Subunit interactions change the heme active-site geometry in p-cresol methylhydroxylase.

abstract：:Sheep antibodies directed against an AMP-bovine serum albumin conjugate exhibit highly specific binding toward AMP. These antibodies bind to the AMP moiety of adenylylated glutamine synthetase [L-glutamate:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.3.1.2] from Escherichia coli and to no other antigenic determinant on the prot...

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

authors： Hohman RJ,Rhee SG,Stadtman ER

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) affect body fat gain, carcinogenesis, insulin resistance, and lipid peroxidation in mammals. Several isomers of CLA exist, of which the (9Z, 11E) and (10E, 12Z) isomers have beneficial effects on human metabolism but are scarce in foods. Bacterial polyunsaturated fatty acid isomerases ...

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

authors： Liavonchanka A,Hornung E,Feussner I,Rudolph MG

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The TrkC neurotrophin receptor belongs to the functional dependence receptor family, members of which share the ability to induce apoptosis in the absence of their ligands. Such a trait has been hypothesized to confer tumor-suppressor activity. Indeed, cells that express these receptors are thought to be dependent on ...

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

authors： Genevois AL,Ichim G,Coissieux MM,Lambert MP,Lavial F,Goldschneider D,Jarrosson-Wuilleme L,Lepinasse F,Gouysse G,Herceg Z,Scoazec JY,Tauszig-Delamasure S,Mehlen P

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of regional biotas and organismal responses to anthropogenic climate change both depend on the capacity of organisms to adapt to novel ecological conditions. Here we demonstrate the concept of evolutionary lag time, the time between when a climatic regime or habitat develops in a region and when it is col...

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

authors： Guerrero PC,Rosas M,Arroyo MT,Wiens JJ

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of recombinant plasmids was generated in Escherichia coli in which the TEM beta-lactamase translocon (TnA) was inserted into the small plasmid RSF1010. RSF1010 is a 5.5 X 10(6) dalton nonconjugative plasmid which confers resistance to streptomycin and sulfonamide. The recombinant plasmids can be classified in...

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

authors： Heffron F,Rubens C,Falkow S

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empirical criteria for defining a clinical subtype of lung cancer are gradually transiting from histopathology to genetic variations in driver genes. Targeting these driver mutations, such as sensitizing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, has dramatically improved the prognosis of advanced non-smal...

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

authors： Wang Z,Shen Z,Li Z,Duan J,Fu S,Liu Z,Bai H,Zhang Z,Zhao J,Wang X,Wang J

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivating mutations in chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 7 (CHD7) cause CHARGE syndrome, a severe multiorgan system disorder of which Isolated gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) deficiency (IGD) is a minor feature. Recent reports have described predominantly missense CHD7 alleles in IGD patients, but it ...

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

authors： Balasubramanian R,Choi JH,Francescatto L,Willer J,Horton ER,Asimacopoulos EP,Stankovic KM,Plummer L,Buck CL,Quinton R,Nebesio TD,Mericq V,Merino PM,Meyer BF,Monies D,Gusella JF,Al Tassan N,Katsanis N,Crowley WF Jr

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitrate biosynthesis was studied in LPS-sensitive C3H/He and LPS-resistant C3H/HeJ mice. Intraperitoneal injection of 15 micrograms of LPS led to a temporary 5- to 6-fold increase in blood nitrate concentration in the C3H/He strain. Levels of nitrate excreted in the ur...

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

authors： Stuehr DJ,Marletta MA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms regulating clonal expansion and contraction of T cells in response to immunization remain to be identified. A recent study established that there was a log-linear relation between CD4 T-cell precursor number (PN) and factor of expansion (FE), with a slope of ∼-0.5 over a range of 3-30,000 precursors per...

