N-cadherin relocalization during cardiac trabeculation.

abstract：:Biological resurfacing of entire articular surfaces represents an important but challenging strategy for treatment of cartilage degeneration that occurs in osteoarthritis. Not only does this approach require anatomically sized and functional engineered cartilage, but the inflammatory environment within an arthritic jo...

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

authors： Moutos FT,Glass KA,Compton SA,Ross AK,Gersbach CA,Guilak F,Estes BT

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate embryogenesis and organogenesis are driven by cell biological processes, ranging from mitosis and migration to changes in cell size and polarity, but their control and causal relationships are not fully defined. Here, we use the developing limb skeleton to better define the relationships between mitosis and...

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

authors： Li Y,Junge JA,Arnesano C,Gross GG,Miner JH,Moats R,Roberts RW,Arnold DB,Fraser SE

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a recombinant inbred strain of mouse named spontaneous crescentic glomerulonephritis-forming mouse/Kinjoh or SCG/Kj. Mice of this strain spontaneously develop rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. This strain of mice was derived from (BXSB/Mp x MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr)F1 hybrid mice by brother x sister ma...

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

authors： Kinjoh K,Kyogoku M,Good RA

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an emerging cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), which frequently progresses to more serious invasive infections. We adapted a mouse model of CAUTI to investigate how catheterization increases an individual's susceptibility to MRSA UTI. Thi...

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

authors： Walker JN,Flores-Mireles AL,Pinkner CL,Schreiber HL 4th,Joens MS,Park AM,Potretzke AM,Bauman TM,Pinkner JS,Fitzpatrick JAJ,Desai A,Caparon MG,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies indicate beneficial effects of moderate ethanol consumption in ischemic heart disease. Most studies, however, focus on the effect of long-term consumption of ethanol. In this study, we determined whether brief exposure to ethanol immediately before ischemia also produces cardioprotection...

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

authors： Chen CH,Gray MO,Mochly-Rosen D

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) knockout mice raised in the laboratory of Fujii-Kuriyama have been under investigation for several years because of the presence in their urinary bladder of large, yellowish stones. The stones are composed of uric acid and become apparent in the bladders as tiny stones when mice are...

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

authors： Butler R,Inzunza J,Suzuki H,Fujii-Kuriyama Y,Warner M,Gustafsson JÅ

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Starving Bacillus subtilis cells execute a gene expression program resulting in the formation of stress-resistant spores. Sporulation master regulator, Spo0A, is activated by a phosphorelay and controls the expression of a multitude of genes, including the forespore-specific sigma factor σ(F) and the mother cell-speci...

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

authors： Narula J,Devi SN,Fujita M,Igoshin OA

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The P23T mutant of human gammaD-crystallin (HGD) is associated with cataract. We have previously investigated the solution properties of this mutant, as well as those of the closely related P23V and P23S mutants, and shown that although mutations at site 23 of HGD do not produce a significant structural change in the ...

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

authors： McManus JJ,Lomakin A,Ogun O,Pande A,Basan M,Pande J,Benedek GB

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is both an inhabitant of estuarine environments and the etiologic agent of the diarrheal disease cholera. Previous work has demonstrated that V. cholerae forms both an exopolysaccharide-dependent biofilm and a Ca2+-dependent biofilm. In this work, we demonstrate a role for the O-antigen polysaccharide ...

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

authors： Kierek K,Watnick PI

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein stability is usually studied in simple buffered solutions, but most proteins function inside cells, where the heterogeneous and crowded environment presents a complex, nonideal system. Proteins are expected to behave differently under cellular crowding owing to two types of contacts: hard-core repulsions and w...

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

authors： Sarkar M,Smith AE,Pielak GJ

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-myc protooncogene has been implicated in control of growth and differentiation of mammalian cells. For instance, growth arrest is often preceded by reduction in c-myc mRNA and gene transcription. To elucidate the mechanisms of control of c-myc gene transcription, we have begun to characterize the interaction of ...

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

authors： Duyao MP,Buckler AJ,Sonenshein GE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kss1, a yeast mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), in its unphosphorylated (unactivated) state binds directly to and represses Ste12, a transcription factor necessary for expression of genes whose promoters contain filamentous response elements (FREs) and genes whose promoters contain pheromone response elements (...

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

authors： Bardwell L,Cook JG,Zhu-Shimoni JX,Voora D,Thorner J

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of X chromosome inactivation requires the presence, in cis, of the X inactivation center (XIC). The Xist gene, which lies within the XIC region in both human and mouse and has the unique property of being expressed only from the inactive X chromosome in female somatic cells, is known to be essential for X i...

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

authors： Heard E,Mongelard F,Arnaud D,Chureau C,Vourc'h C,Avner P

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical function of the human telomerase protein (hTERT) is to synthesize telomeric DNA, but it has other biological activities, including enhancing cell proliferation, decreasing apoptosis, regulating DNA damage responses, and increasing cellular proliferative lifespan. The mechanistic relationships among these...

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

authors： Mukherjee S,Firpo EJ,Wang Y,Roberts JM

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein E (gE) of HSV plays a key role in cell-to-cell spread and virus-induced cell fusion. Here, we report that this function of gE requires the cooperation of tegument proteins UL11, UL16, and UL21. We found that the four proteins come together with very high efficiency to form a complex in transfected cells a...

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

authors： Han J,Chadha P,Starkey JL,Wills JW

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating platelets have important functions in thrombosis and in modulating immune and inflammatory responses. However, the role of platelets in innate immunity to bacterial infection is largely unexplored. While human platelets rapidly kill Staphylococcus aureus, we found the neonatal pathogen group B Streptococcu...

