Anomalous high-pressure behavior of amorphous selenium from synchrotron x-ray diffraction and microtomography.

abstract：:Breast cancer remains the cancer with the highest mortality among women in the United States. Peptides derived from the oncogenic Tac1 gene (full transcript: betaPPT-A) stimulate the proliferation of breast cancer cells (BCCs) via seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled neurokinin 1 (NK1) and NK2 receptors. The NK1 gene...

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

authors： Patel HJ,Ramkissoon SH,Patel PS,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2005-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An unbiased survey has been made of the stable, most abundant multi-protein complexes in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough (DvH) that are larger than Mr approximately 400 k. The quaternary structures for 8 of the 16 complexes purified during this work were determined by single-particle reconstruction of negatively ...

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

authors： Han BG,Dong M,Liu H,Camp L,Geller J,Singer M,Hazen TC,Choi M,Witkowska HE,Ball DA,Typke D,Downing KH,Shatsky M,Brenner SE,Chandonia JM,Biggin MD,Glaeser RM

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Trichosanthin, a eukaryotic ribosome-inactivating protein from Trichosanthes kirilowii, inhibits the replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro. The alpha-trichosanthin gene was placed under the transcriptional control of a tobamovirus subgenomic promoter in a plant RNA viral vector. Two week...

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

authors： Kumagai MH,Turpen TH,Weinzettl N,della-Cioppa G,Turpen AM,Donson J,Hilf ME,Grantham GL,Dawson WO,Chow TP

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies are frequently associated with cardiac pathologies. Mutations of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) occur in a subset of acute myeloid leukemia patients, causing metabolic and epigenetic derangements. We have now discovered that altered metabolism in leukemic cells has a profound effect...

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

authors： Karlstaedt A,Zhang X,Vitrac H,Harmancey R,Vasquez H,Wang JH,Goodell MA,Taegtmeyer H

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA of functional cis-regulatory modules displays extensive sequence conservation in comparisons of genomes from modestly distant species. Patches of sequence that are several hundred base pairs in length within these modules are often seen to be 80-95% identical, although the flanking sequence cannot even be alig...

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

authors： Cameron RA,Chow SH,Berney K,Chiu TY,Yuan QA,Krämer A,Helguero A,Ransick A,Yun M,Davidson EH

更新日期：2005-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical spectra of biological polymers contain important information about their structure and function in living organisms. This information can be accessed by extracting an optical interaction of monomers, i.e., their exciton coupling, from experimental data. This coupling is sensitive to molecular structure, geomet...

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

authors： Burin AL,Armbruster ME,Hariharan M,Lewis FD

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide variations, including SNPs, in the coding regions of disease genes are important targets for RNAi treatment, which is a promising medical treatment for intractable diseases such as triplet repeat diseases. However, the identification of such nucleotide variations and the design of siRNAs conferring disease ...

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

authors： Takahashi M,Watanabe S,Murata M,Furuya H,Kanazawa I,Wada K,Hohjoh H

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The lac operon of Escherichia coli spans approximately 5300 base pairs and includes the lacZ, lacY, and lacA genes in addition to the operator, promoter, and transcription termination regions. We report here the sequence of the lacA gene and the region distal to it, confirming the sequence of thiogalactoside transacet...

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

authors： Hediger MA,Johnson DF,Nierlich DP,Zabin I

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer development is associated with hyperactive androgen signaling. However, the molecular link between androgen receptor (AR) function and humoral factors remains elusive. A prostate cancer mouse model was generated by selectively mutating the AR threonine 877 into alanine in prostatic epithelial cells thr...

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

authors： Takahashi S,Watanabe T,Okada M,Inoue K,Ueda T,Takada I,Watabe T,Yamamoto Y,Fukuda T,Nakamura T,Akimoto C,Fujimura T,Hoshino M,Imai Y,Metzger D,Miyazono K,Minami Y,Chambon P,Kitamura T,Matsumoto T,Kato S

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent article, Hunter uses the late George Varley and George Gradwell's long-term data on the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) and green tortrix (Tortrix viridana) populations to propose a method of quantifying the relative importance of top-down effects (because of natural enemies) and bottom-up effects (becau...

