Genetic exchange and plasmid transfers in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto revealed by three-way genome comparisons and multilocus sequence typing.

abstract：:A recent major conceptual advance has been the recognition of the importance of immune system-neuronal interactions in the modulation of brain function, one example of which is spinal pain processing in neuropathic states. Here, we report that in peripheral nerve-injured rats, the lysosomal cysteine protease cathepsin...

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

authors： Clark AK,Yip PK,Grist J,Gentry C,Staniland AA,Marchand F,Dehvari M,Wotherspoon G,Winter J,Ullah J,Bevan S,Malcangio M

更新日期：2007-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:After uptake by the endosome of an antigen-presenting cell (APC), exogenous proteins are known to be degraded into peptides by protease digestion. Here, we report the mechanism by which pure carbohydrates can be depolymerized within APC endosomes/lysosomes by nitric oxide (NO)-derived reactive nitrogen species (RNSs) ...

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

authors： Duan J,Avci FY,Kasper DL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alfalfa mosaic virus (AlMV) coat protein is involved in systemic infection of host plants, and a specific mutation in this gene prevents the virus from moving into the upper uninoculated leaves. The coat protein also is required for different viral functions during early and late infection. To study the role of the co...

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

authors： Spitsin S,Steplewski K,Fleysh N,Belanger H,Mikheeva T,Shivprasad S,Dawson W,Koprowski H,Yusibov V

更新日期：1999-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the behavior in solution of the synthetic polynucleotide poly(dG-m5dC).poly(dG-m5dC) with that of the unmethylated polynucleotide poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC). In solutions containing high concentrations of salt, poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) is known to exhibit altered circular dichroic and absorption spectra c...

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

authors： Behe M,Felsenfeld G

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural selection does not necessarily favor maximal reproduction because reproduction imposes fitness costs, reducing parental survival, and offspring quality. Here, we show that parents in a preindustrial population in North America incurred fitness costs from reproduction, and women incurred greater costs than men....

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

authors： Penn DJ,Smith KR

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) in tissue culture systems has been correlated with virulence of avian influenza viruses. To examine the structural requirements for cleavage of the HA, the HA gene from a virulent H5 influenza virus was expressed in mammalian cells (CV-1), and the cleavage site of the HA was explored...

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

authors： Kawaoka Y,Webster RG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical data provide a baseline against which to judge the significance of recent ecological shifts and guide conservation strategies, especially for species decimated by pre-20th century harvesting. Northern fur seals (NFS; Callorhinus ursinus) are a common pinniped species in archaeological sites from southern Ca...

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

authors： Newsome SD,Etnier MA,Gifford-Gonzalez D,Phillips DL,van Tuinen M,Hadly EA,Costa DP,Kennett DJ,Guilderson TP,Koch PL

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a procedure for predicting the tertiary folds of alpha-helical proteins from their primary sequences. The central component of the procedure is a method for predicting interhelical contacts that is based on a helix-packing model. Instead of predicting the individual contacts, our method attempts to identif...

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

authors： Zhang C,Hou J,Kim SH

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Very-long-baseline interferometry images of the nuclear region of the radio galaxy Cygnus A reveal a pronounced "core" and a knotty jet and counterjet. The knots are moving away from the core at apparent speeds which are subluminal for h = 1 [h = H0/100 km.s-1.Mpc-1;1 parsec (pc) = 3.09 x 10(16)m] and about c for h = ...

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

authors： Bartel N,Sorathia B,Bietenholz MF,Carilli CL,Diamond P

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The β-1,3-glucan chrysolaminarin is the main storage polysaccharide of diatoms. In contrast to plants and green algae, diatoms and most other algal groups do not accumulate storage polysaccharides in their plastids. The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum possesses only a single gene encoding a putative β-1,3-glucan synt...

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

authors： Huang W,Haferkamp I,Lepetit B,Molchanova M,Hou S,Jeblick W,Río Bártulos C,Kroth PG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heme-copper oxidases constitute a superfamily of terminal dioxygen-reducing enzymes located in the inner mitochondrial or in the bacterial cell membrane. The presence of a mechanistically important covalent bond between a histidine ligand of the copper ion (Cu(B)) in the active site and a generally conserved tyros...

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

authors： Rauhamäki V,Baumann M,Soliymani R,Puustinen A,Wikström M

更新日期：2006-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The polycystic kidney diseases (PKDs) are a group of disorders characterized by the growth of epithelial cysts from the nephrons and collecting ducts of kidney tubules. The diseases can be inherited or can be provoked by environmental factors. To investigate the molecular basis of the abnormal cell growth associated w...

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

authors： Cowley BD Jr,Smardo FL Jr,Grantham JJ,Calvet JP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vegetative development of the maize shoot can be divided into juvenile and adult phases based on the types of leaves produced at different times in shoot development. Models for the regulation of phase change make explicit predictions about when the identity of these types of leaves is determined. To test these mo...

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

authors： Orkwiszewski JA,Poethig RS

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage responses to Francisella infection have been characterized previously by subdued proinflammatory responses; however, these studies have generally focused on macrophage cell lines or monocyte-derived macrophages. Therefore, we studied the ability of fresh human blood monocytes to engulf and respond to Franci...

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

authors： Gavrilin MA,Bouakl IJ,Knatz NL,Duncan MD,Hall MW,Gunn JS,Wewers MD

更新日期：2006-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of HIV-1 and N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV) is restricted in a number of different primate cells. In some cell lines, cross-saturation experiments suggest that the two viruses are interacting with the same restriction factor. Recently, Trim5alpha protein from rhesus monkey was found to restrict HIV...

