Mice cloned from skin cells.

abstract：:The inhibitory protein that binds calmodulin and thus prevents activation of several Ca2+-dependent enzymes by calmodulin is shown to also bind four Ca2+ per mol of protein with high affinity (Kd less than or equal to 10(-6) M). On the basis of its Ca2+- binding properties and its localization to nervous tissue, the i...

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

authors： Klee CB,Crouch TH,Krinks MH

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:To identify genetic factors that interact with social environments to impact human health, we used a bioinformatic strategy that couples expression array-based detection of environmentally responsive transcription factors with in silico discovery of regulatory polymorphisms to predict genetic loci that modulate transc...

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

authors： Cole SW,Arevalo JM,Takahashi R,Sloan EK,Lutgendorf SK,Sood AK,Sheridan JF,Seeman TE

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the partial purification of an endonuclease from calf thymus that nicks phage PM2 DNA irradiated with UV doses producing only a few pyrimidine dimers per molecule. It has much less activity on DNA that has been subjected to enzymatic photoreactivation after UV irradiation. The calf thymus endonuclease is d...

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

authors： Waldstein EA,Peller S,Setlow RB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a gap between how many scientists communicate and how most people understand and interpret messages. This article argues that the extensive science communications literature needs to be joined by the health literacy literature and anthropological work on cultural variations in hearing and understanding messag...

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

authors： Scrimshaw SC

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A (Mg(2+) + Ca(2+))ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) has been purified from sarcoplasmic reticulum using a single step centrifugation procedure. The preparation is >95% pure by weight and contains only 25-30% of the lipid associated with the enzyme in native sarcoplasmic reticulum. The purified enzyme is unabl...

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

authors： Warren GB,Toon PA,Birdsall NJ,Lee AG,Metcalfe JC

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin-binding protein C (MyBP-C) is a thick filament protein playing an essential role in muscle contraction, and MyBP-C mutations cause heart and skeletal muscle disease in millions worldwide. Despite its discovery 40 y ago, the mechanism of MyBP-C function remains unknown. In vitro studies suggest that MyBP-C could...

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

authors： Luther PK,Winkler H,Taylor K,Zoghbi ME,Craig R,Padrón R,Squire JM,Liu J

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Some aspects of pattern formation in developing embryos can be described by nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations. An important class of these models accounts for diffusion and degradation of a locally produced single chemical species. At long times, solutions of such models approach a steady state in which the conce...

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

authors： Gordon PV,Sample C,Berezhkovskii AM,Muratov CB,Shvartsman SY

更新日期：2011-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of information that can be stored in working memory is limited but may be improved with practice. The basis of improved efficiency at the level of neural activity is unknown. To investigate this question, we trained monkeys to perform a working memory task that required memory for multiple stimuli. Performa...

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

authors： Tang H,Qi XL,Riley MR,Constantinidis C

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are serious genomic insults that can lead to chromosomal rearrangements if repaired incorrectly. To gain insight into the nuclear mechanisms contributing to these rearrangements, we developed an assay in yeast to measure cis (same site) vs. trans (different site) repair for the majority...

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

authors： Sunder S,Wilson TE

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ly-6 locus encodes several cell surface proteins whose functions are unknown. Although it is hypothesized that these proteins may be receptors, there is no direct evidence that they bind a ligand. Herein we present evidence that Ly-6A.2, a Ly-6 protein expressed on T lymphocytes, binds a ligand expressed on normal...

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

authors： Bamezai A,Rock KL

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Betidamino acids (a contraction of "beta" position and "amide") are N'-monoacylated (optionally, N'-monoacylated and N-mono- or N,N'-dialkylated) aminoglycine derivatives in which each N'acyl/alkyl group may mimic naturally occurring amino acid side chains or introduce novel functionalities. Betidamino acids are most ...

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

authors： Rivier JE,Jiang G,Koerber SC,Porter J,Simon L,Craig AG,Hoeger CA

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:B-1a cells reside in both the peritoneal cavity and the spleen. LPS stimulates splenic B-1a to differentiate to plasma cells producing natural IgM specific for microbial and self antigens. However, there are conflicting views as to whether the B-1a cells divide before this differentiation occurs, and hence how the res...

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

authors： Yang Y,Tung JW,Ghosn EE,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously metal-ion sites have been used as structural and functional probes in seven transmembrane receptors (7TM), but as yet all the engineered sites have been inactivating. Based on presumed agonist interaction points in transmembrane III (TM-III) and -VII of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor, in this paper we cons...

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

authors： Elling CE,Thirstrup K,Holst B,Schwartz TW

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:LTRs of endogenous retroviruses are known to affect expression of several human genes, typically as a relatively minor alternative promoter. Here, we report that an endogenous retrovirus LTR acts as one of at least two alternative promoters for the human beta1,3-galactosyltransferase 5 gene, involved in type 1 Lewis a...

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

authors： Dunn CA,Medstrand P,Mager DL

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor effect of doxorubicin (DOX) conjugated to a biodegradable dendrimer was evaluated in mice bearing C-26 colon carcinomas. An asymmetric biodegradable polyester dendrimer containing 8-10 wt % DOX was prepared. The design of the dendrimer carrier optimized blood circulation time through size and molecular a...

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

authors： Lee CC,Gillies ER,Fox ME,Guillaudeu SJ,Fréchet JM,Dy EE,Szoka FC

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathway-specific therapy is the future of cancer management. The oncogenic phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is frequently activated in solid tumors; however, currently, no reliable test for PI3K pathway activation exists for human tumors. Taking advantage of the observation that loss of PTEN, the negative ...

