Large seasonal swings in leaf area of Amazon rainforests.

abstract：:The effect of alpha-latrotoxin from black widow spider venom upon guinea pig cerebral cortical synaptosomes is described. Plasma membrane potential (delta psi p), in situ mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi m), Ca2+ transport, gamma-amino[3H]butyrate release, [3H]noradrenaline release, and synaptosomal ATP wer...

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

authors： Nicholls DG,Rugolo M,Scott IG,Meldolesi J

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular matrix protein, cytotactin, with widespread tissue distribution has been identified, isolated, and partially characterized. Cytotactin mediates glia-neuron adhesion in vitro, but unlike Ng-CAM, the neuron-glia cell-adhesion molecule, it is absent from neurons. Cytotactin was isolated from 14-day embry...

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

authors： Grumet M,Hoffman S,Crossin KL,Edelman GM

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human skeletal muscle is composed of various muscle fiber types. We hypothesized that differences in metabolism between fiber types could be detected noninvasively with 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy during maximal exercise. This assumes that during maximal exercise all fiber types are recruited and all v...

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

authors： Vandenborne K,McCully K,Kakihira H,Prammer M,Bolinger L,Detre JA,De Meirlier K,Walter G,Chance B,Leigh JS

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box g1 (Foxg1) is a nuclear-cytosolic transcription factor essential for the forebrain development and involved in neurodevelopmental and cancer pathologies. Despite the importance of this protein, little is known about the modalities by which it exerts such a large number of cellular functions. Here we show ...

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

authors： Pancrazi L,Di Benedetto G,Colombaioni L,Della Sala G,Testa G,Olimpico F,Reyes A,Zeviani M,Pozzan T,Costa M

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is responsible for degradation of substrates of the ubiquitin pathway. 20S proteasomes are cylindrical particles with subunits arranged in a stack of four heptameric rings. The outer rings are composed of alpha subunits, and the inner rings are composed of beta subunits. A well-characterized archaeal pr...

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

authors： Arendt CS,Hochstrasser M

更新日期：1997-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:PKC eta is expressed predominantly in the epithelial tissues; however, its role in the regulation of epithelial tight junctions (TJs) is unknown. We present evidence that PKC eta phosphorylates occludin on threonine residues (T403 and T404) and plays a crucial role in the assembly and/or maintenance of TJs in Caco-2 a...

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

authors： Suzuki T,Elias BC,Seth A,Shen L,Turner JR,Giorgianni F,Desiderio D,Guntaka R,Rao R

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The blanket resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to all beta-lactam antibiotics--which had such a devastating impact on chemotherapy of staphylococcal infections--is related to the properties of the key component of this resistance mechanism: the "acquired" penicillin-binding protein (PBP)-2A, whi...

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

authors： Pinho MG,de Lencastre H,Tomasz A

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS) is a key plasma membrane protein that mediates active I(-) uptake in the thyroid, lactating breast, and other tissues with an electrogenic stoichiometry of 2 Na(+) per I(-). In the thyroid, NIS-mediated I(-) uptake is the first step in the biosynthesis of the iodine-containing thyroid ho...

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

authors： Dohán O,Portulano C,Basquin C,Reyna-Neyra A,Amzel LM,Carrasco N

更新日期：2007-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicate melts at the top of the transition zone and the core-mantle boundary have significant influences on the dynamics and properties of Earth's interior. MgSiO3-rich silicate melts were among the primary components of the magma ocean and thus played essential roles in the chemical differentiation of the early Eart...

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

authors： Lee SK,Lin JF,Cai YQ,Hiraoka N,Eng PJ,Okuchi T,Mao HK,Meng Y,Hu MY,Chow P,Shu J,Li B,Fukui H,Lee BH,Kim HN,Yoo CS

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system postulated to be a cell-mediated autoimmune disease in which interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) plays an important role. There is increased IFN-gamma secretion in MS, and IFN-gamma administration induces exacerbations of disease. We foun...

