Plasma membrane/cell wall perturbation activates a novel cell cycle checkpoint during G1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:Livers of a natural population of winter flounder from a contaminated site in Boston Harbor were examined for the presence of oncogenes by transfection of DNA into NIH 3T3 mouse fibroblasts. Tissues analyzed contained histopathologic lesions including abnormal vacuolation, biliary proliferation, and, in many cases, he...

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

authors： McMahon G,Huber LJ,Moore MJ,Stegeman JJ,Wogan GN

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biotic recovery from Earth's most severe extinction event at the Permian-Triassic boundary largely reestablished the preextinction structure of marine trophic networks, with marine reptiles assuming the predator roles. However, the highest trophic level of today's marine ecosystems, i.e., macropredatory tetrapods ...

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

authors： Fröbisch NB,Fröbisch J,Sander PM,Schmitz L,Rieppel O

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin (Ang), an inducer of neovascularization, is secreted by several types of human tumor cells and appears critical for their growth. The murine anti-Ang monoclonal antibody (mAb) 26-2F neutralizes the activities of Ang and dramatically prevents the establishment and metastatic dissemination of human tumor cell...

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

authors： Piccoli R,Olson KA,Vallee BL,Fett JW

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein factor that participates in the formation of a covalent complex between the 80,000-dalton precursor of the adenovirus (Ad) terminal protein (pTP) and 5'-dCMP has been isolated and characterized. This 47,000-dalton protein, isolated from nuclear extracts of uninfected HeLa cells, has been designated nuclear f...

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

authors： Nagata K,Guggenheimer RA,Enomoto T,Lichy JH,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the mechanisms by which a cell detects exogenous DNA is important for controlling pathogen infection, because most pathogens entail the presence of exogenous DNA in the cytosol, as well as for understanding the cell's response to artificially transfected DNA. The cellular response to pathogen invasion has...

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

authors： Kobayashi S,Koujin T,Kojidani T,Osakada H,Mori C,Hiraoka Y,Haraguchi T

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanosine hydrazide 1 yields a stable supramolecular hydrogel based on the formation of a guanine quartet (G-quartet) in presence of metal cations. The effect of various parameters (concentration, nature of metal ion, and temperature) on the properties of this gel has been studied. Proton NMR spectroscopy is shown...

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

authors： Sreenivasachary N,Lehn JM

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Social separation early in life can lead to the development of impaired interpersonal relationships and profound social disorders. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are largely unknown. Here, we found that isolation of neonatal rats induced glucocorticoid-dependent social dominance ove...

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

authors： Tada H,Miyazaki T,Takemoto K,Takase K,Jitsuki S,Nakajima W,Koide M,Yamamoto N,Komiya K,Suyama K,Sano A,Taguchi A,Takahashi T

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed variability in outer surface protein B (OspB) from Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the causative agent of Lyme disease, to determine how Bb escapes immune destruction. We have shown that vaccination with OspB from Bb strain B31 protected mice from infection with Bb B31 but not against Bb N40. The present study ...

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

authors： Fikrig E,Tao H,Kantor FS,Barthold SW,Flavell RA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated, cloned, and expressed a male antennae-specific pheromone-degrading enzyme (PDE) [Antheraea polyphemus PDE (ApolPDE), formerly known as Sensillar Esterase] from the wild silkmoth, A. polyphemus, which seems essential for the rapid inactivation of pheromone during flight. The onset of enzymatic activit...

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

authors： Ishida Y,Leal WS

更新日期：2005-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancers show variable sensitivity to paclitaxel. There is no diagnostic test to identify tumors that are sensitive to this drug. We used U133A chips to identify genes that are associated with pathologic complete response (pCR) to preoperative paclitaxel-containing chemotherapy in stage I-III breast cancer (n = ...

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

authors： Rouzier R,Rajan R,Wagner P,Hess KR,Gold DL,Stec J,Ayers M,Ross JS,Zhang P,Buchholz TA,Kuerer H,Green M,Arun B,Hortobagyi GN,Symmans WF,Pusztai L

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans, emits intense flashes of light from three tiny luminous organs that are located at the tip of each of a pair of ventral arms. Light is also produced from hundreds of other minute organs that are scattered over the body. The luminescence is due to an ATP-dependent reac...

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

authors： Tsuji FI

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an earlier paper, the author jointly with S. Suryawanshi proposed statistical analysis of shape through triangulation of landmarks on objects. It was observed that the angles of the triangles are invariant to scaling, location, and rotation of objects. No distinction was made between an object and its reflection. T...

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

authors： Rao CR

更新日期：2000-03-28 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：:The kinetics for hydrogen exchange at individual base pairs in self-complementary deoxydodecanucleotide duplexes have been estimated from NMR saturation recovery measurements on the resolved imino protons as a function of temperature. The imino protons of dA . dT base pairs in the center of the fully alternating d(C-G...

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

authors： Patel DJ,Ikuta S,Kozlowski S,Itakura K

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coiled-coil motifs are ubiquitous mediators of specific protein-protein interactions through the formation of interlocking hydrophobic seams between alpha-helical chains. Residues that form these seams occur at the first (a) and fourth (d) positions of a characteristic 7-aa repeat and are primarily aliphatic. The pote...

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

authors： Liu J,Yong W,Deng Y,Kallenbach NR,Lu M

更新日期：2004-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The thin layer of airway surface liquid (ASL) contains antimicrobial substances that kill the small numbers of bacteria that are constantly being deposited in the lungs. An increase in ASL salt concentration inhibits the activity of airway antimicrobial factors and may partially explain the pathogenesis of cystic fibr...

