JNK phosphorylation of Bim-related members of the Bcl2 family induces Bax-dependent apoptosis.

abstract：:We sublocalized the yeast nucleoporin Nup82 to the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) by immunoelectron microscopy. Moreover, by in vitro binding assays we showed that Nup82 interacts with the C-terminal region of Nup159, a yeast nucleoporin that previously was also localized to the cytoplasmic side of...

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

authors： Hurwitz ME,Strambio-de-Castillia C,Blobel G

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is a single cell eukaryote that is the etiologic agent of amoebic colitis. Core promoter elements of E. histolytica protein encoding genes include a TATA-like sequence (GTATTTAAAG/C) at -30, a novel element designated GAAC (GAACT) that has a variable location between TATA and the site of transcri...

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

authors： Singh U,Rogers JB,Mann BJ,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressures of 200-1000 atmospheres (20-100 MPa) are found to decrease significantly the amount of phosphate (H32PO4-2)transported into the rabbit erythrocyte under otherwise physiological conditions. Such compression does not cause irreversible morphological changes or result in membrane disruption. The findings are in...

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

authors： Murphy RB,Libby WF

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotency of embryonic stem (ES) cells is maintained by transcription factors that form a highly interconnected protein interaction network surrounding the homeobox protein Nanog. Enforced expression of Nanog in mouse ES (mES) cells promotes self-renewal and alleviates their requirement for leukemia inhibitory fact...

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

authors： Wang J,Levasseur DN,Orkin SH

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate yeast sex chromosome evolution by comparing genome sequences from 16 species in the family Saccharomycetaceae, including data from genera Tetrapisispora, Kazachstania, Naumovozyma, and Torulaspora. We show that although most yeast species contain a mating-type (MAT) locus and silent HML and HMR loci str...

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

authors： Gordon JL,Armisén D,Proux-Wéra E,ÓhÉigeartaigh SS,Byrne KP,Wolfe KH

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is being used to develop methods to control pests and disease vectors. RNAi is robust and systemic in coleopteran insects but is quite variable in other insects. The determinants of efficient RNAi in coleopterans, as well as its potential mechanisms of resistance, are not known. RNAi screen ide...

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

authors： Yoon JS,Mogilicherla K,Gurusamy D,Chen X,Chereddy SCRR,Palli SR

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The early simian virus 40 (SV40) gene product, large tumor (T) antigen, is responsible for the initiation of viral DNA replication and the autoregulation of early gene expression through direct protein-DNA interactions. We investigated the role of T antigen in late viral gene expression, independent of its function in...

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

authors： Brady J,Bolen JB,Radonovich M,Salzman N,Khoury G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivities of N-iodosuccinimide and iodine with various goitrogenic compounds were studied with dimethylsulfoxide through which nitrogen had been bubbled as a solvent. Although iodine does not react with all of the compounds, N-iodosuccinimide does react with all of them. N-Iodosuccinimide may, therefore, serve ...

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

authors： Jirousek L,Soodak M

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone encoding the mRNA for the highly polymorphic human enzyme phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1; EC 5.4.2.2) has been isolated and characterized. This was achieved indirectly by first isolating a rabbit cDNA from an expression library using anti-rabbit PGM antibodies. A comparison of the nucleotide sequences shows t...

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

authors： Whitehouse DB,Putt W,Lovegrove JU,Morrison K,Hollyoake M,Fox MF,Hopkinson DA,Edwards YH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small human Dependovirus whose low immunogenicity and capacity for long-term persistence have led to its widespread use as vector for gene therapy. Despite great recent successes in AAV-based gene therapy, further improvements in vector technology may be hindered by an inadequate unde...

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

authors： Smith-Moore S,Neil SJD,Fraefel C,Linden RM,Bollen M,Rowe HM,Henckaerts E

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:By analogy with receptor-mediated endocytosis, clathrin-coated membrane segments at locations other than at the plasma membrane have been implicated in intracellular membrane transport/sorting. The crucial role of the Golgi apparatus in these processes prompted us to study the distribution at this level of clathrin-im...

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

authors： Orci L,Ravazzola M,Amherdt M,Louvard D,Perrelet A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific and engineering innovation is vital for American competitiveness, quality of life, and national security. However, too few American students, especially women, pursue these fields. Although this problem has attracted enormous attention, rigorously tested interventions outside artificial laboratory settings ...

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

authors： Dennehy TC,Dasgupta N

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies imply that the intracellular domain of Notch1 must translocate to the nucleus for its activity. In this study, we demonstrate that a mNotch1 mutant protein that lacks its extracellular domain but retains its membrane-spanning region becomes proteolytically processed on its intracellular surface and, a...

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

authors： Kopan R,Schroeter EH,Weintraub H,Nye JS

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-dependent anion channels (VDACs) are pore-forming proteins (porins) that form the major pathway for movement of adenine nucleotides through the outer mitochondrial membrane. Electrophysiological studies indicate that VDAC-like channel activity is also prevalent in the cell membranes of many mammalian cells. Ho...

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

authors： Buettner R,Papoutsoglou G,Scemes E,Spray DC,Dermietzel R

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the synthesis of a probe that permits the visualization by electron microscopy of acidic organelles in intact cells. This probe, 3-(2,4-dinitroanilino)-3'-amino-N-methyldipropylamine (DAMP), is a basic congener of dinitrophenol that readily diffuses into intact cells. Its primary and tertiary amino groups (a...

