Evidence that a guanine nucleotide-binding protein linked to a muscarinic receptor inhibits directly phospholipase C.

abstract：:We propose a model for DNA polymerase fidelity in which free energy differences, delta delta G, between matched and mismatched nucleotides are magnified at the enzyme's active site. Both hydrogen bonding and stacking components of the interaction energy are amplified, with the most profound effect being on the magnitu...

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

authors： Petruska J,Sowers LC,Goodman MF

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine ecosystems are in decline. New transformational changes in governance are urgently required to cope with overfishing, pollution, global changes, and other drivers of degradation. Here we explore social, political, and ecological aspects of a transformation in governance of Chile's coastal marine resources, from...

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

authors： Gelcich S,Hughes TP,Olsson P,Folke C,Defeo O,Fernández M,Foale S,Gunderson LH,Rodríguez-Sickert C,Scheffer M,Steneck RS,Castilla JC

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradual buildup of neuronal activity known as the "readiness potential" reliably precedes voluntary self-initiated movements, in the average time locked to movement onset. This buildup is presumed to reflect the final stages of planning and preparation for movement. Here we present a different interpretation of the ...

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

authors： Schurger A,Sitt JD,Dehaene S

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although biological cells are mostly transparent, they are phase objects that differ in shape and refractive index. Any image that is projected through layers of randomly oriented cells will normally be distorted by refraction, reflection, and scattering. Counterintuitively, the retina of the vertebrate eye is inverte...

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

authors： Franze K,Grosche J,Skatchkov SN,Schinkinger S,Foja C,Schild D,Uckermann O,Travis K,Reichenbach A,Guck J

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple biological processes involve the stretching of nucleic acids (NAs). Stretching forces induce local changes in the molecule structure, inhibiting or promoting the binding of proteins, which ultimately affects their functionality. Understanding how a force induces changes in the structure of NAs at the atomic l...

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

authors： Marin-Gonzalez A,Vilhena JG,Perez R,Moreno-Herrero F

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A Raleigh, NC, population of Drosophila melanogaster was sampled for the presence of enzyme null alleles at 25 loci. No nulls were found at any of five X-linked loci. Nulls were recovered at 13 of 20 autosomal loci; the weighted mean frequency for all 20 autosomal loci was estimated to be 0.0025. A consideration of th...

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

authors： Voelker RA,Langley CH,Brown AJ,Ohnishi S,Dickson B,Montgomery E,Smith SC

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant plasmid containing sequences complementary to human pro-alpha l(I) collagen mRNA was used for the chromosomal assignment of the pro-alpha l(I) collagen gene. Restriction endonuclease analysis of DNA from mouse-human and Chinese hamster-human somatic cell hybrids revealed cosegregation with human chromoso...

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

authors： Huerre C,Junien C,Weil D,Chu ML,Morabito M,Van Cong N,Myers JC,Foubert C,Gross MS,Prockop DJ,Boué A,Kaplan JC,de la Chapelle A,Ramirez F

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total chemical synthesis was used to prepare the mirror image (D-protein) form of the angiogenic protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A). Phage display against D-VEGF-A was used to screen designed libraries based on a unique small protein scaffold in order to identify a high affinity ligand. Chemically syn...

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

authors： Mandal K,Uppalapati M,Ault-Riché D,Kenney J,Lowitz J,Sidhu SS,Kent SB

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect damage on fossil leaves from the Central Rocky Mountains, United States, documents the response of herbivores to changing regional climates and vegetation during the late Paleocene (humid, warm temperate to subtropical, predominantly deciduous), early Eocene (humid subtropical, mixed deciduous and evergreen), a...

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

authors： Wilf P,Labandeira CC,Johnson KR,Coley PD,Cutter AD

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a full-length cDNA coding for human alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH; alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1) from a human liver cDNA library constructed in phage lambda gt11. The library was screened by using a rabbit antibody against human ADH as a first probe, by the modified method of Young and Davis [Yo...

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

authors： Ikuta T,Fujiyoshi T,Kurachi K,Yoshida A

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ASCAPE agent-based modeling environment greatly eases the task of designing and investigating agent-based models. However, effective design can still require a relatively deep knowledge of programming and agent-based modeling. This issue has almost certainly slowed the adoption of agent-based modeling approaches t...

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

authors： Inchiosa ME,Parker MT

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:O(6)-methylguanine (O(6)meG) and related modifications of guanine in double-stranded DNA are functionally severe lesions that can be produced by many alkylating agents, including N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), a potent carcinogen. O(6)meG is repaired through its demethylation by the O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA...

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

authors： Hwang CS,Shemorry A,Varshavsky A

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced seismicity linked to geothermal resource exploitation, hydraulic fracturing, and wastewater disposal is evolving into a global issue because of the increasing energy demand. Moderate to large induced earthquakes, causing widespread hazards, are often related to fluid injection into deep permeable formations th...

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

authors： Zhai G,Shirzaei M,Manga M,Chen X

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the myosin hinge region in muscle contraction, we examined the contraction characteristics and Mg-ATPase activity of glycerinated muscle fibers prepared from rabbit psoas in the presence and absence of polyclonal antibody directed against the subfragment 2 (S-2) region of myosin. The antibod...

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

authors： Sugi H,Kobayashi T,Gross T,Noguchi K,Karr T,Harrington WF

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate protein folding dynamics in terms of compactness, we developed a continuous-flow mixing device to make small-angle x-ray scattering measurements with the time resolution of 160 micros and characterized the radius of gyration (R(g)) of two folding intermediates of cytochrome c (cyt c). The early intermed...

