Vasopressin modulates the spontaneous electrical activity in aortic cells (line A7r5) by acting on three different types of ionic channels.

abstract：:In this article, a mechanism of arsenite [As(III)]resistance through methylation and subsequent volatization is described. Heterologous expression of arsM from Rhodopseudomonas palustris was shown to confer As(III) resistance to an arsenic-sensitive strain of Escherichia coli. ArsM catalyzes the formation of a number ...

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

authors： Qin J,Rosen BP,Zhang Y,Wang G,Franke S,Rensing C

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), the principal signaling receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in mammals, requires the binding of MD-2 to its extracellular domain for maximal responsiveness. MD-2 contains a leader sequence but lacks a transmembrane domain, and we asked whether it is secreted into the medium as an active ...

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

authors： Visintin A,Mazzoni A,Spitzer JA,Segal DM

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to be synchronized by light-dark cycles is a fundamental property of circadian clocks. Although there are indications that circadian clocks are extremely light-sensitive and that they can be set by the low irradiances that occur at dawn and dusk, this has not been shown on the cellular level. Here, we demo...

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

authors： Bachleitner W,Kempinger L,Wülbeck C,Rieger D,Helfrich-Förster C

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:During the process of fertilization in mammals, sperm bind in a relatively species-specific manner to the zona pellucida (ZP) of ovulated eggs. ZP3, a glycoprotein found in the mouse egg zona pellucida, serves as receptor for sperm during gamete adhesion. We report here that a Mr 56,000 protein found on mouse sperm ha...

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

authors： Bleil JD,Wassarman PM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type 6 secretion system (T6SS) is a nanomachine used by many Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae, to deliver toxic effector proteins into adjacent eukaryotic and bacterial cells. Because the activity of the T6SS is dependent on direct contact between cells, its activity is limited to bacteria growing...

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

authors： Toska J,Ho BT,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracing interisland and interarchipelago movements of people and artifacts in prehistoric Polynesia has posed a challenge to archaeologists due to the lack of pottery and obsidian, two materials most readily used in studies of prehistoric trade or exchange. Here we report the application of nondestructive energy-dispe...

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

authors： Weisler MI,Kirch PV

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The HER2 gene encodes a cell-surface glycoprotein with extensive homology to the epidermal growth factor receptor. Recently it was found to be amplified in about 30% of primary human breast malignancies. In experiments designed to assess the role of the HER2 gene in oncogenesis, we found that overexpression of unalter...

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

authors： Hudziak RM,Schlessinger J,Ullrich A

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved mammalian two-hybrid system designed for interaction trap screening is described in this paper. CV-1/EBNA-1 monkey kidney epithelial cells expressing Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) were stably transfected with a reporter plasmid for GAL4-dependent expression of the green fluorescent protein ...

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

authors： Shioda T,Andriole S,Yahata T,Isselbacher KJ

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between early and late passage cell cultures on the organelle and macromolecular levels have been attributed to cellular "aging". However, concern has been expressed over whether changes in diploid cell populations after serial passage in vitro accurately reflect human cellular aging in vivo. Studies were ...

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

authors： Schneider EL,Mitsui Y

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is a newly recognized condition in children with recent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. These children and adult patients with severe hyperinflammation present with a constellation of symptoms that st...

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

authors： Cheng MH,Zhang S,Porritt RA,Noval Rivas M,Paschold L,Willscher E,Binder M,Arditi M,Bahar I

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgG2a monoclonal antibody TH-1, which reacts specifically with blood group A1 but with neither A2 nor O erythrocytes, has been established. The antibody reacted only with A1 erythrocytes in hemagglutination and antibody absorption assays; it did not react with A2 erythrocytes, even after trypsin or sialidase treat...

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

authors： Clausen H,Levery SB,Nudelman E,Tsuchiya S,Hakomori S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models have been developed to explore the population dynamics of viral diseases among wildlife. However, assessing the predictions stemming from these models with wildlife databases adequate in size and temporal duration is uncommon. An epizootic of raccoon rabies that began in the mid-Atlantic region of ...

