A reversible molecular valve.

abstract：:In vitro assembly of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) from its constituent RNA and protein occurs in two steps: formation of the initial complex by interaction of the 5'-end of TMV-RNA with 20S protein aggregate, and growth of the helical rod by sequential addition of protein subunits.Such a process was also observed in the...

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

authors： Ono T,Inoue H,Okada Y

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor betas (TGF-betas) regulate key aspects of embryonic development and major human diseases. Although Smad2, Smad3, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) have been proposed as key mediators in TGF-beta signaling, their functional specificities...

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

authors： Yang YC,Piek E,Zavadil J,Liang D,Xie D,Heyer J,Pavlidis P,Kucherlapati R,Roberts AB,Böttinger EP

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) is a 130-kDa transmembrane receptor for semaphorins, mediators of neuronal guidance, and for vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF(165)), an angiogenesis factor. A 2.2-kb truncated NRP1 cDNA was cloned that encodes a 644-aa soluble NRP1 (sNRP1) isoform containing just the a/CUB and b/coagula...

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

authors： Gagnon ML,Bielenberg DR,Gechtman Z,Miao HQ,Takashima S,Soker S,Klagsbrun M

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:2fTGH is a human cell line containing the selectable marker guanine phosphoribosyltransferase regulated by alpha interferon (IFN-alpha). Two IFN-alpha-unresponsive mutants were isolated previously at a low frequency (ca. 10(-8)) by selecting mutagenized 2fTGH cells in selective medium containing 6-thioguanine and IFN-...

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

authors： McKendry R,John J,Flavell D,Müller M,Kerr IM,Stark GR

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mapping of eye-specific, geniculocortical inputs to primary visual cortex (V1) is highly sensitive to the balance of correlated activity between the two eyes during a restricted postnatal critical period for ocular dominance plasticity. This critical period is likely to have amplified expression of genes and prote...

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

authors： Lyckman AW,Horng S,Leamey CA,Tropea D,Watakabe A,Van Wart A,McCurry C,Yamamori T,Sur M

更新日期：2008-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The endometrial epithelium of the uterus regenerates periodically. The cellular source of newly regenerated endometrial epithelia during a mouse estrous cycle or a human menstrual cycle is presently unknown. Here, I have used single-cell lineage tracing in the whole mouse uterus to demonstrate that epithelial stem cel...

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

authors： Jin S

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate biogenesis of RNA-protein complexes is a key aspect of eukaryotic cells. Defects in Sm protein complex binding to snRNAs are known to reduce levels of snRNAs, suggesting an unknown quality control system for small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) assembly. snRNA quality control may also be relevant in sp...

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

authors： Shukla S,Parker R

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the possibility that insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) acts as a neuromodulator in the adult cerebellar cortex since previous observations indicated that IGF-I is located in the olivo-cerebellar system encompassing the inferior olive and Purkinje cells. We found that conjoint administration of IGF-I and g...

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

authors： Castro-Alamancos MA,Torres-Aleman I

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin/catenin-based adhesions coordinate cellular growth, survival, migration, and differentiation within a tissue by mechanically anchoring cells to their neighbors. They also intersect with diverse signaling pathways in development and cancer. Although the adhesive functions of adherens junction proteins are well...

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

authors： Livshits G,Kobielak A,Fuchs E

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:MscS is a mechanosensitive channel that is ubiquitous among bacteria. Recent progress in the genome projects has revealed that homologs of MscS are also present in eukaryotes, but whether they operate as ion channels is unknown. In this study we cloned MSC1, a homolog of MscS in Chlamydomonas, and examined its functio...

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

authors： Nakayama Y,Fujiu K,Sokabe M,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned one of the two human alpha-globin genes and report its complete nucleotide sequence. The gene is 832 base pairs (bp) long from the 5'-cap site to the 3'-polyadenylylation site. The amino acid coding sequences are separated into three segments (exons) by two short (117 and 140 bp) intervening sequences. ...

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

authors： Liebhaber SA,Goossens MJ,Kan YW

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption spectrum of an activesite specific chromophoric acyl enzyme, sturgeon beta-(2-furyl)-acryloyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, is reported. This acyl enzyme undergoes all of the catalyzed reactions characteristic of the intermediate of the physiological acyl enzyme, 3-phospho-D-glyceroyl-glycer...

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

authors： Malhotra OP,Bernhard SA

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most organisms are evolutionary conservatives; they may subdivide their niches but tend to remain within them. Yet the fossil record shows many cases of breakthrough to a new mode of life. How may such evolutionary innovation be recognized at this time level? Three species of Drosophila have accomplished an innovation...

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

authors： Carson HL

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are hollow cytoskeletal filaments assembled from αβ-tubulin heterodimers. Tau, an unstructured protein found in neuronal axons, binds to MTs and regulates their dynamics. Aberrant Tau behavior is associated with neurodegenerative dementias, including Alzheimer's. Here, we report on a direct force me...

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

authors： Chung PJ,Choi MC,Miller HP,Feinstein HE,Raviv U,Li Y,Wilson L,Feinstein SC,Safinya CR

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been associated with a variety of human diseases, including Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease, whereas LRRK2 deficiency leads to accumulation of abnormal lysosomes in aged animals. However, the cellular roles and mechanisms of LRRK2-mediated lysosomal regulation have rema...

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

authors： Eguchi T,Kuwahara T,Sakurai M,Komori T,Fujimoto T,Ito G,Yoshimura SI,Harada A,Fukuda M,Koike M,Iwatsubo T

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Perilipin coats the lipid droplets of adipocytes and is thought to have a role in regulating triacylglycerol hydrolysis. To study the role of perilipin in vivo, we have created a perilipin knockout mouse. Perilipin null (peri(-/-)) and wild-type (peri(+/+)) mice consume equal amounts of food, but the adipose tissue ma...

