Translation of melittin messenger RNA in vitro yields a product terminating with glutaminylglycine rather than with glutaminamide.

abstract：:Colonization of land by plants was a major transition on Earth, but the developmental and genetic innovations required for this transition remain unknown. Physiological studies and the fossil record strongly suggest that the ability of the first land plants to form symbiotic associations with beneficial fungi was one ...

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

authors： Delaux PM,Radhakrishnan GV,Jayaraman D,Cheema J,Malbreil M,Volkening JD,Sekimoto H,Nishiyama T,Melkonian M,Pokorny L,Rothfels CJ,Sederoff HW,Stevenson DW,Surek B,Zhang Y,Sussman MR,Dunand C,Morris RJ,Roux C,Wong GK

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Old noninbred fly mortality decreases according to the inverse linear law and reduces to a single suborder-specific age. Relative child mortality (the mortality at a given age related to the mortality at 10 years) from 1 mo to 11 years is the same with 8% mean accuracy for all humans, independent of race, country, sex...

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

authors： Azbel' MY

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae translation initiation factor eIF-4A, an RNA helicase of the Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD) box protein family, was mutated in the putative ATP binding site and expressed in Escherichia coli. Mutant proteins with alanine at position 66 replaced by glycine [eIF-4A(A66G)] or valine [eIF-4A(A66V)] were p...

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

authors： Blum S,Schmid SR,Pause A,Buser P,Linder P,Sonenberg N,Trachsel H

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The exo isomer of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) 8,9-epoxide appears to be the only product of AFB1 involved in reaction with DNA and reacts with the N7 atom of guanine via an SN2 reaction from an intercalated state. Although the epoxide hydrolyzes rapidly in H2O (0.6 s-1 at 25 degrees C), very high yields of DNA adduct result. ...

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

authors： Johnson WW,Guengerich FP

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Base excision repair (BER) removes at least 20,000 DNA lesions per human cell per day and is critical for the maintenance of genomic stability. We hypothesize that aberrant BER, resulting from mutations in BER genes, can lead to genomic instability and cancer. The first step in BER is catalyzed by DNA N-glycosylases. ...

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

authors： Galick HA,Kathe S,Liu M,Robey-Bond S,Kidane D,Wallace SS,Sweasy JB

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the formation and removal of (+-)-3 alpha,4 beta-dihydroxy-1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxy-1,2,3,4- tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthrene (BcPHDE)-DNA adducts in two Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. One line of repair-proficient cells (MK42) carries a stable 150-fold amplification of the dihydrofolate reductase (DH...

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

authors： Carothers AM,Zhen W,Mucha J,Zhang YJ,Santella RM,Grunberger D,Bohr VA

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the genomic sequence at the site of insertion in 2,266 unselected P element insertion events. Estimating physical properties of the genomic DNA at these insertion sites-such as base composition, bendability, A-philicity, protein-induced deformability, and B-DNA twist-revealed that they differ significant...

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

authors： Liao GC,Rehm EJ,Rubin GM

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Following proteolytic conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, clot assembly commences with formation of double-stranded fibrils that subsequently branch extensively in forming a three-dimensional network. Plasmin digests of fibrin clots that had first been covalently crosslinked by plasma transglutaminase (factor XIIIa) c...

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

authors： Mosesson MW,Siebenlist KR,Amrani DL,DiOrio JP

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a simple theory that uses thermodynamic parameters to predict the probability that a protein retains the wild-type structure after one or more random amino acid substitutions. Our theory predicts that for large numbers of substitutions the probability that a protein retains its structure will decline expone...

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

authors： Bloom JD,Silberg JJ,Wilke CO,Drummond DA,Adami C,Arnold FH

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology with metallic lithium anodes to replace conventional ion intercalation anode materials is highly desirable because of lithium's highest specific capacity (3,860 mA/g) and lowest negative electrochemical potential (∼3.040 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode...

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

authors： Fu KK,Gong Y,Dai J,Gong A,Han X,Yao Y,Wang C,Wang Y,Chen Y,Yan C,Li Y,Wachsman ED,Hu L

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil bacteria and fungi play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, yet our understanding of their responses to climate change lags significantly behind that of other organisms. This gap in our understanding is particularly true for drylands, which occupy ∼41% of Earth´s surface, because no global, sy...

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

authors： Maestre FT,Delgado-Baquerizo M,Jeffries TC,Eldridge DJ,Ochoa V,Gozalo B,Quero JL,García-Gómez M,Gallardo A,Ulrich W,Bowker MA,Arredondo T,Barraza-Zepeda C,Bran D,Florentino A,Gaitán J,Gutiérrez JR,Huber-Sannwald E,Jan

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:When light-grown seedlings of amaranth are transferred to total darkness, synthesis of the large subunit (LS) and small subunit (SS) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase [RbuP(2)Case; 3-phospho-D-glycerate carboxylase (dimerizing), EC 4.1.1.39] is rapidly depressed. This reduction in RbuP(2)Case synthesis occurs i...

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

authors： Berry JO,Carr JP,Klessig DF

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of the v-Myc oncoprotein on gene expression in myelomonocytic cells. We find that v-Myc dramatically down-regulates the expression of myelomonocytic-specific genes, such as the chicken mim-1 and lysozyme genes, both of which are known targets for C/EBP transcription factors. We present ...

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

authors： Mink S,Mutschler B,Weiskirchen R,Bister K,Klempnauer KH

更新日期：1996-06-25 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：:Photoactivation of the retinal photoreceptor rhodopsin proceeds through a cascade of intermediates, resulting in protein-protein interactions catalyzing the activation of the G-protein transducin (Gt). Using stabilization and photoregeneration of the receptor's signaling state and Gt activation assays, we provide evid...

