Improving fatty acids production by engineering dynamic pathway regulation and metabolic control.

abstract：:Positive-strand RNA viruses are the largest virus class and include many pathogens such as hepatitis C virus and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS). Brome mosaic virus (BMV) is a representative positive-strand RNA virus whose RNA replication, gene expression, and encapsidation have been reproduce...

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

authors： Kushner DB,Lindenbach BD,Grdzelishvili VZ,Noueiry AO,Paul SM,Ahlquist P

更新日期：2003-12-23 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：:Highly expanded Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)-International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Expedition 364, provides an unprecedented window into the immediate aftermath of the impact. Site M0077 inclu...

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

authors： Gulick SPS,Bralower TJ,Ormö J,Hall B,Grice K,Schaefer B,Lyons S,Freeman KH,Morgan JV,Artemieva N,Kaskes P,de Graaff SJ,Whalen MT,Collins GS,Tikoo SM,Verhagen C,Christeson GL,Claeys P,Coolen MJL,Goderis S,Goto K,

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:GTP-tubulin forms a cap on microtubule ends during aggregation. The bulk of the microtubule is GDP-tubulin. This complicates the usual simple kinetic theory of subunit exchange at microtubule ends to such an extent that Monte Carlo calculations are needed to handle the complications, except in special cases. The Monte...

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

authors： Chen Y,Hill TL

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli Min system self-organizes into a cell-pole to cell-pole oscillator on the membrane to prevent divisions at the cell poles. Reconstituting the Min system on a lipid bilayer has contributed to elucidating the oscillatory mechanism. However, previous in vitro patterns were attained with protein densi...

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

authors： Vecchiarelli AG,Li M,Mizuuchi M,Hwang LC,Seol Y,Neuman KC,Mizuuchi K

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ediacara biota include macroscopic, morphologically complex soft-bodied organisms that appear globally in the late Ediacaran Period (575-542 Ma). The physiology, feeding strategies, and functional morphology of the modular Ediacara organisms (rangeomorphs and erniettomorphs) remain debated but are critical for und...

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

authors： Laflamme M,Xiao S,Kowalewski M

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of androgen receptor (AR) via androgen in muscle cells has been closely linked to their growth and differentiation. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of supervillin (SV), a 205-kDa actin-binding protein, as an AR coregulator from the skeletal muscle cDNA library. Mammalian two-hybrid and glut...

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

authors： Ting HJ,Yeh S,Nishimura K,Chang C

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:When a fast-moving drop impacts onto a smooth substrate, splashing will be produced at the edge of the expanding liquid sheet. This ubiquitous phenomenon lacks a fundamental understanding. Combining experiment with model, we illustrate that the ultrathin air film trapped under the expanding liquid front triggers splas...

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

authors： Liu Y,Tan P,Xu L

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein 2.1 is a 210-kilodalton protein that connects erythrocyte spectrin to the NH2-terminal cytoplasmic domain of band 3 and thereby functions as the essential linkage between the membrane skeleton and the bilayer. We cleaved this protein into specific chemical domains by limited digestion with trypsin and alpha-ch...

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

authors： Wallin R,Culp EN,Coleman DB,Goodman SR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple-choice examinations play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these examinations deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test-takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy change t...

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

authors： Coffman KB,Klinowski D

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrete growing spiral modes are calculated, on the basis of principles of stellar dynamics, according to the recently developed asymptotic theory of density waves for spiral structure in galaxies. From the growth rates obtained, it appears likely that several spiral modes coexist in a given disk galaxy. General prop...

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

authors： Bertin G,Lau YY,Lin CC,Mark JW,Sugiyama L

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized the complete human villin gene. The villin gene is located on chromosome 2q35-36 in humans and on chromosome 1 in mice. Villin belongs to a family of calcium-regulated actin-binding proteins that share structural and functional homologies. The villin gene is expressed mainly in cells...

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

authors： Pringault E,Robine S,Louvard D

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we introduce the network histogram, a statistical summary of network interactions to be used as a tool for exploratory data analysis. A network histogram is obtained by fitting a stochastic blockmodel to a single observation of a network dataset. Blocks of edges play the role of histogram bins and commun...

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

authors： Olhede SC,Wolfe PJ

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1.1 Å, ultrahigh resolution neutron structure of hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchanged crambin is reported. Two hundred ninety-nine out of 315, or 94.9%, of the hydrogen atom positions in the protein have been experimentally derived and resolved through nuclear density maps. A number of unconventional interactions ar...

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

authors： Chen JC,Hanson BL,Fisher SZ,Langan P,Kovalevsky AY

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotranslational folding (CTF) is a fundamental molecular process that ensures efficient protein biosynthesis and minimizes the formation of misfolded states. However, the complexity of this process makes it extremely challenging to obtain structural characterizations of CTF pathways. Here, we correlate observations of...

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

authors： Waudby CA,Wlodarski T,Karyadi ME,Cassaignau AME,Chan SHS,Wentink AS,Schmidt-Engler JM,Camilloni C,Vendruscolo M,Cabrita LD,Christodoulou J

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the importance of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species toxicity in aging and senescence, we analyzed changes in mitochondrial function with age in mice with partial or complete deficiencies in the mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). Liver mitochondria from homozygous ...

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

authors： Kokoszka JE,Coskun P,Esposito LA,Wallace DC

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:After uptake by the endosome of an antigen-presenting cell (APC), exogenous proteins are known to be degraded into peptides by protease digestion. Here, we report the mechanism by which pure carbohydrates can be depolymerized within APC endosomes/lysosomes by nitric oxide (NO)-derived reactive nitrogen species (RNSs) ...

