A Ras activation pathway dependent on Syk phosphorylation of protein kinase C.

abstract：:Climate change is expected to cause shifts in the composition of tropical montane forests towards increased relative abundances of species whose ranges were previously centered at lower, hotter elevations. To investigate this process of "thermophilization," we analyzed patterns of compositional change over the last de...

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

authors： Duque A,Stevenson PR,Feeley KJ

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The energetics of the TiO(2) polymorphs (rutile, anatase, and brookite) were studied by high temperature oxide melt drop solution calorimetry. Relative to bulk rutile, bulk brookite is 0.71 +/- 0.38 kJ/mol (6) and bulk anatase is 2.61 +/- 0.41 kJ/mol higher in enthalpy. The surface enthalpies of rutile, brookite, and ...

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

authors： Ranade MR,Navrotsky A,Zhang HZ,Banfield JF,Elder SH,Zaban A,Borse PH,Kulkarni SK,Doran GS,Whitfield HJ

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of boron neutron capture therapy to rheumatoid arthritis requires the selective delivery of the boron-10 isotope to the synovitic tissue. The use of liposomes as a boron delivery method has been explored through the measurement of the time course biodistribution of boron in rats with collagen-induced a...

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

authors： Watson-Clark RA,Banquerigo ML,Shelly K,Hawthorne MF,Brahn E

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Overlapping cDNAs derived from the chicken alpha-fibrinogen mRNA have been sequenced, beginning from within the coding region for the signal peptide of this subunit and terminating within the poly(A) extension. The predicted size of chicken alpha-fibrinogen is 54,187 daltons, which is the smallest of any alpha chain r...

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

authors： Weissbach L,Grieninger G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNase T2 enzymes are conserved in most eukaryotic genomes, and expression patterns and phylogenetic analyses suggest that they may carry out an important housekeeping role. However, the nature of this role has been elusive. Here we show that RNS2, an intracellular RNase T2 from Arabidopsis thaliana, is essential for n...

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

authors： Hillwig MS,Contento AL,Meyer A,Ebany D,Bassham DC,Macintosh GC

更新日期：2011-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine exposure diminishes the protective breathing and arousal responses to stress (hypoxia). By exacerbating sleep-disordered breathing, this disturbance could underpin the well established association between smoking and the increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. We show here that the protective response...

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

authors： Cohen G,Han ZY,Grailhe R,Gallego J,Gaultier C,Changeux JP,Lagercrantz H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous (AV) malformation (AVM) is a devastating condition characterized by focal lesions of enlarged, tangled vessels that shunt blood from arteries directly to veins. AVMs can form anywhere in the body and can cause debilitating ischemia and life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke. The mechanisms that underlie AVM...

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

authors： Murphy PA,Kim TN,Huang L,Nielsen CM,Lawton MT,Adams RH,Schaffer CB,Wang RA

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcicludine (CaC) is a 60-amino acid polypeptide from the venom of Dendroaspis angusticeps. It is structurally homologous to the Kunitz-type protease inhibitor, to dendrotoxins, which block K+ channels, and to the protease inhibitor domain of the amyloid beta protein that accumulates in Alzheimer disease. Voltage-cla...

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

authors： Schweitz H,Heurteaux C,Bois P,Moinier D,Romey G,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine finger and hand movements in humans, monkeys, and rats are under the direct control of the corticospinal tract (CST). CST lesions lead to severe, long-term deficits of precision movements. We transected completely both CSTs in adult rats and treated the animals for 2 weeks with an antibody that neutralized the ce...

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

authors： Raineteau O,Fouad K,Noth P,Thallmair M,Schwab ME

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Abscisic acid (ABA) is a ubiquitous phytohormone involved in many developmental processes and stress responses of plants. ABA moves within the plant, and intracellular receptors for ABA have been recently identified; however, no ABA transporter has been described to date. Here, we report the identification of the ATP-...

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

authors： Kang J,Hwang JU,Lee M,Kim YY,Assmann SM,Martinoia E,Lee Y

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the chemical relationships between rat liver lysosomal and microsomal beta-D-glucuronidases (EC 3.2.1.31), which are essentially identical catalytically and in reactivity with antibody and similar in molecular weight, the two enzymes were isolated by procedures in which modifications of the proteins wer...

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

authors： Tulsiani DR,Six H,Touster O

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sr-bearing marine barite [(Ba x , Sr1-x )SO4] cycling has been widely used to reconstruct geochemical evolutions of paleoenvironments. However, an understanding of barite precipitation in the ocean, which is globally undersaturated with respect to barite, is missing. Moreo...

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

authors： Deng N,Stack AG,Weber J,Cao B,De Yoreo JJ,Hu Y

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) represent a major barrier to regenerating axons in the central nervous system (CNS), but the structural diversity of their polysaccharides has hampered efforts to dissect the structure-activity relationships underlying their physiological activity. By taking advantage of our a...

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

authors： Brown JM,Xia J,Zhuang B,Cho KS,Rogers CJ,Gama CI,Rawat M,Tully SE,Uetani N,Mason DE,Tremblay ML,Peters EC,Habuchi O,Chen DF,Hsieh-Wilson LC

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic hexapeptide, cyclo(Pro-Gly-Pro-Gly-Pro-Gly), has been synthesized; its solution conformations were examined by 220-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The solution structures have been deduced, and shown to vary as a function of solvent polarity. In addition, it has been found that this cyclic peptid...

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

authors： Deber CM,Torchia DA,Wong SC,Blout ER

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent laboratory studies have demonstrated that isoprene oxidation products can partition to atmospheric aerosols by reacting with condensed phase sulfuric acid, forming low-volatility organosulfate compounds. We have identified organosulfate compounds in free tropospheric aerosols by single particle mass spectrometr...

