Mechanism of action of cholera toxin and the mobile receptor theory of hormone receptor-adenylate cyclase interactions.

abstract：:Certain Escherichia coli mutants defective in phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis accumulate two novel glycolipids, designated X and Y. Lipid X is a diacylglucosamine 1-phosphate bearing beta-hydroxymyristoyl groups at positions 2 and 3, and lipid Y has the same structure as X, except for the additional presence of a pa...

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

authors： Nishijima M,Amano F,Akamatsu Y,Akagawa K,Tokunaga T,Raetz CR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver plays a critical role in inducing systemic immune tolerance, for example, during limiting hypersensitivity to food allergy and in rendering acceptance of allotransplant or even hepatotropic pathogens. We investigated the unknown mechanisms of liver tolerance by using an established hepatitis B virus (HBV)-ca...

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

authors： Xu L,Yin W,Sun R,Wei H,Tian Z

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion that tRNA and 5S rRNA interact through evolutionarily conserved complementary sequences has been tested by nucleolytic modification of the 5S rRNA, using the modified rRNA to reconstitute the large ribosomal subunit, and assaying for poly(uridylic acid)-directed polyphenylalanine synthesis. The 5S rRNA sequ...

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

authors： Pace B,Matthews EA,Johnson KD,Cantor CR,Pace NR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helodermin is a vasoactive intestinal peptide-like peptide in the salivary gland venom of the lizard Heloderma suspectum. Helodermin-like immunofluorescence was observed in the parafollicular (C) cells in several mammals and in the C cell homologues of the chicken ultimobranchial gland. Thus, helodermin-like peptides ...

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

authors： Grunditz T,Persson P,Håkanson R,Absood A,Böttcher G,Rerup C,Sundler F

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of bovine TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), LH (luteinizing hormone), and their subunits to the TSH receptor of beef thyroid membranes was compared to stimulation by these agents of adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase(cyelizing), EC 4.6.1.1] in the same membranes, glucose oxidation in dog thyroid s...

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

authors： Wolff J,Winand RJ,Kohn LD

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toward understanding their redundancies and interactions in hemostasis and thrombosis, we examined the roles of thrombin receptors (protease-activated receptors, PARs) and the ADP receptor P2RY12 (purinergic receptor P2Y G protein-coupled 12) in human and mouse platelets ex vivo and in mouse models. Par3(-/-) and Par4...

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

authors： Cornelissen I,Palmer D,David T,Wilsbacher L,Concengco C,Conley P,Pandey A,Coughlin SR

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The embryonic sites in which progenitors of the hematopoietic lineages first emerge are ideal regions to characterize both the cells and environment needed to initiate blood cell development. For a number of years both the murine yolk sac and embryo have been recognized to contain progenitors of B lymphocytes. However...

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

authors： Cumano A,Furlonger C,Paige CJ

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three classes of heterogeneous nuclear RNA (HnRNA) alpha, beta, and gamma, with different chemical and physical properties, can be identified in the early sea urchin embryo by hybridization with poly(U). The relative amounts of these classes vary as a function of embryonic development. It is demonstrated here that the...

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

authors： Dubroff LM

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of auditory sensitivity in terms of the cochlear potentials were made in young specimens of three species of crocodilians, Caiman crocodilus and Alligator mississipiensis of the subfamily Alligatorinae and Crocodylus acutus of the subfamily Crocodylinae. These species show considerable similarity in their...

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

authors： Wever EG

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genetic maps of Papuan Saccharum officinarum L. (2n = 80) and S. robustum (2n = 80) were constructed by using single-dose DNA markers (SDMs). SDM-framework maps of S. officinarum and S. robustum were compared with genetic maps of sorghum and maize by way of anchor restriction fragment length polymorphism p...

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

authors： Guimarães CT,Sills GR,Sobral BW

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polymorphisms of the transcription factor 4 (TCF4) have been shown to increase the risk for schizophrenia, particularly TCF4 rs9960767. This polymorphism is associated with impaired sensorimotor gating measured by prepulse inhibition--an established endophenotype of schizophrenia. We therefore investigated whe...

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

authors： Quednow BB,Brinkmeyer J,Mobascher A,Nothnagel M,Musso F,Gründer G,Savary N,Petrovsky N,Frommann I,Lennertz L,Spreckelmeyer KN,Wienker TF,Dahmen N,Thuerauf N,Clepce M,Kiefer F,Majic T,Mössner R,Maier W,Gallinat J,D

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a high-efficiency nucleic acid delivery system that uses receptor-mediated endocytosis to carry DNA macromolecules into cells. We accomplished this by conjugating the iron-transport protein transferrin to polycations that bind nucleic acids. Human transferrin, as well as the chicken homologue conalbu...

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

authors： Wagner E,Zenke M,Cotten M,Beug H,Birnstiel ML

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 60,000 y humans have expanded across the globe and now occupy a wider range than any other terrestrial species. Our ability to successfully adapt to such a diverse range of habitats is often explained in terms of our cognitive ability. Humans have relatively bigger brains and more computing power than othe...

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

authors： Boyd R,Richerson PJ,Henrich J

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The latent membrane protein (LMP1) of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is expressed in EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is notoriously metastatic. Although it is established that LMP1 represses E-cadherin expression and enhances the invasive ability of carcinoma cells, the mechanism underlying this repression re...

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

authors： Tsai CN,Tsai CL,Tse KP,Chang HY,Chang YS

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Free gangliosides bind fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), thus preventing cell interaction and biological activity of the growth factor in endothelial cells. Here we investigated the role of cell-associated gangliosides in mediating the biological activity of FGF2. Treatment of endothelial cells of different origin wi...