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

authors： Duan J,Avci FY,Kasper DL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent cryoEM density maps of Abeta(42) fibrils obtained at low pH revealed two protofilaments winding around a hollow core raising the question if such tubular structures also exist at physiological pH. Based on the cryoEM measurements and on NMR data, we probe amyloid fibril organizations corresponding to the observ...

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

authors： Miller Y,Ma B,Tsai CJ,Nussinov R

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspended aqueous aerosol droplets (<50 µm) are microreactors for many important atmospheric reactions. In droplets and other aquatic environments, pH is arguably the key parameter dictating chemical and biological processes. The nature of the droplet air/water interface has the potential to significantly alter drople...

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

authors： Wei H,Vejerano EP,Leng W,Huang Q,Willner MR,Marr LC,Vikesland PJ

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome is a catastrophic, pharmacoresistant epileptic encephalopathy. Disease onset occurs in the first year of life, followed by developmental delay with cognitive and behavioral dysfunction and substantially elevated risk of premature death. The majority of affected individuals harbor a loss-of-function mut...

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

authors： Richards KL,Milligan CJ,Richardson RJ,Jancovski N,Grunnet M,Jacobson LH,Undheim EAB,Mobli M,Chow CY,Herzig V,Csoti A,Panyi G,Reid CA,King GF,Petrou S

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the roles of the pseudospin and the valley degeneracy in electron scattering at graphene edges. It is found that they are strongly correlated with charge density modulations of short-wavelength oscillations and slowly decaying beat patterns in the electronic density profile. Theoretical analyses using n...

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

authors： Park C,Yang H,Mayne AJ,Dujardin G,Seo S,Kuk Y,Ihm J,Kim G

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial neural crest cells (crNCCs) migrate from the neural tube to the pharyngeal arches (PAs) of the developing embryo and, subsequently, differentiate into bone and connective tissue to form the mandible. Within the PAs, crNCCs respond to local signaling cues to partition into the proximo-distally oriented subdomai...

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

authors： Vincentz JW,Casasnovas JJ,Barnes RM,Que J,Clouthier DE,Wang J,Firulli AB

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic coupling of blood supply with energy demand is a natural brain property that requires signaling between synapses and endothelial cells. Our previous work showed that cortical arteriole lumen diameter is regulated by N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) expressed by brain endothelial cells. The purpose of th...

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

authors： Hogan-Cann AD,Lu P,Anderson CM

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Poliovirus type 1 cDNA sequences coding for viral capsid polypeptide VP1 were inserted into the beta-lactamase sequence of Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322. Resulting recombinant plasmid pSW119 expressed in Escherichia coli a VP1-beta-lactamase fusion protein that reacted with antibodies raised against poliovirus capsi...

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

authors： van der Werf S,Wychowski C,Bruneau P,Blondel B,Crainic R,Horodniceanu F,Girard M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaseous molecular ions containing argon and perchlorethylene, Ar(n)(C(2)Cl(4))(m) (+) in which n >/= 1-29 and m >/= 1-4, are produced by electron bombardment of van der Waals clusters formed by expanding an Ar/C(2)Cl(4) mixture through a supersonic nozzle. Previous attempts to observe such ions in a high-pressure mass...

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

authors： Buelow SJ,Worsnop DR,Herschbach DR

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed combinatorial peptide library screening in vivo on a novel human prostate cancer xenograft that is androgen-independent and induces a robust osteoblastic reaction in bonelike matrix and soft tissue. We found two peptides, PKRGFQD and SNTRVAP, which were enriched in the tumors, targeted the cell surface of...

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

authors： Mandelin J,Cardó-Vila M,Driessen WH,Mathew P,Navone NM,Lin SH,Logothetis CJ,Rietz AC,Dobroff AS,Proneth B,Sidman RL,Pasqualini R,Arap W

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma is a chronic systemic disease that leads to fibrosis of affected organs. Transforming growth factor (TGF) beta has been implicated in the pathogenesis of scleroderma. Smad proteins are signaling transducers downstream from TGF-beta receptors. Three families of Smads have been identified: (i) receptor-regul...

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

authors： Dong C,Zhu S,Wang T,Yoon W,Li Z,Alvarez RJ,ten Dijke P,White B,Wigley FM,Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects living in the temperate zone enter a physiological state of arrested or slowed development to overcome an adverse season, such as winter. Developmental arrest, called diapause, occurs at a species-specific developmental stage, and embryonic and pupal diapauses have been extensively studied in mostly holometabo...

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

authors： Miki T,Shinohara T,Chafino S,Noji S,Tomioka K

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of Drosophila requires the function of the CREB-binding protein, dCBP. In flies, dCBP serves as a coactivator for the transcription factors Cubitus interruptus, Dorsal, and Mad, and as a cosuppressor of Drosophila T cell factor. Current models propose that CBP, through its intrinsic and associated hist...

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

authors： Bantignies F,Goodman RH,Smolik SM

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand non-trivial biological functions, it is crucial to develop minimal synthetic models that capture their basic features. Here, we demonstrate a sequence-independent, reversible control of transcription and gene expression using a photosensitive nucleic acid binder (pNAB). By introducing a pNAB whose affini...

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

authors： Estévez-Torres A,Crozatier C,Diguet A,Hara T,Saito H,Yoshikawa K,Baigl D

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00