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

authors： Uchiyama S,Sun J,Fukahori K,Ando N,Wu M,Schwarz F,Siddiqui SS,Varki A,Marth JD,Nizet V

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence for human erythrocyte band 4.2 has been derived from the nucleotide sequence of a full-length 2.35-kilobase (kb) cDNA. The 2.35-kb cDNA was isolated from a human reticulocyte cDNA library made in the expression vector lambda gt11. Of the 2348 base pairs (bp), 2073 bp encode 691 amino a...

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

authors： Korsgren C,Lawler J,Lambert S,Speicher D,Cohen CM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution mapping of cofactor-specific photochemistry in photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides was achieved by polarization selective ultrafast spectroscopy in single crystals at cryogenic temperature. By exploiting the fixed orientation of cofactors within crystals, we isolated a si...

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

authors： Huang L,Ponomarenko N,Wiederrecht GP,Tiede DM

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular metabolism alters patterns of gene expression through a variety of mechanisms, including alterations in histone modifications and transcription factor activity. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent proteins such as poly(ADP ribose) polymerases (PARPs) and sirtuin deacetylases play important roles...

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

authors： Chang J,Zhang B,Heath H,Galjart N,Wang X,Milbrandt J

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Erickson [Erickson CL (2000) Nature 408 (6809):190-193] interpreted features in seasonal floodplains in Bolivia's Beni savannas as vestiges of pre-European earthen fish weirs, postulating that they supported a productive, sustainable fishery that warranted cooperation in the construction and maintenance of perennial s...

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

authors： McKey DB,Durécu M,Pouilly M,Béarez P,Ovando A,Kalebe M,Huchzermeyer CF

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing [3H]phorbol dibutyrate [P(Bu)2], we have developed an assay for high-affinity phorbol ester receptors in intact rat embryo fibroblasts. At 37 degrees C, binding of [3H]P(Bu)2 reached a maximum within 10 min and was rapidly reversible. The tumor promoters 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol 13-acetate, teleocidin B, a...

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

authors： Horowitz AD,Greenebaum E,Weinstein IB

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of desensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), the NO receptor, has long remained unresolved. Posttranslational modification and redox state have been postulated to affect sGC sensitivity to NO but evidence has been lacking. We now show that sGC can be S-nitrosylated in primary aortic sm...

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

authors： Sayed N,Baskaran P,Ma X,van den Akker F,Beuve A

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila Numb is a membrane associated protein of 557 amino acids (aa) that localizes asymmetrically into a cortical crescent in mitotic neural precursor cells and segregates into one of the daughter cells, where it is required for correct cell fate specification. We demonstrate here that asymmetric localization but...

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

authors： Knoblich JA,Jan LY,Jan YN

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells (MCs) are potent inflammatory cells that are distributed throughout mucosal barrier tissues and respond rapidly to pathogenic stimuli. During helminth infections, MCs play an important role as late-stage effectors. However, it is currently unknown whether MCs contribute to the early innate events that deter...

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

authors： Hepworth MR,Daniłowicz-Luebert E,Rausch S,Metz M,Klotz C,Maurer M,Hartmann S

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To evade host immune mechanisms, many bacteria secrete immunomodulatory enzymes. Streptococcus pyogenes, one of the most common human pathogens, secretes a large endoglycosidase, EndoS, which removes carbohydrates in a highly specific manner from IgG antibodies. This modification renders antibodies incapable of elicit...

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

authors： Trastoy B,Lomino JV,Pierce BG,Carter LG,Günther S,Giddens JP,Snyder GA,Weiss TM,Weng Z,Wang LX,Sundberg EJ

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Flowering time (FT) is the developmental transition coupling an internal genetic program with external local and seasonal climate cues. The genetic loci sensitive to predictable environmental signals underlie local adaptation. We dissected natural variation in FT across a new global diversity set of 473 unique accessi...

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

authors： Li Y,Huang Y,Bergelson J,Nordborg M,Borevitz JO

更新日期：2010-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:What are the forces that shape the structure of prokaryotic genomes: the order of genes, their proximity, and their orientation? Coregulation and coordinated horizontal gene transfer are believed to promote the proximity of functionally related genes and the formation of operons. However, forces that influence the str...

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

authors： Kolesov G,Wunderlich Z,Laikova ON,Gelfand MS,Mirny LA

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical signals are important influences on the development and morphology of higher plants. Using tobacco transformed with the Ca(2+)-sensitive luminescent protein aequorin, we recently reported the effects of mechanical signals of touch and wind on the luminescence and thus intracellular calcium of young seedling...

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

authors： Haley A,Russell AJ,Wood N,Allan AC,Knight M,Campbell AK,Trewavas AJ

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of complementary-strand DNA in filamentous phages is initiated by a primer RNA that is synthesized at the minus-strand origin on the viral single-stranded DNA by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme containing the sigma70 subunit. We have demonstrated that the affinity of RNA polymerase in vitro to t...

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

authors： Higashitani A,Higashitani N,Horiuchi K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme-AMP reaction intermediate of the 102-kDa bovine DNA ligase I was digested with trypsin, and the adenylylated peptide was isolated by chromatography under conditions that maintain the acid-labile phosphoramidate bond. Microsequencing of the peptide showed that it contains an internal trypsin-resistant lysine...

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

authors： Tomkinson AE,Totty NF,Ginsburg M,Lindahl T

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00