Hydrodynamic narrowing of tubes extruded from cells.

abstract：:Cell-specific activation of the transcription factor sigma F during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is controlled by a regulatory pathway involving the proteins SpoIIE, SpoIIAA, and SpoIIAB. SpoIIAB is an antagonist of sigma F, and SpoIIAA, which is capable of overcoming SpoIIAB-mediated inhibition of sigma F, is an ...

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

authors： Arigoni F,Duncan L,Alper S,Losick R,Stragier P

更新日期：1996-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial virulence factors are typically surface-associated or secreted molecules that in Gram-negative bacteria must cross the outer membrane (OM). Protein translocation across the bacterial OM is not well understood. To elucidate this process we studied P pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli. We present high-resolu...

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

authors： Thanassi DG,Saulino ET,Lombardo MJ,Roth R,Heuser J,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the usefulness of in vivo mode for the investigation of the pathophysiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, we modified the construction of SCID mice implanted with human fetal thymus and liver (thy/liv-SCID-hu mice) so that the peripheral blood of the mice contained significant numbers of ...

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

authors： Kollmann TR,Pettoello-Mantovani M,Katopodis NF,Hachamovitch M,Rubinstein A,Kim A,Goldstein H

更新日期：1996-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter is regulated by steroid hormones through a hormone-responsive region that is organized in a positioned nucleosome. Hormone induction leads to a structural change of this nucleosome which makes its DNA more sensitive to cleavage by DNase I and enables simultaneous binding o...

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

authors： Bartsch J,Truss M,Bode J,Beato M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a cDNA clone, called Dmyd for Drosophila myogenic-determination gene, that encodes a protein with structural and functional characteristics similar to the members of the vertebrate MyoD family. Dmyd clone encodes a polypeptide of 332 amino acids with 82% identity to MyoD in the 41 amino acids of the p...

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

authors： Paterson BM,Walldorf U,Eldridge J,Dübendorfer A,Frasch M,Gehring WJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient transfection assay using Drosophila S2 tissue culture cells and WT and mutant Drosophila vnd/NK-2 homeobox cDNAs was used to localize repression and activation domains of vnd/NK-2 homeodomain protein. A repression domain was identified near the N terminus of vnd/NK-2 homeodomain protein (amino acid residue...

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

authors： Stepchenko A,Nirenberg M

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of systemic inflammation and sepsis involves peripheral organs, causing gastrointestinal, renal, and cardiovascular alterations, as well as the central nervous system (CNS), affecting sleep, temperature regulation, behavior, and neuroendocrine function. The molecular basis of the CNS effects of sys...

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

authors： Wong ML,Bongiorno PB,Rettori V,McCann SM,Licinio J

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration, the adherence of infected erythrocytes containing late developmental stages of the parasite (trophozoites and schizonts) to the endothelium of capillaries and venules, is characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum infections. We have studied two host factors, the spleen and antibody, that influence sequest...

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

authors： David PH,Hommel M,Miller LH,Udeinya IJ,Oligino LD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem II (PSII) is an intrinsic membrane protein complex that functions as a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase in oxygenic photosynthesis. Electron transport in PSII is associated with formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsible for oxidative modifications of PSII proteins. In this study...

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

authors： Kumar A,Prasad A,Sedlářová M,Kale R,Frankel LK,Sallans L,Bricker TM,Pospíšil P

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term memory relies on modulation of synaptic connections in response to experience. This plasticity involves trafficking of AMPA receptors (AMPAR) and alteration of spine morphology. Arc, a gene induced by synaptic activity, mediates the endocytosis of AMPA receptors and is required for both long-term and homeost...

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

authors： Peebles CL,Yoo J,Thwin MT,Palop JJ,Noebels JL,Finkbeiner S

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of growth factors and cytokines has been implicated in a variety of physiological and developmental processes within the cardiovascular system. Smad proteins are a recently described family of intracellular signaling proteins that transduce signals in response...

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

authors： Topper JN,DiChiara MR,Brown JD,Williams AJ,Falb D,Collins T,Gimbrone MA Jr

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Before fertilization, vertebrate eggs are arrested in meiosis II by cytostatic factor (CSF), which holds the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) in an inactive state. It was recently reported that Mos, an integral component of CSF, acts in part by promoting the Rsk-mediated phosphorylation of the APC inhibitor Emi2/Erp1....

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

authors： Wu JQ,Hansen DV,Guo Y,Wang MZ,Tang W,Freel CD,Tung JJ,Jackson PK,Kornbluth S

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca channel currents were studied in freshly dispersed bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells to better understand the control of aldosterone secretion by extracellular K concentration (Ko) and angiotensin II (AII). The whole-cell variation of the patch voltage clamp technique was used. Two types of Ca channels were found. O...

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

authors： Cohen CJ,McCarthy RT,Barrett PQ,Rasmussen H

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operating rooms (ORs) are inhabited by hierarchical, mixed-gender clinical teams that are often prone to conflict. In evolutionary terms, one expects more within- than between-gender rivalries, especially since the OR is a place where all sorts of social interactions occur, not merely technical communications. To docu...

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

authors： Jones LK,Jennings BM,Higgins MK,de Waal FBM

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult stem cells represent unique populations of undifferentiated cells with self-renewal capacity. In many tissues, stem cells divide less often than their progeny. It has been widely speculated, but largely untested, that their undifferentiated and quiescent state may make stem cells more efficient as donors for clo...

