Receptor-stimulated death pathway is opened by antigen in mature T cells.

abstract：:Paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor α (PILRα) and β (PILRβ) belong to the PILR family and are related to innate immune regulation in various species. Despite their high sequence identity, PILRα and PILRβ are shown to have variant sialic acid (SA) binding avidities. To explore the molecular basis of this interac...

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

authors： Lu Q,Lu G,Qi J,Wang H,Xuan Y,Wang Q,Li Y,Zhang Y,Zheng C,Fan Z,Yan J,Gao GF

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a theoretical study of dynamic self assembly in a system of millimeter-sized magnetized disks floating at a liquid-air interface and spinning under the influence of a rotating magnetic field. Equations of motions are derived that account for the hydrodynamic and magnetic forces acting in the system. Nume...

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

authors： Grzybowski BA,Stone HA,Whitesides GM

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the patterns of positive and negative selection of thymocytes expressing the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) from the D10.G4.1 T cell clone. This TCR confers reactivity to several non-self MHC class II alleles with a remarkably broad range of avidities. Therefore, negative selection can be studied when ...

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

authors： Sant'Angelo DB,Janeway CA Jr

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the level of intraindividual sequence variability (heteroplasmy) of mtDNA in human brain by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing. Single base substitutions, as well as insertions or deletions of single bases, were numerous in the noncoding control region (D-loop), and 35-45% of the m...

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

authors： Jazin EE,Cavelier L,Eriksson I,Oreland L,Gyllensten U

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational activation of the Ras oncogene products (H-Ras, K-Ras, and N-Ras) is frequently observed in human cancers, making them promising anticancer drug targets. Nonetheless, no effective strategy has been available for the development of Ras inhibitors, partly owing to the absence of well-defined surface pockets s...

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

authors： Shima F,Yoshikawa Y,Ye M,Araki M,Matsumoto S,Liao J,Hu L,Sugimoto T,Ijiri Y,Takeda A,Nishiyama Y,Sato C,Muraoka S,Tamura A,Osoda T,Tsuda K,Miyakawa T,Fukunishi H,Shimada J,Kumasaka T,Yamamoto M,Kataoka T

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members interact with inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) Ca(2+)release channels in the endoplasmic reticulum to modulate Ca(2+)signals that affect cell viability. However, the molecular details and consequences of their interactions are unclear. Here, we found that Bcl-xL activates sin...

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

authors： Yang J,Vais H,Gu W,Foskett JK

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase (GS) was inactivated by a nonenzymic mixed-function oxidation system composed of ascorbate, O2, and Fe(III). Partial inactivation of GS by this system leads to the formation of hybrid GS molecules (dodecamers) composed of both active and inactive subunits. Subunit interactions in ...

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

authors： Nakamura K,Stadtman ER

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding enhancement by tertiary interactions is a strategy that takes advantage of the higher order folding of functionally important RNAs to bind short nucleic acid-based compounds tightly and more specifically than possible by simple base pairing. For example, tertiary interactions enhance binding of specific hexame...

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

authors： Testa SM,Gryaznov SM,Turner DH

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of transforming growth factor beta 1 on the skin in vivo, we have targeted its expression to the epidermis of transgenic mice. To ensure that active TGF-beta 1 was expressed, we used a porcine TGF-beta 1 cDNA with mutations of Cys-223-->Ser and Cys-225-->Ser, which allow constitutive activation. M...

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

authors： Sellheyer K,Bickenbach JR,Rothnagel JA,Bundman D,Longley MA,Krieg T,Roche NS,Roberts AB,Roop DR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the renin-angiotensin system in blood pressure control and in the development of hypertension was investigated by generating transgenic mice carrying the rat renin or angiotensinogen gene or both genes under the control of the mouse metallothionein I promoter. The systolic blood pressure was significantly ...

