Nitrofurans, a group of synthetic antibiotics, with a new mode of action: discrimination of specific messenger RNA classes.

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of Plasmodium parasites has indicated that their modern-day distribution is a result of a series of human-mediated dispersals involving transport between Africa, Europe, America, and Asia. A major outstanding question is the phylogenetic affinity of the malaria causing parasites Plasmodium vivax ...

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

authors： Gelabert P,Sandoval-Velasco M,Olalde I,Fregel R,Rieux A,Escosa R,Aranda C,Paaijmans K,Mueller I,Gilbert MT,Lalueza-Fox C

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel cellular behaviors and characteristics can be obtained by coupling engineered gene networks to the cell's natural regulatory circuitry through appropriately designed input and output interfaces. Here, we demonstrate how an engineered genetic circuit can be used to construct cells that respond to biological signa...

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

authors： Kobayashi H,Kaern M,Araki M,Chung K,Gardner TS,Cantor CR,Collins JJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynein is a microtubule motor that powers motility of cilia and flagella. There is evidence that the relative sliding of the doublet microtubules is due to a conformational change in the motor domain that moves a microtubule bound to the end of an extension known as the stalk. A predominant model for the movement invo...

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

authors： Ueno H,Yasunaga T,Shingyoji C,Hirose K

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-target residence time (t = 1/k(off), where k(off) is the dissociation rate constant) has become an important index in discovering better- or best-in-class drugs. However, little effort has been dedicated to developing computational methods that can accurately predict this kinetic parameter or related parameters, ...

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

authors： Bai F,Xu Y,Chen J,Liu Q,Gu J,Wang X,Ma J,Li H,Onuchic JN,Jiang H

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced personalized medical diagnostics depend on the availability of high-quality biological samples. These are typically biofluids, such as blood, saliva, or urine; and their collection and storage is critical to obtain reliable results. Without proper temperature regulation, protein biomarkers in particular can d...

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

authors： Kluge JA,Li AB,Kahn BT,Michaud DS,Omenetto FG,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The activated form of the third complement protein, C3b, forms a stable complex with components of plasma membranes and particulate entities such as zymosan. The complex resists the action of detergents and protein denaturants as well as extremes of temperature, salt concentration, and pH. It can, however, be broken b...

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

authors： Law SK,Levine RP

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP deaminase (adenylate deaminase; AMP aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.6), a large flat tetrameric enzyme found in skeletal muscle, binds strongly and specifically to the subfragment-2 region of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin. This allows its use as a structural probe in myosin and myosin rod aggregation studies. When mixed ...

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

authors： Koretz JF

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that in four transcription factor families the DNA-recognition rules can be described as (i) chemical rules, which list possible pairings between the 20 amino acid residues and the four DNA bases, and (ii) stereochemical rules, which describe the base and amino acid positions in contact. We...

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

authors： Suzuki M,Yagi N

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage Mu replicates as a transposable element, exploiting host enzymes to promote initiation of DNA synthesis. The phage-encoded transposase MuA, assembled into an oligomeric transpososome, promotes transfer of Mu ends to target DNA, creating a fork at each end, and then remains tightly bound to both forks. In...

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

authors： Nakai H,Doseeva V,Jones JM

更新日期：2001-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-sensitive syndrome (UVsS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by photosensitivity and mild freckling but without neurological abnormalities or skin tumors. UVsS cells show UV hypersensitivity and defective transcription-coupled DNA repair of UV damage. It was suggested that UVsS does not belong to ...

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

authors： Horibata K,Iwamoto Y,Kuraoka I,Jaspers NG,Kurimasa A,Oshimura M,Ichihashi M,Tanaka K

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although potassium channels play a variety of roles in shaping the electrical properties of neurons, little is known about how these channels are constituted in neurons. To examine the assembly and physiological function of A-type K+ channels in mature differentiated neurons, we have developed a highly efficient gene ...

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

authors： Kaang BK,Pfaffinger PJ,Grant SG,Kandel ER,Furukawa Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-environment interactions are important determinants of cancer risk. Traditionally, gene-environment interactions are thought to contribute to tumor-suppressor-gene penetrance by facilitating or inhibiting the acquisition of additional somatic mutations required for tumorigenesis. Here, we demonstrate that a disti...

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

authors： Cook JD,Davis BJ,Cai SL,Barrett JC,Conti CJ,Walker CL

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of benzodiazepine/gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor binding sites was lower in the midbrain of seizure-susceptible gerbils compared to control seizure-resistant gerbils. Binding of [3H]diazepam to high-affinity brain-specific sites in membrane homogenates of gerbil brain showed a 20-30% lower binding in mid...

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

authors： Olsen RW,Wamsley JK,McCabe RT,Lee RJ,Lomax P

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate analysis of plant cell wall polysaccharide structure and composition, we cloned 74 genes encoding polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Neurospora crassa and expressed the genes as secreted proteins with C-terminal Myc and 6x His tags. Most of the recombin...

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

authors： Bauer S,Vasu P,Persson S,Mort AJ,Somerville CR

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-chromosome copy number alterations, also known as aneuploidy, are associated with adverse consequences in most cells and organisms. However, high frequencies of aneuploidy have been reported to occur naturally in the mammalian liver and brain, fueling speculation that aneuploidy provides a selective advantage in...

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

authors： Knouse KA,Wu J,Whittaker CA,Amon A

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of precursor proteins occurs during assembly of numerous viruses. Seven bacteriophage T4 head-related proteins areknown to be cleaved during morphogenesis. Sequences surrounding the cleavage sites in T4 head precursors P23 and IPIII are reported here. We previously determined the sequences of precursor and pr...

