Genetic analysis of the metabolome exemplified using a rice population.

abstract：:The hypothetical scanning (HS) method is a general approach for calculating the absolute entropy and free energy by analyzing Boltzmann samples obtained by Monte Carlo (MC) or molecular dynamics techniques. With HS applied to a fluid, each configuration i of the sample is reconstructed by adding its atoms gradually to...

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

authors： White RP,Meirovitch H

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:C-1027 is an enediyne antitumor antibiotic composed of four distinct moieties: an enediyne core, a deoxy aminosugar, a beta-amino acid, and a benzoxazolinate moiety. We now show that the benzoxazolinate moiety is derived from chorismate by the sequential action of two enzymes-SgcD, a 2-amino-2-deoxyisochorismate (ADIC...

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

authors： Van Lanen SG,Lin S,Shen B

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The constant heavy chain (CH1) domain affects antibody affinity and fine specificity, challenging the paradigm that only variable regions contribute to antigen binding. To investigate the role of the CH1 domain, we constructed IgA2 from the broadly neutralizing anti-HIV-1 2F5 IgG1, and compared 2F5 IgA2 and IgG bindin...

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

authors： Tudor D,Yu H,Maupetit J,Drillet AS,Bouceba T,Schwartz-Cornil I,Lopalco L,Tuffery P,Bomsel M

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aid to the study of bovine tuberculosis (TB), a simple model has been developed of an epidemic involving two species, cattle and badgers. Each species may infect the other. The proportion of animals affected is assumed relatively small so that the usual nonlinear aspects of epidemic theory are avoided. The model...

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

authors： Cox DR,Donnelly CA,Bourne FJ,Gettinby G,McInerney JP,Morrison WI,Woodroffe R

更新日期：2005-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Tentoxin, a natural cyclic tetrapeptide produced by phytopathogenic fungi from the Alternaria species affects the catalytic function of the chloroplast F(1)-ATPase in certain sensitive species of plants. In this study, we show that the uncompetitive inhibitor tentoxin binds to the alphabeta-interface of the chloroplas...

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

authors： Groth G

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach based on mosquitoes carrying a conditional dominant lethal gene (release of insects carrying a dominant lethal, RIDL) is being developed to control the transmission of dengue viruses by vector population suppression. A transgenic strain, designated OX3604C, of the major dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, was en...

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

authors： Wise de Valdez MR,Nimmo D,Betz J,Gong HF,James AA,Alphey L,Black WC 4th

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of cardiac hypertrophy is mediated, in part, by increase in NADPH oxidase activity and myocardial oxidative stress. The Rho GTPase, Rac, regulates NADPH oxidase activity through interaction with gp91(phox) and p67(phox) (in which "phox" is phagocyte oxidase). However, it is not known which Rac isoform ...

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

authors： Satoh M,Ogita H,Takeshita K,Mukai Y,Kwiatkowski DJ,Liao JK

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state level and synthesis of a pair of polypeptides of Mr 33,000 and 35,000 in chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) transformed by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) are significantly decreased relative to normal CEF; however, the decrease is more pronounced in the case of the Mr 35,000 polypeptide. These polypeptides ha...

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

authors： Hendricks M,Weintraub H

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes encode transcription factors that control spatial patterning during embryogenesis. To date, downstream targets of Hox genes have proven difficult to identify. Here, we describe studies designed to identify target genes under the control of the murine transcription factor Hoxc8. We used a mouse 16,463 gene ol...

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

authors： Lei H,Wang H,Juan AH,Ruddle FH

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis thaliana AtHKT1 protein, a Na(+)/K(+) transporter, is capable of mediating inward Na(+) currents in Xenopus laevis oocytes and K(+) uptake in Escherichia coli. HKT1 proteins are members of a superfamily of K(+) transporters. These proteins have been proposed to contain eight transmembrane segments and ...

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

authors： Kato Y,Sakaguchi M,Mori Y,Saito K,Nakamura T,Bakker EP,Sato Y,Goshima S,Uozumi N

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli phage N4 transcription is resistant to rifampicin, an inhibitor of the host RNA polymerase, even when the drug is added prior to infection. A rifampicin-resistant RNA polymerase has been detected in disrupted N4 virions. This enzyme shows a requirement for the four ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphates and ...

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

authors： Falco SC,Laan KV,Rothman-Denes LB

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER) is a transcriptional repressor, which, because of alternate promoter use, is generated from the 3' region of the cAMP response modulator (Crem) gene. Its expression and nuclear occurrence are elevated by high cAMP levels in naturally occurring regulatory T cells (nTregs). Using tw...

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

authors： Vaeth M,Gogishvili T,Bopp T,Klein M,Berberich-Siebelt F,Gattenloehner S,Avots A,Sparwasser T,Grebe N,Schmitt E,Hünig T,Serfling E,Bodor J

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:[Ala3-15N][Val1]Gramicidin A has been prepared by solid-phase peptide synthesis and studied by solid-state 15N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The synthesis of desformyl[Ala3-15N][Val1]gramicidin A employed N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-N alpha-amino acids and completely avoided th...

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

authors： Fields GB,Fields CG,Petefish J,Van Wart HE,Cross TA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human speech comprehension is remarkable for its immediacy and rapidity. The listener interprets an incrementally delivered auditory input, millisecond by millisecond as it is heard, in terms of complex multilevel representations of relevant linguistic and nonlinguistic knowledge. Central to this process are the neura...

