ATP hydrolysis by initiation factor 4A is required for translation initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:The bright ultrafast pulses of X-ray Free-Electron Lasers allow investigation into the structure of matter under extreme conditions. We have used single pulses to ionize and probe water as it undergoes a phase transition from liquid to plasma. We report changes in the structure of liquid water on a femtosecond time sc...

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

authors： Beyerlein KR,Jönsson HO,Alonso-Mori R,Aquila A,Bajt S,Barty A,Bean R,Koglin JE,Messerschmidt M,Ragazzon D,Sokaras D,Williams GJ,Hau-Riege S,Boutet S,Chapman HN,Tîmneanu N,Caleman C

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a major health concern even though numerous analgesic agents are available. Side effects and lack of wide-spectrum efficacy of current drugs justify efforts to better understand pain mechanisms. Stabilization of natural epoxy-fatty acids (EFAs) through inhibition of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) reduces ...

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

authors： Inceoglu B,Wagner K,Schebb NH,Morisseau C,Jinks SL,Ulu A,Hegedus C,Rose T,Brosnan R,Hammock BD

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplasts have evolved from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont and been retained for more than 1 billion years by coordinated chloroplast division in multiplying eukaryotic cells. Chloroplast division is performed by ring structures at the division site, encompassing both the inside and the outside of the two envelopes....

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

authors： Miyagishima SY,Kuwayama H,Urushihara H,Nakanishi H

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mind wandering represents the human capacity for internally focused thought and relies upon the brain's default network and its interactions with attentional networks. Studies have characterized mind wandering in healthy people, yet there is limited understanding of how this capacity is affected in clinical population...

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

authors： O'Callaghan C,Shine JM,Hodges JR,Andrews-Hanna JR,Irish M

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of α-synuclein (α-syn), e.g., phosphorylation, play an important role in modulating α-syn pathology in Parkinson's disease (PD) and α-synucleinopathies. Accumulation of phosphorylated α-syn fibrils in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites is the histological hallmark of these diseases. H...

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

authors： Zhao K,Lim YJ,Liu Z,Long H,Sun Y,Hu JJ,Zhao C,Tao Y,Zhang X,Li D,Li YM,Liu C

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet factor 4 is shown to be a chemotactic protein for human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes at concentrations found in human serum and reached locally in injured tissue. The maximum chemotactic response to platelet factor 4 nearly equals that achieved with saturating concentrations of the chemotactic a...

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

authors： Deuel TF,Senior RM,Chang D,Griffin GL,Heinrikson RL,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In virtually every real-life situation humans are confronted with complex and cluttered visual environments that contain a multitude of objects. Because of the limited capacity of the visual system, objects compete for neural representation and cognitive processing resources. Previous work has shown that such attentio...

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

authors： Kaiser D,Stein T,Peelen MV

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear hierarchies, the classical pecking-order structures, are formed readily in both nature and the laboratory in a great range of species including humans. However, the probability of getting linear structures by chance alone is quite low. In this paper we investigate the two hypotheses that are proposed most often...

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

authors： Chase ID,Tovey C,Spangler-Martin D,Manfredonia M

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization and functional annotation of the large number of proteins predicted from genome sequencing projects poses a major scientific challenge. Whereas several proteomics techniques have been developed to quantify the abundance of proteins, these methods provide little information regarding protein function. ...

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

authors： Okerberg ES,Wu J,Zhang B,Samii B,Blackford K,Winn DT,Shreder KR,Burbaum JJ,Patricelli MP

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 500 million years of the strontium-isotope record are shown to correlate significantly with the concurrent record of isotopic fractionation between inorganic and organic carbon after the effects of recycled sediment are removed from the strontium signal. The correlation is shown to result from the common depe...

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

authors： Rothman DH

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino-terminal amino acid sequence and several internal peptide sequences of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE; peptidyl-dipeptidase A, kininase II; EC 3.4.15.1) purified from human kidney were used to design oligonucleotide probes. The nucleotide sequence of ACE mRNA was determined by molecular cloning of the ...

