Disruption of an intersubunit electrostatic bond is a critical step in glycine receptor activation.

abstract：:Nonribosomal peptides and polyketides are a diverse group of natural products with complex chemical structures and enormous pharmaceutical potential. They are synthesized on modular nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) enzyme complexes by a conserved thiotemplate mechanism. Here, we rep...

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

authors： Wang H,Fewer DP,Holm L,Rouhiainen L,Sivonen K

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In early phases of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus I-induced adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), the malignant cell proliferation is associated with an autocrine process involving coordinate expression of interleukin (IL) 2 and its receptor. However, during late-phase ATL, leukemic cells no longer produce IL-2 yet continue ...

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

authors： Burton JD,Bamford RN,Peters C,Grant AJ,Kurys G,Goldman CK,Brennan J,Roessler E,Waldmann TA

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:August-Copenhagen-Irish (ACI) rats are unique in that the ovary-intact females develop high incidence of mammary cancers induced solely by hormones upon prolonged exposure to high levels of estrogen alone. Studies have also shown that such prolonged exposure to high-dose estrogen results in human-like aneuploid mammar...

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

authors： Blank EW,Wong PY,Lakshmanaswamy R,Guzman R,Nandi S

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of epidermal growth factor (EGF) to neonatal mice resulted in rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of specific substrates in liver, kidney, lung, bladder, skin, and brain as detected by Western blot analysis of tissue homogenates with anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. In the liver, three prominent ...

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

authors： Donaldson RW,Cohen S

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Raf-1 serine/threonine kinase is a key protein involved in the transmission of many growth and developmental signals. In this report, we show that autoinhibition mediated by the noncatalytic, N-terminal regulatory region of Raf-1 is an important mechanism regulating Raf-1 function. The inhibition of the regulatory...

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

authors： Cutler RE Jr,Stephens RM,Saracino MR,Morrison DK

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional role of residue Tyr-19 of Chromatium vinosum HiPIP has been evaluated by site-directed mutagenesis experiments. The stability of the [Fe4S4] cluster prosthetic center is sensitive to side-chain replacements. Polar residues result in significant instability, while nonpolar residues (especially with aroma...

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

authors： Agarwal A,Li D,Cowan JA

更新日期：1995-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have emerged as important cellular-signaling agents for cellular survival. Herein, we demonstrate that ROS-mediated oxidation of DNA to yield 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) in gene promoters is a signaling agent for gene activation. Enhanced gene expression occurs when OG is formed in guan...

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

authors： Fleming AM,Ding Y,Burrows CJ

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major problems have to be solved in studies of genes near breakpoints of chromosome abnormalities and in large-scale genomic mapping projects: (i) the identification of genes within the large amount on nontranscribed DNA and (ii) the determination of the tissues in which the identified genes are transcribed. In si...

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

authors： Boehm T,Gonzalez-Sarmiento R,Kennedy M,Rabbitts TH

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis has been shown to be a significant form of cell loss in many diseases. Detachment of photoreceptors from the retinal pigment epithelium, as seen in various retinal disorders, causes photoreceptor loss and subsequent vision decline. Although caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways are activated after retinal det...

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

authors： Trichonas G,Murakami Y,Thanos A,Morizane Y,Kayama M,Debouck CM,Hisatomi T,Miller JW,Vavvas DG

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that a minor fraction of single-stranded DNA (ss-DNA) isolated from native nuclear DNA of normal chicken embryonic cells and cells of other species hybridized with bulk nuclear DNA or cellular RNA in great excess. At least one-third of ss-DNA belonging to the nonrepetitious part of the cell genome ...

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

authors： Leibovitch SA,Tapiero H,Harel J

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell clones nonproductively transformed by the replication-defective Abelson strain of murine leukemia virus (AbLV) were analyzed for type C viral antigen expression by competition immunoassay. AbLV-transformed mink non-producer lines were found to express a 110,000- to 130,000-molecular weight polyprotein containing ...

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

authors： Reynolds FH Jr,Sacks TL,Deobagkar DN,Stephenson JR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor REV-ERBα integrates the circadian clock with hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism by nucleating transcriptional comodulators at genomic regulatory regions. An interactomic approach identified O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) as a REV-ERBα-interacting protein. By shielding cytoplasmic OGT from proteasoma...

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

authors： Berthier A,Vinod M,Porez G,Steenackers A,Alexandre J,Yamakawa N,Gheeraert C,Ploton M,Maréchal X,Dubois-Chevalier J,Hovasse A,Schaeffer-Reiss C,Cianférani S,Rolando C,Bray F,Duez H,Eeckhoute J,Lefebvre T,Staels B,Lef

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans walk and run over a wide range of speeds with remarkable efficiency. For steady locomotion, moving at different speeds requires the muscle-tendon units of the leg to modulate the amount of mechanical power the limb absorbs and outputs in each step. How individual muscles adapt their behavior to modulate limb po...

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

authors： Farris DJ,Sawicki GS

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the usual Darwinian case in which struggle for existence leads to density limitations on the environment's carrying capacity, R. A. Fisher's reproductive-value concept reduces to zero for every initial age group. To salvage some meaning for Fisher's notion, two variant reproductive-value concepts are defined here: ...

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

authors： Samuelson PA

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric receptors containing different portions of the homologous human insulin receptor, insulin-like growth factor I receptor, and insulin receptor-related receptor were utilized to identify the epitopes recognized by various anti-insulin receptor antibodies. The antibodies studied included 12 monoclonal antibodies...

