Human lysyl-tRNA synthetase is secreted to trigger proinflammatory response.

abstract：:The expanding behavioral repertoire of the developing brain during childhood and adolescence is shaped by complex brain-environment interactions and flavored by unique life experiences. The transition into young adulthood offers opportunities for adaptation and growth but also increased susceptibility to environmental...

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

authors： Alnæs D,Kaufmann T,Marquand AF,Smith SM,Westlye LT

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have obtained long-term cultures of differentiated proliferating follicular cells from normal adult human thyroid glands. In vitro growth of such human cells has been sustained by a modified F-12 medium, supplemented with bovine hypothalamus and pituitary extracts and no added thyrotropin. Cultures have been expand...

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

authors： Curcio F,Ambesi-Impiombato FS,Perrella G,Coon HG

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major glycolipid that is present in the outer membranes (OMs) of most Gram-negative bacteria. LPS molecules are assembled with divalent metal cations in the outer leaflet of the OM to form an impervious layer that prevents toxic compounds from entering the cell. For most Gram-negative b...

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

authors： Chng SS,Ruiz N,Chimalakonda G,Silhavy TJ,Kahne D

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding protein-protein interactions is central to our understanding of almost all complex biological processes. Computational tools exploiting rapidly growing genomic databases to characterize protein-protein interactions are urgently needed. Such methods should connect multiple scales from evolutionary conserv...

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

authors： Gueudré T,Baldassi C,Zamparo M,Weigt M,Pagnani A

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-associated and periplasmic proteins of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C-58 were compared with those from avirulent (nontumrigenic) derivative strains by slab and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Two proteins (Per-I and Per-2), with a molecular weight of 37,500 and 37,300, respectively, were detected in the sup...

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

authors： Sonoki S,Kado CI

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a major factor in heart disease. IκB kinase (IKK) and its downstream target NF-κB are regulators of inflammation and are activated in cardiac disorders, but their precise contributions and targets are unclear. We analyzed IKK/NF-κB function in the heart by a gain-of-function approach, generating an ind...

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

authors： Maier HJ,Schips TG,Wietelmann A,Krüger M,Brunner C,Sauter M,Klingel K,Böttger T,Braun T,Wirth T

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The SRC gene is the prototype for a family of closely related genes whose products have protein-tyrosine kinase activity. We recently described another member of this family, designated FYN, whose cDNA was isolated from normal human fibroblasts. To examine the possible role of FYN as an oncogene, we investigated the e...

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

authors： Kawakami T,Kawakami Y,Aaronson SA,Robbins KC

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localized maternal RNA Vg1 resides in the cortical region of the vegetal pole of fully grown Xenopus oocytes and is inherited by only a subset of blastomeres in the early embryo [Weeks, D. L. & Melton, D. A. (1987) Cell 51, 861-867]. Because RNA-cytoskeletal interactions may play a role in RNA localization, we hav...

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

authors： Pondel MD,King ML

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costimulation is required for optimal T cell activation, yet it is unclear whether poxviruses dedicatedly subvert costimulation during infection. Here, we report that the secreted M2 protein encoded by cowpox virus (CPXV) specifically interacts with human and murine B7.1 (CD80) and B7.2 (CD86). We also show that M2 co...

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

authors： Wang X,Piersma SJ,Elliott JI,Errico JM,Gainey MD,Yang L,Nelson CA,Yokoyama WM,Fremont DH

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To initiate class switch recombination (CSR) activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) induces staggered nick cleavage in the S region, which lies 5' to each Ig constant region gene and is rich in palindromic sequences. Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) controls the supercoiling of DNA by nicking, rotating, and religating one ...

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

authors： Kobayashi M,Aida M,Nagaoka H,Begum NA,Kitawaki Y,Nakata M,Stanlie A,Doi T,Kato L,Okazaki IM,Shinkura R,Muramatsu M,Kinoshita K,Honjo T

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-specific colors and patterns on animal body surfaces are determined primarily by neural-crest-derived pigment cells in the skin (chromatophores). However, even closely related species display widely differing patterns. These contrasting aspects of chromatophores (i.e., the fixed developmental control within sp...

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

authors： Fukamachi S,Sugimoto M,Mitani H,Shima A

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs), which mediate chemo-electric signal transduction in animals, have been recently found in bacteria. Despite clear sequence and 3D structure homology, the phylogenetic distance between prokaryotic and eukaryotic homologs suggests significant structural divergences, especial...

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

authors： Duret G,Van Renterghem C,Weng Y,Prevost M,Moraga-Cid G,Huon C,Sonner JM,Corringer PJ

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratins 14 and 5 are the structural hallmarks of the basal keratinocytes of the epidermis and outer root sheath (ORS) of the hair follicle. Their genes are controlled in a tissue-specific manner and thus serve as useful tools to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms involved in keratinocyte-specific transcription. Prev...

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

authors： Sinha S,Fuchs E

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) inhibit the proliferation of various human cancers in vitro and in vivo by mechanisms that include apparent direct effects through specific binding sites expressed on tumors and that differ from pituitary human GHRH (hGHRH) receptors. In this study, GHRH antagonis...

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

authors： Halmos G,Schally AV,Varga JL,Plonowski A,Rekasi Z,Czompoly T

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromopeptides were prepared by proteolytic digestion of phytochrome (far-red absorbing form, P(fr)) and of phycocyanin. The phycocyanobilin peptide, the chromophore of which is Z,Z,Z-configurated, was modified to the Z,Z,E isomeric chromophore. It has been demonstrated earlier that the P(fr) chromopeptide and the Z,Z...

