MerTK regulates thymic selection of autoreactive T cells.

abstract：:Biodiversity responses to ongoing climate and atmospheric changes will affect both ecosystem processes and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. Combined effects of co-occurring global changes on diversity, however, are poorly understood. We examined plant diversity responses in a California annual grassland t...

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

authors： Zavaleta ES,Shaw MR,Chiariello NR,Mooney HA,Field CB

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ig heavy chain (IgH) isotypes (e.g., IgM, IgG, and IgE) are generated as secreted/soluble antibodies (sIg) or as membrane-bound (mIg) B cell receptors (BCRs) through alternative RNA splicing. IgH isotype dictates soluble antibody function, but how mIg isotype influences B cell behavior is not well defined. We examined...

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

authors： Tong P,Granato A,Zuo T,Chaudhary N,Zuiani A,Han SS,Donthula R,Shrestha A,Sen D,Magee JM,Gallagher MP,van der Poel CE,Carroll MC,Wesemann DR

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research links diet-induced obesity (DIO) with impaired immunity, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We find that the induction of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cytokines is suppressed in mice with DIO and in bone marrow macrophages (BMMPhi) from mice with DIO exposed to an oral pathogen, Por...

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

authors： Zhou Q,Leeman SE,Amar S

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant alleles at the dilute unconventional myosin heavy chain locus cause diluted coat color, opisthotonic seizures, and death. The dilute coat color phenotype is caused by irregular clumping of pigment in the hair, but amounts of melanin are unchanged from wild-type controls. The melanocyte phenotype has been descri...

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

authors： Provance DW Jr,Wei M,Ipe V,Mercer JA

更新日期：1996-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The cycles of carbon and oxygen at the Earth surface are intimately linked, where the burial of organic carbon into sediments represents a source of oxygen to the surface environment. This coupling is typically quantified through the isotope records of organic and inorganic carbon. Yet, the late Neoproterozoic Eon, th...

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

authors： Bjerrum CJ,Canfield DE

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A glucose-responsive "closed-loop" insulin delivery system mimicking the function of pancreatic cells has tremendous potential to improve quality of life and health in diabetics. Here, we report a novel glucose-responsive insulin delivery device using a painless microneedle-array patch ("smart insulin patch") containi...

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

authors： Yu J,Zhang Y,Ye Y,DiSanto R,Sun W,Ranson D,Ligler FS,Buse JB,Gu Z

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-KII) regulates numerous physiological functions, including neuronal synaptic plasticity through the phosphorylation of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid-type glutamate receptors. To identify proteins that may interact with and modulate CaM-KII fun...

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

authors： Chang BH,Mukherji S,Soderling TR

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide chain release factor 2 (RF2) gene, prfB, was cloned from Salmonella typhimurium by DNA hybridization using the Escherichia coli prfB probe. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of prfB are 87.0% and 95.6% homologous between E. coli and S. typhimurium, respectively, including an in-frame premature UGA st...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the use of our bis(sulfonamide) diol ligand (1) in the asymmetric addition of phenyl groups to cyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones. Good to excellent enantioselectivities have been obtained with cyclic enones bearing alkyl substituents in the 2 position (71-97% enantiomeric excess). Furthermore, exc...

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

authors： Li H,García C,Walsh PJ

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Multituberculates were the longest-lived order of the Class Mammalia and, during the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic, were among the most diverse and abundant representatives of the class. However, until the recent discovery of two Cretaceous teeth, one from South America and one from Africa, they were known only from nor...

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

authors： Krause DW,Bonaparte JF

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous actin (F-actin) cytoskeletal remodeling is critical for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in pancreatic β-cells, and its dysregulation causes type 2 diabetes. The adaptor protein APPL1 promotes first-phase GSIS by up-regulating soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor...

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

authors： Wang B,Lin H,Li X,Lu W,Kim JB,Xu A,Cheng KKY

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20S proteasome core particle (20S CP) plays an integral role in cellular homeostasis by degrading proteins no longer required for function. The process is, in part, controlled via gating residues localized to the ends of the heptameric barrel-like CP structure that occlude substrate entry pores, preventing unregul...

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

authors： Huang R,Pérez F,Kay LE

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and highly sensitive catalysis assay is demonstrated based on analyzing reactions with acridonetagged compounds by thin-layer chromatography. As little as 1 pmol of product is readily visualized by its blue fluorescence under UV illumination and identified by its retention factor (Rf). Each assay requires onl...

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

authors： Reymond JL,Koch T,Schröer J,Tierney E

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:For disordered proteins, the dimensions of the chain are an important property that is sensitive to environmental conditions. We have used single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer to probe the temperature-induced chain collapse of five unfolded or intrinsically disordered proteins. Because this behavior is se...

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

authors： Wuttke R,Hofmann H,Nettels D,Borgia MB,Mittal J,Best RB,Schuler B

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An expression is produced for the Casimir energy of a dielectric medium with a spherically symmetrical dielectric discontinuity. Tests based on dielectric and geometrical limits are successful. ...

