Locating folds of the in-register parallel β-sheet of the Sup35p prion domain infectious amyloid.

abstract：:Cyclodextrins are cyclic oligosaccharides widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to improve drug delivery and to increase the solubility of hydrophobic compounds. Anabaenolysins are lipopeptides produced by cyanobacteria with potent lytic activity in cholesterol-containing membranes. Here, we identified the 23- to...

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

authors： Shishido TK,Jokela J,Kolehmainen CT,Fewer DP,Wahlsten M,Wang H,Rouhiainen L,Rizzi E,De Bellis G,Permi P,Sivonen K

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) represents one of the most common RNA modifications in eukaryotes. Specific m6A writer, eraser, and reader proteins have been identified. As an m6A eraser, ALKBH5 specifically removes m6A from target mRNAs and inactivation of Alkbh5 leads to male infertility in mice. However, the underlying mo...

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

authors： Tang C,Klukovich R,Peng H,Wang Z,Yu T,Zhang Y,Zheng H,Klungland A,Yan W

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtain a collection of multilinear Littlewood-Paley estimates, which we then apply to two problems in partial differential equations. The first problem is the estimation of the square root of an elliptic operator in divergence form, and the second is the estimation of solutions to the Cauchy problem for nondivergen...

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

authors： Fabes EB,Jerison DS,Kenig CE

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ChIP-on-chip has emerged as a powerful tool to dissect the complex network of regulatory interactions between transcription factors and their targets. However, most ChIP-on-chip analysis methods use conservative approaches aimed at minimizing false-positive transcription factor targets. We present a model with improve...

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

authors： Margolin AA,Palomero T,Sumazin P,Califano A,Ferrando AA,Stolovitzky G

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian brains, multielectrode recordings during sensory stimulation have revealed oscillations in different cortical areas that are transiently synchronous. These synchronizations have been hypothesized to support integration of sensory information or represent the operation of attentional mechanisms, but their ...

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

authors： Prechtl JC

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), characterized by progressive muscle weakness and deterioration, is genetically linked to aberrant expression of DUX4 in muscle. DUX4, in its full-length form, is cytotoxic in nongermline tissues. Here, we designed locked nucleic acid (LNA) gapmer antisense oligonucleotide...

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

authors： Lim KRQ,Maruyama R,Echigoya Y,Nguyen Q,Zhang A,Khawaja H,Sen Chandra S,Jones T,Jones P,Chen YW,Yokota T

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor alpha-difluoromethylornithine, when given to adult rats in vivo for 5 wk, resulted in a decrease in peripheral blood cell elements in normal rats and a marked suppression of marrow recovery in rats with chemotherapy-induced marrow hypoplasia. In normal rats, alpha-difluor...

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

authors： Luk GD,Sharkis SJ,Abeloff MD,McCann PP,Sjoerdsma A,Baylin SB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration, the adherence of infected erythrocytes containing late developmental stages of the parasite (trophozoites and schizonts) to the endothelium of capillaries and venules, is characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum infections. We have studied two host factors, the spleen and antibody, that influence sequest...

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

authors： David PH,Hommel M,Miller LH,Udeinya IJ,Oligino LD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heterogeneous RNA fraction with properties resembling those of messenger RNA was identified in mammalian mitochondria. Synthesis of contaminating RNA of nuclear origin was suppressed by treatment with camptothecin. Labeling of the messenger-like RNA is completely inhibited by ethidium bromide, a specific inhibitor o...

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

authors： Perlman S,Abelson HT,Penman S

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the human, cone photoreceptors (L, M, and S) and the melanopsin-containing, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are active at daytime light intensities. Signals from cones are combined both additively and in opposition to create the perception of overall light and color. Similar mechanisms ...

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

authors： Spitschan M,Jain S,Brainard DH,Aguirre GK

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:When T cells become infected by the parasite Theileria parva, they acquire a transformed phenotype and no longer require antigen-specific stimulation or exogenous growth factors. This is accompanied by constitutive interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-2 receptor expression. Transformation can be reversed entirely by eliminatio...

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

authors： Galley Y,Hagens G,Glaser I,Davis W,Eichhorn M,Dobbelaere D

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of anticodon loop replacement has been used to make derivatives of yeast tRNAPhe. By constructing tRNAs with a CUA anticodon, complementary to the amber (UAG) terminator, functional amber suppressor tRNAs were produced. The activity of these tRNAs was assayed in a mammalian cell-free protein synthesizing sy...

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

authors： Bruce AG,Atkins JF,Wills N,Uhlenbeck O,Gesteland RF

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a potential landscape approach to quantitatively describe experimental data from a fibroblast cell line that exhibits a wide range of GFP expression levels under the control of the promoter for tenascin-C. Time-lapse live-cell microscopy provides data about short-term fluctuations in promoter activity, and ...

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

authors： Sisan DR,Halter M,Hubbard JB,Plant AL

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A polar lipid containing about 20 per cent of the lipid soluble inositol has been purified from cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This compound labeled with (3)H-inositol, (32)P(i), or (14)C glucose was isolated from aqueous pyridine extracts by means of paper chromatography. Unlabeled compound was obtained by a diff...

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

authors： Steiner S,Smith S,Waechter CJ,Lester RL

更新日期：1969-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease is caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the N-terminal exon of huntingtin (HttEx1), but the cellular mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration remain poorly understood. Here we present in situ structural studies by cryo-electron tomography of an established yeast model system ...

