Hepatitis C virus protease NS3/4A cleaves mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein off the mitochondria to evade innate immunity.

abstract：:Advances in vaccine technology over the past two centuries have facilitated far-reaching impact in the control of many infections, and today's emerging vaccines could likewise open new opportunities in the control of several diseases. Here we consider the potential, population-level effects of a particular class of em...

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

authors： Arinaminpathy N,Lavine JS,Grenfell BT

更新日期：2012-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The human beta(2)-adrenergic receptor gene has multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), but the relevance of chromosomally phased SNPs (haplotypes) is not known. The phylogeny and the in vitro and in vivo consequences of variations in the 5' upstream and ORF were delineated in a multiethnic reference populatio...

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

authors： Drysdale CM,McGraw DW,Stack CB,Stephens JC,Judson RS,Nandabalan K,Arnold K,Ruano G,Liggett SB

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of the establishment of cell polarity is an essential function in tissue morphogenesis and renewal that depends on spatial cues provided by the extracellular environment. The molecular role of cell-cell or cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) contacts on the establishment of cell polarity has been well characterize...

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

authors： Théry M,Racine V,Piel M,Pépin A,Dimitrov A,Chen Y,Sibarita JB,Bornens M

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme p-cresol methylhydroxylase [4-cresol: (acceptor) oxidoreductase (methyl-hydroxylating), EC 1.17.99.1] contains two subunits: a cytochrome c (electron transfer) subunit (cytochrome cpc) and a flavin (catalytic) subunit. When these subunits are separated by isoelectric focusing, a stable cytochrome subunit is...

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

authors： McLendon GL,Bagby S,Charman JA,Driscoll PC,McIntire WS,Mathews FS,Hill HA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) gene is a neural immediate early gene that is involved in synaptic downscaling and is robustly induced by prolonged wakefulness in rodent brains. Converging evidence has led to the hypothesis that wakefulness potentiates, and sleep reduces, synaptic strength...

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

authors： Suzuki A,Yanagisawa M,Greene RW

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant mortality and birth rates are critical components of plant life history affecting the stability of plant populations and the ecosystems they form. Although allometric theory predicts that both plant birth and mortality rates should be size-dependent, this prediction has not yet been tested across plants ranging ...

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

authors： Marbà N,Duarte CM,Agustí S

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two endocytic receptors, the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR) and the LDLR-related protein (LRP), are thought to act in concert in the hepatic uptake of partially metabolized dietary lipoproteins, the chylomicron remnants. We have evaluated the role of these two receptors in the hepatic metabolism of chyl...

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

authors： Herz J,Qiu SQ,Oesterle A,DeSilva HV,Shafi S,Havel RJ

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The boreal forests, identified as a critical "tipping element" of the Earth's climate system, play a critical role in the global carbon budget. Recent findings have suggested that terrestrial carbon sinks in northern high-latitude regions are weakening, but there has been little observational evidence to support the i...

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

authors： Ma Z,Peng C,Zhu Q,Chen H,Yu G,Li W,Zhou X,Wang W,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the peripheral processes produces a profound cell loss (40-50%) in the dorsal root ganglion of newborn rats. Although division of central processes produces little or no cellular change in sensory ganglion of adult animals, no information has been available on the effect of dorsal root section in developing ...

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

authors： Yip HK,Johnson EM Jr

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural cytochemistry of natural killer cells enriched by Percoll gradient centrifugation showed them to possess arylsulfatase (aryl-sulfate sulfohydrolase, EC 3.1.6.1). The enzyme was located in vesicles, granules, and the parallel tubular arrays, organelles characteristic for cytotoxic lymphocytes. Biochemic...

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

authors： Zucker-Franklin D,Grusky G,Yang JS

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens. Venoms represent previously untapped sources of novel drugs. Here we repurposed mastoparan-L, the toxic active principle derived from the venom of the wasp Vespula lewisii, into synthetic antimicrobials. We engineered within its N terminus ...

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

authors： Silva ON,Torres MDT,Cao J,Alves ESF,Rodrigues LV,Resende JM,Lião LM,Porto WF,Fensterseifer ICM,Lu TK,Franco OL,de la Fuente-Nunez C

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Luria-Delbrück fluctuation analysis, we have examined the lung tumor-forming ability of a series of parallel clones derived from the KHT tumor, grown to small defined sizes. From these studies, we conclude that metastatic variants arise spontaneously in the clonal lines during their growth, at an apparent ra...

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

authors： Harris JF,Chambers AF,Hill RP,Ling V

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neural circuits mediating various simple behaviors have been delineated, those generating more complex behaviors are less well described. The discrete structure of avian song control nuclei promises that circuits controlling complex behaviors, such as birdsong, can also be understood. To this end, we develope...

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

authors： Mooney R,Konishi M

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging genetic and clinical evidence suggests a link between Gaucher disease and the synucleinopathies Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Here, we provide evidence that a mouse model of Gaucher disease (Gba1(D409V/D409V)) exhibits characteristics of synucleinopathies, including progressive accumulation...

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

authors： Sardi SP,Clarke J,Kinnecom C,Tamsett TJ,Li L,Stanek LM,Passini MA,Grabowski GA,Schlossmacher MG,Sidman RL,Cheng SH,Shihabuddin LS

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that penicillin acts as a structural analog of the acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine terminus of nascent bacterial cell wall and that it consequently binds to and acylates the active site of the enzyme(s) that crosslinks the cell wall to form an inactive penicilloyl enzyme [Tipper, D.J. & Strominger, J....

