Mutations in cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and corticotropin (ACTH)-sensitive adenylate cyclase affect adrenal steroidogenesis.

abstract：:Selective therapeutics for nuclear receptors would revolutionize treatment for endocrine disease. Specific control of nuclear receptor activity is challenging because the internal cavities that bind hormones can be virtually identical. Only one highly selective hormone analog is known for the thyroid receptor, GC-24, ...

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

authors： Borngraeber S,Budny MJ,Chiellini G,Cunha-Lima ST,Togashi M,Webb P,Baxter JD,Scanlan TS,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change and resource exploitation have been shown to modify the importance of bottom-up and top-down forces in ecosystems. However, the resulting pattern of trophic control in complex food webs is an emergent property of the system and thus unintuitive. We develop a statistical nondeterministic model, capable o...

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

authors： Lynam CP,Llope M,Möllmann C,Helaouët P,Bayliss-Brown GA,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of a number of genes encoding products involved in copper ion uptake in yeast is specifically inhibited by copper ions. We show here that copper metalloregulation occurs through Cu-dependent repression of the transactivation activity of Mac1p. A segment of the yeast transcription factor Mac1p was identi...

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

authors： Graden JA,Winge DR

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinuous patterns traced by fluid flows are a ubiquitous feature of physical landscapes on Earth, Mars, the volcanic floodplains of the Moon and Venus, and other planetary bodies. Typically discussed as a consequence of migration processes in meandering rivers, sinuosity is also expressed in channel types that show lit...

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

authors： Lazarus ED,Constantine JA

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade or more, contradictory evidence of Martian climate, indicating that surface temperatures seldom if ever approach the melting point of water at midlatitudes, and geomorphic features, consistent with liquid flows at these same latitudes, have proven difficult to reconcile. In this article, we demons...

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

authors： Shinbrot T,Duong NH,Kwan L,Alvarez MM

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomimetic hydrogel platform was designed to signal encapsulated cells using immobilized cell-cell communication cues, with a focus on enhancing the survival and function of encapsulated pancreatic β-cells to treat type 1 diabetes. When MIN6 cells, a pancreatic β-cell line, were encapsulated in poly(ethylene glycol)...

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

authors： Lin CC,Anseth KS

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:NaeI is a remarkable type II restriction endonuclease. It must bind two recognition sequences to cleave DNA, forms a covalent protein-DNA intermediate, and is only 1 aa change away from topoisomerase and recombinase activity. The latter activities apparently derive from reactivation of a cryptic DNA ligase active site...

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

authors： Colandene JD,Topal MD

更新日期：1998-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-myc oncogene has been implicated in a wide spectrum of B-cell neoplasias. In normal cells, the level of expression of the c-myc gene correlates with growth status. In the present study, we examined the effect of receptor-mediated inhibition of growth on c-myc expression in a B-cell lymphoma. The murine lymphoma ...

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

authors： McCormack JE,Pepe VH,Kent RB,Dean M,Marshak-Rothstein A,Sonenshein GE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The downstream box (DB) is a sequence element that enhances translation of several bacterial and phage mRNAs. It has been proposed that the DB enhances translation by base pairing transiently to bases 1469-1483 of 16S rRNA, the so-called anti-DB, during the initiation phase of translation. We have tested this model of...

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

authors： O'Connor M,Asai T,Squires CL,Dahlberg AE

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of life expectancy in 1963 reveals twin peaks in the empirical distribution across countries: one group of countries clustered around a life expectancy of 40 years and a second group clustered around a life expectancy of 65 years. By 2003, the mode of each cluster had moved up by approximately 10 years....

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

authors： Bloom DE,Canning D

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrates can modulate the sound levels entering their inner ears in the face of intense external sound or during their own vocalizations. Middle ear muscle contractions restrain the motion of the middle ear ossicles, attenuating the transmission of low-frequency sound and thereby protecting the hair cells in the in...

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

authors： Gridi-Papp M,Feng AS,Shen JX,Yu ZL,Rosowski JJ,Narins PM

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes are highly dynamic and complex lipid bilayers, responsible for the fate of living cells. To achieve this function, the hydrating environment is crucial. However, membrane imaging typically neglects water, focusing on the insertion of probes, resonant responses of lipids, or the hydrophobic core. O...

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

authors： Tarun OB,Hannesschläger C,Pohl P,Roke S

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb group proteins are essential regulators of developmental processes across animals. Despite their importance, studies on Polycomb are often restricted to classical model systems and, as such, little is known about the evolution of these important chromatin regulators. Here we focus on Polycomb Repressive Compl...

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

authors： Gahan JM,Rentzsch F,Schnitzler CE

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neither the structure nor the function of alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha Bgtx) binding molecules in the nervous system have yet been completely defined, although it is known that some of these molecules are related to cation channels and some are not. Using an improved method of affinity chromatography, we have isolated a ...

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

authors： Gotti C,Ogando AE,Hanke W,Schlue R,Moretti M,Clementi F

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that serotonin induces an increase in membrane K+ conductance in Aplysia neuron R15 and that this response is mediated by cAMP. The present study examines the role of protein phosphorylation in the response to serotonin. A specific inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase was injected intrace...

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

authors： Adams WB,Levitan IB

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interfering is a eukaryote-specific gene silencing by 20∼23-nucleotide (nt) microRNAs and small interfering RNAs that recruit Argonaute proteins to complementary RNAs for degradation. In humans, Argonaute2 (AGO2) has been known as the only slicer while Argonaute3 (AGO3) barely cleaves RNAs. Therefore, the intrinsi...