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

authors： Gruber A,Hornburg D,Antonin M,Krahmer N,Collado J,Schaffer M,Zubaite G,Lüchtenborg C,Sachsenheimer T,Brügger B,Mann M,Baumeister W,Hartl FU,Hipp MS,Fernández-Busnadiego R

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage display of antibodies provides a method for the generation of immunological reagents against rare and uncharacterized antigens. To ascertain the usefulness of this approach for the characterization of inner-ear proteins, we produced a bacteriophage-displayed antibody-fragment library directed against pro...

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

authors： Cyr JL,Hudspeth AJ

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the genetic interactions between mutant alleles in 12 genes, designated PER1-PER12, which are essential for peroxisome biogenesis in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Recessive mutations in any of these genes determined three different morphological phenotypes: (i) complete absence of peroxisomes (Per-);...

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

authors： Titorenko VI,Waterham HR,Cregg JM,Harder W,Veenhuis M

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Helping and sharing among humans is often motivated by empathy and accompanied by a sense of satisfaction. To determine whether similar self-rewarding mechanisms may underpin assistance among nonhuman primates, eight female brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) underwent testing in a simple choice paradigm. Paired wit...

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

authors： de Waal FB,Leimgruber K,Greenberg AR

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal guidance is key to the formation of neuronal circuitry. Semaphorin 3A (Sema 3A; previously known as semaphorin III, semaphorin D, and collapsin-1), a secreted subtype of the semaphorin family, is an important axonal guidance molecule in vitro and in vivo. The molecular mechanisms of the repellent activity of se...

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

authors： Behar O,Mizuno K,Badminton M,Woolf CJ

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic morphine administration is associated with the development of tolerance, both clinically and in animal models. Many assume that tolerance is a continually progressive response to chronic opioid dosing. However, clinicians have long appreciated the ability to manage cancer pain in patients for months on stable ...

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

authors： Xu J,Faskowitz AJ,Rossi GC,Xu M,Lu Z,Pan YX,Pasternak GW

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial amino acid sequence has been determined for the cone, alpha' subunit of the bovine photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) and deduced from nucleotide sequences of a partial cDNA clone. These sequences identify the alpha' subunit as the product of a gene that is distinct from those encoding the...

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

authors： Charbonneau H,Prusti RK,LeTrong H,Sonnenburg WK,Mullaney PJ,Walsh KA,Beavo JA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequences containing short adenine tracts are intrinsically curved and play a role in transcriptional regulation. Despite many high-resolution NMR and x-ray studies, the origins of curvature remain disputed. Long-range restraints provided by 85 residual dipolar couplings were measured for a DNA decamer containing ...

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

authors： Barbic A,Zimmer DP,Crothers DM

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi that cause brown rot of wood are essential biomass recyclers and also the principal agents of decay in wooden structures, but the extracellular mechanisms by which they degrade lignocellulose remain unknown. To test the hypothesis that brown-rot fungi use extracellular free radical oxidants as biodegradative too...

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

authors： Kerem Z,Bao W,Hammel KE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trust is a critical social process that helps us to cooperate with others and is present to some degree in all human interaction. However, the underlying brain mechanisms of conditional and unconditional trust in social reciprocal exchange are still obscure. Here, we used hyperfunctional magnetic resonance imaging, in...

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

authors： Krueger F,McCabe K,Moll J,Kriegeskorte N,Zahn R,Strenziok M,Heinecke A,Grafman J

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation spectrum induced by the widely used antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cis-DDP) showed that cisDDP[d(ApG)] adducts, although they account for only 25% of the lesions formed, are approximately 5 times more mutagenic than the major GG adduct. We report the construction of vectors bearing a sin...

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

authors： Burnouf D,Gauthier C,Chottard JC,Fuchs RP

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most neurotransmission is mediated by action potentials, whereas sensory neurons propagate electrical signals passively and release neurotransmitter in a graded manner. Here, we demonstrate that Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions release neurotransmitter in a graded fashion. When motor neurons were depolar...

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

authors： Liu Q,Hollopeter G,Jorgensen EM

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distribution of plant defenses within a leaf may be critical in explaining patterns of herbivory. The generalist lepidopteran larvae, Helicoverpa armigera (the cotton bollworm), avoided the midvein and periphery of Arabidopsis thaliana rosette leaves and fed almost exclusively on the inner lamina. This fee...

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

authors： Shroff R,Vergara F,Muck A,Svatos A,Gershenzon J

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf-cutting ants combine large-scale herbivory with fungus farming to sustain advanced societies. Their stratified colonies are major evolutionary achievements and serious agricultural pests, but the crucial adaptations that allowed this mutualism to become the prime herbivorous component of neotropical ecosystems ha...

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

authors： De Fine Licht HH,Schiøtt M,Rogowska-Wrzesinska A,Nygaard S,Roepstorff P,Boomsma JJ

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:2-[4-(3,4-Dichlorophenylureido)phenoxy]-2-methylpropionic acid, LR16, combines with two symmetrically related sites in the central cavity of deoxyhemoglobin, 20 A away from the binding site of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate, and acts as an allosteric effector synergistic with 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate. LR16 (1 mM) raises P50, ...

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

authors： Lalezari I,Rahbar S,Lalezari P,Fermi G,Perutz MF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult naive T cells, which are at rest in normal conditions, proliferate strongly when transferred to lymphopenic hosts. In neonates, the first mature thymocytes to migrate to the periphery reach a compartment devoid of preexisting T cells. We have extensively analyzed the proliferation rate and phenotype of periphera...

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

authors： Le Campion A,Bourgeois C,Lambolez F,Martin B,Léaument S,Dautigny N,Tanchot C,Pénit C,Lucas B

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00