Immunization with hepatitis C virus-like particles protects mice from recombinant hepatitis C virus-vaccinia infection.

abstract：:Rat cortical astrocytes in pure culture are functionally coupled to neighboring cells via connexin (Cx) 43 gap junctions under ordinary conditions. Small fluorescent molecules such as Lucifer yellow (LY) pass between cell interiors via gap junctions, but do not enter the cells when externally applied. Subjecting rat a...

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

authors： Contreras JE,Sánchez HA,Eugenin EA,Speidel D,Theis M,Willecke K,Bukauskas FF,Bennett MV,Sáez JC

更新日期：2002-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The patch-clamp technique allows currents to be recorded through single ion channels in patches of cell membrane in the tips of glass pipettes. When recording, voltage is typically applied across the membrane patch to drive ions through open channels and to probe the voltage-sensitivity of channel activity. In this st...

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

authors： Gil Z,Silberberg SD,Magleby KL

更新日期：1999-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a generally occurring short-range mobility of nucleosome cores on DNA in relatively low ionic strength conditions. Here we report that this mobility of histone octamers positioned on constructs of 5S rDNA is suppressed by the binding of histone H1 or H5 to the nucleosome. Histone H5 is th...

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

authors： Pennings S,Meersseman G,Bradbury EM

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of biologic molecules isolated from biominerals suggests that control of mineral growth is linked to biochemical features. Here, we define a systematic relationship between the ability of biomolecules in solution to promote the growth of calcite (CaCO3) and their net negative molecular charge and hydro...

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

authors： Elhadj S,De Yoreo JJ,Hoyer JR,Dove PM

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) in the endoplasmic reticulum mediates calcium signaling that impinges on intracellular processes. IP3Rs are allosteric proteins comprising four subunits that form an ion channel activated by binding of IP3 at a distance. Defective allostery in IP3R is considered crucial...

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

authors： Hamada K,Terauchi A,Nakamura K,Higo T,Nukina N,Matsumoto N,Hisatsune C,Nakamura T,Mikoshiba K

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, single molecule-based superresolution fluorescence microscopy has surpassed the diffraction limit to improve resolution to the order of 20 nm or better. These methods typically use image fitting that assumes an isotropic emission pattern from the single emitters as well as control of the emitter concentratio...

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

authors： Backlund MP,Lew MD,Backer AS,Sahl SJ,Grover G,Agrawal A,Piestun R,Moerner WE

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome photoreceptors control plant growth, development, and the shade avoidance response that limits crop yield in high-density agricultural plantings. Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are distantly related photosensory proteins that control cyanobacterial metabolism and behavior in response to light. Photoreceptors...

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

authors： Lim S,Yu Q,Gottlieb SM,Chang CW,Rockwell NC,Martin SS,Madsen D,Lagarias JC,Larsen DS,Ames JB

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) is a basic helix-loop-helix Period/ARNT/Single-minded (bHLH-PAS) protein that controls various biological pathways as part of dimeric transcriptional regulator complexes with other bHLH-PAS proteins. The two PAS domains within ARNT, PAS-A and PAS-B, are essenti...

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

authors： Evans MR,Card PB,Gardner KH

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparse sensor placement is a central challenge in the efficient characterization of complex systems when the cost of acquiring and processing data is high. Leading sparse sensing methods typically exploit either spatial or temporal correlations, but rarely both. This work introduces a sparse sensor optimization that i...

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

authors： Mohren TL,Daniel TL,Brunton SL,Brunton BW

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that regulate insulin secretion were investigated using capacitance measurements of exocytosis in single beta cells maintained in tissue culture. Exocytosis was stimulated by voltage-clamp depolarizations to activate the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels that mediate Ca2+ influx into the beta cell. Under ...

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

authors： Ammälä C,Eliasson L,Bokvist K,Berggren PO,Honkanen RE,Sjöholm A,Rorsman P

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that perceived pain intensity can influence placebo analgesia was tested. One hundred and seven subjects rated their pain from from 0 to 10 on a visual analog scale after a standard wisdom tooth extraction. The expected course of such postoperative pain in the absence of therapy or placebo is a steady i...

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

authors： Levine JD,Gordon NC,Bornstein JC,Fields HL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR)-regulated gene expression is stimulated independently by the cellular trans-activator NF-kappa B and the viral protein Tat. Noncytotoxic concentrations of the drug pentoxifylline (PTX) inhibited interaction of NF-kappa B with its motif and the stim...

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

authors： Biswas DK,Ahlers CM,Dezube BJ,Pardee AB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timelapse video microscopy has been used to record the motility and dynamic interactions between an H-2Db-restricted murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone (F5) and Db-transfected L929 mouse fibroblasts (LDb) presenting normal or variant antigenic peptides from human influenza nucleoprotein. F5 cells will kill LDb target...

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

authors： Shotton DM,Attaran A

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid compositions of phospholipids of heart, liver, kidney, aorta, and serum from rats having streptozotocin-induced diabetes were determined and compared with those of nondiabetic controls. Linoleic and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acids were increased whereas arachidonic acid was decreased in most tissues, suggestin...

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

authors： Holman RT,Johnson SB,Gerrard JM,Mauer SM,Kupcho-Sandberg S,Brown DM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5 alpha-Cholest-8(14)-en-3 beta-ol-15-one has been found to have significant hypocholesterolemic activity upon oral administration at a daily dosage of 75 mg/kg of body weight to Rhesus monkeys fed a diet of moderate cholesterol (Chol) content [0.19 mg/kcal (1 cal = 4.184 J) of diet]. The reductions in total serum Cho...

