Real-time attack on single Escherichia coli cells by the human antimicrobial peptide LL-37.

abstract：:The human retinoic acid receptor (hRAR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily that regulates the transcription of target genes in a ligand-dependent manner. The three hRAR isotypes are targets for retinoids that are used in the treatment of various diseases, including breast cancer and skin diseases. Drug ef...

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

authors： Klaholz BP,Mitschler A,Belema M,Zusi C,Moras D

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear-cut inherited Mendelian traits, such as familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, account for <4% of colorectal cancers. Another 20% of all colorectal cancers are thought to occur in individuals with a significant inherited multifactorial susceptibility to colorectal cancer tha...

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

authors： Fearnhead NS,Wilding JL,Winney B,Tonks S,Bartlett S,Bicknell DC,Tomlinson IP,Mortensen NJ,Bodmer WF

更新日期：2004-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Model compositions of Earth, Venus, and Mercury are calculated from the premise that planets and chondrites underwent four identical fractionation processes in the solar nebula. Because elements of similar properties stay together in these processes, five constraints suffice to define the composition of a planet: mass...

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

authors： Morgan JW,Anders E

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the penis, nitric oxide (NO) can be formed by both neuronal NO synthase and endothelial NOS (eNOS). eNOS is activated by viscous drag/shear stress in blood vessels to produce NO continuously, a process mediated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3kinase)/Akt pathway. Here we show that PI3-kinase/Akt physiologi...

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

authors： Hurt KJ,Musicki B,Palese MA,Crone JK,Becker RE,Moriarity JL,Snyder SH,Burnett AL

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the immunosuppressive potential of UVB (280-320 nm) radiation in experimental animals and humans, UVA (320-400 nm) radiation at environmentally relevant doses appears to be immunologically inert. However, such exposure to UVA radiation has been observed unexpectedly to induce resistance to UVB-induced i...

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

authors： Reeve VE,Tyrrell RM

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of temperature on biological processes are complex. Diffusion is less affected than the diverse enzymatic reactions that have distinct individual temperature profiles. Hence thermal fluctuations pose a formidable challenge to ectothermic organisms in which body temperature is largely dictated by the ambient te...

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

authors： Radermacher PT,Myachina F,Bosshardt F,Pandey R,Mariappa D,Müller HA,Lehner CF

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although x-ray crystallography is the most widely used method for macromolecular structure determination, it does not provide dynamical information, and either experimental tricks or complementary experiments must be used to overcome the inherently static nature of crystallographic structures. Here we used specific x-...

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

authors： Colletier JP,Bourgeois D,Sanson B,Fournier D,Sussman JL,Silman I,Weik M

更新日期：2008-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic ocular neovascularization commonly causes blindness. It is critical to identify the factors altered in pathologically proliferating versus normally quiescent vessels to develop effective targeted therapeutics. MicroRNAs regulate both physiological and pathological angiogenesis through modulating expression ...

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

authors： Liu CH,Sun Y,Li J,Gong Y,Tian KT,Evans LP,Morss PC,Fredrick TW,Saba NJ,Chen J

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is both an inhabitant of estuarine environments and the etiologic agent of the diarrheal disease cholera. Previous work has demonstrated that V. cholerae forms both an exopolysaccharide-dependent biofilm and a Ca2+-dependent biofilm. In this work, we demonstrate a role for the O-antigen polysaccharide ...

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

authors： Kierek K,Watnick PI

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest that the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) regulates cardiovascular functions during embryogenesis and adulthood. 5-HT binds to numerous cognate receptors to initiate its biological effects. However, none of the 5-HT receptor disruptions in mice have yet resulted in embryonic defe...

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

authors： Nebigil CG,Choi DS,Dierich A,Hickel P,Le Meur M,Messaddeq N,Launay JM,Maroteaux L

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired resistance against antimalarial drugs has further increased the need for an effective malaria vaccine. The current leading candidate, RTS,S, is a recombinant circumsporozoite protein (CSP)-based vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum that contains 19 NANP repeats followed by a thrombospondin repeat domain. Alt...

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

authors： Oyen D,Torres JL,Wille-Reece U,Ockenhouse CF,Emerling D,Glanville J,Volkmuth W,Flores-Garcia Y,Zavala F,Ward AB,King CR,Wilson IA

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar development occurs mainly postnatally and implies cell proliferation and migration. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and Met are involved in mediating these responses in other tissues and are coexpressed in the cerebellum. Here we show that Met is localized in granule cell precursors and that cultures of thes...

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

authors： Ieraci A,Forni PE,Ponzetto C

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal size of the recombination site required for efficient FLP recombinase-catalyzed recombination in vitro is no more than 28 base pairs, which includes parts of two 13-base-pair inverted repeats and all of an 8-base-pair spacer. The FLP recombinase cleaves the DNA at the boundaries of the spacer, becomes cova...

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

authors： Senecoff JF,Bruckner RC,Cox MM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used DNase I as a probe to examine the chromatin structure of mouse immunoglobulin kappa light chain genes in rearranged and unrearranged chromosomes--i.e., in nuclei from myeloma cells and from brain and liver cells. Tissue-specific DNase I-hypersensitive sites are observed 0.7 and 1.7 kilobases upstream from...

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

authors： Chung SY,Folsom V,Wooley J

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：:Despite significant infiltration into tumors and atherosclerotic plaques, the role of T lymphocytes in these pathological conditions is still unclear. We have demonstrated that tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and plaque-infiltrating lymphocytes (PILs) produce heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth f...

