Scrapie-associated prion protein accumulates in astrocytes during scrapie infection.

abstract：:Mitogen-stimulated scheduled DNA synthesis and DNA excision repair in human lymphocytes, as well as DNA polymerase a activity in a cell-free system, were inhibited by an electrophilic metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene. This metabolite, (+/-)-anti-(7r,8t)-dihydroxy-(9,10t)-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahyd robenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE), co...

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

authors： Busbee DL,Joe CO,Norman JO,Rankin PW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial ecology is revealing the vast diversity of strains and species that coexist in many environments, ranging from free-living communities to the symbionts that compose the human microbiome. In parallel, there is growing evidence of the importance of cooperative phenotypes for the growth and behavior of microbia...

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

authors： Mitri S,Xavier JB,Foster KR

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown previously that the binding of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) to resident mouse peritoneal macrophages can be inhibited (up to 70%) by the apoprotein B (apoB) isolated from OxLDL, suggesting that macrophage recognition of OxLDL is primarily dependent on its modified protein moiety. However,...

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

authors： Bird DA,Gillotte KL,Hörkkö S,Friedman P,Dennis EA,Witztum JL,Steinberg D

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the non-self-complementary DNA heptamer d(CGACGAC) at low pH has been determined by the quantitative NMR refinement procedure designated SPEDREF (SPEctral-Driven REFinement). Acid-base titration of the molecule indicated a prominent n = 2 pKa near 6.8. In the pH range up to 6.0, the heptamer forms a r...

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

authors： Robinson H,Wang AH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influential role of Wnt5a in tumor progression underscores the requirement for developing molecules that can target Wnt5a-mediated cellular responses. In the aggressive skin cancer, melanoma, elevated Wnt5a expression promotes cell motility and drives metastasis. Two approaches can be used to counteract these effe...

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

authors： Jenei V,Sherwood V,Howlin J,Linnskog R,Säfholm A,Axelsson L,Andersson T

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible biological electron transfer usually occurs between redox couples at standard redox potentials ranging from +0.8 to -0.5 V. Dearomatizing benzoyl-CoA reductases (BCRs), key enzymes of the globally relevant microbial degradation of aromatic compounds at anoxic sites, catalyze a biological Birch reduction bey...

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

authors： Huwiler SG,Löffler C,Anselmann SEL,Stärk HJ,von Bergen M,Flechsler J,Rachel R,Boll M

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Satellite tobacco necrosis virus (STNV) is one of the smallest viruses known. Its genome encodes only its coat protein (CP) subunit, relying on the polymerase of its helper virus TNV for replication. The genome has been shown to contain a cryptic set of dispersed assembly signals in the form of stem-loops that each pr...

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

authors： Patel N,Wroblewski E,Leonov G,Phillips SEV,Tuma R,Twarock R,Stockley PG

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes are complex, self-organized structures that define boundaries and compartmentalize space in living matter. Composed of a wide variety of lipid and protein molecules, these responsive surfaces mediate transmembrane signaling and material transport within the cell and with its environment. It is wel...

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

authors： Watkins EB,Miller CE,Majewski J,Kuhl TL

更新日期：2011-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides bind MHC class I molecules by anchoring hydrophobic side chains into pockets in the peptide binding groove. Here, we report an immunogenic (in vitro and in vivo) MUC1 glycopeptide (MUC1-8-5GalNAc) bound to H-2Kb, fully crossreactive with the nonglycosylated variant. Molecular modeling showed that the central ...

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

authors： Apostolopoulos V,Yuriev E,Ramsland PA,Halton J,Osinski C,Li W,Plebanski M,Paulsen H,McKenzie IF

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported effects of anti-CD154 treatment on autoimmunity, alloreactivity, and inflammatory events mediated by macrophages and endothelial cells indicated that it might be an ideal agent for the prevention of intrahepatic islet allograft failure. This hypothesis was tested in MHC-mismatched rhesus monkeys. Transplantat...

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

authors： Kenyon NS,Chatzipetrou M,Masetti M,Ranuncoli A,Oliveira M,Wagner JL,Kirk AD,Harlan DM,Burkly LC,Ricordi C

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs comprise a few percent of animal genes and have been recognized as important regulators of a diverse range of biological processes. Understanding the biological functions of miRNAs requires effective means to identify their targets. Combined efforts from computational prediction, miRNA over-expression or dep...

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

authors： Hong X,Hammell M,Ambros V,Cohen SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequence of 178 base pairs preceding the first structural gene of the threonine operon of Escherichia coli has been determined. A region of perfect 2-fold rotational symmetry, involving 28 base pairs, precedes the first structural gene. The structural similarity of this sequence to known RNA polymerase termina...

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

authors： Gardner JF

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regular spacing of somites during vertebrate embryogenesis involves a dynamic gradient of FGF signaling that controls the timing of maturation of cells in the presomitic mesoderm (PSM). How the FGF signal is transduced by PSM cells is unclear. Here, we first show that the FGF gradient is translated into graded act...

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

authors： Delfini MC,Dubrulle J,Malapert P,Chal J,Pourquié O

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider the sequential estimation of p, the probability of success in an infinite sequence of Bernoulli trials, when the loss incurred in stopping after n trials and estimating p by some function delta(n) of the first n outcomes is taken to be [Formula: see text] The loss due to error of estimation is thus the sym...

