Latent luciferase activity in the fruit fly revealed by a synthetic luciferin.

abstract：:Genetic analysis of Parkinson disease (PD) has identified several genes whose mutation causes inherited parkinsonism, as well as risk loci for sporadic PD. PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and parkin, linked to autosomal recessive PD, act in a common genetic pathway regulating the autophagic degradation of mitochondria, ...

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

authors： Ivatt RM,Sanchez-Martinez A,Godena VK,Brown S,Ziviani E,Whitworth AJ

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we report the X-ray crystal structure of the extracellular domain (ECD) of the human neuronal α2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit in complex with the agonist epibatidine at 3.2 Å. Interestingly, α2 was crystallized as a pentamer, revealing the intersubunit interactions in a wild type neur...

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

authors： Kouvatsos N,Giastas P,Chroni-Tzartou D,Poulopoulou C,Tzartos SJ

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for selective and long-acting analogs of somatostatin, nearly 200 compounds were synthesized by solid-phase methods, purified, and tested biologically. Among these octapeptides, some contained N-terminal (Formula: see text) were 177 times and 113 times more potent, respectively, than somatostatin in test...

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

authors： Cai RZ,Szoke B,Lu R,Fu D,Redding TW,Schally AV

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugar transport across tonoplasts is essential for maintaining cellular sugar homeostasis and metabolic balance in plant cells. It remains unclear, however, how this process is regulated among different classes of sugar transporters. Here, we identified a tonoplast H+/glucose symporter, MdERDL6-1, from apples, which w...

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

authors： Zhu L,Li B,Wu L,Li H,Wang Z,Wei X,Ma B,Zhang Y,Ma F,Ruan YL,Li M

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal arginine-rich motif of phage HK022 Nun protein binds to NUT sequences in phage lambda nascent transcripts and induces transcription termination. Interactions between the Nun C terminus and RNA polymerase as well as the DNA template are required for termination. We have isolated Nun C-terminal point and ...

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

authors： Kim HC,Zhou JG,Wilson HR,Mogilnitskiy G,Court DL,Gottesman ME

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained activation of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) -type glutamate receptors leads to excitotoxic neuronal death in stroke, brain trauma, and neurodegenerative disorders. Superoxide production by NADPH oxidase is a requisite event in the process leading from NMDA receptor activation to excitotoxic death. NADPH oxidas...

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

authors： Lam TI,Brennan-Minnella AM,Won SJ,Shen Y,Hefner C,Shi Y,Sun D,Swanson RA

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Phages of the Caudovirales order possess a tail that recognizes the host and ensures genome delivery upon infection. The X-ray structure of the approximately 1.8 MDa host adsorption device (baseplate) from the lactococcal phage TP901-1 shows that the receptor-binding proteins are pointing in the direction of the host,...

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

authors： Veesler D,Spinelli S,Mahony J,Lichière J,Blangy S,Bricogne G,Legrand P,Ortiz-Lombardia M,Campanacci V,van Sinderen D,Cambillau C

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhomboid domain-containing protein 3 (Rhbdd3), which belongs to a family of proteins with rhomboid domain, is widely expressed in immune cells; however, the roles of the Rhbdd members, including Rhbdd3, in immunity remain unknown. Natural killer (NK) cells are critical for host immune defense and also can mediate infl...

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

authors： Liu J,Liu S,Xia M,Xu S,Wang C,Bao Y,Jiang M,Wu Y,Xu T,Cao X

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral bleaching, caused by heat stress, is accompanied by the light-induced loss of photosynthetic pigments in in situ symbiotic dinoflagellate algae (Symbiodinium spp.). However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for pigment loss are poorly understood. Here, we show that moderate heat stress causes photobleaching ...

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

authors： Takahashi S,Whitney S,Itoh S,Maruyama T,Badger M

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) cDNA was used to identify and clone the PLAP-like Nagao isozyme gene from human genomic libraries. The entire nucleotide sequence of the gene reveals the existence of 11 exons interrupted by 10 small introns (76-427 base pairs). Putative regulatory sequences have bee...

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

authors： Millán JL,Manes T

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that the overall size of-or efficiency of carbon export from-the biosphere decreased at the end of the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) (ca. 2,400 to 2,050 Ma). However, the timing, tempo, and trigger for this decrease remain poorly constrained. Here we test this hypothesis by studying the isotope ...

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

authors： Hodgskiss MSW,Crockford PW,Peng Y,Wing BA,Horner TJ

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse bone marrow-derived Lin(-)-Sca-1(+) endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) has pluripotent abilities such as supporting neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (VEGFR1) (Flt1) recognizes various VEGF isoforms and is critically implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathologic...

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

authors： Qi JW,Qin TT,Xu LX,Zhang K,Yang GL,Li J,Xiao HY,Zhang ZS,Li LY

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As long-term changes in life expectancy and fertility drive the emergence of aging societies across the globe, individual countries vary widely in the development of age-relevant policies and programs. While failure to adapt to the demographic transformation carries not only important financial risks but also social r...

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

authors： Chen C,Goldman DP,Zissimopoulos J,Rowe JW,Research Network on an Aging Society.

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The p21 region of human chromosome 9 is thought to contain a gene (MLM) involved in genetic susceptibility to melanoma and a gene or genes that influence progression of certain other tumors. Genomic clones that span a large region in 9p21 surrounding the presumptive tumor suppressor gene(s) have been isolated. A set o...

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

authors： Weaver-Feldhaus J,Gruis NA,Neuhausen S,Le Paslier D,Stockert E,Skolnick MH,Kamb A

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Yields of beta-hydroxynitrates, dihydroxynitrates, and trihydroxynitrates, in particles formed from OH radical-initiated reactions of C(9)-C(15) 2-methyl-1-alkenes in the presence of NO(x) were measured by using a thermal desorption particle beam mass spectrometer coupled to a high-performance liquid chromatograph wit...

