Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2{alpha} promotes the extracellular survival of obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in bacteria has emerged as a global challenge over the past 90 years, compromising our ability to effectively treat infections. There has been a dramatic increase in antibiotic resistance-associated determinants in bacterial populations, driven by the mobility and infectious nature of such determ...

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

authors： Klemm EJ,Wong VK,Dougan G

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA 3'-phosphate cyclase (RtcA) synthesizes RNA 2',3' cyclic phosphate ends via three steps: reaction with ATP to form a covalent RtcA-(histidinyl-Nε)-AMP intermediate; transfer of adenylate to an RNA 3'-phosphate to form RNA(3')pp(5')A; and attack of the vicinal O2' on the 3'-phosphorus to form a 2',3' cyclic phospha...

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

authors： Chakravarty AK,Smith P,Shuman S

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the cellular context, BCL2-like proteins promote mitochondrial fusion or fission. What determines which of these two opposing processes they promote has so far been unknown. Furthermore, the mechanisms through which BCL2-like proteins affect mitochondrial dynamics remain to be fully understood. The BCL2-l...

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

authors： Lu Y,Rolland SG,Conradt B

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, some point mutations within Aβ are associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. Here we set out to explore how the physical properties of the altered side chains, including their sizes a...

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

authors： Yang X,Meisl G,Frohm B,Thulin E,Knowles TPJ,Linse S

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects impact human health through vector-borne diseases and cause major economic losses by damaging crops and stored agricultural products. Insect-specific growth regulators represent attractive control agents because of their safety to the environment and humans. We identified plant compounds that serve as juvenile...

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

authors： Lee SH,Oh HW,Fang Y,An SB,Park DS,Song HH,Oh SR,Kim SY,Kim S,Kim N,Raikhel AS,Je YH,Shin SW

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of organelle DNA into the nuclear genome has been significant in eukaryotic evolution, because it appears to be the origin of many nuclear genes. Most studies on organelle DNA transfer have been restricted to evolutionary events but experimental systems recently became available to monitor the process in real...

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

authors： Huang CY,Ayliffe MA,Timmis JN

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:If, because of trade-offs or similar considerations, components of fitness are negatively correlated in equilibrium populations, they may then exhibit no correlation with total fitness. Lack of correlation with fitness is a fundamental characteristic of selective neutrality. Hence, selectively important traits become ...

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

authors： Reeve R,Smith E,Wallace B

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma-related (RBR) proteins regulate cell division in higher eukaryotes by controlling the adenovirus E2 promoter binding factor (E2F)/dimerization partner (DP) family of transcription factors that regulate expression of many genes involved in cell-cycle progression. We identified a previously undescribed me...

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

authors： Sabelli PA,Dante RA,Leiva-Neto JT,Jung R,Gordon-Kamm WJ,Larkins BA

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the photochemical deposition of Co-based oxygen evolution catalysts on a semiconductor photoanode for use in solar oxygen evolution. In the photodeposition process, electron-hole pairs are generated in a semiconductor upon illumination and the photogenerated holes are used to oxidize Co(2+) ions t...

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

authors： Steinmiller EM,Choi KS

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Using both heterologous rabbit antisera and mouse monoclonal antibody to RNA.DNA hybrids, we have mapped the in situ hybridization locus of the 18/28S ribosomal RNA fraction to a single large band on polytene autosome 3 in Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophila silvestris. This portion of the chromosome is not physical...

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

authors： Stuart WD,Bishop JG,Carson HL,Frank MB

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of WD40-repeat (WDR) proteins is one of the largest in eukaryotes, but little is known about their function in brain development. Among 26 WDR genes assessed, we found 7 displaying a major impact in neuronal morphology when inactivated in mice. Remarkably, all seven genes showed corpus callosum defects, inc...

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

authors： Kannan M,Bayam E,Wagner C,Rinaldi B,Kretz PF,Tilly P,Roos M,McGillewie L,Bär S,Minocha S,Chevalier C,Po C,Sanger Mouse Genetics Project.,Chelly J,Mandel JL,Borgatti R,Piton A,Kinnear C,Loos B,Adams DJ,Hérault Y,

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which cells select one of several specific programs of genetic information in development was examined in homoeotic mutant Antennapedia of Rappaport in Drosophila melanogaster. The results show that the alteration of determination from antenna to leg induced by this homoeotic mutation occurs in a popula...

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

authors： Postlethwait JH,Schneiderman HA

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of projected global warming on crop yields has been evaluated by indirect methods using simulation models. Direct studies on the effects of observed climate change on crop growth and yield could provide more accurate information for assessing the impact of climate change on crop production. We analyzed weat...

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

authors： Peng S,Huang J,Sheehy JE,Laza RC,Visperas RM,Zhong X,Centeno GS,Khush GS,Cassman KG

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of bovine TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), LH (luteinizing hormone), and their subunits to the TSH receptor of beef thyroid membranes was compared to stimulation by these agents of adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase(cyelizing), EC 4.6.1.1] in the same membranes, glucose oxidation in dog thyroid s...

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

authors： Wolff J,Winand RJ,Kohn LD

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To generate antibodies with different effector functions, B cells undergo Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain (IgH) class switch recombination (CSR). The ligation step of CSR is usually mediated by the classical nonhomologous end-joining (cNHEJ) pathway. In cNHEJ-deficient cells, a remarkable ∼25% of CSR can be achieved by the...

