E(mu)-TCL1 mice represent a model for immunotherapeutic reversal of chronic lymphocytic leukemia-induced T-cell dysfunction.

abstract：:Most organisms are evolutionary conservatives; they may subdivide their niches but tend to remain within them. Yet the fossil record shows many cases of breakthrough to a new mode of life. How may such evolutionary innovation be recognized at this time level? Three species of Drosophila have accomplished an innovation...

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

authors： Carson HL

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the hippocampus, a CA3 pyramidal cell forms excitatory synapses with thousands of other pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons. By using sequential paired recordings from three connected cells, we show that the presynaptic properties of CA3 pyramidal cell terminals, belonging to the same axon, differ according...

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

authors： Scanziani M,Gähwiler BH,Charpak S

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The hetR gene plays a very important role in cell differentiation of heterocystous cyanobacteria. To understand the mechanism of the hetR gene product in regulation of heterocyst differentiation, the recombinant HetR protein (rHetR) was overproduced in Escherichia coli. Purified rHetR was unstable and degraded easily ...

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

authors： Zhou R,Wei X,Jiang N,Li H,Dong Y,Hsi KL,Zhao J

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of projected global warming on crop yields has been evaluated by indirect methods using simulation models. Direct studies on the effects of observed climate change on crop growth and yield could provide more accurate information for assessing the impact of climate change on crop production. We analyzed weat...

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

authors： Peng S,Huang J,Sheehy JE,Laza RC,Visperas RM,Zhong X,Centeno GS,Khush GS,Cassman KG

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adjacent, divergently transcribed, developmentally regulated genes of the maize chloroplast chromosome have different superhelical density/transcriptional activation profiles when transcribed in vitro by the homologous DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Promoter-specific transcription of the gene for the beta and epsil...

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

authors： Stirdivant SM,Crossland LD,Bogorad L

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group II intron RNAs self-splice in vitro but only at high salt and/or Mg2+ concentrations and have been thought to require proteins to stabilize their active structure for efficient splicing in vivo. Here, we show that a DEAD-box protein, CYT-19, can by itself promote the splicing and reverse splicing of the yeast aI...

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

authors： Mohr S,Matsuura M,Perlman PS,Lambowitz AM

更新日期：2006-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of physiological and pathological processes, including cancer. In prostate cancer, prostate cancer gene expression marker 1 (PCGEM1) is an androgen-induced prostate-specific lncRNA whose overexpression is highly associated with prostate tumors. PCGEM1's t...

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

authors： Hung CL,Wang LY,Yu YL,Chen HW,Srivastava S,Petrovics G,Kung HJ

更新日期：2014-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the plant Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is synthesized in the cytoplasm as a preprotein and is subsequently translocated to the mitochondrial matrix with corresponding cleavage of an NH2-terminal leader sequence. To determine whether the plant enzyme could replace the endogenous ...

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

authors： Bowler C,Alliotte T,Van den Bulcke M,Bauw G,Vandekerckhove J,Van Montagu M,Inzé D

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes are highly dynamic and complex lipid bilayers, responsible for the fate of living cells. To achieve this function, the hydrating environment is crucial. However, membrane imaging typically neglects water, focusing on the insertion of probes, resonant responses of lipids, or the hydrophobic core. O...

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

authors： Tarun OB,Hannesschläger C,Pohl P,Roke S

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow separation and vortex shedding are some of the most common phenomena experienced by bluff bodies under relative motion with the surrounding medium. They often result in a recirculation bubble in regions with adverse pressure gradient, which typically reduces efficiency in vehicles and increases loading on structu...

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

authors： Bocanegra Evans H,Hamed AM,Gorumlu S,Doosttalab A,Aksak B,Chamorro LP,Castillo L

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The up-regulation of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-24-hydroxylase by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] is well established and occurs at the transcriptional level through two vitamin D response elements in the promoter of the gene. However, the mechanism of down-regulation of the 24-hydroxylase by parathyroid ...

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

authors： Zierold C,Mings JA,DeLuca HF

更新日期：2001-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane currents of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs) transformed by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) were compared with the currents of their nontransformed counterparts by using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. In nontransformed CEFs, the main membrane current is a delayed outward K+ current that is sensitive to t...

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

authors： Repp H,Draheim H,Ruland J,Seidel G,Beise J,Presek P,Dreyer F

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell variants resistant to the cytotoxic effect of mycophenolic acid, an inhibitor of IMP dehydrogenase (IMP:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.1.14), were selected by a one-step procedure from Chinese hamster V79 cells. The frequency of these variants was increased in a dose-dependent manner after treatment with the mutagen...

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

authors： Huberman E,McKeown CK,Friedman J

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse lymphocytic cells of the established line GF-14 were allowed to accumulate intracellular 3H-labeled aminoisobutyric acid (AIB), frozen, and stored over liquid N2. After internal radiation had reduced survival to 1 in 10(4), survivors were plated and tested for their ability to transport AIB. Out of 200 clones te...

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

authors： Finkelstein MC,Slayman CW,Adelberg EA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Priming of the organ-specific premetastatic sites is thought to be an important yet incompletely understood step during metastasis. In this study, we show that the metastatic tumors we examined overexpress granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), which expands and mobilizes Ly6G+Ly6C+ granulocytes and facilitate...

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

authors： Kowanetz M,Wu X,Lee J,Tan M,Hagenbeek T,Qu X,Yu L,Ross J,Korsisaari N,Cao T,Bou-Reslan H,Kallop D,Weimer R,Ludlam MJ,Kaminker JS,Modrusan Z,van Bruggen N,Peale FV,Carano R,Meng YG,Ferrara N

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragility is an empirical property that describes how abruptly a glass-forming material solidifies upon supercooling. The degree of fragility carries important implications for the functionality and processability of a material, as well as for our fundamental understanding of the glass transition. However, the microst...

