SUMO modification negatively modulates the transcriptional activity of CREB-binding protein via the recruitment of Daxx.

abstract：:Prion diseases are characterized by an accumulation of PrP(Sc), a misfolded isoform of the normal cellular prion protein, PrP(C). We previously reported the bioactivity of acridine-based compounds against PrP(Sc) replication in scrapie-infected neuroblastoma cells and now report the improved potency of bis-acridine co...

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

authors： May BC,Fafarman AT,Hong SB,Rogers M,Deady LW,Prusiner SB,Cohen FE

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells (MCs) are potent inflammatory cells that are distributed throughout mucosal barrier tissues and respond rapidly to pathogenic stimuli. During helminth infections, MCs play an important role as late-stage effectors. However, it is currently unknown whether MCs contribute to the early innate events that deter...

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

authors： Hepworth MR,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Rausch S,Metz M,Klotz C,Maurer M,Hartmann S

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern protein crystal structures are based nearly exclusively on X-ray data collected at cryogenic temperatures (generally 100 K). The cooling process is thought to introduce little bias in the functional interpretation of structural results, because cryogenic temperatures minimally perturb the overall protein backbo...

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

authors： Fraser JS,van den Bedem H,Samelson AJ,Lang PT,Holton JM,Echols N,Alber T

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach based on mosquitoes carrying a conditional dominant lethal gene (release of insects carrying a dominant lethal, RIDL) is being developed to control the transmission of dengue viruses by vector population suppression. A transgenic strain, designated OX3604C, of the major dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, was en...

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

authors： Wise de Valdez MR,Nimmo D,Betz J,Gong HF,James AA,Alphey L,Black WC 4th

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a large panel of T-cell clones (TCCs) specific for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Lolium perenne group I grass pollen allergens (total, 61) and for tetanus toxoid and protein purified derivative bacterial antigens (total, 38) from the peripheral blood of two atopic individuals and then analyzed...

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

authors： Parronchi P,Macchia D,Piccinni MP,Biswas P,Simonelli C,Maggi E,Ricci M,Ansari AA,Romagnani S

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) knockout mice raised in the laboratory of Fujii-Kuriyama have been under investigation for several years because of the presence in their urinary bladder of large, yellowish stones. The stones are composed of uric acid and become apparent in the bladders as tiny stones when mice are...

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

authors： Butler R,Inzunza J,Suzuki H,Fujii-Kuriyama Y,Warner M,Gustafsson JÅ

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of genomic stability is essential for normal organismal development and is vital to prevent diseases such as cancer. As genetic information is packaged into chromatin, it has become increasingly clear that the chromatin environment plays an important role in DNA damage response. However, how DNA repair is ...

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

authors： Li X,Liu L,Yang S,Song N,Zhou X,Gao J,Yu N,Shan L,Wang Q,Liang J,Xuan C,Wang Y,Shang Y,Shi L

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of 21st Century global-mean surface temperature increase have generally been based on scenarios that do not include climate policies. Newly developed multigas mitigation scenarios, based on a wide range of modeling approaches and socioeconomic assumptions, now allow the assessment of possible impacts of clim...

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

authors： Van Vuuren DP,Meinshausen M,Plattner GK,Joos F,Strassmann KM,Smith SJ,Wigley TM,Raper SC,Riahi K,de la Chesnaye F,den Elzen MG,Fujino J,Jiang K,Nakicenovic N,Paltsev S,Reilly JM

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels are detectable in normal human fibroblasts and in "glia-like" cells at appreciable levels when compared to what is observed in established neuronal cell lines in culture. Two- to 3-fold stimulations of sodium influx are observed in the presence of 0.2 mM veratridine and scorpion ...

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

authors： Munson R Jr,Westermark B,Glaser L

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus subverts liver-specific microRNA, miR-122, to upregulate viral RNA abundance in both infected cultured cells and in the liver of infected chimpanzees. These findings have identified miR-122 as an attractive antiviral target. Thus, it is imperative to know whether a distinct functional complex exists ...

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

authors： Machlin ES,Sarnow P,Sagan SM

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) is a multisubunit receptor that includes three major IL-2 binding subunits, the IL-2R alpha, beta, and gamma chains. We have detected and analyzed cooperative interactions between the IL-2R alpha and beta chains (IL-2R alpha and IL-2R beta, respectively) in COS cells transfect...

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

authors： Roessler E,Grant A,Ju G,Tsudo M,Sugamura K,Waldmann TA

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotically shocked Escherichia coli and membrane vesicle ghosts from E. coli cells have lost the ability to accumulate potassium by active transport. The addition of valinomycin to the membrane ghosts restores the capacity to accumulate radioactive (42)K and (86)Rb by a temperature- and energy-dependent process. Memb...

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

authors： Bhattacharyya P,Epstein W,Silver S

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During brain maturation, the occurrence of the extracellular matrix (ECM) terminates juvenile plasticity by mediating structural stability. Interestingly, enzymatic removal of the ECM restores juvenile forms of plasticity, as for instance demonstrated by topographical reconnectivity in sensory pathways. However, to wh...

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

authors： Happel MF,Niekisch H,Castiblanco Rivera LL,Ohl FW,Deliano M,Frischknecht R

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasmas require an external source of sterol for growth. For Mycoplasma capricolum this requirement is met not only by cholesterol but also by the methylcholestane derivatives lanosterol, cycloartenol, 4,4-dimethylcholesterol, and 4beta-methylcholestanol. Cholesteryl methyl ether and 3alpha-methylcholestanol serve...