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

authors： Cabilio P,Robbins H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different total enzyme concentrations on the flux through the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) in vitro was determined by measuring PTS-mediated carbohydrate phosphorylation at different dilutions of cell-free extract of Escherichia coli. The dependence of the fl...

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

authors： Rohwer JM,Postma PW,Kholodenko BN,Westerhoff HV

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two subjects, of 11,000 healthy individuals screened, were found to be missing three and four immunoglobulin isotypes, respectively (IgA1, IgG2, and IgG4; IgA1, IgG2, IgG4, and IgE), and have been analyzed at the DNA level by means of Southern blotting and Ig heavy-chain-specific probes. A broad deletion within the he...

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

authors： Migone N,Oliviero S,de Lange G,Delacroix DL,Boschis D,Altruda F,Silengo L,DeMarchi M,Carbonara AO

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the combined use of DNase I footprinting, electrophoretic mobility-shift assay, and methylation interference analysis, we have identified a series of sequence-specific protein-DNA interactions in the 5' flanking region of the rat osteocalcin gene. Stimulation of osteocalcin gene expression by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin ...

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

authors： Markose ER,Stein JL,Stein GS,Lian JB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K (mitoK(ATP)) channels play a central role in protecting the heart from injury in ischemic preconditioning. In isolated mitochondria exposed to elevated extramitochondrial Ca, P(i), and anoxia to simulate ischemic conditions, the selective mitoK(ATP) channel agonist diazoxide (25-50 microM...

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

authors： Korge P,Honda HM,Weiss JN

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell alphabeta receptor (TCR) recognizes foreign peptide antigens bound to proteins encoded in the MHC. The MHC portion of this complex contributes much to the footprint of the TCR on the ligand, yet T cells are usually very specific for individual foreign peptides. Here, we show that the development of peptide-...

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

authors： Huseby ES,Crawford F,White J,Kappler J,Marrack P

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate added to exponentially growing cells of Hemophilus influenzae strain Rd increases competence for transformation 100- to 10,000-fold. Cyclic AMP added to near-stationary or stationary cells does not increase competence over the high level normally found in the early stationary phase...

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

authors： Wise EM Jr,Alexander SP,Powers M

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast genetic system was developed to study how the basic regions of basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins distinguish between related consensus bHLH binding sites, with nucleotide sequence CANNTG. The yeast bHLH protein CBF1 binds to the sequence CAC(A/G)TG found in the yeast centromere element CDE1 and in promote...

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

authors： Dang CV,Dolde C,Gillison ML,Kato GJ

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Life history events, such as traumatic stress, illness, or starvation, can influence us through molecular changes that are recorded in a pattern of characteristic chromatin modifications. These modifications are often associated with adaptive adjustments in gene expression that can persist throughout the lifetime of t...

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

authors： Demoinet E,Li S,Roy R

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A galanin receptor protein was solubilized with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) from pig brain membranes and then purified by single-step affinity chromatography. The product exhibits saturable and specific binding for galanin with a binding activity of 17 nmol/mg of protein and a dis...

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

authors： Chen Y,Fournier A,Couvineau A,Laburthe M,Amiranoff B

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin, the light-driven proton pump in the purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium, has been studied by inelastic neutron scattering for various conditions of temperature and hydration. Light activation can take place when the membrane is vibrating harmonically. The ability of th...

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

authors： Ferrand M,Dianoux AJ,Petry W,Zaccaï G

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary photochemistry of Fe-depleted and Zn-reconstituted reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1 was studied by transient absorption spectroscopy and compared with native, Fe(2+)-containing reaction centers. Excitation of metal-free reaction centers with 30-ps flashes produced the initial charg...

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

authors： Kirmaier C,Holten D,Debus RJ,Feher G,Okamura MY

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal medullary cells contain high concentrations of myo-inositol, sorbitol, betaine, and glycerophosphocholine, whose levels vary with urinary osmolality. Accumulation of these "compatible" organic osmolytes is believed to help the cells osmoregulate in response to the high extracellular osmolality that occurs as par...

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

authors： Nakanishi T,Turner RJ,Burg MB

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic (Tg) mouse lines that express chimeric mouse-human prion protein (PrP), designated MHu2M, are susceptible to prions from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). With the aim of decreasing the incubation time to fewer than 200 days, we constructed transgenes in which one or more of the nine ...

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

authors： Korth C,Kaneko K,Groth D,Heye N,Telling G,Mastrianni J,Parchi P,Gambetti P,Will R,Ironside J,Heinrich C,Tremblay P,DeArmond SJ,Prusiner SB

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissues are differentially associated with metabolic disorders. In obesity, subcutaneous adipose tissue is beneficial for metabolic homeostasis because of repressed inflammation. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we demonstrat...

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

authors： Hwang I,Jo K,Shin KC,Kim JI,Ji Y,Park YJ,Park J,Jeon YG,Ka S,Suk S,Noh HL,Choe SS,Alfadda AA,Kim JK,Kim S,Kim JB

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-17-producing CD27(-) γδ cells (γδ(27-) cells) are widely viewed as innate immune cells that make critical contributions to host protection and autoimmunity. However, factors that promote them over IFN-γ-producing γδ(27+) cells are poorly elucidated. Moreover, although human IL-17-producing γδ cells are commonly imp...

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

authors： Michel ML,Pang DJ,Haque SF,Potocnik AJ,Pennington DJ,Hayday AC

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

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