stresses, including insect herbivory, have been well documented. In addition, the jasmonate (JA) signaling pathway plays a crucial role in mediating antiherbivore defen...

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

authors： Ye M,Song Y,Long J,Wang R,Baerson SR,Pan Z,Zhu-Salzman K,Xie J,Cai K,Luo S,Zeng R

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Rational engineering methods can be applied with reasonable success to optimize physicochemical characteristics of proteins, in particular, antibodies. Here, we describe a combined CDR3 walking randomization and rational design-based approach to enhance the affinity of the human anti-gastrin TA4 scFv. The application ...

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

authors： Barderas R,Desmet J,Timmerman P,Meloen R,Casal JI

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human liver cDNA library was screened by colony hybridization with a bovine factor X cDNA probe. Three of the positive plasmids contained overlapping DNA that coded for most of human factor X mRNA. DNA sequence analysis of these three clones allowed the prediction of the complete amino acid sequence of plasma factor...

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

authors： Fung MR,Hay CW,MacGillivray RT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome C is a mitochondrial protein that induces apoptosis when released into the cytosol or when added to cell-free extracts. Here we show that cells that overexpress the Bcl-2-related protein Bcl-xL fail to accumulate cytosolic cytochrome C or undergo apoptosis in response to genotoxic stress. Coimmunoprecipitat...

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

authors： Kharbanda S,Pandey P,Schofield L,Israels S,Roncinske R,Yoshida K,Bharti A,Yuan ZM,Saxena S,Weichselbaum R,Nalin C,Kufe D

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experimental data on the equilibrium binding of myosin subfragment 1 (S-1) to regulated actin filaments in the presence and in the absence of Ca(2+) are analyzed by using a linear Ising model. In the model, each tropomyosin-troponin unit (including seven sites on the actin filament) can be in one of two possibl...

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

authors： Hill TL,Eisenberg E,Greene L

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00