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

authors： Rüdiger W,Thümmler F,Cmiel E,Schneider S

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methionine-rich low complexity (LC) domain is found within a C-terminal region of the TDP43 RNA-binding protein. Self-association of this domain leads to the formation of labile cross-β polymers and liquid-like droplets. Treatment with H2O2 caused phenomena of methionine oxidation and droplet melting that were rever...

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

authors： Lin Y,Zhou X,Kato M,Liu D,Ghaemmaghami S,Tu BP,McKnight SL

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an unbiased method for systematically determining gene function in mammalian cells. A total of 20,704 predicted human full-length cDNAs were tested for induction of the IL-8 promoter. A number of genes, including those for cytokines, receptors, adapters, kinases, and transcription factors, were i...

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

authors： Iourgenko V,Zhang W,Mickanin C,Daly I,Jiang C,Hexham JM,Orth AP,Miraglia L,Meltzer J,Garza D,Chirn GW,McWhinnie E,Cohen D,Skelton J,Terry R,Yu Y,Bodian D,Buxton FP,Zhu J,Song C,Labow MA

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to childhood trauma (CT) increases the risk for psychosis and affects the development of brain structures, possibly through oxidative stress. As oxidative stress is also linked to psychosis, it may interact with CT, leading to a more severe clinical phenotype. In 133 patients with early psychosis (EPP), we ex...

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

authors： Alameda L,Fournier M,Khadimallah I,Griffa A,Cleusix M,Jenni R,Ferrari C,Klauser P,Baumann PS,Cuenod M,Hagmann P,Conus P,Do KQ

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)-modulin is a brain protein of Mr 16,500 that down-regulates the high-affinity binding site for GABA which is located in crude synaptic membranes. This protein can be phosphorylated in vitro by the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and by a partially purified preparation ...

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

authors： Wise BC,Guidotti A,Costa E

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium is a unique model system as well as a major biotechnological tool for genetic manipulation of plant cells. It is still unknown, however, whether host cellular factors exist that are limiting for infection, and whether their overexpression in plant cells can increase the efficiency of the infection. Here,...

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

authors： Tzfira T,Vaidya M,Citovsky V

更新日期：2002-08-06 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：:We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthetase (DHFR-TS) gene of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major (dihydrofolate reductase, EC 1.5.1.3 and thymidylate synthase, EC 2.1.1.45). The DHFR-TS protein is encoded by a single 1560-base-pair open reading frame within gen...

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

authors： Beverley SM,Ellenberger TE,Cordingley JS

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary muscle cell culture derived from newborn rabbit muscle and growing on microcarriers in suspension was established. When cultured for several weeks, the myotubes in this model develop the completely adult pattern of fast myosin light and heavy chains. When Ca2+ ionophore is added to the culture medium on day ...

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

authors： Kubis HP,Haller EA,Wetzel P,Gros G

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A muscarone-binding material has been found in Torpedo electroplax. The material behaves in several ways as one would expect of the binding component of the acetylcholine receptor, especially in its high affinity for muscarone (approximate K = 7 x 10(-6)M), acetylcholine (approximate K = 1.1 x 10(-6)M), curare, and ni...

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

authors： O'Brien RD,Gilmour LP

更新日期：1969-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of the inhibition of initiation of DNA replication on the membrane association of the chromosomal origin of replication of Bacillus subtilis and the Staphylococcus aureus-Bacillus pumilus chimeric plasmid pSL103, using temperature-sensitive mutants of B. subtilis that have specifically affected ...

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

authors： Winston S,Sueoka N

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immunity can facilitate nervous system regeneration, yet the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here we show that intraocular injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a bacterial cell wall component, or the fungal cell wall extract zymosan both lead to rapid and comparable intra...

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

authors： Baldwin KT,Carbajal KS,Segal BM,Giger RJ

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Src tyrosine kinase has long been implicated in colon cancer but much remains to be learned about its substrates. The nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) has just recently been implicated in colon cancer but its role is poorly defined. Here we show that c-Src phosphorylates human HNF4α on three tyros...

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

authors： Chellappa K,Jankova L,Schnabl JM,Pan S,Brelivet Y,Fung CL,Chan C,Dent OF,Clarke SJ,Robertson GR,Sladek FM

更新日期：2012-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distribution of plant defenses within a leaf may be critical in explaining patterns of herbivory. The generalist lepidopteran larvae, Helicoverpa armigera (the cotton bollworm), avoided the midvein and periphery of Arabidopsis thaliana rosette leaves and fed almost exclusively on the inner lamina. This fee...

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

authors： Shroff R,Vergara F,Muck A,Svatos A,Gershenzon J

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that pressures for early childcare may have been one of the driving factors of human evolution. We show through an evolutionary model that runaway selection for high intelligence may occur when (i) altricial neonates require intelligent parents, (ii) intelligent parents must have large brains, and ...

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

authors： Piantadosi ST,Kidd C

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short noncoding RNAs that regulate protein-coding genes posttranscriptionally. In animals, most known miRNA targeting occurs within the 3'UTR of mRNAs, but the extent of biologically relevant targeting in the ORF or 5'UTR of mRNAs remains unknown. Here, we develop an algorithm (MinoTa...

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

authors： Schnall-Levin M,Zhao Y,Perrimon N,Berger B

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00