In the regulation of cytochrome P450 genes, phenobarbital targets LKB1 for necessary activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.

abstract：:We have screened a human DNA library using as probe a chimpanzee sequence that contains homology to the polymerase gene of the endogenous baboon virus. One set of overlapping clones spans about 20 kilobases and contains regions of DNA sequence homology to the gag p30, gag p15, and polymerase genes of Moloney murine le...

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

authors： Bonner TI,O'Connell C,Cohen M

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive cyclooxygenase (COX-1; prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase, EC 1.14.99.1) is present in cells under physiological conditions, whereas COX-2 is induced by some cytokines, mitogens, and endotoxin presumably in pathological conditions, such as inflammation. Therefore, we have assessed the relative inhibitory...

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

authors： Mitchell JA,Akarasereenont P,Thiemermann C,Flower RJ,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The productivity of aquatic ecosystems depends on the supply of limiting nutrients. The invasion of the Laurentian Great Lakes, the world's largest freshwater ecosystem, by dreissenid (zebra and quagga) mussels has dramatically altered the ecology of these lakes. A key open question is how dreissenids affect the cycli...

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

authors： Li J,Ianaiev V,Huff A,Zalusky J,Ozersky T,Katsev S

更新日期：2021-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical studies suggest that high-level cognitive decisions (e.g., choosing between financial options) are suboptimal. In contrast, low-level decisions (e.g., choosing where to put your feet on a rocky ridge) appear near-optimal: the perception-cognition gap. Moreover, in classical tasks, people appear to put too mu...

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

authors： Jarvstad A,Hahn U,Rushton SK,Warren PA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution maps integrated with the enhanced location data base software (LDB+) give improved estimates of genetic parameters and reveal characteristics of cytogenetic bands. Chiasma interference is intermediate between Kosambi and Carter-Falconer levels, as in Drosophila and the mouse. The autosomal genetic map ...

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

authors： Collins A,Frezal J,Teague J,Morton NE

更新日期：1996-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific, cell-aggregating component of embryonic neural retina cells was purified from the retina cell-aggregating factor and characterized as a glycoprotein. Its molecular weight in solution is in the range of 50,000, and it contains 10-15% carbohydrate. The amino-acid and carbohydrate compositions have b...

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

authors： Hausman RE,Moscona AA

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonal rat pituitary cell line GH4C1 expresses the genes for several voltage-dependent potassium channels including Kv1.5 and Kv1.4. Dexamethasone, a glucocorticoid agonist, induces a slowly inactivating potassium current in these cells but does not alter the amplitude of a rapidly inactivating component of potass...

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

authors： Chung S,Saal DB,Kaczmarek LK

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genome-wide nucleosome mappings along with bioinformatics studies have confirmed that the DNA sequence plays a more important role in the collective organization of nucleosomes in vivo than previously thought. Yet in living cells, this organization also results from the action of various external factors like D...

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

authors： Milani P,Chevereau G,Vaillant C,Audit B,Haftek-Terreau Z,Marilley M,Bouvet P,Argoul F,Arneodo A

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 600-base-pair region essential for ColE1 and pMBl plasmid replication contains two promoters responsible for the synthesis of two RNA molecules central to copy number control. One promoter directs synthesis of the primer RNA precursor. The second promoter directs the synthesis of a small RNA molecule, RNAl, which ac...

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

authors： Cesareni G,Muesing MA,Polisky B

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The livers of insulin-resistant, diabetic mice manifest selective insulin resistance, suggesting a bifurcation in the insulin signaling pathway: Insulin loses its ability to block glucose production (i.e., it fails to suppress PEPCK and other genes of gluconeogenesis), yet it retains its ability to stimulate fatty aci...

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

authors： Li S,Brown MS,Goldstein JL

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian homologues of Drosophila Trp form plasma membrane channels that mediate Ca(2+) influx in response to activation of phospholipase C and internal Ca(2+) store depletion. Previous studies showed that human Trp3 is activated by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptors (IP(3)Rs) and identified interacting d...

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

authors： Zhang Z,Tang J,Tikunova S,Johnson JD,Chen Z,Qin N,Dietrich A,Stefani E,Birnbaumer L,Zhu MX

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear RNA of high molecular weight, approximately 15 to 30 x 10(3) nucleotides long, isolated from rat ascites cells, has been shown previously to contain both middle repetitive and single-copy sequences. However, it was not known whether these sequences were located on separate molecules or whether they were inters...

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

authors： Holmes DS,Bonner J

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA fragments of the homologues of the Drosophila head homeotic genes labial (lab), proboscipedia (pb), and Deformed (Dfd) have been isolated from the crustacean Porcellio scaber. Because the accumulation domains of the head homeotic complex (Hox) genes had not been previously reported for crustaceans, we studied the...

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

authors： Abzhanov A,Kaufman TC

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositides are essential lipid regulators of trafficking and signaling pathways of all eukaryotic cells. Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) is an intermediate in the synthesis of several important phosphoinositide species but also serves as a regulatory molecule in its own right. Phosphatidylinositol 4...

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

authors： Szentpetery Z,Várnai P,Balla T

更新日期：2010-05-04 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：:Analysis of the activity and structure of lower vertebrate alcohol dehydrogenases reveals that relationships between the classical liver and yeast enzymes need not be continuous. Both the ethanol activity of class I-type alcohol dehydrogenase (alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1) and the glutathione-dependent form...

