Monoclonal antibodies to DNA modified with cis- or trans-diamminedichloroplatinum(II).

abstract：:The immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region (VH) locus in a phylogenetically primitive teleost (Elops saurus) has been characterized by a strategy that relied initially on cross-hybridization between genomic VH segments and a murine VH probe. Using a homologous (Elops) VH probe and DNA sequencing, this gene family ...

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

authors： Amemiya CT,Litman GW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion of the transposon Tn5 into the T-region of the octopine Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens gives rise to crown gall tumors having altered morphology. Three loci within the T-DNA that control tumor morphology have been detected [Garfinkel, D. J., Simpson, R. B., Ream, L. W., White, F. F., Gordon, M. P. &...

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

authors： Akiyoshi DE,Morris RO,Hinz R,Mischke BS,Kosuge T,Garfinkel DJ,Gordon MP,Nester EW

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is now the most common cause of progressive kidney failure leading to dialysis or transplantation. The central pathological feature of diabetic nephropathy is accumulation of extracellular matrix within the glomeruli. The factors in the diabetic milieu responsible for extracellular matrix accumulation are not...

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

authors： Yamamoto T,Nakamura T,Noble NA,Ruoslahti E,Border WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We perform a generalized-ensemble simulation of a small peptide taking the interactions among all atoms into account. From this simulation we obtain thermodynamic quantities over a wide range of temperatures. In particular, we show that the folding of a small peptide is a multistage process associated with two charact...

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

authors： Hansmann UH,Masuya M,Okamoto Y

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Domesticated animals formed an important element of farming practices in prehistoric Britain, a fact revealed through the quantity and variety of animal bone typically found at archaeological sites. However, it is not known whether the ruminant animals were raised purely for their tissues (e.g., meat) or alternatively...

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

authors： Copley MS,Berstan R,Dudd SN,Docherty G,Mukherjee AJ,Straker V,Payne S,Evershed RP

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:OspA (outer surface protein A) is an abundant immunogenic lipoprotein of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The crystal structure of a soluble recombinant form of OspA was solved in a complex with the Fab fragment of mouse monoclonal antibody 184.1 and refined to a resolution of 1.9 A. OspA has a repeti...

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

authors： Li H,Dunn JJ,Luft BJ,Lawson CL

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A change in the conformation of the active site of scallop myosin under the influence of regulatory amounts of Ca2+ has been identified by use of the ADP photoaffinity analog 2-[(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl)amino]ethyl diphosphate (NANDP). NANDP, trapped at the active site with Mn2+ and vanadate, photolabeled preferentially...

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

authors： Kerwin BA,Yount RG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the mRNA capping apparatus of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum illuminates an evolutionary connection to fungi rather than metazoans. We show that P. falciparum encodes separate RNA guanylyltransferase (Pgt1) and RNA triphosphatase (Prt1) enzymes and that the triphosphatase component is a member ...

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

authors： Ho CK,Shuman S

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan biosynthesis is subject to exquisite control in species of Bacillus and has become one of the best-studied model systems in gene regulation. The protein TRAP (trp RNA-binding attenuation protein) predominantly forms a ring-shaped 11-mer, which binds cognate RNA in the presence of tryptophan to suppress expr...

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

authors： Watanabe M,Heddle JG,Kikuchi K,Unzai S,Akashi S,Park SY,Tame JR

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential rates of AIDS development and/or T4 lymphocyte depletion in HIV-1-infected individuals remain unexplained. The hypothesis that qualitative differences in selection pressure in vivo may account for different rates of disease progression was addressed in nine eligible study participants from a cohort of 315...

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

authors： Wang WK,Essex M,McLane MF,Mayer KH,Hsieh CC,Brumblay HG,Seage G,Lee TH

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Often, resistance to drugs is an obstacle to a successful treatment of cancer. In spite of the importance of the problem, the actual mechanisms that control the evolution of drug resistance are not fully understood. Many attempts to study drug resistance have been made in the mathematical modeling literature. Clearly,...

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

authors： Tomasetti C,Levy D

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes while feeding on birds and humans, has emerged as the dominant vector borne disease in North America. We have identified natural compounds from humans and birds, which are detected with extreme sensitivity by olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) on the antennae of...

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

authors： Syed Z,Leal WS

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface density of the triggering receptors responsible for the natural killer (NK)-mediated cytotoxicity is crucial for the ability of NK cells to kill susceptible target cells. In this study, we show that transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) down-regulates the surface expression of NKp30 and in part of NK...

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

authors： Castriconi R,Cantoni C,Della Chiesa M,Vitale M,Marcenaro E,Conte R,Biassoni R,Bottino C,Moretta L,Moretta A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding a delayed-rectifier-type K+ channel were cloned from both neonatal rat heart and ovariectomized, diethylstilbestrol-primed rat uterus by using the polymerase chain reaction. Both clones have nucleotide sequences identical to that encoding the rat kidney IsK channel [Takumi, T., Ohkubo, H. & Nakanishi, S...

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

authors： Folander K,Smith JS,Antanavage J,Bennett C,Stein RB,Swanson R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) has been used successfully in the treatment of cancer-related anemia. Clinical observations with several patients with multiple-myeloma treated with rHuEpo has shown, in addition to the improved quality of life, a longer survival than expected, considering the poor prognostic ...