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

authors： Bocharov G,Quiel J,Luzyanina T,Alon H,Chiglintsev E,Chereshnev V,Meier-Schellersheim M,Paul WE,Grossman Z

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The monomeric VDAC channel shows an accelerated pH titration of its transport properties with a Hill coefficient of about 2. This manifests itself as a sharp peak in conductance noise as well as a fast change in channel selectivity with pH. On the basis of the known structure of this channel, we propose that this coop...

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

authors： Rostovtseva TK,Liu TT,Colombini M,Parsegian VA,Bezrukov SM

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite substantial evidence that nitric oxide (NO) and/or endogenous S-nitrosothiols (SNOs) exert protective effects in a variety of cardiovascular diseases, the molecular details are largely unknown. Here we show that following left coronary artery ligation, mice with a targeted deletion of the S-nitrosoglutathione ...

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

authors： Lima B,Lam GK,Xie L,Diesen DL,Villamizar N,Nienaber J,Messina E,Bowles D,Kontos CD,Hare JM,Stamler JS,Rockman HA

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic islands, large potentially mobile regions of bacterial chromosomes, are a major contributor to bacteria evolution. Here, we investigated the fitness cost and phenotypic differences between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and a derivative carrying one integrated copy of the clc element, a 103-kb genom...

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

authors： Gaillard M,Pernet N,Vogne C,Hagenbüchle O,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation dose rates were evaluated in three areas neighboring a restricted area within a 20- to 50-km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in August-September 2012 and projected to 2022 and 2062. Study participants wore personal dosimeters measuring external dose equivalents, almost entirely from depos...

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

authors： Harada KH,Niisoe T,Imanaka M,Takahashi T,Amako K,Fujii Y,Kanameishi M,Ohse K,Nakai Y,Nishikawa T,Saito Y,Sakamoto H,Ueyama K,Hisaki K,Ohara E,Inoue T,Yamamoto K,Matsuoka Y,Ohata H,Toshima K,Okada A,Sato H,Kuwa

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta nerve growth factor (NGF), a target-derived protein necessary for survival and development of sympathetic and sensory neurons, can also affect subpopulations of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). Using a blot hybridization assay capable of detecting 10 fg of mRNA, we measured the levels of NGF mRNA in t...

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

authors： Shelton DL,Reichardt LF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of exogenous mRNA purified from various tissue preparations into cellular translation systems such as Xenopus oocytes has allowed expression of complex proteins (e.g., receptors for neurotransmitters). No evidence for expression of injected exogenous mRNA, however, has been reported in terminally differentia...

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

authors： Mochida S,Poulain B,Eisel U,Binz T,Kurazono H,Niemann H,Tauc L

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study details efficient lesion-free cutaneous vaccination via vaccine delivery into an array of micropores in the skin, instead of bolus injection at a single site. Such delivery effectively segregated vaccine-induced inflammation, resulting in rapid resolution of the inflammation, provided that distances ...

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

authors： Wang J,Li B,Wu MX

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (Epac1 and Epac2) have been recently recognized as key players in β-adrenergic-dependent cardiac arrhythmias. Whereas Epac1 overexpression can lead to cardiac hypertrophy and Epac2 activation can be arrhythmogenic, it is unknown whether distinct subcellular distribution of ...

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

authors： Pereira L,Rehmann H,Lao DH,Erickson JR,Bossuyt J,Chen J,Bers DM

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Once-abundant aerial insectivores, such as the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), have declined steadily in the past several decades, making it imperative to understand all aspects of their ecology. Aerial insectivores forage on a mixture of aquatic and terrestrial insects that differ in fatty acid composition, speci...

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

authors： Twining CW,Brenna JT,Lawrence P,Shipley JR,Tollefson TN,Winkler DW

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenopus laevis tadpole tails contain fast muscle fibers oriented in chevrons and two pairs of slow muscle "cords" along the length of the tail. When tail resorption is inhibited by a number of different treatments, fast muscle but not the slow cord muscle still is lost, demonstrating that the fast tail muscle is a dir...

