Copper control of bacterial nitrous oxide emission and its impact on vitamin B12-dependent metabolism.

abstract：:The current spread of multidrug-resistant malaria demands rapid vaccine development against the major pathogen Plasmodium falciparum. The high quantities of protein required for a worldwide vaccination campaign select recombinant DNA technology as a practical approach for large-scale antigen production. We describe th...

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

authors： Herrera S,Herrera MA,Perlaza BL,Burki Y,Caspers P,Döbeli H,Rotmann D,Certa U

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-accuracy ab initio folding has remained an elusive objective despite decades of effort. To explore the folding landscape of villin headpiece subdomain HP35, we conducted two sets of replica exchange molecular dynamics for 200 ns each and three sets of conventional microsecond-long molecular dynamics simulations, ...

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

authors： Lei H,Wu C,Liu H,Duan Y

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermotaxis by individual amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum on a temperature gradient is described. These amoebae show positive thermotaxis at temperatures between 14 degrees C and 28 degrees C shortly (3 hr) after food depletion. Increasing time on the gradient reduces the positive thermotactic response at the lowe...

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

authors： Hong CB,Fontana DR,Poff KL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of inter-male aggression, both in laboratory encounters and in the field, rise dramatically during the breeding season, closely paralleling the seasonal rise in testosterone. However, post-pubertally castrated males also show the dramatic seasonal rise in aggression in laboratory encounters with castrated oppon...

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

authors： Caldwell GS,Glickman SE,Smith ER

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses are dsDNA viruses, but their virions may additionally contain RNAs that can be transduced to recipient cells. The biological functions of herpes virion RNA species are unknown. Here we address this issue for EBV, a widespread human herpesvirus with oncogenic potential. We show that EBV-derived particles ...

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

authors： Jochum S,Ruiss R,Moosmann A,Hammerschmidt W,Zeidler R

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), the major apolipoprotein in human high density lipoproteins, is involved in the disease atherosclerosis. Cloned apo A-I cDNA (pA1-3) was used as a probe in chromosome mapping studies to detect the human apo A-I structural gene sequence in human-Chinese hamster cell hybrids. Southern blot ...

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

authors： Cheung P,Kao FT,Law ML,Jones C,Puck TT,Chan L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive intratumor heterogeneity revealed by sequencing cancer genomes is an essential determinant of tumor progression, diagnosis, and treatment. What maintains heterogeneity remains an open question because competition within a tumor leads to a strong selection for the fittest subclone. Cancer cells also coope...

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

authors： Archetti M,Ferraro DA,Christofori G

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells are essential for immune defenses against pathogens, such that viability of naïve T cells before antigen encounter is critical to preserve a polyclonal repertoire and prevent immunodeficiencies. The viability of naïve T cells before antigen recognition is ensured by IL-7, which drives expression of the prosurv...

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

authors： Miller ML,Mashayekhi M,Chen L,Zhou P,Liu X,Michelotti M,Tramontini Gunn N,Powers S,Zhu X,Evaristo C,Alegre ML,Molinero LL

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-independent cell lines were derived from mouse helper T-cell clones by culture in autologous supernatant obtained after stimulation with concanavalin A. A factor, termed P40, supporting the growth of these lines was purified and characterized as a basic 32- to 39-kDa single-chain glycoprotein functionally dist...

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

authors： Uyttenhove C,Simpson RJ,Van Snick J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin polymerization provides a powerful propulsion force for numerous types of cell motility. Although tremendous progress has been made in identifying the biochemical components necessary for actin-based motility, the precise biophysical mechanisms of force generation remain unclear. To probe the polymerization forc...

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

authors： Upadhyaya A,Chabot JR,Andreeva A,Samadani A,van Oudenaarden A

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid mixing in active suspensions of microorganisms is important to ecological phenomena and presents a fascinating stochastic process. We investigate the mixing produced by swimming unicellular algal cells (Chlamydomonas) in quasi-two-dimensional liquid films by simultaneously tracking the motion of the cells and th...

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

authors： Kurtuldu H,Guasto JS,Johnson KA,Gollub JP

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesophyll protoplasts of Lycopersicon esculentum were treated with iodoacetamide to inactivate mitochondria, and protoplasts of Solanum acaule and Solanum tuberosum were irradiated with gamma- or x-rays to inactivate nuclei. Mixtures of protoplasts thus modified were treated with Ca2+ and polyethylene glycol to obtain...

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

authors： Melchers G,Mohri Y,Watanabe K,Wakabayashi S,Harada K

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously purified a 48-kDa protein (p48) that specifically reacts with an antiserum directed against the 12 carboxyl-terminal amino acids of the c-myc gene product. Using an antiserum directed against the purified p48, we have cloned a cDNA from a human expression library. This cDNA hybrid-selects an mRNA that tr...

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

authors： Giallongo A,Feo S,Moore R,Croce CM,Showe LC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of tropical palaeoclimates is crucial for understanding global climate change, because it is a test bench for general circulation models that are ultimately used to predict future global warming. A longstanding issue concerning the last glacial maximum in the tropics is the discrepancy between the decrea...

