Gut-expressed gustducin and taste receptors regulate secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1.

abstract：:Recently, we established that satellite III (TGGAA)n tandem repeats, which occur at the centromeres of human chromosomes, pair with themselves to form an unusual "self-complementary" antiparallel duplex containing (GGA)2 motifs in which two unpaired guanines from opposite strands intercalate between sheared G.A base p...

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

authors： Zhu L,Chou SH,Reid BR

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) catalyzes the S-methylation of thiopurine drugs. TPMT genetic polymorphisms represent a striking example of the potential clinical value of pharmacogenetics. Subjects homozygous for TPMT*3A, the most common variant allele for low activity, an allele that encodes a protein with two...

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

authors： Wang L,Nguyen TV,McLaughlin RW,Sikkink LA,Ramirez-Alvarado M,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) is a key enzyme in transmethylation reactions that use S-adenosylmethionine as the methyl donor. Because of the importance of SAHH in a number of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent transmethylation reactions, particularly the 5' capping of mRNA during viral replication, SAHH has bee...

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

authors： Masuta C,Tanaka H,Uehara K,Kuwata S,Koiwai A,Noma M

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic imaging of the relative amounts of reduced NADH and FAD and the microenvironment of these metabolic electron carriers can be used to noninvasively monitor changes in metabolism, which is one of the hallmarks of carcinogenesis. This study combines cellular redox ratio, NADH and FAD lifetime, and subcellular m...

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

authors： Skala MC,Riching KM,Gendron-Fitzpatrick A,Eickhoff J,Eliceiri KW,White JG,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The RuvB protein is induced in Escherichia coli as part of the SOS response to DNA damage. It is required for genetic recombination and the postreplication repair of DNA. In vitro, the RuvB protein promotes the branch migration of Holliday junctions and has a DNA helicase activity in reactions that require ATP hydroly...

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

authors： Stasiak A,Tsaneva IR,West SC,Benson CJ,Yu X,Egelman EH

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous relatively short regions within intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) serve as molecular recognition elements (MoREs). They fold into ordered structures upon binding to their partner molecules. Currently, there is still a lack of in-depth understanding of how coupled binding and folding occurs in MoREs. He...

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

authors： Wang Y,Chu X,Longhi S,Roche P,Han W,Wang E,Wang J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA was synthesized in vitro from a T3 DNA template by T3 RNA polymerase and subsequently separated into seven discrete size classes (molecular weights ranging between 0.21 x 10(6) and 6.2 x 10(6)) by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide slab gels. RNase T1-generated 3'-terminal oligonucleotide fragments were then select...

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

authors： Majumder HK,Maitra U,Rosenberg M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hetR gene plays a very important role in cell differentiation of heterocystous cyanobacteria. To understand the mechanism of the hetR gene product in regulation of heterocyst differentiation, the recombinant HetR protein (rHetR) was overproduced in Escherichia coli. Purified rHetR was unstable and degraded easily ...

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

authors： Zhou R,Wei X,Jiang N,Li H,Dong Y,Hsi KL,Zhao J

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The sparking of cut grape hemispheres in a household microwave oven has been a poorly explained Internet parlor trick for over two decades. By expanding this phenomenon to whole spherical dimers of various grape-sized fruit and hydrogel water beads, we demonstrate that the formation of plasma is due to electromagnetic...

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

authors： Khattak HK,Bianucci P,Slepkov AD

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Most neurotransmission is mediated by action potentials, whereas sensory neurons propagate electrical signals passively and release neurotransmitter in a graded manner. Here, we demonstrate that Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions release neurotransmitter in a graded fashion. When motor neurons were depolar...

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

authors： Liu Q,Hollopeter G,Jorgensen EM

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:B-lymphocyte-specific class switch recombination is known to occur between pairs of 2- to 10-kb switch regions located immediately upstream of the immunoglobulin constant heavy-chain genes. Others have shown that the recombination is temporally correlated with the induction of transcription at the targeted switch regi...

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

authors： Daniels GA,Lieber MR

更新日期：1995-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factors beta (TGF-beta s) are important modulators of growth and differentiation. They are intermolecular disulfide-bonded homodimeric molecules. The monomer fold has a conserved cystine knot and lacks a hydrophobic core. The biological specificity of a given member of the family is believed to...

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

authors： Venkataraman G,Sasisekharan V,Cooney CL,Langer R,Sasisekharan R

更新日期：1995-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparse 3T3 cells, in excess serum, become quiescent in the early G(1) (or G(0)) phase of the cell cycle if the cells are cultured in low concentrations of amino acids, glucose, or phosphate ion. These quiescent cells then initiate DNA synthesis if the concentration of the limiting nutrient is increased. In normal medi...

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

authors： Holley RW,Kiernan JA

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the hypothesis that features of the molecular program of normal wound healing might play an important role in cancer metastasis, we previously identified consistent features in the transcriptional response of normal fibroblasts to serum, and used this "wound-response signature" to reveal links between wound h...

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

authors： Chang HY,Nuyten DS,Sneddon JB,Hastie T,Tibshirani R,Sørlie T,Dai H,He YD,van't Veer LJ,Bartelink H,van de Rijn M,Brown PO,van de Vijver MJ

更新日期：2005-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known from Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" [Hardin G (1968) Science 162:1243-1248] that, if open access is allowed, overgrazing typically results. Hardin, and most authors of the subsequent literature, adopted a static view of the underlying ecosystem. Here we extend this tragedy of the commons to conside...