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

authors： Schroepfer GJ Jr,Sherrill BC,Wang KS,Wilson WK,Kisic A,Clarkson TB

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of cytosolic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase [3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA acetoacetyl-CoA-lyase (CoA-acylating), EC 4.1.3.5] and microsomal 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase[mevalonate:NADP+ oxidoreductase (CoA-acylating), EC 1.1.1.34], two sequential enzymes in the chole...

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

authors： Balasubramaniam S,Goldstein JL,Brown MS

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transporters are essential for recovery of the neurotransmitter glutamate from the synaptic cleft. Crystal structures in the outward- and inward-facing conformations of a glutamate transporter homolog from archaebacterium Pyrococcus horikoshii, sodium/aspartate symporter GltPh, suggested the molecular basis ...

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

authors： Ruan Y,Miyagi A,Wang X,Chami M,Boudker O,Scheuring S

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequence analysis of a region contained within a large, interspersed repetitive family of mice reveals a long open reading frame. This sequence extends 978 base pairs between two stop codons, creating a reading frame that is open for 326 amino acids. The DNA sequence in this region is conserved between three dista...

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

authors： Martin SL,Voliva CF,Burton FH,Edgell MH,Hutchison CA 3rd

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine hematopoietic blast colony-forming cells (BL-CFCs) are able to generate up to 30,000 progeny blast cells within 10 d in agar cultures. Contained in these populations are large numbers of lineage-committed progenitor cells in the granulocytic and macrophage lineages. Sequential analyses of blast colonies reveale...

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

authors： Metcalf D,Ng A,Mifsud S,Di Rago L

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin (Ang), an inducer of neovascularization, is secreted by several types of human tumor cells and appears critical for their growth. The murine anti-Ang monoclonal antibody (mAb) 26-2F neutralizes the activities of Ang and dramatically prevents the establishment and metastatic dissemination of human tumor cell...

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

authors： Piccoli R,Olson KA,Vallee BL,Fett JW

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical block to fertilization of sea urchin eggs can be overcome by very brief periods of inside-negative egg membrane potential. Lytechinus pictus eggs whose membrane potentials have been clamped at +15 mV cannot be fertilized. If the membrane potential is repolarized to inside-negative voltages for a brief i...

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

authors： Shen SS,Steinhardt RA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the biogeochemical roles of microorganisms in the environment, it is important to determine when and under which conditions they are metabolically active. Bioorthogonal noncanonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) can reveal active cells by tracking the incorporation of synthetic amino acids into newly synth...

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

authors： Hatzenpichler R,Connon SA,Goudeau D,Malmstrom RR,Woyke T,Orphan VJ

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The candidate phylum TM7 is globally distributed and often associated with human inflammatory mucosal diseases. Despite its prevalence, the TM7 phylum remains recalcitrant to cultivation, making it one of the most enigmatic phyla known. In this study, we cultivated a TM7 phylotype (TM7x) from the human oral cavity. Th...

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

authors： He X,McLean JS,Edlund A,Yooseph S,Hall AP,Liu SY,Dorrestein PC,Esquenazi E,Hunter RC,Cheng G,Nelson KE,Lux R,Shi W

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay has been developed to test the hypothesis that neurons from a limited area of the retina will adhere preferentially to that part of the optic tectum near their normal synaptic termini. The method measures the adherence of (32)P-labeled cell bodies from either the dorsal or ventral half of the neural retina of...

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

authors： Barbera AJ,Marchase RB,Roth S

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) has emerged as a clinically distinct type of sarcoma with frequent overexpression and mutation of the c-Kit oncogene and a favorable response to imatinib mesylate [also known as STI571 (Gleevec)] therapy. However, a significant diagnostic challenge remains in the differentiation o...

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

authors： Price ND,Trent J,El-Naggar AK,Cogdell D,Taylor E,Hunt KK,Pollock RE,Hood L,Shmulevich I,Zhang W

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here a shorter version of the proof of our earlier work, showing that the von Neumann factor associated with the group Z(2)SL(2,Z) has trivial fundamental group. ...

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

authors： Popa S

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal hyperexcitability in both injured and adjacent uninjured neurons is associated with states of chronic injury and pain and is likely subject to neuroinflammatory processes. Chronic inflammatory responses are largely orchestrated by chemokines. One chemokine, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), in the p...

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

authors： White FA,Sun J,Waters SM,Ma C,Ren D,Ripsch M,Steflik J,Cortright DN,Lamotte RH,Miller RJ

更新日期：2005-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion of polyglutamine repeats in several unrelated proteins causes neurodegenerative diseases with distinct but related pathologies. To provide a model system for investigating common pathogenic features, we have examined the behavior of polyglutamine expansions expressed in Caenorhabditis elegans. The expression...

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

authors： Satyal SH,Schmidt E,Kitagawa K,Sondheimer N,Lindquist S,Kramer JM,Morimoto RI

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrodotoxin was infused into the suprachiasmatic nuclei of unanesthetized and unrestrained rats continuously for 14 days. The internal timekeeping mechanism of the circadian pacemaker in the nuclei continued to oscillate unaffected by this treatment, although the toxin reversibly blocked function of both the input pa...

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

authors： Schwartz WJ,Gross RA,Morton MT

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we analyzed genetically informative data to investigate within-person change and between-person differences in late-life cognitive abilities as a function of childhood social class. We used data from nine testing occasions spanning 28 y in the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging and parental social cla...

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

authors： Ericsson M,Lundholm C,Fors S,Dahl Aslan AK,Zavala C,Reynolds CA,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00