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

authors： Yap MW,Nisole S,Lynch C,Stoye JP

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the genetics of susceptibility to infectious agents is of great importance to our ability to combat disease. Here, we show that voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) are critical for cellular binding and entry of the New World arenaviruses Junín and Tacaribe virus, suggesting that zoonosis via these rec...

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

authors： Sarute N,Ross SR

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides covalently linked to an intercalating agent via a polymethylene linker were synthesized. Oligothymidylates attached to an acridine dye (Acr) through the 3'-phosphate group [(Tp)n(CH2) mAcr ] specifically interact with the complementary sequence. The interaction is strongly stabilized by the i...

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

authors： Asseline U,Delarue M,Lancelot G,Toulmé F,Thuong NT,Montenay-Garestier T,Hélène C

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A definitive assay for microbiological and biochemical research on the biodegradation of lignin was developed using radioactive synthetic lignins specifically labeled in the side chains, aromatic rings or in the methoxyl groups. The [14C]lignins were prepared by oxidative polymerization with peroxidase and H2O2 Of spe...

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

authors： Kirk TK,Connors WJ,Bleam RD,Hackett WF,Zeikus JG

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involution of the thymus is accompanied by a decline in the number of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) and a severely restricted peripheral repertoire of T-cell specificities. TECs are essential for T-cell differentiation; they originate from a bipotent progenitor that gives rise to cells of cortical (cTEC) and medullar...

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

authors： Rode I,Boehm T

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic overexpression of Cu(+2)/Zn(+2) superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) harboring an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-linked familial genetic mutation (SOD1(G93A)) in a Sprague-Dawley rat results in ALS-like motor neuron disease. Motor neuron disease in these rats depended on high levels of mutant SOD1 expression,...

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

authors： Howland DS,Liu J,She Y,Goad B,Maragakis NJ,Kim B,Erickson J,Kulik J,DeVito L,Psaltis G,DeGennaro LJ,Cleveland DW,Rothstein JD

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a theoretical study of dynamic self assembly in a system of millimeter-sized magnetized disks floating at a liquid-air interface and spinning under the influence of a rotating magnetic field. Equations of motions are derived that account for the hydrodynamic and magnetic forces acting in the system. Nume...

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

authors： Grzybowski BA,Stone HA,Whitesides GM

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin filaments and integrin-based focal adhesions (FAs) form integrated systems that mediate dynamic cell interactions with their environment or other cells during migration, the immune response, and tissue morphogenesis. How adhesion-associated actin structures obtain their functional specificity is unclear. Here we...

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

authors： Skau CT,Plotnikov SV,Doyle AD,Waterman CM

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a "continual engagement" model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation in 4 pastoral ecosystems of East Africa. The model involved the creation of a core boundar...

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

authors： Reid RS,Nkedianye D,Said MY,Kaelo D,Neselle M,Makui O,Onetu L,Kiruswa S,Kamuaro NO,Kristjanson P,Ogutu J,BurnSilver SB,Goldman MJ,Boone RB,Galvin KA,Dickson NM,Clark WC

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferredoxin:NADP oxidoreductases (FNRs) constitute a family of flavoenzymes that catalyze the exchange of reducing equivalents between one-electron carriers and the two-electron-carrying NADP(H). The main role of FNRs in cyanobacteria and leaf plastids is to provide the NADPH for photoautotrophic metabolism. In root pl...

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

authors： Thomas JC,Ughy B,Lagoutte B,Ajlani G

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the nucleotide sequence of about 1 kilobase of DNA 3' to the 5' long terminal repeat of three noninfectious ad one infectious proviral DNA clones of spleen necrosis virus, an avian retrovirus, to determine if the types of nucleic acid changes involved in retrovirus mutation shed light on special features...

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

authors： O'Rear JJ,Temin HM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread use of silicon in modern technology, its peculiar thermal expansion is not well understood. Adapting harmonic phonons to the specific volume at temperature, the quasiharmonic approximation, has become accepted for simulating the thermal expansion, but has given ambiguous interpretations for micr...

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

authors： Kim DS,Hellman O,Herriman J,Smith HL,Lin JYY,Shulumba N,Niedziela JL,Li CW,Abernathy DL,Fultz B

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration and spreading involve the coordination of membrane trafficking, actomyosin contraction, and modifications to plasma membrane tension and area. The biochemical or biophysical basis for this coordination is however unknown. In this study, we show that during cell spreading, lamellipodia protrusion flatten...

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

authors： Gauthier NC,Fardin MA,Roca-Cusachs P,Sheetz MP

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Rearrangements between tandem sequence homologies of various lengths are a major source of genomic change and can be deleterious to the organism. These rearrangements can result in either deletion or duplication of genetic material flanked by direct sequence repeats. Molecular genetic analysis of repetitive sequence i...

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

authors： Bzymek M,Lovett ST

更新日期：2001-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:CooA, the CO-sensing heme protein from Rhodospirillum rubrum, regulates the expression of genes that encode a CO-oxidation system, allowing R. rubrum to use CO as a sole energy source. To better understand the gas-sensing regulation mechanism used by R. rubrum CooA and its homologs in other organisms, we characterized...

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

authors： Clark RW,Lanz ND,Lee AJ,Kerby RL,Roberts GP,Burstyn JN

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide is removed from the synaptic space by a high-affinity transport system present in neurons and astrocytes, which is inhibited by N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-arachidonamide (AM404). After internalization, anandamide is hydrolyzed by fatty-acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an intracellular membra...

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

authors： Fegley D,Kathuria S,Mercier R,Li C,Goutopoulos A,Makriyannis A,Piomelli D

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00