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

authors： Danielsson O,Jörnvall H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of specific ligands of the receptor for the IgG Fc fragment (FcR) on the membrane potential (delta psi) of the macrophage cell line J774 by the [3H]tetraphenylphosphonium ion equilibration technique. We observe a membrane depolarization with binding of FcR ligands that is dependent on the d...

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

authors： Young JD,Unkeless JC,Kaback HR,Cohn ZA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver plays a key role in the regulation of circulating levels of low density lipoproteins (LDL) because it is both the site for the production of and the major organ for the degradation of this class of lipoproteins. In this study, the effects of feeding polyunsaturated or saturated triacylglycerols on receptor-d...

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

authors： Spady DK,Dietschy JM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination is an important biological process that occurs in all organisms and facilitates genome rearrangements and repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Eukaryotic Rad51 proteins (Rad51sp or Rhp51 in fission yeast) are functional and structural homologs of bacterial RecA protein, an evolutionarily conser...

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

authors： Akamatsu Y,Dziadkowiec D,Ikeguchi M,Shinagawa H,Iwasaki H

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil organisms, as recorded by trace fossils in paleosols of the Willwood Formation, Wyoming, show significant body-size reductions and increased abundances during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). Paleobotanical, paleopedologic, and oxygen isotope studies indicate high temperatures during the PETM and shar...

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

authors： Smith JJ,Hasiotis ST,Kraus MJ,Woody DT

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiamin diphosphate, the vitamin B1 coenzyme, plays critical roles in fundamental metabolic pathways that require acyl carbanion equivalents. Studies on chemical models and enzymes had suggested that these carbanions are resonance-stabilized as enamines. A crystal structure of this intermediate in pyruvate oxidase at ...

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

authors： Meyer D,Neumann P,Koers E,Sjuts H,Lüdtke S,Sheldrick GM,Ficner R,Tittmann K

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated KCNQ1 (Kv7.1) potassium channels are expressed abundantly in heart but they are also found in multiple other tissues. Differential coassembly with single transmembrane KCNE beta subunits in different cell types gives rise to a variety of biophysical properties, hence endowing distinct physiological roles...

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

authors： Yu H,Lin Z,Mattmann ME,Zou B,Terrenoire C,Zhang H,Wu M,McManus OB,Kass RS,Lindsley CW,Hopkins CR,Li M

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suggested that differentiated embryonic cells have a high specificity of molecular constitution as regards the surface layers surrounding their cellular membranes. Correspondingly, specific interface energies may characterize the early contacts between different cell types. The question is raised whether the mor...

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

authors： Jehle H

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant immunotoxins (RITs) are chimeric proteins composed of an Fv and a protein toxin being developed for cancer treatment. The Fv brings the toxin to the cancer cell, but most of the RITs do not reach the tumor and are removed by other organs. To identify cells responsible for RIT removal, and the pathway by wh...

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

authors： Liu XF,Wei J,Zhou Q,Molitoris BA,Sandoval R,Kobayashi H,Okada R,Nagaya T,Karim B,Butcher D,Pastan I

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The "kindling" phenomenon is associated with long-lasting facilitation of synaptic transmission. A possible mechanism of such facilitation could involve changes in the number of synaptic contacts. However, previous attempts to demonstrate a synaptic morphological alteration that could account for the long-term effects...

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

authors： Geinisman Y,Morrell F,deToledo-Morrell L

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polypeptide was isolated from acid extracts of porcine hypothalami on the basis of its high ability to stimulate the release of corticotropin from superfused rat pituitary cells. After an initial separation by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, further purification was carried out by reversed-phase HPLC. The isolated ...

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

authors： Patthy M,Horvath J,Mason-Garcia M,Szoke B,Schlesinger DH,Schally AV

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many fatal neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson, the prion-related diseases, and non-neurodegenerative disorders such as type II diabetes are characterized by abnormal amyloid fiber aggregates, suggesting a common mechanism of pathogenesis. We have discovered that a class of systematically designe...

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

authors： Hauser CA,Deng R,Mishra A,Loo Y,Khoe U,Zhuang F,Cheong DW,Accardo A,Sullivan MB,Riekel C,Ying JY,Hauser UA

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistent tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive sodium current, detected in neurons of many regions of mammalian brains, is associated with many essential neuronal activities, including boosting of excitatory synaptic inputs, acceleration of firing rates, and promotion of oscillatory neuronal activities. However, the orig...

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

authors： Liu Z,Song W,Dong K

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The coordinated redistribution of sugars from mature "source" leaves to developing "sink" leaves requires tight regulation of sugar transport between cells via plasmodesmata (PD). Although fundamental to plant physiology, the mechanisms that control PD transport and thereby support development of new leaves have remai...

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

authors： Brunkard JO,Xu M,Scarpin MR,Chatterjee S,Shemyakina EA,Goodman HM,Zambryski P

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformist bias occurs when the probability of adopting a more common cultural variant in a population exceeds its frequency, and anticonformist bias occurs when the reverse is true. Conformist and anticonformist bias have been widely documented in humans, and conformist bias has also been observed in many nonhuman an...

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

authors： Denton KK,Ram Y,Liberman U,Feldman MW

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00