Rhomboid domain-containing protein 3 is a negative regulator of TLR3-triggered natural killer cell activation.

abstract：:CooA, the CO-sensing heme protein from Rhodospirillum rubrum, regulates the expression of genes that encode a CO-oxidation system, allowing R. rubrum to use CO as a sole energy source. To better understand the gas-sensing regulation mechanism used by R. rubrum CooA and its homologs in other organisms, we characterized...

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

authors： Clark RW,Lanz ND,Lee AJ,Kerby RL,Roberts GP,Burstyn JN

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the gene encoding human hexabrachion (tenascin) has been determined from overlapping clones isolated from a human genomic bacteriophage library. The genomic inserts were characterized by restriction mapping, Southern blot analysis, PCR, and DNA sequencing. The coding region of the hexabrachion gene sp...

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

authors： Gulcher JR,Nies DE,Alexakos MJ,Ravikant NA,Sturgill ME,Marton LS,Stefansson K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3- to 5-year cycle of vole abundances is a characteristic phenomenon in the ecology of northern regions, and their explanation stands as a central theoretical challenge in population ecology. Although many species of voles usually coexist and are in severe competition for food and breeding space, the role of intersp...

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

authors： Hansen TF,Stenseth NC,Henttonen H,Tast J

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Charybdotoxin (ChTX), a K+ channel blocker, depolarizes human peripheral T lymphocytes and renders them insensitive to activation by mitogen. We observed four types of K+ channels in human T cells: one voltage-activated, and three Ca(2+)-activated. To discern the mechanism by which ChTX depolarizes T cells, we examine...

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

authors： Leonard RJ,Garcia ML,Slaughter RS,Reuben JP

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timelapse video microscopy has been used to record the motility and dynamic interactions between an H-2Db-restricted murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone (F5) and Db-transfected L929 mouse fibroblasts (LDb) presenting normal or variant antigenic peptides from human influenza nucleoprotein. F5 cells will kill LDb target...

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

authors： Shotton DM,Attaran A

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described experimental system for analyzing the mode of action of a morphogen gradient involves the in situ hybridization of sectioned tissue constructs. In these constructs, a source of activin signaling induces the transcription of several mesodermal genes in blastula animal caps, according to the positio...

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

authors： Gurdon JB,Mitchell A,Ryan K

更新日期：1996-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:How do regions acquire the knowledge they need to diversify their economic activities? How does the migration of workers among firms and industries contribute to the diffusion of that knowledge? Here we measure the industry-, occupation-, and location-specific knowledge carried by workers from one establishment to the...

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

authors： Jara-Figueroa C,Jun B,Glaeser EL,Hidalgo CA

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational inactivation of the retinoblastoma (RB) gene has been implicated in the genesis of retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, and other human tumors. Our strategy has been to characterize naturally occurring mutants from tumor cells to pinpoint potential domains of RB protein crucial for tumor suppression. We show here ...

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

authors： Shew JY,Lin BT,Chen PL,Tseng BY,Yang-Feng TL,Lee WH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations responsible for inherited disease may act by disrupting normal transcriptional splicing. Such mutations can be difficult to detect, and their effects difficult to characterize, because many lie deep within exons or introns where they may alter splice enhancers or silencers or introduce new splice acceptors o...

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

authors： Casadei S,Gulsuner S,Shirts BH,Mandell JB,Kortbawi HM,Norquist BS,Swisher EM,Lee MK,Goldberg Y,O'Connor R,Tan Z,Pritchard CC,King MC,Walsh T

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring-shaped hexameric helicases and translocases support essential DNA-, RNA-, and protein-dependent transactions in all cells and many viruses. How such systems coordinate ATPase activity between multiple subunits to power conformational changes that drive the engagement and movement of client substrates is a fundame...

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

authors： Thomsen ND,Lawson MR,Witkowsky LB,Qu S,Berger JM

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages use phagocytosis to control the spread of pathogens in the body, to clear apoptotic cells, and to aid in tissue remodeling. The phagosomal membrane is traditionally thought to originate from the plasmalemma and then go through a series of maturation steps involving sequential fusion with endosomal compartm...

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

authors： Rogers LD,Foster LJ

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults and older children are more likely to punish a wrongdoer for a moral transgression when the victim belongs to their group. Building on these results, in violation-of-expectation experiments (n = 198), we examined whether 2.5-year-old toddlers (Exps. 1 and 2) and 1-year-old infants (Exps. 3 and 4) would selectiv...

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

authors： Ting F,He Z,Baillargeon R

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously isolated from mouse spleen an octapeptide (LSPFPFDL) that in association with the class I major histocompatibility complex protein Ld is recognized by the antigen-specific receptor of an alloreactive CD8+ T-cell clone (2C). Guided by an assay dependent upon the same 2C T-cell receptor, we have now isolat...

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

authors： Udaka K,Tsomides TJ,Walden P,Fukusen N,Eisen HN

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a forward-mutation assay based on the inactivation of the tetracycline-resistance gene located on plasmid pBR322, we have determined the mutation spectrum induced in Escherichia coli by cisplatin [cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II)], a widely used antitumor drug. Cisplatin is known to form mainly intrastrand diadd...

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

authors： Burnouf D,Duane M,Fuchs RP

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation state of the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit has been examined in 32P-labeled sciatic nerves of control and streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats. Intact nerves were challenged with protein kinase (PK) modulators and alpha-subunit 32P labeling was analyzed after immunoprecipitation. In control nerves, the...

