Cooperative enhancement of specificity in a lattice of T cell receptors.

abstract：:A decade ago it was discovered that mature birds are able to regenerate hair cells, the receptors for auditory perception. This surprising finding generated hope in the field of auditory neuroscience that new hair cells someday may be coaxed to form in another class of warm-blooded vertebrates, mammals. We have made c...

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

authors： Stone JS,Rubel EW

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The amphiphilic fluorescent styryl pyridinium dyes FM1-43 and FM4-64 are used to probe activity-dependent synaptic vesicle cycling in neurons. Cultured astrocytes can internalize FM1-43 and FM4-64 inside vesicles but their uptake is insensitive to the elevation of cytosolic calcium (Ca(2+)) concentration and the under...

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

authors： Li D,Hérault K,Oheim M,Ropert N

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of DNA molecules tethered to the surface of a microarray may significantly affect the efficiency of hybridization. Although a number of methods have been applied to determine the structure of the DNA layer, they are not very sensitive to variations in the shape of DNA molecules. Here we describe the a...

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

authors： Moiseev L,Unlü MS,Swan AK,Goldberg BB,Cantor CR

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1-Antitrypsin is a serum protein that inhibits many proteolytic enzymes. Recently, it was suggested that the alpha-1-antitrypsin-trypsin complex is an acyl ester analogous to the acyl intermediate that forms between trypsin and its substrates. In previous work we showed that the alpha-1-antitrypsin-trypsin compl...

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

authors： Cohen AB,Gruenke LD,Craig JC,Geczy D

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general approach to high-throughput screening of enantiomeric excess (ee) and concentration was developed by using indicator displacement assays (IDAs), and the protocol was then applied to the vicinal diol hydrobenzoin. The method involves the sequential utilization of what we define herein as screening, training, ...

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

authors： Shabbir SH,Regan CJ,Anslyn EV

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian RNase A superfamily comprises a diverse array of ribonucleolytic proteins that have a variety of biochemical activities and physiological functions. Two rapidly evolving RNases of higher primates are of particular interest as they are major secretory proteins of eosinophilic leukocytes and have been foun...

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

authors： Zhang J,Dyer KD,Rosenberg HF

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The free radicals nitric oxide and superoxide anion react to form peroxynitrite (ONOO-), a highly toxic oxidant species. In vivo formation of ONOO- has been demonstrated in shock and inflammation. Herein we provide evidence that cytotoxicity in cells exposed to ONOO- is mediated by DNA strand breakage and the subseque...

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

authors： Szabó C,Zingarelli B,O'Connor M,Salzman AL

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for assessing genomic similarity based on relative abundances of short oligonucleotides in large DNA samples is introduced. The method requires neither homologous sequences nor prior sequence alignments. The analysis centers on (i) dinucleotide (and tri- and tetra-) relative abundance extremes in genomic sequ...

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

authors： Karlin S,Ladunga I

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of GATA4 during the earliest stages of cardiogenesis has not been defined because Gata4 knockout embryos suffer an early developmental arrest caused by deficiencies in extraembryonic visceral endoderm function. We have used tetraploid embryo complementation to rescue these defects and generated clonal embryon...

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

authors： Watt AJ,Battle MA,Li J,Duncan SA

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of cytoplasmic proteins from quiescent and serum-stimulated Swiss 3T3 cells was compared by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Four new proteins of Mrs 26,000, 28,000, 45,000, and 47,000 designated N26, N28, N45, and N47, which were not detectable in quiescent cells, appeared 60 min afte...

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

authors： Thomas G,Thomas G,Luther H

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rev protein of HIV-1, which facilitates the nuclear export of HIV-1 pre-mRNAs, has been a target for antiviral therapy. Here we describe a new strategy for inhibiting Rev function and HIV-1 replication. In contrast to previous approaches, we use a wild-type rather than a mutant Rev protein and covalently link this...

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

authors： Qian XY,Chen ZY,Zhang J,Rabson AB,Krug RM

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:L-type Ca(2+) currents conducted by CaV1.2 channels initiate excitation-contraction coupling in the heart. Their activity is increased by β-adrenergic/cAMP signaling via phosphorylation by PKA in the fight-or-flight response, but the sites of regulation are unknown. We describe the functional role of phosphorylation o...

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

authors： Fu Y,Westenbroek RE,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Arabinose-binding protein, maltose-binding protein, and lambda receptor are synthesized in vitro on membrane-bound polysomes from Escherichia coli. All three proteins are exported from the cytoplasm of E. coli and all three are made in vitro in a form a few thousand daltons larger than the authentic protein. The large...

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

authors： Randall LL,Hardy SJ,Josefsson LG

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial-derived cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is important for the initiation of allergic airway inflammation through a dendritic cell-mediated T helper 2 response. To identify the factors that control TSLP expression, we examined the ability of inflammatory mediators to regulate TSLP production ...

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

authors： Lee HC,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of duplex DNA from varphiX174 single-stranded DNA by extracts of E. coli was previously shown to require the gene product of dna B. Using as an assay the stimulation of varphiX174 DNA-dependent synthesis in inactivated extracts of dna B temperature-sensitive cells, we purified the dna B gene product from wil...

