Freezing immunoglobulins to see them move.

abstract：:Never before have individuals had to adapt to social environments defined by such magnitudes of ethnic diversity and cultural differentiation. However, neurobiological evidence informing about strategies to reduce xenophobic sentiment and foster altruistic cooperation with outsiders is scarce. In a series of experimen...

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

authors： Marsh N,Scheele D,Feinstein JS,Gerhardt H,Strang S,Maier W,Hurlemann R

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA of the attenuator region of the histidine operon of Escherichia coli has been transcribed in a purified in vitro system and found to synthesize two major RNA transcripts. The first one, 180 nucleotides long, has been identified as the histidine-specific leader RNA. It contains the coding sequence for the leade...

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

authors： Frunzio R,Bruni CB,Blasi F

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of peptides across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum for assembly with MHC class I molecules is an essential step in antigen presentation to cytotoxic T cells. This task is performed by the major histocompatibility complex-encoded transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP). Using a combinat...

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

authors： Uebel S,Kraas W,Kienle S,Wiesmüller KH,Jung G,Tampé R

更新日期：1997-08-19 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：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a hormone derived from the preproglucagon molecule and is secreted by intestinal L cells. It is the most potent stimulator of glucose-induced insulin secretion and also suppresses in vivo acid secretion by gastric glands. A cDNA for the GLP-1 receptor was isolated by transient expres...

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

authors： Thorens B

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the theory that the insulin-induced loss of insulin binding from adipocytes is due to internalization of insulin receptors. Cell-surface receptors were assessed by the binding capacity of intact cells at 16 degrees C. Total (i.e., cell-surface plus intracellular) receptors were assessed by solubil...

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

authors： Green A,Olefsky JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Although the unifying hallmark of prion diseases is CNS neurodegeneration caused by conformational corruption of host prion protein (PrP) to its infective counterpart, contagious transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) results from shedding of prions produced at high titers in the periphery of diseased cervids. ...

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

authors： Bian J,Christiansen JR,Moreno JA,Kane SJ,Khaychuk V,Gallegos J,Kim S,Telling GC

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30S ribosomal subunit of E. coli was treated with the bifunctional reagent bis-(methyl)suberimidate. Crosslinked ribosomal proteins were identified as bands with increased molecular weight after electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels containing sodium dodecyl sulphate. The pattern of crosslinked products was alter...

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

authors： Bickle TA,Hershey JW,Traut RR

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. The cDNA was isolated from a rat liver library and encodes a protein of 446 aa with a predicted mass of 50 kDa. This clone (OR-1) shows no striking homology to any known member of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. The most related receptor is...

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

authors： Teboul M,Enmark E,Li Q,Wikström AC,Pelto-Huikko M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP and UTP can function as extracellular signaling molecules by activating plasma membrane receptors termed P2 purinergic receptors. In the present study a P2U receptor cDNA has been expressed in K-562 human leukemia cells, one of the few available mammalian cell lines that lacks an endogenous P2U receptor. In stably...

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

authors： Erb L,Lustig KD,Sullivan DM,Turner JT,Weisman GA

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Mr 70,000 protein was isolated from cytotoxic human large granular lymphocytes and shown to have cytotoxic activity. The protein was demonstrated to be immunochemically related to the ninth component (C9) of complement and was therefore designated C9-related protein (C9RP). This finding suggests that C9RP and C9 sha...

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

authors： Zalman LS,Brothers MA,Chiu FJ,Müller-Eberhard HJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arctic Ocean already experiences areas of low pH and high CO2, and it is expected to be most rapidly affected by future ocean acidification (OA). Copepods comprise the dominant Arctic zooplankton; hence, their responses to OA have important implications for Arctic ecosystems, yet there is little data on their curr...

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

authors： Lewis CN,Brown KA,Edwards LA,Cooper G,Findlay HS

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of demonstrating hemoglobin binding to the erythrocyte membrane in intact cells was approached by observing the quenching of fluorescent membrane probes by hemoglobin as a function of pH. This quenching was studied by measuring fluorescence intensities and decay rates of membrane-bound donors by both right...

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

authors： Eisinger J,Flores J,Salhany JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archaeologists often argue whether Paleolithic works of art, cave paintings in particular, constitute reflections of the natural environment of humans at the time. They also debate the extent to which these paintings actually contain creative artistic expression, reflect the phenotypic variation of the surrounding env...

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

authors： Pruvost M,Bellone R,Benecke N,Sandoval-Castellanos E,Cieslak M,Kuznetsova T,Morales-Muñiz A,O'Connor T,Reissmann M,Hofreiter M,Ludwig A

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals typically involves an autocatalytic process, in which the salt precursor adsorbs onto the surface of a growing nanocrystal, followed by chemical reduction to atoms for their incorporation into the nanocrystal. Despite its universal role in the synthesis of colloidal nanocryst...

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

authors： Yang TH,Zhou S,Gilroy KD,Figueroa-Cosme L,Lee YH,Wu JM,Xia Y

更新日期：2017-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-specific gene silencing by short hairpin (sh) RNAs has recently emerged as an indispensable tool for understanding gene function and a promising avenue for drug discovery. However, a wider biomedical use of this approach is hindered by the lack of straightforward methods for achieving uniform expression of sh...