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

authors： Matsunaga A,Ziemann PJ

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the application of quantitative mass spectrometry to identify plasma membrane proteins differentially expressed in melanoma cells with high vs. low metastatic abilities. Using stable isotope labeling with amino acids in culture (SILAC) coupled with nanospray tandem mass spectrometry, we identified CUB-domain...

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

authors： Liu H,Ong SE,Badu-Nkansah K,Schindler J,White FM,Hynes RO

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research links diet-induced obesity (DIO) with impaired immunity, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We find that the induction of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cytokines is suppressed in mice with DIO and in bone marrow macrophages (BMMPhi) from mice with DIO exposed to an oral pathogen, Por...

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

authors： Zhou Q,Leeman SE,Amar S

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of the importance of different routes of HIV-1 (HIV) transmission are vital for prioritization of control efforts. Lack of consistent direct data and large uncertainty in the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-contaminated injections has made quantifying the proportion of transmission caused by contaminated...

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

authors： White RG,Ben SC,Kedhar A,Orroth KK,Biraro S,Baggaley RF,Whitworth J,Korenromp EL,Ghani A,Boily MC,Hayes RJ

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD), a common age-associated neurodegenerative disease characterized by intraneuronal inclusions (Lewy bodies) and progressive degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) system. It has recently been demonstrated that midbrain D...

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

authors： Ekstrand MI,Terzioglu M,Galter D,Zhu S,Hofstetter C,Lindqvist E,Thams S,Bergstrand A,Hansson FS,Trifunovic A,Hoffer B,Cullheim S,Mohammed AH,Olson L,Larsson NG

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome translocations between Ig (Ig) and non-Ig genes are frequently associated with B-cell lymphomas in humans and mice. The best characterized of these is c-myc/IgH translocation, which is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma. These translocations are caused by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which p...

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

authors： Jankovic M,Robbiani DF,Dorsett Y,Eisenreich T,Xu Y,Tarakhovsky A,Nussenzweig A,Nussenzweig MC

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate release activates multiple receptors that interact with each other and thus determine the response of the cell. Exploring these interactions is critical to developing an understanding of the functional consequences of synaptic transmission. Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) inhibits N-m...

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

authors： Colwell CS,Altemus KL,Cepeda C,Levine MS

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of arbuscules in Aglaophyton major, an Early Devonian land plant, provides unequivocal evidence that mycorrhizae were established >400 million years ago. Nonseptate hyphac and arbuscules occur in a specialized meristematic region of the cortex that continually provided new cells for fungal infection. Arb...

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

authors： Remy W,Taylor TN,Hass H,Kerp H

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental scheme for sequencing large DNA molecules is proposed where DNA strands are replicated, with all nucleotides of a given kind marked with radioactive 32P. The marked strands are affixed to an appropriate substrate and are kept until most 32P atoms decay. The local damage caused by the decay is expected ...

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

authors： Kelson I,Nussinov S

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Jun is a transcription factor belonging to the activator protein 1 family. A mutated version of Jun (v-Jun) transduced by the avian retrovirus ASV17 induces oncogenic transformation in avian cell cultures and sarcomas in young galliform birds. The oncogenicity of Jun probably results from transcriptional deregulation ...

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

authors： Fu Sl,Bottoli I,Goller M,Vogt PK

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Under fasting conditions, increases in circulating glucagon maintain glucose balance by promoting hepatic gluconeogenesis. Triggering of the cAMP pathway stimulates gluconeogenic gene expression through the PKA-mediated phosphorylation of the cAMP response element binding (CREB) protein and via the dephosphorylation o...

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

authors： Tsai WW,Niessen S,Goebel N,Yates JR 3rd,Guccione E,Montminy M

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the polo subfamily of protein kinases play pivotal roles in cell-cycle control and proliferation. In addition to a high degree of sequence similarity in the kinase domain, polo kinases contain a strikingly conserved motif termed "polo-box" in the noncatalytic C-terminal domain. We have previously shown that...

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

authors： Lee KS,Song S,Erikson RL

更新日期：1999-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanosine hydrazide 1 yields a stable supramolecular hydrogel based on the formation of a guanine quartet (G-quartet) in presence of metal cations. The effect of various parameters (concentration, nature of metal ion, and temperature) on the properties of this gel has been studied. Proton NMR spectroscopy is shown...

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

authors： Sreenivasachary N,Lehn JM

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated yeast mitochondria, which synthesize identifiable polypeptides identical to those made in vivo, have been used in an invitro system to study cytoplasmic control of mitochondrial protein synthesis. It has been found that protein synthesis in isolated mitochondria is dependent on an endogenous pool of cytoplasm...

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

authors： Poyton RO,Kavanagh J

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LMB-7 [B3(Fv)-PE38] is a single-chain immunotoxin constructed from the murine monoclonal antibody B3 and a truncated from of Pseudomonas exotoxin PE38. Antibody B3 recognizes a carbohydrate epitope found on solid tumors that frequently invade the intrathecal space and cause neoplastic meningitis. We tested the therape...

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

authors： Pastan IH,Archer GE,McLendon RE,Friedman HS,Fuchs HE,Wang QC,Pai LH,Herndon J,Bigner DD

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversity in 39 HLA-A, -B, and -C molecules is derived from 20 amino acid positions of high variability and 71 positions of low variability. Variation in the structurally homologous alpha 1 and alpha 2 domains is distinct and may correlate with partial segregation of peptide and T-cell receptor binding functions. Comp...

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

authors： Parham P,Lomen CE,Lawlor DA,Ways JP,Holmes N,Coppin HL,Salter RD,Wan AM,Ennis PD

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00