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

authors： Froyd KD,Murphy SM,Murphy DM,de Gouw JA,Eddingsaas NC,Wennberg PO

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural differences between dynein and kinesin suggest a unique molecular mechanism of dynein motility. Measuring the mechanical properties of a single molecule of dynein is crucial for revealing the mechanisms underlying its movement. We measured the step size and force produced by single molecules of active cytop...

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

authors： Toba S,Watanabe TM,Yamaguchi-Okimoto L,Toyoshima YY,Higuchi H

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma is well known as the signature cytokine of CD4+ T helper 1, CD8+, and natural killer cells, but recent studies demonstrate that antigen-presenting cells, in particular dendritic cells (DCs), are another potent source for this proinflammatory cytokine. T-bet, a transcription factor that controls IFN-gamma exp...

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

authors： Lugo-Villarino G,Maldonado-Lopez R,Possemato R,Penaranda C,Glimcher LH

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis of sucrose-6-P catalyzed by sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS), and the presence of sucrose-phosphate phosphatase (SPP) leading to the formation of sucrose, have both been ascertained in a prokaryotic organism: Anabaena 7119, a filamentous heterocystic cyanobacterium. Two SPS activities (SPS-I and SPS-II) w...

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

authors： Porchia AC,Salerno GL

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (POR) has been previously purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus, an organism that grows optimally at 100 degrees C by fermenting carbohydrates and peptides. The enzyme contains thiamine pyrophosphate and catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate ...

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

authors： Ma K,Hutchins A,Sung SJ,Adams MW

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of inositol phospholipids plays a key role in cellular regulation via the generation of intracellular second messengers. In addition, it represents a mechanism to regulate interactions of the lipid bilayer with proteins and protein scaffolds involved in vesicle budding, cytoskeletal organization, and s...

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

authors： Guo J,Wenk MR,Pellegrini L,Onofri F,Benfenati F,De Camilli P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degassing of planetary interiors through surface volcanism plays an important role in the evolution of planetary bodies and atmospheres. On Earth, carbon dioxide and water are the primary volatile species in magmas. However, little is known about the speciation and degassing of carbon in magmas formed on other planets...

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

authors： Wetzel DT,Rutherford MJ,Jacobsen SD,Hauri EH,Saal AE

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many complex systems are organized in the form of a network embedded in space. Important examples include the physical Internet infrastructure, road networks, flight connections, brain functional networks, and social networks. The effect of space on network topology has recently come under the spotlight because of the...

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

authors： Expert P,Evans TS,Blondel VD,Lambiotte R

更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-terminal triphosphate of the 35S RNA isolated from Rous sarcoma virus is blocked by 7-methylguanosine in 5' linkage with the penultimate nucleoside which is methylated in the 2'-O-ribose position, a type of endgroup found in all animal mRNAs investigated during the past year. The specific nuclease-resistant ter...

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

authors： Keith J,Fraenkel-Conrat H

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual interstitial pneumonia is a ravaging condition of progressive lung scarring and destruction. Anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids have limited efficacy in this ultimately fatal disorder. An important unmet need is to identify new agents that interact with key ...

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

authors： Henderson WR Jr,Chi EY,Ye X,Nguyen C,Tien YT,Zhou B,Borok Z,Knight DA,Kahn M

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:von Willebrand factor (VWF), a protein present in our circulatory system, is necessary to stop bleeding under high shear-stress conditions as found in small blood vessels. The results presented here help unravel how an increase in hydrodynamic shear stress activates VWF's adhesion potential, leading to the counterintu...

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

authors： Schneider SW,Nuschele S,Wixforth A,Gorzelanny C,Alexander-Katz A,Netz RR,Schneider MF

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this era of continued emergence of zoonotic virus infections, the rapid development of rodent models represents a critical barrier to public health preparedness, including the testing of antivirus therapy and vaccines. The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was recently identified as the causat...

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

authors： Zhao J,Li K,Wohlford-Lenane C,Agnihothram SS,Fett C,Zhao J,Gale MJ Jr,Baric RS,Enjuanes L,Gallagher T,McCray PB Jr,Perlman S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment of functional synaptic connections in a selective manner is essential for nervous system operation. In mammalian retinas, rod and cone photoreceptors form selective synaptic connections with different classes of bipolar cells (BCs) to propagate light signals. While there has been progress in elucidating ...

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

authors： Cao Y,Wang Y,Dunn HA,Orlandi C,Shultz N,Kamasawa N,Fitzpatrick D,Li W,Zeitz C,Hauswirth W,Martemyanov KA

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymic microenvironment involves complex cell interactions among different types of epithelial cells, macrophages, tissue histiocytes, and immature and maturing T cells. We describe the isolation of a subset of thymic epithelial cells by selective primary culture followed by cotransfection with a simian virus 40 r...

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

authors： Mizutani S,Watt SM,Robertson D,Hussein S,Healy LE,Furley AJ,Greaves MF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori VacA, a pore-forming toxin secreted by an autotransporter pathway, causes multiple alterations in human cells, contributes to the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, and is a candidate antigen for inclusion in an H. pylori vaccine. Here, we present a 2.4-A crystal structure of ...

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

authors： Gangwer KA,Mushrush DJ,Stauff DL,Spiller B,McClain MS,Cover TL,Lacy DB

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The fossil record of land plants is an obvious source of information on the dynamics of mass extinctions in the geological past. In conjunction with the end-Permian ecological crisis, approximately 250 million years ago, palynological data from East Greenland reveal some unanticipated patterns. We document the signifi...

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

authors： Looy CV,Twitchett RJ,Dilcher DL,Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert JH,Visscher H

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00