Deletions of bases in one strand of duplex DNA, in contrast to single-base mismatches, produce highly kinked molecules: possible relevance to the folding of single-stranded nucleic acids.

abstract：:Induction of longstanding immunologic tolerance is essential for survival of transplanted organs and tissues. Despite recent advances in immunosuppression protocols, allograft damage inflicted by antibody specific for donor organs continues to represent a major obstacle to graft survival. Here we report that activatio...

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

authors： Choi JY,Eskandari SK,Cai S,Sulkaj I,Assaker JP,Allos H,AlHaddad J,Muhsin SA,Alhussain E,Mansouri A,Yeung MY,Seelen MAJ,Kim HJ,Cantor H,Azzi JR

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The only known product of the Snyder-Theilen strain of feline sarcoma virus (ST-FeSV) is a 85,000-dalton protein, designated ST P85, that contains feline leukemia virus gag gene encoded proteins (p15, p12, and a fragment of p30) and a sarcoma virus-specific polypeptide. Antibodies directed against the latter immunopre...

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

authors： Barbacid M,Beemon K,Devare SG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A codon-optimized mouse LINE-1 element, ORFeus, exhibits dramatically higher retrotransposition frequencies compared with its native long interspersed element 1 counterpart. To establish a retrotransposon-mediated mouse model with regulatable and potent mutagenic capabilities, we generated a tetracycline (tet)-regulat...

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

authors： O'Donnell KA,An W,Schrum CT,Wheelan SJ,Boeke JD

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sands from various geographic locations reduce N(2) from the air to NH(3) and traces of N(2)H(4) on exposure to sunlight. This N(2) photofixation occurs under sterile conditions on the surface of finely dispersed titanium minerals such as rutile, utilizing reducing equivalents generated through the photolysis of chemi...

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

authors： Schrauzer GN,Strampach N,Hui LN,Palmer MR,Salehi J

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone methyltransferase G9a has critical roles in promoting cancer-cell growth and gene suppression, but whether it is also associated with the DNA damage response is rarely studied. Here, we report that loss of G9a impairs DNA damage repair and enhances the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation and chemotherapeu...

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

authors： Yang Q,Zhu Q,Lu X,Du Y,Cao L,Shen C,Hou T,Li M,Li Z,Liu C,Wu D,Xu X,Wang L,Wang H,Zhao Y,Yang Y,Zhu WG

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas tolaasii severely damages white button mushrooms by secretion of the pore-forming toxin tolaasin, the main virulence factor of brown blotch disease. Yet, fungus-associated helper bacteria of the genus Mycetocola (Mycetocola tolaasinivorans and Mycetocola lacteus) may protect their ho...

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

authors： Hermenau R,Kugel S,Komor AJ,Hertweck C

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome 14 was transferred into tumorigenic nasopharyngeal carcinoma and esophageal carcinoma cell lines by a microcell-mediated chromosome transfer approach. Functional complementation of defects present in the cancer cells suppressed tumor formation. A candidate tumor-suppressor gene, cysteine-rich intestinal pro...

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

authors： Cheung AK,Ko JM,Lung HL,Chan KW,Stanbridge EJ,Zabarovsky E,Tokino T,Kashima L,Suzuki T,Kwong DL,Chua D,Tsao SW,Lung ML

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A general theory of the structure of complexes of the transition metals is developed on the basis of the enneacovalence of the metals and the requirements of the electroneutrality principle. An extra orbital may be provided through the small but not negligible amount of f and g character of spd bond orbitals, and an e...

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

authors： Pauling L

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoters whose temporal activity can be directly manipulated in transgenic animals provide a tool for the study of gene functions in vivo. We have evaluated a tetracycline-responsive binary system for its ability to temporally control gene expression in transgenic mice. In this system, a tetracycline-controlled trans...

