The chemokine SDF-1/CXCL12 modulates the firing pattern of vasopressin neurons and counteracts induced vasopressin release through CXCR4.

abstract：:The fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes requires dynamin-like GTPases, Mgm1 in yeast and OPA1 in mammals, but how they mediate membrane fusion is poorly understood. Here, we determined the crystal structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae short Mgm1 (s-Mgm1) in complex with GDP. It revealed an N-terminal GTPase (G) do...

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

authors： Yan L,Qi Y,Ricketson D,Li L,Subramanian K,Zhao J,Yu C,Wu L,Sarsam R,Wong M,Lou Z,Rao Z,Nunnari J,Hu J

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle tracking is a powerful biophysical tool that requires conversion of large video files into position time series, i.e., traces of the species of interest for data analysis. Current tracking methods, based on a limited set of input parameters to identify bright objects, are ill-equipped to handle the spectrum o...

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

authors： Newby JM,Schaefer AM,Lee PT,Forest MG,Lai SK

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nanoparticle-protein conjugates have been synthesized for numerous applications, bioconjugation remains a challenge, often resulting in denaturation or loss of protein function. This is partly because the protein-nanoparticle interface is poorly understood, which impedes the use of nanoparticles in nanomedici...

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

authors： Aubin-Tam ME,Hwang W,Hamad-Schifferli K

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether genes escape X chromosome inactivation by positioning outside of the territory defined by XIST RNA. Results reveal an unanticipated higher order organization of genes and noncoding sequences. All 15 X-linked genes, regardless of activity, position on the border of the XIST RNA territory, which ...

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

authors： Clemson CM,Hall LL,Byron M,McNeil J,Lawrence JB

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:High-accuracy ab initio folding has remained an elusive objective despite decades of effort. To explore the folding landscape of villin headpiece subdomain HP35, we conducted two sets of replica exchange molecular dynamics for 200 ns each and three sets of conventional microsecond-long molecular dynamics simulations, ...

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

authors： Lei H,Wu C,Liu H,Duan Y

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane insulin receptors, affinity labeled by covalent crosslinking to receptor-bound 125I-labeled insulin, are shown to appear as a heterogeneous population of three major disulfide-linked complexes (Mr 350,000, 320,000, and 290,000) upon electrophoresis in highly porous dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gels i...

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

authors： Massague J,Pilch PF,Czech MP

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the genes of the gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis pathway in the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi are organized in a cluster of at least seven genes. P450-1 is one of four cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes in this cluster. Disruption of the P450-1 gene in the GA-producing wild-type strain IMI ...

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

authors： Rojas MC,Hedden P,Gaskin P,Tudzynski B

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking research funding is an essential part of academic life. Funded projects are primarily collaborative in nature through internal and external partnerships, but what role does funding play in the formulation of these partnerships? Here, by examining over 43,000 scientific projects funded over the past three decad...

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

authors： Ma A,Mondragón RJ,Latora V

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease, affecting over 2% of the world's population. The HCV envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 mediate viral entry, with E2 being the main target of neutralizing antibody responses. Structural investigations of E2 have produced templates for vaccine design, including t...

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

authors： Kong L,Lee DE,Kadam RU,Liu T,Giang E,Nieusma T,Garces F,Tzarum N,Woods VL Jr,Ward AB,Li S,Wilson IA,Law M

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alu element has been a major source of new exons during primate evolution. Thousands of human genes contain spliced exons derived from Alu elements. However, identifying Alu exons that have acquired genuine biological functions remains a major challenge. We investigated the creation and establishment of Alu exons ...

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

authors： Shen S,Lin L,Cai JJ,Jiang P,Kenkel EJ,Stroik MR,Sato S,Davidson BL,Xing Y

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretions of the uterus support survival and growth of the conceptus (embryo/fetus and associated membranes) during pregnancy. Galectin-15, also known as OVGAL11 and a previously uncharacterized member of the galectin family of secreted beta-galactoside lectins containing a conserved carbohydrate recognition domain a...