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

authors： Akiyama S,Takahashi S,Kimura T,Ishimori K,Morishima I,Nishikawa Y,Fujisawa T

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The periaqueductal gray (PAG) and amygdala are known to be important for defensive responses, and many contemporary fear-conditioning models present the PAG as downstream of the amygdala, directing the appropriate behavior (i.e., freezing or fleeing). However, empirical studies of this circuitry are inconsistent and w...

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

authors： Kim EJ,Horovitz O,Pellman BA,Tan LM,Li Q,Richter-Levin G,Kim JJ

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem (ES) cells are permanent blastocyst-derived cell lines capable of contributing to a wide variety of tissues, including the germ line, after injection into host blastocysts. Recently, we have shown that ES cells can produce all of the cells of the developing fetus after aggregation with developmen...

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

authors： Forrester LM,Bernstein A,Rossant J,Nagy A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed Xenopus embryos to express human acetylcholinesterase (AcChoEase; EC 3.1.1.7) in developing synapses. Transcription of AcChoEase mRNA was driven by a 2.2-kb sequence upstream from the initiator AUG in the ACHE gene encoding AcChoEase, with multiple potential sites for binding universal and tissue-spec...

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

authors： Ben Aziz-Aloya R,Seidman S,Timberg R,Sternfeld M,Zakut H,Soreq H

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This work argues that, in a polarized environment, scientists can minimize the likelihood that the audience's biased processing will lead to rejection of their message if they not only eschew advocacy but also, convey that they are sharers of knowledge faithful to science's way of knowing and respectful of the audienc...

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

authors： Jamieson KH,Hardy BW

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals homozygous for the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 gene with 32-bp deletions (CCR5Δ32) are resistant to HIV-1 infection. In this study, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) homozygous for the naturally occurring CCR5Δ32 mutation through genome editing of wild-type iPSCs using a combination of ...

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

authors： Ye L,Wang J,Beyer AI,Teque F,Cradick TJ,Qi Z,Chang JC,Bao G,Muench MO,Yu J,Levy JA,Kan YW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast with speciation in terrestrial organisms, marine plankton frequently display gradual morphological change without lineage division (e.g., phyletic gradualism or gradual evolution), which has raised the possibility that a different mode of evolution dominates within pelagic environments. Here, we reexamine ...

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

authors： Hull PM,Norris RD

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The explosive growth in our knowledge of genomes, proteomes, and metabolomes is driving ever-increasing fundamental understanding of the biochemistry of life, enabling qualitatively new studies of complex biological systems and their evolution. This knowledge also drives modern biotechnologies, such as molecular engin...

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

authors： Agresti JJ,Antipov E,Abate AR,Ahn K,Rowat AC,Baret JC,Marquez M,Klibanov AM,Griffiths AD,Weitz DA

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide, a lipid mediator, has been most closely associated with antiproliferative activities. In this study, we examine the mechanism by which ceramide induces growth suppression and the role of the retinoblastoma gene product (Rb) in this process. Withdrawal of serum from the serum-dependent MOLT-4 cells resulted i...

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

authors： Dbaibo GS,Pushkareva MY,Jayadev S,Schwarz JK,Horowitz JM,Obeid LM,Hannun YA

更新日期：1995-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) increases the movement of cholesterol from the outer to the inner membrane of adrenal and gonadal mitochondria, thus providing the substrate for steroid hormone biosynthesis. Deletion of 62 amino-terminal aa produces a cytoplasmic form of StAR (N-62 StAR) that lacks th...

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

authors： Bose HS,Whittal RM,Baldwin MA,Miller WL

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted disruption of the pp60(src) (Src) gene has implicated this tyrosine kinase in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and as a therapeutic target for the treatment of osteoporosis and other bone-related diseases. Herein we describe the discovery of a nonpeptide inhibitor (AP22408) of Src that demonstrates in vivo...

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

authors： Shakespeare W,Yang M,Bohacek R,Cerasoli F,Stebbins K,Sundaramoorthi R,Azimioara M,Vu C,Pradeepan S,Metcalf C 3rd,Haraldson C,Merry T,Dalgarno D,Narula S,Hatada M,Lu X,van Schravendijk MR,Adams S,Violette S,Smith J,

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of biomolecular isomerization processes, such as protein folding, is governed by a free-energy surface of high dimensionality and complexity. As an alternative to projections into one or two dimensions, the free-energy surface can be mapped into a weighted network where nodes and links are configurations ...

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

authors： Gfeller D,De Los Rios P,Caflisch A,Rao F

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cullin-Ring E3 ubiquitin ligases target substrates for ubiquitin-dependent, proteasome-mediated degradation and regulate critical cellular processes. These cullins assemble with cellular substrate receptor proteins through specific adaptor molecules. F-box- and BC-box-containing receptors use Skp1, ElonginB, and Elong...

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

authors： Luo K,Xiao Z,Ehrlich E,Yu Y,Liu B,Zheng S,Yu XF

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a regulatory molecule for many cell functions, both for intracellular and, perhaps less well known, extracellular functions. An important example of the latter involves red blood cells (RBCs), which help regulate blood pressure by releasing ATP as a vasodilatory signaling molecule in re...

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

authors： Wan J,Ristenpart WD,Stone HA

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The pore-forming peptide amoebapore is considered part of the cytolytic armament of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebapore is composed of 77 amino acid residues arranged in four alpha-helical domains. For structure-function analysis, synthetic peptides were constructed corresponding to these four domains: H1 (re...

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

authors： Leippe M,Andrä J,Müller-Eberhard HJ

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigger factor (TF), the first chaperone in eubacteria to encounter the emerging nascent chain, binds to the large ribosomal subunit in the vicinity of the protein exit tunnel opening and forms a sheltered folding space. Here, we present the 3.5-A crystal structure of the physiological complex of the large ribosomal s...

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

authors： Baram D,Pyetan E,Sittner A,Auerbach-Nevo T,Bashan A,Yonath A

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00