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

authors： Yocum RR,Waxman DJ,Rasmussen JR,Strominger JL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Y chromosomes are different from other chromosomes because of a lack of recombination. Until now, complete sequence information of Y chromosomes has been available only for some primates, although considerable information is available for other organisms, e.g., several species of Drosophila. Here, we report the gene o...

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

authors： Yamato KT,Ishizaki K,Fujisawa M,Okada S,Nakayama S,Fujishita M,Bando H,Yodoya K,Hayashi K,Bando T,Hasumi A,Nishio T,Sakata R,Yamamoto M,Yamaki A,Kajikawa M,Yamano T,Nishide T,Choi SH,Shimizu-Ueda Y,Hanajiri T,Sa

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of protein structures are found to encompass multiple folding nuclei, allowing their structures to be formed by several competing pathways. A typical example is the ribosomal protein S6, which comprises two folding nuclei (sigma1 and sigma2) defining two competing pathways in the folding energy la...

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

authors： Haglund E,Lind J,Oman T,Ohman A,Mäler L,Oliveberg M

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of epinephrine (as low as 0.1 muM) on guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in isolated fat cells were examined. Epinephrine increased both cGMP and cAMP levels, with the elevation of cAMP preceding the rise of cGMP. Maximal elevation was obtained with ...

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

authors： Asakawa T,Ruiz J,Ho RJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental property of ecosystems is a tradeoff between the number and size of habitats: as the number of habitats within a fixed area increases, the average area per habitat must decrease. This tradeoff is termed the "area-heterogeneity tradeoff." Theoretical models suggest that the reduction in habitat sizes unde...

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

authors： Ben-Hur E,Kadmon R

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis has been shown to be a significant form of cell loss in many diseases. Detachment of photoreceptors from the retinal pigment epithelium, as seen in various retinal disorders, causes photoreceptor loss and subsequent vision decline. Although caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways are activated after retinal det...

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

authors： Trichonas G,Murakami Y,Thanos A,Morizane Y,Kayama M,Debouck CM,Hisatomi T,Miller JW,Vavvas DG

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A polypeptide was isolated from acid extracts of porcine hypothalami on the basis of its high ability to stimulate the release of corticotropin from superfused rat pituitary cells. After an initial separation by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, further purification was carried out by reversed-phase HPLC. The isolated ...

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

authors： Patthy M,Horvath J,Mason-Garcia M,Szoke B,Schlesinger DH,Schally AV

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supported metal catalysts are extensively used in industrial and environmental applications. To improve their performance, it is crucial to identify the most active sites. This identification is, however, made challenging by the presence of a large number of potential surface structures that complicate such an assignm...

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

authors： Yang AC,Choksi T,Streibel V,Aljama H,Wrasman CJ,Roling LT,Goodman ED,Thomas D,Bare SR,Sánchez-Carrera RS,Schäfer A,Li Y,Abild-Pedersen F,Cargnello M

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently discovered that cationic cholesterol derivatives characterized by guanidinium polar headgroups are very efficient for gene transfection in vitro and in vivo. In spite of being based on some rationale at the molecular level, the development of these new synthetic vectors was nevertheless empirical. Ind...

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

authors： Pitard B,Oudrhiri N,Vigneron JP,Hauchecorne M,Aguerre O,Toury R,Airiau M,Ramasawmy R,Scherman D,Crouzet J,Lehn JM,Lehn P

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that Delta-mediated Notch signaling regulates the number of early differentiating neurons. However, the role of Notch activation and Jagged-mediated signaling during late neurogenesis remains poorly defined. In the developing spinal cord of zebrafish, GABAergic Kolmer-Agduhr (KA'') cells an...

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

authors： Yeo SY,Chitnis AB

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve accurate aminoacylation of tRNAs with their cognate amino acids, errors in aminoacylation are corrected by the "editing" mechanism in several aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) hydrolyzes, or edits, misformed tyrosyl-tRNA with its editing domain in the beta subunit. We report t...

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

authors： Sasaki HM,Sekine S,Sengoku T,Fukunaga R,Hattori M,Utsunomiya Y,Kuroishi C,Kuramitsu S,Shirouzu M,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons, a protein family of multiple IFNalphas and a single IFNbeta, initially identified on the basis of their antiviral activities have recently been attributed important roles in bacterial and parasitic infections. To assess the cellular sources of IFNbeta, the IFN produced first in most situations, we ...

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

authors： Scheu S,Dresing P,Locksley RM

更新日期：2008-12-23 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：:The gene V protein of bacteriophage f1 is a single-stranded DNA and RNA-binding protein composed of two identical subunits. We have constructed single-chain variants of the protein using short peptide linkers of five or six amino acids to connect the carboxyl terminus of one monomer to the amino terminus of the second...

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

authors： Liang H,Sandberg WS,Terwilliger TC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical scenarios of evolution of avian plumage coloration have been called into question with the discoveries that most birds can see UV light (which normal humans cannot), and that UV-reflecting plumages are widespread in birds. Several examples of sexual dichromatism not detectable with human visual capabilities...

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

authors： Eaton MD

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A 92-amino acid polypeptide, alpha-inhibin-92 (alpha-IB-92), has been isolated and characterized from human seminal plasma and found to be active in suppressing follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) release in vitro. In the present in vivo study, intravenous injection of synthetic alpha-IB-92 (4 and 20 micrograms) signif...

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

authors： Yu WH,McCann SM,Li CH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00