Counting human somatic cell replications: methylation mirrors endometrial stem cell divisions.

abstract：:Evolution of an oxygenic atmosphere required primordial life to accommodate the toxicity associated with reactive oxygen species. We have characterized an archaeal antioxidant from the hyperthermophilic acidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus. The amino acid sequence of this approximately 22-kDa protein shares little seque...

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

authors： Wiedenheft B,Mosolf J,Willits D,Yeager M,Dryden KA,Young M,Douglas T

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromechanochemical model has been reformulated to take account of the close connection between energy coupling and catalysis. In catalysis the protein is programmed to utilize thermal energy to produce local strains in the catalytic cavity and to generate conformational states that favor substrate --> product ...

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

authors： Green DE,Ji S

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deficit in early clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is crucial in nosocomial pneumonia and in chronic lung infections. Few studies have addressed the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are early pathogen associated molecular pattern receptors, in pathogen uptake and clearance by alveolar macr...

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

authors： Descamps D,Le Gars M,Balloy V,Barbier D,Maschalidi S,Tohme M,Chignard M,Ramphal R,Manoury B,Sallenave JM

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The electronic absorption spectra of oxidized and reduced spinach ferredoxins have been measured between 1200 and 600 nm at low temperature in D(2)O/ethylene glycol glasses. Relatively weak absorption bands are observed at 720, 820, and 920 nm in oxidized ferredoxin, and at 652, 820, and 920 nm in reduced ferredoxin. ...

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

authors： Rawlings J,Siiman O,Gray HB

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells can be induced in vitro, by coculture with the stromal line RP.0.10 and a mixture of interleukins 3, 6, and 7, to differentiate into T (Joro75+) and B (B-220+) lymphocyte progenitors and other (Thy-1+, PgP-1+, c-kit+, Joro75-, B-220-, F4/80-, Mac-1-) hemopoietic precursors. The progeny of in vitro...

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

authors： Gutierrez-Ramos JC,Palacios R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model is presented for age-specific selection on the genotypes in a population. Each genotype is assigned a life table that specifies the viability and fecundity of its age classes. Breeding and reproduction occur at regular intervals, and generations overlap. Examples were generated on a digital computer. Gene freq...

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

authors： Anderson WW,King CE

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ion channels exhibit a slow stochastic switching between distinct modes of gating activity. This feature of channel behavior has pronounced implications for the dynamics of ionic currents and the signaling pathways that they regulate. A canonical example is the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) channel...

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

authors： Bicknell BA,Goodhill GJ

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Following antigen stimulation, naïve T cells differentiate into memory cells that mediate antigen clearance more efficiently upon repeat encounter. Donor-specific tolerance can be achieved in a subset of transplant recipients, but some of these grafts are rejected after years of stability, often following infections. ...

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

authors： Miller ML,McIntosh CM,Wang Y,Chen L,Wang P,Lei YM,Daniels MD,Watkins E,Mora Solano C,Chong AS,Alegre ML

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome demonstrated the potential threat an infectious disease poses in a closely interconnected and interdependent world. Here we introduce a probabilistic model that describes the worldwide spread of infectious diseases and demonstrate that a forecast of the g...

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

authors： Hufnagel L,Brockmann D,Geisel T

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ipl (Tssc3) gene lies in an extended imprinted region of distal mouse chromosome 7, which also contains the Igf2 gene. Expression of Ipl is highest in placenta and yolk sac, where its mRNA is derived almost entirely from the maternal allele. Ipl encodes a small cytoplasmic protein with a pleckstrin-homology (PH) d...

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

authors： Frank D,Fortino W,Clark L,Musalo R,Wang W,Saxena A,Li CM,Reik W,Ludwig T,Tycko B

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic screens have been performed to identify mutants with altered auxin homeostasis in Arabidopsis. A tagged allele of the auxin-overproducing mutant sur2 was identified within a transposon mutagenized population. The SUR2 gene was cloned and shown to encode the CYP83B1 protein, which belongs to the large family of...

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

authors： Barlier I,Kowalczyk M,Marchant A,Ljung K,Bhalerao R,Bennett M,Sandberg G,Bellini C

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncolytic viruses constitute a promising therapy against malignant gliomas (MGs). However, virus-induced type I IFN greatly limits its clinical application. The kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) stimulates type I IFN production via phosphorylation of its effector proteins, 4E-BPs and S6Ks. Here we show that ...

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

authors： Alain T,Lun X,Martineau Y,Sean P,Pulendran B,Petroulakis E,Zemp FJ,Lemay CG,Roy D,Bell JC,Thomas G,Kozma SC,Forsyth PA,Costa-Mattioli M,Sonenberg N

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen free radicals are highly reactive species generated by many cellular oxidation-reduction processes. These radicals damage cellular constituents and have been causally implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases. We report here that oxygen free radicals generated by Fe2+ in aqueous solution are mutagen...

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

authors： Loeb LA,James EA,Waltersdorph AM,Klebanoff SJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin J(2) (PGJ(2)) and its metabolites Delta(12)-PGJ(2) and 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-PGJ(2) (15d-PGJ(2)) are naturally occurring derivatives of prostaglandin D(2) that have been suggested to exert antiinflammatory effects in vivo. 15d-PGJ(2) is a high-affinity ligand for the peroxisome proliferator-activated rec...

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

authors： Straus DS,Pascual G,Li M,Welch JS,Ricote M,Hsiang CH,Sengchanthalangsy LL,Ghosh G,Glass CK

更新日期：2000-04-25 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：:Accurate real-time tracking of influenza outbreaks helps public health officials make timely and meaningful decisions that could save lives. We propose an influenza tracking model, ARGO (AutoRegression with GOogle search data), that uses publicly available online search data. In addition to having a rigorous statistic...

