Resistance of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 to APOBEC3G restriction is mediated by elements in nucleocapsid.

abstract：:The 24 nucleotides comprising the carbohydrate-recognition domain of Maackia amurensis hemagglutinin (MAH) cDNA were randomly mutated. The mutant lectins were expressed as glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins in Escherichia coli and 16 clones were randomly chosen. Although all of 16 recombinant lectins reacted st...

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

authors： Yim M,Ono T,Irimura T

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:All organisms contain thioredoxin (TRX), a regulatory thiol:disulfide protein that reduces disulfide bonds in target proteins. Unlike animals and yeast, plants contain numerous TRXs for which no function has been assigned in vivo. Recent in vitro proteomic approaches have opened the way to the identification of >100 T...

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

authors： Vignols F,Bréhélin C,Surdin-Kerjan Y,Thomas D,Meyer Y

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The generalized master equations (GMEs) that contain multiple time scales have been derived quantum mechanically. The GME method has then been applied to a model of charge migration in proteins that invokes the hole hopping between local amino acid sites driven by the torsional motions of the floppy backbones. This mo...

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

authors： Schlag EW,Yang DY,Sheu SY,Selzle HL,Lin SH,Rentzepis PM

更新日期：2000-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the nonlinear mechanical response of networks formed from un-cross-linked fibrin or collagen type I continually changes in response to repeated large-strain loading. We demonstrate that this dynamic evolution of the mechanical response arises from a shift of a characteristic nonlinear stress-strain relati...

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

authors： Münster S,Jawerth LM,Leslie BA,Weitz JI,Fabry B,Weitz DA

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing, catalyzed by ADAR enzymes, is a ubiquitous mechanism that generates transcriptomic diversity. This process is particularly important for proper neuronal function; however, little is known about how RNA editing is dynamically regulated between the many functionally distinct ne...

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

authors： Sapiro AL,Shmueli A,Henry GL,Li Q,Shalit T,Yaron O,Paas Y,Billy Li J,Shohat-Ophir G

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of investigation suggest that the nondegradable fluorophores that accumulate as lipofuscin in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells contribute to the etiology of macular degeneration. Despite evidence that much of this fluorescent material may originate as inadvertent products of the retinoid cycle, the...

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

authors： Fishkin NE,Sparrow JR,Allikmets R,Nakanishi K

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes must develop into mammalian-infectious metacyclic cells in the fly's salivary glands (SGs) before transmission to a new host. The molecular mechanisms that underlie this developmental process, known as metacyclogenesis, are poorly understood. Blocking the few metacyclic parasite...

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

authors： Vigneron A,O'Neill MB,Weiss BL,Savage AF,Campbell OC,Kamhawi S,Valenzuela JG,Aksoy S

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerases from Xenopus laevis oocytes, unfertilized eggs, and kidney cells grown in culture have been characterized. The same three major DNA polymerase activities are present in all cell types examined. We attempt to relate the characteristics of amphibian enzymes to those of mammalian polymerases. ...

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

authors： Tatò F,Gandini DA,Tocchini-Valentini GP

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human glucocerebrosidase gene cause Gaucher disease. A cDNA clone containing the entire human glucocerebrosidase coding region from normal cells has been isolated using lambda gt11 expression libraries. The complete nucleotide sequence, a restriction map, and a hydropathy profile are presented. Hybrid...

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

authors： Sorge J,West C,Westwood B,Beutler E

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cofactor composition and electron-transfer kinetics of the reaction center (RC) from a magnesium chelatase (bchD) mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides were characterized. In this RC, the special pair (P) and accessory (B) bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) -binding sites contain Zn-BChl rather than BChl a. Spectroscopic meas...

