Human combinatorial libraries yield rare antibodies that broadly neutralize hepatitis C virus.

abstract：:Lineage specification is thought to be largely regulated at the level of transcription, where lineage-specific transcription factors drive specific cell fates. MicroRNAs (miR), vital to many cell functions, act posttranscriptionally to decrease the expression of target mRNAs. MLL-AF4 acute lymphocytic leukemia exhibit...

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

authors： Okuyama K,Ikawa T,Gentner B,Hozumi K,Harnprasopwat R,Lu J,Yamashita R,Ha D,Toyoshima T,Chanda B,Kawamata T,Yokoyama K,Wang S,Ando K,Lodish HF,Tojo A,Kawamoto H,Kotani A

更新日期：2013-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic activation of β-adrenoreceptors (β-AR) represents a hallmark in the development of heart failure (HF). However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of gene regulation. In human ventricular myocardium from patients with end-stage HF, we found high levels of phosphorylated histone 3 at serine-28 ...

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

authors： Saadatmand AR,Sramek V,Weber S,Finke D,Dewenter M,Sticht C,Gretz N,Wüstemann T,Hagenmueller M,Kuenzel SR,Meyer-Roxlau S,Kramer M,Sossalla S,Lehmann LH,Kämmerer S,Backs J,El-Armouche A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the days of Hertz, radio transmitters have evolved from rudimentary circuits emitting around 50 MHz to modern ubiquitous Wi-Fi devices operating at gigahertz radio bands. As wireless data traffic continues to increase, there is a need for new communication technologies capable of high-frequency operation for hig...

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

authors： Piccardo M,Tamagnone M,Schwarz B,Chevalier P,Rubin NA,Wang Y,Wang CA,Connors MK,McNulty D,Belyanin A,Capasso F

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of extracellular stimuli, including soluble cytokines and insoluble matrix factors, are known to influence murine embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation behavioral responses via intracellular signaling pathways, but their net effects in combination are difficult to understand. To gain insight co...

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

authors： Prudhomme W,Daley GQ,Zandstra P,Lauffenburger DA

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM is a probiotic bacterium that has been produced commercially since 1972. The complete genome is 1,993,564 nt and devoid of plasmids. The average GC content is 34.71% with 1,864 predicted ORFs, of which 72.5% were functionally classified. Nine phage-related integrases were predicted, but ...

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

authors： Altermann E,Russell WM,Azcarate-Peril MA,Barrangou R,Buck BL,McAuliffe O,Souther N,Dobson A,Duong T,Callanan M,Lick S,Hamrick A,Cano R,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonclassical MHC class I-related (MHC-I) molecule HFE controls cellular iron homeostasis by a mechanism that has not been fully elucidated. We examined the regulation of HFE by K5, the E3 ubiquitin ligase encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8), that is known to down-regulate classical MHC-I...

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

authors： Rhodes DA,Boyle LH,Boname JM,Lehner PJ,Trowsdale J

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Thy-1 gene has been isolated and sequenced and compared to the rat and mouse Thy-1 genes. All three genes are organized in the same way: one exon encoding the majority of the signal peptide, another encoding the transmembrane segment, and a third encoding the remainder of the protein. One major structural di...

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

authors： Seki T,Spurr N,Obata F,Goyert S,Goodfellow P,Silver J

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorpromazine (3 x 10(-4)M) prevents the stimulation of adenyl cyclase activity in thyroid membranes produced by thyrotropin and prostaglandin, ACTH stimulation of adenyl cyclase in adrenal tissue, and glucagon- and epinephrine-stimulation of adenyl cyclase activity in liver. Baseline activity is unaffected. Parathyr...

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

authors： Wolff J,Jones AB

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is the cause of Legionnaires' disease, which is a form of potentially fatal pneumonia. To identify genes required for virulence of the bacterium, a library of 1,386 L. pneumophila signature tagged transposon mutants was studied for guinea pig virulence. The mutants were screened in pools of 96 e...

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

authors： Edelstein PH,Edelstein MA,Higa F,Falkow S

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2) plays a critical role in the growth and differentiation of lymphoid cells. The IL-2 signal is delivered intracellularly by the IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta); however, the mechanism by which the signal reaches the nucleus remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrate the rapid activation o...

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

authors： Hatakeyama M,Kawahara A,Mori H,Shibuya H,Taniguchi T

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial proportions of mammalian genomes comprise repetitive elements including endogenous retrotransposons. Although these play diverse roles during development, their appropriate silencing is critically important in maintaining genomic integrity in the host cells. The major mechanism for retrotransposon silencin...

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

authors： Hatanaka Y,Inoue K,Oikawa M,Kamimura S,Ogonuki N,Kodama EN,Ohkawa Y,Tsukada Y,Ogura A

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperation via production of common goods is found in diverse life forms ranging from viruses to social animals. However, natural selection predicts a "tragedy of the commons": Cheaters, benefiting from without producing costly common goods, are more fit than cooperators and should destroy cooperation. In an attempt ...

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

authors： Waite AJ,Shou W

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine milk lipoprotein lipase was subjected to amino acid sequence analysis. The first 19 amino-terminal residues were Asp-Arg-Ile-Thr-Gly-Gly-Lys-Asp-Phe-Arg-Asp-Ile-Glu-Ser-Lys-Phe-Ala-Leu- Arg. In addition, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of a tryptic digest of reduced and alkylated lipase re...

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

authors： Ben-Avram CM,Ben-Zeev O,Lee TD,Haaga K,Shively JE,Goers J,Pedersen ME,Reeve JR Jr,Schotz MC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the basis of resistance and sensitivity of normal and transformed cells to histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi)-induced cell death, specifically the role of caspases and thioredoxin (Trx). An important attribute of HDACis is that they induce cancer cell death at concentrations to which normal cell...

