The cell-shape protein MreC interacts with extracytoplasmic proteins including cell wall assembly complexes in Caulobacter crescentus.

abstract：:Amyloids are often associated with pathologic processes such as in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but can also underlie physiological processes such as pigmentation. Formation of pathological and functional amyloidogenic substrates can require precursor processing by proteases, as exemplified by the generation of Aβ peptid...

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

authors： Rochin L,Hurbain I,Serneels L,Fort C,Watt B,Leblanc P,Marks MS,De Strooper B,Raposo G,van Niel G

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:TREK channels produce background currents that regulate cell excitability. These channels are sensitive to a wide variety of stimuli including polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), phospholipids, mechanical stretch, and intracellular acidification. They are inhibited by neurotransmitters, hormones, and pharmacological ...

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

authors： Sandoz G,Bell SC,Isacoff EY

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:DBA/2 mice immunized with poly(A).poly(U) complexed with methylated bovine serum albumin and emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant were protected against challenge with Friend leukemia virus. There was no correlation between the level of antibody to the immunogen in the prechallenge serum and induced resistance to ...

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

authors： Nahon-Merlin E,Lacour F,Friend C,Revoltella R

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophenoloxidases (PPOs) are key enzymes of the melanization reaction, which is a prominent defense mechanism of arthropods. The mosquito Aedes aegypti has ten PPO genes in the genome, four of which (PPO1, PPO3, PPO5, and PPO8) were expressed in response to microbial infection. Cactus depletion resulted in transcripti...

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

authors： Zou Z,Shin SW,Alvarez KS,Bian G,Kokoza V,Raikhel AS

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatasia is an inherited disorder characterized by defective bone mineralization and a deficiency of serum and tissue liver/bone/kidney alkaline phosphatase (L/B/K ALP) activity. Clinical severity is variable, ranging from death in utero (due to severe rickets) to pathologic fractures first presenting in adult...

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

authors： Weiss MJ,Cole DE,Ray K,Whyte MP,Lafferty MA,Mulivor RA,Harris H

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-regulatory networks are ubiquitous in nature and critical for bottom-up engineering of synthetic networks. Transcriptional repression is a fundamental function that can be tuned at the level of DNA, protein, and cooperative protein-protein interactions, necessitating high-throughput experimental approaches for in...

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

authors： Swank Z,Laohakunakorn N,Maerkl SJ

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutase from chicken-liver mitochondria (manganese enzyme) and the two dismutases from Escherichia coli (manganese and iron enzymes) were analyzed through 29 cycles of automated Edman degradations. The high degree of homology among the amino-terminal sequences of these three dismutases corroborates their ...

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

authors： Steinman HM,Hill RL

更新日期：1973-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) acts as a processivity factor for replicative DNA polymerases and is essential for DNA replication. In vitro studies have suggested a role for PCNA-in the repair synthesis step of nucleotide excision repair, and PCNA interacts with the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21...

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

authors： Torres-Ramos CA,Yoder BL,Burgers PM,Prakash S,Prakash L

更新日期：1996-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome is the photoreceptor that controls red light-mediated morphogenesis in higher plants. It exists in two photointerconvertible forms, a red light-absorbing form, Pr, and a far-red light-absorbing form, Pfr. Because photoconversion of Pr to Pfr by a brief light pulse decreases the in vivo half-life of this ch...

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

authors： Shanklin J,Jabben M,Vierstra RD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about genetic regulation of the development of white matter. This knowledge is critical in understanding the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental syndromes associated with altered cognition as well as in elucidating the genetics of normal human cognition. The hemideletion of approximately 25 genes on ...

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

authors： Marenco S,Siuta MA,Kippenhan JS,Grodofsky S,Chang WL,Kohn P,Mervis CB,Morris CA,Weinberger DR,Meyer-Lindenberg A,Pierpaoli C,Berman KF

更新日期：2007-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms that control the levels and activities of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in normal human mammary cells are poorly understood. We show that purified normal human basal mammary epithelial cells maintain low levels of ROS primarily by a glutathione-dependent but inefficient antioxidant mechanism that uses mitoc...

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

authors： Kannan N,Nguyen LV,Makarem M,Dong Y,Shih K,Eirew P,Raouf A,Emerman JT,Eaves CJ

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins function as molecular relays that mediate signal transduction from heptahelical receptors in the cell membrane to intracellular effector proteins. Crystallographic studies have demonstrated that guanine nucleotide exchange on the Galpha subunit causes specific conformational changes in three ...

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

authors： Oldham WM,Van Eps N,Preininger AM,Hubbell WL,Hamm HE

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterigmatocystin (ST), a potent hepatocarcinogen, was covalently bound to calf thymus DNA by incubation in the presence of phenobarbital-induced rat liver microsomes. Acid hydrolysis of ST-modified DNA liberated a major guanine-containing adduct, present in DNA at an estimated level of 1 ST residue per 100-150 nucleot...

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

authors： Essigmann JM,Barker LJ,Fowler KW,Francisco MA,Reinhold VN,Wogan GN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fall migratory monarch butterflies, tested for their directional responses to magnetic cues under three conditions, amagnetic, normal, and reversed magnetic fields, showed three distinct patterns. In the absence of a magnetic field, monarchs lacked directionality as a group. In the normal magnetic field, monarchs orie...

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

authors： Etheredge JA,Perez SM,Taylor OR,Jander R

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic poisoning affects millions of people worldwide. Human arsenic intake from rice consumption can be substantial because rice is particularly efficient in assimilating arsenic from paddy soils, although the mechanism has not been elucidated. Here we report that two different types of transporters mediate transpor...

