Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation.

abstract：:Among the tRNA population of the archaeal parasite Nanoarchaeum equitans are five species assembled from separate 5' and 3' tRNA halves and four species derived from tRNA precursors containing introns. In both groups an intervening sequence element must be removed during tRNA maturation. A bulge-helix-bulge (BHB) moti...

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

authors： Randau L,Calvin K,Hall M,Yuan J,Podar M,Li H,Söll D

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological mapping of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) at high throughput and high resolution is critical for understanding its underlying mechanism and guiding definitive treatment such as cardiac ablation, but current electrophysiological tools are limited by either low spatial resolution or electromechani...

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

authors： Liu J,Zhang X,Liu Y,Rodrigo M,Loftus PD,Aparicio-Valenzuela J,Zheng J,Pong T,Cyr KJ,Babakhanian M,Hasi J,Li J,Jiang Y,Kenney CJ,Wang PJ,Lee AM,Bao Z

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-catenin has functions as both an adhesion and a signaling molecule. Disruption of these functions through mutations of the beta-catenin gene (CTNNB1) may be important in the development of colorectal tumors. We examined the entire coding sequence of beta-catenin by reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) and direct se...

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

authors： Ilyas M,Tomlinson IP,Rowan A,Pignatelli M,Bodmer WF

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax uses a single member of the Duffy binding-like (DBL) receptor family to invade erythrocytes and is not found in West Africa where its erythrocyte ligand, the Duffy blood group antigen, is missing. In contrast, Plasmodium falciparum expresses four members of the DBL family, and remarkably, single-point...

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

authors： Mayer DC,Jiang L,Achur RN,Kakizaki I,Gowda DC,Miller LH

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the roles of the pseudospin and the valley degeneracy in electron scattering at graphene edges. It is found that they are strongly correlated with charge density modulations of short-wavelength oscillations and slowly decaying beat patterns in the electronic density profile. Theoretical analyses using n...

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

authors： Park C,Yang H,Mayne AJ,Dujardin G,Seo S,Kuk Y,Ihm J,Kim G

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) mediates active I(-) transport in the thyroid-the first step in thyroid hormone biosynthesis-with a 2 Na(+): 1 I(-) stoichiometry. The two Na(+) binding sites (Na1 and Na2) and the I(-) binding site interact allosterically: when Na(+) binds to a Na(+) site, the affinity of NIS for the...

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

authors： Ferrandino G,Nicola JP,Sánchez YE,Echeverria I,Liu Y,Amzel LM,Carrasco N

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic glycolysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been studied by 13C NMR at 90.5 MHz. [1-13c]Glucose and [6-13C]glucose were fed to suspensions of yeast cells. Time courses for concentration changes of the starting material, of courses for concentration changes of the starting material, of the intermediate fructos...

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

authors： den Hollander JA,Brown TR,Ugurbil K,Shulman RG

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant plasmid p102 based on pBR322 carrying approximately equal to 50% of the replicator proximal early region of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA, including the viral origin of replication, has been constructed. It lacks a major part of the large tumor (T) antigen 3'-coding region, the T-antigen termination codon...

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

authors： Horst J,Weckler C,Jacob E,Aulehla-Scholz C,Deppert W

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein interactions with the collagen triple helix play a critical role in collagen fibril formation, cell adhesion, and signaling. However, structural insight into sequence-specific collagen recognition is limited to an integrin-peptide complex. A GVMGFO motif in fibrillar collagens (O denotes 4-hydroxyproline) bind...

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

authors： Hohenester E,Sasaki T,Giudici C,Farndale RW,Bächinger HP

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosducin is a soluble phosphoprotein found in retinal photoreceptor cells and in the pineal gland. It binds to the beta gamma subunits of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) (G beta gamma) and may regulate G-protein function. In this study, the ability of specific regions of phosducin to bind G beta gamm...

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

authors： Xu J,Wu D,Slepak VZ,Simon MI

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Willebrand protein is present in the extracellular matrix of endothelial cells where it codistributes with fibronectin and types IV and V collagen. Bacterial collagenase digestion of endothelial cells removed fibrillar collagen, but the pattern of fibronectin and of von Willebrand protein remained undisturbed. Exo...

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

authors： Wagner DD,Urban-Pickering M,Marder VJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:Homeobox 9 (HOXB9), a nontransforming transcription factor overexpressed in breast cancer, alters tumor cell fate and promotes tumor progression and metastasis. Here we show that HOXB9 confers resistance to ionizing radiation by promoting DNA damage response. In nonirradiated cells, HOXB9 induces spontaneous DNA damag...

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

authors： Chiba N,Comaills V,Shiotani B,Takahashi F,Shimada T,Tajima K,Winokur D,Hayashida T,Willers H,Brachtel E,Vivanco MD,Haber DA,Zou L,Maheswaran S

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-barrier hydrogen bonds (LBHBs) have been proposed to play roles in protein functions, including enzymatic catalysis and proton transfer. Transient formation of LBHBs is expected to stabilize specific reaction intermediates. However, based on experimental results and theoretical considerations, arguments against th...

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

authors： Yamaguchi S,Kamikubo H,Kurihara K,Kuroki R,Niimura N,Shimizu N,Yamazaki Y,Kataoka M

更新日期：2009-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria in the human oral cavity often grow in an attached multispecies biofilm community. Members of this community display defined interactions that have an impact on the physiology of the individual and the group. Here, we show that during coculture growth with streptococci, the oral pathogen Aggregatibacter actin...

