Cytoskeletal reorganizations responsible for the phorbol ester-induced formation of cytoplasmic processes: possible involvement of intermediate filaments.

abstract：:The circular dichroism of hypothetical, water-filled, spherical shells, 75-3500 nm in radius, with walls 7.5 nm thick, composed of poly(L-lysine) in various conformational proportions, and suspended in water, were computed from the known optical properties of this polypeptide by classical general light-scattering theo...

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

authors： Wallach DF,Low DA,Bertland AV

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the genes associated with primary microcephaly (MCPH) reduce human brain size by about two-thirds, without producing gross abnormalities in brain organization or physiology and leaving other organs largely unaffected [Woods CG, et al. (2005) Am J Hum Genet 76:717-728]. There is also evide...

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

authors： Rimol LM,Agartz I,Djurovic S,Brown AA,Roddey JC,Kähler AK,Mattingsdal M,Athanasiu L,Joyner AH,Schork NJ,Halgren E,Sundet K,Melle I,Dale AM,Andreassen OA,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive utilization of pesticides against insects provides us with a good model for studying the adaptation of a eukaryotic genome to a strong selective pressure. One mechanism of resistance is the alteration of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7), the molecular target for organophosphates and carbamates. Here, we rep...

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

authors： Mutero A,Pralavorio M,Bride JM,Fournier D

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Size has a profound effect on the structure of the brain. Many brain structures scale allometrically, that is, their relative size changes systematically as a function of brain size. Here we use independent contrasts analysis to examine the scaling of frontal cortex in 43 species of mammals including 25 primates and 1...

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

authors： Bush EC,Allman JM

更新日期：2004-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Miraculin (MCL) is a homodimeric protein isolated from the red berries of Richadella dulcifica. MCL, although flat in taste at neutral pH, has taste-modifying activity to convert sour stimuli to sweetness. Once MCL is held on the tongue, strong sweetness is sensed over 1 h each time we taste a sour solution. Neverthel...

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

authors： Koizumi A,Tsuchiya A,Nakajima K,Ito K,Terada T,Shimizu-Ibuka A,Briand L,Asakura T,Misaka T,Abe K

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes (LTs) are signaling molecules derived from arachidonic acid that initiate and amplify innate and adaptive immunity. In turn, how their synthesis is organized on the nuclear envelope of myeloid cells in response to extracellular signals is not understood. We define the supramolecular architecture of LT syn...

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

authors： Mandal AK,Jones PB,Bair AM,Christmas P,Miller D,Yamin TT,Wisniewski D,Menke J,Evans JF,Hyman BT,Bacskai B,Chen M,Lee DM,Nikolic B,Soberman RJ

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro DNA synthesis was studied in HeLa cell nuclei, with emphasis on the question of whether newly replicated DNA is associated with nucleosomes. The newly replicated DNA was twice as sensitive to digestion by micrococcal nuclease as mature chromatin DNA, reaching a limit digest at 20-25% acid-insoluble product. E...

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

authors： Seale RL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein functions require conformational motions. We show here that the dominant conformational motions are slaved by the hydration shell and the bulk solvent. The protein contributes the structure necessary for function. We formulate a model that is based on experiments, insights from the physics of glass-forming liq...

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

authors： Frauenfelder H,Chen G,Berendzen J,Fenimore PW,Jansson H,McMahon BH,Stroe IR,Swenson J,Young RD

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major health problem worldwide, given its growing incidence and its association with a variety of comorbidities. Weight gain results from an increase in energy intake without a concomitant increase in energy expenditure. To combat the obesity epidemic, many studies have focused on the pathways underlying ...

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

authors： Kaspari RR,Reyna-Neyra A,Jung L,Torres-Manzo AP,Hirabara SM,Carrasco N

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation of the primary spines (greater than 10 cm long) of the tropical sea urchin Diadema antillarum elicits graded compound action potentials that are conducted at a constant speed of approximately equal to 27 cm/sec. Ion substitution experiments suggest that these are due to the summation of calcium ...

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

authors： Smith DS,Brink D,del Castillo J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction endonuclease, HindIII, gives rise to three fragments in each of the three mitochondrial DNAs isolated from the established mammalian cell lines LA9 (mouse), HeLa (human), and BSC-1 (African green monkey). The restriction endonuclease, EcoRI, gives rise to three fragments in mitochondrial DNA from HeLa ...

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

authors： Brown WM,Vinograd J

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated, cloned, and characterized two cDNAs corresponding to the mRNAs for cationic peroxidases synthesized by cultured peanut cells. The first clone was obtained from a phage lambda gt11 library screened with antibodies directed against the major secreted isozyme. Its predicted amino acid sequence, deduced ...

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

authors： Buffard D,Breda C,van Huystee RB,Asemota O,Pierre M,Ha DB,Esnault R

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All decisions, whether they are personal, public, or business-related, are based on the decision maker's beliefs and values. Science can and should help decision makers by shaping their beliefs. Unfortunately, science is not easily accessible to decision makers, and scientists often do not understand decision makers' ...

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

authors： von Winterfeldt D

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Synergism between transcriptional activators is a powerful way of potentiating their function. Here we show that the glial POU domain protein Tst-1 (also known as Oct-6 and SCIP) and large tumor antigen (T antigen) synergistically increased transcription from both the early and the late promoters of papovavirus JC in ...

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

authors： Renner K,Leger H,Wegner M

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen bonds and their relative strengths in proteins are of importance for understanding protein structure and protein motions. The correct strength of such hydrogen bonds is experimentally known to vary greatly from approximately 5-6 kcal/mol for the isolated bond to approximately 0.5-1.5 kcal/mol for proteins in ...