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

authors： Lin S,Jaschke PR,Wang H,Paddock M,Tufts A,Allen JP,Rosell FI,Mauk AG,Woodbury NW,Beatty JT

更新日期：2009-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is associated with increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, and it is suggested that insulin resistance provides the missing link. Here we demonstrate that under the context of genetic susceptibility, a high fat diet (HFD) predisposes mice with oncogenic K-ras activation to accelerated pancreatic intra...

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

authors： Khasawneh J,Schulz MD,Walch A,Rozman J,Hrabe de Angelis M,Klingenspor M,Buck A,Schwaiger M,Saur D,Schmid RM,Klöppel G,Sipos B,Greten FR,Arkan MC

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A)+ mRNA was isolated from the brains of C57BL/6J (B6), DBA/2J (D2), and F1 hybrid mice (B6 X D2) of 16-17 days of age. The yield of polysomal RNA, both poly(A)+ and poly(A)-, from the three strains of mice was comparable. When translated in vitro in a reticulocyte lysate system, the mRNA preparations had the sam...

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

authors： Miskimins R,Ebato H,Seyfried TN,Yu RK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soon after the initiation of sporulation, Bacillus subtilis divides asymmetrically to produce sister cells that have very different developmental fates. Recently, it has been proposed that the differential gene expression which begins soon after this division is due to cell-specific activation of the transcription fac...

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

authors： Lewis PJ,Partridge SR,Errington J

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:New approaches to the study of early hominin diets have refreshed interest in how and when our diets diverged from those of other African apes. A trend toward significant consumption of C4 foods in hominins after this divergence has emerged as a landmark event in human evolution, with direct evidence provided by stabl...

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

authors： Wynn JG,Alemseged Z,Bobe R,Grine FE,Negash EW,Sponheimer M

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic analysis is necessary to gain a greater understanding of the complex developmental processes in mammals. Toward this end, an insertional transgenic mouse mutant has been isolated that results in abnormal germ-cell development. This recessive mutation manifests as infertility in both males and females and is ...

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

authors： Pellas TC,Ramachandran B,Duncan M,Pan SS,Marone M,Chada K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restenosis, a process characterized in part by excessive smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation in areas of vascular injury, occurs in up to 50% of patients undergoing balloon angioplasty. In an effort to develop a treatment strategy for restenosis, we constructed a replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus (AdMLP....

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

authors： Guzman RJ,Hirschowitz EA,Brody SL,Crystal RG,Epstein SE,Finkel T

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family has recently expanded by the identification and cloning of three additional members, namely VEGF-B, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D. In this study we demonstrate that VEGF-B binds selectively to VEGF receptor-1/Flt-1. This binding can be blocked by excess VEGF, indicating that t...

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

authors： Olofsson B,Korpelainen E,Pepper MS,Mandriota SJ,Aase K,Kumar V,Gunji Y,Jeltsch MM,Shibuya M,Alitalo K,Eriksson U

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cell (NKT) cells (iNKT cells) produce both T-helper 1 (Th1) and T-helper 2 cytokines in response to α-Galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) stimulation and are thought to be the important effectors in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immunity involved in autoimmune disorders, microbial inf...

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

authors： Wu TN,Lin KH,Chang YJ,Huang JR,Cheng JY,Yu AL,Wong CH

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sunlight provides the energy necessary for plants to survive and grow, light can also damage reaction centers of photosystem II (PSII) and reduce photochemical efficiency. To prevent damage, plants possess photoprotective mechanisms that dissipate excess excitation. A subset of these mechanisms is collectivel...

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

authors： Leonelli L,Brooks MD,Niyogi KK

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For an excitable cell to function properly, a precise number of ion channel proteins need to be trafficked to distinct locations on the cell surface membrane, through a network and anchoring activity of cytoskeletal proteins. Not surprisingly, mutations in anchoring proteins have profound effects on membrane excitabil...

