Crystallography captures catalytic steps in human methionine adenosyltransferase enzymes.

abstract：:Striga is a major biotic constraint to sorghum production in semiarid tropical Africa and Asia. Genetic resistance to this parasitic weed is the most economically feasible control measure. Mutant alleles at the LGS1 (LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1) locus drastically reduce Striga germination stimulant activity. We provid...

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

authors： Gobena D,Shimels M,Rich PJ,Ruyter-Spira C,Bouwmeester H,Kanuganti S,Mengiste T,Ejeta G

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic poisoning affects millions of people worldwide. Human arsenic intake from rice consumption can be substantial because rice is particularly efficient in assimilating arsenic from paddy soils, although the mechanism has not been elucidated. Here we report that two different types of transporters mediate transpor...

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

authors： Ma JF,Yamaji N,Mitani N,Xu XY,Su YH,McGrath SP,Zhao FJ

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine and human cDNAs, related to but distinct from c-raf-1, have been isolated and designated mA-raf and hA-raf, respectively. The mA-raf and hA-raf cDNAs detect the same murine and human fragments in Southern blots of restriction enzyme-cleaved murine and human cellular DNA. The murine restriction enzyme fragments ...

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

authors： Huebner K,ar-Rushdi A,Griffin CA,Isobe M,Kozak C,Emanuel BS,Nagarajan L,Cleveland JL,Bonner TI,Goldsborough MD

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNA (cDNA) clones encoding the adult human liver flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO; dimethylaniline N-oxidase, EC 1.14.13.8) were isolated from lambda gt10 and lambda gt11 libraries. The cDNA libraries were screened with three synthetic 36-mer oligonucleotide probes derived from the nucleic acid seque...

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

authors： Lomri N,Gu Q,Cashman JR

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many plant species only a small proportion of buds yield branches. Both the timing and extent of bud activation are tightly regulated to produce specific branching architectures. For example, the primary shoot apex can inhibit the activation of lateral buds. This process is termed apical dominance and is dependent ...

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

authors： Prusinkiewicz P,Crawford S,Smith RS,Ljung K,Bennett T,Ongaro V,Leyser O

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional significance of the portal vascular link between the beta cells of the pancreatic islets and the liver has not been established. Previous studies indicated that insulin does not acutely regulate glucose metabolism by a direct hepatic effect. More recent observations suggest that the role of insulin in r...

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

authors： Griffen SC,Russell SM,Katz LS,Nicoll CS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor (COUP-TF) genes encode transcription factors belonging to the orphan subfamily of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. Two COUP-TF counterparts have been cloned from mouse. In an attempt to study the function of these genes in the developing central...

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

authors： Qiu Y,Cooney AJ,Kuratani S,DeMayo FJ,Tsai SY,Tsai MJ

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:High-affinity nuclear binding sites for 17 beta-estradiol (17 beta E2) were recently found in bone cells; however, the mechanism by which estrogen exerts its effect on bone in vivo is still unknown. To study if estrogen acts on bone directly, we used an experimental model in which test substances are infused locally i...

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

authors： Takano-Yamamoto T,Rodan GA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) retrovirus is regulated by binding the viral Tat protein (trans-acting transcriptional activator) to the trans-activation response (TAR) RNA sequence. Here, vacuum UV circular dichroism (VUV-CD) is used to study the structure of TAR and its complex with ...

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

authors： Loret EP,Georgel P,Johnson WC Jr,Ho PS

更新日期：1992-10-15 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：:Immigration and demographic change have become highly salient in American politics, partly because of the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump. Previous research indicates that local influxes of immigrants or unfamiliar ethnic groups can generate threatened responses, but has either focused on nonelectoral outcomes or analyz...

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

authors： Hill SJ,Hopkins DJ,Huber GA

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses are dsDNA viruses, but their virions may additionally contain RNAs that can be transduced to recipient cells. The biological functions of herpes virion RNA species are unknown. Here we address this issue for EBV, a widespread human herpesvirus with oncogenic potential. We show that EBV-derived particles ...

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

authors： Jochum S,Ruiss R,Moosmann A,Hammerschmidt W,Zeidler R

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 3D topological picture-language for quantum information. Our approach combines charged excitations carried by strings, with topological properties that arise from embedding the strings in the interior of a 3D manifold with boundary. A quon is a composite that acts as a particle. Specifically, a quon is a ...

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

authors： Liu Z,Wozniakowski A,Jaffe AM

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A numerical algorithm is applied to the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) dust record from Greenland to remove the abrupt changes in dust flux associated with the Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) oscillations of the last glacial period. The procedure is based on the assumption that the rapid changes in dust are associated...

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

authors： Barker S,Knorr G

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynein is a microtubule motor that powers motility of cilia and flagella. There is evidence that the relative sliding of the doublet microtubules is due to a conformational change in the motor domain that moves a microtubule bound to the end of an extension known as the stalk. A predominant model for the movement invo...

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

authors： Ueno H,Yasunaga T,Shingyoji C,Hirose K

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia (PHP-Ia) results from the loss of one allele of G(salpha), causing resistance to parathyroid hormone and other hormones that transduce signals via G(s). Most G(salpha)mutations cause the complete loss of protein expression, but some cause loss of function only, and these have provided ...

