Bone patterning is altered in the regenerating zebrafish caudal fin after ectopic expression of sonic hedgehog and bmp2b or exposure to cyclopamine.

abstract：:The high concentration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in milk of several species implies that the mammary gland is either a site of synthesis for this neuropeptide or that it is efficiently concentrated from plasma by this organ. By PCR amplification of mammary gland cDNA, we have demonstrated expression of ...

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

authors： Palmon A,Ben Aroya N,Tel-Or S,Burstein Y,Fridkin M,Koch Y

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the prototypic nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus, was recovered from a full-length cDNA clone of the viral genome. Bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase expressed from a recombinant vaccinia virus was used to drive the synthesis of a genome-length positive-sense transcript o...

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

authors： Whelan SP,Ball LA,Barr JN,Wertz GT

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:LMB-7 [B3(Fv)-PE38] is a single-chain immunotoxin constructed from the murine monoclonal antibody B3 and a truncated from of Pseudomonas exotoxin PE38. Antibody B3 recognizes a carbohydrate epitope found on solid tumors that frequently invade the intrathecal space and cause neoplastic meningitis. We tested the therape...

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

authors： Pastan IH,Archer GE,McLendon RE,Friedman HS,Fuchs HE,Wang QC,Pai LH,Herndon J,Bigner DD

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypermutation in immunoglobulin genes produces a high frequency of substitutions of all four bases, which are likely generated by low-fidelity DNA polymerases. Indeed, humans deficient for DNA polymerase (pol) eta have decreased substitutions of A.T base pairs in variable and switch regions. To study the role of pol e...

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

authors： Martomo SA,Yang WW,Wersto RP,Ohkumo T,Kondo Y,Yokoi M,Masutani C,Hanaoka F,Gearhart PJ

更新日期：2005-06-14 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：:In this study, we defined the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta/delta (PPARdelta) in metabolic homeostasis by using subtype selective agonists. Analysis of rat L6 myotubes treated with the PPARdelta subtype-selective agonist, GW501516, by the Affymetrix oligonucleotide microarrays revealed that P...

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

authors： Tanaka T,Yamamoto J,Iwasaki S,Asaba H,Hamura H,Ikeda Y,Watanabe M,Magoori K,Ioka RX,Tachibana K,Watanabe Y,Uchiyama Y,Sumi K,Iguchi H,Ito S,Doi T,Hamakubo T,Naito M,Auwerx J,Yanagisawa M,Kodama T,Sakai J

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved two-component regulatory system GacS/GacA determines the expression of extracellular products and virulence factors in a variety of Gram-negative bacteria. In the biocontrol strain CHA0 of Pseudomonas fluorescens, the response regulator GacA is essential for the synthesis of extracellular protease (AprA)...

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

authors： Blumer C,Heeb S,Pessi G,Haas D

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine reserve theory suggests that where large, productive populations are protected within no-take marine reserves, fished areas outside reserves will benefit through the spillover of larvae produced in the reserves. However, empirical evidence for larval export has been sparse. Here we use a simple idealized coastl...

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

authors： Pelc RA,Warner RR,Gaines SD,Paris CB

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin, the major hormone controlling red-cell production, is regulated in part through oxygen-dependent changes in the rate of transcription of its gene. Using transient transfection in HepG2 cells, we have defined a DNA sequence, located 120 base pairs 3' to the poly(A)-addition site of the mouse erythropoie...

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

authors： Pugh CW,Tan CC,Jones RW,Ratcliffe PJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased DNA levels in centrally located endosperm nuclei are shown to be related to endosperm development in Zea mays. Mitotic activity sharply decreases in endosperm cells 10-12 days after pollination. At this time nuclear size and DNA content per nucleus (where C = haploid content) sharply increase until peak leve...

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

authors： Kowles RV,Phillips RL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toward understanding their redundancies and interactions in hemostasis and thrombosis, we examined the roles of thrombin receptors (protease-activated receptors, PARs) and the ADP receptor P2RY12 (purinergic receptor P2Y G protein-coupled 12) in human and mouse platelets ex vivo and in mouse models. Par3(-/-) and Par4...

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

authors： Cornelissen I,Palmer D,David T,Wilsbacher L,Concengco C,Conley P,Pandey A,Coughlin SR

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kell blood group is a major antigenic system in human erythrocytes. Kell antigens reside on a 93-kDa membrane glycoprotein that is surface-exposed and associated with the underlying cytoskeleton. We isolated tryptic peptides and, based on the amino acid sequence of one of the peptides and by using the PCR, prepare...

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

authors： Lee S,Zambas ED,Marsh WL,Redman CM

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human epidermal stem cells express higher levels of beta1 integrins and are more adhesive than keratinocytes that are destined to differentiate. To investigate whether high beta1 integrin expression and adhesiveness are essential for maintaining keratinocytes in the stem cell compartment, we introduced a dominant-nega...

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

authors： Zhu AJ,Haase I,Watt FM

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of insulin to a mixture of plasma membrane and mitochondrial fractions from rat adipocytes results in a decrease in the phosphorylation of a mitochondrial protein identified as the alpha subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase [pyruvate:lipoamide oxidoreductase (decarboxylating and acceptor-acetylating), EC 1.2...

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

authors： Seals JR,Jarett L

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heptadecapeptide orphanin FQ (OFQ) is a recently discovered neuropeptide that exhibits structural features reminiscent of the opioid peptides and that is an endogenous ligand to a G protein-coupled receptor sequentially related to the opioid receptors. We have cloned both the human and rat cDNAs encoding the OFQ p...

