Protein folding under confinement: a role for solvent.

abstract：:To investigate how cell population density influences the intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP we have measured adenylate cyclase and cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activities and cyclic AMP levels at various stages of cell density in normal rat-kidney (NRK) cells, which exhibit contact-inhibition of growth, and in...

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

authors： Anderson WB,Russell TR,Carchman RA,Pastan I

更新日期：1973-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria merozoite invasion of human erythrocytes depends on recognition of specific erythrocyte surface receptors by parasite ligands. Plasmodium vivax merozoite invasion is totally dependent on the recognition of the Duffy blood group antigen by the parasite ligand Duffy-binding protein (DBP). Receptor recognition by...

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

authors： VanBuskirk KM,Sevova E,Adams JH

更新日期：2004-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In epidemiological studies, both positive and negative correlations have been found between cardiovascular disease and mortality and the presence of several inorganic ions in the drinking water. In an attempt to resolve this apparent disagreement, we exposed White Carneau pigeons to drinking water containing calcium (...

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

authors： Revis NW,Zinsmeister AR,Bull R

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystrophic or ectopic mineral deposition occurs in many pathologic conditions, including atherosclerosis. Calcium mineral deposits that frequently accompany atherosclerosis are readily quantifiable radiographically, serve as a surrogate marker for the disease, and predict a higher risk of myocardial infarction and dea...

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

authors： Doherty TM,Asotra K,Fitzpatrick LA,Qiao JH,Wilkin DJ,Detrano RC,Dunstan CR,Shah PK,Rajavashisth TB

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the bovine papillomavirus E2 regulatory protein in human cervical carcinoma cell lines repressed expression of the resident human papillomavirus E6 and E7 oncogenes and within a few days caused essentially all of the cells to synchronously display numerous phenotypic markers characteristic of cells under...

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

authors： Goodwin EC,Yang E,Lee CJ,Lee HW,DiMaio D,Hwang ES

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The basidiomycete Ustilago maydis is the causative agent of the disease corn smut. To be pathogenic, strains of U. maydis must be heterozygous for a locus called "b," which appears to control both pathogenicity and sexual development. Two alleles of the b locus of U. maydis were isolated by complementation and hybridi...

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

authors： Kronstad JW,Leong SA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human CMV UL37x1-encoded protein, also known as the viral mitochondria-localized inhibitor of apoptosis, traffics to the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of infected cells. It induces the fragmentation of mitochondria and blocks apoptosis. We demonstrate that UL37x1 protein mobilizes Ca(2+) from the endoplas...

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

authors： Sharon-Friling R,Goodhouse J,Colberg-Poley AM,Shenk T

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous mutations in the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor occur in most individuals with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and dominantly interfere with apoptosis by an unknown mechanism. We show that local or global alterations in the structure of the cytoplasmic death domain from nine independent ALPS CD9...

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

authors： Martin DA,Zheng L,Siegel RM,Huang B,Fisher GH,Wang J,Jackson CE,Puck JM,Dale J,Straus SE,Peter ME,Krammer PH,Fesik S,Lenardo MJ

更新日期：1999-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycine receptor (GlyR) is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (pLGIC) mediating inhibitory transmission in the nervous system. Its transmembrane domain (TMD) is the target of allosteric modulators such as general anesthetics and ethanol and is a major locus for hyperekplexic congenital mutations altering the al...

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

authors： Moraga-Cid G,Sauguet L,Huon C,Malherbe L,Girard-Blanc C,Petres S,Murail S,Taly A,Baaden M,Delarue M,Corringer PJ

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There is pronounced seasonal plasticity in the morphology of the neural circuits that regulate song behavior in adult songbirds, primarily in response to changes in plasma testosterone (T) levels. Most song nuclei have androgen receptors. Afferent input from the telencephalic nucleus HVc (also known as the "high vocal...

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

authors： Brenowitz EA,Lent K

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile), the active form of the plant hormone jasmonate (JA), is sensed by the F-box protein CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 (COI1), a component of a functional Skp-Cullin-F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Sensing of JA-Ile by COI1 rapidly triggers genome-wide transcriptional changes that are largely r...

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

authors： An C,Li L,Zhai Q,You Y,Deng L,Wu F,Chen R,Jiang H,Wang H,Chen Q,Li C

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of the tumor suppressor, PTEN, is one of the most common findings in prostate cancer (PCa). This loss leads to overactive Akt signaling, which is correlated with increased metastasis and androgen independence. However, another tumor suppressor, inositol-polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II (INPP4B), can partially ...

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

authors： Chaurasiya S,Wu W,Strom AM,Warner M,Gustafsson JÅ

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat-shock protein (sHSP) from Methanococcus jannaschii (Mj HSP16.5) forms a homomeric complex of 24 subunits and has an overall structure of a multiwindowed hollow sphere with an external diameter of approximately 120 A and an internal diameter of approximately 65 A with six square "windows" of approximatel...

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

authors： Kim R,Lai L,Lee HH,Cheong GW,Kim KK,Wu Z,Yokota H,Marqusee S,Kim SH

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that Paleozoic hyperoxia enabled animal gigantism, and the subsequent hypoxia drove a reduction in animal size. This evolutionary hypothesis depends on the argument that gas exchange in many invertebrates and skin-breathing vertebrates becomes compromised at large sizes because of distanc...

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

authors： Kaiser A,Klok CJ,Socha JJ,Lee WK,Quinlan MC,Harrison JF

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus encodes a multisubunit DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.6) that is packaged in the infectious virus particle. This polymerase was found to contain a submolar polypeptide of approximately 85 kDa in addition to the core subunits, which consist of two larger and several smaller polypeptides. The poly...