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

authors： Khandelia P,Yap K,Makeyev EV

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein biosynthesis, the translation of the genetic code into polypeptides, occurs on ribonucleoprotein particles called ribosomes. Although X-ray structures of bacterial ribosomes are available, high-resolution structures of eukaryotic 80S ribosomes are lacking. Using cryoelectron microscopy and single-particle reco...

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

authors： Armache JP,Jarasch A,Anger AM,Villa E,Becker T,Bhushan S,Jossinet F,Habeck M,Dindar G,Franckenberg S,Marquez V,Mielke T,Thomm M,Berninghausen O,Beatrix B,Söding J,Westhof E,Wilson DN,Beckmann R

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) trafficking is essential for modulating synaptic transmission strength. Prior studies that have characterized signaling pathways underlying AMPAR trafficking have identified the cAMP/PKA-mediated phosphorylation of GluA1, an AMPAR subunit, as a key step in the membrane insertion of...

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

authors： Song RS,Massenburg B,Wenderski W,Jayaraman V,Thompson L,Neves SR

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin activates sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) in liver, thereby increasing fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis. We created a line of transgenic rats that produce epitope-tagged human SREBP-1c in liver under control of the constitutive apolipoprotein E promoter/enhancer. This system allows...

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

authors： Owen JL,Zhang Y,Bae SH,Farooqi MS,Liang G,Hammer RE,Goldstein JL,Brown MS

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the expression of thymidine kinase (tk) activity in synchronized populations of mouse cells that have been transformed to the tk+ phenotype with purified DNA from various sources or with metaphase chromosomes from human cells. The viral (herpes) tk gene is constitutively expressed but, in all other cases ...

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

authors： Schlosser CA,Steglich C,deWet JR,Scheffler IE

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean acidification represents a key threat to coral reefs by reducing the calcification rate of framework builders. In addition, acidification is likely to affect the relationship between corals and their symbiotic dinoflagellates and the productivity of this association. However, little is known about how acidificat...

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

authors： Anthony KR,Kline DI,Diaz-Pulido G,Dove S,Hoegh-Guldberg O

更新日期：2008-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hyal-1 locus, which we have previously described and mapped to mouse chromosome 9, influences the serum levels and molecular weight forms of hyaluronidase. We have also shown that the growth of two transplantable tumors, the 3LL carcinoma and the B16F10 melanoma, is influenced by the alleles at Hyal-1, in that the...

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

authors： De Maeyer-Guignard J,Lauret E,Eusèbe L,De Maeyer E

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When propagated on arl strains (a subclass of Escherichia coli hyper-rec mutants), lambda "Red-" duplication phages accumulated an enhanced potential for recombination. The physical properties of the recombinogenic phages thus obtained ("Arl-" phages) were similar to those of phages grown on arl+ bacteria. However, Ar...

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

authors： Hays JB,Korba BE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New neurons are generated in adult mammalians and may contribute to repairing the brain after injury. Here, we show that the number of new neurons in the dentate gyrus of adult rats increased in cerebral ischemic stroke and correlated with activation of the cAMP-response-element-binding protein (CREB). Inhibition of e...

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

authors： Zhu DY,Lau L,Liu SH,Wei JS,Lu YM

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial expressions of emotion in humans are believed to be produced by contracting one's facial muscles, generally called action units. However, the surface of the face is also innervated with a large network of blood vessels. Blood flow variations in these vessels yield visible color changes on the face. Here, we stu...

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

authors： Benitez-Quiroz CF,Srinivasan R,Martinez AM

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Legumes were among the first plant species to be domesticated, and accompanied cereals in expansion of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent into diverse environments across the Mediterranean basin, Europe, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Although several recent studies have outlined the molecular basis for...

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

authors： Weller JL,Liew LC,Hecht VF,Rajandran V,Laurie RE,Ridge S,Wenden B,Vander Schoor JK,Jaminon O,Blassiau C,Dalmais M,Rameau C,Bendahmane A,Macknight RC,Lejeune-Hénaut I

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The monomeric VDAC channel shows an accelerated pH titration of its transport properties with a Hill coefficient of about 2. This manifests itself as a sharp peak in conductance noise as well as a fast change in channel selectivity with pH. On the basis of the known structure of this channel, we propose that this coop...

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

authors： Rostovtseva TK,Liu TT,Colombini M,Parsegian VA,Bezrukov SM

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocytotic membrane fusion and secretion are promoted by the concerted action of GTP and Ca2+, although the precise site(s) of action in the process are not presently known. However, the calcium-dependent membrane fusion reaction driven by synexin (annexin VII) is an in vitro model for this process, which we have now ...

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

authors： Caohuy H,Srivastava M,Pollard HB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of gene gain through duplication has long been appreciated. In contrast, the importance of gene loss has only recently attracted attention. Indeed, studies in organisms ranging from plants to worms and humans suggest that duplication of some genes might be better tolerated than that of others. Here we h...

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

authors： De Smet R,Adams KL,Vandepoele K,Van Montagu MC,Maere S,Van de Peer Y

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00