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

authors： Ma JF,Yamaji N,Mitani N,Xu XY,Su YH,McGrath SP,Zhao FJ

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An established line of mouse fibroblasts, C3H/10T1/2 cells, was used for the assessment in vitro of oncogenic transformations caused by single and split doses of x-rays. The shape of the dose-response relationship was determined over the range from 0.1 to 10 Gy. It was found that splitting the x-ray dose into two equa...

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

authors： Miller RC,Hall EJ,Rossi HH

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules are heterodimeric glycoproteins with one alpha and one beta polypeptide chain of similar molecular size. In this report, we describe the binding of an acetylated N-terminal peptide of myelin basic protein, [Ala4]MBP-(1-14), to purified individual alpha and beta...

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

authors： Nag B,Wada HG,Deshpande SV,Passmore D,Kendrick T,Sharma SD,Clark BR,McConnell HM

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intergroup conflict is a persistent feature of many human societies yet little is known about why individuals participate when doing so imposes a mortality risk. To evaluate whether participation in warfare is associated with reproductive benefits, we present data on participation in small-scale livestock raids among ...

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

authors： Glowacki L,Wrangham R

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjugal transmission of plasmid ColE1 and its derivatives can lead to recA-independent recombination. The recombination is not observed during vegetative growth and takes place specifically between the sequences that are thought to represent the transfer origin of ColE1. This provides genetic evidence for breakag...

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

authors： Warren GJ,Clark AJ

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant plasmids containing cDNA inserts from human leukocyte interferon (IFN-alpha), fibroblast interferon (IFN-beta), or immune interferon (INF-gamma) genes were radiolabeled and hybridized in situ to human metaphase chromosome preparations. The results localized the human IFN-alpha and IFN-beta genes to the sho...

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

authors： Trent JM,Olson S,Lawn RM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is an important mediator of diabetic nephropathy. We showed previously that short-term treatment with a neutralizing monoclonal anti-TGF-beta antibody (alphaT) in streptozotocin-diabetic mice prevents early changes of renal hypertrophy and incr...

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

authors： Ziyadeh FN,Hoffman BB,Han DC,Iglesias-De La Cruz MC,Hong SW,Isono M,Chen S,McGowan TA,Sharma K

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidants, such as those generated by metabolically activated phagocytes in inflammation, have been implicated in the metabolic activation of carcinogens, and in this study we demonstrate that the interaction of (+/-)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BP 7,8-dihydrodiol) with phorbol ester-stimulated polym...

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

authors： Trush MA,Seed JL,Kensler TW

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) is a recently recognized illness characterized by debilitating fatigue as well as immunological and neurological abnormalities [Straus, S.E. (1988) J. Inf. Dis. 157, 405-412]. Once thought to be caused by Epstein-Barr virus, it is now thought to have a different but ...

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

authors： DeFreitas E,Hilliard B,Cheney PR,Bell DS,Kiggundu E,Sankey D,Wroblewska Z,Palladino M,Woodward JP,Koprowski H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations in BRAF are found in 50% of melanomas and although treatment with BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi) is effective, resistance often develops. We now show that recently discovered NRAS isoform 2 is up-regulated in the setting of BRAF inhibitor resistance in melanoma, in both cell lines and patient tumor tissu...

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

authors： Duggan MC,Stiff AR,Bainazar M,Regan K,Olaverria Salavaggione GN,Maharry S,Blachly JS,Krischak M,Walker CJ,Latchana N,Tridandapani S,de la Chapelle A,Eisfeld AK,Carson WE 3rd

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanistic basis for chloroquine resistance (CQR) in Plasmodium falciparum recently has been linked to the polymorphic gene pfcrt. Alleles associated with CQR in natural parasite isolates harbor threonine (T), as opposed to lysine (K) at amino acid 76. P. falciparum CQR strains of African and Southeast Asian orig...

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

authors： Mehlotra RK,Fujioka H,Roepe PD,Janneh O,Ursos LM,Jacobs-Lorena V,McNamara DT,Bockarie MJ,Kazura JW,Kyle DE,Fidock DA,Zimmerman PA

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In flowering plants, extensive male-female interactions are required for successful fertilization in which various signaling cascades are involved. Prevacuolar compartments (PVC) and vacuoles are two types of subcellular compartments that terminate signal transduction by sequestrating signaling molecules in yeast and ...

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

authors： Hao L,Liu J,Zhong S,Gu H,Qu LJ

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:To enter host cells, vaccinia virus, a prototype poxvirus, can induce transient macropinocytosis followed by endocytic internalization and penetration through the limiting membrane of pinosomes by membrane fusion. Although mature virions (MVs) of the Western reserve (WR) strain do this in HeLa cells by activating tran...

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

authors： Mercer J,Knébel S,Schmidt FI,Crouse J,Burkard C,Helenius A

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and functional organization of the cell nucleus has been investigated using three-dimensional reconstruction, immunoelectron microscopy, and high-resolution in situ autoradiography. Nuclear regions enriched in small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) form a reticular network within the nucleop...

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

authors： Spector DL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relying on a quantitative analysis of the patenting and assignment behavior of inventors, we highlight the evolution of institutions that encouraged trade in technology and a growing division of labor between those who invented new technologies and those who exploited them commercially over the nineteenth and early-tw...

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

authors： Lamoreaux NR,Sokoloff KL

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal RNA, which is a component of the chromosomes of higher organisms, and whose participation is required for sequence-specific interaction of chromosomal proteins with chromosomal DNA, occurs in chromosomes bound to DNA. We have found that the DNA sequences to which chromosomal RNA binds are repetitive ones. ...

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

authors： Sivolap YM,Bonner J

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00