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

authors： Yang S,Santillana M,Kou SC

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and deposition underlie an increasing number of debilitating human disorders. We have shown that model proteins unrelated to disease, such as the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of the p58alpha subunit of bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase (PI3-SH3), can be converted in vitro into assemblies with st...

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

authors： Ventura S,Zurdo J,Narayanan S,Parreño M,Mangues R,Reif B,Chiti F,Giannoni E,Dobson CM,Aviles FX,Serrano L

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase contains four isoforms of the catalytic subunit, p110alpha, -beta, -gamma, and -delta. At physiological levels of expression, the wild-type p110alpha isoform lacks oncogenic potential, but gain-of-function mutations and overexpression of p110alpha are correlated with oncogenicity. The...

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

authors： Kang S,Denley A,Vanhaesebroeck B,Vogt PK

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) causes arrhythmias and heart failure, but the cellular mechanisms for CaMKII-targeted proteins causing disordered cell membrane excitability and myocardial dysfunction remain uncertain. Failing human cardiomyocytes exhibit increased CaMKII and voltage-gated Ca(2+) ...

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

authors： Koval OM,Guan X,Wu Y,Joiner ML,Gao Z,Chen B,Grumbach IM,Luczak ED,Colbran RJ,Song LS,Hund TJ,Mohler PJ,Anderson ME

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen isotope record of the last million years, as provided by a deep sea core sediment, is analyzed by a method recently developed in the theory of dynamical systems. The analysis suggests that climatic variability is the manifestation of a chaotic dynamics described by an attractor of fractal dimensionality. A ...

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

authors： Nicolis C,Nicolis G

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persisting (P) cells (murine cells that resemble mast cells and grow continuously in vitro for prolonged periods in the presence of a specific growth factor) did not express detectable levels of Ia antigens (murine class II major histocompatibility antigens) when their growth was supported by partially purified P cell...

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

authors： Wong GH,Clark-Lewis I,McKimm-Breschkin JL,Schrader JW

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli, selected on the basis of its resistance to colicin N, reveals distinct structural and functional alterations in unspecific OmpF porin. A single mutation [Gly-119-->Asp (G119D)] was identified in the internal loop L3 that contributes critically to the formation of the construction inside t...

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

authors： Jeanteur D,Schirmer T,Fourel D,Simonet V,Rummel G,Widmer C,Rosenbusch JP,Pattus F,Pagès JM

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen bonds and their relative strengths in proteins are of importance for understanding protein structure and protein motions. The correct strength of such hydrogen bonds is experimentally known to vary greatly from approximately 5-6 kcal/mol for the isolated bond to approximately 0.5-1.5 kcal/mol for proteins in ...

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

authors： Sheu SY,Yang DY,Selzle HL,Schlag EW

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:When expressed in Escherichia coli, the human beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptors retain their ligand binding specificity. Their functional integrity was investigated by analyzing receptor-guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory (G) protein coupling by using two splice variants of the alpha subunit of the stimulator...

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

authors： Freissmuth M,Selzer E,Marullo S,Schütz W,Strosberg AD

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evade host immune mechanisms, many bacteria secrete immunomodulatory enzymes. Streptococcus pyogenes, one of the most common human pathogens, secretes a large endoglycosidase, EndoS, which removes carbohydrates in a highly specific manner from IgG antibodies. This modification renders antibodies incapable of elicit...

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

authors： Trastoy B,Lomino JV,Pierce BG,Carter LG,Günther S,Giddens JP,Snyder GA,Weiss TM,Weng Z,Wang LX,Sundberg EJ

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant Escherichia coli strains in which export of the LamB protein (coded for by the lamB gene) to the outer membrane of the cell is prevented have been described previously. One of these mutant strains contains a small (12-base pair) deletion mutation within the region of the lamB gene that codes for the NH2-termina...

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

authors： Emr SD,Silhavy TJ

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic mapping has been used to identify a region of the host genome that determines resistance to fusiform rust disease in loblolly pine where no discrete, simply inherited resistance factors had been previously found by conventional genetic analysis over four decades. A resistance locus, behaving as a single domina...

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

authors： Wilcox PL,Amerson HV,Kuhlman EG,Liu BH,O'Malley DM,Sederoff RR

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine milk lipoprotein lipase was subjected to amino acid sequence analysis. The first 19 amino-terminal residues were Asp-Arg-Ile-Thr-Gly-Gly-Lys-Asp-Phe-Arg-Asp-Ile-Glu-Ser-Lys-Phe-Ala-Leu- Arg. In addition, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of a tryptic digest of reduced and alkylated lipase re...

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

authors： Ben-Avram CM,Ben-Zeev O,Lee TD,Haaga K,Shively JE,Goers J,Pedersen ME,Reeve JR Jr,Schotz MC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood-degrading brown rot fungi are essential recyclers of plant biomass in forest ecosystems. Their efficient cellulolytic systems, which have potential biotechnological applications, apparently depend on a combination of two mechanisms: lignocellulose oxidation (LOX) by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and polysaccharid...

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

authors： Zhang J,Presley GN,Hammel KE,Ryu JS,Menke JR,Figueroa M,Hu D,Orr G,Schilling JS

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial clock proteins KaiA and KaiC are proposed as positive and negative regulators in the autoregulatory circadian kaiBC expression, respectively. Here, we show that activation of kaiBC expression by kaiA requires KaiC, suggesting a positive feedback control in the cyanobacterial clockwork. We found that rob...

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

authors： Iwasaki H,Nishiwaki T,Kitayama Y,Nakajima M,Kondo T

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00