An acquired and a native penicillin-binding protein cooperate in building the cell wall of drug-resistant staphylococci.

abstract：:The nuclear receptor Chicken Ovalbumin Upstream Promoter-Transcription Factor II (COUP-TFII) is an important coordinator of glucose homeostasis through its function in different organs such as the endocrine pancreas, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and liver. Recently we have demonstrated that COUP-TFII expression in...

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

authors： Sabra-Makke L,Maritan M,Planchais J,Boutant M,Pégorier JP,Even PC,Vasseur-Cognet M,Bossard P

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the genetic basis of common disease may require comprehensive sequence analysis of coding regions and regulatory elements in patients and controls to find genetic effects caused by rare or heterogeneous mutations. In this study, we demonstrate how mismatch repair detection on tag arrays can be applie...

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

authors： Faham M,Zheng J,Moorhead M,Fakhrai-Rad H,Namsaraev E,Wong K,Wang Z,Chow SG,Lee L,Suyenaga K,Reichert J,Boudreau A,Eberle J,Bruckner C,Jain M,Karlin-Neumann G,Jones HB,Willis TD,Buxbaum JD,Davis RW

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated an Arabidopsis thaliana gene that codes for a receptor related to antifungal pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins. The PR5K gene codes for a predicted 665-amino acid polypeptide that comprises an extracellular domain related to the PR5 proteins, a central transmembrane-spanning domain, and an intracellu...

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

authors： Wang X,Zafian P,Choudhary M,Lawton M

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine milk lipoprotein lipase was subjected to amino acid sequence analysis. The first 19 amino-terminal residues were Asp-Arg-Ile-Thr-Gly-Gly-Lys-Asp-Phe-Arg-Asp-Ile-Glu-Ser-Lys-Phe-Ala-Leu- Arg. In addition, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of a tryptic digest of reduced and alkylated lipase re...

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

authors： Ben-Avram CM,Ben-Zeev O,Lee TD,Haaga K,Shively JE,Goers J,Pedersen ME,Reeve JR Jr,Schotz MC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental genetic studies of evolved differences in morphology have led to the hypothesis that cis-regulatory changes often underlie morphological evolution. However, because most of these studies focus on evolved loss of traits, the genetic architecture and possible association with cis-regulatory changes of gain...

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

authors： Cleves PA,Ellis NA,Jimenez MT,Nunez SM,Schluter D,Kingsley DM,Miller CT

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Canonical Wnt signaling plays an important role in development and disease, regulating transcription of target genes and stabilizing many proteins phosphorylated by glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3). We observed that the MiT family of transcription factors, which includes the melanoma oncogene MITF (micropthalmia-asso...

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

authors： Ploper D,Taelman VF,Robert L,Perez BS,Titz B,Chen HW,Graeber TG,von Euw E,Ribas A,De Robertis EM

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins relay extracellular cues from heptahelical transmembrane receptors to downstream effector molecules. Composed of an alpha subunit with intrinsic GTPase activity and a betagamma heterodimer, the trimeric complex dissociates upon receptor-mediated nucleotide exchange on the alpha subunit, enabl...

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

authors： Slep KC,Kercher MA,Wieland T,Chen CK,Simon MI,Sigler PB

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase (4-phosphatase) is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the 4-position phosphate from phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4)P2]. In human platelets the formation of this phosphatidylinositol, by the actions of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), correlate...

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

authors： Munday AD,Norris FA,Caldwell KK,Brown S,Majerus PW,Mitchell CA

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimethamine (Pyr) targets dihydrofolate reductase of Plasmodium vivax (PvDHFR) as well as other malarial parasites, but its use as antimalarial is hampered by the widespread high resistance. Comparison of the crystal structures of PvDHFR from wild-type and the Pyr-resistant (SP21, Ser-58 --> Arg + Ser-117 --> Asn) s...

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

authors： Kongsaeree P,Khongsuk P,Leartsakulpanich U,Chitnumsub P,Tarnchompoo B,Walkinshaw MD,Yuthavong Y

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen.antibody complexes (Ag.Ab) prepared from (125)I-labeled bovine serum albumin and guinea pig anti-albumin were incubated at 37 degrees C for 30 min with normal human serum diluted optimally for binding (1:16) and then with autologous erythrocytes (RBC). After washing, RBC-bearing antigen.antibody.complement com...

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

authors： Medof ME,Prince GM,Mold C

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of formylmethionine from the reticulocyte ribosomal substrate, f[(3)H]Met-tRNA.ribosome, is promoted by reticulocyte release factor (RF). The initial rate of this reaction is stimulated by GTP but inhibited by GDPCP. Formation of an RF.UA[(3)H]A(2).ribosome complex is a measure of the binding of reticulocyte R...

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

authors： Tate WP,Beaudet AL,Caskey CT

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is now the most common cause of progressive kidney failure leading to dialysis or transplantation. The central pathological feature of diabetic nephropathy is accumulation of extracellular matrix within the glomeruli. The factors in the diabetic milieu responsible for extracellular matrix accumulation are not...

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

authors： Yamamoto T,Nakamura T,Noble NA,Ruoslahti E,Border WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distribution of plant defenses within a leaf may be critical in explaining patterns of herbivory. The generalist lepidopteran larvae, Helicoverpa armigera (the cotton bollworm), avoided the midvein and periphery of Arabidopsis thaliana rosette leaves and fed almost exclusively on the inner lamina. This fee...

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

authors： Shroff R,Vergara F,Muck A,Svatos A,Gershenzon J

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated overlapping phage genomic clones covering an area of 26 kilobases that encodes the human alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor. The alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor gene contains 10 exons and 9 introns distributed over approximately 16 kilobases of DNA. To our knowledge, the number of introns is the highest yet reported...

