Myonuclei acquired by overload exercise precede hypertrophy and are not lost on detraining.

abstract：:During malaria and other infections, the plasma concentration of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) increases 3- to 4-fold, but the function of this glycoprotein has been unknown. This study demonstrates, by in vitro culture of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, that the AGP concentration achieved during malaria...

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

authors： Friedman MJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin wound infections are a significant health problem, and antibiotic resistance is on the rise. Mast cells (MCs) have been shown to contribute to host-defense responses in certain bacterial infections, but their role in skin wound superinfection is unknown. We subjected 2 MC-deficient mouse strains to Pseudomonas ae...

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

authors： Zimmermann C,Troeltzsch D,Giménez-Rivera VA,Galli SJ,Metz M,Maurer M,Siebenhaar F

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) catalyzes fatty acid-activated, purine nucleotide-sensitive proton leak across the mitochondrial inner membrane of brown adipose tissue to produce heat, and could help combat obesity and metabolic disease in humans. Studies over the last 30 years conclude that the protein is a dimer, bindin...

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

authors： Lee Y,Willers C,Kunji ER,Crichton PG

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:ALS is a terminal disease of motor neurons that is characterized by accumulation of proteinaceous deposits in affected cells. Pathological deposition of mutated Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) accounts for ∼20% of the familial ALS (fALS) cases. However, understanding the molecular link between mutation and disease h...

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

authors： Ivanova MI,Sievers SA,Guenther EL,Johnson LM,Winkler DD,Galaleldeen A,Sawaya MR,Hart PJ,Eisenberg DS

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct structural insights on the fundamental mechanisms of permeation, selectivity, and gating remain unavailable for the Na(+) and Ca(2+) channel families. Here, we report the spectroscopic structural characterization of the isolated Voltage-Sensor Domain (VSD) of the prokaryotic Na(+) channel NaChBac in a lipid bil...

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

authors： Chakrapani S,Sompornpisut P,Intharathep P,Roux B,Perozo E

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence that AKT signaling plays a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. We asked whether Akt1 deficiency in mice results in structural and functional abnormalities in prefrontal cortex (PFC). Exploratory transcriptional profiling revealed concerted alterations in the expression of PFC gene...

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

authors： Lai WS,Xu B,Westphal KG,Paterlini M,Olivier B,Pavlidis P,Karayiorgou M,Gogos JA

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens. Venoms represent previously untapped sources of novel drugs. Here we repurposed mastoparan-L, the toxic active principle derived from the venom of the wasp Vespula lewisii, into synthetic antimicrobials. We engineered within its N terminus ...

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

authors： Silva ON,Torres MDT,Cao J,Alves ESF,Rodrigues LV,Resende JM,Lião LM,Porto WF,Fensterseifer ICM,Lu TK,Franco OL,de la Fuente-Nunez C

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial multiple system tauopathy with presenile dementia (MSTD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an abundant filamentous tau protein pathology. It belongs to the group of familial frontotemporal dementias with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), a major class of inherited dementing disorders whose gen...

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

authors： Spillantini MG,Murrell JR,Goedert M,Farlow MR,Klug A,Ghetti B

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:TCL1 and TCL1b genes on human chromosome 14q23.1 are activated in T cell leukemias by translocations and inversions at 14q32.1, juxtaposing them to regulatory elements of T cell receptor genes. In this report we present the cloning, mapping, and expression analysis of the human and murine TCL1/Tcl1 locus. In addition ...

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

authors： Hallas C,Pekarsky Y,Itoyama T,Varnum J,Bichi R,Rothstein JL,Croce CM

更新日期：1999-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes have a synthetically lethal relationship when the silencing or inhibiting of 1 gene is only lethal in the context of a mutation or activation of the second gene. This situation offers an attractive therapeutic strategy, as inhibition of such a gene will only trigger cell death in tumor cells with an activate...

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

authors： Molenaar JJ,Ebus ME,Geerts D,Koster J,Lamers F,Valentijn LJ,Westerhout EM,Versteeg R,Caron HN

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sessile marine organisms are prolific sources of biologically active natural products. However, these compounds are often found in highly variable amounts, with the abiotic and biotic factors governing their production remaining poorly understood. We present an approach that permits monitoring of in vivo natural produ...

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

authors： Esquenazi E,Jones AC,Byrum T,Dorrestein PC,Gerwick WH

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for variational calculation of the energy and the spin densities derived from a single-determinant wavefunction. Sum and difference coordinates [unk]R = (1/2)([unk]r(1) + [unk]r(1)) and [unk]r = [unk]r(1) - [unk]r(1) are introduced, and the density matrix P([unk]r(1),[unk]r(1)) is expanded in par...

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

authors： Payne PW

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a genetic screen of available T-DNA-mutagenized Arabidopsis populations for loci potentially involved in phytochrome (phy) signaling, we identified a mutant that displayed reduced seedling deetiolation under continuous red light, but little if any change in responsiveness to continuous far-red light. This behavior ...

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

authors： Huq E,Tepperman JM,Quail PH

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsyndromic clefting of the lip and palate in humans has a highly complex etiology, with both multiple genetic loci and exposure to teratogens influencing susceptibility. Previous studies using mouse models have examined only very small portions of the genome. Here we report the findings of a genome-wide search for s...