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

authors： Isobe T,Black LW,Tsugita A

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human spliceosome is a large ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes pre-mRNA splicing. It consists of five snRNAs and more than 200 proteins. Because of this complexity, much work has focused on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosome, viewed as a highly simplified system with fewer than half as many splicing f...

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

authors： Stark MR,Dunn EA,Dunn WS,Grisdale CJ,Daniele AR,Halstead MR,Fast NM,Rader SD

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms for plant growth restriction during stress conditions remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a phytochrome-interacting factor-like protein, OsPIL1/OsPIL13, acts as a key regulator of reduced internode elongation in rice under drought conditions. The level of OsPIL1 mRNA in rice seedlings grown under...

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

authors： Todaka D,Nakashima K,Maruyama K,Kidokoro S,Osakabe Y,Ito Y,Matsukura S,Fujita Y,Yoshiwara K,Ohme-Takagi M,Kojima M,Sakakibara H,Shinozaki K,Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound of simple structure, 2,4-dichlorobenzyl thiocyanate (DCBT), is an antimitotic agent with a number of unusual properties. The drug causes an extreme reorganization of microtubules in cells in culture. Most normal microtubules disappear, and remaining tubulin-containing structures appear to be bundled or aggr...

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

authors： Abraham I,Dion RL,Chi DM,Gottesman MM,Hamel E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trans-synaptic induction of tyrosine hydroxylase [tyrosine 3-monooxygenase; EC 1.14.16.2, L-tyrosine, tetrahydropteridine: oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating)] in adrenal medulla and sympathetic ganglia by short-term (1-2 hr) cold stress (4 degrees) exhibits a circadian rhythm which seems to be causally relate...

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

authors： Otten U,Thoenen H

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of two variant cDNAs [rat brain thyroid hormone receptor (rTR alpha) vI and vII], isolated from a rat brain cDNA library by using the Pst I fragment of v-erbA, showed virtual identity with the rat brain thyroid hormone receptor (rTR alpha) [Thompson, C. C., Weinberger,...

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

authors： Mitsuhashi T,Tennyson GE,Nikodem VM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli gene encoding protein n' has been isolated and named priA for primosomal protein A. Protein n' is absolutely required for the conversion of single-stranded phi X174 DNA to the duplex replicative form in an in vitro-reconstituted system. The gene maps to 88.7 minutes on the chromosome adjacent to t...

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

authors： Lee EH,Masai H,Allen GC Jr,Kornberg A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major question in plant physiology is how the large amount of sucrose made in leaves is transported to the rest of the plant. Although physiological, biochemical, and anatomical investigations have been performed in this field, to date there have been very few genetic studies. Using a reverse genetic screen, we have...

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

authors： Gottwald JR,Krysan PJ,Young JC,Evert RF,Sussman MR

更新日期：2000-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The local conformations of proteins and peptides are determined by the amino acid sequence. However, the 20 amino acids encoded by the genome allow the peptide backbone to fold into many conformations, so that even for a small peptide it becomes very difficult to predict the three-dimensional structure. By using empir...

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

authors： Burgess AW

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenylated Rab GTPases regulate intracellular vesicle trafficking in eukaryotic cells by associating with specific membranes and recruiting a multitude of Rab-specific effector proteins. Prenylation, membrane delivery, and recycling of all 60 members of the Rab GTPase family are regulated by two related molecules, Rab...

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

authors： Wu YW,Tan KT,Waldmann H,Goody RS,Alexandrov K

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicting data have been reported with regard to the infectability, dysfunction, and depletion of dendritic cells (DCs) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. These discrepancies could potentially be explained by the existence of multiple subsets of cells with dendritic morphology in peripheral blood. The is...

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

authors： Weissman D,Li Y,Ananworanich J,Zhou LJ,Adelsberger J,Tedder TF,Baseler M,Fauci AS

更新日期：1995-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A promising strategy for DNA sequencing exploits transposons to provide mobile sites for the binding of sequencing primers. For such a strategy to be maximally efficient, the location and orientation of the transposon must be readily determined and the insertion sites should be randomly distributed. We demonstrate an ...

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

authors： Strausbaugh LD,Bourke MT,Sommer MT,Coon ME,Berg CM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is strongly associated with obesity in most, but not all, ethnic groups, suggesting important ethnic differences in disease susceptibility. Although it is clear that insulin resistance plays a major role in the pathogenesis of T2DM and that insulin resistance is strongly associated with...

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

authors： Petersen KF,Dufour S,Feng J,Befroy D,Dziura J,Dalla Man C,Cobelli C,Shulman GI

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to hypoxia is mediated by transactivation of hypoxia-responsive genes by hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in complex with the CBP and p300 transcriptional coactivators. We report the solution structure of the cysteine/histidine-rich 1 (CH1) domain of p300 bound to the C-terminal transactivation domain of ...

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

authors： Freedman SJ,Sun ZY,Poy F,Kung AL,Livingston DM,Wagner G,Eck MJ

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposable elements make up half of the mammalian genome. One of the most abundant is the short interspersed nuclear element (SINE). Among their million copies, B2 accounts for ∼350,000 in the mouse genome and has garnered special interest because of emerging roles in epigenetic regulation. Our recent work demonstra...

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

authors： Hernandez AJ,Zovoilis A,Cifuentes-Rojas C,Han L,Bujisic B,Lee JT

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00