Bacillus subtilis arsenate reductase is structurally and functionally similar to low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases.

abstract：:The recruitment and evolutionary optimization of promiscuous enzymes is key to the rapid adaptation of organisms to changing environments. Our understanding of the precise mechanisms underlying enzyme repurposing is, however, limited: What are the active-site features that enable the molecular recognition of multiple ...

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

authors： Miton CM,Jonas S,Fischer G,Duarte F,Mohamed MF,van Loo B,Kintses B,Kamerlin SCL,Tokuriki N,Hyvönen M,Hollfelder F

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer. The p38/MAPKAP Kinase 2 (MK2) kinase axis controls the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines that mediate both chronic inflammation and tumor progression. Blockade of this pathway has been previously reported to suppress inflammation and to prevent co...

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

authors： Suarez-Lopez L,Sriram G,Kong YW,Morandell S,Merrick KA,Hernandez Y,Haigis KM,Yaffe MB

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro DNA synthesis was studied in HeLa cell nuclei, with emphasis on the question of whether newly replicated DNA is associated with nucleosomes. The newly replicated DNA was twice as sensitive to digestion by micrococcal nuclease as mature chromatin DNA, reaching a limit digest at 20-25% acid-insoluble product. E...

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

authors： Seale RL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral organization during sentence processing in English and in American Sign Language (ASL) was characterized by employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 4 T. Effects of deafness, age of language acquisition, and bilingualism were assessed by comparing results from (i) normally hearing, monolingua...

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

authors： Neville HJ,Bavelier D,Corina D,Rauschecker J,Karni A,Lalwani A,Braun A,Clark V,Jezzard P,Turner R

更新日期：1998-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity within the avian retina was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase techniques with antiserum to [Met5]enkephalin and [Leu5]enkephalin. Formaldehyde-fixed retinae were sectioned and incubated in antiserum to either [Met5]- or [Leu5]enkephalin. Specificity...

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

authors： Brecha N,Karten HJ,Laverack C

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We construct a class of global exact solutions of the Einstein equations that extend the Oppeheimer-Snyder model to the case of nonzero pressure, inside the black hole, by incorporating a shock wave at the leading edge of the expansion of the galaxies, arbitrarily far beyond the Hubble length in the Friedmann-Robertso...

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

authors： Smoller J,Temple B

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoperiodic control of testis growth in Passer domesticus (house sparrow) is mediated entirely by extraretinal photoreceptors in the brain. The eyes do not participate in photoperiodically significant photoreception. Removal of the pineal organ does not affect either the response to light or, to a first approximatio...

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

authors： Menaker M,Roberts R,Elliott J,Underwood H

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of the retinoblastoma gene (RB gene) is associated with the development of several human malignancies including retinoblastomas, some osteo- and soft tissue sarcomas, small cell lung cancer, and possibly breast and bladder cancers. To our knowledge, this gene has not been evaluated in human germ-cell mali...

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

authors： Strohmeyer T,Reissmann P,Cordon-Cardo C,Hartmann M,Ackermann R,Slamon D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrinogen binding to receptors on stimulated platelets is a prerequisite for platelet aggregation. To gain further insight into the role of fibrinogen in platelet aggregation and to identify the platelet fibrinogen receptor, we developed a monoclonal anti-platelet antibody that inhibited platelet aggregation. The pur...

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

authors： Bennett JS,Hoxie JA,Leitman SF,Vilaire G,Cines DB

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using single-cell sequence analysis, we discovered that a high proportion of cells in tissues as diverse as buccal epithelium and heart muscle contain high proportions of clonal mutant mtDNA expanded from single initial mutant mtDNA molecules. We demonstrate that intracellular clonal expansion of somatic point mutatio...

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

authors： Nekhaeva E,Bodyak ND,Kraytsberg Y,McGrath SB,Van Orsouw NJ,Pluzhnikov A,Wei JY,Vijg J,Khrapko K

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated transgenic mice harboring a glycine-to-cysteine mutation in residue 85 of the triple helical domain of mouse type II collagen. The offspring of different founders displayed a phenotype of severe chondrodysplasia characterized by short limbs and trunk, cranio-facial deformities, and cleft palate. The ...

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

authors： Garofalo S,Vuorio E,Metsaranta M,Rosati R,Toman D,Vaughan J,Lozano G,Mayne R,Ellard J,Horton W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes can release glutamate in a calcium-dependent manner and consequently signal to adjacent neurons. Whether this glutamate release pathway is used during physiological signaling or is recruited only under pathophysiological conditions is not well defined. One reason for this lack of understanding is the limite...

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

authors： Parpura V,Haydon PG

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The apoproteins of pulmonary surfactant (PSAP) are thought to be critical for normal surfactant function. They bind to surfactant phospholipids and enhance their ability to form surface films in vitro. These acidic glycoproteins have monomeric molecular weights of 36,000, 32,000, and 28,000 (PSAP-36, -32, and -28). Ea...

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

authors： Benson B,Hawgood S,Schilling J,Clements J,Damm D,Cordell B,White RT

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycan-protein interactions are emerging as important modulators of membrane protein organization and dynamics, regulating multiple cellular functions. In particular, it has been postulated that glycan-mediated interactions regulate surface residence time of glycoproteins and endocytosis. How this precisely occurs is ...

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

authors： Torreno-Pina JA,Castro BM,Manzo C,Buschow SI,Cambi A,Garcia-Parajo MF

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomosis, or sleeping sickness, is a major disease constraint on livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling resistance to trypanosomosis in cattle, an experimental cross was made between trypanotolerant African N'Dama (Bos taurus) and trypanosusceptible im...