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

authors： Das B,Schreiber AM,Huang H,Brown DD

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant of E. coli defective in DNA polymerase II activity was isolated. Extracts had about 0.1% of the normal activity of the DNA polymerase. The effect of the mutation on the ability of cells to replicate DNA of various sources was analyzed. Mutant bacteria grow normally, at 41 degrees as well as at 30 degrees . Al...

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

authors： Hirota Y,Gefter M,Mindich L

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of life expectancy in 1963 reveals twin peaks in the empirical distribution across countries: one group of countries clustered around a life expectancy of 40 years and a second group clustered around a life expectancy of 65 years. By 2003, the mode of each cluster had moved up by approximately 10 years....

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

authors： Bloom DE,Canning D

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured skin fibroblasts from patients with Menkes disease, an X-linked disorder involving a defect in copper metabolism, were analyzed for copper concentration by means of atomic absorption spectrophotometry. These cultures consistently exhibited elevated copper concentrations (mean = 335.5 ng of copper per mg of pr...

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

authors： Goka TJ,Stevenson RE,Hefferan PM,Howell RR

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite an important role in vascular development and repair, the origin of endothelial progenitors remains unknown. Accumulating evidence indicates that cells derived from the hematopoietic system participate in angiogenesis. However, the identity and functional role of these cells remain controversial. Here we show ...

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

authors： Bailey AS,Willenbring H,Jiang S,Anderson DA,Schroeder DA,Wong MH,Grompe M,Fleming WH

更新日期：2006-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease, and the contributions of different target cells and different oncogenic mutations to this heterogeneity are not well understood. Here we report that mammary tumors induced by components of the Wnt signaling pathway contain heterogeneous cell types an...

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

authors： Li Y,Welm B,Podsypanina K,Huang S,Chamorro M,Zhang X,Rowlands T,Egeblad M,Cowin P,Werb Z,Tan LK,Rosen JM,Varmus HE

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput biological data, whether generated as sequencing, transcriptional microarrays, proteomic, or other means, continues to require analytic methods that address its high dimensional aspects. Because the computational part of data analysis ultimately identifies shape characteristics in the organization of d...

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

authors： Nicolau M,Levine AJ,Carlsson G

更新日期：2011-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of antimicrobials is critical in this time of increasing antibiotic resistance of most clinically relevant bacteria. To date, all current antibiotics focus on inhibiting crucial enzymatic activities of their protein targets (i.e., trimethoprim for dihydrofolate reductase), thus disrupting in vitro esse...

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

authors： Shakhnovich EA,Hung DT,Pierson E,Lee K,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Frame-shift mutations at microsatellites occur as a time-dependent function of polymerase errors followed by failure of postreplicational mismatch repair. A cell-culture system was developed that allows identification of intermediate mutant cells that carry the mutation on a single DNA strand after the initial DNA pol...

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

authors： Gasche C,Chang CL,Natarajan L,Goel A,Rhees J,Young DJ,Arnold CN,Boland CR

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although common in birds, social monogamy, or pair-living, is rare among mammals because internal gestation and lactation in mammals makes it advantageous for males to seek additional mating opportunities. A number of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolution of social monogamy among mammals: as a male ma...

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

authors： Opie C,Atkinson QD,Dunbar RI,Shultz S

更新日期：2013-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade a variety of MS measurements, such as HD exchange, collision cross sections, and electron capture dissociation (ECD), have been used to characterize protein folding in the gas phase, in the absence of solvent. To the extensive data already available on ubiquitin, here photofragmentation of its ECD...

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

authors： Oh H,Breuker K,Sze SK,Ge Y,Carpenter BK,McLafferty FW

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The GTPase-activating protein (GAP) has been postulated to function either as a negative regulator or as a possible target protein of Ras in mammalian cells and Xenopus oocytes. Ras must be localized in the plasma membrane of vertebrate cells to function, but GAP is localized in the cytosol. To test whether Ras functi...

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

authors： Gibbs JB,Schaber MD,Schofield TL,Scolnick EM,Sigal IS

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00