Generation of fibrosarcomas in vivo by a retrovirus that expresses the normal B chain of platelet-derived growth factor and mimics the alternative splice pattern of the v-sis oncogene.

abstract：:Severe burn trauma is generally followed by a catabolic response that leads to muscle wasting and weakness affecting skeletal musculature. Here, we perform whole-genome expression and in vivo NMR spectroscopy studies to define respectively the full set of burn-induced changes in skeletal muscle gene expression and the...

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

authors： Padfield KE,Astrakas LG,Zhang Q,Gopalan S,Dai G,Mindrinos MN,Tompkins RG,Rahme LG,Tzika AA

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Social behavior is often shaped by the rich storehouse of biographical information that we hold for other people. In our daily life, we rapidly and flexibly retrieve a host of biographical details about individuals in our social network, which often guide our decisions as we navigate complex social interactions. Even ...

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

authors： Wang Y,Collins JA,Koski J,Nugiel T,Metoki A,Olson IR

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the rational design, synthesis, and study of a ligand that selectively complexes CUG repeats in RNA (and CTG repeats in DNA) with high nanomolar affinity. This sequence is considered a causative agent of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) because of its ability to sequester muscleblind-like (MBNL) pro...

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

authors： Arambula JF,Ramisetty SR,Baranger AM,Zimmerman SC

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term, localized delivery of small molecules from a biodegradable thin film is challenging owing to their low molecular weight and poor charge density. Accomplishing highly extended controlled release can facilitate high therapeutic levels in specific regions of the body while significantly reducing the toxicity t...

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

authors： Hsu BB,Park MH,Hagerman SR,Hammond PT

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolytic pore-forming toxins are important for the virulence of many disease-causing bacteria. How target cells molecularly respond to these toxins and whether or not they can mount a defense are poorly understood. By using microarrays, we demonstrate that the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans responds robustly to Cry5...

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

authors： Huffman DL,Abrami L,Sasik R,Corbeil J,van der Goot FG,Aroian RV

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:(3)H-actinomycin D, a guanine-binding agent, labels fixed human chromosomes nonrandomly. Actinomycin D added in G2 inhibits secondary constrictions and breaks chromosomes. There is some tendency for label to be concentrated at the ends of chromosomes and near the centromere. Labeling with (3)H-thymidine in the late st...

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

authors： Miles CP

更新日期：1970-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leukemic fusion gene AML1-MDS1-EVI1 (AME) encodes a chimeric transcription factor that results from the t(3,21)(q26;q22) translocation seen in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome, or with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis. The myeloid transcription factor CEBP...

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

authors： Helbling D,Mueller BU,Timchenko NA,Hagemeijer A,Jotterand M,Meyer-Monard S,Lister A,Rowley JD,Huegli B,Fey MF,Pabst T

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian centromere function depends upon a specialized chromatin organization where distinct domains of CENP-A and dimethyl K4 histone H3, forming centric chromatin, are uniquely positioned on or near the surface of the chromosome. These distinct domains are embedded in pericentric heterochromatin (characterized by ...

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

authors： Greaves IK,Rangasamy D,Ridgway P,Tremethick DJ

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the pathogenic processes contributing to dopaminergic neuron (DN) death in Parkinson disease (PD), evidence points to non-cell-autonomous mechanisms, particularly chronic inflammation mounted by activated microglia. Yet little is known about endogenous regulatory processes that determine microglial actions in pa...

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

authors： Ros-Bernal F,Hunot S,Herrero MT,Parnadeau S,Corvol JC,Lu L,Alvarez-Fischer D,Carrillo-de Sauvage MA,Saurini F,Coussieu C,Kinugawa K,Prigent A,Höglinger G,Hamon M,Tronche F,Hirsch EC,Vyas S

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of DNA molecules tethered to the surface of a microarray may significantly affect the efficiency of hybridization. Although a number of methods have been applied to determine the structure of the DNA layer, they are not very sensitive to variations in the shape of DNA molecules. Here we describe the a...

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

authors： Moiseev L,Unlü MS,Swan AK,Goldberg BB,Cantor CR

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hop2 and Mnd1 are abundant meiosisspecific chromosomal proteins, and mutations in the corresponding genes lead to defects in meiotic recombination and in homologous chromosome interactions during mid-prophase. Analysis of various double mutants suggests that HOP2, MND1, and DMC1 act in the sam...

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

authors： Chen YK,Leng CH,Olivares H,Lee MH,Chang YC,Kung WM,Ti SC,Lo YH,Wang AH,Chang CS,Bishop DK,Hsueh YP,Wang TF

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:H-NS and Lsr2 are nucleoid-associated proteins from Gram-negative bacteria and Mycobacteria, respectively, that play an important role in the silencing of horizontally acquired foreign DNA that is more AT-rich than the resident genome. Despite the fact that Lsr2 and H-NS proteins are dissimilar in sequence and structu...

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

authors： Gordon BR,Li Y,Cote A,Weirauch MT,Ding P,Hughes TR,Navarre WW,Xia B,Liu J

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium-binding proteins are abundantly expressed in many neuronal populations. Previous evidence suggests that calcium-binding proteins can modulate various neuronal properties, presumably by their action as calcium buffers. The importance of calcium-binding proteins for nervous system function in an in...

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

authors： Airaksinen MS,Eilers J,Garaschuk O,Thoenen H,Konnerth A,Meyer M

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA repair alkyltransferases protect organisms against the cytotoxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic effects of alkylating agents by transferring alkyl adducts from DNA to an active cysteine on the protein, thereby restoring the native DNA structure. We used random sequence substitutions to gain structure-function inform...

