Coexpression of VEGF and angiopoietin-1 promotes angiogenesis and cardiomyocyte proliferation reduces apoptosis in porcine myocardial infarction (MI) heart.

abstract：:A molecular recognition code has been hypothesized to exist in which ligands and their binding sites are encoded on complementary segments of genomic DNA. We have tested this hypothesis by generating a rabbit antibody to a synthetic decapeptide (complementary peptide) encoded by an RNA complementary to the mRNA for lu...

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

authors： Mulchahey JJ,Neill JD,Dion LD,Bost KL,Blalock JE

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method based on a phagemid vector with helper phage rescue for the construction and rapid analysis of combinatorial antibody Fab libraries. This approach should allow the generation and selection of many monoclonal antibodies. Antibody genes are expressed in concert with phage morphogenesis, thereby allo...

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

authors： Kang AS,Barbas CF,Janda KD,Benkovic SJ,Lerner RA

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of Xenopus laevis nonmuscle myosin heavy chain B (MHC-B) has been deduced from overlapping cDNA clones isolated from an XTC cell library. RNA blots of various developmental stages, adult tissues, and XTC cells detect a single transcript of 7.5 kb which is expressed at similar levels th...

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

authors： Bhatia-Dey N,Adelstein RS,Dawid IB

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fraction of the unintegrated viral DNA that appears early after infection of mouse cells by Moloney leukemia virus is infectious. The infectivity could be deomonstrated by an XC plaque assay of the cells exposed to DNA co-precipitated with calcium phosphate. The number of plaques deriving from closed-circular, super...

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

authors： Smotkin D,Gianni AM,Rozenblatt S,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From an analysis of the distributions of measures of transmission rates among hosts, we identify an empirical relationship suggesting that, typically, 20% of the host population contributes at least 80% of the net transmission potential, as measured by the basic reproduction number, R0. This is an example of a statist...

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

authors： Woolhouse ME,Dye C,Etard JF,Smith T,Charlwood JD,Garnett GP,Hagan P,Hii JL,Ndhlovu PD,Quinnell RJ,Watts CH,Chandiwana SK,Anderson RM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA from several mammalian species has been digested with a site-specific restriction endonuclease (HaeIII) from Haemophilus aegyptius. A quantitative analysis of the resulting specific fragments indicates that the mtDNA of any individual mammal is predominantly a single molecular clone. Gel analysis of ...

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

authors： Potter SS,Newbold JE,Hutchison CA 3rd,Edgell MH

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic processing of human amyloid precursor protein (APP) into shorter aggregating amyloid β (Aβ)-peptides, e.g., Aβ1-42, is considered a critical step in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although APP is a well-known membrane glycoprotein carrying both N- and O-glycans, nothing is known about th...

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

authors： Halim A,Brinkmalm G,Rüetschi U,Westman-Brinkmalm A,Portelius E,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Larson G,Nilsson J

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the rare initiation triplet AUU on mRNA translation was investigated by comparing the activity of two pairs of model mRNAs that differ in the length of Shine-Dalgarno and spacer sequences. Irrespective of the initiation triplet (AUG or AUU), all mRNAs had similar template activity in vitro, but transl...

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

authors： La Teana A,Pon CL,Gualerzi CO

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic genes for human insulin A and B chains were cloned separately in plasmid pBR322. The cloned synthetic genes were then fused to an Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase gene to provide efficient transcription and translation and a stable precursor protein. The insulin peptides were cleaved from beta-galactosida...

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

authors： Goeddel DV,Kleid DG,Bolivar F,Heyneker HL,Yansura DG,Crea R,Hirose T,Kraszewski A,Itakura K,Riggs AD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia viruses (X-MLVs and P-MLVs) cross-interfere to various extents in non-mouse species and in wild Asian mice, suggesting that they might use a common receptor for infection. Consistent with this hypothesis, the susceptibility of some wild mice to X-MLVs has been mapped to the P-...