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

authors： Gray CA,Adelson DL,Bazer FW,Burghardt RC,Meeusen EN,Spencer TE

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids, i.e., gangliosides, constitute a major component of neuronal cells and are thought to be essential for brain function. UDP-glucose:ceramide glucosyltransferase (Ugcg) catalyzes the initial step of glycosphingolipid (GSL) biosynthesis. To gain insight into the role of GSLs in ...

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

authors： Jennemann R,Sandhoff R,Wang S,Kiss E,Gretz N,Zuliani C,Martin-Villalba A,Jäger R,Schorle H,Kenzelmann M,Bonrouhi M,Wiegandt H,Gröne HJ

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:If they are able to spread in wild populations, CRISPR-based gene-drive elements would provide new ways to address ecological problems by altering the traits of wild organisms, but the potential for uncontrolled spread tremendously complicates ethical development and use. Here, we detail a self-exhausting form of CRIS...

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

authors： Noble C,Min J,Olejarz J,Buchthal J,Chavez A,Smidler AL,DeBenedictis EA,Church GM,Nowak MA,Esvelt KM

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:One of sleep's putative functions is mediation of adaptation to waking experiences. Chronic stress is a common waking experience; however, which specific aspect of sleep is most responsive, and how sleep changes relate to behavioral disturbances and molecular correlates remain unknown. We quantified sleep, physical, e...

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

authors： Nollet M,Hicks H,McCarthy AP,Wu H,Möller-Levet CS,Laing EE,Malki K,Lawless N,Wafford KA,Dijk DJ,Winsky-Sommerer R

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat skeletal muscle selenoprotein W cDNA was isolated and sequenced. The isolation strategy involved design of degenerate PCR primers from reverse translation of a partial peptide sequence. A reverse transcription-coupled PCR product from rat muscle mRNA was used to screen a muscle cDNA library prepared from selenium-...

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

authors： Vendeland SC,Beilstein MA,Yeh JY,Ream W,Whanger PD

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Pink1, a gene encoding a Ser/Thr kinase with a mitochondrial-targeting signal, are associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), the most common movement disorder characterized by selective loss of dopaminergic neurons. The mechanism by which loss of Pink1 leads to neurodegeneration is not understood. Here we...

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

authors： Yang Y,Gehrke S,Imai Y,Huang Z,Ouyang Y,Wang JW,Yang L,Beal MF,Vogel H,Lu B

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial RsgA, a circularly permutated GTPase, whose GTPase activity is dependent on the 30S ribosomal subunit, is a late-stage ribosome biogenesis factor involved in the 30S subunit maturation. The role of RsgA is to release another 30S biogenesis factor, RbfA, from the mature 30S subunit in a GTP-dependent mann...

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

authors： Guo Q,Yuan Y,Xu Y,Feng B,Liu L,Chen K,Sun M,Yang Z,Lei J,Gao N

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathogenicity of poliovirus can be attenuated by mutations in the internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) within the 5' nontranslated region of its genome. The Sabin vaccine strains used in prevention of poliomyelitis carry such mutations in their IRES elements. In addition, mutations within the structural and nonst...

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

authors： Gromeier M,Alexander L,Wimmer E

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast fatty acid synthase (M(r) = 2.5 x 10(6)) is organized in an alpha 6 beta 6 complex. In these studies, the synthase structure has been examined by negative-stain and cryo-electron microscopy. Side and end views of the structure indicate that the molecule, shaped similar to a prolate ellipsoid, has a high-dens...

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

authors： Stoops JK,Kolodziej SJ,Schroeter JP,Bretaudiere JP,Wakil SJ

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The [A] allele of SNP rs965513 in 9q22 has been consistently shown to be highly associated with increased papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) risk with an odds ratio of ∼1.8 as determined by genome-wide association studies, yet the molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Previously, we noted that the expression of t...

