Ribosomal RNA sequences and the diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae).

abstract：:We have produced a soluble form of a mouse alpha beta T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) by shuffling its variable (V) and constant (C) domains to the C region of an immunoglobulin kappa light chain. These chimeric molecules composed of V alpha C alpha C kappa and V beta C beta C kappa chains were efficiently secreted (up ...

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

authors： Grégoire C,Rebaï N,Schweisguth F,Necker A,Mazza G,Auphan N,Millward A,Schmitt-Verhulst AM,Malissen B

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) is a key effector of the innate immune system against viruses. Activation of TLR3 exerts an antitumoral effect through a mechanism of action still poorly understood. Here we show that TLR3 activation by polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid induces up-regulation of microRNA-29b, -29c, -148b, and ...

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

authors： Galli R,Paone A,Fabbri M,Zanesi N,Calore F,Cascione L,Acunzo M,Stoppacciaro A,Tubaro A,Lovat F,Gasparini P,Fadda P,Alder H,Volinia S,Filippini A,Ziparo E,Riccioli A,Croce CM

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-translocating subunit of wheat chloroplast ATP synthase is encoded by a chloroplast gene that has been accurately mapped and whose nucleotide sequence has been determined. The predicted sequence of 81 amino acids has been confirmed in part by determination of the sequence of the first 40 amino acids from th...

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

authors： Howe CJ,Auffret AD,Doherty A,Bowman CM,Dyer TA,Gray JC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic epithelial cells (TECs), the major component of the thymic microenvironment, can be modulated by pituitary hormones. We have shown previously that prolactin (PRL) can influence the endocrine activity of TECs and stimulate TEC proliferation as well as cytokeratin expression, suggesting the existence of PRL recep...

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

authors： Dardenne M,Kelly PA,Bach JF,Savino W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy electronic states originating from the f atomic orbitals underlie a rich variety of quantum phases of matter. We use atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy with the scanning tunneling microscope to examine the novel electronic states that emerge from the uranium f states in URu(2)Si(2). We find that, as the tempe...

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

authors： Aynajian P,da Silva Neto EH,Parker CV,Huang Y,Pasupathy A,Mydosh J,Yazdani A

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We define an integer invariant [Formula: see text] of a smooth, compact, closed 4-manifold X by minimizing a certain complexity of a trisection of X over all trisections. The good feature of [Formula: see text] is that when [Formula: see text] and X is a homology 4-sphere, then X is diffeomorphic to the 4-sphere. Natu...

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

authors： Kirby R,Thompson A

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is the distinguishing protein component of lipoprotein(a), a major inherited risk factor for atherosclerosis. Human apo(a) is homologous to plasminogen. It contains from 15 to 50 repeated domains closely related to plasminogen kringle four, plus single kringle five-like and inactive protease...

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

authors： Lawn RM,Schwartz K,Patthy L

更新日期：1997-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells must respond differently to antigens of varying affinity presented at different doses. Previous attempts to map peptide MHC (pMHC) affinity onto T-cell responses have produced inconsistent patterns of responses, preventing formulations of canonical models of T-cell signaling. Here, a systematic analysis of T-c...

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

authors： Lever M,Lim HS,Kruger P,Nguyen J,Trendel N,Abu-Shah E,Maini PK,van der Merwe PA,Dushek O

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:There are well-recognized sex differences in many pituitary endocrine axes, usually thought to be generated by gonadal steroid imprinting of the neuroendocrine hypothalamus. However, the recognition that growth hormone (GH) cells are arranged in functionally organized networks raises the possibility that the responses...

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

authors： Sanchez-Cardenas C,Fontanaud P,He Z,Lafont C,Meunier AC,Schaeffer M,Carmignac D,Molino F,Coutry N,Bonnefont X,Gouty-Colomer LA,Gavois E,Hodson DJ,Le Tissier P,Robinson IC,Mollard P

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By patch-clamp analysis, we have shown that chronic, intermittent mechanical strain (CMS) increases the activity of stretch-activated cation channels of osteoblast-like UMR-106.01 cells. CMS also produces a swelling-activated whole-cell conductance (Gm) regulated by varying strain levels. We questioned whether the swe...

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

authors： Duncan RL,Kizer N,Barry EL,Friedman PA,Hruska KA

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Seismic magnitudes determined from surface and body waves for the Soviet underground nuclear explosion of September 14, 1988, are used to calculate the yield of that event from previously derived calibration curves. The yield obtained by combining the two seismic estimates is 113 kilotons, which is very close to those...

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

authors： Sykes LR,Ekström G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental and anthropogenic factors often drive population declines in top predators, but how their influences may combine remains unclear. Albatrosses are particularly threatened. They breed in fast-changing environments, and their extensive foraging ranges expose them to incidental mortality (bycatch) in multipl...

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

authors： Pardo D,Forcada J,Wood AG,Tuck GN,Ireland L,Pradel R,Croxall JP,Phillips RA

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change over the next century is predicted to cause widespread maladaptation in natural systems. This prediction, as well as many sustainable management and conservation practices, assumes that species are adapted to their current climate. However, this assumption is rarely tested. Using a large-scale common ga...

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

authors： Browne L,Wright JW,Fitz-Gibbon S,Gugger PF,Sork VL

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the microbial community in the human intestine may play an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity. We examined 184,094 sequences of microbial 16S rRNA genes from PCR amplicons by using the 454 pyrosequencing technology to compare the microbial community structures of 9 individuals,...