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

authors： Zabner J,Seiler MP,Launspach JL,Karp PH,Kearney WR,Look DC,Smith JJ,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure to induce self-tolerance of simian virus 40 large tumor antigen (T antigen) expressed in the pancreatic beta cells of transgenic mice results in an autoimmune response against this protein and the cells that synthesize it. In every transgenic mouse with delayed onset of T-antigen expression and consequent ...

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

authors： Skowronski J,Jolicoeur C,Alpert S,Hanahan D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When rat pancreatic polynucleosomes were poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated with purified calf thymus poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and examined by electron microscopy, a relaxation of their native zigzag structure was observed. At high ionic strengths control nucleosomes condensed into 250-A-thick fibers, but poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated ...

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

authors： Poirier GG,de Murcia G,Jongstra-Bilen J,Niedergang C,Mandel P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many methods have been developed to search for homologous members of a protein family in databases, and the reliability of results and conclusions may be compromised if only one method is used, neglecting the others. Here we introduce a general scheme for combining such methods. Based on this scheme, we implemented a ...

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

authors： Alam I,Dress A,Rehmsmeier M,Fuellen G

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast to directly convert cellulose and, especially, the microcrystalline cellulose into bioethanol, was engineered through display of minicellulosomes on the cell surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The construction and cell surface attachment of cellulosomes were accomplished with two individual miniscaffoldins to ...

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

authors： Fan LH,Zhang ZJ,Yu XY,Xue YX,Tan TW

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeasts and mammals, PEX10 encodes an integral membrane protein with a C3HC4 RING finger motif in its C-terminal domain and is required for peroxisome biogenesis and matrix protein import. In humans, its dysfunction in peroxisome biogenesis leads to severe Zellweger Syndrome and infantile Refsum disease. Here we sho...

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

authors： Schumann U,Wanner G,Veenhuis M,Schmid M,Gietl C

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A model is presented for age-specific selection on the genotypes in a population. Each genotype is assigned a life table that specifies the viability and fecundity of its age classes. Breeding and reproduction occur at regular intervals, and generations overlap. Examples were generated on a digital computer. Gene freq...

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

authors： Anderson WW,King CE

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and deposition underlie an increasing number of debilitating human disorders. We have shown that model proteins unrelated to disease, such as the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of the p58alpha subunit of bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase (PI3-SH3), can be converted in vitro into assemblies with st...

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

authors： Ventura S,Zurdo J,Narayanan S,Parreño M,Mangues R,Reif B,Chiti F,Giannoni E,Dobson CM,Aviles FX,Serrano L

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:d-alanine-d-lactate ligase from Enterococcus faecium BM4147 is directly responsible for the biosynthesis of alternate cell-wall precursors in bacteria, which are resistant to the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin. The crystal structure has been determined with data extending to 2.5-A resolution. This structure shows ...

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

authors： Roper DI,Huyton T,Vagin A,Dodson G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic ocular angiogenesis is a leading cause of blindness, influenced by both dysregulated lipid metabolism and inflammation. Retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptor alpha (RORα) is a lipid-sensing nuclear receptor with diverse biologic function including regulation of lipid metabolism and inflammation; ho...

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

authors： Sun Y,Liu CH,SanGiovanni JP,Evans LP,Tian KT,Zhang B,Stahl A,Pu WT,Kamenecka TM,Solt LA,Chen J

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of formylmethionine from the reticulocyte ribosomal substrate, f[(3)H]Met-tRNA.ribosome, is promoted by reticulocyte release factor (RF). The initial rate of this reaction is stimulated by GTP but inhibited by GDPCP. Formation of an RF.UA[(3)H]A(2).ribosome complex is a measure of the binding of reticulocyte R...

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

authors： Tate WP,Beaudet AL,Caskey CT

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to delineate the advent of many enzymes essential to protein translation are often limited by the fact that the modern genetic code evolved before divergence of the tree of life. Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (GlnRS) is one noteworthy exception to the universality of the translation apparatus. In eukaryotes and s...

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

authors： Skouloubris S,Ribas de Pouplana L,De Reuse H,Hendrickson TL

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic cleavage of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) is regulated by SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), which forms complexes with SREBPs in membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In sterol-depleted cells, SCAP facilitates cleavage of SREBPs by Site-1 protease, thereby initiatin...

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

authors： Nohturfft A,DeBose-Boyd RA,Scheek S,Goldstein JL,Brown MS

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:NY-ESO-1 is a "cancer-testis" antigen frequently expressed in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and is among the most immunogenic tumor antigens defined to date. In an effort to understand in vivo tolerance mechanisms, we assessed the phenotype and function of NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) T cells derived from peripheral blo...

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

authors： Matsuzaki J,Gnjatic S,Mhawech-Fauceglia P,Beck A,Miller A,Tsuji T,Eppolito C,Qian F,Lele S,Shrikant P,Old LJ,Odunsi K

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the organization of the kappa light chain genes in germ-line (sperm) and somatic (embryo) tissues. We constructed a plasmid containing a DNA insert coding for the kappa chain MOPC 167 and used the Southern blotting technique to determine the organization of kappa variable and constant region genes. In the h...

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

authors： Joho R,Weissman IL,Early P,Cole J,Hood L

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00