Minimization of thermodynamic costs in cancer cell invasion.

abstract：:We have cloned a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. The cDNA was isolated from a rat liver library and encodes a protein of 446 aa with a predicted mass of 50 kDa. This clone (OR-1) shows no striking homology to any known member of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. The most related receptor is...

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

authors： Teboul M,Enmark E,Li Q,Wikström AC,Pelto-Huikko M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH; thyroliberin) on membrane electrical properties were studied in the clonal rat anterior pituitary cell (GH3) by continuous recording of the intracellular potential. Application of TRH, which stimulates the release of prolactin and growth hormone from the GH3 cell, elicite...

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

authors： Ozawa S,Kimura N

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During performance of attention-demanding cognitive tasks, certain regions of the brain routinely increase activity, whereas others routinely decrease activity. In this study, we investigate the extent to which this task-related dichotomy is represented intrinsically in the resting human brain through examination of s...

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

authors： Fox MD,Snyder AZ,Vincent JL,Corbetta M,Van Essen DC,Raichle ME

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, using further optimized 3D culture that allows highly selective induction and long-term growth of human ES cell (hESC)-derived cortical neuroepithelium, we demonstrate unique aspects of self-organization in human neocorticogenesis. Self-organized cortical tissue spontaneously forms a polarity along the dorsocaud...

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

authors： Kadoshima T,Sakaguchi H,Nakano T,Soen M,Ando S,Eiraku M,Sasai Y

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) activity has been attributed to the highly labile nitric oxide radical (NO). In view of the fact that the plasma and cellular milieux contain reactive species that can rapidly inactivate NO, it has been postulated that NO is stabilized by a carrier molecule that preserves its...

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

authors： Stamler JS,Simon DI,Osborne JA,Mullins ME,Jaraki O,Michel T,Singel DJ,Loscalzo J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartate transcarbamoylase (EC 2.1.3.2) from Escherichia coli contains six zinc ions per molecule. Renaturation studies of this allosteric enzyme and its isolated subunits show that the metal binding site is in the regulatory polypeptide chain. Ultraviolet difference spectra of the cadmium and zinc derivatives have b...

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

authors： Rosenbusch JP,Weber K

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Escherichia coli strains infected with bacteriophage phiX174 catalyze DNA synthesis dependent on double-stranded, circular phiX174 replicative form I (phiX RFI) by a semiconservative process. The reaction required Mg++, ATP, all four dNTP, and exogenous phiX RFI DNA as template and yielded phiX RFI and phi...

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

authors： Sumida-Yasumoto C,Yudelevich A,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-1a cells, an anatomically, phenotypically, and functionally distinct subset of B cells that produce the bulk of natural serum IgM and much of gut-associated IgA, are an important component of the early response to pathogens. Because the induced expression of CD5, a hallmark of B-1a cells, requires a nuclear factor o...

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

authors： Berland R,Wortis HH

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli galactokinase gene (galK) was inserted into a modified early region transcription unit of simian virus 40 (SV40) contained on a bacterial plasmid. Introduction of this pSVK vector into monkey, mouse, and hamster cell lines by transfection resulted in efficient expression of the bacterial galK gene...

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

authors： Schümperli D,Howard BH,Rosenberg M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of ion transport in plants is essential for cell function. Abiotic stress unbalances cell ion homeostasis, and plants tend to readjust it, regulating membrane transporters and channels. The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) and the second messenger Ca(2+) are central in such processes, as they are involved ...

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

authors： Diaz M,Sanchez-Barrena MJ,Gonzalez-Rubio JM,Rodriguez L,Fernandez D,Antoni R,Yunta C,Belda-Palazon B,Gonzalez-Guzman M,Peirats-Llobet M,Menendez M,Boskovic J,Marquez JA,Rodriguez PL,Albert A

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The low-energy conformations for a series of peptides based on the sequence of the ras P21 protein from position 55 to position 67 have been computed using conformational energy analysis. These sequences differed at position 61 and contained Gln, Pro, Leu, Lys, and Arg at this position. P21 proteins with Gln, Glu, or ...

