Telomere length and heredity: Indications of paternal inheritance.

abstract：:RNA was synthesized in vitro from a T3 DNA template by T3 RNA polymerase and subsequently separated into seven discrete size classes (molecular weights ranging between 0.21 x 10(6) and 6.2 x 10(6)) by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide slab gels. RNase T1-generated 3'-terminal oligonucleotide fragments were then select...

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

authors： Majumder HK,Maitra U,Rosenberg M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neu gene is distantly related to the erbB gene and encodes a cell surface protein that appears to function as a growth factor receptor. To study the mechanisms that caused the conversion of the normal neu gene to an oncogenic allele, we have isolated molecular clones of the neu oncogene as well as a clone of the c...

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

authors： Hung MC,Schechter AL,Chevray PY,Stern DF,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:delta-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthase [succinyl-CoA:glycine C-succinyltransferase (decarboxylating), EC 2.3.1.37] activity was detected in cell extracts of the unicellular green flagellate alga Euglena gracilis. The enzyme was identified by substrate and cofactor requirements, and activity was proportional to numbe...

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

authors： Beale SI,Foley T,Dzelzkalns V

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High magnetic fields have revealed a surprisingly small Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates, possibly resulting from Fermi-surface reconstruction due to an order parameter that breaks translational symmetry of the crystal lattice. A crucial issue concerns the doping extent of such a state and its relationship to the ...

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

authors： Chan MK,McDonald RD,Ramshaw BJ,Betts JB,Shekhter A,Bauer ED,Harrison N

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:During cardiac trabeculation, cardiomyocytes delaminate from the outermost (compact) layer to form complex muscular structures known as trabeculae. As these cardiomyocytes delaminate, the remodeling of adhesion junctions must be tightly coordinated so cells can extrude from the compact layer while remaining in tight c...

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

authors： Cherian AV,Fukuda R,Augustine SM,Maischein HM,Stainier DY

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in electrodes for noninvasive recording of electroencephalograms expand opportunities collecting such data for diagnosis of neurological disorders and brain-computer interfaces. Existing technologies, however, cannot be used effectively in continuous, uninterrupted modes for more than a few days due to...

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

authors： Norton JJ,Lee DS,Lee JW,Lee W,Kwon O,Won P,Jung SY,Cheng H,Jeong JW,Akce A,Umunna S,Na I,Kwon YH,Wang XQ,Liu Z,Paik U,Huang Y,Bretl T,Yeo WH,Rogers JA

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The early simian virus 40 (SV40) gene product, large tumor (T) antigen, is responsible for the initiation of viral DNA replication and the autoregulation of early gene expression through direct protein-DNA interactions. We investigated the role of T antigen in late viral gene expression, independent of its function in...

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

authors： Brady J,Bolen JB,Radonovich M,Salzman N,Khoury G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-Glutamyl transpeptidase, which consists of two nonidentical subunits, is rapidly inactivated with respect to its transpeptidase and hydrolase activities by the gamma-glutamyl analogs 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine and L-azaserine. Inactivation, which is prevented by gamma-glutamyl substrates (but not by acceptor sub...

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

authors： Tate SS,Meister A

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence of rapid and reliable associative learning by the terrestrial mollusc, Limax maximus. Slugs were exposed once to a pairing of a highly attractive food odor (potato or carrot) and a saturated solution of quinidine sulfate, a bitter-tasting plant substance. In comparison with control slugs, the expos...

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

authors： Sahley C,Gelperin A,Rudy JW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, R2, encodes a sequence-specific endonuclease responsible for its insertion at a unique site in the 28S rRNA genes of arthropods. Although most non-LTR retrotransposons encode an apurinic-like endonuclease upstream of a common reverse transcriptase domain, R2 and many...

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

authors： Yang J,Malik HS,Eickbush TH

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a 2.7-kilobase rat liver cDNA clone that contains the entire 544-amino acid coding sequence for matrin F/G. This protein has previously been localized to the internal, fibrogranular areas of the nuclear matrix and shown to bind to DNA on nitrocellulose blots. The predicted amino acid sequence from the...

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

authors： Hakes DJ,Berezney R

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to make use of efficient molecular marker systems to reveal genetic relationships in traditional and evolved Basmati (EB) and semidwarf non-Basmati (NB) rice varieties. A subset of three rice groups was analyzed by using 19 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci and 12 inter-SSR-PCR p...

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

authors： Nagaraju J,Kathirvel M,Kumar RR,Siddiq EA,Hasnain SE

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar development occurs mainly postnatally and implies cell proliferation and migration. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and Met are involved in mediating these responses in other tissues and are coexpressed in the cerebellum. Here we show that Met is localized in granule cell precursors and that cultures of thes...

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

authors： Ieraci A,Forni PE,Ponzetto C

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of a human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-435) in nude mice with a recombinant adenovirus containing the human interferon (IFN) consensus gene, IFN-con1 (ad5/IFN), resulted in tumor regression in 100% of the animals. Tumor regression occurred when virus was injected either within 24 hr of tumor cell implant...

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

authors： Zhang JF,Hu C,Geng Y,Selm J,Klein SB,Orazi A,Taylor MW

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma iron turnover was measured in 19 normal subjects. A correlation was found between plasma iron concentration and plasma iron turnover. In addition to the turnover of 55Fe at normal plasma iron concentration (predominantly monoferric transferrin), a second turnover in which the labeled plasma was saturated wi...