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

authors： Childs JE,Curns AT,Dey ME,Real LA,Feinstein L,Bjørnstad ON,Krebs JW

更新日期：2000-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacing Leu-182 by Ala in yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH; alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1) yields a mutant that retains 34% of its kcat value and makes one stereochemical "mistake" every 850,000 turnovers (instead of approximately 1 error every 7,000,000,000 turnovers in native YADH) in its selection of t...

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

authors： Weinhold EG,Glasfeld A,Ellington AD,Benner SA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The A(2A)R is largely coexpressed with D(2)Rs and enkephalin mRNA in the striatum where it modulates dopaminergic activity. Activation of the A(2A)R antagonizes D(2)R-mediated behavioral and neurochemical effects in the basal ganglia through a mechanism that may involve direct A(2A)R-D(2)R interaction. However, whethe...

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

authors： Chen JF,Moratalla R,Impagnatiello F,Grandy DK,Cuellar B,Rubinstein M,Beilstein MA,Hackett E,Fink JS,Low MJ,Ongini E,Schwarzschild MA

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor retinoic acid receptor beta(2) (RARbeta(2)) is a potent inhibitor of breast cancer cells in vitro, and studies suggest that RARbeta expression is lost in primary breast cancer. Although RARbeta(2) is selectively down-regulated at the mRNA level in breast tumor cells, we show that expression of...

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

authors： Sommer KM,Chen LI,Treuting PM,Smith LT,Swisshelm K

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research addresses the relationship between subnuclear localization and gene expression in fission yeast. We observed the relocalization of a heterochromatic region, the mating-type region, from its natural location at the spindle-pole body to the immediate vicinity of the nucleolus. Relocalization occurred in res...

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

authors： Jakociunas T,Domange Jordö M,Aït Mebarek M,Bünner CM,Verhein-Hansen J,Oddershede LB,Thon G

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric cell division is of fundamental importance in biology as it allows for the establishment of separate cell lineages during the development of multicellular organisms. Although microbial systems, including the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are excellent models of asymmetric cell division, this phenotype occ...

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

authors： Thorpe PH,Bruno J,Rothstein R

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod-like colloids distort fluid interfaces and interact by capillarity. We explore this interaction at the free surface of aligned nematic liquid crystal films. Naive comparison of capillary and elastic energies suggests that particle assembly would be determined solely by surface tension. Here, we demonstrate that, u...

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

authors： Liu IB,Gharbi MA,Ngo VL,Kamien RD,Yang S,Stebe KJ

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T cell clones were analyzed for their susceptibility to activation-induced cell death (AICD) in response to CD3/T cell receptor ligation. AICD was observed only in Th1 clones and was Fas-mediated, whereas Th2 clones resisted AICD. Analysis of a panel of Th0 clones, characterized by their ability to secrete both ...

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

authors： Varadhachary AS,Perdow SN,Hu C,Ramanarayanan M,Salgame P

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sal-like 4 (SALL4) is a nuclear factor central to the maintenance of stem cell pluripotency and is a key component in hepatocellular carcinoma, a malignancy with no effective treatment. In cancer cells, SALL4 associates with nucleosome remodeling deacetylase (NuRD) to silence tumor-suppressor genes, such as PTEN. Here...

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

authors： Liu BH,Jobichen C,Chia CSB,Chan THM,Tang JP,Chung TXY,Li J,Poulsen A,Hung AW,Koh-Stenta X,Tan YS,Verma CS,Tan HK,Wu CS,Li F,Hill J,Joy J,Yang H,Chai L,Sivaraman J,Tenen DG

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that expression of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS)-associated mutant Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD) induces apoptosis of neuronal cells in culture associated with an increase in reactive oxygen species. SOD recently has been shown to prevent calcineurin inactivation, initiating t...

