A SNARE complex containing SGR3/AtVAM3 and ZIG/VTI11 in gravity-sensing cells is important for Arabidopsis shoot gravitropism.

abstract：:Neutrophils are immune cells that bind to, engulf, and destroy bacterial and fungal pathogens in infected tissue, and their clearance by apoptosis is essential for the resolution of inflammation. Killing involves both oxidative and nonoxidative processes, the oxidative pathway requiring electrogenic production of supe...

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

authors： Fay AJ,Qian X,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder caused by loss of the protein dystrophin. In humans, DMD has early onset, causes developmental delays, muscle necrosis, loss of ambulation, and death. Current animal models have been challenged by their inability to model the early onset and severity of the disea...

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

authors： Hughes KJ,Rodriguez A,Flatt KM,Ray S,Schuler A,Rodemoyer B,Veerappan V,Cuciarone K,Kullman A,Lim C,Gutta N,Vemuri S,Andriulis V,Niswonger D,Barickman L,Stein W,Singhvi A,Schroeder NE,Vidal-Gadea AG

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug discovery in psychiatry has been limited to chemical modifications of compounds originally discovered serendipitously. Therefore, more mechanism-oriented strategies of drug discovery for mental disorders are awaited. Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder with synaptic disconnectivity involved in its path...

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

authors： Hayashi-Takagi A,Araki Y,Nakamura M,Vollrath B,Duron SG,Yan Z,Kasai H,Huganir RL,Campbell DA,Sawa A

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a stable protein that functions in a monomeric state as an electron donor for cytochrome c oxidase. It is also released to the cytosol when permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane occurs at the early stage of apoptosis. For nearly half a century, it has been known that cyt c forms ...

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

authors： Hirota S,Hattori Y,Nagao S,Taketa M,Komori H,Kamikubo H,Wang Z,Takahashi I,Negi S,Sugiura Y,Kataoka M,Higuchi Y

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease composed of divergent molecular and histologic subtypes, including prostate adenocarcinoma (PrAd) and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). While PrAd is the major histology in prostate cancer, NEPC can evolve from PrAd as a mechanism of treatment resistance that involves a ...

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

authors： Lee JK,Bangayan NJ,Chai T,Smith BA,Pariva TE,Yun S,Vashisht A,Zhang Q,Park JW,Corey E,Huang J,Graeber TG,Wohlschlegel J,Witte ON

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibodies (mAb) DA6.147, DA6.164, and HIG.48 against human Ia antigens, but not the W6/32 mAb against human class I major histocompatibility complex antigens or the anti-monocyte OKM1 and 63D3 mAb, stimulated monocytes to secrete interleukin 1 (IL-1). IL-1 was measured by its property of promoting the ...

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

authors： Palacios R

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke patients with small central nervous system infarcts often demonstrate an acute dysexecutive syndrome characterized by difficulty with attention, concentration, and processing speed, independent of lesion size or location. We use magnetoencephalography (MEG) to show that disruption of network dynamics may be res...

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

authors： Marsh EB,Brodbeck C,Llinas RH,Mallick D,Kulasingham JP,Simon JZ,Llinás RR

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of biological turnover of lignocellulosic biomass in nature is conducted by fungi, which commonly use Family 1 carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) for targeting enzymes to cellulose. Family 1 CBMs are glycosylated, but the effects of glycosylation on CBM function remain unknown. Here, the effects of O-man...

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

authors： Chen L,Drake MR,Resch MG,Greene ER,Himmel ME,Chaffey PK,Beckham GT,Tan Z

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated in a series of searches for antithrombotic agents that diadenosine 5',5"'-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (AppppA) and its analogues are competitive inhibitors of ADP-induced platelet aggregation. Among various analogues, the P2,P3-monochloromethylene analog of AppppA (AppCHClppA) is superior to u...

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

authors： Chan SW,Gallo SJ,Kim BK,Guo MJ,Blackburn GM,Zamecnik PC

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the role of networks of alliances in preventing (multilateral) interstate wars. We first show that, in the absence of international trade, no network of alliances is peaceful and stable. We then show that international trade induces peaceful and stable networks: Trade increases the density of alliances ...

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

authors： Jackson MO,Nei S

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For study of the basis of an X-linked form of gout in man, several clonal lines deficient in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.8) were selected from the human lymphoblast line WI-L2 by spontaneous and mutagen-induced resistance to 10 muM 8-azaguanine. Three groups could be defined: (1) clones wi...

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

authors： Lever JE,Nuki G,Seegmiller JE

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spleen is the lymphoid organ that induces immune responses toward blood-borne pathogens. Specialized macrophages in the splenic marginal zone are strategically positioned to phagocytose pathogens and cell debris, but are not known to play a role in the activation of T-cell responses. Here we demonstrate that splen...

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

authors： Backer R,Schwandt T,Greuter M,Oosting M,Jüngerkes F,Tüting T,Boon L,O'Toole T,Kraal G,Limmer A,den Haan JM

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplanted cord blood (CB) hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and progenitor cells (HPC) can treat malignant and nonmalignant disorders. Because long-term cryopreservation is critical for CB banking and transplantation, we assessed the efficiency of recovery of viable HSCHPC from individual CBs stored frozen for 15 yr. ...

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

authors： Broxmeyer HE,Srour EF,Hangoc G,Cooper S,Anderson SA,Bodine DM

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The colligative properties of ATP and catecholamines demonstrated in vitro are thought to be responsible for the extraordinary accumulation of solutes inside chromaffin cell secretory vesicles, although this has yet to be demonstrated in living cells. Because functional cells cannot be deprived of ATP, we have knocked...

