Molecular dynamics analysis of a buckyball-antibody complex.

abstract：:Many important hominid-bearing fossil localities in East Africa are in regions that are extremely hot and dry. Although humans are well adapted to such conditions, it has been inferred that East African environments were cooler or more wooded during the Pliocene and Pleistocene when this region was a central stage of ...

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

authors： Passey BH,Levin NE,Cerling TE,Brown FH,Eiler JM

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen bond networks are key elements of protein structure and function but have been challenging to study within the complex protein environment. We have carried out in-depth interrogations of the proton transfer equilibrium within a hydrogen bond network formed to bound phenols in the active site of ketosteroid is...

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

authors： Sigala PA,Fafarman AT,Schwans JP,Fried SD,Fenn TD,Caaveiro JM,Pybus B,Ringe D,Petsko GA,Boxer SG,Herschlag D

更新日期：2013-07-09 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：:Using morphometrical methods, we investigated variation in the skeletons of more than 400 offspring of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J male mice that had received either a 250 mg/kg dose of the mutagen ethylnitrosourea or a solvent control. Sperm involved in the matings developed from cells in the spermatogonial stage at the time...

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

authors： Lovell DP,Willis DB,Johnson FM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tomato plants overexpressing a prosystemin gene that encodes the precursor of a mobile wound signal called systemin have been shown previously to constitutively synthesize extraordinarily high levels of two defensive proteinase inhibitor proteins in leaves in the absence of wounding. We herein report that leaves of th...

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

authors： Constabel CP,Bergey DR,Ryan CA

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant improvement in molecular hydrogen uptake properties is revealed by our ab initio calculations for Li-decorated metal-organic framework 5. We have found that two Li atoms are strongly adsorbed on the surfaces of the six-carbon rings, one on each side, carrying a charge of +0.9e per Li atom. Each Li can cl...

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

authors： Blomqvist A,Araújo CM,Srepusharawoot P,Ahuja R

更新日期：2007-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand complex biological systems, such as the development of multicellular organisms, it is important to characterize the gene expression dynamics. However, there is currently no universal technique for targeted insertion of reporter genes and quantitative imaging in multicellular model systems. Recently, geno...

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

authors： Ochiai H,Sakamoto N,Fujita K,Nishikawa M,Suzuki K,Matsuura S,Miyamoto T,Sakuma T,Shibata T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradual buildup of neuronal activity known as the "readiness potential" reliably precedes voluntary self-initiated movements, in the average time locked to movement onset. This buildup is presumed to reflect the final stages of planning and preparation for movement. Here we present a different interpretation of the ...

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

authors： Schurger A,Sitt JD,Dehaene S

更新日期：2012-10-16 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：:Protein sequences are often highly redundant and evolution can change them beyond recognition. It can therefore be difficult to identify proteins with functional or structural similarities by inspection of their sequences. Here we have used an experimental evolutionary approach to detect hidden similarities between th...

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

authors： Christ D,Winter G

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal lamina propria (LP) is a major effector site of the mucosal immune system where antigen-specific and antigen-nonspecific factors shape the functional responses of CD4+ T helper cells. To study the functional differentiation of LP T helper cells we utilized DO11.10 T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic (Tg) m...

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

authors： Hurst SD,Sitterding SM,Ji S,Barrett TA

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been little explored despite their potential to contribute to crop production and stability in the face of environmental change. Non-bee pollinators ...

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

authors： Rader R,Bartomeus I,Garibaldi LA,Garratt MP,Howlett BG,Winfree R,Cunningham SA,Mayfield MM,Arthur AD,Andersson GK,Bommarco R,Brittain C,Carvalheiro LG,Chacoff NP,Entling MH,Foully B,Freitas BM,Gemmill-Herren B,Ghazoul

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets stimulated by epinephrine undergo enhanced turnover of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, accumulate inositol trisphosphate, diacylglycerol, and phosphatidic acid, and phosphorylate a 47-kDa protein. All of these phenomena indicate stimulation of phospholipase C. These responses are blocked complet...

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

authors： Banga HS,Simons ER,Brass LF,Rittenhouse SE

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of subjects with different degrees of glucose intolerance were examined in order to determine, first, the capacity of the beta cells to release insulin upon glucose stimulation and, second, sensitivity to insulin. The groups were selected on the basis of fasting blood glucose value and tolerances to oral and in...

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

authors： Efendić S,Wajngot A,Cerasi E,Luft R

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that the overall size of-or efficiency of carbon export from-the biosphere decreased at the end of the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) (ca. 2,400 to 2,050 Ma). However, the timing, tempo, and trigger for this decrease remain poorly constrained. Here we test this hypothesis by studying the isotope ...

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

authors： Hodgskiss MSW,Crockford PW,Peng Y,Wing BA,Horner TJ

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:More than half of all Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi genes still remain unannotated. Although pathogenesis of S. Typhi is incompletely understood, treatment of typhoid fever is complicated by the emergence of drug resistance. Effectiveness of the currently available vaccines is also limited. In search of novel viru...

