Mass-tag labeling reveals site-specific and endogenous levels of protein S-fatty acylation.

abstract：:We investigated the defensive behavior of honeybees under controlled experimental conditions. During an attack on two identical targets, the spatial distribution of stings varied as a function of the total number of stings, evincing the classic "pitchfork bifurcation" phenomenon of nonlinear dynamics. The experimental...

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

authors： Millor J,Pham-Delegue M,Deneubourg JL,Camazine S

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the nervous system, glucocorticosteroid hormones play a major role during development and adult life. Myelin-forming cells are among the targets of glucocorticosteroids, which have been shown to promote myelination both in the central and peripheral nervous system. Glucocorticosteroid-stimulated gene transcription ...

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

authors： Fonte C,Grenier J,Trousson A,Chauchereau A,Lahuna O,Baulieu EE,Schumacher M,Massaad C

更新日期：2005-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have made direct, quantitative measurements of the lateral motion and age-dependent distribution of acetylcholine receptors (AChR) on the surface of rat myotubes in primary culture. AChR were fluorescently marked with tetramethylrhodamine-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin and AChR lateral motion was measured by the fluore...

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

authors： Axelrod D,Ravdin P,Koppel DE,Schlessinger J,Webb WW,Elson EL,Podleski TR

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of an immunogen against enzymatic degradation is considered an important factor for the design of synthetic vaccines. For our studies, we have selected an epitope from the tandem-repeat unit of the high-molecular-weight MUC2 mucin glycoprotein, which can be underglycosylated in case of colon cancer. In t...

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

authors： Tugyi R,Uray K,Iván D,Fellinger E,Perkins A,Hudecz F

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A readily accessible new class of near infrared (NIR) molecular probes has been synthesized and evaluated. Specific fluorophores in this unique xanthene based regioisomeric seminaphthofluorone dye series exhibit a combination of desirable characteristics including (i) low molecular weight (339 amu), (ii) aqueous solub...

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

authors： Yang Y,Lowry M,Xu X,Escobedo JO,Sibrian-Vazquez M,Wong L,Schowalter CM,Jensen TJ,Fronczek FR,Warner IM,Strongin RM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excess proton in water, H(+)(aq), plays a fundamental role in aqueous solution chemistry. Its solution thermodynamic properties are essential to molecular descriptions of that chemistry and for validation of dynamical calculations. Within the quasichemical theory of solutions those thermodynamic properties are con...

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

authors： Asthagiri D,Pratt LR,Kress JD

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed-metal oxides play a very important role in many areas of chemistry, physics, materials science, and geochemistry. Recently, there has been a strong interest in understanding phenomena associated with the deposition of oxide nanoparticles on the surface of a second (host) oxide. Here, scanning tunneling microscop...

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

authors： Park JB,Graciani J,Evans J,Stacchiola D,Ma S,Liu P,Nambu A,Sanz JF,Hrbek J,Rodriguez JA

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Domesticated animals formed an important element of farming practices in prehistoric Britain, a fact revealed through the quantity and variety of animal bone typically found at archaeological sites. However, it is not known whether the ruminant animals were raised purely for their tissues (e.g., meat) or alternatively...

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

authors： Copley MS,Berstan R,Dudd SN,Docherty G,Mukherjee AJ,Straker V,Payne S,Evershed RP

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:After each round of protein biosynthesis, the posttermination complex (PoTC) consisting of a ribosome, mRNA, and tRNA must be disassembled into its components for a new round of translation. Here, we show that a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model PoTC was disassembled by ATP and eukaryotic elongation factor 3 (eEF3). GTP ...

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

authors： Kurata S,Nielsen KH,Mitchell SF,Lorsch JR,Kaji A,Kaji H

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:cis-jasmone, or (Z)-jasmone, is well known as a component of plant volatiles, and its release can be induced by damage, for example during insect herbivory. Using the olfactory system of the lettuce aphid to investigate volatiles from plants avoided by this insect, (Z)-jasmone was found to be electrophysiologically ac...