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

authors： Makita N,Sato J,Rondard P,Fukamachi H,Yuasa Y,Aldred MA,Hashimoto M,Fujita T,Iiri T

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are key regulators of gene expression that require assembly into larger protein complexes for activity. Efforts to understand how associated proteins modulate the function of HDACs would benefit from new technologies that evaluate HDAC activity in native biological systems. Here, we descri...

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

authors： Salisbury CM,Cravatt BF

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:By using clones of murine T cells reactive with alloantigens as well as soluble antigens, it has been possible to demonstrate that Ia antigens, Ir gene phenomena (defined as the ability of immune T cells to recognize antigen), and mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR)-stimulating determinants encoded within the I-A subregio...

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

authors： Fathman CG,Kimoto M,Melvold R,David CS

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic comparison of crystal structures of nine different B-DNA dodecamers, in three different space groups, with and without A-tracts, shows that crystal packing or lattice forces are of secondary importance for helix axis bending, minor-groove width, and propeller twist. While other local helix parameters may ...

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

authors： Dickerson RE,Goodsell DS,Neidle S

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:MacArthur and Wilson [MacArthur, R. H. & Wilson, E. O. (1967) The Theory of Island Biogeography (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ)] used the rate of recolonization of the Krakatau Islands (sterilized in the cataclysmic 1883 eruption) by birds and vascular plants to test their equilibrium model of immigration and e...

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

authors： Thornton IW,Zann RA,Rawlinson PA,Tidemann CR,Adikerana AS,Widjoya AH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When human genome was fractionated by thermal elution chromatography, repetitious DNA was found in every arbitrary temperature segment. When these repetitious DNA families were used for in situ hybridization, the following conclusions were evident: (a) Unlike the case of mouse, where essentially all centromeric hetero...

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

authors： Hsu TC,Arrighi FE,Saunders GF

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid antibody production in response to invading pathogens requires the dramatic expansion of pathogen-derived antigen-specific B lymphocyte populations. Whether B cell population dynamics are based on stochastic competition between competing cell fates, as in the development of competence by the bacterium Bacillus s...

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

authors： Mitchell S,Roy K,Zangle TA,Hoffmann A

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In many naturally occurring habitats, bacteria live in micrometer-size confined spaces. Although bacterial growth and motility in such constrictions is of great interest to fields as varied as soil microbiology, water purification, and biomedical research, quantitative studies of the effects of confinement on bacteria...

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

authors： Männik J,Driessen R,Galajda P,Keymer JE,Dekker C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their well-recognized hepatotropism, all hepatitis B viruses (HBVs) display marked species specificity, growing poorly or not at all in species other than those closely related to their natural hosts. We have examined the molecular basis for this narrow host range, using duck HBV (DHBV) and heron HBV (H...

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

authors： Ishikawa T,Ganem D

更新日期：1995-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of viable genetic chimeras in mammals through the transfer of cells between siblings in utero is rare. Using microsatellite DNA markers, we show here that chimerism in marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii) twins is not limited to blood-derived hematopoietic tissues as was previously described. All somatic tissue ...

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

authors： Ross CN,French JA,Ortí G

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum) represents a significant genetic resource for crop improvement in barley (Hordeum vulgare) and for the study of the evolution and domestication of plant populations. The Isa gene from barley has a putative role in plant defense. This gene encodes a bifunctional alpha-amylase/subtilisin...

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

authors： Cronin JK,Bundock PC,Henry RJ,Nevo E

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral sensitization of the gill-withdrawal reflex of Aplysia is caused by presynaptic facilitation at the synapses of the mechanoreceptor sensory neurons of the reflex onto the motor neurons and interneurons. The presynaptic facilitation has been shown to be simulated by serotonin (the putative presynaptic facili...

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

authors： Klein M,Kandel ER

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seventh cholera pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor (ET) has been superseded in Asia and Africa by altered ET possessing the cholera toxin (CTX) gene of classical (CL) biotype. The CL biotype of V. cholerae was isolated, along with prototypic and altered ET, during the 1991 cholera epidemic in Mexico and ...

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

authors： Alam M,Rashed SM,Mannan SB,Islam T,Lizarraga-Partida ML,Delgado G,Morales-Espinosa R,Mendez JL,Navarro A,Watanabe H,Ohnishi M,Hasan NA,Huq A,Sack RB,Colwell RR,Cravioto A

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Curved DNA molecules and unusually small circles have been obtained by ligation of synthetic 21-base precursors: (sequence in text). The ligation resulted in the formation of double-stranded oligo-(precursor)s possessing a strong 10.5-base-pair (bp) periodicity of the runs of adenines. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide g...

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

authors： Ulanovsky L,Bodner M,Trifonov EN,Choder M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic lymphocytes eliminate virus-infected and cancerous cells by immune recognition and killing through the perforin-granzyme pathway. Traditional killing assays measure average target cell lysis at fixed times and high effector:target ratios. Such assays obscure kinetic details that might reveal novel physiology...

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

authors： Choi PJ,Mitchison TJ

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00