Use of a foreign epitope as a "tag" for the localization of minor proteins within a cell: the case of the immunity protein to colicin A.

abstract：:An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) deletion mutant, HR-1, cannot immortalize lymphocytes. HR-1 was derived from a virus strain, Jijoye, that is immortalization competent. Using human antiserum from certain patients with chronic active EBV infection, we have identified in Jijoye cells a protein of apparent mass of 78-80 kDa t...

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

authors： Rowe D,Heston L,Metlay J,Miller G

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The floating water bridge phenomenon is a freestanding rope-shaped connection of pure liquid water, formed under the influence of a high potential difference (approximately 15 kV). Several recent spectroscopic, optical, and neutron scattering studies have suggested that the origin of the bridge is associated with the ...

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

authors： Skinner LB,Benmore CJ,Shyam B,Weber JK,Parise JB

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons, a protein family of multiple IFNalphas and a single IFNbeta, initially identified on the basis of their antiviral activities have recently been attributed important roles in bacterial and parasitic infections. To assess the cellular sources of IFNbeta, the IFN produced first in most situations, we ...

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

authors： Scheu S,Dresing P,Locksley RM

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide diversity of biological molecules are modified by the addition of sugar residues, and a large number of glycosyltransferases have been identified that are responsible for these reactions. Despite catalyzing closely related reactions, many of these transferases show little apparent sequence homology. By comparin...

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

authors： Wiggins CA,Munro S

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradigm of bacterial quorum sensing (QS), which mediates cell-density-dependent gene expression, usually has been studied in high-cell-density planktonic liquid cultures or in biofilms in which signal concentrations accumulate to sufficiently high levels to induce QS. Presumably under conditions with restricted d...

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

authors： Dulla G,Lindow SE

更新日期：2008-02-26 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：:Lifelong interactions between host and the ubiquitous and persistent cytomegalovirus (CMV) have been proposed to contribute to the age-related decline in immunity. Prior work from us and others found some support for that idea, yet evidence that this led to increased vulnerability to other infections was not obtained....

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

authors： Smithey MJ,Venturi V,Davenport MP,Buntzman AS,Vincent BG,Frelinger JA,Nikolich-Žugich J

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic islands, large potentially mobile regions of bacterial chromosomes, are a major contributor to bacteria evolution. Here, we investigated the fitness cost and phenotypic differences between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and a derivative carrying one integrated copy of the clc element, a 103-kb genom...

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

authors： Gaillard M,Pernet N,Vogne C,Hagenbüchle O,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex prokaryote, Myxococcus xanthus, undergoes a program of multicellular development when starved for nutrients, culminating in sporulation. M. xanthus makes MglA, a 22-kDa, soluble protein that is required for both multicellular development and gliding motility. MglA is similar in sequence to the Saccharomyce...

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

authors： Hartzell PL

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Engagement of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) leads to rapid activation of protein tyrosine kinases, which in turn phosphorylate downstream enzymes and adapter proteins. Some adapter proteins, such as SLP-76, Vav, and LAT, positively regulate TCR-mediated signal transduction, whereas others, such as Cbl, play an inh...

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

authors： Tang J,Sawasdikosol S,Chang JH,Burakoff SJ

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic nematicity, a correlated state that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry, is observed in several layered quantum materials. In contrast to their liquid-crystal counterparts, the nematic director cannot usually point in an arbitrary direction (XY nematics), but is locked by the crystal to discrete direct...

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

authors： Ishida K,Tsujii M,Hosoi S,Mizukami Y,Ishida S,Iyo A,Eisaki H,Wolf T,Grube K,V Löhneysen H,Fernandes RM,Shibauchi T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue mold of tobacco is caused by the fungus Peronospora tabacina. Its spores are released in the morning when the relative humidity falls, but they require free water for germination. Traditionally, the walls of the shade tents are raised to control the pathogen by drying leaves. We show that raising the walls does n...

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

authors： Aylor DE,Taylor GS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acids associated with phospholipids of cell membranes, and particularly their degree of unsaturation, contribute to the fluidity of their structure and hance determine many of their biological properties. We describe a technique for modulating membrane fluidity which consists of hydrogenating the unsaturated...

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

authors： Chapman D,Quinn PJ

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the decanucleotide d(CGCAATTGCG)2 has been solved by a combination of molecular replacement and heavy-atom procedures and has been refined to an R factor of 20.2% at 2.7 A. It is not a fully base-paired duplex but has a central core of eight Watson-Crick base pairs flanked by unpaired terminal...

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

authors： Spink N,Nunn CM,Vojtechovsky J,Berman HM,Neidle S

更新日期：1995-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrational modes in mechanical resonators provide a promising candidate to interface and manipulate classical and quantum information. The observation of coherent dynamics between distant mechanical resonators can be a key step toward scalable phonon-based applications. Here we report tunable coherent phonon dynamics...

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

authors： Zhang ZZ,Song XX,Luo G,Su ZJ,Wang KL,Cao G,Li HO,Xiao M,Guo GC,Tian L,Deng GW,Guo GP

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids have been constructed to generate substrates for the study of proteinases 2A and 3C of poliovirus. They contain the P1 (capsomer precursor) region of the poliovirus genome or P1 and part of P2 (a nonstructural precursor), which can be transcribed and translated in vitro. A transcript containing the entire 5' ...