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

authors： Ohkubo H,Kawakami H,Kakehi Y,Takumi T,Arai H,Yokota Y,Iwai M,Tanabe Y,Masu M,Hata J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an inverse relationship is expected in ancient DNA samples between the number of surviving DNA fragments and their length, ancient DNA sequencing libraries are strikingly deficient in molecules shorter than 40 bp. We find that a loss of short molecules can occur during DNA extraction and present an improved s...

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

authors： Dabney J,Knapp M,Glocke I,Gansauge MT,Weihmann A,Nickel B,Valdiosera C,García N,Pääbo S,Arsuaga JL,Meyer M

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamides containing N-methylimidazole (Im) and N-methylpyrrole (Py) amino acids can be combined in antiparallel side-by-side dimeric complexes for sequence-specific recognition in the minor groove of DNA. Six polyamides containing three to eight rings bind DNA sites 5-10 bp in length, respectively. Quantitative DNas...

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

authors： Kelly JJ,Baird EE,Dervan PB

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The likelihood with which an action potential elicits neurotransmitter release, the release probability (p(r)), is an important component of synaptic strength. Regulatory mechanisms controlling several steps of synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis may affect p(r), yet their relative importance in determining p(r) and elic...

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

authors： Matz J,Gilyan A,Kolar A,McCarvill T,Krueger SR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Communities have an important role to play in biodiversity conservation. However, community-based conservation as a panacea, like government-based conservation as a panacea, ignores the necessity of managing commons at multiple levels, with vertical and horizontal interplay among institutions. The study of conservatio...

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

authors： Berkes F

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas target-specific drugs are available for treating ERBB2-overexpressing and hormone receptor-positive breast cancers, no tailored therapy exists for hormone receptor- and ERBB2-negative ("triple-negative") mammary carcinomas. Triple-negative tumors account for 15% of all breast cancers and frequently harbor defe...

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

authors： Rottenberg S,Jaspers JE,Kersbergen A,van der Burg E,Nygren AO,Zander SA,Derksen PW,de Bruin M,Zevenhoven J,Lau A,Boulter R,Cranston A,O'Connor MJ,Martin NM,Borst P,Jonkers J

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe the structure of chitinase B from Serratia marcescens, which consists of a catalytic domain with a TIM-barrel fold and a 49-residue C-terminal chitin-binding domain. This chitinase is the first structure of a bacterial exochitinase, and it represents one of only a few examples of a glycosyl ...

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

authors： van Aalten DM,Synstad B,Brurberg MB,Hough E,Riise BW,Eijsink VG,Wierenga RK

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into the biophysical properties of single molecules traditionally involve well defined in vitro systems where parameters such as solvent viscosity and applied forces are known a priori. These systems provide means to develop models describing the polymers response to a variety of conditions, including t...

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

authors： Fisher JK,Ballenger M,O'Brien ET,Haase J,Superfine R,Bloom K

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent success of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in the treatment of cancer has led to a revived interest in microtubule-destabilizing agents. Here, we determined the high-resolution crystal structure of the complex between tubulin and maytansine, which is part of an ADC that is approved by the US Food and Drug A...

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

authors： Prota AE,Bargsten K,Diaz JF,Marsh M,Cuevas C,Liniger M,Neuhaus C,Andreu JM,Altmann KH,Steinmetz MO

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes are down-regulated during osteogenesis, myogenesis, and adipogenesis, necessitating a mechanistic understanding of interrelationships between growth control and phenotype commitment. Here, we show that cell fate-determining factors [MyoD, myogenin (Mgn), Runx2, C/EBPbeta] occupy rDNA loci an...

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

authors： Ali SA,Zaidi SK,Dacwag CS,Salma N,Young DW,Shakoori AR,Montecino MA,Lian JB,van Wijnen AJ,Imbalzano AN,Stein GS,Stein JL

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the bacterial RecA protein in plants stimulates homologous recombination in tobacco. Here we show that RecA plays a direct role in DNA strand exchange in vivo. The number of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) was increased 2.4-fold over wild type in transgenic tobacco plants expressing a nuclear-targeted ...