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

authors： Birkett MA,Campbell CA,Chamberlain K,Guerrieri E,Hick AJ,Martin JL,Matthes M,Napier JA,Pettersson J,Pickett JA,Poppy GM,Pow EM,Pye BJ,Smart LE,Wadhams GH,Wadhams LJ,Woodcock CM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic sequences encoding the human lysosomal acid lipase/cholesteryl esterase (sterol esterase; EC 3.1.1.13) have been isolated and sequenced, and the information has been used to identify mutations in both alleles of the gene from a patient with Wolman disease, an autosomal recessive lysosomal lipid storage dis...

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

authors： Anderson RA,Byrum RS,Coates PM,Sando GN

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Soret-excited resonance Raman spectroscopy yields direct information regarding the iron-carbon bonding interactions in the cyanomet and carbonmonoxy complexes of hemoglobin III from Chironomus thummi thummi (CTT III) in solution. By isotope exchange in cyanide (13CN-, C15N-, and 13C15N-) and carbon monoxide (13CO, C18...

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

authors： Yu NT,Benko B,Kerr EA,Gersonde K

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suggested that active transport, muscle contraction, and ribosomal translocation may all make use of a common allosteric mechanism in which ATP or GTP serves as both the effector and substrate and in which a conformational change in a protein (enzyme) moves or exerts a force on a second ligand. The enzymatic spl...

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

authors： Hill TL

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of cell membranes is maintained by a balance between the amount of cholesterol and the amounts of unsaturated and saturated fatty acids in phospholipids. This balance is maintained by membrane-bound transcription factors called sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) that activate genes encod...

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

authors： Brown MS,Goldstein JL

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) elicits destruction of both gray and white matter, which is exacerbated by secondary proinflammatory responses. Although white matter injury (WMI) is strongly correlated with poor neurological status, the maintenance of white matter integrity is poorly understood, and no current the...

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

authors： Wang G,Shi Y,Jiang X,Leak RK,Hu X,Wu Y,Pu H,Li WW,Tang B,Wang Y,Gao Y,Zheng P,Bennett MV,Chen J

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of Escherichia coli to alkylating agents activates expression of AidB in addition to DNA repair proteins Ada, AlkA, and AlkB. AidB was recently shown to possess a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor and to bind to dsDNA, implicating it as a flavin-dependent DNA repair enzyme. However, the molecular mec...

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

authors： Bowles T,Metz AH,O'Quin J,Wawrzak Z,Eichman BF

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated, cloned, and characterized two cDNAs corresponding to the mRNAs for cationic peroxidases synthesized by cultured peanut cells. The first clone was obtained from a phage lambda gt11 library screened with antibodies directed against the major secreted isozyme. Its predicted amino acid sequence, deduced ...

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

authors： Buffard D,Breda C,van Huystee RB,Asemota O,Pierre M,Ha DB,Esnault R

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of peptides with secondary structures and functions would have been a key step in the chemical evolution which led to life. As with modern biology, amino acid sequence would have been a primary determinant of peptide structure and activity in an origins-of-life scenario. It is a commonly held hypothesis that ...

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

authors： Forsythe JG,Petrov AS,Millar WC,Yu SS,Krishnamurthy R,Grover MA,Hud NV,Fernández FM

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly expanded Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)-International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Expedition 364, provides an unprecedented window into the immediate aftermath of the impact. Site M0077 inclu...

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

authors： Gulick SPS,Bralower TJ,Ormö J,Hall B,Grice K,Schaefer B,Lyons S,Freeman KH,Morgan JV,Artemieva N,Kaskes P,de Graaff SJ,Whalen MT,Collins GS,Tikoo SM,Verhagen C,Christeson GL,Claeys P,Coolen MJL,Goderis S,Goto K,

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike normal cells, malignant rat and two simian virus 40-transformed human cell lines can neither grow nor survive in B12-and folate-supplemented media in which methionine is replaced by homocysteine. Yet three lines of evidence indicate that the malignant and transformed cells synthesize large amounts of methionine...