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

authors： Sheu SY,Yang DY,Selzle HL,Schlag EW

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of activated T cells to apoptosis must be tightly regulated to ensure sufficient T cell progeny for an effective response, while allowing a rapid depletion of them at the end of the immune response. We show here that a previously isolated, NF-kappa B/rel target gene IEX-1 (Immediate Early response gene ...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Schlossman SF,Edwards RA,Ou CN,Gu J,Wu MX

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells form three functionally distinct populations of effectors: competent cytolytic effectors able to bind and kill target cells and two subsets of nonlytic effectors, one able and the other unable to bind target cells. A flow cytometric method was developed, based on size and two-color fluorescen...

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

authors： Lebow LT,Bonavida B

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated Na channels in several classes of neurons, including cells of the cerebellum, are subject to an open-channel block and unblock by an endogenous protein. The Na(V)beta4 (Scn4b) subunit is a candidate blocking protein because a free peptide from its cytoplasmic tail, the beta4 peptide, can block open Na ch...

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

authors： Bant JS,Raman IM

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cells are a subset of dendritic cells (DCs) found in the human epidermis with unique morphological and molecular properties that enable their function as "sentinels" of the immune system. DCs are pivotal in the initiation and regulation of primary MHC class I restricted T lymphocyte immune responses and are...

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

authors： MacAry PA,Lindsay M,Scott MA,Craig JI,Luzio JP,Lehner PJ

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown changes in membrane properties of neurons in rat deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) as a function of development, but due to technical difficulties in obtaining viable DCN slices from adult animals, it remains unclear whether there are learning-related alterations in the membrane properties of DC...

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

authors： Wang D,Smith-Bell CA,Burhans LB,O'Dell DE,Bell RW,Schreurs BG

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The endodermis acts as a "second skin" in plant roots by providing the cellular control necessary for the selective entry of water and solutes into the vascular system. To enable such control, Casparian strips span the cell wall of adjacent endodermal cells to form a tight junction that blocks extracellular diffusion ...

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

authors： Hosmani PS,Kamiya T,Danku J,Naseer S,Geldner N,Guerinot ML,Salt DE

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:One mechanism of silver resistance in microorganisms is accumulation of the metal ions in the cell. Here, we report on the phenomenon of biosynthesis of silver-based single crystals with well-defined compositions and shapes, such as equilateral triangles and hexagons, in Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259. The crystals were u...

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

authors： Klaus T,Joerger R,Olsson E,Granqvist CG

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin (ASA) triggers a switch in the biosynthesis of lipid mediators, inhibiting prostanoid production and initiating 15-epi-lipoxin generation through the acetylation of cyclooxygenase II. These aspirin-triggered lipoxins (ATL) may mediate some of ASA's beneficial actions and therefore are of interest in the search...

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

authors： Clish CB,O'Brien JA,Gronert K,Stahl GL,Petasis NA,Serhan CN

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:What drives scientists' position taking on matters where empirical answers are unavailable or contradictory? We examined the contentious debate on whether to limit experiments involving the creation of potentially pandemic pathogens. Hundreds of scientists, including Nobel laureates, have signed petitions on the debat...

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

authors： Edelmann A,Moody J,Light R

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable isotope values of carbon (delta13C) and nitrogen (delta15N) in blood, feathers, eggshell, and bone have been used in seabird studies since the 1980s, providing a valuable source of information on diet, foraging patterns, and migratory behavior in these birds. These techniques can also be applied to fossil mater...

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

authors： Emslie SD,Patterson WP

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin, a potent inducer of neovascularization in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane and rabbit cornea, promotes endothelial cell invasion of Matrigel basement membrane. A transformed bovine aortic endothelial cell line, GM 7373, is 5 times more invasive when cultured in the presence of 1 microgram of bovine ang...

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

authors： Hu G,Riordan JF,Vallee BL

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In double-transgenic mice expressing a gene construct encoding hen egg lysozyme as well as rearranged anti-lysozyme antibody genes, large numbers of anti-lysozyme B cells are present in peripheral lymphoid tissues but are profoundly tolerant. The cellular basis for this form of non-deletional self-tolerance was explor...

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

authors： Adams E,Basten A,Goodnow CC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The O(2) reduction site of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), comprising iron (Fe(a3)) and copper (Cu(B)) ions, is probed by x-ray structural analyses of CO, NO, and CN(-) derivatives to investigate the mechanism of the complete reduction of O(2). Formation of the derivative contributes to the trigonal planar coordination of...

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

authors： Muramoto K,Ohta K,Shinzawa-Itoh K,Kanda K,Taniguchi M,Nabekura H,Yamashita E,Tsukihara T,Yoshikawa S

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanosensory hair cells of the inner ear are required for hearing and balance and have a distinctive apical structure, the hair bundle, that converts mechanical stimuli into electrical signals. This structure comprises a single cilium, the kinocilium, lying adjacent to an ensemble of actin-based projections know...

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

authors： Honda A,Kita T,Seshadri SV,Misaki K,Ahmed Z,Ladbury JE,Richardson GP,Yonemura S,Ladher RK

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone that hybridizes to an mRNA (1A10) that accumulates to a substantial level in the axis of the germinating soybean seed was sequenced. The amino acid sequence of the clone indicates an almost perfect repeat of Pro-Pro-Val-Tyr-Lys resulting in a protein containing 40% proline and lacking serine and histidine...

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

authors： Averyhart-Fullard V,Datta K,Marcus A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00