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

authors： Li J,Greco V,Guasch G,Fuchs E,Mombaerts P

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A gamma-trace variant protein is the major constituent of the amyloid fibrils in patients from Iceland with hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis. The protein consists of 110 residues and is similar to human urinary gamma-trace basic protein (or cystatin C) beginning at its 11th amino-terminal residue. It ha...

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

authors： Ghiso J,Jensson O,Frangione B

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective stages of the protozoan parasite Leishmania spp. accumulate a class of beta-1,2-mannan oligosaccharides as their major carbohydrate reserve material. Here, we describe the biosynthesis of Leishmania mannan. Mannan precursors were identified by metabolic labeling of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes with [(3)...

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

authors： Sernee MF,Ralton JE,Dinev Z,Khairallah GN,O'Hair RA,Williams SJ,McConville MJ

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A dinuclear nickel complex with methyl and thiolate ligands, Ni(dadt(Et))Ni(Me)(SDmp) (2), has been synthesized as a dinuclear Ni(d)-Ni(p)-site model of acetyl-CoA synthase (ACS) (dadt(Et) is N,N'-diethyl-3,7-diazanonane-1,9-dithiolate; Dmp is 2,6-dimesitylphenyl). Complex 2 was prepared via 2 methods: (i) ligand subs...

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

authors： Ito M,Kotera M,Matsumoto T,Tatsumi K

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular models generally used in the in vitro evaluation of anti-human immunodeficiency virus compounds are dividing cells. A model constituted by resting lymphocytes may more accurately reflect a drug's future efficacy in humans, since viral DNA synthesis is known to take place in quiescent cells, creating a res...

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

authors： Malley SD,Grange JM,Hamedi-Sangsari F,Vila JR

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth decay (dental caries) is a widespread human disease caused by microbial biofilms. Streptococcus mutans, a biofilm-former, has been consistently associated with severe childhood caries; however, how this bacterium is spatially organized with other microorganisms in the oral cavity to promote disease remains unkno...

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

authors： Kim D,Barraza JP,Arthur RA,Hara A,Lewis K,Liu Y,Scisci EL,Hajishengallis E,Whiteley M,Koo H

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family 3 (SLAMF3/Ly9) is a coregulatory molecule implicated in T-cell activation and differentiation. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by aberrant T-cell activation and compromised IL-2 production, leading to abnormal regulatory T-cell (Treg) development/fun...

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

authors： Comte D,Karampetsou MP,Kis-Toth K,Yoshida N,Bradley SJ,Mizui M,Kono M,Solomon JR,Kyttaris VC,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2016-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of an amino acid other than aspartic acid at position 57 of the HLA-DQ beta chain (non-Asp-57) is highly associated with susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), whereas an aspartic acid at this position (Asp-57) appears to confer resistance to the disease. We hypothesize that the 30-...

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

authors： Dorman JS,LaPorte RE,Stone RA,Trucco M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast gene has been identified by screening for DNA replication mutants using a permeabilized cell replication assay. The mutant is temperature sensitive for growth and shows a cell cycle phenotype typical of DNA replication mutants. RNA synthesis is normal in the mutant but DNA synthesis ceases upon shift to the no...

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

authors： Budd ME,Campbell JL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies can be developed to directly inhibit almost any protein, but their inability to enter the cytosol limits inhibitory antibodies to membrane-associated or extracellular targets. Developing a cytosolic antibody delivery system would offer unique opportunities to directly inhibit and study intracellular protein...

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

authors： Wang HH,Tsourkas A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATR (ATM- and rad3-related)-mediated checkpoint pathway has a crucial role in regulating the cellular responses to DNA damage and DNA-replication stress. ATRIP (ATR-interacting protein), the regulatory partner of ATR, binds directly to replication protein A (RPA)-coated ssDNA and enables the ATR-ATRIP complex to r...

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

authors： Namiki Y,Zou L

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteolysis is a new paradigm in biology that controls signaling events throughout evolution. Hydrolysis of peptide bonds is thought to occur within the normally hydrophobic membrane environment, but insights into this unusual activity have been lacking because of difficulty in recapitulating activity in...

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

authors： Urban S,Wolfe MS

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Vision loss affects >3 million Americans and many more people worldwide. Although predisposing genes have been identified their link to known environmental factors is unclear. In wild-type animals DNA alkylating agents induce photoreceptor apoptosis and severe retinal degeneration. Alkylation-induced retinal degenerat...

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

authors： Meira LB,Moroski-Erkul CA,Green SL,Calvo JA,Bronson RT,Shah D,Samson LD

更新日期：2009-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike the dominant role of one class II invariant chain peptide (CLIP) in blocking MHC class II, comparative lipidomics analysis shows that human cluster of differentiation (CD) proteins CD1a, CD1b, CD1c, and CD1d bind lipids corresponding to hundreds of diverse accurate mass retention time values. Although most ions...

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

authors： Huang S,Cheng TY,Young DC,Layre E,Madigan CA,Shires J,Cerundolo V,Altman JD,Moody DB

更新日期：2011-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the rare initiation triplet AUU on mRNA translation was investigated by comparing the activity of two pairs of model mRNAs that differ in the length of Shine-Dalgarno and spacer sequences. Irrespective of the initiation triplet (AUG or AUU), all mRNAs had similar template activity in vitro, but transl...

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

authors： La Teana A,Pon CL,Gualerzi CO

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual deficits caused by abnormal visual experience during development are hard to recover in adult animals. Removal of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans from the mature extracellular matrix with chondroitinase ABC promotes plasticity in the adult visual cortex. We tested whether chondroitinase ABC treatment of adult...

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

authors： Pizzorusso T,Medini P,Landi S,Baldini S,Berardi N,Maffei L

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00