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

authors： Peoples GE,Blotnick S,Takahashi K,Freeman MR,Klagsbrun M,Eberlein TJ

更新日期：1995-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The three lipin phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP) enzymes catalyze a step in glycerolipid biosynthesis, the conversion of phosphatidate to diacylglycerol. Lipin-1 is critical for lipid synthesis and homeostasis in adipose tissue, liver, muscle, and peripheral nerves. Little is known about the physiological role of lipin...

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

authors： Dwyer JR,Donkor J,Zhang P,Csaki LS,Vergnes L,Lee JM,Dewald J,Brindley DN,Atti E,Tetradis S,Yoshinaga Y,De Jong PJ,Fong LG,Young SG,Reue K

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Egg activation is the process by which a mature oocyte becomes capable of supporting embryo development. In vertebrates and echinoderms, activation is induced by fertilization. Molecules introduced into the egg by the sperm trigger progressive release of intracellular calcium stores in the oocyte. Calcium wave(s) spre...

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

authors： Kaneuchi T,Sartain CV,Takeo S,Horner VL,Buehner NA,Aigaki T,Wolfner MF

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of esterase 3 confer two forms of organophosphate resistance on contemporary Australasian Lucilia cuprina. One form, called diazinon resistance, is slightly more effective against commonly used insecticides and is now more prevalent than the other form, called malathion resistance. We report here that the si...

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

authors： Hartley CJ,Newcomb RD,Russell RJ,Yong CG,Stevens JR,Yeates DK,La Salle J,Oakeshott JG

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the catalytically inactive mutant (C215S) of the human protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) has been solved to high resolution in two complexes. In the first, crystals were grown in the presence of bis-(para-phosphophenyl) methane (BPPM), a synthetic high-affinity low-molecular weight nonpeptidic s...

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

authors： Puius YA,Zhao Y,Sullivan M,Lawrence DS,Almo SC,Zhang ZY

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaccine capable of stimulating protective antiviral antibody responses is needed to curtail the global AIDS epidemic caused by HIV-1. Although rarely elicited during the course of natural infection or upon conventional vaccination, the membrane-proximal ectodomain region (MPER) of the HIV-1 glycoprotein of M(r) 41,0...

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

authors： Song L,Sun ZY,Coleman KE,Zwick MB,Gach JS,Wang JH,Reinherz EL,Wagner G,Kim M

更新日期：2009-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the genetic networks that operate inside cells will require the dissection of interactions among network members. Here we describe a peptide aptamer isolated from a combinatorial library that distinguishes among such interactions. This aptamer binds to cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) and inhibits its ki...

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

authors： Cohen BA,Colas P,Brent R

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic determinant(s) responsible for tropism in human T cells or macrophages are not well defined. We studied the role of the HIV type 2 (HIV-2) nef and vpr genes in viral tropism. HIV-2 mutants, lacking either vpr or nef genes, or both vpr and nef, were obtained by site-specif...

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

authors： Hattori N,Michaels F,Fargnoli K,Marcon L,Gallo RC,Franchini G

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeats containing proteins (NLRs) serve as immune receptors in both plants and animals. Overaccumulation of NLRs often leads to autoimmune responses, suggesting that the levels of these immune receptors must be tightly controlled. However, the mechanism by which NLR prot...

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

authors： Cheng YT,Li Y,Huang S,Huang Y,Dong X,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose is a fundamental metabolite, yet how cells sense and respond to changes in extracellular glucose concentration is not completely understood. We recently reported that the MondoA:Mlx dimeric transcription factor directly regulates glycolysis. In this article, we consider whether MondoA:Mlx complexes have a broa...

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

authors： Stoltzman CA,Peterson CW,Breen KT,Muoio DM,Billin AN,Ayer DE

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference, mediated by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), is a conserved regulatory process that has evolved as an antiviral defense mechanism in plants and animals. It is not known whether host cells also use siRNAs as an antibacterial defense mechanism in eukaryotes. Here, we report the discovery of an endogeno...

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

authors： Katiyar-Agarwal S,Morgan R,Dahlbeck D,Borsani O,Villegas A Jr,Zhu JK,Staskawicz BJ,Jin H

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin plays an essential role in growth of mycobacteria. Synthesis of the cofactor is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to establish and maintain chronic infections in a murine model of tuberculosis. Although the late steps of mycobacterial biotin synthesis, assembly of the heterocyclic rings, are thought to f...

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

authors： Hu Z,Cronan JE

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pax-6 in vertebrates and its homolog eyeless in Drosophila are known to be essential for eye development. Here we investigate the role of Pax-6 in eye development in another major systematic group, molluscs. We demonstrate that alternatively spliced RNAs derived from a single Pax-6 gene in the squid (Loligo opalescens...

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

authors： Tomarev SI,Callaerts P,Kos L,Zinovieva R,Halder G,Gehring W,Piatigorsky J

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is known to bud from the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope. The structural gene for the glycoprotein gB, which is essential for virus entry and cell fusion induced by HSV type 1, has been cloned in a transient expression vector containing the adenovirus major late promoter, tripartite l...

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

authors： Ali MA,Butcher M,Ghosh HP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that the old quantum theory, as presented by Niels Bohr in 1913, fails when applied to few electron systems, such as the H(2) molecule. Here, we find previously undescribed solutions within the Bohr theory that describe the potential energy curve for the lowest singlet and triplet states of H(...

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

authors： Svidzinsky AA,Scully MO,Herschbach DR

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00