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

authors： Kisselev OG,Meyer CK,Heck M,Ernst OP,Hofmann KP

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:αβ T-cell repertoire selection is mediated by peptide-MHC complexes presented by thymic epithelial or myeloid cells, and by lipid-CD1 complexes expressed by thymocytes. γδ T-cell repertoire selection, by contrast, is largely unresolved. Mice mutant for Skint-1, a unique Ig superfamily gene, do not develop canonical Vγ...

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

authors： Barbee SD,Woodward MJ,Turchinovich G,Mention JJ,Lewis JM,Boyden LM,Lifton RP,Tigelaar R,Hayday AC

更新日期：2011-02-22 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：:The embryonic development of the optic nerve of the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio, was studied by three-dimensional computer reconstruction from serial section electron micrographs. Growing fibers from retinal ganglion cells had growth cones in contact with more mature fibers from adjacent cell bodies. In the observed ...

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

authors： Bodick N,Levinthal C

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channel was studied in transverse-tubule membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle. Exposure of these membranes to either the cAMP-dependent protein kinase or a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase resulted in a rapid phosphorylat...

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

authors： Hosey MM,Borsotto M,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RIG-G gene, originally isolated from an acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line NB4, codes for a 60-kDa cytoplasmic protein that is induced by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment along with the induction of morphological differentiation of NB4 cells. Here, we provide evidence that ectopic expression of Rig-G i...

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

authors： Xiao S,Li D,Zhu HQ,Song MG,Pan XR,Jia PM,Peng LL,Dou AX,Chen GQ,Chen SJ,Chen Z,Tong JH

更新日期：2006-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant DNA molecule of phage lambda formed in Escherichia coli in the presence of chloramphenicol and/or rifampin can be assayed by their biological activity. recA- cells were found to be capable of forming recombinant lambda phage DNA in the presence of chloramphenicol. The relatively high recA-independent recom...

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

authors： Ikeda H,Kobayashi I

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K-ATP channel) plays a key role in insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells. It is closed by glucose metabolism, which stimulates secretion, and opened by the drug diazoxide, which inhibits insulin release. Metabolic regulation is mediated by changes in ATP and MgADP concentrat...

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

authors： Trapp S,Tucker SJ,Ashcroft FM

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Maize domestication is one of the greatest feats of artificial selection and evolution, wherein a weedy plant in Central Mexico was converted through human-mediated selection into the most productive crop in the world. In fact, the changes were so astounding that it took much of the last century to identify modern mai...

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

authors： Tian F,Stevens NM,Buckler ES 4th

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-17-producing CD4(+) T helper (Th17) cells have recently been defined as a unique subset of proinflammatory helper cells whose development depends on signaling initiated by IL-6 and TGF-beta, autocrine activity of IL-21, activation of STAT3, and induction of the orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat. The maintenance, ex...

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

authors： Voo KS,Wang YH,Santori FR,Boggiano C,Wang YH,Arima K,Bover L,Hanabuchi S,Khalili J,Marinova E,Zheng B,Littman DR,Liu YJ

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural gene for plasmid-mediated ampicillin resistance resides upon a 3.2 X 10(6) dalton transposable sequence (TnA) flanked by short inverted repeated sequences that accompany its insertion. TnA was transposed to pMB8, a 1.8 X 10(6) dalton derivative of the colicingenic plasmid ColE1. Random deletions were in...

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

authors： Heffron F,Bedinger P,Champoux JJ,Falkow S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized a fragment of the gene encoding adipose fatty acid-binding protein (gene 422) from a 3T3-L1 adipocyte genomic library. The 5'-flanking sequence of the 422 gene contains potential regulatory regions for adipose-specific expression. At position -120 there is a fat-specific element that...

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

authors： Cook JS,Lucas JJ,Sibley E,Bolanowski MA,Christy RJ,Kelly TJ,Lane MD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before fertilization, vertebrate eggs are arrested in meiosis II by cytostatic factor (CSF), which holds the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) in an inactive state. It was recently reported that Mos, an integral component of CSF, acts in part by promoting the Rsk-mediated phosphorylation of the APC inhibitor Emi2/Erp1....

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

authors： Wu JQ,Hansen DV,Guo Y,Wang MZ,Tang W,Freel CD,Tung JJ,Jackson PK,Kornbluth S

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a model to explain how the neurosecretory system of aquatic mollusks generates their diversity of shell structures and pigmentation patterns. The anatomical and physiological basis of this model sets it apart from other models used to explain shape and pattern. The model reproduces most known shell shapes a...

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

authors： Boettiger A,Ermentrout B,Oster G

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cells sense environmental nitrogen levels and alter their gene expression accordingly to survive; however, the underlying regulatory mechanisms still remains to be elucidated. Here, we identified and characterized a transcription factor that is responsible for expression of nitrogen assimilation genes in a unice...

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

authors： Imamura S,Kanesaki Y,Ohnuma M,Inouye T,Sekine Y,Fujiwara T,Kuroiwa T,Tanaka K

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A posttranslational protein O-mannosylation process resembling that found in fungi and animals has been reported in the major human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and related actinobacteria. However, the role and incidence of this process, which is essential in eukaryotes, have never been explored in Mtb. W...

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

authors： Liu CF,Tonini L,Malaga W,Beau M,Stella A,Bouyssié D,Jackson MC,Nigou J,Puzo G,Guilhot C,Burlet-Schiltz O,Rivière M

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00