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

authors： Tailor CS,Nouri A,Lee CG,Kozak C,Kabat D

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The C4B isotype of the fourth component of human complement (C4) displays 3- to 4-fold greater hemolytic activity than does its other isotype C4A. This correlates with differences in their covalent binding efficiencies to erythrocytes coated with antibody and complement C1. C4A binds to a greater extent when C1 is on ...

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

authors： Carroll MC,Fathallah DM,Bergamaschini L,Alicot EM,Isenman DE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational activation of the Ras oncogene products (H-Ras, K-Ras, and N-Ras) is frequently observed in human cancers, making them promising anticancer drug targets. Nonetheless, no effective strategy has been available for the development of Ras inhibitors, partly owing to the absence of well-defined surface pockets s...

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

authors： Shima F,Yoshikawa Y,Ye M,Araki M,Matsumoto S,Liao J,Hu L,Sugimoto T,Ijiri Y,Takeda A,Nishiyama Y,Sato C,Muraoka S,Tamura A,Osoda T,Tsuda K,Miyakawa T,Fukunishi H,Shimada J,Kumasaka T,Yamamoto M,Kataoka T

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:When various wild strains of Penicillium lanosum and Aspergillus niger were placed in the same mild laboratory environment, their frequencies of new spontaneous mutations were clearly related to whether they had been isolated from a region of high or low microclimatic stress. In the mild environment, the total frequen...

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

authors： Lamb BC,Mandaokar S,Bahsoun B,Grishkan I,Nevo E

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier Monte Carlo studies on a single-helix model of the GTP cap at the end of a microtubule are extended here to a more realistic five-start helix model of the microtubule end. As in the earlier work, phase changes occur at the microtubule end: the end is either capped with GTP and growing slowly or uncapped and sh...

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

authors： Chen YD,Hill TL

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are immune cells that bind to, engulf, and destroy bacterial and fungal pathogens in infected tissue, and their clearance by apoptosis is essential for the resolution of inflammation. Killing involves both oxidative and nonoxidative processes, the oxidative pathway requiring electrogenic production of supe...

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

authors： Fay AJ,Qian X,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare inherited disorder characterized by abnormal skin manifestations. Morbidity and mortality from this disease is usually due to bone marrow failure, but idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and an increased cancer predisposition also occur. Families with autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenit...

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

authors： Armanios M,Chen JL,Chang YP,Brodsky RA,Hawkins A,Griffin CA,Eshleman JR,Cohen AR,Chakravarti A,Hamosh A,Greider CW

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin-1 is a molecular motor protein that transports cargo along microtubules. Inside cells, the vast majority of kinesin-1 is regulated to conserve ATP and to ensure its proper intracellular distribution and coordination with other molecular motors. Regulated kinesin-1 folds in half at a hinge in its coiled-coil st...

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

authors： Dietrich KA,Sindelar CV,Brewer PD,Downing KH,Cremo CR,Rice SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic elements, although required only in trace amounts, permit life and primary productivity because of their functions in catalysis. Every organism has a minimal requirement of each metal based on the intracellular abundance of proteins that use inorganic cofactors, but elemental sparing mechanisms can reduce th...

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

authors： Kropat J,Gallaher SD,Urzica EI,Nakamoto SS,Strenkert D,Tottey S,Mason AZ,Merchant SS

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bathorhodopsin-rhodopsin difference spectra of native 11-cis-rhodopsin and regenerated 9-cis-rhodopsin were measured at room temperature with a double-beam laser spectrophotometer after excitation at 532 nm. A detailed analysis of data obtained at 85 psec after excitation suggests that the bathorhodopsins generated fr...

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

authors： Spalink JD,Reynolds AH,Rentzepis PM,Sperling W,Applebury ML

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wide diversity of dendritic trees is one of the most striking features of neural circuits. Here we develop a general quantitative theory relating the total length of dendritic wiring to the number of branch points and synapses. We show that optimal wiring predicts a 2/3 power law between these measures. We demonst...

