Hydrogen sulfide mediates the vasoactivity of garlic.

abstract：:Bovine pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) is a Mg2+-dependent and Ca2+-stimulated heterodimer that is a member of the protein phosphatase 2C family and is localized to mitochondria. Insight into the function of the regulatory subunit of PDP (PDPr) has been gained. It decreases the sensitivity of the catalytic su...

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

authors： Yan J,Lawson JE,Reed LJ

更新日期：1996-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In most organisms, light plays a key role in the synchronization of the circadian timing system with the environmental day-night cycle. Light pulses that phase-shift the circadian clock also induce the expression of period (per) genes in vertebrates. Here, we report the cloning of a zebrafish per gene, zfper4, which i...

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

authors： Vallone D,Gondi SB,Whitmore D,Foulkes NS

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described experimental system for analyzing the mode of action of a morphogen gradient involves the in situ hybridization of sectioned tissue constructs. In these constructs, a source of activin signaling induces the transcription of several mesodermal genes in blastula animal caps, according to the positio...

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

authors： Gurdon JB,Mitchell A,Ryan K

更新日期：1996-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular and molecular signals involved in axon elongation versus collateral and arbor formation may be intrinsic to developing neurons, or they may derive from targets. To identify signals regulating axon growth modes, we have developed a culture system in which trigeminal ganglion cells are challenged by various tar...

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

authors： Erzurumlu RS,Jhaveri S,Takahashi H,McKay RD

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila kep1 gene encodes an RNA binding protein related to the murine QUAKING apoptotic inducer. We have previously shown that kep1 can induce apoptosis when transfected into different cell lines. To better define the role of Kep1 in apoptosis, we generated kep1 null flies. These flies were viable, but females...

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

authors： Di Fruscio M,Styhler S,Wikholm E,Boulanger MC,Lasko P,Richard S

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the DAX-1 [dosage-sensitive sex reversal-adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) critical region on the X chromosome; NR0B1] gene cause X-linked AHC associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. DAX-1 encodes an unusual orphan member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, acting as a transcriptional rep...

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

authors： Lehmann SG,Lalli E,Sassone-Corsi P

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited retinal degeneration (RD) is a devastating and currently untreatable neurodegenerative condition that leads to loss of photoreceptor cells and blindness. The vast genetic heterogeneity of RD, the lack of "druggable" targets, and the access-limiting blood-retinal barrier (BRB) present major hurdles toward eff...

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

authors： Vighi E,Trifunović D,Veiga-Crespo P,Rentsch A,Hoffmann D,Sahaboglu A,Strasser T,Kulkarni M,Bertolotti E,van den Heuvel A,Peters T,Reijerkerk A,Euler T,Ueffing M,Schwede F,Genieser HG,Gaillard P,Marigo V,Ekström P,Pa

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clusters of configurations of the main proteolytic subunit β5 were identified by principal component analysis of crystal structures of the yeast proteasome core particle (yCP). The apo-cluster encompasses unliganded species and complexes with nonpeptidic ligands, and the pep-cluster comprises complexes with peptid...

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

authors： Arciniega M,Beck P,Lange OF,Groll M,Huber R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the extent of tyrosine phosphorylation of talin, a component of the cytoskeleton localized in the focal adhesions and, therefore, a potential substrate of p60v-src, the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus. p60v-src is a tyrosine kinase that induces high levels of phosphotyrosine and the disorga...

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

authors： Pasquale EB,Maher PA,Singer SJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:Esterase 6 is a polymorphic carboxylesterase (carboxylic-ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1) localized to the reproductive tract of male Drosophila melanogaster and transferred to females at copulation. The reproductive fitness of males is strongly affected by temperature and the esterase 6 alleles (active versus null) that ...

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

authors： Gilbert DG,Richmond RC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a motif-based structural search method to identify structural homologs of the hormone binding domains of the nuclear receptors from among a set of known protein structures and have found the closest similarity with members of the subtilisin-like serine proteases. These proteins consist of an open twisted ...

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

authors： Goldstein RA,Katzenellenbogen JA,Luthey-Schulten ZA,Seielstad DA,Wolynes PG

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms lead to mitogenic, survival, and chemotactic responses in a variety of mesenchymal cell types during development and in the adult. We have studied the importance of phosphatidylinositol-3' kinase (PI3K) signaling in these responses by mutating the PI3K-binding sites in th...

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

authors： Heuchel R,Berg A,Tallquist M,Ahlén K,Reed RK,Rubin K,Claesson-Welsh L,Heldin CH,Soriano P

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:High-pressure methods are increasingly used to produce new dense materials with unusual properties. Increasing efforts to understand the reaction mechanisms at the microscopic level, to set up and optimize synthetic approaches, are currently directed at carbon-based solids. A fundamental, but still unsolved, question ...

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

authors： Citroni M,Bini R,Foggi P,Schettino V

更新日期：2008-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine efficacy is determined largely by cellular and humoral immunity as well as long-lasting immunological memory. IL-2 and IL-15 were evaluated in vaccinia vectors expressing HIV gp160 for the establishment of an effective vaccine strategy. Both IL-2 and IL-15 in the vaccinia vector induced strong and long-lasting...

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

authors： Oh S,Berzofsky JA,Burke DS,Waldmann TA,Perera LP

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the visA gene of Escherichia coli cause the mutant bacteria to die upon illumination with visible light. We confirmed genetically that the visA gene is a structural gene for ferrochelatase (protoheme ferro-lyase, EC 4.99.1.1). Since other mutations in the genes involved in the biosynthesis of heme can cur...

