Stoichiometry and specific assembly of Best ion channels.

abstract：:Tritiated photoaffinity analogs of the natural lepidopteran juvenile hormones, JH I and II [epoxy[3H]bishomofarnesyl diazoacetate ([3H]EBDA) and epoxy[3H]homofarnesyl diazoacetate ([3H]EHDA)], and of the JH analog methoprene [[3H]methoprene diazoketone ([3H]MDK)] were synthesized and used to identify specific JH bindi...

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

authors： Palli SR,Osir EO,Eng W,Boehm MF,Edwards M,Kulcsar P,Ujvary I,Hiruma K,Prestwich GD,Riddiford LM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV) is derived from the thymotropic Moloney leukemia virus. However, injection of mice with A-MuLV by conventional routes results in rapidly arising peripheral and bone marrow lymphomas, not thymomas or T cell tumors. In this study thymomas have been induced by intrathymic injection ...

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

authors： Cook WD

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the goal of developing techniques for DNA insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish, we established procedures for rapidly obtaining and injecting large numbers of fertilized eggs. Using either of two plasmid constructs, we injected uncut DNA into fertilized eggs at the one- or two-cell stage. Fish hatched from inject...

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

authors： Culp P,Nüsslein-Volhard C,Hopkins N

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The first crystal structure of the neurotransmitter/sodium symporter homolog LeuT revealed an occluded binding pocket containing leucine and 2 Na(+); later structures showed tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in an extracellular vestibule approximately 11 A above the bound leucine and 2 Na(+). We recently found this reg...

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

authors： Quick M,Winther AM,Shi L,Nissen P,Weinstein H,Javitch JA

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that α-synuclein (α-syn) occurs physiologically as a helically folded tetramer that resists aggregation. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of formation of α-syn tetramers are still mostly unknown. Cellular membrane lipids are thought to play an important role in the regul...

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

authors： Kim S,Yun SP,Lee S,Umanah GE,Bandaru VVR,Yin X,Rhee P,Karuppagounder SS,Kwon SH,Lee H,Mao X,Kim D,Pandey A,Lee G,Dawson VL,Dawson TM,Ko HS

更新日期：2018-01-23 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：:Effects of the anti-T-cell monoclonal antibodies OKT3, OKT5, and OKT8 on T-cell surface properties and cell functions were evaluated. Incubation of mononuclear cells isolated from peripheral blood for 48 hr with each monoclonal antibody in the absence of complement resulted in modulation of their respective surface an...

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

authors： Antel J,Oger JJ,Jackevicius S,Kuo HH,Arnason BG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, scientists have debated whether supercooled liquids stop flowing below a glass transition temperature [Formula: see text] or whether motion continues to slow gradually down to zero temperature. Answering this question is challenging because human time scales set a limit on the largest measurable viscosity...

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

authors： Jadhao V,Robbins MO

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocell models are used to investigate how cells might have first assembled on Earth. Some, like oil-in-water droplets, can be seemingly simple models, while able to exhibit complex and unpredictable behaviors. How such simple oil-in-water systems can come together to yield complex and life-like behaviors remains a ...

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

authors： Points LJ,Taylor JW,Grizou J,Donkers K,Cronin L

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal cycles govern life on earth, from setting the time for the mating season to influencing migrations and governing physiological conditions like hibernation. The effect of such changing conditions on behavior is well-appreciated, but their impact on the brain remains virtually unknown. We investigate long-term ...

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

authors： Ray S,Li M,Koch SP,Mueller S,Boehm-Sturm P,Wang H,Brecht M,Naumann RK

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rad51 is a core component of the eukaryotic homologous recombination machinery and is responsible for key mechanistic steps during strand invasion. Higher order oligomers of Rad51 display a remarkable degree of structural variation, forming rings, compressed filaments, and elongated filaments. It is unclear whether Ra...

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

authors： Robertson RB,Moses DN,Kwon Y,Chan P,Chi P,Klein H,Sung P,Greene EC

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita culture remain contentious, and numerous disparate models of dispersal (...

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

authors： Larson G,Cucchi T,Fujita M,Matisoo-Smith E,Robins J,Anderson A,Rolett B,Spriggs M,Dolman G,Kim TH,Thuy NT,Randi E,Doherty M,Due RA,Bollt R,Djubiantono T,Griffin B,Intoh M,Keane E,Kirch P,Li KT,Morwood M,Pedriñ

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we report the transcriptional organization of a 450-kb gene cluster in Xq28, flanked by the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and the color vision genes. CpG islands previously identified and mapped to distal Xq28 have helped in construction of a continuous contig of cosmids and in identification of cDN...

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

authors： Bione S,Tamanini F,Maestrini E,Tribioli C,Poustka A,Torri G,Rivella S,Toniolo D

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this model gravitation results from the emission and absorption of quanta (gravitons) that are scattered a few times in crossing a typical galaxy. Many features of the universe can be explained in terms of this model, although theoretical justification for the scattering of gravitons is lacking. Gravitons follow a ...

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

authors： Britten RJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A (JAM-A) is a transmembrane adhesive protein expressed at endothelial junctions and in leukocytes. Here we report that JAM-A is required for the correct infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) into an inflamed peritoneum or in the heart upon ischemia-reperfusion injury. The def...

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

authors： Corada M,Chimenti S,Cera MR,Vinci M,Salio M,Fiordaliso F,De Angelis N,Villa A,Bossi M,Staszewsky LI,Vecchi A,Parazzoli D,Motoike T,Latini R,Dejana E

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the conversion of nucleoside diphosphates to deoxynucleoside diphosphates. Crucial for rapidly dividing cells, RNR is a target for cancer therapy. In eukaryotes, RNR comprises a heterooligomer of alpha(2) and beta(2) subunits. Rnr1, the alpha subunit, contains regulatory and ca...