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

authors： Mittelman M,Neumann D,Peled A,Kanter P,Haran-Ghera N

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence of rapid and reliable associative learning by the terrestrial mollusc, Limax maximus. Slugs were exposed once to a pairing of a highly attractive food odor (potato or carrot) and a saturated solution of quinidine sulfate, a bitter-tasting plant substance. In comparison with control slugs, the expos...

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

authors： Sahley C,Gelperin A,Rudy JW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved Ndc80 complex is an essential microtubule-binding component of the kinetochore. Recent findings suggest that the Ndc80 complex influences microtubule dynamics at kinetochores in vivo. However, it was unclear if the Ndc80 complex mediates these effects directly, or by affecting other factors localized at ...

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

authors： Umbreit NT,Gestaut DR,Tien JF,Vollmar BS,Gonen T,Asbury CL,Davis TN

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Compositeness of the electron may show up in a very small deviation of the measured electron g factor from one calculated for a point electron by quantum electrodynamics. The precision of our g measurements is currently limited by an interaction of the cyclotron motion with standing waves in the trap cavity containing...

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

authors： Dehmelt H,Van Dyck R Jr,Palmer F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disorder and is strongly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Currently, there is no approved pharmacological treatment for this disease, but improvement of insulin resistance using peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) ag...

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

authors： Liu W,Struik D,Nies VJ,Jurdzinski A,Harkema L,de Bruin A,Verkade HJ,Downes M,Evans RM,van Zutphen T,Jonker JW

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has emphasized the importance of the metabolic cluster, which includes glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and high blood pressure, as a strong predictor of the obesity-related morbidities and premature mortality. Fundamental to this association, commonly referred to as the metabolic syndrome, is the cl...

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

authors： Kissebah AH,Sonnenberg GE,Myklebust J,Goldstein M,Broman K,James RG,Marks JA,Krakower GR,Jacob HJ,Weber J,Martin L,Blangero J,Comuzzie AG

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known about how animals discriminate pathogens from innocuous microbes. To address this question, we examined infection-response gene induction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We focused on genes that are induced in C. elegans by infection with the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but ...

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

authors： Estes KA,Dunbar TL,Powell JR,Ausubel FM,Troemel ER

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovulation induces cyclic rupture and regenerative repair of the ovarian coelomic epithelium. This process of repeated disruption and repair accompanied by complex remodeling typifies a somatic stem/progenitor cell-mediated process. Using BrdU incorporation and doxycycline inducible histone2B-green fluorescent protein ...

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

authors： Szotek PP,Chang HL,Brennand K,Fujino A,Pieretti-Vanmarcke R,Lo Celso C,Dombkowski D,Preffer F,Cohen KS,Teixeira J,Donahoe PK

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a computational model for color coding that provides a functional explanation of how humans perceive colors in a homogeneous color space. Beginning with known properties of human cone photoreceptors, the model estimates the locations of the reflectance spectra of Munsell color chips in perceptual c...

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

authors： Romney AK,Chiao CC

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of active immunization with the cocaine immunogen GNC-keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in preventing cocaine self-administration reinstatement was assessed in rats. An animal model of relapse was used where rats were trained to self-administer cocaine, subjected to a period of extinction by substituting th...

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

authors： Carrera MR,Ashley JA,Zhou B,Wirsching P,Koob GF,Janda KD

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast tumors lacking expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and the estrogen and the progesterone receptors (triple negative; TNBC) are more aggressive than other disease subtypes, and no molecular targeted agents are currently available for their treatment. Because TNBC commonly displays EGF r...

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

authors： Ferraro DA,Gaborit N,Maron R,Cohen-Dvashi H,Porat Z,Pareja F,Lavi S,Lindzen M,Ben-Chetrit N,Sela M,Yarden Y

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary transitions in individuality (ETIs) underlie the watershed events in the history of life on Earth, including the origins of cells, eukaryotes, plants, animals, and fungi. Each of these events constitutes an increase in the level of complexity, as groups of individuals become individuals in their own right...

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

authors： Herron MD,Hackett JD,Aylward FO,Michod RE

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is a hallmark of many diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), where aggregation of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is implicated in causing neurodegeneration. Recent studies have suggested that destabilization and aggregation of the most immature form of SOD1, the disulfide-reduc...

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

authors： Vassall KA,Stubbs HR,Primmer HA,Tong MS,Sullivan SM,Sobering R,Srinivasan S,Briere LA,Dunn SD,Colón W,Meiering EM

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two continuous-suspension lymphocyte lines were isolated from the spleen and fibrosarcoma of a New Zealand Black female mouse. A C-type virus with a density of 1.16 g x cm(-3), 70S RNA, and RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity was isolated. The virus was infectious for NRK, NZB, (NZB x NZW)F(1), and (NZW x NZW)F(1) em...

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

authors： Lerner RA,Jensen F,Kennel SJ,Dixon FJ,Des Roches G,Francke U

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking causes emphysema, a fatal disease involving extensive structural and functional damage of the lung. Using a guinea pig model and human lung cells, we show that oxidant(s) present in tobacco smoke not only cause direct oxidative damage of lung proteins, contributing to the major share of lung injury, ...

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

authors： Gupta I,Ganguly S,Rozanas CR,Stuehr DJ,Panda K

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) highlights the urgent need to understand the mechanisms of resistance to the drugs used to treat this disease. The aminoglycosides kanamycin and amikacin are important bactericidal drugs used to treat MDR TB, and resistance to one or both of these drugs is a...

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

authors： Zaunbrecher MA,Sikes RD Jr,Metchock B,Shinnick TM,Posey JE

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00