Catalytic asymmetric addition of diorganozinc reagents to N-phosphinoylalkylimines.

abstract：:Phylogenetic differences in acetylcholine receptors from skeletal neuromuscular synapses of various species of snakes and lizards have been investigated, using the snake venom alpha-neurotoxins alpha-atratoxin (cobrotoxin) and alpha-bungarotoxin. The acetylcholine receptors of the phylogenetically primitive lizards, l...

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

authors： Burden SJ,Hartzell HC,Yoshikami D

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-protein-coding RNA genes play an important role in various biological processes. How new RNA genes originated and whether this process is controlled by similar evolutionary mechanisms for the origin of protein-coding genes remains unclear. A young chimeric RNA gene that we term sphinx (spx) provides the first insi...

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

authors： Wang W,Brunet FG,Nevo E,Long M

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Amputation of the zebrafish caudal fin stimulates regeneration of the dermal skeleton and reexpression of sonic hedgehog (shh)-signaling pathway genes. Expression patterns suggest a role for shh signaling in the secretion and patterning of the regenerating dermal bone, but a direct role has not been demonstrated. We e...

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

authors： Quint E,Smith A,Avaron F,Laforest L,Miles J,Gaffield W,Akimenko MA

更新日期：2002-06-25 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：:As long-term changes in life expectancy and fertility drive the emergence of aging societies across the globe, individual countries vary widely in the development of age-relevant policies and programs. While failure to adapt to the demographic transformation carries not only important financial risks but also social r...

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

authors： Chen C,Goldman DP,Zissimopoulos J,Rowe JW,Research Network on an Aging Society.

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:c-myc, N-myc, and L-myc genes are subject to highly variable degrees of tissue-specific regulation. Their aberrant expression has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of malignant tumors. The recently identified max protein dimerizes with c-myc to promote its sequence-specific DNA binding. max exists ...

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

authors： Prochownik EV,VanAntwerp ME

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In confluent fibroblast monolayers, an increase in the selective uptake of free cholesterol (FC) from plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) was accompanied by an increase in FC efflux. The rate of FC efflux was proportional to the FC content of the cell surface caveolae and to mRNA levels of caveolin, an FC-binding pro...

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

authors： Fielding CJ,Bist A,Fielding PE

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how electric fields and their fluctuations in the active site of enzymes affect efficient catalysis represents a critical objective of biochemical research. We have directly measured the dynamics of the electric field in the active site of a highly proficient enzyme, Δ(5)-3-ketosteroid isomerase (KSI), i...

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

authors： Jha SK,Ji M,Gaffney KJ,Boxer SG

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality and high-throughput prediction of enzyme commission (EC) numbers is essential for accurate understanding of enzyme functions, which have many implications in pathologies and industrial biotechnology. Several EC number prediction tools are currently available, but their prediction performance needs to be f...

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

authors： Ryu JY,Kim HU,Lee SY

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:After five decades of largely serendipitous (albeit formidable) progress, catalyst design in Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization, i.e., the rational implementation of new active species to target predetermined polyolefin architectures, has ultimately become a realistic ambition, thanks to a much deeper fundamental und...

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

authors： Busico V,Cipullo R,Pellecchia R,Ronca S,Roviello G,Talarico G

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channel proteins control ionic flux across biological membranes through conformational changes in their transmembrane pores. An exponentially increasing number of channel structures captured in different conformational states are now being determined; however, these newly resolved structures are commonly classifie...

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

authors： Rao S,Klesse G,Stansfeld PJ,Tucker SJ,Sansom MSP

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This work explores the concept that differential wave function overlap between excited states can be engineered within a molecular chromophore. The aim is to control excited state wave function symmetries, so that symmetry matches or mismatches result in differential orbital overlap and define low-energy trajectories ...

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

authors： Oviedo PS,Baraldo LM,Cadranel A

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal oxygen depletion (hypoxia) in coastal bottom waters can lead to the release and persistence of free sulfide (euxinia), which is highly detrimental to marine life. Although coastal hypoxia is relatively common, reports of euxinia are less frequent, which suggests that certain environmental controls can delay t...

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

authors： Seitaj D,Schauer R,Sulu-Gambari F,Hidalgo-Martinez S,Malkin SY,Burdorf LD,Slomp CP,Meysman FJ

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pbx-regulating protein-1 (Prep1) is a tumor suppressor, whereas myeloid ecotropic viral integration site-1 (Meis1) is an oncogene. We show that, to perform these activities in mouse embryonic fibroblasts, both proteins competitively heterodimerize with pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox-1 (Pbx1). Meis1 alone transforms Prep...

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

authors： Dardaei L,Longobardi E,Blasi F

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoquinovose (SQ; 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose) is the polar head group of the plant sulfolipid SQ-diacylglycerol, and SQ comprises a major proportion of the organosulfur in nature, where it is degraded by bacteria. A first degradation pathway for SQ has been demonstrated recently, a "sulfoglycolytic" pathway, in addition...

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

authors： Felux AK,Spiteller D,Klebensberger J,Schleheck D

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA world hypothesis presumes that RNA will be competent for varied essential cellular functions. One such indispensable cell function is regulation of membrane permeability. Though this was not a known RNA activity, selection-amplification yielded RNAs that bound phosphatidylcholine:cholesterol liposomes. At leas...