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

authors： Zhang H,DiBaise JK,Zuccolo A,Kudrna D,Braidotti M,Yu Y,Parameswaran P,Crowell MD,Wing R,Rittmann BE,Krajmalnik-Brown R

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII is a lysosomal storage disorder resulting from inherited deficiency of beta-glucuronidase (GUS). Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII is characterized by glycosaminoglycan storage in most tissues, including brain. In these disorders, enzyme delivery across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the ...

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

authors： Urayama A,Grubb JH,Sly WS,Banks WA

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), first discovered in Drosophila melanogaster, is a highly conserved chromosomal protein implicated in both heterochromatin formation and gene silencing. We report here characterization of an HP1-interacting protein, heterochromatin protein 2 (HP2), which codistributes with HP1 in the pe...

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

authors： Shaffer CD,Stephens GE,Thompson BA,Funches L,Bernat JA,Craig CA,Elgin SC

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of syntaxin 1 with the alpha(1D) subunit of the voltage-gated L type Ca(2+) channel was investigated in the pancreatic beta cell. Coexpression of the enhanced green fluorescent protein-linked alpha(1D) subunit with the enhanced blue fluorescent protein-linked syntaxin 1 and Western blot analysis together w...

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

authors： Yang SN,Larsson O,Bränström R,Bertorello AM,Leibiger B,Leibiger IB,Moede T,Köhler M,Meister B,Berggren PO

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus B (GBV-B), which infects tamarins, is the virus most closely related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has a protein (p7) that is believed to form an ion channel. It is critical for viability. In vitro studies suggest that GBV-B has an analogous but larger protein (p13). We found that substitutions of the -1 an...

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

authors： Takikawa S,Engle RE,Emerson SU,Purcell RH,St Claire M,Bukh J

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial membrane potentials and resistances have been determined under various metabolic conditions by the use of piezoelectric-driven microelectrodes. The mean state 3 potentials (about +19 mv) are higher than the potentials in state 4 (about +9 mv). DNP in uncoupling concentrations or KCN have no significant e...

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

authors： Tupper JT,Tedeschi H

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic, biologically active, [Phe4Val6] analog of natural antamanide has been crystallized from a solution containing calcium nitrate, acetone, and acetonitrile. The crystal does not contain any Ca2+ ions but does contain 12 water molecules per peptide molecule. The conformation of this dodecahydrate is identic...

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

authors： Karle IL,Duesler E

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular signaling mechanisms regulating the generation and long-term persistence of memory T cells in vivo remain unclear. In this study, we used mouse models with conditional deletion of the key T cell receptor (TCR)-coupled adaptor molecule SH2-domain-containing phosphoprotein of 76 kDa (SLP-76), to analyz...

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

authors： Bushar ND,Corbo E,Schmidt M,Maltzman JS,Farber DL

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen receptor gene assembly is regulated by transcriptional promoters and enhancers, which control the accessibility of gene segments to a lymphocyte-specific V(D)J recombinase. However, it remained unclear whether accessibility depends on the process of transcription itself or chromatin modifications that accompan...

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

authors： Sikes ML,Meade A,Tripathi R,Krangel MS,Oltz EM

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding MeCP2. By binding to methylated CpG dinucleotide promoter regions, MeCP2 acts as a transcriptional repressor, predicting that its absence might result in widespread aberrant gene transcription, leading to the RTT phenotype. C...

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

authors： Matarazzo V,Ronnett GV

更新日期：2004-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the arenavirus family, famous for their hemorrhagic syndromes, cause distinct neurological disorders; however, cellular and molecular targets as well as pathogenesis of peripheral nervous system disorders associated with these viruses are unknown. Using noncytolytic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, the p...

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

authors： Rambukkana A,Kunz S,Min J,Campbell KP,Oldstone MB

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive flexibility depends on a fast neural learning mechanism for enhancing momentary relevant over irrelevant information. A possible neural mechanism realizing this enhancement uses fast spiking interneurons (FSIs) in the striatum to train striatal projection neurons to gate relevant and suppress distracting cor...

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

authors： Banaie Boroujeni K,Oemisch M,Hassani SA,Womelsdorf T

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method is presented that makes it possible to inject electrons rapidly into redox-active proteins by means of a short light flash. Reduced carboxymethylated cytochrome c (CmCyt c) with carbon monoxide bound to the heme iron is mixed with the oxidized acceptor protein. Upon rapid photodissociation of CO the appar...

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

authors： Brzezinski P,Wilson MT

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Activator 1 (A1; also called replication factor C), in conjunction with proliferating-cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), is essential for the elongation of primed DNA templates by DNA polymerases delta and epsilon. A1 contains five distinct subunits of 145, 40, 38, 37, and 36.5 kDa. Here we describe the isolation, sequence,...

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

authors： Chen M,Pan ZQ,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Switch from non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) to syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is associated with accelerated CD4(+) T cell depletion, which might partially be explained by higher virulence of SI variants compared with NSI variants. Because NSI and SI variants use different coreceptors for entry of target cell...

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

authors： Blaak H,van't Wout AB,Brouwer M,Hooibrink B,Hovenkamp E,Schuitemaker H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threshold behavior of the transport properties of a random metal in the critical region near a metal-insulator transition is strongly affected by the measuring electromagnetic fields. In spite of the randomness, the electrical conductivity exhibits striking phase-coherent effects due to broken symmetry, which grea...

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

authors： Phillips JC

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Berninamycin is a member of the pyridine-containing thiopeptide class of antibiotics that undergoes massive posttranslational modifications from ribosomally generated preproteins. Berninamycin has a 2-oxazolyl-3-thiazolyl-pyridine core embedded in a 35-atom macrocycle rather than typical trithiazolylpyridine cores emb...

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

authors： Malcolmson SJ,Young TS,Ruby JG,Skewes-Cox P,Walsh CT

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00