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

authors： Schwinger J

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the non-self-complementary DNA heptamer d(CGACGAC) at low pH has been determined by the quantitative NMR refinement procedure designated SPEDREF (SPEctral-Driven REFinement). Acid-base titration of the molecule indicated a prominent n = 2 pKa near 6.8. In the pH range up to 6.0, the heptamer forms a r...

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

authors： Robinson H,Wang AH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to understand the factors that influence protein glycosylation, we are studying the expression of the chicken ovalbumin gene in a heterologous cell. Ovalbumin synthesized in mouse L-353 cells is glycosylated, as judged by incorporation of [3H]mannose and susceptibility to endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase...

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

authors： Sheares BT,Robbins PW

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll like receptors (TLRs) use Toll-IL-1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing adapters, such as myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) and TIR domain-containing adapter inducing IFN-β (TRIF), to induce activation of transcription factors, including NF-κB, MAP kinases, and IFN regulatory factors. TLR sign...

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

authors： Troutman TD,Hu W,Fulenchek S,Yamazaki T,Kurosaki T,Bazan JF,Pasare C

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structure of PF1378 (Pfu Pop5), one of four protein subunits of archaeal RNase P that shares a homolog in the eukaryotic enzyme. RNase P is an essential and ubiquitous ribonucleoprotein enzyme required for maturation of tRNA. In...

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

authors： Wilson RC,Bohlen CJ,Foster MP,Bell CE

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental property of ecosystems is a tradeoff between the number and size of habitats: as the number of habitats within a fixed area increases, the average area per habitat must decrease. This tradeoff is termed the "area-heterogeneity tradeoff." Theoretical models suggest that the reduction in habitat sizes unde...

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

authors： Ben-Hur E,Kadmon R

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Major changes in the mRNA population of murine liver occur after administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide, an agent that causes increases in the concentrations of acute-phase serum proteins. The mRNA for one of these, serum amyloid A, is increased at least 500-fold compared to the normal level. It becomes one of...

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

authors： Morrow JF,Stearman RS,Peltzman CG,Potter DA

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) elements of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe contain multiple imperfect copies of the consensus sequence reported by Maundrell et al. [Maundrell K., Hutchison, A. & Shall, S. (1988) EMBO J. 7, 2203-2209]. When cell free extracts of S. pombe were incubated with a dimer...

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

authors： Murakami Y,Huberman JA,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear double-stranded molecules of the circularly permuted and terminally redundant DNA of Salmonella bacteriophage P22 have been converted to oligomeric products in the presence of polynucleotide ligase coded for by the coliphage T4. The reaction has been monitored by sucrose density-gradient centrifugation and elec...

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

authors： Sgaramella V

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We extend and apply theories of filled foam elasticity and failure to recently available data on foods. The predictions of elastic modulus and failure mode dependence on internal pressure and on wall integrity are borne out by photographic evidence of distortion and failure under compressive loading and under the loca...

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

authors： Warner M,Thiel BL,Donald AM

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most HLA haplotypes carry two expressed DR beta-chain genes; in the DR4 haplotype, the polymorphic locus has been called DR beta 1 and the apparently nonpolymorphic locus has been called DR beta 2. We have isolated nearly full-length DR beta-chain cDNA clones representing each of these two loci from a cell line homozy...

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

authors： Curtsinger JM,Hilden JM,Cairns JS,Bach FH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercritical fluids are a unique class of nonaqueous media in which biocatalytic reactions can occur. The physical properties of supercritical fluids, which include gas-like diffusivities and liquid-like densities, can be predictably controlled with changing pressure. This paper describes how adjustment of pressure, ...

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

authors： Kamat SV,Iwaskewycz B,Beckman EJ,Russell AJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controversial topic in the recent climate modeling literature is the fashion in which metastable low-frequency regimes in the atmosphere occur despite nearly Gaussian statistics for these planetary waves. Here a simple 57-mode paradigm model for such metastable atmospheric regime behavior is introduced and analyzed ...

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

authors： Majda AJ,Franzke CL,Fischer A,Crommelin DT

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.2.1), an enzyme localized in sympathetic synaptic vesicles, was released together with norepinephrine during in vitro stimulation of the hypogastric nerve that innervates the vas deferens of the guinea pig. Stimulation of the nerve in the presence of high concentrations of calcium (7...

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

authors： Johnson DG,Thoa NB,Weinshilboum R,Axelrod J,Kopin IJ

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of electrogenic events associated with the different steps of the light-induced proton pump of bacteriorhodopsin is well studied in a wide range of time scales by direct electric methods. However, the investigation of the fundamental primary charge translocation phenomena taking place in the functional en...

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

authors： Groma GI,Hebling J,Kozma IZ,Váró G,Hauer J,Kuhl J,Riedle E

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven antigenic variants obtained from a single field isolate of foot-and-mouth disease virus, serotype A12, differ only at residues 148 and 153 in the immunodominant loop of viral protein VP1. Synthetic peptides corresponding to the region 141-160 are highly immunogenic. UV circular dichroism shows that (i) in aqueou...

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

authors： France LL,Piatti PG,Newman JF,Toth I,Gibbons WA,Brown F

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00