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

authors： Wright M,Wickner S,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal 392 amino acids of the Drosophila kinesin alpha subunit (designated DKH392) form a dimer in solution that releases only one of its two tightly bound ADP molecules on association with a microtubule, whereas a shorter monomeric construct (designated DKH340) releases > or = 95% of its one bound ADP on asso...

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

authors： Hackney DD

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that platelets express high levels of the tyrosine protein kinase pp60c-src. By a quantitative immunoblot assay, it is shown in this report that pp60c-src represents 0.2-0.4% of total platelet protein. The expression of high levels of pp60c-src in platelets correlated with high levels of tot...

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

authors： Golden A,Brugge JS

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide that coexists with acetylcholine in spinal cord motoneurons. The effects of CGRP on the functional properties of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AcChoR) were examined by electrophysiological methods. Using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique and a mouse c...

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

authors： Mulle C,Benoit P,Pinset C,Roa M,Changeux JP

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key signaling molecules and are intensely studied. Whereas GPCRs recognizing small-molecules have been successfully targeted for drug discovery, protein-recognizing GPCRs, such as the chemokine receptors, claim few drugs or even useful small molecule reagents. This reflects both...

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

authors： Mysinger MM,Weiss DR,Ziarek JJ,Gravel S,Doak AK,Karpiak J,Heveker N,Shoichet BK,Volkman BF

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotions are often felt in the body, and somatosensory feedback has been proposed to trigger conscious emotional experiences. Here we reveal maps of bodily sensations associated with different emotions using a unique topographical self-report method. In five experiments, participants (n = 701) were shown two silhouett...

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

authors： Nummenmaa L,Glerean E,Hari R,Hietanen JK

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many newly synthesized proteins have to become unfolded during translocation across biological membranes. We have analyzed the effects of various stabilization/destabilization mutations in the Ig-like module of the muscle protein titin upon its import from the N terminus or C terminus into mitochondria. The effects of...

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

authors： Sato T,Esaki M,Fernandez JM,Endo T

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The harvest of wildlife for human consumption is valued at several billion dollars annually and provides an essential source of meat for hundreds of millions of rural people living in poverty. This harvest is also considered among the greatest threats to biodiversity throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Economi...

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

authors： Brashares JS,Golden CD,Weinbaum KZ,Barrett CB,Okello GV

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although adaptor ADAP (FYB) and its binding to SLP-76 has been implicated in TcR-induced "inside-out" signaling for LFA-1 activation in T cells, little is known regarding its role in LFA-1-mediated "outside-in" signaling. In this study, we demonstrate that ADAP and SLP-76-ADAP binding are coupled to LFA-1 costimulatio...

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

authors： Wang H,Wei B,Bismuth G,Rudd CE

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the known neuroreparative actions of IL-33 in experimental models of central nervous system (CNS) injury, we predicted that compounds which induce IL-33 are likely to promote remyelination. We found anacardic acid as a candidate molecule to serve as a therapeutic agent to promote remyelination. Addition of anaca...

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

authors： Ljunggren-Rose Å,Natarajan C,Matta P,Pandey A,Upender I,Sriram S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Deoxy-D-[14C]glucose autoradiography was used in awake rats to map neural activity in the sensorimotor sector of striatum. Stimulation of hindlimb, trunk, or forelimb activated primary sensory cortex in a localized columnar pattern, indicating activation of somatosensory receptors and a discrete cortical functional ...

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

authors： Brown LL

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the interaction of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) with cultured primary granulocyte-macrophage progenitors, a suspected natural site of viral latency, and have established conditions for latent infection and reactivation in this cell population. Progenitor cells from human fetal liver or bone marrow ...

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

authors： Kondo K,Kaneshima H,Mocarski ES

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An mRNA fraction coding for hexon polypeptide, the major virion structural protein, was purified by gel electrophoresis from extracts of adenovirus 2-infected cells late in the lytic cycle. The mRNA sequences in this fraction were mapped between 51.7 and 61.3 units on the genome by visualizing RNA-DNA hybrids in the e...

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

authors： Berget SM,Moore C,Sharp PA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photolyzed rhodopsin catalyzes the exchange of GTP for FDP bound to a protein in retinal rod outer segments. We previously proposed that the GTP complex of this protein regulates the cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase and that it may be the first amplified intermediate in visual excitation [Fung, B. K.-K. & Stryer, L. (1980...

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

authors： Fung BK,Hurley JB,Stryer L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mitosis, chromosome, cytoskeleton, and organelle dynamics must be coordinated for successful cell division. Here, we present evidence for a role for Arf1, a small GTPase associated with the Golgi apparatus, in the orchestration of mitotic Golgi breakdown, chromosome segregation, and cytokinesis. We show that early ...

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

authors： Altan-Bonnet N,Phair RD,Polishchuk RS,Weigert R,Lippincott-Schwartz J

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein from the trypanosomatid protozoan Crithidia fasciculata binds to a sequence of 12 nucleotides located at the origin of replication of kinetoplast DNA minicircles. This sequence, termed the universal minicircle sequence (UMS), is conserved in the kinetoplast DNA m...

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

authors： Tzfati Y,Abeliovich H,Kapeller I,Shlomai J

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00