Abrogation of T cell quiescence characterizes patients at high risk for multiple sclerosis after the initial neurological event.

abstract：:As sensors, wireless communication devices, personal health monitoring systems, and autonomous microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) become distributed and smaller, there is an increasing demand for miniaturized integrated power sources. Although thin-film batteries are well-suited for on-chip integration, their energ...

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

authors： Ning H,Pikul JH,Zhang R,Li X,Xu S,Wang J,Rogers JA,King WP,Braun PV

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that laminar flow activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) in vascular endothelial cells in a ligand-dependent manner that involves phospholipase A2 and cytochrome P450 epoxygenases. In this study, we investigated whether epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), the cataly...

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

authors： Liu Y,Zhang Y,Schmelzer K,Lee TS,Fang X,Zhu Y,Spector AA,Gill S,Morisseau C,Hammock BD,Shyy JY

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The elucidation of the mechanisms of antigen presentation by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules has stimulated the search for nonreplicative vectors that could deliver CD8+ T cell epitopes to the cytosol of antigen-presenting cells to trigger the activation of specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in...

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

authors： Saron MF,Fayolle C,Sebo P,Ladant D,Ullmann A,Leclerc C

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An earthquake of magnitude M and linear source dimension L(M) is preceded within a few years by certain patterns of seismicity in the magnitude range down to about (M - 3) in an area of linear dimension about 5L-10L. Prediction algorithms based on such patterns may allow one to predict approximately 80% of strong eart...

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

authors： Keilis-Borok VI

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Confluent cultures of human fetal lung fibroblasts degrade approximately 10% of their newly synthesized collagen within the cell prior to secretion. This basal level of intracellular degradation could not be inhibited by colchicine or cytochalasin B, inhibitors of microtubular and microfilament function, respectively,...

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

authors： Berg RA,Schwartz ML,Crystal RG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the nucleotide sequences of iaaM and iaaH, the genetic determinants for, respectively, tryptophan 2-monooxygenase and indoleacetamide hydrolase, the enzymes that catalyze the conversion of L-tryptophan to indoleacetic acid in the tumor-forming bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. savastanoi. The sequence analy...

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

authors： Yamada T,Palm CJ,Brooks B,Kosuge T

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant inhibition of spermatogenesis and appearance of antibodies against spermatogenic cells identified by cytotoxicity and immunofluorescence reactions were observed in mice of inbred strains 129/Sv and BALB/c and in albino guinea pigs after syngeneic, allogeneic, and xenogeneic immunization with mouse F9 embry...

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

authors： Vojtiskova M,Pokorna Z,Draber P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several related classes of operators on nilpotent Lie groups are considered. These operators involve the following features: (i) oscillatory factors that are exponentials of imaginary polynomials, (ii) convolutions with singular kernels supported on lower-dimensional submanifolds, (iii) validity in the general context...

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

authors： Ricci F,Stein EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for detection of lysosomal hydrolase activity in situ in colonies of Chinese hamster ovary cells. This method was used to screen for mutants deficient in lysosomal alpha-mannosidase. Mutagenized cells were replicated onto filter papers [Esko, J. D. & Raetz, C. R. H. (1978) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. ...

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

authors： Robbins AR

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious RNA transcripts were generated from full-length cDNA clones of the tobacco etch potyvirus genome containing an insertion of the bacterial beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene between the polyprotein-coding sequences for the N-terminal 35-kDa proteinase and the helper component-proteinase. The recombinant virus was...

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

authors： Dolja VV,McBride HJ,Carrington JC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum appears to involve the production and detection of 3':5'-cyclic AMP. Two pertinent catalytic activities have been studied in concentrates from D. discoideum purified 50- to 100-fold. They are (i) adenylate cyclase and (ii) ATP pyrophosphohydrolase. ATP pyrophosphohydrolase ...

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

authors： Rossomando EF,Sussman M

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The λ exonuclease is an ATP-independent enzyme that binds to dsDNA ends and processively digests the 5'-ended strand to form 5' mononucleotides and a long 3' overhang. The crystal structure of λ exonuclease revealed a toroidal homotrimer with a central funnel-shaped channel for tracking along the DNA, and a mechanism ...

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

authors： Zhang J,McCabe KA,Bell CE

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant-made vaccines have been the subject of intense interest because they can be produced economically in large scale without the use of animal-derived components. Plant-made therapeutic vaccines against challenging chronic diseases, such as cancer, have received little research attention, and no previous human clini...

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

authors： McCormick AA,Reddy S,Reinl SJ,Cameron TI,Czerwinkski DK,Vojdani F,Hanley KM,Garger SJ,White EL,Novak J,Barrett J,Holtz RB,Tusé D,Levy R

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphogenesis often yields organs with robust size and shapes, whereas cell growth and deformation feature significant spatiotemporal variability. Here, we investigate whether tissue responses to mechanical signals contribute to resolve this apparent paradox. We built a model of growing tissue made of fiber-like mater...

