RNA hairpins in noncoding regions of human brain and Caenorhabditis elegans mRNA are edited by adenosine deaminases that act on RNA.

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the pubertal increase in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) release is withheld by a dominant inhibitory neuronal system, the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a known inhibitory neurotransmitter, in the control of LHRH release was examined in conscious female monkeys at the...

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

authors： Mitsushima D,Hei DL,Terasawa E

更新日期：1994-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:E2F is a heterodimeric transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes at the G1/S boundary and is composed of two related but distinct families of proteins, E2F and DP. E2F/DP heterodimers form complexes with the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein, the Rb-related proteins p107 and p130, and cyclins/cdks in a cel...

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

authors： Rogers KT,Higgins PD,Milla MM,Phillips RS,Horowitz JM

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannel (HC) in the mechanosensory osteocytes is a major portal for the release of factors responsible for the anabolic effects of mechanical loading on bone formation and remodeling. However, little is known about how the Cx43 molecule responds to mechanical stimulation leading to the openi...

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

authors： Batra N,Burra S,Siller-Jackson AJ,Gu S,Xia X,Weber GF,DeSimone D,Bonewald LF,Lafer EM,Sprague E,Schwartz MA,Jiang JX

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is a complex physiological process, primarily determined by stress-related factors revealing the hidden aggregation propensity of proteins that otherwise are fully soluble. Here we report a mechanism by which glycolytic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Arabidopsis thaliana (AtGAPC1) is p...

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

authors： Zaffagnini M,Marchand CH,Malferrari M,Murail S,Bonacchi S,Genovese D,Montalti M,Venturoli G,Falini G,Baaden M,Lemaire SD,Fermani S,Trost P

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocytosis allows the release of secretory products and the delivery of new membrane material to the plasma membrane. So far, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism and its control in plant cells. We have used the whole-cell patch-clamp technique to monitor changes in membrane capacitance to study ex...

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

authors： Homann U,Tester M

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) is a classical nonhomologous end-joining (cNHEJ) factor. Loss of DNA-PKcs diminished mature B cell class switch recombination (CSR) to other isotypes, but not IgG1. Here, we show that expression of the kinase-dead DNA-PKcs (DNA-PKcsKD/KD ) severely compr...

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

authors： Crowe JL,Shao Z,Wang XS,Wei PC,Jiang W,Lee BJ,Estes VM,Alt FW,Zha S

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective gene therapy depends on the efficient transfer of therapeutic genes and their protein products to target cells. Lentiviral vectors appear promising for virus-mediated gene delivery and long-term expression in nondividing cells. The herpes simplex virus type 1 tegument protein VP22 has recently been shown to ...

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

authors： Lai Z,Han I,Zirzow G,Brady RO,Reiser J

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that a substantial portion of the mutagenic alterations produced in the basal layer of human skin by sunlight are induced by wavelengths in the UVA range. Using laser capture microdissection we examined separately basal and suprabasal keratinocytes from human skin squamous cell carcinomas and premalign...

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

authors： Agar NS,Halliday GM,Barnetson RS,Ananthaswamy HN,Wheeler M,Jones AM

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lampreys are one of the two surviving jawless vertebrate groups and one of a few vertebrate groups with the best exemplified metamorphosis during their life cycle, which consists of a long-lasting larval stage, a peculiar metamorphosis, and a relatively short adulthood with a markedly different anatomy. Although the f...

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

authors： Chang MM,Wu F,Miao D,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) plays diverse and significant roles in biological processes despite its cytotoxicity, raising the question of how biological systems control the action of NO to minimize its cytotoxicity in cells. As a great example of such a system, we found a possibility that NO-generating nitrite reductase (NiR) f...

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

authors： Terasaka E,Yamada K,Wang PH,Hosokawa K,Yamagiwa R,Matsumoto K,Ishii S,Mori T,Yagi K,Sawai H,Arai H,Sugimoto H,Sugita Y,Shiro Y,Tosha T

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage analysis with restriction fragment length polymorphisms for the gene for type II procollagen (COL2A1) was carried out in a family with the Stickler syndrome, or arthro-ophthalmopathy, an autosomal dominant disorder that affects the eyes, ears, joints, and skeleton. The analysis demonstrated linkage of the dise...

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

authors： Ahmad NN,Ala-Kokko L,Knowlton RG,Jimenez SA,Weaver EJ,Maguire JI,Tasman W,Prockop DJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the mechanical separation of the two complementary strands of a single molecule of bacteriophage lambda DNA. The 3' and 5' extremities on one end of the molecule are pulled progressively apart, and this leads to the opening of the double helix. The typical forces along the opening are in the range of 10-15...

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

authors： Essevaz-Roulet B,Bockelmann U,Heslot F

更新日期：1997-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye blinking is one of the most frequent human actions. The control of blinking is thought to reflect complex interactions between maintaining clear and healthy vision and influences tied to central dopaminergic functions including cognitive states, psychological factors, and medical conditions. The most imminent cons...

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

authors： Hoppe D,Helfmann S,Rothkopf CA

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the distribution of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) aphid transmission factor (ATF), produced via a baculovirus recombinant, within Sf9 insect cells. Immunogold labeling revealed that the ATF colocalizes with an atypical cytoskeletal network. Detailed observation by electron microscopy demonstrated tha...

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

authors： Blanc S,Schmidt I,Vantard M,Scholthof HB,Kuhl G,Esperandieu P,Cerutti M,Louis C

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study quantifies sex differences in the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and waking while controlling for menstrual cycle phase and hormonal contraceptive use. We compared the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and alertness of 8 women studied during two phases of the menstrual cycle and 3 women stu...