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

authors： Soubrier F,Alhenc-Gelas F,Hubert C,Allegrini J,John M,Tregear G,Corvol P

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) causes arrhythmias and heart failure, but the cellular mechanisms for CaMKII-targeted proteins causing disordered cell membrane excitability and myocardial dysfunction remain uncertain. Failing human cardiomyocytes exhibit increased CaMKII and voltage-gated Ca(2+) ...

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

authors： Koval OM,Guan X,Wu Y,Joiner ML,Gao Z,Chen B,Grumbach IM,Luczak ED,Colbran RJ,Song LS,Hund TJ,Mohler PJ,Anderson ME

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two virus-specific RNA species of 7.5 and 7.0 kilobases have been identified in avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) by denaturing gel electrophoresis and blot hybridization analysis, and they were found to be in a 10:1 ratio. The individual RNAs direccted the cell-free synthesis of the 76,000-dalton "gag" protein and the...

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

authors： Schulz RA,Chirikjian JG,Papas TS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During brain maturation, the occurrence of the extracellular matrix (ECM) terminates juvenile plasticity by mediating structural stability. Interestingly, enzymatic removal of the ECM restores juvenile forms of plasticity, as for instance demonstrated by topographical reconnectivity in sensory pathways. However, to wh...

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

authors： Happel MF,Niekisch H,Castiblanco Rivera LL,Ohl FW,Deliano M,Frischknecht R

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signaling pathway is a frequent occurrence in human cancers and a major promoter of chemotherapeutic resistance. Inhibition of one downstream target in this pathway, mTORC1, has shown potential to improve chemosensitivity. However, the mechanisms and genetic m...

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

authors： Mills JR,Hippo Y,Robert F,Chen SM,Malina A,Lin CJ,Trojahn U,Wendel HG,Charest A,Bronson RT,Kogan SC,Nadon R,Housman DE,Lowe SW,Pelletier J

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about how chromatin folds in its native state. Using optimized in situ hybridization and live imaging techniques have determined compaction ratios and fiber flexibility for interphase chromatin in budding yeast. Unlike previous studies, ours examines nonrepetitive chromatin at intervals short enough to...

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

authors： Bystricky K,Heun P,Gehlen L,Langowski J,Gasser SM

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In skeletal muscle, dihydropyridine receptors are functionally coupled to ryanodine receptors of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in triadic or diadic junctional complexes. In cardiac muscle direct physical or functional couplings have not been demonstrated. We have tested the hypothesis of functional coupling of L-type Ca2...

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

authors： Sham JS,Cleemann L,Morad M

更新日期：1995-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the genetic networks that operate inside cells will require the dissection of interactions among network members. Here we describe a peptide aptamer isolated from a combinatorial library that distinguishes among such interactions. This aptamer binds to cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) and inhibits its ki...

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

authors： Cohen BA,Colas P,Brent R

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to environmental changes, the connections ("arrows") in gene regulatory networks determine which genes modulate their expression, but the quantitative parameters of the network ("the numbers on the arrows") are equally important in determining the resulting phenotype. What are the objectives and constraint...

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

authors： Chubukov V,Zuleta IA,Li H

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent theoretical and experimental results point to the existence of small barriers to protein folding. These barriers can even be absent altogether, resulting in a continuous folding transition (i.e., downhill folding). With small barriers, the detailed properties of folding ensembles may become accessible to equili...

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

authors： Muñoz V,Sanchez-Ruiz JM

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) and ATR (ATM and Rad3-related) are large PI3 kinases whose human mutations result in complex syndromes that include a compromised DNA damage response (DDR) and prominent nervous system phenotypes. Both proteins are nuclear-localized in keeping with their DDR functions, yet both are ...