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

authors： Nicklin MJ,Kräusslich HG,Toyoda H,Dunn JJ,Wimmer E

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted drug delivery critically depends on the binding selectivity of cargo-transporting colloidal particles. Extensive theoretical work has shown that two factors are necessary to achieve high selectivity for a threshold receptor density: multivalency and weak interactions. Here, we study a model system of DNA-coat...

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

authors： Scheepers MRW,van IJzendoorn LJ,Prins MWJ

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays an essential role in tumor development and progression by regulating genes that are vital for proliferation, glycolysis, angiogenesis, and metastasis. To identify strategies of targeting the HIF-1 pathway, we screened a siRNA library against the entire druggable genome and a sm...

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

authors： Lin X,David CA,Donnelly JB,Michaelides M,Chandel NS,Huang X,Warrior U,Weinberg F,Tormos KV,Fesik SW,Shen Y

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the use of self-assembly for the integration of freestanding micrometer-scale components, including single-crystal, silicon field-effect transistors (FETs) and diffusion resistors, onto flexible plastic substrates. Preferential self-assembly of multiple microcomponent types onto a common platform is ach...

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

authors： Stauth SA,Parviz BA

更新日期：2006-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding is the molecular basis for several human diseases. How the primary amino acid sequence triggers misfolding and determines the benign or toxic character of the misfolded protein remains largely obscure. Among proteins that misfold, polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins provide an interesting case:...

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

authors： Duennwald ML,Jagadish S,Muchowski PJ,Lindquist S

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined whether dissociation of the histone octamer is required for elongation of RNA transcripts through arrays of nucleosome cores in vitro. Control or dimethyl suberimidate-crosslinked histone octamers were reconstituted onto supercoiled, closed circular pT207-18 DNA, which contains tandemly repeated 207-b...

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

authors： O'Neill TE,Smith JG,Bradbury EM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The derivation of germ-line competent avian primordial germ cells establishes a cell-based model system for the investigation of germ cell differentiation and the production of genetically modified animals. Current methods to modify primordial germ cells using DNA or retroviral vectors are inefficient and prone to epi...

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

authors： Macdonald J,Taylor L,Sherman A,Kawakami K,Takahashi Y,Sang HM,McGrew MJ

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence and reemergence of viruses in the human population has highlighted the need to develop broader panels of therapeutic molecules. High-throughput screening assays opening access to untargeted steps of the viral replication cycle will provide powerful leverage to identify innovative antiviral molecul...

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

authors： Fernandez J,Hassen-Khodja C,Georget V,Rose T,Jacob Y,Janin YL,Nisole S,Vidalain PO,Arhel NJ

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) is regulated by phosphorylation, cyclin levels, the abundance of CDK inhibitors, and, as recently has been shown for cyclin B/cdc2, their localization. It is unclear how localization regulates the action of cyclin E/Cdk2 and its inhibitors. Here, we show that the closest k...

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

authors： Swanson C,Ross J,Jackson PK

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesion of the sciatic nerve caused a rapid increase in c-fos and c-jun mRNA that was followed about 2 hr later by an increase in nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA. To evaluate whether the initial increase in c-fos mRNA is causally related to the subsequent increase in NGF mRNA, we performed experiments with fibroblasts o...

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

authors： Hengerer B,Lindholm D,Heumann R,Rüther U,Wagner EF,Thoenen H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work on perceptual decision making in the sensorimotor system has shown population dynamics in the beta band, corresponding to the encoding of stimulus properties and the final decision outcome. Here, we asked how oscillatory dynamics in the medial premotor cortex (MPC) contribute to supramodal perceptual dec...

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

authors： Haegens S,Vergara J,Rossi-Pool R,Lemus L,Romo R

更新日期：2017-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The WWOX gene is a recently cloned tumor suppressor gene that spans the FRA16D fragile region. Wwox protein contains two WW domains that are generally known to mediate protein-protein interaction. Here we show that Wwox physically interacts via its first WW domain with the p53 homolog, p73. The tyrosine kinase, Src, p...

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

authors： Aqeilan RI,Pekarsky Y,Herrero JJ,Palamarchuk A,Letofsky J,Druck T,Trapasso F,Han SY,Melino G,Huebner K,Croce CM

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Veratridine or high potassium concentration increased guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels in neuroblastoma cells of clone N1E-115 without affecting levels of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). The increases in cGMP appear to be a direct result of the depolarizing action of these agents and not...

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

authors： Study RE,Breakefield XO,Bartfai T,Greengard P

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmons, the collective oscillations of interacting electrons, possess emergent properties that dramatically alter the optical response of metals. We predict the existence of a new class of plasmons-chiral Berry plasmons (CBPs)-for a wide range of 2D metallic systems including gapped Dirac materials. As we show, in t...

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

authors： Song JC,Rudner MS

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:When human genome was fractionated by thermal elution chromatography, repetitious DNA was found in every arbitrary temperature segment. When these repetitious DNA families were used for in situ hybridization, the following conclusions were evident: (a) Unlike the case of mouse, where essentially all centromeric hetero...

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

authors： Hsu TC,Arrighi FE,Saunders GF

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00