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

authors： Boivin DB,Shechter A,Boudreau P,Begum EA,Ng Ying-Kin NM

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-dependent potassium channels (Kv) are homotetramers composed of four voltage sensors and one pore domain. Because of high-level structural flexibility, the first mammalian Kv structure, Kv1.2 at 2.9 A, has about 37% molecular mass of the transmembrane portion not resolved. In this study, by applying a novel no...

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

authors： Chen X,Wang Q,Ni F,Ma J

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of solute-binding protein-dependent transporters in rhizobia is dramatically increased compared with the majority of other bacteria so far sequenced. This increase may be due to the high affinity of solute-binding proteins for solutes, permitting the acquisition of a broad range of growth-limiting nutrients...

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

authors： Mauchline TH,Fowler JE,East AK,Sartor AL,Zaheer R,Hosie AH,Poole PS,Finan TM

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human cancers are of monoclonal origin and display many genetic alterations. In an effort to determine whether clonal expansion itself could account for the large number of genetic alterations, we compared spontaneous transformation in cloned and uncloned populations of NIH 3T3 cells. We have reported that progre...

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

authors： Chow M,Rubin H

更新日期：2000-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenophosphate, an activated form of selenium that can serve as a selenium donor, is generated by the selD gene product, selenophosphate synthetase (SPS). Selenophosphate is required by several bacteria and by mammals for the specific synthesis of Secys-tRNA, the precursor of selenocysteine in selenoenzymes. Although...

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

authors： Ogasawara Y,Lacourciere GM,Ishii K,Stadtman TC

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a macrophage product under active study as an anticancer drug. However, this agent can be very toxic and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of endotoxic shock. After intravenous injection of human recombinant TNF (4 micrograms/g), growing rats showed an unusual constellation of phys...

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

authors： Kettelhut IC,Fiers W,Goldberg AL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The archaeological record shows that typically human cultural traits emerged at different times, in different parts of the world, and among different hominin taxa. This pattern suggests that their emergence is the outcome of complex and nonlinear evolutionary trajectories, influenced by environmental, demographic, and...

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

authors： d'Errico F,Banks WE,Warren DL,Sgubin G,van Niekerk K,Henshilwood C,Daniau AL,Sánchez Goñi MF

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:3.L2 T cell receptor transgenic T cells are activated by the 64-76 peptide of the mouse hemoglobin d beta chain [Hb(64-76)], and their response is antagonized by the position 72 alanine substitution of this peptide (A72). To test the effect of this altered peptide ligand (APL) on 3.L2 T cell function in vivo, a transg...

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

authors： Basu D,Williams CB,Allen PM

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly aggressive character of melanoma makes it an excellent model for probing the mechanisms underlying metastasis, which remains one of the most difficult challenges in treating cancer. We find that miR-182, member of a miRNA cluster in a chromosomal locus (7q31-34) frequently amplified in melanoma, is commonly...

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

authors： Segura MF,Hanniford D,Menendez S,Reavie L,Zou X,Alvarez-Diaz S,Zakrzewski J,Blochin E,Rose A,Bogunovic D,Polsky D,Wei J,Lee P,Belitskaya-Levy I,Bhardwaj N,Osman I,Hernando E

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The type specimen for Australopithecus africanus (Taung) includes a natural endocast that reproduces most of the external morphology of the right cerebral hemisphere and a fragment of fossilized face that articulates with the endocast. Despite the fact that Taung died between 3 and 4 y of age, the endocast reproduces ...

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

authors： Falk D,Zollikofer CP,Morimoto N,Ponce de León MS

更新日期：2012-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies are frequently associated with cardiac pathologies. Mutations of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) occur in a subset of acute myeloid leukemia patients, causing metabolic and epigenetic derangements. We have now discovered that altered metabolism in leukemic cells has a profound effect...

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

authors： Karlstaedt A,Zhang X,Vitrac H,Harmancey R,Vasquez H,Wang JH,Goodell MA,Taegtmeyer H

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased cardiovascular mortality occurs in diabetic patients with or without coronary artery disease and is attributed to the presence of diabetic cardiomyopathy. One potential mechanism is hyperglycemia that has been reported to activate protein kinase C (PKC), preferentially the beta isoform, which has been associ...

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

authors： Wakasaki H,Koya D,Schoen FJ,Jirousek MR,Ways DK,Hoit BD,Walsh RA,King GL

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to acutely manipulate protein interactions at the subcellular level are powerful tools in cell biology. Several blue-light-dependent optical dimerization tools have been developed. In these systems one protein component of the dimer (the bait) is directed to a specific subcellular location, while the other com...

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

authors： Benedetti L,Barentine AES,Messa M,Wheeler H,Bewersdorf J,De Camilli P

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Homology-directed repair (HDR) is a critical pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in mammalian cells. Efficient HDR is thought to be crucial for maintenance of genomic integrity during organismal development and tumor suppression. However, most mammalian HDR studies have focused on transformed and...

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

authors： Kass EM,Helgadottir HR,Chen CC,Barbera M,Wang R,Westermark UK,Ludwig T,Moynahan ME,Jasin M

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors on activated T cells exist in high- and low-affinity configurations, both of which share a ligand-binding component known as the Tac protein. Although almost all binding of IL-2 to such cells was inhibited by an antibody to Tac, the predominant component of binding on the natural killer ...

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

authors： Robb RJ,Rusk CM,Yodoi J,Greene WC

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrulation is a fundamental process in early development that results in the formation of three primary germ layers. During avian gastrulation, presumptive mesodermal cells in the dorsal epiblast ingress through a furrow called the primitive streak (PS), and subsequently move away from the PS and form adult tissues....

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

authors： Zamir EA,Czirók A,Cui C,Little CD,Rongish BJ

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00