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

authors： Skarberg K,Eng M,Huebers H,Marsaglia G,Finch C

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The affinity of the Escherichia coli phage 434 operator for phage 434 repressor is affected by changes in the sequence of the noncontacted base pairs near the operator's center. The results presented here show that base composition near the center of the operator affects the operator's affinity for repressor by alteri...

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

authors： Koudelka GB,Harbury P,Harrison SC,Ptashne M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the adenovirus (Ad) early coding region 1a (E1a) is required for virus-induced cell transformation and for the activation of other viral early genes and some cellular genes. Two overlapping early mRNAs of 13S and 12S that are transcribed from this region code for a 289-amino acid protein and a 243-am...

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

authors： Hurwitz DR,Chinnadurai G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of missense changes in BRCA1 in breast cancer susceptibility has been difficult to establish. We used comparative evolutionary methods to identify potential functionally important amino acid sites in exon 11 and missense changes likely to disrupt gene function, aligning sequences from 57 eutherian mammals and...

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

authors： Fleming MA,Potter JD,Ramirez CJ,Ostrander GK,Ostrander EA

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicological significance of exposures to synthetic chemicals is examined in the context of exposures to naturally occurring chemicals. We calculate that 99.99% (by weight) of the pesticides in the American diet are chemicals that plants produce to defend themselves. Only 52 natural pesticides have been tested in...

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

authors： Ames BN,Profet M,Gold LS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scores of homeobox gene-encoded transcription factors are expressed in a definite spatiotemporal pattern during embryogenesis and regulate a series of as yet unidentified target genes to help coordinate the morphogenetic process. We have suggested that homeobox gene products modulate the expression of adhesion molecul...

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

authors： Jones FS,Holst BD,Minowa O,De Robertis EM,Edelman GM

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CCAAT displacement protein (CDP), a nuclear protein of 180-190 kDa, contains a triplicated motif, the cut domain, similar (80-90% conserved) to three repeats of 60-65 amino acids first identified in Drosophila cut, a homeo-domain protein involved in cell-fate decisions in development. Cut repeats bind DNA and exhibit ...

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

authors： Aufiero B,Neufeld EJ,Orkin SH

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. One-third of the world's population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the etiological agent causing TB, and active disease kills nearly 2 million individuals worldwide every year. Several lines of evidence indicate that interindividua...

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

authors： Barreiro LB,Tailleux L,Pai AA,Gicquel B,Marioni JC,Gilad Y

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The earliest folding events in single-tryptophan mutants of RNase A were investigated by fluorescence measurements by using a combination of stopped-flow and continuous-flow mixing experiments covering the time range from 70 micros to 10 s. An ultrarapid double-jump mixing protocol was used to study refolding from an ...

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

authors： Welker E,Maki K,Shastry MC,Juminaga D,Bhat R,Scheraga HA,Roder H

更新日期：2004-12-21 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：:Research on tuberculosis and leprosy was revolutionized by the development of a plasmid transformation system in the fast-growing surrogate, Mycobacterium smegmatis. This transformation system was made possible by the successful isolation of a M. smegmatis mutant strain mc(2)155, whose efficient plasmid transformation...

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

authors： Panas MW,Jain P,Yang H,Mitra S,Biswas D,Wattam AR,Letvin NL,Jacobs WR Jr

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil spontaneous death plays essential roles in neutrophil homeostasis and resolution of inflammation, whereas the underlying molecular mechanisms are still ill-defined. Neutrophils die because of programmed cell death or apoptosis. However, treatment with inhibitor of caspases, which are responsible for the maj...

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

authors： Zhu D,Hattori H,Jo H,Jia Y,Subramanian KK,Loison F,You J,Le Y,Honczarenko M,Silberstein L,Luo HR

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-4-thiazole-carboxamide; NSC 286193), an antitumor carbon-linked nucleoside that inhibits IMP dehydrogenase (IMP:NAD+ oxidoreductase; EC 1.1.1.205) and depletes guanylate levels, can activate the erythroid differentiation program of K-562 human leukemia cells. Tiazofurin-mediated cell...

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

authors： Olah E,Natsumeda Y,Ikegami T,Kote Z,Horanyi M,Szelenyi J,Paulik E,Kremmer T,Hollan SR,Sugar J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During tRNA biosynthesis the 5'-leader sequences in precursor tRNAs are removed by the ribonucleoprotein RNase P, an enzyme whose RNA moiety is required for activity. To clarify some aspects of the enzyme mechanism, we examined substrate binding and product formation with mutant precursor tRNAs. Mutations G-1----A or ...

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

authors： Nichols M,Söll D,Willis I

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of human angiogenin (reported in the preceding paper in this issue) reveals that the site that corresponds to the pyrimidine binding site of RNase A is obstructed by Gln-117. Mutation of this residue to Ala and Gly is here found to increase activity 11- to 18-fold and 21- to 30-fold, respectively...

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

authors： Russo N,Shapiro R,Acharya KR,Riordan JF,Vallee BL

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanism of ion transport across membranes is reported. Microbial transport of Fe(3+) generally delivers iron, a growth-limiting nutrient, to cells via highly specific siderophore-mediated transport systems. In contrast, iron transport in the fresh water bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila is found to occur by means of ...

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

authors： Stintzi A,Barnes C,Xu J,Raymond KN

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00