Autism-associated mutation inhibits protein kinase C-mediated neuroligin-4X enhancement of excitatory synapses.

abstract：:The hyperactivity of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been implicated in the development and maintenance of hypertension in several types of experimental and genetic hypertension animal models. We previously reported that in the murine brain, aminopeptidase A (APA) is involved in the conversion of angioten...

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

authors： Fournie-Zaluski MC,Fassot C,Valentin B,Djordjijevic D,Reaux-Le Goazigo A,Corvol P,Roques BP,Llorens-Cortes C

更新日期：2004-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Siderophores are essential factors for iron (Fe) acquisition in bacteria during colonization and infection of eukaryotic hosts, which restrain iron access through iron-binding protein, such as lactoferrin and transferrin. The synthesis of siderophores by Escherichia coli is considered to be fully regulated at the tran...

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

authors： Salvail H,Lanthier-Bourbonnais P,Sobota JM,Caza M,Benjamin JA,Mendieta ME,Lépine F,Dozois CM,Imlay J,Massé E

更新日期：2010-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse teratocarcinoma cells induced to differentiate in vitro undergo a massive (30%) demethylation of DNA. A similar undermethylation is also observed in the mouse extraembryonic membranes, the yolk sac and placenta. In both cases, the decrease in methyl moieties occurs at a large number of CpG sites spread out over ...

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

authors： Razin A,Webb C,Szyf M,Yisraeli J,Rosenthal A,Naveh-Many T,Sciaky-Gallili N,Cedar H

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR) cause hypercholesterolemia because of inefficient LDL clearance from the circulation. In addition, there is a paradoxical oversecretion of the metabolic precursor of LDL, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). We recently demonstrated that the LDLR mediates ...

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

authors： Gillian-Daniel DL,Bates PW,Tebon A,Attie AD

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella and establishes latency in sensory ganglia. VZV reactivation results in herpes zoster. We developed a model using human dorsal root ganglion (DRG) xenografts in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice to investigate VZV infection of differentiated neurons and satellite...

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

authors： Zerboni L,Ku CC,Jones CD,Zehnder JL,Arvin AM

更新日期：2005-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycosyltransferases of the mammalian Golgi complex must recycle between the stacked cisternae of that organelle to maintain their proper steady-state localization. This trafficking is mediated by COPI-coated vesicles, but how the glycosyltransferases are incorporated into these transport vesicles is poorly unders...

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

authors： Liu L,Doray B,Kornfeld S

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In Arabidopsis, the two-dimensional expansion of leaves is regulated via the polarized elongation of cells. The ROTUNDIFOLIA3 (ROT3) protein, a member of the family of cytochromes P450, is involved in this process and regulates leaf length. Transgenic plants that overexpressed a wild-type ROT3 gene had longer leaves t...

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

authors： Kim GT,Tsukaya H,Saito Y,Uchimiya H

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The reconstruction of phylogenetic trees from DNA and protein sequences is confounded by unequal rate effects. These effects can group rapidly evolving taxa with other rapidly evolving taxa, whether or not they are genealogically related. All algorithms are sensitive to these effects whenever the assumptions on which ...

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

authors： Lake JA

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain src protooncogene is expressed in two forms, one identical to message in other tissues, and one containing an 18-nucleotide insert specific to brain. We have mapped mRNA for the two forms of src in rat brain with selective antisense oligonucleotide probes to the brain (src+) and peripheral (src-) forms. Fetal ra...

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

authors： Ross CA,Wright GE,Resh MD,Pearson RC,Snyder SH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis thaliana SOS1 protein is a putative Na+/H+ antiporter that functions in Na+ extrusion and is essential for the NaCl tolerance of plants. sos1 mutant plants share phenotypic similarities with mutants lacking the protein kinase SOS2 and the Ca2+ sensor SOS3. To investigate whether the three SOS proteins ...

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

authors： Quintero FJ,Ohta M,Shi H,Zhu JK,Pardo JM

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro T-cell receptor-induced programmed cell death in both activated T cells from human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative (HIV-) donors and resting T cells from HIV+ donors was substantially influenced by cytokines. Addition of exogenous recombinant "type 1" lymphokines interferon gamma and interleukin 2 (IL-2),...

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

authors： Clerici M,Sarin A,Coffman RL,Wynn TA,Blatt SP,Hendrix CW,Wolf SF,Shearer GM,Henkart PA

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A remarkable property of tetrapod bone is its ability to detect and remodel areas where damage has accumulated through prolonged use. This process, believed vital to the long-term health of bone, is considered to be initiated and orchestrated by osteocytes, cells within the bone matrix. It is therefore surprising that...

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

authors： Atkins A,Dean MN,Habegger ML,Motta PJ,Ofer L,Repp F,Shipov A,Weiner S,Currey JD,Shahar R

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:After encoding, memory traces are initially fragile and have to be reinforced to become permanent. The initial steps of this process occur at a cellular level within minutes or hours. Besides this rapid synaptic consolidation, systems consolidation occurs within a time frame of days to years. For declarative memory, t...

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

authors： Gais S,Albouy G,Boly M,Dang-Vu TT,Darsaud A,Desseilles M,Rauchs G,Schabus M,Sterpenich V,Vandewalle G,Maquet P,Peigneux P

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Key predictions of the Hubble law are inconsistent with direct observations on equitable complete samples of extragalactic sources in the optical, infrared, and x-ray wave bands-e.g., the predicted dispersion in apparent magnitude is persistently greatly in excess of its observed value, precluding an explanation via h...