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

authors： Wu H,Guiot J,Brewer S,Guo Z,Peng C

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver provides for long-term energy needs of the body by converting excess carbohydrate into fat for storage. Insulin is one factor that promotes hepatic lipogenesis, but there is increasing evidence that glucose also contributes to the coordinated regulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in liver by mechanis...

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

authors： Iizuka K,Bruick RK,Liang G,Horton JD,Uyeda K

更新日期：2004-05-11 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：:Male relationships in most species of mammals generally are characterized by intense intrasexual competition, with little bonding among unrelated individuals. In contrast, human societies are characterized by high levels of cooperation and strong bonds among both related and unrelated males. The emergence of cooperati...

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

authors： Patzelt A,Kopp GH,Ndao I,Kalbitzer U,Zinner D,Fischer J

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor monomers and noncovalently associated dimers were isolated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and their respective binding and autophosphorylation activities were determined. We find that monomers are low-affinity receptors and dimers are high-affinity receptors. In the ...

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

authors： Böni-Schnetzler M,Pilch PF

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of interacting amino acids are so preserved within protein families that the sole analysis of evolutionary comutations can identify pairs of contacting residues. It is also known that evolution conserves functional dynamics, i.e., the concerted motion or displacement of large protein regions or domains. Is it...

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

authors： Granata D,Ponzoni L,Micheletti C,Carnevale V

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed synthetic oligonucleotides encoding sequences conserved among tyrosine-specific protein kinases were used to probe the genome of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two genes with homology to protein kinases were isolated and characterized by DNA sequence analysis. These genes, designated KIN1 and KIN2, ...

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

authors： Levin DE,Hammond CI,Ralston RO,Bishop JM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and partially characterized 24 loci from the human genome which are complementary to U1, U2, or U3, the three major species of small nuclear RNA (snRNA) in HeLa cells. When compared to the known U1 (human) and U2 (rat) snRNA sequences, the DNA sequences we report here for the complementary regions from ...

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

authors： Denison RA,Van Arsdell SW,Bernstein LB,Weiner AM

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have considered Markov processes defined by the motion of a particle on a fixed line with a random velocity(1, 6, 8, 10) or a random diffusivity.(5, 12) A "random evolution" is a natural but apparently new generalization of this notion. In this note we hope to show that this concept leads to simple and...

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

authors： Griego RJ,Hersh R

更新日期：1969-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification and cloning of a 28-kDa polypeptide (p28) in Tetrahymena macronuclei that shares several features with the well studied heterochromatin-associated protein HP1 from Drosophila. Notably, like HP1, p28 contains both a chromodomain and a chromoshadow domain. p28 also shares features with linke...

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

authors： Huang H,Wiley EA,Lending CR,Allis CD

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylomicron catabolism is known to be initiated by the enzyme lipoprotein lipase (triacylglycero-protein acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.34). Chylomicron remnants, produced by lipolysis, are rapidly taken up by the liver via an apolipoprotein E (apoE)-mediated, receptor-dependent process. The low density lipoprotein (LDL) rec...

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

authors： Beisiegel U,Weber W,Bengtsson-Olivecrona G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, and the mechanism of its progression is poorly understood. Here, we examine the structural and dynamic characteristics of transiently evolving protein aggregates under ambient conditions by directly probing protein surface wat...

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

authors： Pavlova A,Cheng CY,Kinnebrew M,Lew J,Dahlquist FW,Han S

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins of plant cell walls serve as structural macromolecules and play important roles in morphogenesis and development but have not been reported to be the origins of peptide signals that activate genes for plant defense. We report here that the mRNA coding the tomato leaf polyprotein precursor of three hydroxyprol...

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

authors： Narváez-Vásquez J,Pearce G,Ryan CA

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Werner syndrome and Bloom syndrome result from defects in the RecQ helicases Werner (WRN) and Bloom (BLM), respectively, and display premature aging phenotypes. Similarly, XFE progeroid syndrome results from defects in the ERCC1-XPF DNA repair endonuclease. To gain insight into the origin of cellular senescence and hu...

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

authors： Hagelstrom RT,Blagoev KB,Niedernhofer LJ,Goodwin EH,Bailey SM

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerases replicate DNA by adding nucleotides to a growing primer strand while avoiding frameshift and point mutations. Here we present a series of up to six successive replication events that were obtained by extension of a primed template directly in a crystal of the thermostable Bacillus DNA polymerase I. The...

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

authors： Johnson SJ,Taylor JS,Beese LS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are etiologically linked to cervical cancer. Their transforming capacity is encoded by a polycistronic premRNA, where alternative splicing leads to the translation of functional distinct proteins such as E6, E6*, and E7. Here we show that splicing of HPV16 E6/E7 ORF casse...

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

authors： Rosenberger S,De-Castro Arce J,Langbein L,Steenbergen RD,Rösl F

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:By optically probing with a focused, low-power laser beam, we measured the spontaneous deflection fluctuations of the sensory hair bundles on frog saccular hair cells with a sensitivity of about 1 pm/square root of Hz. The preparation was illuminated by two orthogonally polarized laser beams separated by only about 0....

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

authors： Denk W,Webb WW,Hudspeth AJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00