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

authors： Odriozola JM,Waitzkin E,Smith TL,Bloch K

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonribosomal peptides and polyketides are a diverse group of natural products with complex chemical structures and enormous pharmaceutical potential. They are synthesized on modular nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) enzyme complexes by a conserved thiotemplate mechanism. Here, we rep...

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

authors： Wang H,Fewer DP,Holm L,Rouhiainen L,Sivonen K

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the mutagenic effects of site-specific, covalent modifications of biologically active DNA, we need host cells that are permissive for any type of mutation that might be produced in vivo from the modified DNA. Specifically, we require a general, in vivo complementation system for the bacteriophage phi...

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

authors： Humayun MZ,Chambers RW

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Searches of ribosomal RNA sequences for compensatory base changes preserving Watson-Crick base pairing have led to detailed models of the conserved secondary structures of these RNAs. In principle, tertiary interactions can also be detected by searches for phylogenetically covariant bases. Within a highly conserved re...

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

authors： Ryan PC,Draper DE

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sponges (Porifera), the simplest and earliest multicellular organisms, are thought to have evolved from their unicellular ancestors about 1 billion years ago by developing cell-recognition and adhesion mechanisms to discriminate against "non-self." Consequently, they are used as models for investigating recognition ph...

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

authors： Haseley SR,Vermeer HJ,Kamerling JP,Vliegenthart JF

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has allowed the detection of proteins characteristic of inner cell mass and trophectoderm in mouse blastocyst. Certain of the proteins characterizing trophectoderm copurify with intermediate filaments from trophectoderm and a trophoblastoma cell line. A monoclonal antibody prepared ...

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

authors： Brûlet P,Babinet C,Kemler R,Jacob F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used 5,6-dichloro-beta D-ribofuranosyl-benzimidazole (DRB), a selective and reversible inhibitor of mRNA production, to investigate the regulation of the pathway leading to resistance to viruses in cells treated with interferon (IF). DRB allows initiation of transcription but promotes premature termination of the n...

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

authors： Gordon I,Stevenson D

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalassemia is a heritable human anemia caused by a variety of mutations that affect expression of the alpha- or the beta-chain of hemoglobin. The expressivity of the phenotype is likely to be influenced by unlinked modifying genes. Indeed, by using a mouse model of alpha-thalassemia, we find that its phenotype is str...

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

authors： Leder A,Wiener E,Lee MJ,Wickramasinghe SN,Leder P

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell-derived soluble factors that inhibit both X4 and R5 HIV are recognized as important in controlling HIV. Whereas three β chemokines, regulated-on-activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α, and MIP-1β, account for the suppression of R5 HIV by blockade of HI...

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

authors： Cocchi F,DeVico AL,Lu W,Popovic M,Latinovic O,Sajadi MM,Redfield RR,Lafferty MK,Galli M,Garzino-Demo A,Gallo RC

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members interact with inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) Ca(2+)release channels in the endoplasmic reticulum to modulate Ca(2+)signals that affect cell viability. However, the molecular details and consequences of their interactions are unclear. Here, we found that Bcl-xL activates sin...

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

authors： Yang J,Vais H,Gu W,Foskett JK

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparative two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel system was used to separate and purify the major Coomassie blue-stained proteins from the isolated rat liver nuclear matrix. Approximately 12 major proteins were consistently found. Of these, 5 proteins represented identified proteins, including nuclear lamins A, B, and...

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

authors： Nakayasu H,Berezney R

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (Nmt1p; EC 2.3.1.97) is an essential enzyme that is highly selective for myristoyl-CoA in vivo. It is unclear why myristate (C14:0), a rare cellular fatty acid, has been selected for this covalent protein modification over more abundant fatty acids ...

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

authors： Rudnick DA,Lu T,Jackson-Machelski E,Hernandez JC,Li Q,Gokel GW,Gordon JI

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the region on human IgG1 responsible for its high-affinity interaction with the human Fc gamma receptor class I (Fc gamma RI), we have analyzed the binding properties of a series of genetically engineered chimeric antidinitrophenyl antibodies with identical murine antibody combining sites and hybrid Ig...

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

authors： Chappel MS,Isenman DE,Everett M,Xu YY,Dorrington KJ,Klein MH

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike other cation channels, each subunit of most transient receptor potential (TRP) channels has an additional TRP-domain helix with an invariant tryptophan immediately trailing the gate-bearing S6. Recent cryo-electron microscopy of TRP vanilloid subfamily, member 1 structures revealed that this domain is a five-tu...

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

authors： Teng J,Loukin SH,Anishkin A,Kung C

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine fetal thymus lobes isolated from both normal and scid/scid mice can be colonized by donor cells from either human bone marrow or human umbilical cord blood in vitro. Subsequent organ culture results in a transient production of a few CD4+ CD8+ (double-positive) cells and then the accumulation of CD4+ or CD8+ (s...

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

authors： Yeoman H,Gress RE,Bare CV,Leary AG,Boyse EA,Bard J,Shultz LD,Harris DT,DeLuca D

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective therapies for most solid cancers, especially those that have progressed to metastasis, remain elusive because of inherent and acquired resistance of tumor cells to conventional treatments. Additionally, the effective therapeutic window for many protocols can be very narrow, frequently resulting in toxicity. ...

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

authors： Lebedeva IV,Washington I,Sarkar D,Clark JA,Fine RL,Dent P,Curiel DT,Turro NJ,Fisher PB

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The myocardin family proteins (myocardin, MRTF-A, and MRTF-B) are serum response factor (SRF) cofactors and potent transcription activators. Gene-ablation studies have indicated important developmental functions for myocardin family proteins primarily in regulation of cardiac and smooth muscle development. Using Xenop...

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

authors： Meadows SM,Warkman AS,Salanga MC,Small EM,Krieg PA

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00