Regulation of Smad degradation and activity by Smurf2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase.

abstract：:This study details the immune response to cartilage proteoglycan in experimental chronic IgG-induced immune synovitis. Antibodies reactive with purified rabbit proteoglycan monomer were observed in nine of nine rabbits with immune synovitis. IgG-immunized but nonsynovitic control animals with no pathology showed no an...

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

authors： Yoo JU,Kresina TF,Malemud CJ,Goldberg VM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutron diffraction maps have been used to assign the rotor conformations of the hydroxyl hydrogens in trypsin. Knowledge of these conformations is used to assess the relative importance of steric and electrostatic effects in conferring the H-bonding geometries of these groups. A general finding was that most hydroxyl...

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

authors： Kossiakoff AA,Shpungin J,Sintchak MD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration, the adherence of infected erythrocytes containing late developmental stages of the parasite (trophozoites and schizonts) to the endothelium of capillaries and venules, is characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum infections. We have studied two host factors, the spleen and antibody, that influence sequest...

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

authors： David PH,Hommel M,Miller LH,Udeinya IJ,Oligino LD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal macrophages were obtained from DBA/2 mice that were untreated or after the injection of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), thioglycollate broth, proteose-peptone broth, or gamma-irradiated P-815 tumor cells. These macrophages were "activated" to become cytotoxic for a fibroblast cell line (L 929) by the additi...

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

authors： Blumenthal EJ,Roberts WK,Vasil A,Talmage DW

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General optimization results from physics indicate that maximum efficiency of a process, in the sense of minimum overall entropy production, is achieved when the rate of entropy production is constant over time, however not in ordinary clock time but on an, in general varying, "eigen time" scale, intrinsic to the syst...

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

authors： Andresen B,Shiner JS,Uehlinger DE

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently the definition of the metazoan RNA polymerase II and archaeal core promoters has been expanded to include a region immediately upstream of the TATA box called the B recognition element (BRE), so named because eukaryal transcription factor TFIIB and its archaeal orthologue TFB interact with the element in a se...

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

authors： Littlefield O,Korkhin Y,Sigler PB

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative splicing of mRNA is a critical process in higher eukaryotes that generates substantial proteomic diversity. Many of the proteins that are essential to this process contain arginine/serine-rich (RS) domains. ZRANB2 is a widely-expressed and highly-conserved RS-domain protein that can regulate alternativ...

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

authors： Loughlin FE,Mansfield RE,Vaz PM,McGrath AP,Setiyaputra S,Gamsjaeger R,Chen ES,Morris BJ,Guss JM,Mackay JP

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Different strains of Newcastle disease virus vary in their ability to induce cell fusion. When administered to cells at high multiplicities of infection some strains induce cell fusion within three hours. This type of fusion is apparently caused by the virus particles in the inoculum, since it can be induced by noninf...

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

authors： Bratt MA,Gallaher WR

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription is a central step in gene expression, in which the DNA template is processively read by RNA polymerase II (Pol II), synthesizing a complementary messenger RNA transcript. At each cycle, Pol II moves exactly one register along the DNA, a process known as translocation. Although X-ray crystal structures ha...

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

authors： Silva DA,Weiss DR,Pardo Avila F,Da LT,Levitt M,Wang D,Huang X

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase Chk2, the mammalian homolog of the budding yeast Rad53 and fission yeast Cds1 checkpoint kinases, is phosphorylated and activated in response to DNA damage by ionizing radiation (IR), UV irradiation, and replication blocks by hydroxyurea (HU). Phosphorylation and activation of Chk2 are ataxia telang...

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

authors： Matsuoka S,Rotman G,Ogawa A,Shiloh Y,Tamai K,Elledge SJ

更新日期：2000-09-12 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：:Most genetic regulatory mechanisms involve protein-DNA interactions. In these processes, the classical Watson-Crick DNA structure sometimes is distorted severely, which in turn enables the precise recognition of the specific sites by the protein. Despite its key importance, very little is known about such deformation ...

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

authors： Leger JF,Robert J,Bourdieu L,Chatenay D,Marko JF

更新日期：1998-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Delta5 and Delta6 fatty acid desaturases are critical enzymes in the pathways for the biosynthesis of the polyunsaturated fatty acids arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids. They are encoded by distinct genes in mammals and Caenorhabditis elegans. This paper describes a cDNA isolated from zebrafish (...

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

authors： Hastings N,Agaba M,Tocher DR,Leaver MJ,Dick JR,Sargent JR,Teale AJ

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As root symbionts of cycad trees, cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc produce beta-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxic nonprotein amino acid. The biomagnification of BMAA through the Guam ecosystem fits a classic triangle of increasing concentrations of toxic compounds up the food chain. However, because BMAA is ...

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

authors： Murch SJ,Cox PA,Banack SA

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary photochemistry of Fe-depleted and Zn-reconstituted reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1 was studied by transient absorption spectroscopy and compared with native, Fe(2+)-containing reaction centers. Excitation of metal-free reaction centers with 30-ps flashes produced the initial charg...

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

authors： Kirmaier C,Holten D,Debus RJ,Feher G,Okamura MY

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some spectinomycin-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli are cold-sensitive. They are unable to assemble both 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits at low temperatures. They accumulate two kinds of incomplete particles, related to 30S and 50S subunits respectively. A single mutation, causing an alteration in a 30S ribosomal ...

