A cobalt-porphyrin enzyme converts a fatty aldehyde to a hydrocarbon and CO.

abstract：:Paramyxoviruses are enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-strand RNA viruses that cause a wide spectrum of human and animal diseases. The viral genome, packaged by the nucleoprotein (N), serves as a template for the polymerase complex, composed of the large protein (L) and the homo-tetrameric phosphoprotein (P). The ∼250-...

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

authors： Abdella R,Aggarwal M,Okura T,Lamb RA,He Y

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There is pronounced seasonal plasticity in the morphology of the neural circuits that regulate song behavior in adult songbirds, primarily in response to changes in plasma testosterone (T) levels. Most song nuclei have androgen receptors. Afferent input from the telencephalic nucleus HVc (also known as the "high vocal...

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

authors： Brenowitz EA,Lent K

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bonds have only rarely been found in intracellular proteins. That pattern is consistent with the chemically reducing environment inside the cells of well-studied organisms. However, recent experiments and new calculations based on genomic data of archaea provide striking contradictions to this pattern. Our r...

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

authors： Mallick P,Boutz DR,Eisenberg D,Yeates TO

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome photoreceptors control plant growth, development, and the shade avoidance response that limits crop yield in high-density agricultural plantings. Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are distantly related photosensory proteins that control cyanobacterial metabolism and behavior in response to light. Photoreceptors...

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

authors： Lim S,Yu Q,Gottlieb SM,Chang CW,Rockwell NC,Martin SS,Madsen D,Lagarias JC,Larsen DS,Ames JB

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Geckos can run rapidly on walls and ceilings, requiring high friction forces (on walls) and adhesion forces (on ceilings), with typical step intervals of approximately 20 ms. The rapid switching between gecko foot attachment and detachment is analyzed theoretically based on a tape model that incorporates the adhesion ...

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

authors： Tian Y,Pesika N,Zeng H,Rosenberg K,Zhao B,McGuiggan P,Autumn K,Israelachvili J

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify up to 22 kb of the beta-globin gene cluster from human genomic DNA and up to 42 kb from phaga lambda DNA. We have also amplified 91 human genomic inserts of 9-23 kb directly from recombinant lambda plaques. To do this, we increased pH, added glycerol and dime...

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

authors： Cheng S,Fockler C,Barnes WM,Higuchi R

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS-G) and parkinsonism dementia (PD-G) have been epidemiologically linked to an environment severely deficient in calcium (Ca2+) and magnesium (Mg2+). Transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7) is a bifunctional protein containing both channel and kinase domains that ha...

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

authors： Hermosura MC,Nayakanti H,Dorovkov MV,Calderon FR,Ryazanov AG,Haymer DS,Garruto RM

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of boron neutron capture therapy to rheumatoid arthritis requires the selective delivery of the boron-10 isotope to the synovitic tissue. The use of liposomes as a boron delivery method has been explored through the measurement of the time course biodistribution of boron in rats with collagen-induced a...

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

authors： Watson-Clark RA,Banquerigo ML,Shelly K,Hawthorne MF,Brahn E

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To relate transients of force by single kinesin molecules with the elementary steps of the ATPase cycle, we measured the time to force generation by kinesin after photorelease of ATP from caged ATP. Kinesin-coated beads were trapped by an infrared laser and brought onto microtubules fixed to a coverslip. Tension was a...

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

authors： Higuchi H,Muto E,Inoue Y,Yanagida T

更新日期：1997-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila Numb is a membrane associated protein of 557 amino acids (aa) that localizes asymmetrically into a cortical crescent in mitotic neural precursor cells and segregates into one of the daughter cells, where it is required for correct cell fate specification. We demonstrate here that asymmetric localization but...

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

authors： Knoblich JA,Jan LY,Jan YN

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a general mass spectrometric approach for the rapid identification and characterization of proteins isolated by preparative two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This method possesses the inherent power to detect and structurally characterize covalent modifications. Absolute sensitivities of ma...

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

authors： Clauser KR,Hall SC,Smith DM,Webb JW,Andrews LE,Tran HM,Epstein LB,Burlingame AL

更新日期：1995-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures were prepared of embryonic cells from Drosophila melanogaster. Neurons and myocytes differentiated in vitro from their respective stem cells. Electron microscopy showed that neuromuscular junctions formed where axons contacted myocytes. Electrical stimuli were applied to axons and these caused contractions of...

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

authors： Seecof RL,Teplitz RL,Gerson I,Ikeda K,Donady J

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the luminescence system in Beneckea harveyi is controlled by cyclic nucleotides at the level of transcription. In the wild type, it is repressed by exogenously added guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate and this repression is overcome by the addition of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate. These ob...

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

authors： Ulitzur S,Yashphe J,Hastings JW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding interactions between membranes requires measurements on well-controlled systems close to natural conditions, in which fluctuations play an important role. We have determined, by grazing incidence X-ray scattering, the interaction potential between two lipid bilayers, one adsorbed on a solid surface and t...

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

authors： Hemmerle A,Malaquin L,Charitat T,Lecuyer S,Fragneto G,Daillant J

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature dependence of migration rate and of the thermotactic sensitivity of pseudoplasmodia of Dictyostelium discoideum has been measured. Migration rate increases with temperature to 20 degrees, is temperature insensitive from 20 degrees to 27.5 degrees, and decreases with temperature to 29 degrees, above whi...