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

authors： Rafizadeh S,Zhang Z,Woltz RL,Kim HJ,Myers RE,Lu L,Tuteja D,Singapuri A,Bigdeli AA,Harchache SB,Knowlton AA,Yarov-Yarovoy V,Yamoah EN,Chiamvimonvat N

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Smallpox has played an unparalleled role in human history and remains a significant potential threat to public health. Despite the historical significance of this disease, we know little about the underlying pathophysiology or the virulence mechanisms of the causative agent, variola virus. To improve our understanding...

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

authors： Rubins KH,Hensley LE,Jahrling PB,Whitney AR,Geisbert TW,Huggins JW,Owen A,Leduc JW,Brown PO,Relman DA

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Most guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors have a conserved cysteine in the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail near the seventh transmembrane spanning region. This cysteine is known to be palmitoylated in rhodopsin, the beta 2-adrenergic receptor (beta 2AR) and the alpha 2A-adrenergic receptor (alp...

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

authors： Eason MG,Jacinto MT,Theiss CT,Liggett SB

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation of injected mRNA in oocytes of Xenopus laevis has been used as a highly sensitive and quantitative assay for interferon mRNA. Injection into oocytes of polyadenylylated RNA extracted from poly(I).poly(C)-induced human diploid fibroblasts (FS-4) leads to the synthesis of biologically active human fibroblast...

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

authors： Sehgal PB,Dobberstein B,Tamm I

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many paleoredox proxies indicate low-level and dynamic incipient oxygenation of Earth's surface environments during the Neoarchean (2.8-2.5 Ga) before the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) at ∼2.4 Ga. The mode, tempo, and scale of these redox changes are poorly understood, because data from various locations and ages sugges...

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

authors： Koehler MC,Buick R,Kipp MA,Stüeken EE,Zaloumis J

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs made from polyadenylylated RNAs of the mouse lens were cloned by the G.C tailing procedure in the bacterial plasmid pBR322. Four recombinant DNAs containing gamma-crystallin sequences were identified by hybrid selection and translation. Sequence analysis of the in vivo-labeled gamma-crystallin polypeptides that ...

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

authors： Shinohara T,Robinson EA,Appella E,Piatigorsky J

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnts are a family of glycoproteins that regulate cell proliferation, fate decisions, and differentiation. In our study, we examined the contribution of Wnts to the development of ventral midbrain (VM) dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Our results show that beta-catenin is expressed in DA precursor cells and that beta-cat...

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

authors： Castelo-Branco G,Wagner J,Rodriguez FJ,Kele J,Sousa K,Rawal N,Pasolli HA,Fuchs E,Kitajewski J,Arenas E

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a proposition, the "poly(L-alanine) hypothesis," which asserts that the native backbone geometry for any polypeptide or protein of M residues has a closely mimicking, mechanically stable, image in poly(L-alanine) of the same number of residues. Using a molecular mechanics force field to represent the releva...

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

authors： Head-Gordon T,Stillinger FH,Wright MH,Gay DM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive Stargardt's macular degeneration is a blinding disease of children caused by mutations in the ABCA4 (ABCR) gene. Mice with a knockout mutation in abcr accumulate toxic lipofuscin pigments in ocular tissues, similar to affected humans. The major fluorophore of lipofuscin is the bis-retinoid, N-retinylidene-N-...

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

authors： Radu RA,Mata NL,Bagla A,Travis GH

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in coherent x-ray diffractive imaging have paved the way to reliable and quantitative imaging of noncompact specimens at the nanometer scale. Introduced a year ago, an advanced implementation of ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging has removed much of the previous limitations regarding sample pre...

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

authors： Giewekemeyer K,Thibault P,Kalbfleisch S,Beerlink A,Kewish CM,Dierolf M,Pfeiffer F,Salditt T

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Both mammals and birds use the interaural time difference (ITD) for localization of sound in the horizontal plane. They may localize either real or phantom sound sources, when the signal consists of a narrow frequency band. This ambiguity does not occur with broadband signals. A plot of impulse rates or amplitude of e...

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

authors： Peña JL,Konishi M

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00