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

authors： Hanotte O,Ronin Y,Agaba M,Nilsson P,Gelhaus A,Horstmann R,Sugimoto Y,Kemp S,Gibson J,Korol A,Soller M,Teale A

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater-dependent species are among the least-known components of global biodiversity, as well as some of the most vulnerable because of rapid groundwater depletion at regional and global scales. The karstic Edwards-Trinity aquifer system of west-central Texas is one of the most species-rich groundwater systems in...

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

authors： Devitt TJ,Wright AM,Cannatella DC,Hillis DM

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanding behavioral repertoire of the developing brain during childhood and adolescence is shaped by complex brain-environment interactions and flavored by unique life experiences. The transition into young adulthood offers opportunities for adaptation and growth but also increased susceptibility to environmental...

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

authors： Alnæs D,Kaufmann T,Marquand AF,Smith SM,Westlye LT

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural requirements of E. coli formylmethionine tRNA for aminoacylation have been examined by chemical modification of the tRNA, followed by separation of the modified molecules into active and inactive components. Photooxidation of tRNA(fMet) at 50 degrees in the presence of methylene blue results in modifica...

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

authors： Schulman LH

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) increased 7-fold in rat pineal glands incubated in the presence of l-norepinephrine. This response consisted of two components-one was stereospecific and inhibited by alpha-adrenergic antagonists while the other was not stereospecific and not readily inhibited by antagonists...

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

authors： O'Dea RF,Zatz M

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae were monitored systematically by the induced expression of five RNA markers after infection challenge. One newly isolated marker encodes a homologue of the moth Gram-negative bacteria-binding protein (GNBP), and another corresponds to a serine protease-...

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

authors： Dimopoulos G,Richman A,Müller HM,Kafatos FC

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that in four transcription factor families the DNA-recognition rules can be described as (i) chemical rules, which list possible pairings between the 20 amino acid residues and the four DNA bases, and (ii) stereochemical rules, which describe the base and amino acid positions in contact. We...

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

authors： Suzuki M,Yagi N

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of human purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) stops growth of activated T-cells and the formation of 6-oxypurine bases, making it a target for leukemia, autoimmune disorders, and gout. Four generations of ribocation transition-state mimics bound to PNP are structurally characterized. Immucillin-H (K*i(1/4)...

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

authors： Ho MC,Shi W,Rinaldo-Matthis A,Tyler PC,Evans GB,Clinch K,Almo SC,Schramm VL

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much evidence suggests that the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is not homogenous, the precise architecture of this important structure has not been clear. Here we use transmission electron microscopy of plasma membrane sheets and specific probes to show that most or all plasma membrane-associated protein...

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

authors： Lillemeier BF,Pfeiffer JR,Surviladze Z,Wilson BS,Davis MM

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal arginine-rich motif of phage HK022 Nun protein binds to NUT sequences in phage lambda nascent transcripts and induces transcription termination. Interactions between the Nun C terminus and RNA polymerase as well as the DNA template are required for termination. We have isolated Nun C-terminal point and ...

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

authors： Kim HC,Zhou JG,Wilson HR,Mogilnitskiy G,Court DL,Gottesman ME

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human craniofacial data were used to assess the similarities and differences between recent and prehistoric Old World samples, and between these samples and a similar representation of samples from the New World. The data were analyzed by the neighbor-joining clustering procedure, assisted by bootstrapping and by cano...

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

authors： Brace CL,Nelson AR,Seguchi N,Oe H,Sering L,Qifeng P,Yongyi L,Tumen D

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The blue-light receptor genes (sopII) of sensory rhodopsin (SR) II were cloned from two species, the halophilic bacteria Haloarcula vallismortis (vSR-II) and Natronobacterium pharaonis (pSR-II). Upstream of both sopII gene loci, sequences corresponding to the halobacterial transducer of rhodopsin (Htr) II were recogni...

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

authors： Seidel R,Scharf B,Gautel M,Kleine K,Oesterhelt D,Engelhard M

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-fluorescein conjugates were synthesized and assayed for cellular localization. Thirteen cell lines, representing 11 human cancers, one human transformed kidney cell line, and one murine leukemia cell line, were treated with 5 microM polyamide-fluorescein conjugates for 1...

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

authors： Best TP,Edelson BS,Nickols NG,Dervan PB

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications have shown extraordinary potential as contrast agents in various bioimaging modalities, near-IR photothermal therapy, and for light-triggered therapeutic release processes. Over the past several years, numerous studies have been performed to synthesize and enha...

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

authors： Marangoni VS,Neumann O,Henderson L,Kaffes CC,Zhang H,Zhang R,Bishnoi S,Ayala-Orozco C,Zucolotto V,Bankson JA,Nordlander P,Halas NJ

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Engaging mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLRs) activate both the NF-kappaB and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. Here we establish that mitogen-activated protein 3 kinase Tpl2, levels of which are markedly reduced in nfkb1(-/-) cells, is required for extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activa...

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

authors： Banerjee A,Gugasyan R,McMahon M,Gerondakis S

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-related, activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE), a tumor necrosis factor family member, mediates survival of dendritic cells in the immune system and is required for osteoclast differentiation and activation in the skeleton. We report the skeletal phenotype of TRANCE-deficient mice and its rescue b...

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

authors： Kim N,Odgren PR,Kim DK,Marks SC Jr,Choi Y

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00