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

authors： Xu H,Faber C,Uchiki T,Racca J,Dealwis C

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The region of the murine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) between the Pb (A beta 3) and Ob (A beta 2) genes controls the expression of an intracellular complex named the LMP (low molecular weight polypeptide) complex. DNA probes for at least seven different genes mapping to this region were isolated. These hybri...

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

authors： Cho S,Attaya M,Brown MG,Monaco JJ

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is an important cellular effector whose functions include the regulation of ion channels and membrane trafficking. Aberrant PIP2 metabolism has also been implicated in a variety of human disease states, e.g., cancer and diabetes. Here we report that familial Alzheimer's dis...

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

authors： Landman N,Jeong SY,Shin SY,Voronov SV,Serban G,Kang MS,Park MK,Di Paolo G,Chung S,Kim TW

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis toxin, a protein composed of five different subunits (S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5), is the major virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis. We have cloned and sequenced a DNA fragment of 4.7 kilobases that contains the genes coding for the five subunits. The genes are clustered within 3.2 kilobases in the followin...

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

authors： Nicosia A,Perugini M,Franzini C,Casagli MC,Borri MG,Antoni G,Almoni M,Neri P,Ratti G,Rappuoli R

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral shells are self-assembled protein nanocontainers with remarkable material properties. They combine simplicity of construction with toughness and complex functionality. These properties make them interesting for bionanotechnology. To date we know little about how virus structure determines assembly pathways and s...

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

authors： Ivanovska IL,Miranda R,Carrascosa JL,Wuite GJ,Schmidt CF

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The grand partition function for a long linear system of alternating alpha and beta sequences with the restraint of a fixed number, N(alphabeta), of alphabeta boundaries depends in an extremely simple way on the alpha-sequence and beta-sequence grand partition functions, xi(alpha) and xi(beta). When the restraint is r...

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

authors： Hill TL

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified RNA polymerase II (pol II) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae pauses without releasing at many locations during in vitro transcription. Pausing can be induced by intrinsic DNA sequence as well as by specific DNA bound proteins such as the RNA pol I termination factor, Reb1p, or lac repressor. Addition of...

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

authors： Lang WH,Platt T,Reeder RH

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human intestine is densely populated by a microbial consortium whose metabolic activities are influenced by, among others, bifidobacteria. However, the genetic basis of adaptation of bifidobacteria to the human gut is poorly understood. Analysis of the 2,214,650-bp genome of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010, a stra...

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

authors： Turroni F,Bottacini F,Foroni E,Mulder I,Kim JH,Zomer A,Sánchez B,Bidossi A,Ferrarini A,Giubellini V,Delledonne M,Henrissat B,Coutinho P,Oggioni M,Fitzgerald GF,Mills D,Margolles A,Kelly D,van Sinderen D,Ventura M

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described how T and natural killer (NK) lineage commitment proceeds from common T/NK progenitors (p-T/NK) in the murine fetal thymus (FT), with the use of a clonal assay system capable of discriminating p-T/NK from unipotent T or NK lineage-committed progenitors (p-T and p-NK, respectively). The mol...

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

authors： Ikawa T,Fujimoto S,Kawamoto H,Katsura Y,Yokota Y

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The two major disease-causing biotypes of Vibrio cholerae, classical and El Tor, exhibit differences in their epidemic nature. Their behavior in the laboratory also differs in that El Tor strains produce two major virulence factors, cholera toxin (CT) and the toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), only under very restricted g...

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

authors： DiRita VJ,Neely M,Taylor RK,Bruss PM

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that a fundamental problem in the faithful replication of complex chromosomes of higher eukaryotes is the proper control of both the number and timing of the multiple initiations of replication on single chromosomes. When replication patterns are disrupted by any of a variety of agents, overreplication of D...

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

authors： Schimke RT,Sherwood SW,Hill AB,Johnston RN

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiosperm reproduction is characterized by alternate diploid sporophytic and haploid gametophytic generations. Gametogenesis shares similarities with that of animals except for the formation of the gametophyte, whereby haploid cells undergo several rounds of postmeiotic mitosis to form gametes and the accessory cells...

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

authors： Park GT,Frost JM,Park JS,Kim TH,Lee JS,Oh SA,Twell D,Brooks JS,Fischer RL,Choi Y

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A rice Dwarf 1 gene was identified by using a map-based cloning strategy. Its recessive mutant allele confers a dwarf phenotype. Linkage analysis revealed that a cDNA encoding the alpha-subunit of GTP-binding protein cosegregated with d1 in 3,185 d1 segregants. Southern hybridization analysis with this cDNA as a probe...

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

authors： Ashikari M,Wu J,Yano M,Sasaki T,Yoshimura A

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric models generally assume that aerosol particles are in equilibrium with the surrounding gas phase. However, recent observations that secondary organic aerosols can exist in a glassy state have highlighted the need to more fully understand the kinetic limitations that may control water partitioning in ambien...

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

authors： Bones DL,Reid JP,Lienhard DM,Krieger UK

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy were used to image the uptake of the protein lysozyme into individual ion exchange chromatography particles in a packed bed in real time. Self-sharpening concentration fronts penetrating into the particles were observed at low salt conce...

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

authors： Dziennik SR,Belcher EB,Barker GA,DeBergalis MJ,Fernandez SE,Lenhoff AM

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00