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

authors： Hoffman RM,Erbe RW

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on tuberculosis and leprosy was revolutionized by the development of a plasmid transformation system in the fast-growing surrogate, Mycobacterium smegmatis. This transformation system was made possible by the successful isolation of a M. smegmatis mutant strain mc(2)155, whose efficient plasmid transformation...

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

authors： Panas MW,Jain P,Yang H,Mitra S,Biswas D,Wattam AR,Letvin NL,Jacobs WR Jr

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus subtilis phage SP01, whose DNA contains 5-hydroxymethyluracil (hmUra) in place of thymine, codes for an abundant, small, basic protein called TF1. TF1 binds preferentially to hydroxymethyluracil-containing DNA and thereby selectively inhibits transcription of such DNA in vitro. The gene for TF1 has been s...

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

authors： Greene JR,Brennan SM,Andrew DJ,Thompson CC,Richards SH,Heinrikson RL,Geiduschek EP

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common genetic cause of renal failure in humans. Several proteins that are encoded by genes associated with PKD have recently been identified in primary cilia in renal tubular epithelia. These findings have suggested that abnormalities in cilia formation and function may pla...

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

authors： Lin F,Hiesberger T,Cordes K,Sinclair AM,Goldstein LS,Somlo S,Igarashi P

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of cells and neurons in the neocortex of many mammals varies across cortical areas and regions. This variability is, perhaps, most pronounced in primates. Nonuniformity in the composition of cortex suggests regions of the cortex have different specializations. Specifically, regions with densely packed neur...

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

authors： Collins CE,Turner EC,Sawyer EK,Reed JL,Young NA,Flaherty DK,Kaas JH

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a nuclear body (matrix-associated deacetylase body) whose formation and integrity depend on deacetylase activity. Typically, there are 20-40 0.5-microM bodies per nucleus, although the size and number can vary substantially. The structure appears to contain ...

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

authors： Downes M,Ordentlich P,Kao HY,Alvarez JG,Evans RM

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neovascular diseases of the retina include age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, and together they comprise the leading causes of adult-onset blindness in developed countries. Current surgical, pharmaceutical, and laser therapies for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) rarely result in improved...

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

authors： Raisler BJ,Berns KI,Grant MB,Beliaev D,Hauswirth WW

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread use of silicon in modern technology, its peculiar thermal expansion is not well understood. Adapting harmonic phonons to the specific volume at temperature, the quasiharmonic approximation, has become accepted for simulating the thermal expansion, but has given ambiguous interpretations for micr...

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

authors： Kim DS,Hellman O,Herriman J,Smith HL,Lin JYY,Shulumba N,Niedziela JL,Li CW,Abernathy DL,Fultz B

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) and Syk protein tyrosine kinase play critical roles in immune cell activation including that through the high-affinity IgE receptor, FcepsilonRI. Mechanisms by which PKC activation leads to the activation of Ras, a family of GTPases essential for immune cell activation, have been elusive. We pre...

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

authors： Kawakami Y,Kitaura J,Yao L,McHenry RW,Kawakami Y,Newton AC,Kang S,Kato RM,Leitges M,Rawlings DJ,Kawakami T

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol synthesis in animals is controlled by the regulated transport of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi, where the transcription factors are processed proteolytically to release active fragments. Transport is inhibited by either cholesterol or oxyste...

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

authors： Radhakrishnan A,Ikeda Y,Kwon HJ,Brown MS,Goldstein JL

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) are two mediators synthesized by immune cells, specially under inflammatory and antigen stimulation conditions. Reports have shown that neuropeptides attenuate the deleterious consequences of septic shock both by down-re...

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

authors： Martinez C,Abad C,Delgado M,Arranz A,Juarranz MG,Rodriguez-Henche N,Brabet P,Leceta J,Gomariz RP

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00