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

authors： Brekke KA,Øksendal B,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Isochorismate synthase (ICS) converts chorismate to isochorismate for the biosynthesis of phylloquinone, an essential cofactor for photosynthetic electron transport. ICS is also required for salicylic acid (SA) synthesis during Arabidopsis defense. In several other species, including Populus, SA is derived primarily f...

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

authors： Yuan Y,Chung JD,Fu X,Johnson VE,Ranjan P,Booth SL,Harding SA,Tsai CJ

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent anti-inflammatory agents that block cytokine production. We investigated whether GCs also block cytokine signaling via the Janus kinase (Jak)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway. Dexamethasone inhibited IL-2-induced DNA binding, tyrosine phosphorylation, and...

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

authors： Bianchi M,Meng C,Ivashkiv LB

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin insulators or boundaries are proposed to structure the chromatin fiber into functionally independent domains by promoting the formation of chromatin loops. These elements can block the communication between an enhancer and a gene when placed between them. Interestingly, it has been previously observed that t...

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

authors： Melnikova L,Juge F,Gruzdeva N,Mazur A,Cavalli G,Georgiev P

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of antisense oligonucleotides to cell cultures has been used to specifically inhibit gene expression. We have investigated the mechanism by which oligonucleotides enter living cells. These compounds are taken up by cells in a saturable, size-dependent manner compatible with receptor-mediated endocytosis. Poly...

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

authors： Loke SL,Stein CA,Zhang XH,Mori K,Nakanishi M,Subasinghe C,Cohen JS,Neckers LM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stopping an action in response to an unexpected event requires both that the event is attended to, and that the action is inhibited. Previous neuroimaging investigations of stopping have failed to adequately separate these cognitive elements. Here we used a version of the widely used Stop Signal Task that controls for...

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

authors： Sharp DJ,Bonnelle V,De Boissezon X,Beckmann CF,James SG,Patel MC,Mehta MA

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferating-cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) mediates the replication of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA by reversing the effects of a protein that inhibits the elongation reaction. Two other protein fractions, activator I and activator II, were also shown to play important roles in this process. We report that activator II i...

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

authors： Lee SH,Eki T,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the turnover of triglycerides in adipose tissue requires the continuous provision of 3-glycerophosphate, which may be supplied by the metabolism of glucose or by glyceroneogenesis, the de novo synthesis of 3-glycerophosphate from sources other than hexoses or glycerol. The importance of glyceroneogenesis...

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

authors： Olswang Y,Cohen H,Papo O,Cassuto H,Croniger CM,Hakimi P,Tilghman SM,Hanson RW,Reshef L

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine paired box-containing gene Pax1 is required for normal development of the vertebral column, the sternum, and the scapula. Previous studies have shown that three natural Pax1 mouse mutants, the undulated alleles, exhibit phenotypes of different severity in these skeletal elements. Nevertheless, these analyse...

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

authors： Wilm B,Dahl E,Peters H,Balling R,Imai K

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposition has been detected in early embryos, adult brains, and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and many cancers, including epithelial GI tumors. We previously found numerous somatic L1 insertions in paired normal and GI cancerous tissues. Here, using a modified method of single-cell anal...

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

authors： Yamaguchi K,Soares AO,Goff LA,Talasila A,Choi JA,Ivenitsky D,Karma S,Brophy B,Devine SE,Meltzer SJ,Kazazian HH Jr

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercropping, which grows at least two crop species on the same pieces of land at the same time, can increase grain yields greatly. Legume-grass intercrops are known to overyield because of legume nitrogen fixation. However, many agricultural soils are deficient in phosphorus. Here we show that a new mechanism of ove...

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

authors： Li L,Li SM,Sun JH,Zhou LL,Bao XG,Zhang HG,Zhang FS

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells obtained from normal human skin synthesize predominantly type I collogen in culture. Cells obtained from the skin of an infant with a severe form of osteogenesis imperfecta were found to synthesize as much type III as type I collagen. Decreased synthesis of type I collagen could explain the tissue fragility obse...

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

authors： Penttinen RP,Lichtenstein JR,Martin GR,McKusick VA

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical forces have key roles in regulating activation of T cells and coordination of the adaptive immune response. A recent example is the ability of T cells to sense the rigidity of an underlying substrate through the T-cell receptor (TCR) coreceptor CD3 and CD28, a costimulation signal essential for cell activat...

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

authors： Bashour KT,Gondarenko A,Chen H,Shen K,Liu X,Huse M,Hone JC,Kam LC

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing temporal variability in extreme rainfall events before the historical era is complicated by the sparsity of long-term "direct" storm proxies. Here we present a 2,200-y-long, accurate, and precisely dated record of cave flooding events from the northwest Australian tropics that we interpret, based on an integ...

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

authors： Denniston RF,Villarini G,Gonzales AN,Wyrwoll KH,Polyak VJ,Ummenhofer CC,Lachniet MS,Wanamaker AD Jr,Humphreys WF,Woods D,Cugley J

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring a GAL1 promoter-linked beta-galactosidase gene, the simultaneous expression of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I and inactivation of yeast DNA topoisomerases I and II reduces the cellular level of beta-galactosidase to an undetectable level. Analysis of intracellular mRNA...

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

authors： Gartenberg MR,Wang JC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we introduce the network histogram, a statistical summary of network interactions to be used as a tool for exploratory data analysis. A network histogram is obtained by fitting a stochastic blockmodel to a single observation of a network dataset. Blocks of edges play the role of histogram bins and commun...

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

authors： Olhede SC,Wolfe PJ

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00