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

authors： Pincus MR,Brandt-Rauf PW,Carty RP,Lubowsky J,Avitable M,Gibson KD,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae cause considerable morbidity and mortality, with persistent neurological sequelae, particularly in young children and the elderly. It is widely assumed that carriage occurs through direct mucosal colonization from the environment whereas meningitis results from invasion from the blood. However...

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

authors： van Ginkel FW,McGhee JR,Watt JM,Campos-Torres A,Parish LA,Briles DE

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Dystroglycan (α-DG) is a highly glycosylated basement membrane receptor that is cleaved by the proprotein convertase furin, which releases its N-terminal domain (α-DGN). Before cleavage, α-DGN interacts with the glycosyltransferase LARGE1 and initiates functional O-glycosylation of the mucin-like domain of α-DG. Not...

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

authors： de Greef JC,Slütter B,Anderson ME,Hamlyn R,O'Campo Landa R,McNutt EJ,Hara Y,Pewe LL,Venzke D,Matsumura K,Saito F,Harty JT,Campbell KP

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher eukaryotic cells, mitochondria are essential subcellular organelles for energy production, cell signaling, and the biosynthesis of biomolecules. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome is indispensable for mitochondrial function because it encodes protein subunits of the electron transport chain and a full set ...

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

authors： Xu W,Boyd RM,Tree MO,Samkari F,Zhao L

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:p70 S6 kinase (p70(S6k)) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase that plays a central role in the control of mRNA translation. It physiologically phosphorylates the S6 protein of the 40s ribosomal subunit in response to mitogenic stimuli and is a downstream component of the rapamycin-sensitive pathway, which includes th...

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

authors： Burnett PE,Blackshaw S,Lai MM,Qureshi IA,Burnett AF,Sabatini DM,Snyder SH

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Most higher eukaryotic tubulins are separated into alpha- and beta-tubulin when electrophoresed in NaDodSO4- denaturing gels, while many lower eukaryotic tubulins are poorly resolved under these conditions, which include a stacking gel (pH 6.80) and a separating gel (pH 8.80). By lowering the pH of the separating gel ...

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

authors： Suprenant KA,Hays E,LeCluyse E,Dentler WL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular factors tightly regulate the architecture of bundles of filamentous cytoskeletal proteins, giving rise to assemblies with distinct morphologies and physical properties, and a similar control of the supramolecular organization of nanotubes and nanorods in synthetic materials is highly desirable. However, it is...

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

authors： Needleman DJ,Ojeda-Lopez MA,Raviv U,Miller HP,Wilson L,Safinya CR

更新日期：2004-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that human cells after neoplastic transformation in culture had acquired an increased susceptibility to chromatid damage induced by x-irradiation during the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Evidence suggested that this results from deficient DNA repair during G2 phase. Cells derived from human tumors...

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

authors： Parshad R,Sanford KK,Jones GM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK1) is an effector of both Ras/MEK/MAPK and PI3K/PDK1 pathways. We present evidence that RSK1 drives p27 phosphorylation at T198 to increase RhoA-p27 binding and cell motility. RSK1 activation and p27pT198 both increase in early G(1). As for many kinase-substrate pairs, cellular RSK1 copreci...

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

authors： Larrea MD,Hong F,Wander SA,da Silva TG,Helfman D,Lannigan D,Smith JA,Slingerland JM

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of the 3' terminal CCA sequence in precursors of tRNAs on catalysis by the RNase P RNA or the holoenzyme from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in a completely homologous system. We have found that the absence of the 3' terminal CCA is not detrimental to activity, which is in sha...