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

authors： Segal IE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharides have been isolated, fractionated, and characterized from the nuclei of cultured B16 mouse melanoma cells grown in the presence of (3-H)-glucosamine and (35-S)sulfate. Digestion of the nuclei with DNase followed by Pronase gave a mixture of complex carbohydrates from which the mucopolysaccharides we...

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

authors： Bhavanandan VP,Davidson EA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured rat embryo cells are resistant to neoplastic transformation by chemical carcinogens unless they are extensively subcultured or infected with a murine leukemia virus (MuLV) first. We found that, in normal cultured cells, MuLV activates expression of rat genes that are the progenitors of sarcoma virus genes, b...

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

authors： Kimball PC,Simon MC,Mishra NK

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypernociceptive effects of cytokines [TNF-alpha, keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), and IL-1beta] and their participation in carrageenan (Cg)-induced inflammatory hypernociception in mice were investigated. Nociceptor sensitization (hypernociception) was quantified with an electronic version of the von Frey fil...

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

authors： Cunha TM,Verri WA Jr,Silva JS,Poole S,Cunha FQ,Ferreira SH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunas are migratory fishes in offshore habitats and top predators with unique features. Despite their ecological importance and high market values, the open-ocean lifestyle of tuna, in which effective sensing systems such as color vision are required for capture of prey, has been poorly understood. To elucidate the ge...

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

authors： Nakamura Y,Mori K,Saitoh K,Oshima K,Mekuchi M,Sugaya T,Shigenobu Y,Ojima N,Muta S,Fujiwara A,Yasuike M,Oohara I,Hirakawa H,Chowdhury VS,Kobayashi T,Nakajima K,Sano M,Wada T,Tashiro K,Ikeo K,Hattori M,Kuhara S,

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates membrane protein phosphorylation in a human cell line, A-431. The known hepatic mitogenic action of EGF and the reduction in EGF receptor number that occurs during liver regeneration led us to study whether EGF-dependent protein kinase activity was present in rat liver and whet...

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

authors： Rubin RA,O'Keefe EJ,Earp HS

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have detected a variant species of bovine growth hormone mRNA in bovine pituitary tissue and in a stably transfected bovine growth hormone-producing cell line. Analysis of this variant mRNA indicated that the last intervening sequence (intron D) had not been removed by splicing. Inspection of the sequence of intron...

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

authors： Hampson RK,Rottman FM

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity-fractionated porcine heparin was randomly scissioned by chemical techniques to give hexasaccharides, octasaccharides, decasaccharides, and mucopolysaccharide fragments of approximately 14 residues and approximately 16 residues that were able to complex with the protease inhibitor. Direct measurements of the k...

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

authors： Oosta GM,Gardner WT,Beeler DL,Rosenberg RD

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent anti-inflammatory agents that block cytokine production. We investigated whether GCs also block cytokine signaling via the Janus kinase (Jak)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway. Dexamethasone inhibited IL-2-induced DNA binding, tyrosine phosphorylation, and...

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

authors： Bianchi M,Meng C,Ivashkiv LB

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Work with non-human primates had previously demonstrated that the mid-dorsolateral frontal cortex, which comprises cytoarchitectonic areas 46 and 9, plays a critical role in the performance of non-spatial self-ordered working memory tasks, whereas the immediately adjacent posterior dorsolateral frontal cortex (area 8)...

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

authors： Petrides M,Alivisatos B,Evans AC,Meyer E

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using both double-colony hybridization and an in situ immunostaining assay for transformants, 39 cDNA clones (clone p-16 alpha) encoding mouse liver microsomal testosterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase (cytochrome P-450(16) alpha) were isolated from a cDNA library constructed in the cloning vector pUC-9 with poly(A)+ RNA i...

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

authors： Harada N,Negishi M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have detected an endoglycosidase activity produced by Flavobacterium meningosepticum. This enzyme, named endo F, cleaves glycans of both the high-mannose and the complex type linked through asparagine to the protein backbone. The data indicate that cleavage occurs via hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond of the N,N'-d...

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

authors： Elder JH,Alexander S

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex of ribosomal DNA with RNA has been isolated from ovaries of metamorphosing tadpoles of Xenopus laevis. The complex is disrupted by treatments that destroy hydrogen bonds, and the sedimentation of the DNA within the complex is sensitive to RNase. We suggest that the RNA-ribosomal DNA complex is an intermediat...

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

authors： Brown RD,Tocchini-Valentini GP

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylenediaminetetraacetate and other divalent-cation-complexing agents greatly stimulate the cellular binding of DNA molecules to competent pneumococci, while the appearance of genetic transformants and nuclease-resistant DNA binding are completely inhibited. Based on this finding, we developed an experimental system...

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

authors： Seto H,Tomasz A

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is a landmark agreement that has successfully reduced the global production, consumption, and emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). ODSs are also greenhouse gases that contribute to the radiative forcing of climate change. Using historical...

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

authors： Velders GJ,Andersen SO,Daniel JS,Fahey DW,McFarland M

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibrillary tangles are one of two lesions found in the brain of Alzheimer disease victims. With synthetic peptide fragments of human neurofilament NF-M17 (Glu-Glu-Lys-Gly-Lys-Ser-Pro- Val-Pro-Lys-Ser-Pro-Val-Glu-Glu-Lys-Gly, phosphorylated and unphosphorylated), CD studies were done to examine the effect of sodiu...

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

authors： Fasman GD,Moore CD

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein metallochaperones ensure fidelity during cofactor assembly for a variety of metalloproteins, including adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl)-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and hydrogenase, and thus have both medical and biofuel development applications. Here, we present crystal structures of IcmF, a natural fusion ...

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

authors： Jost M,Cracan V,Hubbard PA,Banerjee R,Drennan CL

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00