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

authors： Rusnati M,Urbinati C,Tanghetti E,Dell'Era P,Lortat-Jacob H,Presta M

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major challenge in liver surgery. Diet restriction reduces liver damage by increasing stress resistance; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated the preventive effect of 12-h fasting on mouse liver IRI. Partial warm hepatic IRI model...

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

authors： Miyauchi T,Uchida Y,Kadono K,Hirao H,Kawasoe J,Watanabe T,Ueda S,Okajima H,Terajima H,Uemoto S

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Poliovirus RNA polymerase requires a host factor to initiate RNA synthesis in vitro. The host factor was previously purified to near homogeneity from HeLa cells but was not assigned an enzymatic activity. This report describes the purification of a terminal uridylyltransferase that can act as host factor. By all crite...

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

authors： Andrews NC,Baltimore D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The region of the murine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) between the Pb (A beta 3) and Ob (A beta 2) genes controls the expression of an intracellular complex named the LMP (low molecular weight polypeptide) complex. DNA probes for at least seven different genes mapping to this region were isolated. These hybri...

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

authors： Cho S,Attaya M,Brown MG,Monaco JJ

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:After sublethal (6 Gy) whole-body irradiation, the C57BL/Ba (Thy-1.1) murine thymus regenerated in two waves, on days 3-10 and 25-32, separated by a severe relapse. The second phase of depletion-reconstitution reproduced the first one, in a less synchronous manner. The depletion affected all cell subsets, but CD4+ CD8...

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

authors： Penit C,Ezine S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonselective ex vivo assay was used to directly detect and quantify zidovudine (AZT)-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the blood of treated and untreated patients. In contrast to previous reports, drug-resistant virus was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a few of the patients ...

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

authors： Mohri H,Singh MK,Ching WT,Ho DD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of bacterial cell morphogenesis remains largely an open question. Here we discover a morphogenic protein, RodZ, which is widely conserved across the bacterial kingdom. In Caulobacter crescentus, RodZ is essential for viability and is involved in all aspects of this organism's complex morphology. De...

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

authors： Alyahya SA,Alexander R,Costa T,Henriques AO,Emonet T,Jacobs-Wagner C

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6.1-kilobase insertion into the rudimentary (r) gene was cloned and partially sequenced. The insertion consists of a 703-base-pair (bp) P element next to a 5.4-kilobase single-copy sequence. The normal position of the single-copy sequence is near the tip of the X chromosome. Upon insertion into the r gene, this chim...

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

authors： Tsubota SI,Huong DV

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation has been used to selectively separate the circadian oscillator function of the eye of Aplysia from some of its other functions--synchronous compound action potential (CAP) generation, the light response, synaptic transmission between photoreceptors and output neurons, and the bursting pacemaker mech...

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

authors： Woolum JC,Strumwasser F

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obligate intracellular pathogens such as Leishmania specifically target host phagocytes for survival and replication. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ (PI3Kγ), a member of the class I PI3Ks that is highly expressed by leukocytes, controls cell migration by initiating actin polymerization and cytoskeletal reorganization, wh...

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

authors： Cummings HE,Barbi J,Reville P,Oghumu S,Zorko N,Sarkar A,Keiser TL,Lu B,Rückle T,Varikuti S,Lezama-Davila C,Wewers MD,Whitacre C,Radzioch D,Rommel C,Seveau S,Satoskar AR

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferredoxin:NADPH oxidoreductase (FNR) is a key enzyme of photosynthetic electron transport required for generation of reduction equivalents. Recently, two proteins were found to be involved in membrane-anchoring of FNR by specific interaction via a conserved Ser/Pro-rich motif: Tic62 and Trol. Our crystallographic stu...

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

authors： Alte F,Stengel A,Benz JP,Petersen E,Soll J,Groll M,Bölter B

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:HBc, the capsid-forming "core protein" of human hepatitis B virus (HBV), is a multidomain, α-helical homodimer that aggressively forms human HBV capsids. Structural plasticity has been proposed to be important to the myriad functions HBc mediates during viral replication. Here, we report detailed thermodynamic analyse...

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

authors： Alexander CG,Jürgens MC,Shepherd DA,Freund SM,Ashcroft AE,Ferguson N

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for studying RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein assembly in vivo, by using RNA synthesized in vitro. SP6-transcribed 32P-labeled U2 small nuclear RNA precursor molecules were introduced into cultured human 293 cells by calcium phosphate-mediated uptake, as in standard DNA transfection experiments...

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

authors： Kleinschmidt AM,Pederson T

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leukemic fusion gene AML1-MDS1-EVI1 (AME) encodes a chimeric transcription factor that results from the t(3,21)(q26;q22) translocation seen in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome, or with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis. The myeloid transcription factor CEBP...

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

authors： Helbling D,Mueller BU,Timchenko NA,Hagemeijer A,Jotterand M,Meyer-Monard S,Lister A,Rowley JD,Huegli B,Fey MF,Pabst T

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasm and biomembranes in biological cells contain large numbers of proteins that cyclically change their shapes. They are molecular machines that can function as molecular motors or carry out various other tasks in the cell. Many enzymes also undergo conformational changes within their turnover cycles. We ana...

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

authors： Mikhailov AS,Kapral R

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A target protein for nalidixic and oxolinic acids in Escherichia coli, the nalA gene product (Pnal), was purified to homogeneity as judged by gel electrophoresis, using an in vitro complementation assay. It is a dimer of identical 110,000-dalton subunits. A polypeptide of this molecular weight is uniquely induced by a...

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

authors： Sugino A,Peebles CL,Kreuzer KN,Cozzarelli NR

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00