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

authors： Hirosawa S,Nakamura Y,Miura O,Sumi Y,Aoki N

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural crest cell derivatives have been suggested to be involved in thymus development. We established nonlymphoid thymic stromal cell cultures capable of supporting T-cell differentiation. In these nonlymphoid cell cultures, we identified cells with phenotypic and biochemical markers specific for neuronal cells. Neur...

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

authors： Screpanti I,Meco D,Scarpa S,Morrone S,Frati L,Gulino A,Modesti A

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clean water is paramount to human health. In this article, we present a technique for detection of trace amounts of human or animal waste products in water using fluorescence emission cavity-enhanced spectroscopy. The detection of femtomolar concentrations of urobilin, a metabolic byproduct of heme metabolism that is ...

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

authors： Bixler JN,Cone MT,Hokr BH,Mason JD,Figueroa E,Fry ES,Yakovlev VV,Scully MO

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the growing interest in collective phenomena such as "swarm intelligence" and "wisdom of the crowds," little is known about the mechanisms underlying decision-making in vertebrate animal groups. How do animals use the behavior of others to make more accurate decisions, especially when it is not possible to ide...

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

authors： Ward AJ,Sumpter DJ,Couzin ID,Hart PJ,Krause J

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impaired social interactions and communication. The pathogenesis of ASD is not known, but it involves activation of microglia. We had shown that the peptide neurotensin (NT) is increased in the serum of children with ASD and stimulates cultured adult human microglia t...

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

authors： Tsilioni I,Pantazopoulos H,Conti P,Leeman SE,Theoharides TC

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific protein domains and amino acids responsible for the apparent capacity of P-glycoprotein (mdr) to recognize and transport a large group of structurally unrelated drugs have not been identified. We have introduced a single Ser----Phe substitution within the predicted TM11 domain of mdr1 (position 941) and mdr3 ...

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

authors： Gros P,Dhir R,Croop J,Talbot F

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus is considered a directly transmitted disease due to its high infectivity. Environmental pathways have, therefore, largely been ignored. Rotavirus, however, persists in water sources, and both its surface water concentrations and infection incidence vary with temperature. Here, we examine the potential for wa...

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

authors： Kraay ANM,Brouwer AF,Lin N,Collender PA,Remais JV,Eisenberg JNS

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to mechanisms mediating uptake of intracellular bacterial pathogens, bacterial egress and cell-to-cell transmission are poorly understood. Previously, we showed that the transmission of pathogenic mycobacteria between phagocytic cells also depends on nonlytic ejection through an F-actin based structure, ca...

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

authors： Gerstenmaier L,Pilla R,Herrmann L,Herrmann H,Prado M,Villafano GJ,Kolonko M,Reimer R,Soldati T,King JS,Hagedorn M

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model organism for dissecting the neurogenetic basis of appetitive and aversive behaviors. However, some methods used to assay food preference require or cause starvation. This can be problematic for fly ethanol research because it can be difficult to dissociate caloric preference...

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

authors： Park A,Tran T,Atkinson NS

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe the structure of chitinase B from Serratia marcescens, which consists of a catalytic domain with a TIM-barrel fold and a 49-residue C-terminal chitin-binding domain. This chitinase is the first structure of a bacterial exochitinase, and it represents one of only a few examples of a glycosyl ...

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

authors： van Aalten DM,Synstad B,Brurberg MB,Hough E,Riise BW,Eijsink VG,Wierenga RK

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The GTP/GDP nucleotide switch in Ras superfamily GTPases generally involves differential affinity toward downstream effectors, with the GTP-bound state having a higher affinity for effector than the GDP-bound state. We have developed a quantitative model of allosteric regulation of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein...

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

authors： Leung DW,Rosen MK

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional capacities of CD8(+) T cells important for virus clearance are influenced by interactions with antigen presenting cells (APCs) and CD4(+) T cells during initial selection, subsequent expansion, and development of memory. Recently, investigators have shown that polyfunctional T cells correlate best with ...

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

authors： Ndhlovu ZM,Oelke M,Schneck JP,Griffin DE

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the effect of increased ribosomal fidelity on a modified version of the programmed release factor 2 (RF2) translational frameshift. In the constructs tested, the original UGA codon at the site of the shift was replaced by either of two sense codons, UGG (tryptophan), which allows a frameshift of approxi...

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

authors： Sipley J,Goldman E

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Young male baboons born in captivity were immunized with an attenuated, cryopreserved schistosomular vaccine derived from gamma-irradiated (50 krad) cercariae of the Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma mansoni. Protection against a heterologous Kenyan strain of S. mansoni, after percutaneous infection, was assessed. Pa...

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

authors： Damian RT,Roberts ML,Powell MR,Clark JD,Lewis FA,Stirewalt MA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of prefrontal cortex glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD67) and reelin (mRNAs and proteins) expression is the most consistent finding reported by several studies of postmortem schizophrenia (SZ) brains. Converging evidence suggests that the reduced GAD67 and reelin expression in cortical GABAergic interneurons ...

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

authors： Dong E,Agis-Balboa RC,Simonini MV,Grayson DR,Costa E,Guidotti A

更新日期：2005-08-30 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：:Studies of prostate cancer pathogenesis and development of new therapies have been hampered by a lack of appropriate mouse models. We have generated PSA-Cre-ER(T2) mice that express the tamoxifen-dependent Cre-ER(T2) recombinase selectively in prostatic epithelium, thus allowing us to target floxed genes selectively i...

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

authors： Ratnacaram CK,Teletin M,Jiang M,Meng X,Chambon P,Metzger D

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00