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

authors： Christians FC,Loeb LA

更新日期：1996-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of a human monoclonal antibody (Fab), which binds specifically to a major epitope of the transmembrane protein gp41 of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1, has been determined by crystallographic methods to a resolution of 2.7 A. It has been previously determined that this antibody ...

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

authors： He XM,Rüker F,Casale E,Carter DC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The auditory cortex is critical for perceiving a sound's location. However, there is no topographic representation of acoustic space, and individual auditory cortical neurons are often broadly tuned to stimulus location. It thus remains unclear how acoustic space is represented in the mammalian cerebral cortex and how...

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

authors： Miller LM,Recanzone GH

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids that contain synthetic genes coding for small oligoribonucleotides called external guide sequences (EGSs) have been introduced into strains of Escherichia coli harboring antibiotic resistance genes. The EGSs direct RNase P to cleave the mRNAs transcribed from these genes thereby converting the phenotype of dr...

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

authors： Guerrier-Takada C,Salavati R,Altman S

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The sloppy paired (slp) locus consists of two genes, slp1 and slp2, both of which encode proteins containing a forkhead domain (a DNA-binding motif). Previous work has shown that a severe segmentation phenotype is obtained only when both slp genes are deleted. Here we examine the functional redundancy of the locus in ...

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

authors： Cadigan KM,Grossniklaus U,Gehring WJ

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the arenavirus family, famous for their hemorrhagic syndromes, cause distinct neurological disorders; however, cellular and molecular targets as well as pathogenesis of peripheral nervous system disorders associated with these viruses are unknown. Using noncytolytic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, the p...

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

authors： Rambukkana A,Kunz S,Min J,Campbell KP,Oldstone MB

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cercospora nicotianae SOR1 (singlet oxygen resistance) gene was identified previously as a gene involved in resistance of this fungus to singlet-oxygen-generating phototoxins. Although homologues to SOR1 occur in organisms in four kingdoms and encode one of the most highly conserved proteins yet identified, the pr...

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

authors： Ehrenshaft M,Bilski P,Li MY,Chignell CF,Daub ME

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Four major neutralizing regions of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein were identified and characterized with a panel of 80 HIV-1 antibody-positive human sera. Levels of neutralizing antibodies against the HIV-1 strains IIIB, SF2, and RF were compared with reactivity in ELISAs against...

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

authors： Broliden PA,von Gegerfelt A,Clapham P,Rosen J,Fenyö EM,Wahren B,Broliden K

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first part of a quantitative theory for the structure and dynamics of forests at demographic and resource steady state. The theory uses allometric scaling relations, based on metabolism and biomechanics, to quantify how trees use resources, fill space, and grow. These individual-level traits and propert...

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

authors： West GB,Enquist BJ,Brown JH

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:NifEN is a key player in the biosynthesis of nitrogenase MoFe protein. It not only shares a considerable degree of sequence homology with the MoFe protein, but also contains clusters that are homologous to those found in the MoFe protein. Here we present an investigation of the catalytic activities of NifEN. Our data ...

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

authors： Hu Y,Yoshizawa JM,Fay AW,Lee CC,Wiig JA,Ribbe MW

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The TrkC neurotrophin receptor belongs to the functional dependence receptor family, members of which share the ability to induce apoptosis in the absence of their ligands. Such a trait has been hypothesized to confer tumor-suppressor activity. Indeed, cells that express these receptors are thought to be dependent on ...

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

authors： Genevois AL,Ichim G,Coissieux MM,Lambert MP,Lavial F,Goldschneider D,Jarrosson-Wuilleme L,Lepinasse F,Gouysse G,Herceg Z,Scoazec JY,Tauszig-Delamasure S,Mehlen P

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients and tumor-bearing mice possess serum antibodies that recognize antigens expressed by cancer cells at the time of diagnosis. After diagnosis, cancers progress to more aggressive stages, most often by acquiring new genetic changes that can give rise to new proteins, some of which are antigenic. However, ...

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

authors： Spiotto MT,Reth MA,Schreiber H

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ice-core records show that climate changes in the past have been large, rapid, and synchronous over broad areas extending into low latitudes, with less variability over historical times. These ice-core records come from high mountain glaciers and the polar regions, including small ice caps and the large ice sheets of ...

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

authors： Alley RB

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural-abundance (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of ten common nucleotides in neutral, aqueous solutions have been determined and interpreted. The spectra of two of these substances were also determined in acidic solutions, and several of the carbon chemical shifts were found to depend markedly on pH. Within...

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

authors： Dorman DE,Roberts JD

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping biological pathways across microbial genomes is a highly important technique in functional studies of biological systems. Existing methods mainly rely on sequence-based orthologous gene mapping, which often leads to suboptimal mapping results because sequence-similarity information alone does not contain suffi...

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

authors： Mao F,Su Z,Olman V,Dam P,Liu Z,Xu Y

更新日期：2006-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosins, a large family of actin-based motors, have one or two heavy chains with one or more light chains associated with each heavy chain. The heavy chains have a (generally) N-terminal head domain with an ATPase and actin-binding site, followed by a neck domain to which the light chains bind, and a C-terminal tail d...

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

authors： Korn ED

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerases (DNAPs) responsible for genome replication are highly faithful enzymes that nonetheless cannot deal with damaged DNA. In contrast, translesion synthesis (TLS) DNAPs are suitable for replicating modified template bases, although resulting in very low-fidelity products. Here we report the biochemical cha...

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

authors： Berjón-Otero M,Villar L,de Vega M,Salas M,Redrejo-Rodríguez M

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00