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

authors： Park MS,Sim G,Kehling AC,Nakanishi K

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A close study of the metabolic regulation of hexose transport in a hamster fibroblast mutant, highly defective in the enzyme phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI mutant), reveals the requirement for at least three vectors for transport regulation. The downward regulation of the hexose transport system, called the "transport ...

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

authors： Kalckar HM,Ullrey DB

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The linear ubiquitin assembly complex (LUBAC) comprises 3 components: HOIP, HOIL-1, and Sharpin, of which HOIP and HOIL-1 are both members of the RBR subfamily of E3 ubiquitin ligases. HOIP catalyses the formation of Met1-linked ubiquitin oligomers (also called linear ubiquitin), but the function of the E3 ligase acti...

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

authors： Kelsall IR,Zhang J,Knebel A,Arthur JSC,Cohen P

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 16 (IL-16) is a chemotactic cytokine that binds to the CD4 receptor and affects the activation of T cells and replication of HIV. It is expressed as a large 67-kDa precursor protein (pro-IL-16) in lymphocytes, macrophages, and mast cells, as well as in airway epithelial cells from asthmatics after challeng...

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

authors： Bannert N,Avots A,Baier M,Serfling E,Kurth R

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gel-forming mucins, the primary macromolecular components of airway mucus, facilitate airway clearance by mucociliary transport. In cystic fibrosis (CF) altered mucus properties impair mucociliary transport. Airways primarily secrete two closely related gel-forming mucins, MUC5B and MUC5AC. However, their morphologic ...

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

authors： Ostedgaard LS,Moninger TO,McMenimen JD,Sawin NM,Parker CP,Thornell IM,Powers LS,Gansemer ND,Bouzek DC,Cook DP,Meyerholz DK,Abou Alaiwa MH,Stoltz DA,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations on the structure and function of the ear in amphisbaenians have been extended to two new species: to Blanus cinereus of the family Amphisbaenidae and Diplometopon zarudnyi of the family Trogonophidae. Blanus, considered one of the most primitive of this group of reptiles, shows a distinctive form of sound...

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

authors： Gans C,Wever EG

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observations suggest that p53 mutations are responsible not only for growth of primary tumors but also for their dissemination. However, mechanisms involved in p53-mediated control of cell motility and invasion remain poorly understood. By using the primary ovarian surface epithelium cell culture, we show that ...

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

authors： Hwang CI,Matoso A,Corney DC,Flesken-Nikitin A,Körner S,Wang W,Boccaccio C,Thorgeirsson SS,Comoglio PM,Hermeking H,Nikitin AY

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin stimulates cardiac hypertrophy in response to numerous stimuli. Calcineurin activity is suppressed by association with modulatory calcineurin-interacting protein (MCIP)1DSCR1, which is up-regulated by calcineurin signaling and has been proposed to functi...

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

authors： Vega RB,Rothermel BA,Weinheimer CJ,Kovacs A,Naseem RH,Bassel-Duby R,Williams RS,Olson EN

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many membrane channels and receptors exhibit adaptive, or desensitized, response to a strong sustained input stimulus. A key mechanism that underlies this response is the slow, activity-dependent removal of responding molecules to a pool which is unavailable to respond immediately to the input. This mechanism is imple...

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

authors： Friedlander T,Brenner N

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell recognition molecules play a crucial role in the regulation of immune cells. We recently found that mast cells (MCs) express leukocyte recognition molecules, including ICAM-1 antigen, a natural ligand of LFA-1. We here report that interleukin 4 (IL-4), a pleiotropic cytokine and mast cell differentiation factor, ...

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

authors： Valent P,Bevec D,Maurer D,Besemer J,Di Padova F,Butterfield JH,Speiser W,Majdic O,Lechner K,Bettelheim P

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments have demonstrated that the human beta-globin gene is correctly regulated in transgenic mice. The beta-globin gene is not expressed in yolk sac-derived erythroid cells in early embryonic development but is expressed concomitantly with the adult mouse beta-globin genes in 14- to 16-day fetal liver a...

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

authors： Behringer RR,Hammer RE,Brinster RL,Palmiter RD,Townes TM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation promotes genome plasticity in bacteria via RecA-driven homologous recombination. In the gram-positive human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae, the transformasome a multiprotein complex, internalizes, protects, and processes transforming DNA to generate chromosomal recombinants. Double-stranded DNA is in...

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

authors： Quevillon-Cheruel S,Campo N,Mirouze N,Mortier-Barrière I,Brooks MA,Boudes M,Durand D,Soulet AL,Lisboa J,Noirot P,Martin B,van Tilbeurgh H,Noirot-Gros MF,Claverys JP,Polard P

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to delineate the advent of many enzymes essential to protein translation are often limited by the fact that the modern genetic code evolved before divergence of the tree of life. Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (GlnRS) is one noteworthy exception to the universality of the translation apparatus. In eukaryotes and s...

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

authors： Skouloubris S,Ribas de Pouplana L,De Reuse H,Hendrickson TL

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants, as sessile organisms, must coordinate various physiological processes to adapt to ever-changing surrounding environments. Stomata, the epidermal pores facilitating gas and water exchange, play important roles in optimizing photosynthetic efficiency and adaptability. Stomatal development is under the control of...

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

authors： Zhang JY,He SB,Li L,Yang HQ

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Total heterogeneous nuclear RNA from HeLa cells infected with adenovirus for 18-20 hr stimulates amino acid incorporation into protein in a cell-free system from Ehrlich ascites tumors. This stimulation of protein synthesis by the nuclear RNA requires intact nuclei. The role of nuclei in this system is unknown, but ev...

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

authors： Chatterjee NK,Weissbach H

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00