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

authors： Ahn BY,Moss B

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of miR-15/16 is the most common genetic lesion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), promoting overexpression of BCL2, which factors in leukemia pathogenesis. Indeed, an inhibitor of Bcl2, venetoclcax, is highly active in the treatment of patients with CLL. However, single-agent venetoclcax fails to eradicate mi...

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

authors： Rassenti LZ,Balatti V,Ghia EM,Palamarchuk A,Tomasello L,Fadda P,Pekarsky Y,Widhopf GF 2nd,Kipps TJ,Croce CM

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeostasis is indispensable to counteract the destabilizing effects of Hebbian plasticity. Although it is commonly assumed that homeostasis modulates synaptic strength, membrane excitability, and firing rates, its role at the neural circuit and network level is unknown. Here, we identify changes in higher-order netwo...

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

authors： Wu YK,Hengen KB,Turrigiano GG,Gjorgjieva J

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Summertime Arctic shipboard observations of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) such as organic acids, key precursors of climatically active secondary organic aerosol (SOA), are consistent with a novel source of OVOCs to the marine boundary layer via chemistry at the sea surface microlayer. Although this sou...

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

authors： Mungall EL,Abbatt JPD,Wentzell JJB,Lee AKY,Thomas JL,Blais M,Gosselin M,Miller LA,Papakyriakou T,Willis MD,Liggio J

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium is a unique model system as well as a major biotechnological tool for genetic manipulation of plant cells. It is still unknown, however, whether host cellular factors exist that are limiting for infection, and whether their overexpression in plant cells can increase the efficiency of the infection. Here,...

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

authors： Tzfira T,Vaidya M,Citovsky V

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of androgen receptor (AR) via androgen in muscle cells has been closely linked to their growth and differentiation. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of supervillin (SV), a 205-kDa actin-binding protein, as an AR coregulator from the skeletal muscle cDNA library. Mammalian two-hybrid and glut...

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

authors： Ting HJ,Yeh S,Nishimura K,Chang C

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-triggered alpha-helix formation of a 16-residue peptide featuring a built-in conformational photoswitch is monitored by time-resolved IR spectroscopy. An experimental approach with 2-ps time resolution and a scanning range up to 30 micros is used to cover all time scales of the peptide dynamics. Experiments are ...

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

authors： Bredenbeck J,Helbing J,Kumita JR,Woolley GA,Hamm P

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stat3 protein has an important role in oncogenesis and is a promising anticancer target. Indirubin, the active component of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has been shown previously to inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases, resulting in cell cycle arrest. Here, we show that the indirubin derivatives E564, E728, and ...

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

authors： Nam S,Buettner R,Turkson J,Kim D,Cheng JQ,Muehlbeyer S,Hippe F,Vatter S,Merz KH,Eisenbrand G,Jove R

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylhydrazinopyrimidines inhibit DNA synthesis in Bacillus subtilis by promoting formation of a specific, long-lived ternary complex with DNA polymerase III and the template-primer DNA. DNA polymerase III contains an associated, single-strand-selective exonuclease which generates 5'-mononucleotides. Drug inhibition of...

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

authors： Low RL,Rashbaum SA,Cozzarelli NR

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profilin1, a ubiquitously expressed actin-binding protein, plays a critical role in cell migration through actin cytoskeletal regulation. Given the traditional view of profilin1 as a promigratory molecule, it is difficult to reconcile observations that profilin1 is down-regulated in various invasive adenocarcinomas an...

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

authors： Bae YH,Ding Z,Das T,Wells A,Gertler F,Roy P

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have highlighted the importance of peripheral induction of Foxp3-expressing regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the dominant control of immunological tolerance. However, Foxp3(+) Treg differentiation from naïve CD4(+) T cells occurs only under selective conditions, whereas the classical T helper (Th) 1 and 2 ...

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

authors： Wei J,Duramad O,Perng OA,Reiner SL,Liu YJ,Qin FX

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitization of defensive gill and siphon withdrawal reflexes in Aplysia results, in part, from presynaptic facilitation of transmitter release from mechanoreceptor sensory neurons that innervate the siphon skin and synapse with interneurons and motor neurons. Presynaptic facilitation also can be elicited by applicat...

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

authors： Hochner B,Klein M,Schacher S,Kandel ER

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic genes for human insulin A and B chains were cloned separately in plasmid pBR322. The cloned synthetic genes were then fused to an Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase gene to provide efficient transcription and translation and a stable precursor protein. The insulin peptides were cleaved from beta-galactosida...

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

authors： Goeddel DV,Kleid DG,Bolivar F,Heyneker HL,Yansura DG,Crea R,Hirose T,Kraszewski A,Itakura K,Riggs AD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological carbon fixation is limited by the supply of Fe in vast regions of the global ocean. Dissolved Fe in seawater is primarily sourced from continental mineral dust, submarine hydrothermalism, and sediment dissolution along continental margins. However, the relative contributions of these three sources to the Fe...

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

authors： Horner TJ,Williams HM,Hein JR,Saito MA,Burton KW,Halliday AN,Nielsen SG

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoproteins are emulsion particles that consist of lipids and apolipoproteins. Their natural function is to transport lipids and/or cholesterol to different tissues. We have taken advantage of the hydrophobic interior of these natural emulsions to solubilize DNA. Negatively charged DNA was first complexed with cation...

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

authors： Hara T,Tan Y,Huang L

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The core protein of a small chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human fibroblasts and present in extracellular matrices in association with collagen has been cloned from a lambda gt11 fibroblast cDNA library. cDNA clones were isolated by use of antibodies specific for the intact proteoglycan and ant...

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

authors： Krusius T,Ruoslahti E

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00