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

authors： Diehl SR,Erickson RP

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:α-SNAP [soluble NSF (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) attachment protein] and NSF proteins are conserved across eukaryotes and sustain cellular vesicle trafficking by mediating disassembly and reuse of SNARE protein complexes, which facilitate fusion of vesicles to target membranes. However, certain haplotypes of th...

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

authors： Bayless AM,Smith JM,Song J,McMinn PH,Teillet A,August BK,Bent AF

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between legume hosts and rhizobia, the bacteria are engulfed by a plant cell membrane to become intracellular organelles. In the model legume Medicago truncatula, internalization and differentiation of Sinorhizobium (also known as Ensifer) meliloti is a prerequisite for nitrogen fixati...

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

authors： Kim M,Chen Y,Xi J,Waters C,Chen R,Wang D

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a procedure for predicting the tertiary folds of alpha-helical proteins from their primary sequences. The central component of the procedure is a method for predicting interhelical contacts that is based on a helix-packing model. Instead of predicting the individual contacts, our method attempts to identif...

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

authors： Zhang C,Hou J,Kim SH

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It recently has been shown that epithelial Na(+) channels are controlled by a receptor for intracellular Na(+), a G protein (G(o)), and a ubiquitin-protein ligase (Nedd4). Furthermore, mutations in the epithelial Na(+) channel that underlie the autosomal dominant form of hypertension known as Liddle's syndrome inhibit...

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

authors： Ishibashi H,Dinudom A,Harvey KF,Kumar S,Young JA,Cook DI

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on multiple temporal scales. We use sedimentary charcoal accumulation rates to construct long-term variations in fire during the past 3,000 y in...

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

authors： Marlon JR,Bartlein PJ,Gavin DG,Long CJ,Anderson RS,Briles CE,Brown KJ,Colombaroli D,Hallett DJ,Power MJ,Scharf EA,Walsh MK

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA coding for protein C has been cloned from a bovine liver library in plasmid vector pBR322 and its sequence has been determined. Two overlapping clones code for the entire light and heavy chains of the mature protein, as well as a previously unreported connecting dipeptide (Lys-Arg) and a 39-amino acid leader pept...

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

authors： Long GL,Belagaje RM,MacGillivray RT

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:We have identified a cDNA from a human phytohemagglutinin-activated lymphoblast library encoding a protein that binds 125I-labeled human interleukin 12 (125I-huIL-12) with a Kd of about 5 nM when expressed in COS-7 cells. When coexpressed in COS-7 cells with the previously identified IL-12 beta receptor (IL-12R beta) ...

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

authors： Presky DH,Yang H,Minetti LJ,Chua AO,Nabavi N,Wu CY,Gately MK,Gubler U

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited deficiencies of the enzymes adenosine deaminase (adenosine aminohydrolase; EC 3.5.4.4) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (purine-nucleoside:orthophosphate ribosyltransferase; EC 2.4.2.1) preferentially interfere with lymphocyte development while sparing most other organ systems. Previous experiments have s...

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

authors： Carson DA,Kaye J,Seegmiller JE

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transport by the excitatory amino acid carrier EAAC1 is known to be reversible. Thus, glutamate can either be taken up into cells, or it can be released from cells through reverse transport, depending on the electrochemical gradient of the co- and countertransported ions. However, it is unknown how fast and ...

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

authors： Zhang Z,Tao Z,Gameiro A,Barcelona S,Braams S,Rauen T,Grewer C

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans explores its environment by interrupting its forward movement with occasional turns and reversals. Turns and reversals occur at stable frequencies but irregular intervals, producing probabilistic exploratory behaviors. Here we dissect the roles of individual sensory neurons, interneurons, and mo...

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

authors： Gray JM,Hill JJ,Bargmann CI

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori chronically infects the human gastric mucosa and is the leading risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. The molecular mechanisms of H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis remain ill defined. In this study, we examined the possibility that H. pylori directly co...

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

authors： Toller IM,Neelsen KJ,Steger M,Hartung ML,Hottiger MO,Stucki M,Kalali B,Gerhard M,Sartori AA,Lopes M,Müller A

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal infections during pregnancy are associated with increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, although the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Previously, we established a maternal immune activation (MIA) model using swine, which results in altered social behaviors of piglet offspring. These behavio...

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

authors： Antonson AM,Lawson MA,Caputo MP,Matt SM,Leyshon BJ,Johnson RW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify the entire coding region of canine factor IX from a hemophilia B animal. When the sequence was compared to that which codes for normal canine factor IX, a single missense mutation was identified. This mutation (G----A at nucleotide 1477) results in the substitution...

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

authors： Evans JP,Brinkhous KM,Brayer GD,Reisner HM,High KA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic glycolysis in yeast and cancer cells produces pyruvate beyond oxidative needs, a paradox noted by Warburg almost a century ago. To address this question, we reanalyzed extensive measurements from (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy of yeast glycolysis and the coupled pathways of futile cycling and glycogen a...

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

authors： Shulman RG,Rothman DL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence of quinacrine in the presence of different polynucleotides was studied to attempt to identify the specific nucleotides responsible for the fluorescence of stained chromosome preparations. A marked enhancement of fluorescence was seen in the presence of bihelical polynucleotides, such as poly(dA-dT), poly(...

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

authors： Weisblum B,De Haseth PL

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00