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

authors： Borghini I,Geering K,Gjinovci A,Wollheim CB,Pralong WF

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of adult stem cells (SCs) is fundamental for organ maintenance and tissue regeneration. On the body surface, different ectodermal organs exhibit distinctive modes of regeneration and the dynamics of their SC homeostasis remain to be unraveled. A slow cycling characteristic has been used to identify SCs in h...

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

authors： Leung Y,Kandyba E,Chen YB,Ruffins S,Chuong CM,Kobielak K

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two functional domains in the primary structure of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) have been identified on the basis of their ability to interact with the FGF receptor, bind radiolabeled heparin, and modulate the cellular response to FGF. Peptides derived from these two functional domains can act as partial agoni...

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

authors： Baird A,Schubert D,Ling N,Guillemin R

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.35) has been derived from electron-density maps calculated at 2.8-A resolution with phases obtained from two heavy-atom derivatives and the bound coenzyme, NAD. Like other dehydrogenases, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase is a double-domain structure, but t...

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

authors： Birktoft JJ,Holden HM,Hamlin R,Xuong NH,Banaszak LJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the start of transcription, the 5' ends of eukaryotic mRNA molecules are modified by the addition of a guanylyl residue to form a cap structure, G(5')ppp(5')N. The guanylyltransferase (GTP:mRNA guanylyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.50) reaction responsible for cap formation usually proceeds via a covalent enzyme-GMP int...

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

authors： Ahola T,Kääriäinen L

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:B-1a cells reside in both the peritoneal cavity and the spleen. LPS stimulates splenic B-1a to differentiate to plasma cells producing natural IgM specific for microbial and self antigens. However, there are conflicting views as to whether the B-1a cells divide before this differentiation occurs, and hence how the res...

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

authors： Yang Y,Tung JW,Ghosn EE,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:CSB/ERCC6 belongs to an orphan subfamily of SWI2/SNF2-related chromatin remodelers and plays crucial roles in gene expression, DNA damage repair, and the maintenance of genome integrity. The molecular basis of chromatin remodeling by Cockayne syndrome B protein (CSB) is not well understood. Here we investigate the mol...

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

authors： Wang W,Xu J,Limbo O,Fei J,Kassavetis GA,Chong J,Kadonaga JT,Russell P,Li B,Wang D

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and their conformational transitions play an important role in neurotransmitter release at the neuronal synapse. Here, the SNARE proteins are essential by forming the SNARE complex that drives vesicular membrane fusion. While it is widely accepted that the SNARE proteins are in...

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

authors： Lakomek NA,Yavuz H,Jahn R,Pérez-Lara Á

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine T-cell surface molecules Lyt-2 and L3T4 play a role in the activation of antigen-specific T cells. The currently accepted model for the function of these molecules proposes that Lyt-2 and L3T4 increase the overall avidity of the interaction between the T-cell antigen receptor and antigen in association with...

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

authors： Fazekas de St Groth B,Gallagher PF,Miller JF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms that initiate meiosis have been studied in fungi and mammals, but little is known about the mechanisms directing the meiosis transition in other organisms. To elucidate meiosis initiation in plants, we characterized and cloned the ameiotic1 (am1) gene, which affects the transition to meiosis and p...

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

authors： Pawlowski WP,Wang CJ,Golubovskaya IN,Szymaniak JM,Shi L,Hamant O,Zhu T,Harper L,Sheridan WF,Cande WZ

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 3 (IL-3) stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of various haematopoietic progenitor cells. Recently, IL-3 and other cytokines were reported to exert a neurotrophic activity and to be associated with neurological disorders, suggesting their complex role in the central nervous system. We now show ...

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

authors： Chavany C,Vicario-Abejón C,Miller G,Jendoubi M

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channels respond to trains of brief depolarizations with a strong shift of the voltage dependence of channel activation toward more negative membrane potentials and slowing of channel deactivation. Increased Ca2+ entry resulting from this potentiation of channel activity may increase contra...

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

authors： Johnson BD,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：1994-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic species of Yersinia contain the transcriptional regulator RovA. In Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica, RovA regulates expression of the invasion factor invasin (inv), which mediates translocation across the intestinal epithelium. A Y. enterocolitica rovA mutant has a significant dec...

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

authors： Cathelyn JS,Crosby SD,Lathem WW,Goldman WE,Miller VL

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Histones play a crucial role in the organization of DNA in the nucleus, but their presence can prevent interactions with DNA binding proteins responsible for repair of DNA damage. Uracil is an abundant mutagenic lesion recognized by uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) in the first step of base excision repair (BER). In nucle...

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

authors： Hinz JM,Rodriguez Y,Smerdon MJ

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state cross-polarization/magic-angle sample-spinning (13)C NMR spectra have been recorded on chlorophyll a-water aggregates, methyl pyrochlorophyllide a, and methyl pyropheophorbide a (derivatives that lack a phytyl chain). Spectra have also been collected under a decoupling regime in which resonances of certain...

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

authors： Brown CE,Spencer RB,Burger VT,Katz JJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide experiments often measure quantitative differences between treated and untreated cells to identify affected strains. For these studies, statistical models are typically used to determine significance cutoffs. We developed a method termed "CLIK" (Cutoff Linked to Interaction Knowledge) that overlays biologi...

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

authors： Dittmar JC,Pierce S,Rothstein R,Reid RJ

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00