Genetic ablation of retinal pigment epithelial cells reveals the adaptive response of the epithelium and impact on photoreceptors.

abstract：:In yeasts and mammals, PEX10 encodes an integral membrane protein with a C3HC4 RING finger motif in its C-terminal domain and is required for peroxisome biogenesis and matrix protein import. In humans, its dysfunction in peroxisome biogenesis leads to severe Zellweger Syndrome and infantile Refsum disease. Here we sho...

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

authors： Schumann U,Wanner G,Veenhuis M,Schmid M,Gietl C

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:By optically probing with a focused, low-power laser beam, we measured the spontaneous deflection fluctuations of the sensory hair bundles on frog saccular hair cells with a sensitivity of about 1 pm/square root of Hz. The preparation was illuminated by two orthogonally polarized laser beams separated by only about 0....

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

authors： Denk W,Webb WW,Hudspeth AJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mecp2 gene has been shown to be mutated in most cases of human Rett syndrome, and mouse models deleted for the ortholog have been generated. Lineage-specific deletion of the gene indicated that the Rett-like phenotype is caused by Mecp2 deficiency in neurons. Biochemical evidence suggests that Mecp2 acts as a glob...

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

authors： Tudor M,Akbarian S,Chen RZ,Jaenisch R

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of skeletal myoblasts is characterized by permanent withdrawal from the cell cycle and fusion into multinucleated myotubes. Muscle cell survival is critically dependent on the ability of cells to respond to oxidative stress. Base excision repair (BER) is the main repair mechanism of oxidative DNA d...

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

authors： Narciso L,Fortini P,Pajalunga D,Franchitto A,Liu P,Degan P,Frechet M,Demple B,Crescenzi M,Dogliotti E

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Frizzled polypeptides are integral membrane proteins that recently were shown to function as receptors for Wnt signaling molecules. Here, we report the identification of a novel, secreted 36-kDa protein that contains a region homologous to a putative Wnt-binding domain of Frizzleds. This protein, called Frizzled-relat...

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

authors： Finch PW,He X,Kelley MJ,Uren A,Schaudies RP,Popescu NC,Rudikoff S,Aaronson SA,Varmus HE,Rubin JS

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA containing 5-azacytosine (azaC) has previously been shown to be a potent inhibitor of DNA-cytosine methyltransferases. In this report, we describe experiments which demonstrate that azaC-DNA forms a covalent complex with Hpa II methylase, a bacterial enzyme that methylates the internal C of C-C-G-G sequences. The ...

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

authors： Santi DV,Norment A,Garrett CE

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and migration of disconnections (line defects constrained to the grain boundary [GB] plane with both dislocation and step character) control many of the kinetic and dynamical properties of GBs and the polycrystalline materials of which they are central constituents. We demonstrate that GBs undergo a fini...

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

authors： Chen K,Srolovitz DJ,Han J

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous cross-linking in vitro, during incubation of purified collagen in nonstriated and native type fibrils, was studied to elucidate the relationship between intra and intermolecular cross-links. In nonbanded fibrils, the aldol condensation products of two allysyl residues, previously shown to constitute the in...

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

authors： Kang AH,Gross J

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both stem cells and mast cells express c-kit and proliferate after exposure to c-kit ligand. Mutations in c-kit may enhance or interfere with the ability of c-kit receptor to initiate the intracellular pathways resulting in cell proliferation. These observations suggested to us that mastocytosis might in some patients...

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

authors： Nagata H,Worobec AS,Oh CK,Chowdhury BA,Tannenbaum S,Suzuki Y,Metcalfe DD

更新日期：1995-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rad51 is a core component of the eukaryotic homologous recombination machinery and is responsible for key mechanistic steps during strand invasion. Higher order oligomers of Rad51 display a remarkable degree of structural variation, forming rings, compressed filaments, and elongated filaments. It is unclear whether Ra...

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

authors： Robertson RB,Moses DN,Kwon Y,Chan P,Chi P,Klein H,Sung P,Greene EC

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between cell survival and cell death is critical for normal lymphoid development. This balance is maintained by signals through lymphocyte antigen receptors and death receptors such as CD95/Fas. In some cells, ligating the B cell antigen receptor can protect the cell from apoptosis induced by CD95. Here we...

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

authors： Yankee TM,Draves KE,Ewings MK,Clark EA,Graves JD

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ion channels exhibit a slow stochastic switching between distinct modes of gating activity. This feature of channel behavior has pronounced implications for the dynamics of ionic currents and the signaling pathways that they regulate. A canonical example is the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) channel...

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

authors： Bicknell BA,Goodhill GJ

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-band synchronization adjusts the timing of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to a neuron. Neurons in the visual cortex are selective for stimulus orientation because of dynamic interactions between excitatory and inhibitory inputs. We hypothesized that these interactions and hence also orientation selectivity var...

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

authors： Womelsdorf T,Lima B,Vinck M,Oostenveld R,Singer W,Neuenschwander S,Fries P

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular stimuli regulate neuronal differentiation and subtype specification during brain development, although the intracellular signaling pathways that mediate these processes remain largely unclear. We now show that the PDK1-Akt pathway regulates differentiation of telencephalic neural precursor cells (NPCs). ...

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

authors： Oishi K,Watatani K,Itoh Y,Okano H,Guillemot F,Nakajima K,Gotoh Y

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodistribution studies of a water-soluble radioactive metallofullerene compound have been conducted using BALB/c mice. To this end, a sample containing Hox@C82 (x = 1, 2) was purified and derivatized to prepare the water-soluble metallofullerol, Hox@C82(OH)y. This metallofullerol was then neutron-activated (165Ho[n,g...