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

authors： Wang XS,Zhao J,Wu-Baer F,Shao Z,Lee BJ,Cupo OM,Rabadan R,Gautier J,Baer R,Zha S

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the nonlinear mechanical response of networks formed from un-cross-linked fibrin or collagen type I continually changes in response to repeated large-strain loading. We demonstrate that this dynamic evolution of the mechanical response arises from a shift of a characteristic nonlinear stress-strain relati...

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

authors： Münster S,Jawerth LM,Leslie BA,Weitz JI,Fabry B,Weitz DA

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza is a lipid-enveloped, pleomorphic virus. We combine electron cryotomography and analysis of images of frozen-hydrated virions to determine the structural organization of filamentous influenza A virus. Influenza A/Udorn/72 virions are capsule-shaped or filamentous particles of highly uniform diameter. We show...

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

authors： Calder LJ,Wasilewski S,Berriman JA,Rosenthal PB

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:HU, the major DNA binding protein of Escherichia coli, exists in solution as a heterodimer composed of two highly homologous subunits: HU1, encoded by hupB; HU2, encoded by hupA. The purification of the HU protein from hupA- or hupB- bacteria showed that the hupB mutant strains synthesize normal amounts of the HU2 sub...

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

authors： Bonnefoy E,Almeida A,Rouviere-Yaniv J

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the spectra of UV-induced mutations in the lacI gene of a wild-type and an mfd strain of Escherichia coli. mfd strains have been recently proposed to be deficient in a factor coupling DNA repair and transcription. Analysis of UV-induced mutations occurring at adjacent pyrimidines showed that mutations...

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

authors： Oller AR,Fijalkowska IJ,Dunn RL,Schaaper RM

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the relationship of genetic factors determining the expression of endogenous type-C RNA tumor viruses and other host-gene markers to tumorigenesis. A hybridization experiment was performed with mice of strains AKR/J and C57L, the first filial (F(1)) generation hybrids, the second filial (F(2)) generation h...

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

authors： Meier H,Taylor BA,Cherry M,Buebner RJ

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological interactions shape adaptations through coevolution not only between pairs of species but also through entire multispecies assemblages. Local coevolution can then be further altered through spatial processes that have been formally partitioned in the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution. A major current c...

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

authors： Medeiros LP,Garcia G,Thompson JN,Guimarães PR Jr

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As chips further shrink toward smaller scales, fabrication processes based on the self-assembly of individual particles into patterns or structures are often sought. One of the most popular techniques for two-dimensional assembly (self-assembled monolayers) is based on capillary forces acting on particles placed at a ...

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

authors： Aubry N,Singh P,Janjua M,Nudurupati S

更新日期：2008-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kitaev model with an applied magnetic field in the [Formula: see text] direction shows two transitions: from a nonabelian gapped quantum spin liquid (QSL) to a gapless QSL at [Formula: see text] and a second transition at a higher field [Formula: see text] to a gapped partially polarized phase, where K is the stre...

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

authors： Patel ND,Trivedi N

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that glycolate oxidation in unicellular green algae is linked to mitochondrial electron transport, rather than to peroxisomal metabolism as in higher plants and animals, was studied in a mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (dk97) deficient in cytochrome oxidase. This mutant had normal rates of dark res...

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

authors： Husic DW,Tolbert NE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of acetylcholine to growing cultures of mouse neuroblastoma cells induced a 37-fold increase in the specific activity of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7). Morphological changes, consisting of neurite-extensions, were also observed during the logarithmic phase of growth of cells stimulated with acetylcholine....

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

authors： Harkins J,Arsenault M,Schlesinger K,Kates J

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc10-dependent transcript 1 (Cdt1) is an essential DNA replication protein whose accumulation at the end of the cell cycle promotes the formation of pre-replicative complexes and replication in the next cell cycle. Geminin is thought to be involved in licensing replication by promoting the accumulation of Cdt1 in mit...

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

authors： Ballabeni A,Zamponi R,Moore JK,Helin K,Kirschner MW

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in ecology is to define species' niches on the basis of functional traits. Size and shape are important determinants of a species' niche but their causal role is often difficult to interpret. For endotherms, size and shape define the thermal niche through their interaction with core temperature, insula...

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

authors： Porter WP,Kearney M

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial barrier disruption is a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, the mechanism through which epigenetic regulation modulates intestinal epithelial integrity remains largely undefined. Here we show that EZH2, the catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive complex (PRC2), is indispensable for m...

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

authors： Liu Y,Peng J,Sun T,Li N,Zhang L,Ren J,Yuan H,Kan S,Pan Q,Li X,Ding Y,Jiang M,Cong X,Tan M,Ma Y,Fu D,Cai S,Xiao Y,Wang X,Qin J

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxins are small multifunctional redox active proteins widely if not universally distributed among living organisms. In chloroplasts, two types of thioredoxins (f and m) coexist and play central roles in regulating enzyme activity. Reduction of thioredoxins in chloroplasts is catalyzed by an iron-sulfur disulfid...

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

authors： Balmer Y,Koller A,del Val G,Manieri W,Schürmann P,Buchanan BB

更新日期：2003-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural crest cell derivatives have been suggested to be involved in thymus development. We established nonlymphoid thymic stromal cell cultures capable of supporting T-cell differentiation. In these nonlymphoid cell cultures, we identified cells with phenotypic and biochemical markers specific for neuronal cells. Neur...

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

authors： Screpanti I,Meco D,Scarpa S,Morrone S,Frati L,Gulino A,Modesti A

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00