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

authors： Furth PA,St Onge L,Böger H,Gruss P,Gossen M,Kistner A,Bujard H,Hennighausen L

更新日期：1994-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tried to find out why Ascaris hemoglobin has such an exceptionally high oxygen affinity (P50 approximately 0.004 mmHg; 1 mmHg = 133 Pa). Following Kloek et al., we have synthesized the N-terminal globin domain of Ascaris hemoglobin in Escherichia coli [Kloek, A. P., Yang, J., Mathews, F. S. & Goldberg, D. (199...

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

authors： De Baere I,Perutz MF,Kiger L,Marden MC,Poyart C

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tol2 element of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes belongs to the hAT family of transposons (hobo/Ac/Tam3). We report here identification of a functional transposase of Tol2 that is capable of catalyzing its transposition in the germ line of zebrafish Danio rerio. A transcript produced from Tol2 encodes a putative tr...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Shima A,Kawakami N

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Most homeobox genes belonging to the Hox family are sequentially activated in embryonal carcinoma cells upon treatment with retinoic acid. Genes located at the 3' end of each one of the four Hox clusters are activated first, whereas upstream Hox genes are activated progressively later. This activation has been extensi...

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

authors： Faiella A,Zappavigna V,Mavilio F,Boncinelli E

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To generate antibodies with different effector functions, B cells undergo Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain (IgH) class switch recombination (CSR). The ligation step of CSR is usually mediated by the classical nonhomologous end-joining (cNHEJ) pathway. In cNHEJ-deficient cells, a remarkable ∼25% of CSR can be achieved by the...

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

authors： Wang XS,Zhao J,Wu-Baer F,Shao Z,Lee BJ,Cupo OM,Rabadan R,Gautier J,Baer R,Zha S

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to acutely manipulate protein interactions at the subcellular level are powerful tools in cell biology. Several blue-light-dependent optical dimerization tools have been developed. In these systems one protein component of the dimer (the bait) is directed to a specific subcellular location, while the other com...

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

authors： Benedetti L,Barentine AES,Messa M,Wheeler H,Bewersdorf J,De Camilli P

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) produced by the kidney and the liver (in fetuses) stimulates erythropoiesis. In the central nervous system, neurons express EPO receptor (EPOR) and astrocytes produce EPO. EPO has been shown to protect primary cultured neurons from N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamate toxicity. ...

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

authors： Sakanaka M,Wen TC,Matsuda S,Masuda S,Morishita E,Nagao M,Sasaki R

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:TCL1 and TCL1b genes on human chromosome 14q23.1 are activated in T cell leukemias by translocations and inversions at 14q32.1, juxtaposing them to regulatory elements of T cell receptor genes. In this report we present the cloning, mapping, and expression analysis of the human and murine TCL1/Tcl1 locus. In addition ...

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

authors： Hallas C,Pekarsky Y,Itoyama T,Varnum J,Bichi R,Rothstein JL,Croce CM

更新日期：1999-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Acetylpyridine 5-[(dimethylamino)thiocarbonyl]thiocarbonohydrazone (A1110U) was found to be a potent inactivator of the ribonucleotide reductases (EC 1.17.4.1) encoded by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and by varicella-zoster virus and to be a weaker inactivator of human ribonucleotide reductase. It also markedl...

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

authors： Spector T,Harrington JA,Morrison RW Jr,Lambe CU,Nelson DJ,Averett DR,Biron K,Furman PA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a distribution F on R(p) and a point x in R(p) the simplicial depth D(x), which is the probability that x be inside a random simplex whose vertices are p + 1 independent observations from F, is introduced. D(x) can be viewed as a measure of depth of the point x relative to F, and its empirical version gives rise t...

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

authors： Liu RY

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosyl phosphates are shown to be activated to stereospecific nucleophilic substitution reactions by precisely tailored bis-thiourea catalysts. Enhanced reactivity and scope is observed with phosphate relative to chloride leaving groups. Stronger binding (Km) to the H-bond donor and enhanced reactivity of the comple...

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

authors： Levi SM,Li Q,Rötheli AR,Jacobsen EN

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid and cyclic AMP increase tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity and mRNA levels in pheochromocytoma cultures. The transcriptional activity of the TH gene, as measured by nuclear run-on assay, is also increased when cultures are treated with the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone or agents that increase i...