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

authors： Khvorova A,Kwak YG,Tamkun M,Majerfeld I,Yarus M

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of naive CD4(+) T cells into IFN-gamma-producing T helper 1 (T(H)1) cells is pivotal for protective immune responses against intracellular pathogens. T-bet, a recently discovered member of the T-box transcription factor family, has been reported to play a critical role in this process, promoting IFN-ga...

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

authors： Lighvani AA,Frucht DM,Jankovic D,Yamane H,Aliberti J,Hissong BD,Nguyen BV,Gadina M,Sher A,Paul WE,O'Shea JJ

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (derived from 129/Ola mice) containing a mutant hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene that had been corrected in vitro in a planned manner by homologous recombination were injected into blastocysts obtained from C57BL/6J mice. The injected blastocysts were introduced into pseudopregnant fema...

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

authors： Koller BH,Hagemann LJ,Doetschman T,Hagaman JR,Huang S,Williams PJ,First NL,Maeda N,Smithies O

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major function of innate immune receptors is to recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns and then evoke immune responses appropriate to the nature of the invading pathogen(s). Because innate immune cells express various types of these receptors, distinct combinations of signaling pathways are activated in re...

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

authors： Negishi H,Matsuki K,Endo N,Sarashina H,Miki S,Matsuda A,Fukazawa K,Taguchi-Atarashi N,Ikushima H,Yanai H,Nishio J,Honda K,Fujioka Y,Ohba Y,Noda T,Taniguchi S,Nishida E,Zhang Y,Chi H,Flavell RA,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An ATP-hydrolyzing activity with the properties of a Mg(2+)-dependent (Na(+),K(+))-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) from a 20-fold purified plasma membrane fraction of the marine diatom, Nitzschia alba is described. The basal activity requires Mg(2+) and further stimulation by Na(+) or Na(+) plus K(+) is depe...

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

authors： Sullivan CW,Volcani BE

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) plays a major role in the cellular response to amino acid limitation. Although maintenance of amino acid homeostasis is critical for tumor growth, the contribution of GCN2 to cancer cell survival and proliferation is poorly understood. In this study, we generated GCN2 inhibito...

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

authors： Nakamura A,Nambu T,Ebara S,Hasegawa Y,Toyoshima K,Tsuchiya Y,Tomita D,Fujimoto J,Kurasawa O,Takahara C,Ando A,Nishigaki R,Satomi Y,Hata A,Hara T

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:During performance of attention-demanding cognitive tasks, certain regions of the brain routinely increase activity, whereas others routinely decrease activity. In this study, we investigate the extent to which this task-related dichotomy is represented intrinsically in the resting human brain through examination of s...

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

authors： Fox MD,Snyder AZ,Vincent JL,Corbetta M,Van Essen DC,Raichle ME

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the transcription factor autoimmune regulator (AIRE) are responsible for autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy syndrome. AIRE directs expression of tissue-restricted antigens in the thymic medulla and in lymph node stromal cells and thereby substantially contribu...

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

authors： Pomié C,Vicente R,Vuddamalay Y,Lundgren BA,van der Hoek M,Enault G,Kagan J,Fazilleau N,Scott HS,Romagnoli P,van Meerwijk JP

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Twice each year, millions of night-migratory songbirds migrate thousands of kilometers. To find their way, they must process and integrate spatiotemporal information from a variety of cues including the Earth's magnetic field and the night-time starry sky. By using sensory-driven gene expression, we discovered that ni...

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

authors： Mouritsen H,Feenders G,Liedvogel M,Wada K,Jarvis ED

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In multiple binding of ligands to a protein, the binding sites may seem to behave as if they are partitioned equally between two modalities. This paper analyzes three different molecular situations in which two actual assemblages appear: (i) two classes of sites exist at the outset in the ligand-free macromolecule; (i...

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

authors： Klotz IM,Hunston DL

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is composed of linear chains of phosphate groups linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds. However, this simple, ubiquitous molecule remains poorly understood. The use of nonstandardized analytical methods has contributed to this lack of clarity. By using improved polyacrylamide gel...

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

authors： Livermore TM,Chubb JR,Saiardi A

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated a hybridoma cell line secreting a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the surfaces of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells, the cells involved in myelin formation in the central and peripheral nervous systems, respectively. Binding studies using purified sphingolipids showed that this antibo...

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

authors： Ranscht B,Clapshaw PA,Price J,Noble M,Seifert W

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two objects with homologous landmarks are said to be of the same shape if the configuration of landmarks of one object can be exactly matched with that of the other by translation, rotation/reflection, and scaling. In an earlier paper, the authors proposed statistical analysis of shape by considering logarithmic diffe...

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

authors： Rao CR,Suryawanshi S

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity with which the genetic code is read in protein synthesis, and with which other highly specific biosynthetic reactions take place, can be increased above the level available from free energy differences in intermediates or kinetic barriers by a process defined here as kinetic proofreading. A simple kine...

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

authors： Hopfield JJ

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding is the molecular basis for several human diseases. How the primary amino acid sequence triggers misfolding and determines the benign or toxic character of the misfolded protein remains largely obscure. Among proteins that misfold, polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins provide an interesting case:...

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

authors： Duennwald ML,Jagadish S,Muchowski PJ,Lindquist S

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00