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

authors： He H,Li W,Liyanarachchi S,Srinivas M,Wang Y,Akagi K,Wang Y,Wu D,Wang Q,Jin V,Symer DE,Shen R,Phay J,Nagy R,de la Chapelle A

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment of loss-of-function phenotypes is often a key step in determining the biological function of a gene. We describe a procedure to obtain mutant petunia plants in which a specific gene with known sequence is inactivated by the transposable element dTph1. Leaves are collected from batches of 1000 plants with...

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

authors： Koes R,Souer E,van Houwelingen A,Mur L,Spelt C,Quattrocchio F,Wing J,Oppedijk B,Ahmed S,Maes T

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rad51 is a highly conserved eukaryotic homolog of the prokaryotic recombination protein RecA, which has been shown to function in both recombinational repair of DNA damage and meiotic recombination in yeast. In primary murine B cells cultured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to stimulate heavy chain class switch recombin...

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

authors： Li MJ,Peakman MC,Golub EI,Reddy G,Ward DC,Radding CM,Maizels N

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the hemochromatosis-like phenotype observed in our Usf2 knockout mice. In these mice, as in murine models of hemochromatosis and patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, iron accumulates in parenchymal cells (in particular, liver and pancreas), whereas the reticuloendothelial system is spared fro...

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

authors： Nicolas G,Bennoun M,Porteu A,Mativet S,Beaumont C,Grandchamp B,Sirito M,Sawadogo M,Kahn A,Vaulont S

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe and test a Markov chain model of microsatellite evolution that can explain the different distributions of microsatellite lengths across different organisms and repeat motifs. Two key features of this model are the dependence of mutation rates on microsatellite length and a mutation process that includes bo...

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

authors： Kruglyak S,Durrett RT,Schug MD,Aquadro CF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary game dynamics describe not only frequency-dependent genetic evolution, but also cultural evolution in humans. In this context, successful strategies spread by imitation. It has been shown that the details of strategy update rules can have a crucial impact on evolutionary dynamics in theoretical models and...

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

authors： Traulsen A,Semmann D,Sommerfeld RD,Krambeck HJ,Milinski M

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination regulates, via different modes of modifications, a variety of biological processes, and aberrations in the process have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. However, our ability to dissect the pathophysiological relevance of the ubiquitination code has been hampered...

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

authors： Haj-Yahya M,Fauvet B,Herman-Bachinsky Y,Hejjaoui M,Bavikar SN,Karthikeyan SV,Ciechanover A,Lashuel HA,Brik A

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based or pharmacological approaches for promoting tendon repair are currently not available because the molecular mechanisms of tendon development and healing are not well understood. Although analysis of knockout mice provides many critical insights, small animals such as mice have some limitations. In particula...

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

authors： Suzuki H,Ito Y,Shinohara M,Yamashita S,Ichinose S,Kishida A,Oyaizu T,Kayama T,Nakamichi R,Koda N,Yagishita K,Lotz MK,Okawa A,Asahara H

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Fully atomistic molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations of perfluoroalkylalkane molecules at the surface of water show the spontaneous formation of aggregates whose size and topography closely resemble the experimentally observed hemimicelles for this system. Furthermore, the grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) pat...

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

authors： Silva GMC,Morgado P,Lourenço P,Goldmann M,Filipe EJM

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a member of the family of intermediate filament structural proteins and is found predominantly in astrocytes of the central nervous system (CNS). To assess the function of GFAP, we created GFAP-null mice using gene targeting in embryonic stem cells. The GFAP-null mice have nor...

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

authors： McCall MA,Gregg RG,Behringer RR,Brenner M,Delaney CL,Galbreath EJ,Zhang CL,Pearce RA,Chiu SY,Messing A

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to increase the potency of transcriptional activators are generally unsuccessful because poor expression of activators in mammalian cells limits their delivery to target promoters. Here we report that the effectiveness of chimeric activators can be dramatically improved by expressing them as noncovalent tetram...

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

authors： Natesan S,Molinari E,Rivera VM,Rickles RJ,Gilman M

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00