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

authors： Pascual A,Vioque A

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) is one of the most abundant and enigmatic enzymes of the CNS. Based on existing UCH-L1 knockout models, UCH-L1 is thought to be required for the maintenance of axonal integrity, but not for neuronal development despite its high expression in neurons. Several lines of evidence...

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

authors： Reinicke AT,Laban K,Sachs M,Kraus V,Walden M,Damme M,Sachs W,Reichelt J,Schweizer M,Janiesch PC,Duncan KE,Saftig P,Rinschen MM,Morellini F,Meyer-Schwesinger C

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of depressive disorders and are unique potential targets for therapeutic intervention. The acetylating agent L-acetylcarnitine (LAC), a well-tolerated drug, behaves as an antidepressant by the epigenetic regulation of type 2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) recep...

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

authors： Nasca C,Xenos D,Barone Y,Caruso A,Scaccianoce S,Matrisciano F,Battaglia G,Mathé AA,Pittaluga A,Lionetto L,Simmaco M,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous international bodies have advocated the development of strategies to achieve the sustainability of marine environments. Typically, such strategies are based on information from expert groups about causes of degradation and policy options to address them, but these strategies rarely take into account assessed ...

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

authors： Gelcich S,Buckley P,Pinnegar JK,Chilvers J,Lorenzoni I,Terry G,Guerrero M,Castilla JC,Valdebenito A,Duarte CM

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific pattern of mRNA expression can indicate important clues about gene function. High-density oligonucleotide arrays offer the opportunity to examine patterns of gene expression on a genome scale. Toward this end, we have designed custom arrays that interrogate the expression of the vast majority of pr...

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

authors： Su AI,Wiltshire T,Batalov S,Lapp H,Ching KA,Block D,Zhang J,Soden R,Hayakawa M,Kreiman G,Cooke MP,Walker JR,Hogenesch JB

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin Redhill is an electrophoretically slow genetic variant of human serum albumin that does not bind 63Ni2+ and has a molecular mass 2.5 kDa higher than normal albumin. Its inability to bind Ni2+ was explained by the finding of an additional residue of Arg at position -1. This did not explain the molecular basis o...

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

authors： Brennan SO,Myles T,Peach RJ,Donaldson D,George PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different selectively deuterated analogs of staphylococcal nuclease (Foggi) were prepared having all but a selected few hydrogen atoms in the enzyme molecule replaced by deuterium. The (1)H-NMR spectra of these analogs are extremely simplified, since they consist of lines arising only from the remaining protonate...

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

authors： Putter I,Barreto A,Markley JL,Jardetzky O

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early simian virus 40 (SV40) gene product, large tumor (T) antigen, is responsible for the initiation of viral DNA replication and the autoregulation of early gene expression through direct protein-DNA interactions. We investigated the role of T antigen in late viral gene expression, independent of its function in...

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

authors： Brady J,Bolen JB,Radonovich M,Salzman N,Khoury G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor (E2R) from rabbit uterus has an enhanced affinity for BrdUrd-substituted DNA compared to unsubstituted DNA. Increasing levels of BrdUrd substitution (from 0 to 100%) in a DNA sample are associated with increasingly tighter binding of E2R to that DNA as measured by equilibrium competition experime...

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

authors： Kallos J,Fasy TM,Hollander VP,Bick MD

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venoms from three spider species, Araneus gemma, Neoscona arabesca, and Argiope aurantia, were shown to inhibit the high-affinity, sodium-independent L-glutamate-binding sites in rat brain synaptic membranes. The same three venoms caused concentration-dependent inhibition of the activity of the glutamate-binding g...

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

authors： Michaelis EK,Galton N,Early SL

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide variations, including SNPs, in the coding regions of disease genes are important targets for RNAi treatment, which is a promising medical treatment for intractable diseases such as triplet repeat diseases. However, the identification of such nucleotide variations and the design of siRNAs conferring disease ...

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

authors： Takahashi M,Watanabe S,Murata M,Furuya H,Kanazawa I,Wada K,Hohjoh H

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00