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

authors： Fruleux A,Boudaoud A

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:During transcription, RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) must select the correct nucleotide, catalyze its addition to the growing RNA transcript, and move stepwise along the DNA until a gene is fully transcribed. In all kingdoms of life, transcription must be finely tuned to ensure an appropriate balance between fidelity and ...

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

authors： Larson MH,Zhou J,Kaplan CD,Palangat M,Kornberg RD,Landick R,Block SM

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H3 phosphorylation is a critical step that couples signal transduction pathways to gene regulation. To specifically assess the transcriptional regulatory functions of H3 phosphorylation, we developed an in vivo targeting approach and found that the H3 kinase MSK1 is a direct and potent transcriptional activato...

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

authors： Lau PN,Cheung P

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA virus, hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most or second-most important cause of acute clinical hepatitis in adults throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In these regions it is an important cause of acute liver failure, especially in pregnant women who have a mortality rate of 20-30%. Until recentl...

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

authors： Shukla P,Nguyen HT,Torian U,Engle RE,Faulk K,Dalton HR,Bendall RP,Keane FE,Purcell RH,Emerson SU

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy is arguably the most powerful tool for spatial imaging of structures. As such, 2D and 3D microscopies provide static structures with subnanometer and increasingly with angstrom-scale spatial resolution. Here we report the development of 4D ultrafast electron microscopy, whose capability imparts ano...

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

authors： Lobastov VA,Srinivasan R,Zewail AH

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction of deletion derivative plasmids and cloning of restriction fragments from plasmids containing the Salmonella typhimurium origin of replication (ori) were used to locate the functional origin to within a DNA fragment of 296 base pairs between the genes uncB and asn. The nucleotide sequence of the S. typhim...

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

authors： Zyskind JW,Smith DW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA delivery of IL-12 has shown promise in reducing the toxic side effects associated with administration of recombinant human (h)IL-12 protein while maintaining the ability to inhibit tumor growth and abolish tumor metastases in animal models. We have developed a more potent version of IL-12 by using DNA shuffling an...

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

authors： Leong SR,Chang JC,Ong R,Dawes G,Stemmer WP,Punnonen J

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study challenges the paradigm that salt marsh plants prevent lateral wave-induced erosion along wetland edges by binding soil with live roots and clarifies the role of vegetation in protecting the coast. In both laboratory flume studies and controlled field experiments, we show that common salt marsh plants do no...

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

authors： Feagin RA,Lozada-Bernard SM,Ravens TM,Möller I,Yeager KM,Baird AH

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hatchlings of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) are unique as the only reptile and highest vertebrate life form known to tolerate the natural freezing of extracellular body fluids during winter hibernation. Turtles survived frequent exposures to temperatures as low as -6 degrees C to -8 degrees C in their...

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

authors： Storey KB,Storey JM,Brooks SP,Churchill TA,Brooks RJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial mutants have been isolated, called groN, that block phage development by interference with the action of the product of the phage N gene. lambdatrp phages, which depend on the N product for the synthesis of tryptophan enzymes, do not make these enzymes in groN bacteria. Two type of phage mutants have been is...

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

authors： Georgopoulos CP

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are interested in the balance of energy and protein synthesis in bacterial growth. How has evolution optimized this balance? We describe an analytical model that leverages extensive literature data on growth laws to infer the underlying fitness landscape and to draw inferences about what evolution has optimized in ...

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

authors： Maitra A,Dill KA

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques of electrophoresis were used in a search for evidence of mutation affecting protein structure, the indicators being hemoglobin and a set of serum proteins and erythrocyte enzymes. Among 94,796 locus tests on Amerindians from Central and South America, there was no evidence for mutation. Among 105,649 lo...

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

authors： Neel JV,Mohrenweiser HW,Meisler MH

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:Current methodologies that monitor immune responses rely on invasive techniques that sample tissues at a given point in time. New technologies are needed to elucidate the temporal patterns of immune responses and the spatial distribution of immune cells on a whole-body scale. We describe a noninvasive, quantitative, a...

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

authors： Shu CJ,Guo S,Kim YJ,Shelly SM,Nijagal A,Ray P,Gambhir SS,Radu CG,Witte ON

更新日期：2005-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is a ubiquitous and one of the most effective means of regulating protein activity. Receptor phosphorylation is a key event in signal transduction. The question, therefore, that arises is whether this modulatory mechanism might produce functional changes in a membrane receptor in the absence of...

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

authors： Ferrer-Montiel AV,Montal MS,Díaz-Muñoz M,Montal M

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial cells from early amphibian embryos display regional specializations of their cell surfaces. That portion of the plasma membrane facing the perivitelline space (apical surface) is nonadhesive, whereas, in the same cell, the lateral and basal portions of the plasma membrane will adhere to other cells. These ...

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

authors： Roberson MM,Armstrong PB

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The switch from membrane-bound to secreted IgM is accomplished by producing alternative forms of mRNA from a single mu heavy-chain gene. This process might be controlled at any of three steps--transcription termination, RNA splicing, or RNA cleavage/poly(A) addition. To distinguish between these possibilities, we have...

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

authors： Danner D,Leder P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00