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

authors： Saal LH,Johansson P,Holm K,Gruvberger-Saal SK,She QB,Maurer M,Koujak S,Ferrando AA,Malmström P,Memeo L,Isola J,Bendahl PO,Rosen N,Hibshoosh H,Ringnér M,Borg A,Parsons R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a pivotal regulator of energy and glucose homeostasis, and defects in leptin signaling result in obesity and diabetes. The ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels couple glucose metabolism to insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells. In this study, we provide evidence that leptin modulates pancreatic β-cell...

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

authors： Park SH,Ryu SY,Yu WJ,Han YE,Ji YS,Oh K,Sohn JW,Lim A,Jeon JP,Lee H,Lee KH,Lee SH,Berggren PO,Jeon JH,Ho WK

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chick-limb mesodermal cells have been maintained in tissue culture under conditions that permit development of muscle and cartilage. 3-Acetylpyridine, a nicotinamide-antagonized muscle teratogen, potentiates chondrogenic expression in cell cultures, as evidenced by histological and biochemical criteria, including the ...

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

authors： Caplan AI,Stoolmiller AC

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brood parasitism as an alternative female breeding tactic is particularly common in ducks, where hosts often receive eggs laid by parasitic females of the same species and raise their offspring. Herein, we test several aspects of a kin selection explanation for this phenomenon in goldeneye ducks (Bucephala clangula) b...

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

authors： Andersson M,Ahlund M

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many types of ancient bacteria and archea rely on hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) for their energy production, eukaryotes generate ATP in an oxygen-dependent fashion. We hypothesize that endogenous H(2)S remains a regulator of energy production in mammalian cells under stress conditions, which enables the body to co...

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

authors： Fu M,Zhang W,Wu L,Yang G,Li H,Wang R

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the complete sequence of an extreme halophile, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, harboring a dynamic 2,571,010-bp genome containing 91 insertion sequences representing 12 families and organized into a large chromosome and 2 related minichromosomes. The Halobacterium NRC-1 genome codes for 2,630 predicted proteins, 36...

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

authors： Ng WV,Kennedy SP,Mahairas GG,Berquist B,Pan M,Shukla HD,Lasky SR,Baliga NS,Thorsson V,Sbrogna J,Swartzell S,Weir D,Hall J,Dahl TA,Welti R,Goo YA,Leithauser B,Keller K,Cruz R,Danson MJ,Hough DW,Maddocks DG,Jabl

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The papain-solubilized fragment of the heavy chain of HLA-B7, which is the NH2-terminal part of the whole polypeptide chain, can be divided into three regions by mild acid and cyanogen bromide cleavages. The first 100 amino acids terminating in a methionine residue contain the carbohydrate moiety; this segment is foll...

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

authors： Terhorst C,Robb R,Jones C,Strominger JL

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between poor paternal diet, perturbed embryonic development, and adult offspring ill health represents a new focus for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis. However, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains ill-defined. We have developed a mouse paternal low-protein ...

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

authors： Watkins AJ,Dias I,Tsuro H,Allen D,Emes RD,Moreton J,Wilson R,Ingram RJM,Sinclair KD

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellulose synthesizing terminal complex consisting of subunits A, B, C, and D in Acetobacter xylinum spans the outer and inner cell membranes to synthesize and extrude glucan chains, which are assembled into subelementary fibrils and further into a ribbon. We determined the structures of subunit D (AxCeSD/AxBcsD) ...

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

authors： Hu SQ,Gao YG,Tajima K,Sunagawa N,Zhou Y,Kawano S,Fujiwara T,Yoda T,Shimura D,Satoh Y,Munekata M,Tanaka I,Yao M

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DO (DO) is a nonclassic class II heterodimer that inhibits the action of the class II peptide exchange catalyst, HLA-DM (DM), and influences DM localization within late endosomes and exosomes. In addition, DM acts as a chaperone for DO and is required for its egress from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). These recip...

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

authors： Yoon T,Macmillan H,Mortimer SE,Jiang W,Rinderknecht CH,Stern LJ,Mellins ED

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genetic studies have given evidence of familial, disease-causing mutations in the analogous amino acid residue shared by three related RNA binding proteins causative of three neurological diseases. Alteration of aspartic acid residue 290 of hnRNPA2 to valine is believed to predispose patients to multisystem prot...

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

authors： Murray DT,Zhou X,Kato M,Xiang S,Tycko R,McKnight SL

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human nociceptive voltage-gated sodium channel (Na(v)1.7), a target of significant interest for the development of antinociceptive agents, is blocked by low nanomolar concentrations of (-)-tetrodotoxin(TTX) but not (+)-saxitoxin (STX) and (+)-gonyautoxin-III (GTX-III). These findings question the long-accepted view th...

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

authors： Walker JR,Novick PA,Parsons WH,McGregor M,Zablocki J,Pande VS,Du Bois J

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A)-containing HeLa cell mRNA prepared from cells labeled with [methyl-(3)H]methionine or [(32)P]phosphate was found to contain a variety of methylated, blocked 5'-terminal structures of two general types: m(7)GpppN(7)-Np and m(7)GpppN(m)-N(m)-Np. In addition, about one-third of the [(3)H]methyl label was present ...

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

authors： Furuichi Y,Morgan M,Shatkin AJ,Jelinek W,Salditt-Georgieff M,Darnell JE

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gaseous phytohormone ethylene C(2)H(4) mediates numerous aspects of growth and development. Genetic analysis has identified a number of critical elements in ethylene signaling, but how these elements interact biochemically to transduce the signal from the ethylene receptor complex at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

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

authors： Ju C,Yoon GM,Shemansky JM,Lin DY,Ying ZI,Chang J,Garrett WM,Kessenbrock M,Groth G,Tucker ML,Cooper B,Kieber JJ,Chang C

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00