High-affinity transport of glutathione is part of a multicomponent system essential for mitochondrial function.

abstract：:The formation of several acyl groups and an amide group of Taxol is catalyzed by regioselective CoA thioester-dependent acyltransferases. Several full-length acyltransferase sequences, obtained from a cDNA library constructed from mRNA isolated from Taxus cuspidata cells induced for Taxol production with methyl jasmon...

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

authors： Walker K,Long R,Croteau R

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms describe biological phenomena that oscillate with an approximately 24-hour cycle. These rhythms include blood pressure, body temperature, hormone levels, the number of immune cells in blood, and the sleep-wake cycle. In this paper, we will focus on common genes between species that are responsible fo...

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

authors： Ishida N,Kaneko M,Allada R

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The best-studied cytoskeletal system is the inner surface of the erythrocyte membrane, which provides an erythrocyte with the structural support needed to be stable yet flexible as it passes through the circulation. Current structural models predict that the spectrin-actin-based cytoskeletal network is attached to the...

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

authors： Stefanovic M,Markham NO,Parry EM,Garrett-Beal LJ,Cline AP,Gallagher PG,Low PS,Bodine DM

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface labeling with fluorescamine indicates that the fluorescence of Balb 3T3 A31 cells in considerably decreased after both viral and chemical transformation. This phenomenon, coupled with the technique of flow microfluorometry, enabled nontransformed and transformed cells to be distinguished. A second fluroes...

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

authors： Hawkes SP,Bartholomew JC

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli K12 2320(lambda)-15B has a mutation that results in ochre suppressor activity.(1) This mutation concomitantly causes a decreased growth rate in rich medium, an increased sensitivity to streptomycin,(1) and the production of some altered 30S ribosomes which are differentially sensitive to RNase.(2) The...

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

authors： Gartner TK,Orias E,Lannan JE,Beeson J,Reid PJ

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major function of innate immune receptors is to recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns and then evoke immune responses appropriate to the nature of the invading pathogen(s). Because innate immune cells express various types of these receptors, distinct combinations of signaling pathways are activated in re...

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

authors： Negishi H,Matsuki K,Endo N,Sarashina H,Miki S,Matsuda A,Fukazawa K,Taguchi-Atarashi N,Ikushima H,Yanai H,Nishio J,Honda K,Fujioka Y,Ohba Y,Noda T,Taniguchi S,Nishida E,Zhang Y,Chi H,Flavell RA,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) catalyzes isomerization of β-D-glucose 1-phosphate (βG1P) into D-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) via sequential phosphoryl transfer steps using a β-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (βG16BP) intermediate. Synthetic fluoromethylenephosphonate and methylenephosphonate analogs of βG1P deliver novel step 1 ...

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

authors： Jin Y,Bhattasali D,Pellegrini E,Forget SM,Baxter NJ,Cliff MJ,Bowler MW,Jakeman DL,Blackburn GM,Waltho JP

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptations in the freshwater turtle that permit survival despite prolonged loss of mitochondrial ATP generation were investigated by comparing the bioenergetics of turtle brain slices with rat brain slices. Aerobic turtle brain shows no significant difference in basal levels of total ATP generation compared to ra...

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

authors： Robin ED,Lewiston N,Newman A,Simon LM,Theodore J

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HBc, the capsid-forming "core protein" of human hepatitis B virus (HBV), is a multidomain, α-helical homodimer that aggressively forms human HBV capsids. Structural plasticity has been proposed to be important to the myriad functions HBc mediates during viral replication. Here, we report detailed thermodynamic analyse...

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

authors： Alexander CG,Jürgens MC,Shepherd DA,Freund SM,Ashcroft AE,Ferguson N

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of corticosterone are often used as a measure of "stress" in wild animal populations. However, we lack conclusive evidence that different stress levels reflect different survival probabilities between populations. Galápagos marine iguanas offer an ideal test case because island populations are affected d...

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

authors： Romero LM,Wikelski M

更新日期：2001-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian class A macrophage-specific scavenger receptors (SR-A) exhibit unusually broad binding specificity for a wide variety of polyanionic ligands. The properties of these receptors suggest that they may be involved in atherosclerosis and host defense. We have previously observed a similar receptor activity in Dro...

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

authors： Pearson A,Lux A,Krieger M

更新日期：1995-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abeta peptide of Alzheimer disease is derived from the proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor proteins (APP), which are considered type I transmembrane glycoproteins. Recently, however, soluble forms of full-length APP were also detected in several systems including chromaffin granules. In this report we ...

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

authors： Efthimiopoulos S,Vassilacopoulou D,Ripellino JA,Tezapsidis N,Robakis NK

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary restriction has been shown to have several health benefits including increased insulin sensitivity, stress resistance, reduced morbidity, and increased life span. The mechanism remains unknown, but the need for a long-term reduction in caloric intake to achieve these benefits has been assumed. We report that w...

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

authors： Anson RM,Guo Z,de Cabo R,Iyun T,Rios M,Hagepanos A,Ingram DK,Lane MA,Mattson MP

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation to determine how proteins are localized within the nucleus of a cell, we demonstrate that the restriction endonuclease EcoRI is able to enter and function within the nucleus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae when this prokaryotic protein is synthesized in vivo. The EcoRI endonuclease was produced in yeas...