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

authors： Ramsey MM,Whiteley M

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphangiogenesis plays an important role in promoting cancer metastasis to sentinel lymph nodes and beyond and also promotes organ transplant rejection. We used human lymphatic endothelial cells to establish a reliable three-dimensional lymphangiogenic sprouting assay with automated image acquisition and analysis for...

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

authors： Schulz MM,Reisen F,Zgraggen S,Fischer S,Yuen D,Kang GJ,Chen L,Schneider G,Detmar M

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite enormous body plan variation, genes regulating embryonic development are highly conserved. Here, we probe the mechanisms that predispose ancient regulatory genes to reutilization and diversification rather than evolutionary loss. The Hox gene fushi tarazu (ftz) arose as a homeotic gene but functions as a pair-...

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

authors： Heffer A,Xiang J,Pick L

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome-specific gene regulation is known thus far only as a mechanism to equalize the transcriptional activity of the single male X chromosome with that of the two female X chromosomes. In Drosophila melanogaster, a complex including the five Male-Specific Lethal (MSL) proteins, "paints" the male X chromosome, med...

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

authors： Larsson J,Chen JD,Rasheva V,Rasmuson-Lestander A,Pirrotta V

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to integrate visual information over space is a fundamental component of human pattern vision. Regardless of whether it is for detecting luminance contrast or for recognizing objects in a cluttered scene, the position of the target in the visual field governs the size of a window within which visual inform...

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

authors： Kwon M,Liu R

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaling down the size of computing circuits is about to reach the limitations imposed by the discrete atomic structure of matter. Reducing the power requirements and thereby dissipation of integrated circuits is also essential. New paradigms are needed to sustain the rate of progress that society has become used to. S...

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

authors： Mol JA,Verduijn J,Levine RD,Remacle F,Rogge S

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact squid axons were injected with aequorin and bathed in 3 mM Ca seawater (a concentration close to that of squid blood). Sodium and potassium currents were pharmacologically blocked and repetitive voltage-clamp pulses of a duration of 1.5 ms were applied (to simulate the duration of an action potential) at amplit...

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

authors： Mullins LJ,Requena J,Whittembury J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roots and stems of dicotyledonous plants thicken by the cell proliferation in the cambium. Cambial proliferation changes in response to environmental factors; however, the molecular mechanisms that regulate cambial activity are largely unknown. The quadruple Arabidopsis thaliana mutant atipt1;3;5;7, in which 4 gen...

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

authors： Matsumoto-Kitano M,Kusumoto T,Tarkowski P,Kinoshita-Tsujimura K,Václavíková K,Miyawaki K,Kakimoto T

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels are detectable in normal human fibroblasts and in "glia-like" cells at appreciable levels when compared to what is observed in established neuronal cell lines in culture. Two- to 3-fold stimulations of sodium influx are observed in the presence of 0.2 mM veratridine and scorpion ...

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

authors： Munson R Jr,Westermark B,Glaser L

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinniol [1,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)benzene], a toxin produced by fungi of the Alternaria group, causes symptoms in plants that resemble those induced by the fungi. The phytotoxin binds to carrot protoplasts and isolated membranes in a saturable and reversible manner. Receptor o...

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

authors： Thuleau P,Graziana A,Rossignol M,Kauss H,Auriol P,Ranjeva R

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avian neuroretina (NR) is part of the central nervous system and is composed of photoreceptors, neuronal cells, and Müller (glial) cells. These cells are derived from proliferating neuroectodermal precursors that differentiate after terminal mitosis and become organized in cell strata. Genes that are specifically ...

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

authors： Guermah M,Crisanti P,Laugier D,Dezelee P,Bidou L,Pessac B,Calothy G

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 is a master regulatory, sequence-specific transcription factor that directly controls expression of over 100 genes in response to various stress signals. Transactivation is generally considered to occur through p53 binding to a consensus response element (RE) composed of two 5'-RRRCWWGYYY-3' decamers. Recently, st...

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

authors： Menendez D,Inga A,Resnick MA

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are cell surface glycoproteins that may play a variety of roles in morphogenesis and histogenesis, particularly in defining borders of discrete cell populations. To examine the influence of CAM expression on such cell segregation events in vitro, we have transfected cells with cDNAs codi...

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

authors： Friedlander DR,Mège RM,Cunningham BA,Edelman GM

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To use recombinant DNA technology to functionally analyze mutations introduced into cloned eukaryotic genes, a rapid procedure is necessary to assay the steps along the gene expression pathway. Since cloned rat insulin genes are not transcribed efficiently after transfection into various cell lines, I have asked wheth...

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

authors： Lomedico PT

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast flora found in the major substrates of Drosophila mojavensis and in larval guts was studied both qualitatively and quantitatively. Quantitative studies show that, in four of the five substrates tested, the larvae did not contain a random sample of the yeasts present in the substrates. One widely distributed ...

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

authors： Fogleman JC,Starmer WT,Heed WB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theory predicts that double-core-hole (DCH) spectroscopy can provide a new powerful means of differentiating between similar chemical systems with a sensitivity not hitherto possible. Although DCH ionization on a single site in molecules was recently measured with double- and single-photon absorption, double-core hole...

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

authors： Berrah N,Fang L,Murphy B,Osipov T,Ueda K,Kukk E,Feifel R,van der Meulen P,Salen P,Schmidt HT,Thomas RD,Larsson M,Richter R,Prince KC,Bozek JD,Bostedt C,Wada S,Piancastelli MN,Tashiro M,Ehara M

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00