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

authors： Lyu B,Choi HS,Marslen-Wilson WD,Clarke A,Randall B,Tyler LK

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using T- and B-cell deficient C.B-17 mice with the scid mutation, we have previously documented the existence of a T-cell-independent but interferon gamma-dependent pathway of macrophage activation that confers upon the host partial resistance to the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. This pat...

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

authors： Rogers HW,Sheehan KC,Brunt LM,Dower SK,Unanue ER,Schreiber RD

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion mutations previously constructed within the proximal region of the yeast invertase signal sequence did not interfere with secretion or glycosylation of the enzyme. We now describe deletion mutations within the same signal sequence. Large deletions truncating the hydrophobic core of the signal peptide prevent...

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

authors： Perlman D,Raney P,Halvorson HO

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) is a transcriptional coactivator that controls expression of metabolic/energetic genes, programming cellular responses to nutrient and environmental adaptations such as fasting, cold, or exercise. Unlike other coactivators, PGC-1α contai...

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

authors： Tavares CDJ,Aigner S,Sharabi K,Sathe S,Mutlu B,Yeo GW,Puigserver P

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation chimeras were formed between C57BL/6 mice heterozygous for the Apc(min) (Min) mutation and wild-type SWR mice, that differ in their Pla2g2a status, a modifier of Apc(min), and also in their resistance to intestinal polyp formation. Variation in the dolichos biflorus agglutinin-staining patterns of the inte...

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

authors： Novelli MR,Wasan H,Rosewell I,Bee J,Tomlinson IP,Wright NA,Bodmer WF

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by insulitis and islet β-cell loss. Thus, an effective therapy may require β-cell restoration and immune suppression. Currently, there is no treatment that can achieve both goals efficiently. We report here that GABA exerts antidiabetic effects by acting on ...

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

authors： Soltani N,Qiu H,Aleksic M,Glinka Y,Zhao F,Liu R,Li Y,Zhang N,Chakrabarti R,Ng T,Jin T,Zhang H,Lu WY,Feng ZP,Prud'homme GJ,Wang Q

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrulation is a fundamental process in early development that results in the formation of three primary germ layers. During avian gastrulation, presumptive mesodermal cells in the dorsal epiblast ingress through a furrow called the primitive streak (PS), and subsequently move away from the PS and form adult tissues....

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

authors： Zamir EA,Czirók A,Cui C,Little CD,Rongish BJ

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of a particular individual occurs when we reactivate links between current perceptual inputs and the previously formed representation of that person. This recognition can be achieved by identifying, separately or simultaneously, distinct elements such as the face, silhouette, or voice as belonging to one i...

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

authors： Sliwa J,Duhamel JR,Pascalis O,Wirth S

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a search for a model cell system that might allow studies of the function of the Rho-related GTPase CDC42Hs in human cells, we measured the content and distribution of CDC42Hs in monocytes that were differentiating into macrophages. The total content of this protein increased 5- to 6-fold in phorbol ester-treated h...

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

authors： Aepfelbacher M,Vauti F,Weber PC,Glomset JA

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-seeking behavior by parasitic nematodes relies heavily on chemical cues emanating from potential hosts. Nonspecific cues for Strongyloides stercoralis, a nematode that infects humans and a few other mammals, include carbon dioxide and sodium chloride; however, the characteristic species specificity of this parasi...

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

authors： Safer D,Brenes M,Dunipace S,Schad G

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that defective virus vectors (amplicons) derived from herpes simplex viruses could be efficiently propagated in virus stocks in the presence of trans-acting helper virus functions. The present study established that two separate cis-acting functions--a DNA replication origin and a cleavage/...

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

authors： Spaete RR,Frenkel N

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein database searches frequently can reveal biologically significant sequence relationships useful in understanding structure and function. Weak but meaningful sequence patterns can be obscured, however, by other similarities due only to chance. By searching a database for multiple as opposed to pairwise alignment...

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

authors： Altschul SF,Lipman DJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamics and kinetics of the interaction between T cell receptor specific for cytomegalovirus peptide (TCR(CMV)) and its specific ligand, pp65-HLA-A*0201 complex, were studied by surface plasmon resonance and stopped-flow methods. In the latter measurements, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between ...

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

authors： Gakamsky DM,Lewitzki E,Grell E,Saulquin X,Malissen B,Montero-Julian F,Bonneville M,Pecht I

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of many pathogens depends upon their ability to cope with immune-generated nitric oxide (NO·). In Escherichia coli, the major NO· detoxification systems are Hmp, an NO· dioxygenase (NOD), and NorV, an NO· reductase (NOR). It is well established that Hmp is the dominant system under aerobic conditions, wh...

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

authors： Robinson JL,Brynildsen MP

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A mixture of two recombinant plasmids was microinjected into mouse thymidine kinase-negative fibroblasts (L cells). One plasmid contained the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus type I and the other contained the human beta globin gene. Seven fibroblast colonies arising from injected cells incubated in hypox...

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

authors： Anderson WF,Killos L,Sanders-Haigh L,Kretschmer PJ,Diacumakos EG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, the first two steps of gene expression-transcription and translation-are spatially and temporally coupled. Uncoupling may lead to the arrest of transcription through RNA polymerase backtracking, which interferes with replication forks, leading to DNA double-stranded breaks and genomic instability. How tra...

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

authors： Stevenson-Jones F,Woodgate J,Castro-Roa D,Zenkin N

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins denature not only at high, but also at low temperature as well as high pressure. These denatured states are not easily accessible for experiment, because usually heat denaturation causes aggregation, whereas cold or pressure denaturation occurs at temperatures well below the freezing point of water or pressur...

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

authors： Vajpai N,Nisius L,Wiktor M,Grzesiek S

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00