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

authors： Anderson RG,Falck JR,Goldstein JL,Brown MS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The powerful optogenetic pharmacology method allows the optical control of neuronal activity by photoswitchable ligands tethered to channels and receptors. However, this approach is technically demanding, as it requires the design of pharmacologically active ligands. The development of versatile technologies therefore...

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

authors： Lemoine D,Habermacher C,Martz A,Méry PF,Bouquier N,Diverchy F,Taly A,Rassendren F,Specht A,Grutter T

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of carbon starvation and of varying the growth rate on the activity of each of the two tandem ribosomal RNA promoters from the rrnA operon of Escherichia coli. The cellular abundance of plasmid-encoded transcripts arising at promoters P1 and P2 and terminating at the ribosomal RNA terminator in ...

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

authors： Sarmientos P,Cashel M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of transformation, cell lethality, and DNA lesions were quantitatively compared in Syrian hamster embryo cells (HEC) treated with three different methylating agents: N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU), or methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). Each induced transformation in a d...

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

authors： Doniger J,Day RS,DiPaolo JA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteases constitute the largest enzyme family, yet their biological roles are obscured by our rudimentary understanding of their cellular substrates. There are 12 human caspases that play crucial roles in inflammation and cell differentiation and drive the terminal stages of cell death. Recent N-terminomics technolog...

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

authors： Julien O,Zhuang M,Wiita AP,O'Donoghue AJ,Knudsen GM,Craik CS,Wells JA

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Monovalent antibodies (Fab) directed to two classes of transformation-sensitive cell surface components, ganglioside and galactoprotein a (Gap a), inhibit the process of oncogenic viral transformation of cells. Mouse 3T3 cells infected with murine sarcoma virus were not transformed in terms of morphology change and en...

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

authors： Lingwood CA,Ng A,Hakomori S

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic field fluctuations arising from fundamental spins are ubiquitous in nanoscale biology, and are a rich source of information about the processes that generate them. However, the ability to detect the few spins involved without averaging over large ensembles has remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate the detect...

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

authors： Kaufmann S,Simpson DA,Hall LT,Perunicic V,Senn P,Steinert S,McGuinness LP,Johnson BC,Ohshima T,Caruso F,Wrachtrup J,Scholten RE,Mulvaney P,Hollenberg L

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress plays a central role in many human diseases and in aging. In Caenorhabditis elegans the SKN-1 protein induces phase II detoxification gene transcription, a conserved oxidative stress response, and is required for oxidative stress resistance and longevity. Oxidative stress induces SKN-1 to accumulate i...

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

authors： An JH,Vranas K,Lucke M,Inoue H,Hisamoto N,Matsumoto K,Blackwell TK

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that in mammalian cells proteins of large molecular weight are degraded more rapidly than small ones. Evidence is presented here that half-lives of proteins are also related to their isoelectric points. A double-isotope method was used to compare degradative rates of soluble proteins separa...

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

authors： Dice JF,Goldberg AL

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A perversion in an otherwise uniform helical structure, such as a climbing plant tendril, refers to a kink that connects two helices with opposite chiralities. Such singularity structures are widely seen in natural and artificial mechanical systems, and they provide the fundamental mechanism of helical symmetry breaki...

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

authors： Liu S,Yao Z,Chiou K,Stupp SI,Olvera de la Cruz M

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major themes in the physics of condensed matter are quantum critical phenomena and unconventional superconductivity. These usually occur in the context of competing interactions in systems of strongly correlated electrons. All this interesting physics comes together in the behavior of the recently discovered iron ...

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

authors： Dai J,Si Q,Zhu JX,Abrahams E

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The 93-residue transmembrane protein CrgA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a central component of the divisome, a large macromolecular machine responsible for cell division. Through interactions with multiple other components including FtsZ, FtsQ, FtsI (PBPB), PBPA, and CwsA, CrgA facilitates the recruitment of the pr...

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

authors： Das N,Dai J,Hung I,Rajagopalan MR,Zhou HX,Cross TA

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli AlkB protein protects against the cytotoxicity of methylating agents by repair of the DNA lesions 1-methyladenine and 3-methylcytosine, which are generated in single-stranded stretches of DNA. AlkB is an alpha-ketoglutarate- and Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase that oxidizes the relevant methyl groups...

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

authors： Duncan T,Trewick SC,Koivisto P,Bates PA,Lindahl T,Sedgwick B

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision-makers increasingly seek scientific guidance on investing in nature, but biodiversity remains difficult to estimate across diverse landscapes. Here, we develop empirically based models for quantifying biodiversity across space. We focus on agricultural lands in the tropical forest biome, wherein lies the grea...

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

authors： Mendenhall CD,Shields-Estrada A,Krishnaswami AJ,Daily GC

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The core protein of a small chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human fibroblasts and present in extracellular matrices in association with collagen has been cloned from a lambda gt11 fibroblast cDNA library. cDNA clones were isolated by use of antibodies specific for the intact proteoglycan and ant...

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

authors： Krusius T,Ruoslahti E

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome is the photoreceptor that controls red light-mediated morphogenesis in higher plants. It exists in two photointerconvertible forms, a red light-absorbing form, Pr, and a far-red light-absorbing form, Pfr. Because photoconversion of Pr to Pfr by a brief light pulse decreases the in vivo half-life of this ch...

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

authors： Shanklin J,Jabben M,Vierstra RD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00