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

authors： Nothacker HP,Reinscheid RK,Mansour A,Henningsen RA,Ardati A,Monsma FJ Jr,Watson SJ,Civelli O

更新日期：1996-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular recognition code has been hypothesized to exist in which ligands and their binding sites are encoded on complementary segments of genomic DNA. We have tested this hypothesis by generating a rabbit antibody to a synthetic decapeptide (complementary peptide) encoded by an RNA complementary to the mRNA for lu...

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

authors： Mulchahey JJ,Neill JD,Dion LD,Bost KL,Blalock JE

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired oxygen-isotopic analyses of abiotic carbonate and benthic-ostracode shells from lake sediments provide a continuous quantitative record of growing-season temperature for the past 2000 years in the northwestern foothills of the Alaska Range. This record reveals three time intervals of comparable warmth: anno Dom...

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

authors： Hu FS,Ito E,Brown TA,Curry BB,Engstrom DR

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophins are essential for neuronal differentiation, but the onset and the intensity of neurotrophin signaling within the neuronal microenvironment are poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that extracellular nucleotides and their cognate receptors regulate neurotrophin-mediated differentiation. We found th...

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

authors： Arthur DB,Akassoglou K,Insel PA

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1H NMR study of the 79-residue globular domain of chicken erythrocyte histone H5 (GH5) is presented. Using a combination of two-dimensional NMR techniques to demonstrate through-bond and through-space (less than 5 A) connectivities, the resonances of GH5 are assigned in a sequential manner. From a qualitative interp...

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

authors： Zarbock J,Clore GM,Gronenborn AM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant kingdom contains vastly untapped natural product chemistry, which has been traditionally explored through the activity-guided approach. Here, we describe a gene-guided approach to discover and engineer a class of plant ribosomal peptides, the branched cyclic lyciumins. Initially isolated from the Chinese wol...

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

authors： Kersten RD,Weng JK

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:PCSK9 encodes proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9a (PCSK9), a member of the proteinase K subfamily of subtilases. Missense mutations in PCSK9 cause an autosomal dominant form of hypercholesterolemia in humans, likely due to a gain-of-function mechanism because overexpression of either WT or mutant PCSK9 redu...

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

authors： Rashid S,Curtis DE,Garuti R,Anderson NN,Bashmakov Y,Ho YK,Hammer RE,Moon YA,Horton JD

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE) protein interactions at the synaptic vesicle/plasma membrane interface play an essential role in neurotransmitter release. The membrane-proximal region (amino acids 77-90) of the v-SNARE vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP 2,...

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

authors： de Haro L,Ferracci G,Opi S,Iborra C,Quetglas S,Miquelis R,Lévêque C,Seagar M

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted ablation of the surfactant protein D (SP-D) gene caused chronic inflammation, emphysema, and fibrosis in the lungs of SP-D (-/-) mice. Although lung morphology was unperturbed during the first 2 weeks of life, airspace enlargement was observed by 3 weeks and progressed with advancing age. Inflammation consist...

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

authors： Wert SE,Yoshida M,LeVine AM,Ikegami M,Jones T,Ross GF,Fisher JH,Korfhagen TR,Whitsett JA

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Several groups have attempted to develop gene therapy strategies to treat cancer via introduction of the wild-type (wt) p53 cDNA into cancer cells. Unfortunately, these approaches do not result in regulated expression of the p53 gene and do not reduce expression of the mutant p53 that is overexpressed in cancerous cel...

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

authors： Watanabe T,Sullenger BA

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQOR; EC 1.6.99.2) is a homodimeric enzyme which catalyzes the reduction of quinones, azo dyes, and other electron acceptors by NADPH or NADH. To pursue subunit functional studies, we expressed a wild-type/mutant heterodimer of NQOR in Escherichia coli. The wild-type subunit of the hete...

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

authors： Cui K,Lu AY,Yang CS

更新日期：1995-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis, a devastating complication of tuberculosis in man, is poorly understood. We previously reported that rabbits with experimental tuberculous meningitis were protected from death by a combination of antibiotics and thalidomide therapy. Survival was associated with inhibition of...

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

authors： Tsenova L,Bergtold A,Freedman VH,Young RA,Kaplan G

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a highly successful protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals and causes severe disease in immunocompromised and immune-naïve humans. It has an unusual global population structure: In North America and Europe, isolated strains fall predominantly into four largely clonal lineages, bu...

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

authors： Minot S,Melo MB,Li F,Lu D,Niedelman W,Levine SS,Saeij JP

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:HeLa cells grown in the presence of [methyl-3H]thymidine contained large amounts of 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (HMdU) in their DNA. When the cells were grown in [6-3H]thymidine and their DNA was labeled to the same specific activity, no HMdU was present. When such [6-3H]thymidine-labeled cells were exposed to inc...

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

authors： Teebor GW,Frenkel K,Goldstein MS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical step in the induction of apoptosis is the activation of the apoptotic initiator caspase 9. We show that at its normal physiological concentration, caspase 9 is primarily an inactive monomer (zymogen), and that activity is associated with a dimeric species. At the high concentrations used for crystal formati...

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

authors： Renatus M,Stennicke HR,Scott FL,Liddington RC,Salvesen GS

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination between unirradiated chromosomes was induced by UV or x-ray irradiation of haploids followed by a mating with heteroallelic diploids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The selected event of intragenic recombination did not involve the participation of the irradiated chromosome and apparently was not caused by ...

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

authors： Fabre F,Roman H

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00