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

authors： Cuntz H,Mathy A,Häusser M

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The G12 subfamily of heterotrimeric G proteins, comprised of the alpha-subunits Galpha12 and Galpha13, has been implicated as a signaling component in cellular processes ranging from cytoskeletal changes to cell growth and oncogenesis. In an attempt to elucidate specific roles of this subfamily in cell regulation, we ...

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

authors： Meigs TE,Fields TA,McKee DD,Casey PJ

更新日期：2001-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:P transposable elements in Drosophila are mobilized via a cut-and-paste mechanism. The broken DNA ends generated during transposition can be repaired via the homology-directed synthesis-dependent strand annealing or by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). Genetic studies have demonstrated an interaction between the gene ...

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

authors： Min B,Weinert BT,Rio DC

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A promoterless trp-lac fusion fragment was inserted near one end of the bacterial transposon Tn5 in the correct orientation to fuse lacZ gene expression to promoters outside Tn5. The resulting transposon, Tn5 lac, retains the kanamycin-resistance gene of Tn5 and transposes in Escherichia coli at 6% the frequency of Tn...

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

authors： Kroos L,Kaiser D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proalbumins are rare genetic variants of human serum albumin containing a basic propeptide that is not removed during post-transcriptional processing because of a mutation in the site of excision, an Arg-Arg sequence. We have identified the amino acid substitutions in three different types of proalbumins designated Ga...

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

authors： Takahashi N,Takahashi Y,Putnam FW

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Switch from non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) to syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is associated with accelerated CD4(+) T cell depletion, which might partially be explained by higher virulence of SI variants compared with NSI variants. Because NSI and SI variants use different coreceptors for entry of target cell...

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

authors： Blaak H,van't Wout AB,Brouwer M,Hooibrink B,Hovenkamp E,Schuitemaker H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian AML/CBFalpha runt domain (RD) transcription factors regulate hematopoiesis and osteoblast differentiation. Like their Drosophila counterparts, most mammalian RD proteins terminate in a common pentapeptide, VWRPY, which serves to recruit the corepressor Groucho (Gro). Using a yeast two-hybrid assay, in vi...

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

authors： Levanon D,Goldstein RE,Bernstein Y,Tang H,Goldenberg D,Stifani S,Paroush Z,Groner Y

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Glass formation in the CaO-Al2O3 system represents an important phenomenon because it does not contain typical network-forming cations. We have produced structural models of CaO-Al2O3 glasses using combined density functional theory-reverse Monte Carlo simulations and obtained structures that reproduce experiments (X-...

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

authors： Akola J,Kohara S,Ohara K,Fujiwara A,Watanabe Y,Masuno A,Usuki T,Kubo T,Nakahira A,Nitta K,Uruga T,Weber JK,Benmore CJ

更新日期：2013-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two high molecular weight heat shock proteins, HSP90 (Mr, 90,000) and HSP100 (Mr, 100,000), were separately purified from extracts of cultured cells of a mouse lymphoma cell line, L5178Y. Both of the HSPs exist in homodimeric form under physiological conditions. Their physicochemical properties are quite similar to ea...

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

authors： Koyasu S,Nishida E,Kadowaki T,Matsuzaki F,Iida K,Harada F,Kasuga M,Sakai H,Yahara I

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase (L-gulono-gamma-lactone:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.3.8) is the enzyme that catalyzes the terminal step of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis in mammalian liver. The absence of the oxidase activity in primates and guinea pigs is the reason why these animals are subject to scurvy, which mus...

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

authors： Nishikimi M,Udenfriend S

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the presence of protein kinase C (PKC) in ejaculated human sperm as revealed by enzymatic activity assay and indirect immunohistochemistry. PKC is localized in the equatorial segment and in the principal piece of the tail. Addition of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate resulted in increased flagellar motility t...

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

authors： Rotem R,Paz GF,Homonnai ZT,Kalina M,Naor Z

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00