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

authors： Nashimoto H,Nomura M

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK1) is an effector of both Ras/MEK/MAPK and PI3K/PDK1 pathways. We present evidence that RSK1 drives p27 phosphorylation at T198 to increase RhoA-p27 binding and cell motility. RSK1 activation and p27pT198 both increase in early G(1). As for many kinase-substrate pairs, cellular RSK1 copreci...

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

authors： Larrea MD,Hong F,Wander SA,da Silva TG,Helfman D,Lannigan D,Smith JA,Slingerland JM

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure using ion exchange chromatography has been developed to detect alterations in a polysaccharide produced by Neurospora crassa. The polysaccharide, isolated from medium that has supported the growth of a culture, is highly responsive to the 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone assay, indicating a high hexo...

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

authors： Springer WD,Srb AM

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATEs) are secreted by pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria through the autotransporter pathway. We previously classified SPATE proteins into two classes: cytotoxic (class 1) and noncytotoxic (class 2). Here, we show that Pic, a class 2 SPATE protein produced b...

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

authors： Ruiz-Perez F,Wahid R,Faherty CS,Kolappaswamy K,Rodriguez L,Santiago A,Murphy E,Cross A,Sztein MB,Nataro JP

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous fluorescence-based assay is described for measuring helicase-mediated unwinding of duplex DNA. The assay utilizes an oligonucleotide substrate containing the fluorescent adenine analog, 2-aminopurine, at regular intervals. 2-Aminopurine forms a Watson-Crick-type base pair with thymine and does not distort...

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

authors： Raney KD,Sowers LC,Millar DP,Benkovic SJ

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of the NH2-terminal DNA-binding domain of lac repressor with synthetic oligo[d(AT)] was studied by a photo-CIDNP technique (CIDNP is chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization). Three of the four tyrosines of the NH2-terminal region were found to be accessible to the photosensitive dye. The corres...

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

authors： Buck F,Rüterjans H,Kaptein R,Beyreuther K

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatant fluid (conditioned medium) of cultured human vascular endothelial cells inhibits activation of Hageman factor (factor XII), whether by ellagic acid, bovine brain sulfatides, or bismuth subgallate; inhibition appears to be a property of one or more proteins in the culture supernates. This phenomenon may...

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

authors： Ratnoff OD,Everson B,Embury P,Ziats NP,Anderson JM,Emanuelson MM,Malemud CJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PdxB (erythronate 4-phosphate dehydrogenase) is expected to be required for synthesis of the essential cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) in Escherichia coli Surprisingly, incubation of the ∆pdxB strain in medium containing glucose as a sole carbon source for 10 d resulted in visible turbidity, suggesting that PLP ...

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

authors： Kim J,Flood JJ,Kristofich MR,Gidfar C,Morgenthaler AB,Fuhrer T,Sauer U,Snyder D,Cooper VS,Ebmeier CC,Old WM,Copley SD

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is a highly soluble protein, yet it aggregates abnormally in Alzheimer's disease. Here, we address the question of proteolytic processing of tau and the nucleation of aggregates by tau fragments. We show in neuronal cell models that fragments of the repeat domain of tau containing mutations of FTDP17 (frontotempor...

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

authors： Wang YP,Biernat J,Pickhardt M,Mandelkow E,Mandelkow EM

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of a macronucleus from a micronucleus after cell mating in hypotrichs all the genes (approximately 20,000) are excised from micronuclear chromosomes as individual small DNA molecules. Telomeres are added to the ends of each gene-sized molecule and each is amplified, mostly by approximately 1000-...

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

authors： Greslin AF,Prescott DM,Oka Y,Loukin SH,Chappell JC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies it was shown that the mammalian translation system is highly organized in vivo and that the intermediates in the process, aminoacyl-tRNAs, are channeled--i.e., they are directly transferred from the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases to the elongation factor to the ribosomes without dissociating into the ce...

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

authors： Stapulionis R,Deutscher MP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild bees are highly valuable pollinators. Along with managed honey bees, they provide a critical ecosystem service by ensuring stable pollination to agriculture and wild plant communities. Increasing concern about the welfare of both wild and managed pollinators, however, has prompted recent calls for national evalua...

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

authors： Koh I,Lonsdorf EV,Williams NM,Brittain C,Isaacs R,Gibbs J,Ricketts TH

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) conjugated to a Mr 3000 poly(L-Lys) markedly inhibits the growth of Pro-3 MtxRII5-3 Chinese hamster ovarian cells, a mutant line known to be drug resistant because of defective MTX transport. In these cells, membrane transport of [3H]MTX-poly(Lys) is sharply decreased by addition of 0.5- to 2.5-fold...

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

authors： Shen WC,Ryser HJ

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have failed to detect an interaction between monomeric soluble CD4 (sCD4) and class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, suggesting that oligomerization of CD4 on the cell surface may be required to form a stable class II MHC binding site. To test this possibility, we transfected the F4...

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

authors： Sakihama T,Smolyar A,Reinherz EL

更新日期：1995-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), the frequency of pulsatile gonadotropic hormone release is relatively constant in the face of widely varying levels of estradiol (E2) in the peripheral circulation--e.g., in the course of the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle and after ovariectomy. This suggests that modula...

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

authors： Kesner JS,Wilson RC,Kaufman JM,Hotchkiss J,Chen Y,Yamamoto H,Pardo RR,Knobil E

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00