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

authors： Lee JP,Palfrey HC,Bindokas VP,Ghadge GD,Ma L,Miller RJ,Roos RP

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in synaptic input, persisting for hours to days, elicit homeostatic plastic changes in the axon initial segment (AIS), which is pivotal for spike generation. Here, in hippocampal pyramidal neurons of both primary cultures and slices, we triggered a unique form of AIS plasticity by selectively targeting M-t...

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

authors： Lezmy J,Lipinsky M,Khrapunsky Y,Patrich E,Shalom L,Peretz A,Fleidervish IA,Attali B

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell alphabeta receptor (TCR) recognizes foreign peptide antigens bound to proteins encoded in the MHC. The MHC portion of this complex contributes much to the footprint of the TCR on the ligand, yet T cells are usually very specific for individual foreign peptides. Here, we show that the development of peptide-...

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

authors： Huseby ES,Crawford F,White J,Kappler J,Marrack P

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF family members and their receptors contribute to increased gene expression for inflammatory processes and intracellular cascades leading to programmed cell death, both via activation of NF-kappaB. TNF receptor (TNFR)-associated factors (TRAFs) are cytoplasmic adaptor proteins binding to various receptors of the TN...

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

authors： Hauer J,Püschner S,Ramakrishnan P,Simon U,Bongers M,Federle C,Engelmann H

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins can bind target molecules through either induced fit or conformational selection pathways. In the conformational selection model, a protein samples a scarcely populated high-energy state that resembles a target-bound conformation. In enzymatic catalysis, such high-energy states have been identified as crucial...

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

authors： Kovermann M,Grundström C,Sauer-Eriksson AE,Sauer UH,Wolf-Watz M

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid electrical conduction in the His-Purkinje system tightly controls spatiotemporal activation of the ventricles. Although recent work has shed much light on the regulation of early specification and morphogenesis of the His-Purkinje system, less is known about how transcriptional regulation establishes impulse con...

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

authors： Zhang SS,Kim KH,Rosen A,Smyth JW,Sakuma R,Delgado-Olguín P,Davis M,Chi NC,Puviindran V,Gaborit N,Sukonnik T,Wylie JN,Brand-Arzamendi K,Farman GP,Kim J,Rose RA,Marsden PA,Zhu Y,Zhou YQ,Miquerol L,Henkelman RM,Sta

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is critical for induction of protective immunity against intracellular bacterial infection. However, the mechanisms for efficient induction of IL-12 in innate response remain poorly understood. Here we report that the B type of carbonic anhydrase 6 (Car6-b, which encoded CA-VI B) is essential fo...

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

authors： Xu J,Xu X,Wang B,Ma Y,Zhang L,Xu H,Hu Y,Wu J,Cao X

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Antarctic ozone depletion is associated with enhanced chlorine from anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbons and heterogeneous chemistry under cold conditions. The deep Antarctic "hole" contrasts with the generally weaker depletions observed in the warmer Arctic. An unusually cold Arctic stratospheric season occurred in 2011...

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

authors： Solomon S,Haskins J,Ivy DJ,Min F

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in parenting are common in species where both males and females provide care. Although there is a considerable body of game and optimality theory for why the sexes should differ in parental care, genetics can also play a role, and no study has examined how genetic influences might influence differences...

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

authors： Walling CA,Stamper CE,Smiseth PT,Moore AJ

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence implicates dysregulation of metabotropic glutamatergic receptor 5 (mGluR5) in pathophysiology of PTSD and suicidality. Using positron emission tomography and [18F]FPEB, we quantified mGluR5 availability in vivo in individuals with PTSD (n = 29) and MDD (n = 29) as a function of suicidal ideation (SI) t...

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

authors： Davis MT,Hillmer A,Holmes SE,Pietrzak RH,DellaGioia N,Nabulsi N,Matuskey D,Angarita GA,Carson RE,Krystal JH,Esterlis I

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00