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

authors： Lewis EJ,Harrington CA,Chikaraishi DM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alphavirus envelope proteins, organized as trimers of E2-E1 heterodimers on the surface of the pathogenic alphavirus, mediate the low pH-triggered fusion of viral and endosomal membranes in human cells. The lack of specific treatment for alphaviral infections motivates our exploration of potential antiviral approaches...

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

authors： Zeng X,Mukhopadhyay S,Brooks CL 3rd

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic membrane vesicles prepared from Escherichia coli containing multiple copies of the lac y gene were frozen in liquid nitrogen before or after generation of a proton electrochemical gradient (interior negative and alkaline) and irradiated with a high-energy electron beam at -135 degrees C. Subsequently, the ...

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

authors： Goldkorn T,Rimon G,Kempner ES,Kaback HR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creative cognition requires mental exploration of remotely connected concepts while suppressing dominant ones. Across four experiments using different samples of participants, we provide evidence that right temporal alpha oscillations play a crucial role in inhibiting habitual thinking modes, thereby paving the way fo...

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

authors： Luft CDB,Zioga I,Thompson NM,Banissy MJ,Bhattacharya J

更新日期：2018-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria commonly grow in densely populated surface-bound communities, termed biofilms, where they gain benefits including superior access to nutrients and resistance to environmental insults. The secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which bind bacterial collectives together, is ubiquitously associat...

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

authors： Nadell CD,Bassler BL

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Following antigen stimulation, naïve T cells differentiate into memory cells that mediate antigen clearance more efficiently upon repeat encounter. Donor-specific tolerance can be achieved in a subset of transplant recipients, but some of these grafts are rejected after years of stability, often following infections. ...

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

authors： Miller ML,McIntosh CM,Wang Y,Chen L,Wang P,Lei YM,Daniels MD,Watkins E,Mora Solano C,Chong AS,Alegre ML

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The [A] allele of SNP rs965513 in 9q22 has been consistently shown to be highly associated with increased papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) risk with an odds ratio of ∼1.8 as determined by genome-wide association studies, yet the molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Previously, we noted that the expression of t...

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

authors： He H,Li W,Liyanarachchi S,Srinivas M,Wang Y,Akagi K,Wang Y,Wu D,Wang Q,Jin V,Symer DE,Shen R,Phay J,Nagy R,de la Chapelle A

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the transcription factor autoimmune regulator (AIRE) are responsible for autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy syndrome. AIRE directs expression of tissue-restricted antigens in the thymic medulla and in lymph node stromal cells and thereby substantially contribu...

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

authors： Pomié C,Vicente R,Vuddamalay Y,Lundgren BA,van der Hoek M,Enault G,Kagan J,Fazilleau N,Scott HS,Romagnoli P,van Meerwijk JP

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:[(3)H]DNA copies of avian, feline, murine, and primate RNA tumor virus genomes were synthesized in vitro by an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase reaction. These DNAs were hybridized to 60-70S RNA that had been purified from the viruses. The amount of the [(3)H]DNA hybridized yielded a measure of the genetic relatedness amo...

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

authors： Miller NR,Saxinger WC,Reitz MS,Gallagher RE,Wu AM,Gallo RC,Gillespie D

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Escherichia coli, acetyl phosphate can be formed from acetyl-CoA via the phosphotransacetylase (phosphate acetyltransferase; acetyl-CoA:orthophosphate acetyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.8) reaction and from acetate (plus ATP) via the acetate kinase (ATP:acetate phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.2.1) reaction. By restricting acet...

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

authors： Hong JS,Hunt AG,Masters PS,Lieberman MA

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand how the relatively flat antigen-combining sites of antibodies interact with the concave shaped substrate-binding clefts of proteases, we determined the structures of two antibodies in complex with the trypsin-like hepatocyte growth-factor activator (HGFA). The two inhibitory antibodies, Ab58 and A...

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

authors： Wu Y,Eigenbrot C,Liang WC,Stawicki S,Shia S,Fan B,Ganesan R,Lipari MT,Kirchhofer D

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00