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

authors： Ghosh S,Chakraborty K,Nagaraja T,Basak S,Koley H,Dutta S,Mitra U,Das S

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercropping, which grows at least two crop species on the same pieces of land at the same time, can increase grain yields greatly. Legume-grass intercrops are known to overyield because of legume nitrogen fixation. However, many agricultural soils are deficient in phosphorus. Here we show that a new mechanism of ove...

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

authors： Li L,Li SM,Sun JH,Zhou LL,Bao XG,Zhang HG,Zhang FS

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant promoter hypermethylation is frequently observed in cancer. The potential for this mechanism to contribute to tumor development depends on whether the genes affected are repressed because of their methylation. Many aberrantly methylated genes play important roles in development and are bivalently marked in ES...

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

authors： Sproul D,Nestor C,Culley J,Dickson JH,Dixon JM,Harrison DJ,Meehan RR,Sims AH,Ramsahoye BH

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A way to assess specific CD8+ T-cell activity in a skin test analogous to the conventional delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction for CD4+ T cells is presented. Local injection of viral class I binding peptides caused a specific CD8+ T-cell-mediated DTH in footpads of virally infected mice. The DTH was inducible...

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

authors： Kündig TM,Althage A,Hengartner H,Zinkernagel RM

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To evade host immune mechanisms, many bacteria secrete immunomodulatory enzymes. Streptococcus pyogenes, one of the most common human pathogens, secretes a large endoglycosidase, EndoS, which removes carbohydrates in a highly specific manner from IgG antibodies. This modification renders antibodies incapable of elicit...

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

authors： Trastoy B,Lomino JV,Pierce BG,Carter LG,Günther S,Giddens JP,Snyder GA,Weiss TM,Weng Z,Wang LX,Sundberg EJ

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary diversity often varies inversely with prey resource abundance. This pattern, although typically measured at the population level, is usually assumed to also characterize the behavior of individual animals within the population. However, the pattern might also be produced by changes in the degree of variation a...

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

authors： Tinker MT,Bentall G,Estes JA

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining bacterial species remains a challenging problem even for the model bacterium Escherichia coli and has major practical consequences for reliable diagnosis of infectious disease agents and regulations for transport and possession of organisms of economic importance. E. coli traditionally is thought to live with...

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

authors： Luo C,Walk ST,Gordon DM,Feldgarden M,Tiedje JM,Konstantinidis KT

更新日期：2011-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:For centuries ecologists have studied how the diversity and functional traits of plant and animal communities vary across biomes. In contrast, we have only just begun exploring similar questions for soil microbial communities despite soil microbes being the dominant engines of biogeochemical cycles and a major pool of...

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

authors： Fierer N,Leff JW,Adams BJ,Nielsen UN,Bates ST,Lauber CL,Owens S,Gilbert JA,Wall DH,Caporaso JG

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work showed that cultured human pancreatic cancer cells overexpress the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. In the present study, we sought to determine whether some of these cell lines produce transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha). Utilizing a radiolabeled TGF-alpha cDNA in hybridization experimen...

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

authors： Smith JJ,Derynck R,Korc M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex prokaryote, Myxococcus xanthus, undergoes a program of multicellular development when starved for nutrients, culminating in sporulation. M. xanthus makes MglA, a 22-kDa, soluble protein that is required for both multicellular development and gliding motility. MglA is similar in sequence to the Saccharomyce...

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

authors： Hartzell PL

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-Tac monoclonal antibody is known to bind to the p55 chain of the human interleukin 2 receptor and to inhibit proliferation of T cells by blocking interleukin 2 binding. However, use of anti-Tac as an immunosuppressant drug would be impaired by the human immune response against this murine antibody. We have th...

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

authors： Queen C,Schneider WP,Selick HE,Payne PW,Landolfi NF,Duncan JF,Avdalovic NM,Levitt M,Junghans RP,Waldmann TA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population of procollagen molecules has been isolated from the culture medium of a clonal line of calf dermatosparactic cells and shown to have the amino-acid composition, physical properties, and molecular structure consistent with collagen precursors. Although this procollagen population shares immunologic determi...

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

authors： Tanzer ML,Church RL,Yaeger JA,Wampler DE,Park E

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) signaling in vascular cells can have antiatherogenic consequences, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. TNFalpha is released by free cholesterol-loaded apoptotic macrophages, and the clearance of these cells by phagocytic macrophages may help to...

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

authors： Gerbod-Giannone MC,Li Y,Holleboom A,Han S,Hsu LC,Tabas I,Tall AR

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin-1 is a molecular motor protein that transports cargo along microtubules. Inside cells, the vast majority of kinesin-1 is regulated to conserve ATP and to ensure its proper intracellular distribution and coordination with other molecular motors. Regulated kinesin-1 folds in half at a hinge in its coiled-coil st...

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

authors： Dietrich KA,Sindelar CV,Brewer PD,Downing KH,Cremo CR,Rice SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed model of the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint (G2DDC) system is presented that includes complex regulatory networks of the mitotic kinase Cdc2, phosphatase Cdc25, Wee1 kinase, and damage signal transduction pathways involving Chk1 and p53. Assumptions on the kinetic equations of the G2DDC are made, and computer s...

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

authors： Aguda BD

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00