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

authors： Zhang B,Roth RA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock modulates expression of a large fraction of the Arabidopsis genome and affects many aspects of plant growth and development. We have discovered one way in which the circadian system regulates hormone signaling, identifying a node that links the clock and auxin networks. Auxin plays key roles in dev...

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

authors： Rawat R,Schwartz J,Jones MA,Sairanen I,Cheng Y,Andersson CR,Zhao Y,Ljung K,Harmer SL

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous papers of this series, emphasis has been placed on the steady-state phase transition and critical properties of large lattices of interacting, symmetrical, and identical enzyme molecules. The present paper is concerned with a number of examples of enzyme--enzyme interactions that do not belong to the class...

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

authors： Hill TL

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP and UTP can function as extracellular signaling molecules by activating plasma membrane receptors termed P2 purinergic receptors. In the present study a P2U receptor cDNA has been expressed in K-562 human leukemia cells, one of the few available mammalian cell lines that lacks an endogenous P2U receptor. In stably...

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

authors： Erb L,Lustig KD,Sullivan DM,Turner JT,Weisman GA

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the functional consequences of mutations present in defective alleles of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (RB1) isolated from two spontaneously arising tumors. Unlike cDNA clones expressing the wild-type protein p110Rb, those encoding the two mutant proteins failed to induce the appearance of se...

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

authors： Templeton DJ,Park SH,Lanier L,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and deposition underlie an increasing number of debilitating human disorders. We have shown that model proteins unrelated to disease, such as the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of the p58alpha subunit of bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase (PI3-SH3), can be converted in vitro into assemblies with st...

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

authors： Ventura S,Zurdo J,Narayanan S,Parreño M,Mangues R,Reif B,Chiti F,Giannoni E,Dobson CM,Aviles FX,Serrano L

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of Drosophila organ discs can be arrested by culturing them in adult male flies. These aged discs lose some of their differentiation competence and form incomplete imaginal structures. The more advanced the aging, the greater the loss of competence. Discs made to differentiate prematurely show deficien...

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

authors： Schweizer P,Bodenstein D

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-DNA interactions were studied in vivo at the region containing a human DNA replication origin, located at the 3' end of the lamin B2 gene and partially overlapping the promoter of another gene, located downstream. DNase I treatment of nuclei isolated from both exponentially growing and nonproliferating HL-60 c...

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

authors： Dimitrova DS,Giacca M,Demarchi F,Biamonti G,Riva S,Falaschi A

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have postulated that the toxic neuropathies associated with neurofilament-filled axonal swellings have a common pathogenesis, the covalent crosslinking of neurofilaments during anterograde transport. The newly described gamma-diketone, 3,4-dimethyl-2,5-hexanedione (DMHD), is a more potent analogue of the toxic meta...

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

authors： Graham DG,Szakál-Quin G,Priest JW,Anthony DC

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans choose actions based on both habit and planning. Habitual control is computationally frugal but adapts slowly to novel circumstances, whereas planning is computationally expensive but can adapt swiftly. Current research emphasizes the competition between habits and plans for behavioral control, yet many complex...

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

authors： Cushman F,Morris A

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a synthesis theorem for a family of locally equivalent measures defined on a ring of sets. This theorem is then used to exhibit a control measure for weakly compact sets of unbounded measures. In addition, the existence of a local control measure for locally strongly bounded vector measures is proved by mea...

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

authors： Brooks JK,Dinculeanu N

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycoprotein I complex, consisting of two polypeptides of Mr 210,000 and 150,000, was isolated from human platelet membranes by wheat germ lectin affinity chromatography. Glycocalicin, a soluble loosely bound membrane glycoprotein of Mr 150,000 related to the glycoprotein I system, was also purified. The isolated ...

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

authors： Nachman RL,Kinoshita T,Ferris B

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have been obtained that recognize either the A or B chain of human urinary urokinase. These antibodies identify human urokinase-producing cells and the product of urokinase mRNA. Anti-urokinase monoclonal antibodies precipitate an approximately equal to 54,000-dalton protein synthesized in vitro ...

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

authors： Salerno G,Verde P,Nolli ML,Corti A,Szöts H,Meo T,Johnson J,Bullock S,Cassani G,Blasi F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifelong interactions between host and the ubiquitous and persistent cytomegalovirus (CMV) have been proposed to contribute to the age-related decline in immunity. Prior work from us and others found some support for that idea, yet evidence that this led to increased vulnerability to other infections was not obtained....

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

authors： Smithey MJ,Venturi V,Davenport MP,Buntzman AS,Vincent BG,Frelinger JA,Nikolich-Žugich J

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The later stages of cochlear differentiation and the developmental onset of hearing require thyroid hormone. Although thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are a prerequisite for this process, it is likely that other factors modify TR activity during cochlear development. The mouse cochlea expresses type 2 deiodinase (D2), ...

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

authors： Ng L,Goodyear RJ,Woods CA,Schneider MJ,Diamond E,Richardson GP,Kelley MW,Germain DL,Galton VA,Forrest D

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:How much free energy is irreversibly lost during a thermodynamic process? For deterministic protocols, lower bounds on energy dissipation arise from the thermodynamic friction associated with pushing a system out of equilibrium in finite time. Recent work has also bounded the cost of precisely moving a single degree o...

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

authors： Bryant SJ,Machta BB

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00