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

authors： Poff KL,Skokut M

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of corn pollen on leaves of milkweed plants inside and outside of cornfields was measured in several studies from different localities. The purpose was to obtain a representative picture of naturally occurring pollen densities to provide a perspective for laboratory and field studies of monarch larvae feed...

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

authors： Pleasants JM,Hellmich RL,Dively GP,Sears MK,Stanley-Horn DE,Mattila HR,Foster JE,Clark P,Jones GD

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The voltage-sensor domain (VSD) of voltage-dependent ion channels and enzymes is critical for cellular responses to membrane potential. The VSD can also be regulated by interaction with intracellular proteins and ligands, but how this occurs is poorly understood. Here, we show that the VSD of the BK-type K(+) channel ...

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

authors： Yang H,Hu L,Shi J,Delaloye K,Horrigan FT,Cui J

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive potentials of carcinomas greatly contribute to their metastasis, which is a major threat in most cancers. We have recently shown that Arf6 plays a pivotal role in breast cancer invasive activities and identified AMAP1 as an effector of GTP-Arf6 in invasion. Expression of AMAP1 correlates well with invasive ph...

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

authors： Hashimoto S,Hirose M,Hashimoto A,Morishige M,Yamada A,Hosaka H,Akagi K,Ogawa E,Oneyama C,Agatsuma T,Okada M,Kobayashi H,Wada H,Nakano H,Ikegami T,Nakagawa A,Sabe H

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspersed repeated sequences (Alu and Kpn) were used as probes to detect a set of Not I restriction fragments of human chromosome 21 from the hybrid cell line WAV17. Forty different Not I fragments, ranging in size from less than 0.05 megabase (Mb) to 7.0 Mb, were identified. The total length of these fragments was...

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

authors： Sainz J,Pevny L,Wu Y,Cantor CR,Smith CL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 9-O-acetylation of sialic acids has been reported in some mammalian tissues, the distribution of this modification on specific cell types and molecules is largely unknown. The influenza C virus hemagglutinin-esterase is a membrane-bound glycoprotein that binds specifically to 9-O-acetylated sialic acids (hemaggl...

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

authors： Klein A,Krishna M,Varki NM,Varki A

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancing immune responses with immune-modulatory monoclonal antibodies directed to inhibitory immune receptors is a promising modality in cancer therapy. Clinical efficacy has been demonstrated with antibodies blocking inhibitory immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) or PD-1/...

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

authors： Romano E,Kusio-Kobialka M,Foukas PG,Baumgaertner P,Meyer C,Ballabeni P,Michielin O,Weide B,Romero P,Speiser DE

更新日期：2015-05-12 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：:Establishment of functional synaptic connections in a selective manner is essential for nervous system operation. In mammalian retinas, rod and cone photoreceptors form selective synaptic connections with different classes of bipolar cells (BCs) to propagate light signals. While there has been progress in elucidating ...

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

authors： Cao Y,Wang Y,Dunn HA,Orlandi C,Shultz N,Kamasawa N,Fitzpatrick D,Li W,Zeitz C,Hauswirth W,Martemyanov KA

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular alterations associated with skeletal muscle differentiation share a high degree of similarity with key phenotypic changes usually ascribed to apoptosis. For example, actin fiber disassembly/reorganization is a conserved feature of both apoptosis and differentiating myoblasts and the conserved muscle contr...

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

authors： Fernando P,Kelly JF,Balazsi K,Slack RS,Megeney LA

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse social conditions have been linked to a conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA) in circulating leukocytes that may contribute to social gradients in disease. However, the CNS mechanisms involved remain obscure, in part because CTRA gene-expression profiles often track external social-environment...

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

authors： Mehl MR,Raison CL,Pace TWW,Arevalo JMG,Cole SW

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncompliance with social distancing during the early stage of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a great challenge to the public health system. These noncompliance behaviors partly reflect people's concerns for the inherent costs of social distancing while discounting its public health benefits. W...

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

authors： Xie W,Campbell S,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many groups of insects are specialists in exploiting sensory cues to locate food resources or conspecifics. To achieve orientation, bees and ants analyze the polarization pattern of the sky, male moths orient along the females' odor plume, and cicadas, grasshoppers, and crickets use acoustic signals to locate singing ...

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

authors： Poulet JF,Hedwig B

更新日期：2005-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting and innervation of the cerebral cortex by thalamic afferents is a key event in the specification of cortical areas. The molecular targets of thalamic regulation, however, have remained elusive. We now demonstrate that thalamic afferents regulate the expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) recept...

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

authors： Paysan J,Kossel A,Bolz J,Fritschy JM

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of heparan sulfate occurs within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi complex-trans-Golgi network by the concerted action of several glycosyltransferases, an epimerase, and multiple sulfotransferases. In this report, we have examined the location and interaction of tagged forms of five of the bio...

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

authors： Pinhal MA,Smith B,Olson S,Aikawa J,Kimata K,Esko JD

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor REV-ERBα integrates the circadian clock with hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism by nucleating transcriptional comodulators at genomic regulatory regions. An interactomic approach identified O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) as a REV-ERBα-interacting protein. By shielding cytoplasmic OGT from proteasoma...

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

authors： Berthier A,Vinod M,Porez G,Steenackers A,Alexandre J,Yamakawa N,Gheeraert C,Ploton M,Maréchal X,Dubois-Chevalier J,Hovasse A,Schaeffer-Reiss C,Cianférani S,Rolando C,Bray F,Duez H,Eeckhoute J,Lefebvre T,Staels B,Lef

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00