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

authors： Balashov KE,Smith DR,Khoury SJ,Hafler DA,Weiner HL

更新日期：1997-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss or reduction in function of tumor suppressor genes contributes to tumorigenesis. Here, by allelic DNA copy number analysis using single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping array and mass spectrometry, we report homozygous deletion in glioblastoma multiformes at chromosome 13q21, where DACH1 gene is located. We fou...

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

authors： Watanabe A,Ogiwara H,Ehata S,Mukasa A,Ishikawa S,Maeda D,Ueki K,Ino Y,Todo T,Yamada Y,Fukayama M,Saito N,Miyazono K,Aburatani H

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The human papillomavirus E7 protein is phosphorylated at the two serines in positions 31/32, which are part of a consensus sequence for casein kinase II (CKII). In this study, we have investigated the effect of CKII phosphorylation site mutations, all of which lead to unphosphorylated E7 proteins. The replacement of t...

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

authors： Firzlaff JM,Lüscher B,Eisenman RN

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in high-field MRI have dramatically improved the visualization of human brain anatomy in vivo. Most notably, in cortical gray matter, strong contrast variations have been observed that appear to reflect the local laminar architecture. This contrast has been attributed to subtle variations in the magnet...

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

authors： Fukunaga M,Li TQ,van Gelderen P,de Zwart JA,Shmueli K,Yao B,Lee J,Maric D,Aronova MA,Zhang G,Leapman RD,Schenck JF,Merkle H,Duyn JH

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no consensus on the importance of climate change in Mesoamerican prehistory. Some invoke drought as a causal factor in major cultural transitions, including the abandonment of many sites at 900 CE, while others conclude that cultural factors were more important. This lack of agreement reflects the f...

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

authors： Bhattacharya T,Byrne R,Böhnel H,Wogau K,Kienel U,Ingram BL,Zimmerman S

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurotransmission synaptotagmin-1 tethers synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic plasma membrane by binding to acidic membrane lipids and SNAREs and promotes rapid SNARE-mediated fusion upon Ca(2+) triggering. However, recent studies suggested that upon membrane contact synaptotagmin may not only bind in trans to the...

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

authors： Vennekate W,Schröder S,Lin CC,van den Bogaart G,Grunwald M,Jahn R,Walla PJ

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain continuously influences and perceives the physiological condition of the body. Related cortical representations have been proposed to shape emotional experience and guide behavior. Although previous studies have identified brain regions recruited during autonomic processing, neurological lesion studies have ...

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

authors： Guo CC,Sturm VE,Zhou J,Gennatas ED,Trujillo AJ,Hua AY,Crawford R,Stables L,Kramer JH,Rankin K,Levenson RW,Rosen HJ,Miller BL,Seeley WW

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of sickle cells with cystamine, a thiol reagnet, resulted in the formation of an intracellular S-ethylamine derivative. The rate of the reaction was dependent upon the cystamine concentration, the temperature, and the duration of the incubation. The cystamine-treated cells demonstrated a marked inhibition o...

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

authors： Hassan W,Beuzard Y,Rosa J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amide linkages are among the most important chemical bonds in living systems, constituting the connections between amino acids in peptides and proteins. We demonstrate the controlled formation of amide bonds between amino acids or peptides in the gas phase using ion/ion reactions in a mass spectrometer. Individual ami...

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

authors： McGee WM,McLuckey SA

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins are small cysteine-rich proteins capable of binding heavy metal ions such as Zn2+ and Cd2+. They are ubiquitous tissue components in higher organisms, which tentatively have been attributed both unspecific protective functions against toxic metal ions and highly specific roles in fundamental zinc-regu...

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

authors： Braun W,Vasák M,Robbins AH,Stout CD,Wagner G,Kägi JH,Wüthrich K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells (PCC) have an exceptional propensity to metastasize early into intratumoral, chemokine-secreting nerves. However, we hypothesized the opposite process, that precancerous pancreatic cells secrete chemokines that chemoattract Schwann cells (SC) of nerves and thus induce read...