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

authors： Tansey JT,Sztalryd C,Gruia-Gray J,Roush DL,Zee JV,Gavrilova O,Reitman ML,Deng CX,Li C,Kimmel AR,Londos C

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical method is developed which enables us to treat exactly the process of coincidental evolution under mutation, unequal intrachromosomal crossing-over as well as ordinary crossing-over between homologous chromosomes in a finite population of the effective size N. It makes use of finite difference equations ...

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

authors： Kimura M,Ohta T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing concentrations of estradiol (E2) ranging from 0.01 to 10 nM were found to inhibit partially but significantly the lactogenic effect of ovine prolactin (oPRL) on alpha-lactalbumin production in primate mammary tissues maintained in organ culture for 9 days. E2 at 10 nM inhibited by 38% (mean) PRL-stimulated ...

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

authors： Kleinberg DL,Todd J,Babitsky G

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of 2-acyl spin-labeled lecithin into the phosphatidylcholine protein from bovine liver results in an immobilization of the spin-label at the methyl and the carboxyl terminal end of the acyl chain. The nitroxide group on the protein-bound lecithin molecule is not accessible to ascorbate. This suggests tha...

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

authors： Devaux PF,Moonen P,Bienvenue A,Wirtz KW

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic horizontal axon collaterals in the striate cortex of adult cats specifically link columns having the same preferred orientation; consequently, retrograde tracer injections result in intrinsic labeling that is sharply clustered. We have previously shown that the normal development of this circuitry involves t...

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

authors： Callaway EM,Katz LC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein functions require conformational motions. We show here that the dominant conformational motions are slaved by the hydration shell and the bulk solvent. The protein contributes the structure necessary for function. We formulate a model that is based on experiments, insights from the physics of glass-forming liq...

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

authors： Frauenfelder H,Chen G,Berendzen J,Fenimore PW,Jansson H,McMahon BH,Stroe IR,Swenson J,Young RD

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced intake of nutrients [calorie restriction (CR)] extends longevity in organisms ranging from yeast to mammals. Mutations affecting somatotropic, insulin, or homologous signaling pathways can increase life span in worms, flies, and mice, and there is considerable evidence that reduced secretion of insulin-like gr...

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

authors： Bonkowski MS,Rocha JS,Masternak MM,Al Regaiey KA,Bartke A

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian RNase A superfamily comprises a diverse array of ribonucleolytic proteins that have a variety of biochemical activities and physiological functions. Two rapidly evolving RNases of higher primates are of particular interest as they are major secretory proteins of eosinophilic leukocytes and have been foun...

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

authors： Zhang J,Dyer KD,Rosenberg HF

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying targets is critical for understanding the biological effects of microRNA (miRNA) expression. The challenge lies in characterizing the cohort of targets for a specific miRNA, especially when targets are being actively down-regulated in miRNA- RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC)-messengerRNA (mRNA) complexe...

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

authors： Cambronne XA,Shen R,Auer PL,Goodman RH

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the complementary strands of two human diversity region (D) minigenes, D2 and D4, show stretches of homology with two human variable region kappa chain (V kappa) genes, NG9 and HK101, respectively, in the first complementarity-determining region. In one V kappa sequence, the homology includ...

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

authors： Chen PP,Kabat EA,Wu TT,Fong S,Carson DA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma samples exhibiting alloalbuminemia on electrophoresis at pH 8.6 were requested from clinical laboratories throughout Sweden. Nine variants, each representing a different single point mutation, were found in 100 apparently unrelated Swedes. The overall prevalence of alloalbuminemia was estimated at 1:1700. Mutat...

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

authors： Carlson J,Sakamoto Y,Laurell CB,Madison J,Watkins S,Putnam FW

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifamycin antibiotics, which inhibit RNA-directed DNA polymerase of Rauscher leuckemia virus, prevent the leukemogenic activity of the virus, and the effect of leukemogenesis correlates with the magnitude of inhibition of the purified enzyme. This inhibition of enzyme activity by rifamycin SV derivatives is due to a r...

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

authors： Wu AM,Ting RC,Gallo RC

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial growth factor-like 7 (EGFL7) is a protein that is secreted by endothelial cells and plays an important role in angiogenesis. Although EGFL7 is aberrantly overexpressed in solid tumors, its role in leukemia has not been evaluated. Here, we report that levels of both EGFL7 mRNA and EGFL7 protein are increased...

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

authors： Papaioannou D,Shen C,Nicolet D,McNeil B,Bill M,Karunasiri M,Burke MH,Ozer HG,Yilmaz SA,Zitzer N,Behbehani GK,Oakes CC,Steiner DJ,Marcucci G,Powell BL,Kolitz JE,Carter TH,Wang ES,Mrózek K,Croce CM,Caligiuri MA,Bl

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleolinus is an RNA-rich compartment, closely apposed to or embedded within the nucleolus. Discovered over 150 y ago, fewer than two dozen articles have been published on the nucleolinus, probably because complex histochemical stains are required for its visualization in the great majority of cells. The nucleoli...

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

authors： Alliegro MA,Henry JJ,Alliegro MC

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication reports a modulating effect of intracellular ATP on the steady-state and kinetic properties of the delayed rectifier of the giant axon of the squid. When internally dialyzed or perfused giant axons from Loligo plei or Loligo pealei are voltage clamped at -60 mV and washed free of ATP, the potassium ...

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

authors： Bezanilla F,Caputo C,DiPolo R,Rojas H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00