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

authors： Cagle DW,Kennel SJ,Mirzadeh S,Alford JM,Wilson LJ

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrachromosomal copies of the 1.6-kilobase transposable element Tc1 are present at the level of between 0.1 and 1.0 copy per cell in Caenorhabditis elegans strain Bergerac. Extrachromosomal elements were detected and studied using Southern hybridizations employing a Tc1-specific probe. The amount of extrachromosomal ...

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

authors： Ruan K,Emmons SW

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cat tongue is covered in sharp, rear-facing spines called papillae, the precise function of which is a mystery. In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we use high-speed film, grooming force measurements, and computed tomography (CT) scanning to elucidate the mechanism by which papillae are used to gr...

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

authors： Noel AC,Hu DL

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic evidence indicates that the PrlA (SecY) protein of Escherichia coli functions as a membrane integrated signal sequence receptor in protein "export"--i.e., in protein translocation across (or integration into) the plasma membrane. We have raised antibodies in rabbits against two synthetic peptides representing ...

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

authors： Watanabe M,Blobel G

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phyllosphere microbial communities were evaluated on leaves of field-grown plant species by culture-dependent and -independent methods. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) with 16S rDNA primers generally indicated that microbial community structures were similar on different individuals of the same plant sp...

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

authors： Yang CH,Crowley DE,Borneman J,Keen NT

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The O(2)-reaction chemistry of 1:1 mixtures of (F(8))Fe(II) (1; F(8) = tetrakis(2,6-diflurorophenyl)porphyrinate) and [(L(Me(2))N)Cu(I)](+) (2; L(Me(2))N = N,N-bis(2-[2-(N',N'-4-dimethylamino)pyridyl]ethyl)methylamine) is described, to model aspects of the chemistry occurring in cytochrome c oxidase. Spectroscopic inv...

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

authors： Kim E,Helton ME,Wasser IM,Karlin KD,Lu S,Huang HW,Moenne-Loccoz P,Incarvito CD,Rheingold AL,Honecker M,Kaderli S,Zuberbuhler AD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerases (DNAPs) responsible for genome replication are highly faithful enzymes that nonetheless cannot deal with damaged DNA. In contrast, translesion synthesis (TLS) DNAPs are suitable for replicating modified template bases, although resulting in very low-fidelity products. Here we report the biochemical cha...

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

authors： Berjón-Otero M,Villar L,de Vega M,Salas M,Redrejo-Rodríguez M

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report the identification of a unique HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibitor-binding site using photoaffinity labeling and mass spectrometric analysis. We chemically incorporated a photo-activatable benzophenone moiety into a series of coumarin-containing IN inhibitors. A representative of this series was covalentl...

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

authors： Al-Mawsawi LQ,Fikkert V,Dayam R,Witvrouw M,Burke TR Jr,Borchers CH,Neamati N

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied ten phenotypically similar patients with complete androgen insensitivity. All of the patients tested had significantly elevated serum luteinizing hormone and plasma androgens within or above the normal adult male range. On the basis of specific dihydrotestosterone binding by skin fibroblasts, we identi...

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

authors： Amrhein JA,Meyer WJ 3rd,Jones HW Jr,Migeon CJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conservation of endangered fish is of critical importance. Cryobanking could provide an effective backup measure for use in conjunction with the conservation of natural populations; however, methodology for cryopreservation of fish eggs and embryos has not yet been developed. The present study established a method...

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

authors： Lee S,Iwasaki Y,Shikina S,Yoshizaki G

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most humans in the United States have been infected with BK virus (BKV), a human papovavirus. Because BKV has oncogenic properties, we have investigated whether it may be a cause of human cancer. Basic principles of tumor virology imply that BKV-induced tumors should contain BKV DNA sequences. Therefore, we assayed (b...

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

authors： Wold WS,Mackey JK,Brackmann KH,Takemori N,Rigden P,Green M

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We address the stability of multicharged finite systems driven by Coulomb forces beyond the Rayleigh instability limit. Our exploration of the nuclear dynamics of heavily charged Morse clusters enabled us to vary the range of the pair potential and of the fissibility parameter, which results in distinct fragmentation ...

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

authors： Last I,Levy Y,Jortner J

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Better understanding myelination of peripheral nerves would benefit patients affected by peripheral neuropathies, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Little is known about the role the Golgi compartment plays in Schwann cell (SC) functions. Here, we studied the role of Golgi in myelination of peripheral nerves in m...

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

authors： Baba T,Alvarez-Prats A,Kim YJ,Abebe D,Wilson S,Aldworth Z,Stopfer MA,Heuser J,Balla T

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:HeLa cells grown in the presence of [methyl-3H]thymidine contained large amounts of 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (HMdU) in their DNA. When the cells were grown in [6-3H]thymidine and their DNA was labeled to the same specific activity, no HMdU was present. When such [6-3H]thymidine-labeled cells were exposed to inc...

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

authors： Teebor GW,Frenkel K,Goldstein MS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid and cyclic AMP increase tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity and mRNA levels in pheochromocytoma cultures. The transcriptional activity of the TH gene, as measured by nuclear run-on assay, is also increased when cultures are treated with the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone or agents that increase i...

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

authors： Lewis EJ,Harrington CA,Chikaraishi DM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate models show that particles formed by nucleation can affect cloud cover and, therefore, the earth's radiation budget. Measurements worldwide show that nucleation rates in the atmospheric boundary layer are positively correlated with concentrations of sulfuric acid vapor. However, current nucleation theories do ...

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

authors： Chen M,Titcombe M,Jiang J,Jen C,Kuang C,Fischer ML,Eisele FL,Siepmann JI,Hanson DR,Zhao J,McMurry PH

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00