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

authors： Reiss B,Schubert I,Köpchen K,Wendeler E,Schell J,Puchta H

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase Chk2, the mammalian homolog of the budding yeast Rad53 and fission yeast Cds1 checkpoint kinases, is phosphorylated and activated in response to DNA damage by ionizing radiation (IR), UV irradiation, and replication blocks by hydroxyurea (HU). Phosphorylation and activation of Chk2 are ataxia telang...

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

authors： Matsuoka S,Rotman G,Ogawa A,Shiloh Y,Tamai K,Elledge SJ

更新日期：2000-09-12 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：:Eukaryotic transcriptional activators may function by stimulating formation of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes at the core promoter of genes. In this case, their mode of action will intrinsically depend on how these complexes assemble on promoters in living cells, an issue that remains largely unexplored. He...

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

authors： Gonzalez-Couto E,Klages N,Strubin M

更新日期：1997-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:P2X receptors for ATP have a wide range of physiological roles and comprise a structurally distinct family of ligand-gated trimeric ion channels. The crystal structure of a P2X4 receptor, in combination with mutagenesis studies, has provided a model of the intersubunit ATP-binding sites and identified an extracellular...

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

authors： Roberts JA,Allsopp RC,El Ajouz S,Vial C,Schmid R,Young MT,Evans RJ

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two prominent members of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily of transmembrane proteins, multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1), can mediate the cellular extrusion of xenobiotics and (anticancer) drugs from normal and tumor cells. The MRP subfamily consists of at least s...

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

authors： Wijnholds J,Mol CA,van Deemter L,de Haas M,Scheffer GL,Baas F,Beijnen JH,Scheper RJ,Hatse S,De Clercq E,Balzarini J,Borst P

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many sources of genetic diversity, ranging from programmed mutagenesis in antibody genes to random mutagenesis during species evolution or development of cancer. We propose that mutations in DNA sequence-specific transcription factors that target response elements (REs) in many genes can also provide for rap...

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

authors： Resnick MA,Inga A

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During sustained viewing of an ambiguous stimulus, an individual's perceptual experience will generally switch between the different possible alternatives rather than stay fixed on one interpretation (perceptual rivalry). Here, we measured pupil diameter while subjects viewed different ambiguous visual and auditory st...

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

authors： Einhäuser W,Stout J,Koch C,Carter O

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Striga is a major biotic constraint to sorghum production in semiarid tropical Africa and Asia. Genetic resistance to this parasitic weed is the most economically feasible control measure. Mutant alleles at the LGS1 (LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1) locus drastically reduce Striga germination stimulant activity. We provid...

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

authors： Gobena D,Shimels M,Rich PJ,Ruyter-Spira C,Bouwmeester H,Kanuganti S,Mengiste T,Ejeta G

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids, i.e., gangliosides, constitute a major component of neuronal cells and are thought to be essential for brain function. UDP-glucose:ceramide glucosyltransferase (Ugcg) catalyzes the initial step of glycosphingolipid (GSL) biosynthesis. To gain insight into the role of GSLs in ...

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

authors： Jennemann R,Sandhoff R,Wang S,Kiss E,Gretz N,Zuliani C,Martin-Villalba A,Jäger R,Schorle H,Kenzelmann M,Bonrouhi M,Wiegandt H,Gröne HJ

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Enveloped viruses exploit the endomembrane system to enter host cells. Through a cascade of membrane-trafficking events, virus-bearing vesicles fuse with acidic endosomes and/or lysosomes mediated by SNAREs triggering viral fusion. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this process remain elusive. Here, we foun...

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

authors： Pirooz SD,He S,Zhang T,Zhang X,Zhao Z,Oh S,O'Connell D,Khalilzadeh P,Amini-Bavil-Olyaee S,Farzan M,Liang C

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00