Structure of the mediator head module bound to the carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II.

abstract：:The voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 plays a critical role in the fast proton translocation that underlies a wide range of physiological functions, including the phagocytic respiratory burst, sperm motility, apoptosis, and metastatic cancer. Both voltage activation and proton conduction are carried out by a voltage-se...

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

authors： Li Q,Shen R,Treger JS,Wanderling SS,Milewski W,Siwowska K,Bezanilla F,Perozo E

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable structures of icosahedral symmetry can serve numerous functional roles, including chemical microencapsulation and delivery of drugs and biomolecules, epitope presentation to allow for an efficient immunization process, synthesis of nanoparticles of uniform size, observation of encapsulated reactive intermediate...

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

authors： Olson AJ,Hu YH,Keinan E

更新日期：2007-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Most poxviruses, including variola, the causative agent of smallpox, express a secreted protein of 35 kDa, vCCI, which binds CC-chemokines with high affinity. This viral protein competes with the host cellular CC-chemokine receptors (CCRs), reducing inflammation and interfering with the host immune response. Such prot...

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

authors： Carfí A,Smith CA,Smolak PJ,McGrew J,Wiley DC

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human type O erythrocyte membranes were converted to type A1 by purified human A1-enzyme, to type A2 by purified human A2-enzyme, and to type B by purified human B-enzyme in the presence of radioactive sugar donors (i.e., UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine for A-enzyme and UDP-galactose for B-enzyme, respectively). Type A2 ery...

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

authors： Fujii H,Yoshida A

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We resolve the 3D trajectory and the orientation of individual cells for extended times, using a digital tracking technique combined with 3D reconstructions. We have used this technique to study the motility of the uniflagellated bacterium Caulobacter crescentus and have found that each cell displays two distinct mode...

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

authors： Liu B,Gulino M,Morse M,Tang JX,Powers TR,Breuer KS

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common blood disorder, presenting multiple symptoms, including hemolytic anemia. It affects 400 million people worldwide, with more than 160 single mutations reported in G6PD. The most severe mutations (about 70) are classified as class I, leading to more...

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

authors： Horikoshi N,Hwang S,Gati C,Matsui T,Castillo-Orellana C,Raub AG,Garcia AA,Jabbarpour F,Batyuk A,Broweleit J,Xiang X,Chiang A,Broweleit R,Vöhringer-Martinez E,Mochly-Rosen D,Wakatsuki S

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterosis is widely applied in agriculture; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms for superior performance are not well understood. Ethylene biosynthesis and signaling genes are shown to be down-regulated in Arabidopsis interspecific hybrids. Ethylene is a plant hormone that promotes fruit ripening and maturati...

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

authors： Song Q,Ando A,Xu D,Fang L,Zhang T,Huq E,Qiao H,Deng XW,Chen ZJ

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals treated with potent gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase inhibitors and a patient with severe gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase deficiency excrete much larger than normal amounts of glutathione, gamma-glutamylcysteine, and cysteine in their urine; these compounds were found in disulfide forms. The findings indicate that ...

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

authors： Griffith OW,Meister A

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated rat kidney glomeruli converted octatritiated arachidonic acid to several prostaglandins whose production was inhibited by meclofenamate. These were, in order of decreasing abundance, prostaglandin F2 alpha, prostaglandin E2, 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha, thromboxane B2, and prostaglandin D2. These products we...

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

authors： Hassid A,Konieczkowski M,Dunn MJ

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper (Th) lymphocytes can develop memory for the expression of particular cytokines, like IL-4 or IL-10, in that reexpression of those cytokines is independent of the original costimulatory signal IL-4 and depends only on T cell receptor stimulation. Here, we show that in the course of Th2 cell differentiation in ...

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

authors： Löhning M,Richter A,Stamm T,Hu-Li J,Assenmacher M,Paul WE,Radbruch A

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:MCF10A mammary epithelial cells form growth-arrested structures when cultured in three-dimensional basement membrane gels. Activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB2 induces formation of proliferative structures that share properties with noninvasive early stage lesions. We conducted a genetic screen to identify...

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

authors： Seton-Rogers SE,Lu Y,Hines LM,Koundinya M,LaBaer J,Muthuswamy SK,Brugge JS

更新日期：2004-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that horizontal cells of the vertebrate retina have a negative feedback synapse with cone photoreceptors. gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been suggested to be a neurotransmitter of monophasic horizontal cells (a subtype of horizontal cells), which have direct connections with red-sensitive and ...

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

authors： Tachibana M,Kaneko A

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enhancer-binding factor NF-kappa B, which is found only in cells that transcribe immunoglobulin light chain genes, has been purified from nuclear extracts of Namalwa cells (human Burkitt lymphoma cells) by sequence-specific DNA affinity chromatography. The purified NF-kappa B has been identified as a 51-kDa polype...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Scheidereit C,Roeder RG

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterigmatocystin (ST), a potent hepatocarcinogen, was covalently bound to calf thymus DNA by incubation in the presence of phenobarbital-induced rat liver microsomes. Acid hydrolysis of ST-modified DNA liberated a major guanine-containing adduct, present in DNA at an estimated level of 1 ST residue per 100-150 nucleot...

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

authors： Essigmann JM,Barker LJ,Fowler KW,Francisco MA,Reinhold VN,Wogan GN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two features make the tooth an excellent model in the study of evolutionary innovations: the relative simplicity of its structure and the fact that the major tooth-forming genes have been identified in eutherian mammals. To understand the nature of the innovation at the molecular level, it is necessary to identify the...