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

authors： Cheng A,Zhao T,Tse KH,Chow HM,Cui Y,Jiang L,Du S,Loy MMT,Herrup K

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify sequences in a randomly encoded polypeptide library that are capable of acquiring unique and stably folded structures would be valuable in the examination of protein-folding issues. The quality control system of the yeast secretory pathway prevents the release of incompletely folded polypeptide...

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

authors： Hagihara Y,Kim PS

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a Kappa-on-Heavy (KoH) mouse that produces a class of highly diverse, fully human, antibody-like agents. This mouse was made by replacing the germline variable sequences of both the Ig heavy-chain (IgH) and Ig kappa (IgK) loci with the human IgK germline variable sequences, producing antibody-like molecule...

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

authors： Macdonald LE,Meagher KA,Franklin MC,Levenkova N,Hansen J,Badithe AT,Zhong M,Krueger P,Rafique A,Tu N,Shevchuk J,Wadhwa S,Ehrlich G,Bautista J,Grant C,Esau L,Poueymirou WT,Auerbach W,Morton L,Babb R,Chen G,Huang

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bright, photostable, and nontoxic fluorescent contrast agents are critical for biological imaging. "Self-healing" dyes, in which triplet states are intramolecularly quenched, enable fluorescence imaging by increasing fluorophore brightness and longevity, while simultaneously reducing the generation of reactive oxygen ...

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

authors： Pati AK,El Bakouri O,Jockusch S,Zhou Z,Altman RB,Fitzgerald GA,Asher WB,Terry DS,Borgia A,Holsey MD,Batchelder JE,Abeywickrama C,Huddle B,Rufa D,Javitch JA,Ottosson H,Blanchard SC

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The influenza virus genes that confer efficient transmission of epidemic and pandemic strains in humans have not been identified. The rapid spread and severe disease caused by the 1918 influenza pandemic virus makes it an ideal virus to study the transmissibility of potentially pandemic influenza strains. Here, we use...

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

authors： Van Hoeven N,Pappas C,Belser JA,Maines TR,Zeng H,García-Sastre A,Sasisekharan R,Katz JM,Tumpey TM

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A regeneration chamber was created in vivo by suturing a synthetic tube sealed at its distal end onto the proximal stump of a severed rat sciatic nerve. Nerves regenerated into tubes coated with laminin at a rate of 0.33 mm/day after a lag of about 2 days. At 25 days, regenerating nerves had extended 23% farther into ...

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

authors： Toyota B,Carbonetto S,David S

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the relationship between genetic variation and phenotypic variation for quantitative traits is necessary for predicting responses to natural and artificial selection and disease risk in human populations, but is challenging because of large sample sizes required to detect and validate loci with small eff...

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

authors： Swarup S,Huang W,Mackay TF,Anholt RR

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir and zanamivi are used to treat H5N1 influenza. However, oseltamivir-resistant H5N1 viruses have been isolated from oseltamivir-treated patients. Moreover, reassortment between H5N1 viruses and oseltamvir-resistant human H1N1 viruses currently circulating could create oseltamivi...

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

authors： Kiso M,Takahashi K,Sakai-Tagawa Y,Shinya K,Sakabe S,Le QM,Ozawa M,Furuta Y,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin preparations from pig intestinal mucosa and from bovine lung were separated by chromatography on antithrombin-Sepharose into a high-affinity fraction (with high anticoagulant activity) and a low-affinity fraction (with low anticoagulant). Antithrombin-binding heparin fragments (12-16 monosaccharide units) were...

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

authors： Lindahl U,Bäckström G,Höök M,Thunberg L,Fransson LA,Linker A

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer membrane protein (OMP) biogenesis is critical to bacterial physiology because the cellular envelope is vital to bacterial pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance. The process of OMP biogenesis has been studied in vivo, and each of its components has been studied in isolation in vitro. This work integrates paramet...

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

authors： Costello SM,Plummer AM,Fleming PJ,Fleming KG

更新日期：2016-08-16 00:00:00