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

authors： Hassell MP,Crawley MJ,Godfray HC,Lawton JH

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is induced by the key immediate-early protein BZLF1 (or Z, a member of the basic leucine-zipper family), which transactivates the viral early promoters. Viral reactivation is marked by renewed synthesis of early gene products such as EBV early antigen-diffuse (EA...

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

authors： Sista ND,Pagano JS,Liao W,Kenney S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endogenous circadian biological clock controls the temporal aspects of life in most organisms, including rhythmic control of genes involved in clock output pathways. In the fungus Neurospora crassa, one pathway known to be under control of the clock is asexual spore (conidia) development. To understand more fully t...

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

authors： Bell-Pedersen D,Shinohara ML,Loros JJ,Dunlap JC

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo expression technology (IVET) has been used to identify > 100 Salmonella typhimurium genes that are specifically expressed during infection of BALB/c mice and/or murine cultured macrophages. Induction of these genes is shown to be required for survival in the animal under conditions of the IVET selection. One c...

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

authors： Heithoff DM,Conner CP,Hanna PC,Julio SM,Hentschel U,Mahan MJ

更新日期：1997-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of phosphatidylserine (PS) lipids exposed on the extracellular leaflet of plasma membranes is implicated in both apoptotic cell removal and immune regulation. The PS receptor T cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain-containing molecule 4 (Tim4) regulates T-cell immunity via phagocytosis of both apoptotic (hi...

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

authors： Tietjen GT,Gong Z,Chen CH,Vargas E,Crooks JE,Cao KD,Heffern CT,Henderson JM,Meron M,Lin B,Roux B,Schlossman ML,Steck TL,Lee KY,Adams EJ

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy, a chromosome content other than a multiple of the haploid number, is a common feature of cancer cells. Whole chromosomal aneuploidy accompanying ongoing chromosomal instability in mice resulting from reduced levels of the centromere-linked motor protein CENP-E has been reported to increase the incidence of...

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

authors： Silk AD,Zasadil LM,Holland AJ,Vitre B,Cleveland DW,Weaver BA

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:S-nitrosylation, the selective modification of cysteine residues in proteins to form S-nitrosocysteine, is a major emerging mechanism by which nitric oxide acts as a signaling molecule. Even though nitric oxide is intimately involved in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell functions, the potential protein tar...

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

authors： Greco TM,Hodara R,Parastatidis I,Heijnen HF,Dennehy MK,Liebler DC,Ischiropoulos H

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the CB2 receptor is apparently an endogenous protective mechanism. Thus, it restrains inflammation and protects the skeleton against age-related bone loss. However, the endogenous cannabinoids, as well as Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main plant psychoactive constituent, activate both cannabinoid recept...

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

authors： Smoum R,Baraghithy S,Chourasia M,Breuer A,Mussai N,Attar-Namdar M,Kogan NM,Raphael B,Bolognini D,Cascio MG,Marini P,Pertwee RG,Shurki A,Mechoulam R,Bab I

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic spines are of major importance in information processing and memory formation in central neurons. Estradiol has been shown to induce an increase of dendritic spine density on hippocampal neurons in vivo and in vitro. The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) recently has been implicated in ne...

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

authors： Murphy DD,Cole NB,Segal M

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen stimulation of mast cells via FcepsilonRI, the high-affinity receptor for IgE, triggers a signaling cascade that requires Ca(2+) mobilization for exocytosis of secretory granules during an allergic response. This study investigates critical signaling components by using mutant RBL mast cells that are defective...