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

authors： Demir IE,Kujundzic K,Pfitzinger PL,Saricaoglu ÖC,Teller S,Kehl T,Reyes CM,Ertl LS,Miao Z,Schall TJ,Tieftrunk E,Haller B,Diakopoulos KN,Kurkowski MU,Lesina M,Krüger A,Algül H,Friess H,Ceyhan GO

更新日期：2017-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:From a flounder pituitary cDNA library, cDNA clones encoding a 28-kDa glycoprotein produced by the pars intermedia of the pituitary were isolated and characterized. Nucleotide sequencing demonstrated a precursor of the 28-kDa protein, which consisted of 231 amino acid residues, to be cleaved into a signal peptide (24 ...

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

authors： Ono M,Takayama Y,Rand-Weaver M,Sakata S,Yasunaga T,Noso T,Kawauchi H

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed model of the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint (G2DDC) system is presented that includes complex regulatory networks of the mitotic kinase Cdc2, phosphatase Cdc25, Wee1 kinase, and damage signal transduction pathways involving Chk1 and p53. Assumptions on the kinetic equations of the G2DDC are made, and computer s...

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

authors： Aguda BD

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of in situ hybridization has become a significant technique for specific-site chromosome mapping. We show that the resolution of in situ hybridization can be increased by hybridizing the probe to stretched prometaphase chromosomes with high-resolution banding obtained after 5-bromodeoxyuridine treatment of ...

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

authors： Zabel BU,Naylor SL,Sakaguchi AY,Bell GI,Shows TB

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p19ARF has been implicated as a key regulator of p53 stability and activation. While numerous stresses activate the p53 growth arrest pathway, those requiring p19ARF remain to be elucidated. We used p19ARF knockout mouse embryo fibroblasts to show that DNA damage and microtubule disruption require p19ARF to induce p53...

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

authors： Khan SH,Moritsugu J,Wahl GM

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histidine biosynthesis is an essential process in plants and microorganisms, making it an attractive target for the development of herbicides and antibacterial agents. Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase (IGPD), a key enzyme within this pathway, has been biochemically characterized in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

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

authors： Rawson S,Bisson C,Hurdiss DL,Fazal A,McPhillie MJ,Sedelnikova SE,Baker PJ,Rice DW,Muench SP

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein defective in hereditary hemochromatosis, called HFE, is similar to MHC class I-type proteins and associates with beta2-microglobulin (beta2M). Its association with beta2M was previously shown to be necessary for its stability, normal intracellular processing, and cell surface expression in transfected COS ...

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

authors： Waheed A,Grubb JH,Zhou XY,Tomatsu S,Fleming RE,Costaldi ME,Britton RS,Bacon BR,Sly WS

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV, which is representative of the MNPV subtype in which the virions may contain many nucleocapsids within a single viral envelope) encodes a protein, v-ubi, that has 76% identity with the eukaryotic protein ubiquitin. Transcriptional mapping indic...

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

authors： Guarino LA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we report on studies of the nature of the dynamics and hydrophobic binding in cyclodextrins and human serum albumin protein complexes with orange II. With femtosecond time resolution, we examined the proton-transfer and trans-cis isomerization reactions of the ligand in these nanocavities and in pure sol...

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

authors： Douhal A,Sanz M,Tormo L

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitotoxicity, resulting from sustained activation of glutamate receptors of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) subtype, is considered to play a causative role in the etiology of ischemic stroke and several neurodegenerative diseases. The NMDA receptor is therefore a target for the development of neuroprotective agents....

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

authors： Tai KK,Blondelle SE,Ostresh JM,Houghten RA,Montal M

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of DNA bound in nucleosomes depends on the DNA sequence. Questions such as how nucleosomes are positioned and how they potentially bind sequence-dependent nuclear factors require near-atomic resolution structures of the nucleosome core containing different DNA sequences; despite this, only the DNA for...

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

authors： Frouws TD,Duda SC,Richmond TJ

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00