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

authors： Barnes G,Rine J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanosensory hair cells of the inner ear are required for hearing and balance and have a distinctive apical structure, the hair bundle, that converts mechanical stimuli into electrical signals. This structure comprises a single cilium, the kinocilium, lying adjacent to an ensemble of actin-based projections know...

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

authors： Honda A,Kita T,Seshadri SV,Misaki K,Ahmed Z,Ladbury JE,Richardson GP,Yonemura S,Ladher RK

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a mechanism by which organisms with only a single photoreceptor, which have a monochromatic view of the world, can achieve color discrimination. An off-axis pupil and the principle of chromatic aberration (where different wavelengths come to focus at different distances behind a lens) can combine to provide...

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

authors： Stubbs AL,Stubbs CW

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how changes in antibiotic consumption affect the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens is important for public health. In a number of bacterial species, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, the prevalence of resistance has remained relatively stable despite prolonged selection pressur...

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

authors： Lehtinen S,Blanquart F,Croucher NJ,Turner P,Lipsitch M,Fraser C

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses undergo a high frequency of genetic alterations during the process of copying their RNA genomes. However, little is known about the replication fidelity of other elements that transpose via reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate. The complete sequence of 29 independently integrated copies of the yea...

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

authors： Gabriel A,Willems M,Mules EH,Boeke JD

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectroscopic interpretation of incoherent neutron scattering experiments is presented which is based on Franck-Condon-type probabilities for scattering-induced transitions between quantum states of the target. The resulting expressions for the scattering functions enable an energy landscape-oriented analysis of neu...

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

authors： Kneller GR

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The engineering of structures across different length scales is central to the design of novel materials with controlled macroscopic properties. Herein, we introduce a unique class of self-assembling materials, which are built upon shape- and volume-persistent molecular nanoparticles and other structural motifs, such ...

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

authors： Yu X,Yue K,Hsieh IF,Li Y,Dong XH,Liu C,Xin Y,Wang HF,Shi AC,Newkome GR,Ho RM,Chen EQ,Zhang WB,Cheng SZ

更新日期：2013-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin acts as a potent inhibitory factor against obesity by regulating energy expenditure, food intake, and adiposity. The obese diabetic db/db mouse, which has defects in leptin receptor, displays enhanced neural responses and elevated behavioral preference to sweet stimuli. Here, we show the effects of leptin on th...

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

authors： Kawai K,Sugimoto K,Nakashima K,Miura H,Ninomiya Y

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an infectious disease in the tropics and subtropics with high morbidity and mortality. The facultative intracellular bacterium induces host cell fusion through its type VI secretion system 5 (T6SS5) as an important part of its pathogenesis in mammalian h...

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

authors： Ku JWK,Chen Y,Lim BJW,Gasser S,Crasta KC,Gan YH

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:All vertebrate cells have been shown to contain a gene, sarc, that has some homology with the transforming gene of Rous sarcoma virus, src. We have compared the polypeptide products of the sarc gene, p60(sarc), of human, mouse, and chicken cells with the polymorphic polypeptide product of the src gene, p60(src), of se...

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

authors： Sefton BM,Hunter T,Beemon K

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans explores its environment by interrupting its forward movement with occasional turns and reversals. Turns and reversals occur at stable frequencies but irregular intervals, producing probabilistic exploratory behaviors. Here we dissect the roles of individual sensory neurons, interneurons, and mo...

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

authors： Gray JM,Hill JJ,Bargmann CI

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At high altitude (HA), carbohydrate (CHO) is thought to be the preferred fuel because of its higher yield of ATP per mole of O2. We used indirect calorimetry and D-[6-3H]glucose infusions to determine total CHO and circulatory glucose utilization during exercise in HA-acclimated and sea level (SL) rats. We hypothesize...

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

authors： McClelland GB,Hochachka PW,Weber JM

更新日期：1998-08-18 00:00:00

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：:A defect in the yeast GEF1 gene, a CLC chloride channel homolog leads to an iron requirement and cation sensitivity. The iron requirement is due to a failure to load Cu2+ onto a component of the iron uptake system, Fet3. This process, which requires both Gef1 and the Menkes disease Cu2+-ATPase yeast homolog Ccc2, occu...

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

authors： Gaxiola RA,Yuan DS,Klausner RD,Fink GR

更新日期：1998-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific expression of the chicken liver cell adhesion molecule (L-CAM) was studied by generating transgenic mice. The rat insulin II promoter was fused to a chicken L-CAM cDNA or to chicken genomic L-CAM sequences. Mice carrying the cDNA showed no expression of L-CAM. Mice carrying L-CAM genomic sequences ...

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

authors： Begemann M,Tan SS,Cunningham BA,Edelman GM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of the diverse fisheries of the world has had mixed success. While managing single species in data-rich environments has been largely effective, perhaps the greatest challenge facing fishery managers is how to deal with mixed stocks of fish with a range of life histories that reside in the same location. Be...

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

authors： Hastings A,Gaines SD,Costello C

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a high-titer recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector to express WT or mutant human alpha-synuclein in the substantia nigra of adult marmosets. The alpha-synuclein protein was expressed in 90-95% of all nigral dopamine neurons and distributed by anterograde transport throughout their axonal and dendrit...

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

authors： Kirik D,Annett LE,Burger C,Muzyczka N,Mandel RJ,Björklund A

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00