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

authors： Estévez-Herrera J,Domínguez N,Pardo MR,González-Santana A,Westhead EW,Borges R,Machado JD

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recently discovered class of oncogenes, GTPase-inhibiting mutations constitutively activate alpha subunits of signal-transducing guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins). Somatic mutations in a subclass of endocrine tumors are found in the arginine-179 codon of the alpha subunit of Gi2 (alpha i2), creatin...

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

authors： Pace AM,Wong YH,Bourne HR

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion of stability of a local ring arises naturally in investigating completed moduli spaces via geometric invariant theory. A scheme corresponding to a boundary point of a moduli space of nonsingular varieties cannot have unstable singular points. This paper reports some results concerning the stability of surfa...

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

authors： Shah J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central problem in understanding enzyme regulation is to define the conformational states that account for allosteric changes in catalytic activity. For Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase; EC) the active, relaxed (R state) holoenzyme is generally assumed to be represented by the crystal structure o...

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

authors： Endrizzi JA,Beernink PT,Alber T,Schachman HK

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive datasets that capture human movements and social interactions have catalyzed rapid advances in our quantitative understanding of human behavior during the past years. One important aspect affecting both areas is the critical role space plays. Indeed, growing evidence suggests both our movements and communicati...

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

authors： Deville P,Song C,Eagle N,Blondel VD,Barabási AL,Wang D

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that the expression of nestin, the neural stem cell marker protein, is expressed in bulge-area stem cells of the hair follicle. We used transgenic mice with GFP expression driven by the nestin regulatory element [nestin-driven GFP (ND-GFP)]. The ND-GFP stem cells give rise to the outer-root shea...

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

authors： Amoh Y,Li L,Katsuoka K,Penman S,Hoffman RM

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we examine the effects of chronic anaerobic exposure and subsequent reoxygenation on protein synthesis patterns in Chinese hamster ovary cells. It is observed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (isoelectric focusing/NaDodSO4/PAGE) that the transition from an atmospheric environment to an anaerobic s...

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

authors： Sciandra JJ,Subjeck JR,Hughes CS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the visA gene of Escherichia coli cause the mutant bacteria to die upon illumination with visible light. We confirmed genetically that the visA gene is a structural gene for ferrochelatase (protoheme ferro-lyase, EC 4.99.1.1). Since other mutations in the genes involved in the biosynthesis of heme can cur...

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

authors： Nakahigashi K,Nishimura K,Miyamoto K,Inokuchi H

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia, reoxygenation, and the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate activate the transcription factor NF-kappaB, involving phosphorylation of its inhibitor IkappaB-alpha on tyrosine 42. This modification does not lead to degradation of IkappaB by the proteasome/ubiquitin pathway, as is seen on stimulation of ce...

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

authors： Béraud C,Henzel WJ,Baeuerle PA

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The INK4a-ARF locus encodes two proteins, p16(INK4a) and p19(ARF), that restrain cell growth by affecting the functions of the retinoblastoma protein and p53, respectively. Disruption of this locus by deletions or point mutations is a common event in human cancer, perhaps second only to the loss of p53. Using insect c...

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

authors： Kamijo T,Weber JD,Zambetti G,Zindy F,Roussel MF,Sherr CJ

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription in eukaryotic nuclei is carried out by DNA-dependent RNA polymerases I, II, and III. Human RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes small untranslated RNAs that include tRNAs, 5S RNA, U6 RNA, and some microRNAs. Increased Pol III transcription has been reported to accompany or cause cell transformation. ...

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

authors： Haurie V,Durrieu-Gaillard S,Dumay-Odelot H,Da Silva D,Rey C,Prochazkova M,Roeder RG,Besser D,Teichmann M

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide evidence that citrate anions bridge between mineral platelets in bone and hypothesize that their presence acts to maintain separate platelets with disordered regions between them rather than gradual transformations into larger, more ordered blocks of mineral. To assess this hypothesis, we take as a model fo...

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

authors： Davies E,Müller KH,Wong WC,Pickard CJ,Reid DG,Skepper JN,Duer MJ

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Golgi-associated cytoplasmic proteins, such as the coatomer protein complex, are required for vesicle budding and trafficking. We have previously described a cytoplasmic phosphoprotein, p200, which binds dynamically and specifically to Golgi membranes. The p200 protein is dissociated from Golgi membranes in the presen...

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

authors： Narula N,Stow JL

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes while feeding on birds and humans, has emerged as the dominant vector borne disease in North America. We have identified natural compounds from humans and birds, which are detected with extreme sensitivity by olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) on the antennae of...

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

authors： Syed Z,Leal WS

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The diabetogenic agent alloxan exerts a preferential cytotoxic effect on the pancreatic B cell. The determinants of such a tissue specificity were investigated. Alloxan accumulated rapidly in liver and pancreatic islets but much more slowly in muscle. The activity of glutathione peroxidase and the resistance to exogen...

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

authors： Malaisse WJ,Malaisse-Lagae F,Sener A,Pipeleers DG

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of Na+ to Na+-depleted Swiss 3T3 cells causes a rapid and dramatic increase in intracellular pH, as monitored by uptake of the weak acid 5,5-dimethyloxazolidine-2,4-dione. The effect of Na+ is concentration dependent (half-maximal effect at 38 mM); this cation can be replaced by Li+ but not by K+ or the choli...

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

authors： Schuldiner S,Rozengurt E

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive Stargardt's macular degeneration is a blinding disease of children caused by mutations in the ABCA4 (ABCR) gene. Mice with a knockout mutation in abcr accumulate toxic lipofuscin pigments in ocular tissues, similar to affected humans. The major fluorophore of lipofuscin is the bis-retinoid, N-retinylidene-N-...

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

authors： Radu RA,Mata NL,Bagla A,Travis GH

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00