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

authors： Nakahigashi K,Nishimura K,Miyamoto K,Inokuchi H

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed that pigment use, beads, engravings, and sophisticated stone and bone tools were already present in southern Africa 75,000 y ago. Many of these artifacts disappeared by 60,000 y ago, suggesting that modern behavior appeared in the past and was subsequently lost before be...

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

authors： d'Errico F,Backwell L,Villa P,Degano I,Lucejko JJ,Bamford MK,Higham TF,Colombini MP,Beaumont PB

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a nuclear body (matrix-associated deacetylase body) whose formation and integrity depend on deacetylase activity. Typically, there are 20-40 0.5-microM bodies per nucleus, although the size and number can vary substantially. The structure appears to contain ...

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

authors： Downes M,Ordentlich P,Kao HY,Alvarez JG,Evans RM

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of 20 recombinant Fab fragments reactive with the surface glycoprotein gp120 of human type 1 immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) were examined for their ability to neutralize MN and IIIB strains of the virus. Neutralization was determined as the ability of the Fab fragments to inhibit infection as measured in both ...

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

authors： Barbas CF 3rd,Björling E,Chiodi F,Dunlop N,Cababa D,Jones TM,Zebedee SL,Persson MA,Nara PL,Norrby E

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast genetic system was developed to study how the basic regions of basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins distinguish between related consensus bHLH binding sites, with nucleotide sequence CANNTG. The yeast bHLH protein CBF1 binds to the sequence CAC(A/G)TG found in the yeast centromere element CDE1 and in promote...

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

authors： Dang CV,Dolde C,Gillison ML,Kato GJ

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase plays an essential role in aerobic cellular respiration, reducing dioxygen to water in a process coupled with the pumping of protons across the mitochondrial inner membrane. An aspartate residue, Asp-51, located near the enzyme surface, undergoes a redox-coupled x-ray structural chan...

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

authors： Tsukihara T,Shimokata K,Katayama Y,Shimada H,Muramoto K,Aoyama H,Mochizuki M,Shinzawa-Itoh K,Yamashita E,Yao M,Ishimura Y,Yoshikawa S

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals often use sex pheromones for mate choice and reproduction. As for other signals, the genetic control of the emission and perception of sex pheromones must be tightly coadapted, and yet we still have no worked-out example of how these two aspects interact. Most models suggest that emission and perception rely o...

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

authors： Bousquet F,Nojima T,Houot B,Chauvel I,Chaudy S,Dupas S,Yamamoto D,Ferveur JF

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A coenzyme B12-dependent ribonucleotide reductase was purified from the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophila and partially sequenced. Using probes derived from the sequence, the corresponding gene was cloned, completely sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence shows that the cat...

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

authors： Tauer A,Benner SA

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies on the ability of insect populations to transmit pathogens consider only constant temperatures and do not account for realistic daily temperature fluctuations that can impact vector-pathogen interactions. Here, we show that diurnal temperature range (DTR) affects two important parameters underlying dengue...

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

authors： Lambrechts L,Paaijmans KP,Fansiri T,Carrington LB,Kramer LD,Thomas MB,Scott TW

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast AAA-ATPase Cdc48 and the ubiquitin fusion degradation (UFD) proteins play important, evolutionarily conserved roles in ubiquitin dependent protein degradation. The N-terminal domain of Cdc48 interacts with substrate-recruiting cofactors, whereas the C terminus of Cdc48 binds to proteins such as Ufd3 that pro...

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

authors： Zhao G,Li G,Schindelin H,Lennarz WJ

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent isolation and identification of alpha-N-acetyl forms of the C-Fragment of lipotropin (beta-endorphin, residues 61-91) and the C'-Fragment (residues 61-87) [Smyth, D.G., Massey, D.E., Zakarian, S. & Finnie, M. (1979) Nature (London) 279, 252-254] has led to a study of their distribution in the pituitary and ...

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

authors： Zakarian S,Smyth D

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy ocean ecosystems are needed to sustain people and livelihoods and to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using the ocean sustainably requires overcoming many formidable challenges: overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution. Despite gloomy forecasts, there is reason f...

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

authors： Lubchenco J,Cerny-Chipman EB,Reimer JN,Levin SA

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated a role for the E2F1 gene product in signaling apoptosis, both as a result of the deregulation of the Rb/E2F pathway as well as in response to DNA damage. We now show that the ability of cells to suppress the apoptotic potential of E2F1, as might occur during the course of normal cellular...

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

authors： Hallstrom TC,Nevins JR

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterotrimeric complex between integrin-linked kinase (ILK), PINCH, and parvin is an essential signaling platform, serving as a convergence point for integrin and growth-factor signaling and regulating cell adhesion, spreading, and migration. We report a 1.6-A crystal structure of the ILK ankyrin repeat domain bou...

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

authors： Chiswell BP,Zhang R,Murphy JW,Boggon TJ,Calderwood DA

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone is a critical mediator of central nervous system (CNS) development, acting through nuclear receptors to modulate the expression of specific genes. Transcription of the rat hairless (hr) gene is highly up-regulated by thyroid hormone in the developing CNS; we show here that hr is directly induced by thy...

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

authors： Thompson CC,Bottcher MC

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00