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

authors： Hong-Geller E,Holowka D,Siraganian RP,Baird B,Cerione RA

更新日期：2001-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of acetylcholine to growing cultures of mouse neuroblastoma cells induced a 37-fold increase in the specific activity of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7). Morphological changes, consisting of neurite-extensions, were also observed during the logarithmic phase of growth of cells stimulated with acetylcholine....

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

authors： Harkins J,Arsenault M,Schlesinger K,Kates J

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a motility mechanism that may result in the displacement of objects within the cell. The mechanism, which we call polymer-guided diffusion, involves a microscopic cycle of polymer association and dissociation from a lateral binding site. Reassociation occurs at the polymer subunit adjacent to that which has...

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

authors： Garel JR,Job D,Margolis RL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin light chain is thought to be organized into two structural domains, the constant and the variable regions, linked by a switch region of lesser tertiary organization. Light chains of homogeneous rabbit antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides labeled with (125)I were subjected to trypsin digestion ...

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

authors： Poulsen K,Fraser KJ,Haber E

更新日期：1972-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying structure is taken as a strongly superharmonic cone [unk], defined as a partially ordered abelian semigroup with identity 0 which admits a multiplication by nonnegative scalars and satisfies two fundamental axioms of a potentialtheoretic character. In terms of a fixed nonzero element e there is introduc...

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

authors： Arsove M,Leutwiler H

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micron-scale robots require systems that can morph into arbitrary target configurations controlled by external agents such as heat, light, electricity, and chemical environment. Achieving this behavior using conventional approaches is challenging because the available materials at these scales are not programmable lik...

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

authors： Agrawal M,Glotzer SC

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a method for introducing mtDNA mutations into the mouse female germ line by means of embryonic stem (ES) cell cybrids. Mitochondria were recovered from the brain of a NZB mouse by fusion of synaptosomes to a mtDNA-deficient (rho degrees ) cell line. These cybrids were enucleated and the cytoplasts were elect...

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

authors： Sligh JE,Levy SE,Waymire KG,Allard P,Dillehay DL,Nusinowitz S,Heckenlively JR,MacGregor GR,Wallace DC

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous and intensive exploitation of wildlife resources by early agricultural societies had major ecological consequences in the ancient Near East. In particular, hunting strategies of post-Neolithic societies involving the mass killing of wild ungulates contributed to the eventual extirpation of a number of wild ...

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

authors： Bar-Oz G,Zeder M,Hole F

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant B lymphocytes from several patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were examined for reactivity with murine monoclonal antibody 17.109. This antibody, prepared against the rheumatoid factor (RF) paraprotein Sie, recognizes a crossreactive idiotype on 48% of human IgM RF paraproteins, but does not re...

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

authors： Kipps TJ,Fong S,Tomhave E,Chen PP,Goldfien RD,Carson DA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurotransmission synaptotagmin-1 tethers synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic plasma membrane by binding to acidic membrane lipids and SNAREs and promotes rapid SNARE-mediated fusion upon Ca(2+) triggering. However, recent studies suggested that upon membrane contact synaptotagmin may not only bind in trans to the...

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

authors： Vennekate W,Schröder S,Lin CC,van den Bogaart G,Grunwald M,Jahn R,Walla PJ

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show that plant organ positioning may be mediated by localized concentrations of the plant hormone auxin. Auxin patterning in the shoot apical meristem is in turn brought about by the subcellular polar distribution of the putative auxin efflux mediator, PIN1. However, the question of what signals determ...

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

authors： Jönsson H,Heisler MG,Shapiro BE,Meyerowitz EM,Mjolsness E

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-known indication that a nucleotide has bound to myosin is the enhancement of the fluorescence of a specific tryptophan in the "subfragment 1" segment of the protein. Empirically the effect has been enormously useful in myosin enzymology. But beyond an early suggestion that it arises from a purine-tryptophan cha...

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

authors： Bivin DB,Kubota S,Pearlstein R,Morales MF

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00