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

authors： Ungerstedt JS,Sowa Y,Xu WS,Shao Y,Dokmanovic M,Perez G,Ngo L,Holmgren A,Jiang X,Marks PA

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A complementarity-determining region (CDR) of the mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) F58 was constructed with specificity to a neutralization-inducing region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The mAb has its major reactivity to the amino acid sequence I--GPGRA in the V3 viral envelope region. All CDRs inclu...

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

authors： Levi M,Sällberg M,Rudén U,Herlyn D,Maruyama H,Wigzell H,Marks J,Wahren B

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dense granules of platelets contain a high content of diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A). We have previously demonstrated an antithrombotic effect of this compound in a live rabbit model. In the present study we find that certain synthetic Ap4A analogues are superior to Ap4A in inhibiting ADP-induced aggr...

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

authors： Zamecnik PC,Kim B,Gao MJ,Taylor G,Blackburn GM

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Amazon is one of the most rapidly developing agricultural areas in the world and represents a potentially large future source of greenhouse gases from land clearing and subsequent agricultural management. In an integrated approach, we estimate the greenhouse gas dynamics of natural ecosystems and agricul...

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

authors： Galford GL,Melillo JM,Kicklighter DW,Cronin TW,Cerri CE,Mustard JF,Cerri CC

更新日期：2010-11-16 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：:Inactivation of the recently identified murMN operon in penicillin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae was shown already to cause two major effects: elimination of branched-structured muropeptides from the cell wall and complete loss of penicillin resistance. We now show that cells with inactivated murMN als...

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

authors： Filipe SR,Severina E,Tomasz A

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The perforant path (PP) undergoes synaptic changes in the course of aging and dementia. Previous studies attempting to assess the integrity of the PP in humans using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were limited by low resolution and the inability to identify PP fibers specifically. Here we present an application of DTI...

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

authors： Yassa MA,Muftuler LT,Stark CE

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of life expectancy in 1963 reveals twin peaks in the empirical distribution across countries: one group of countries clustered around a life expectancy of 40 years and a second group clustered around a life expectancy of 65 years. By 2003, the mode of each cluster had moved up by approximately 10 years....

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

authors： Bloom DE,Canning D

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Global agricultural emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) have increased by around 20% over the last 100 y, but regulation of these emissions and their impact on bacterial cellular metabolism are poorly understood. Denitrifying bacteria convert nitrate in soils to inert di-nitrogen gas (N2) via N2O and t...

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

authors： Sullivan MJ,Gates AJ,Appia-Ayme C,Rowley G,Richardson DJ

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizure activity regulates gene expression for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and neurturin (NRTN), and their receptor components, the transmembrane c-Ret tyrosine kinase and the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored GDNF family receptor (GFR) alpha 1 and alpha 2 in limbic structures. We demonstrat...

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

authors： Nanobashvili A,Airaksinen MS,Kokaia M,Rossi J,Asztély F,Olofsdotter K,Mohapel P,Saarma M,Lindvall O,Kokaia Z

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintended anthropogenic deposition of sulfur (S) to forest ecosystems has a range of negative consequences, identified through decades of research. There has been far less study of purposeful S use in agricultural systems around the world, including the application of elemental sulfur (S(0)) as a quick-reacting fungi...

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

authors： Hinckley EL,Matson PA

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used X-ray diffraction on the rhombohedral phospholipid phase to reconstruct stalk structures in different pure lipids and lipid mixtures with unprecedented resolution, enabling a quantitative analysis of geometry, as well as curvature and hydration energies. Electron density isosurfaces are used to study shap...

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

authors： Aeffner S,Reusch T,Weinhausen B,Salditt T

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-immunoglobulin treatment of fura-2-loaded Daudi cells induces a calcium mobilization as judged by the increase in the fluorescence of the dye fura-2, AM. No calcium mobilization by N-fMet-Leu-Phe is observed in these cells. However, exposure of the cells to N-fMet-Leu-Phe after the first hit with anti-immunoglobu...

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

authors： Kalunta CI,Kaptein JS,Niedzin H,Scott SJ,Lee GH,Lad PM

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of genes associated with sexual traits and reproduction evolve at the sequence level faster than the majority of genes coding for non-sex-related traits. Whole genome analyses allow this observation to be extended beyond the limited set of genes that have been studied thus far. We use cDNA microarrays to demo...

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

authors： Meiklejohn CD,Parsch J,Ranz JM,Hartl DL

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Prey shifts in carnivorous predators are events that can initiate the accelerated generation of new biodiversity. However, it is seldom possible to reconstruct how the change in prey preference occurred. Here we describe an evolutionary "smoking gun" that illuminates the transition from worm hunting to fish hunting am...

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

authors： Aman JW,Imperial JS,Ueberheide B,Zhang MM,Aguilar M,Taylor D,Watkins M,Yoshikami D,Showers-Corneli P,Safavi-Hemami H,Biggs J,Teichert RW,Olivera BM

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of Mg(2+) for numerous cellular activities, the mechanisms underlying its import and homeostasis are poorly understood. The CorA family is ubiquitous and is primarily responsible for Mg(2+) transport. However, the key questions-such as, the ion selectivity, the transport pathway, and the gating ...

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

authors： Guskov A,Nordin N,Reynaud A,Engman H,Lundbäck AK,Jong AJ,Cornvik T,Phua T,Eshaghi S

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphavbeta3 integrins are linked to human bleeding disorders, and pathogenic hantaviruses regulate the function of alphavbeta3 integrins and cause acute vascular diseases. alphavbeta3 integrins are present in either extended (active) or dramatically bent (inactive) structures, and interconversion of alphavbeta3 co...

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

authors： Raymond T,Gorbunova E,Gavrilovskaya IN,Mackow ER

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00