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

authors： Toyosawa S,O'hUigin C,Figueroa F,Tichy H,Klein J

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells have been identified as essential for maintaining multiple organ systems, including the hematopoietic system. The distinct cell fates of self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) depend on cell division. Recently, several negative regulators of the cell cycle, such as the cyclin-de...

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

authors： Walkley CR,Orkin SH

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To differentiate roles of androgen receptor (AR) in prostate stromal and epithelial cells, we have generated inducible-(ind)ARKO-TRAMP and prostate epithelial-specific ARKO TRAMP (pes-ARKO-TRAMP) mouse models, in which the AR was knocked down in both prostate epithelium and stroma or was knocked out in the prostate ep...

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

authors： Niu Y,Altuwaijri S,Yeh S,Lai KP,Yu S,Chuang KH,Huang SP,Lardy H,Chang C

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous fluorescence-based assay is described for measuring helicase-mediated unwinding of duplex DNA. The assay utilizes an oligonucleotide substrate containing the fluorescent adenine analog, 2-aminopurine, at regular intervals. 2-Aminopurine forms a Watson-Crick-type base pair with thymine and does not distort...

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

authors： Raney KD,Sowers LC,Millar DP,Benkovic SJ

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two series of peptides that specifically bind to the extracellular domain of the alpha chain of the human interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5Ralpha), but share no primary sequence homology to IL-5, were identified from libraries of random recombinant peptides. Affinity maturation procedures generated a 19-aa peptide that bin...

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

authors： England BP,Balasubramanian P,Uings I,Bethell S,Chen MJ,Schatz PJ,Yin Q,Chen YF,Whitehorn EA,Tsavaler A,Martens CL,Barrett RW,McKinnon M

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:During reverse transcription of retroviral RNA, synthesis of (-) strand DNA is primed by a cellular tRNA that anneals to an 18-nt primer binding site within the 5' long terminal repeat. For (+) strand synthesis using a (-) strand DNA template linked to the tRNA primer, only the first 18 nt of tRNA are replicated to re...

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

authors： Burnett BP,McHenry CS

更新日期：1997-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacteriophage T4-encoded RegB endoribonuclease is produced during the early stage of phage development and targets mostly (but not exclusively) the Shine-Dalgarno sequences of early genes. In this work, we show that the degradation of RegB-cleaved mRNAs depends on a functional T4 polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase ...

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

authors： Durand S,Richard G,Bontems F,Uzan M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance anion-exchange (HPAE) chromatography under alkaline conditions (pH congruent to 13) has been found to efficiently separate neutral oligosaccharides (triose to undecaose) according to molecular size, sugar composition, and linkage of monosaccharide units. The method was able to resolve 1----3, 1----4, ...

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

authors： Hardy MR,Townsend RR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protooncogene c-fps/fes is a single vertebrate locus homologous to both the fps transforming gene of Fujinami avian sarcoma virus and the fes transforming gene of two feline sarcoma virus isolates. The human c-fps/fes locus has been previously cloned and characterized. We report that a recombinant gene in which 3'...

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

authors： Sodroski JG,Goh WC,Haseltine WA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) plays a key role in early brain development, and manipulation of 5-HT levels during this period can have lasting neurobiological and behavioral consequences. It is unclear how perinatal exposure to drugs, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), impacts cortical neural network function...

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

authors： Simpson KL,Weaver KJ,de Villers-Sidani E,Lu JY,Cai Z,Pang Y,Rodriguez-Porcel F,Paul IA,Merzenich M,Lin RC

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteroduplex molecules of pneumococcal DNA, prepared by cross-annealing resolved complementary strands, have been used as donors in transformation. A number of pairs of genetic markers are situated exclusively in the trans configuration in these heteroduplexes. Insertion of two markers from trans configuration into op...

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

authors： Roger M

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II contains two subunits, alpha (Mr 50,000) and beta (Mr 60,000/58,000), both of which undergo Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent autophosphorylation. In the present study, we have studied the mechanism of this autophosphorylation reaction and its effect on the activity of the enzyme. B...

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

authors： Lai Y,Nairn AC,Greengard P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundances of (92)Nb and (146)Sm in the early solar system are determined from meteoritic analysis, and their stellar production is attributed to the p process. We investigate if their origin from thermonuclear supernovae deriving from the explosion of white dwarfs with mass above the Chandrasekhar limit is in agr...

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

authors： Lugaro M,Pignatari M,Ott U,Zuber K,Travaglio C,Gyürky G,Fülöp Z

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The semidwarf phenotype has been extensively selected during modern crop breeding as an agronomically important trait. Introduction of the semidwarf gene, semi-dwarf1 (sd1), which encodes a gibberellin biosynthesis enzyme, made significant contributions to the "green revolution" in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Here we repo...

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

authors： Asano K,Yamasaki M,Takuno S,Miura K,Katagiri S,Ito T,Doi K,Wu J,Ebana K,Matsumoto T,Innan H,Kitano H,Ashikari M,Matsuoka M

更新日期：2011-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique property of the mammalian embryo is that stem cells can be derived from its early tissue lineages. These lineages will give rise to the fetus as well as essential extraembryonic tissues. Understanding how chromatin regulation participates in establishment of these lineages in the embryo and their derived stem...

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

authors： Rugg-Gunn PJ,Cox BJ,Ralston A,Rossant J

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about how chromatin folds in its native state. Using optimized in situ hybridization and live imaging techniques have determined compaction ratios and fiber flexibility for interphase chromatin in budding yeast. Unlike previous studies, ours examines nonrepetitive chromatin at intervals short enough to...

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

authors： Bystricky K,Heun P,Gehlen L,Langowski J,Gasser SM

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00