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

authors： Ciarella S,Biezemans RA,Janssen LMC

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:What are the forces that shape the structure of prokaryotic genomes: the order of genes, their proximity, and their orientation? Coregulation and coordinated horizontal gene transfer are believed to promote the proximity of functionally related genes and the formation of operons. However, forces that influence the str...

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

authors： Kolesov G,Wunderlich Z,Laikova ON,Gelfand MS,Mirny LA

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family, can induce apoptosis when activated by Fas ligand binding or anti-Fas antibody crosslinking. Genetic studies have shown that a defect in Fas-mediated apoptosis resulted in abnormal development and function of the immune system in mice. A point mutation in the...

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

authors： Chu K,Niu X,Williams LT

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are fundamental components of marine microbial communities that significantly influence oceanic productivity, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem processes. Despite their importance, the temporal activities and dynamics of viral assemblages in natural settings remain largely unexplored. Here we report the transcrip...

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

authors： Aylward FO,Boeuf D,Mende DR,Wood-Charlson EM,Vislova A,Eppley JM,Romano AE,DeLong EF

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA polymerase enzymes from avian, murine, and feline RNA tumor viruses can be distinguished by their ability to read specific, synthetic primertemplates. The copying of templates containing adenylic and thymidylic acids by all these DNA polymerases is inhibited by ethidium bromide, though this compound affects th...

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

authors： Fridlender B,Weissbach A

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the accumulation of amyloid fibers in the brain, which can occur when a protein misfolds into an extended beta-sheet conformation. The nucleation of these beta-sheet aggregates is of particular interest, not only because it is the rate-determining step toward fiber ...

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

authors： Petty SA,Decatur SM

更新日期：2005-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells divide and differentiate to form all of the specialized cell types in a multicellular organism. In the Arabidopsis root, stem cells are maintained in an undifferentiated state by a less mitotically active population of cells called the quiescent center (QC). Determining how the QC regulates the surrounding ...

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

authors： Clark NM,Fisher AP,Berckmans B,Van den Broeck L,Nelson EC,Nguyen TT,Bustillo-Avendaño E,Zebell SG,Moreno-Risueno MA,Simon R,Gallagher KL,Sozzani R

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of growth hormone release by synthetic somatocrinin was investigated on purified hog anterior pituitary secretory granules; the granules were found to contain a cAMP-dependent protein kinase that catalyzed [gamma-32P]-ATP histone phosphorylation with maximal rates ranging from 1 to 5 nmol of Pi...

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

authors： Lewin MJ,Reyl-Desmars F,Ling N

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligothiophenes incorporating MM quadruple bonds have been prepared from the reactions between Mo(2)(TiPB)(4) (TiPB = 2,4,6-triisopropyl benzoate) and 3',4'-dihexyl-2,2'-:5',2''-terthiophene-5,5''-dicarboxylic acid. The oligomers of empirical formula Mo(2)(TiPB)(2)(O(2)C(Th)-C(4)(n-hexyl)(2)S-(Th)CO(2)) are soluble in...

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

authors： Burdzinski GT,Chisholm MH,Chou PT,Chou YH,Feil F,Gallucci JC,Ghosh Y,Gustafson TL,Ho ML,Liu Y,Ramnauth R,Turro C

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastogenesis is a hierarchical process by which cells form functional elastic fibers, providing elasticity and the ability to regulate growth factor bioavailability in tissues, including blood vessels, lung, and skin. This process requires accessory proteins, including fibulin-4 and -5, and latent TGF binding protein...

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

authors： Kumra H,Nelea V,Hakami H,Pagliuzza A,Djokic J,Xu J,Yanagisawa H,Reinhardt DP

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Measured by ultra-slow scanning calorimetry and isothermal circular dichroism, human lung collagen monomers denature at 37 degrees C within a couple of days. Their unfolding rate decreases exponentially at lower temperature, but complete unfolding is observed even below 36 degrees C. Refolding of full-length, native c...

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

authors： Leikina E,Mertts MV,Kuznetsova N,Leikin S

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are mammalian neurodegenerative disorders characterized by a posttranslational conversion and brain accumulation of an insoluble, protease-resistant isoform (PrP(Sc)) of the host-encoded cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). Human and animal TSE agents ex...

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

authors： Casalone C,Zanusso G,Acutis P,Ferrari S,Capucci L,Tagliavini F,Monaco S,Caramelli M

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosine, 5-methylcytosine, and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine were identified during translocation of single DNA template strands through a modified Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A (M2MspA) nanopore under control of phi29 DNA polymerase. This identification was based on three consecutive ionic current states that correspond...

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

authors： Schreiber J,Wescoe ZL,Abu-Shumays R,Vivian JT,Baatar B,Karplus K,Akeson M

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACS; EC 4.4.1.14), catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the ethylene biosynthetic pathway in plants. The Arabidopsis genome encodes nine ACS polypeptides that form eight functional (ACS2, ACS4-9, ACS11) and one nonfunctional (ACS1) ho...

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

authors： Tsuchisaka A,Theologis A

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The segmented body plan of vertebrates is prefigured by reiterated embryonic mesodermal structures called somites. In the mouse embryo, timely somite formation from the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) is controlled by the "segmentation clock," a molecular oscillator that triggers progressive waves of Notch activity througho...

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

authors： Lopez TP,Fan CM

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00