A liver-specific DNA-binding protein recognizes multiple nucleotide sites in regulatory regions of transthyretin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, albumin, and simian virus 40 genes.

abstract：:In vitro data show that the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein associates with the mitotic spindle and that mouse embryonic stem cells with biallelic Apc mutations are karyotypically unstable. These findings led to suggestions that APC acts in chromosomal segregation and that APC inactivation leads to chromosoma...

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

authors： Sieber OM,Heinimann K,Gorman P,Lamlum H,Crabtree M,Simpson CA,Davies D,Neale K,Hodgson SV,Roylance RR,Phillips RK,Bodmer WF,Tomlinson IP

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified by cDNA cloning 5 mRNAs that appear in resting BALB/c 3T3 cells soon after growth stimulation by serum or platelet-derived growth factor. Five additional mRNAs of this class are described in this report. The mRNAs reached peak levels between 40 and 120 min after serum addition and rapidly...

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

authors： Lau LF,Nathans D

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing tissues contain motile populations of cells that can self-organize into spatially ordered tissues based on differences in their interfacial surface energies. However, it is unclear how self-organization by this mechanism remains robust when interfacial energies become heterogeneous in either time or space. ...

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

authors： Cerchiari AE,Garbe JC,Jee NY,Todhunter ME,Broaders KE,Peehl DM,Desai TA,LaBarge MA,Thomson M,Gartner ZJ

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory interneurons regulate the responses of cortical circuits. In auditory cortical areas, inhibition from these neurons narrows spectral tuning and shapes response dynamics. Acute disruptions of inhibition expand spectral receptive fields. However, the effects of long-term perturbations of inhibitory circuitry ...

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

authors： Seybold BA,Stanco A,Cho KK,Potter GB,Kim C,Sohal VS,Rubenstein JL,Schreiner CE

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The exceptional sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) lacks satisfactory definition. M. tuberculosis is a natural mutant in oxyR, a central regulator of peroxide stress response. The ahpC gene, which encodes a critical subunit of alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, is one of the tar...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Dhandayuthapani S,Deretic V

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Basophils are powerful mediators of Th2 immunity and are present in increased numbers during allergic inflammation and helminth infection. Despite their ability to potentiate Th2 immunity the mechanisms regulating basophil development remain largely unknown. We have found a unique role for isotype-switched antibodies ...

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

authors： Herbst T,Esser J,Prati M,Kulagin M,Stettler R,Zaiss MM,Hewitson JP,Merky P,Verbeek JS,Bourquin C,Camberis M,Prout M,Maizels RM,Le Gros G,Harris NL

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a soluble in vitro RNA polymerase II transcription system to define the site of initiation of Moloney murine leukemia viral RNA synthesis. Molecularly cloned integrated and unintegrated Moloney murine leukemia virus DNAs were used as templates. The 5' ends of in vitro transcripts and virion RNA of Moloney...

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

authors： Fuhrman SA,Van Beveren C,Verma IM

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An RNA polymerase (nucleosidetriphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) has been purified from phage-SP01-infected Bacillus subtilis that copies RNA almost exclusively from the heavy strand of native SP01 DNA, the DNA strand from which "middle" and "late" classes of RNA are copied in vivo. Hybridization-com...

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

authors： Pero J,Nelson J,Fox TD

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenogeneic monoclonal antibodies were prepared to the murine interleukin 2 (IL-2)-dependent HT2 cell line. One rat IgM monoclonal antibody (7D4) was identified that inhibited proliferation of the HT2 cells and of IL-2-dependent CTLL cells in the presence of crude rat IL-2 as well as of purified human IL-2. The level o...

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

authors： Malek TR,Robb RJ,Shevach EM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric fat is known to undergo inflammatory changes after 2,4,6,-trinitrobenzensulphonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis. Neurotensin (NT) and neurotensin receptor 1 (NTR1) have been shown to play a major role in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation. This led us to explore whether NT and NTR1 are expressed in t...

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

authors： Koon HW,Kim YS,Xu H,Kumar A,Zhao D,Karagiannides I,Dobner PR,Pothoulakis C

更新日期：2009-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor gene is the cellular homolog of the avian erythroblastosis virus erbB oncogene. Control of EGF receptor expression determines cellular responsiveness to EGF and might play an important role in neoplastic development. Using RNA blot hybridization, we have found that exposure o...

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

authors： Clark AJ,Ishii S,Richert N,Merlino GT,Pastan I

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and the resulting elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, triggers transmitter release in nerve terminals. However, it is controversial whether in addition to the opening of Ca2+ channels, membrane potential directly affects transmitter release. Here, we ...

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

authors： Felmy F,Neher E,Schneggenburger R

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a cellular transcription factor, ATF, which is involved in the expression of multiple adenovirus E1a-inducible genes. Here we show that ATF also binds to regulatory elements in cellular cAMP-inducible promoters. In these cellular promoters, ATF binds to a consensus sequence that has been ...

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

authors： Lin YS,Green MR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly accepted that some of the latest dates for Neanderthal fossils and Mousterian industries are found south of the Ebro valley in Iberia at ca. 36 ka calBP (calibrated radiocarbon date ranges). In contrast, to the north of the valley the Mousterian disappears shortly before the Proto-Aurignacian appears at...

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

authors： Wood RE,Barroso-Ruíz C,Caparrós M,Jordá Pardo JF,Galván Santos B,Higham TF

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma resistance to glucocorticoid treatment is a major health problem with unclear etiology. Glucocorticoids inhibit adrenal androgen production. However, androgens have potential benefits in asthma. HSD3B1 encodes for 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 (3β-HSD1), which catalyzes peripheral conversion from adrenal de...

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

authors： Zein J,Gaston B,Bazeley P,DeBoer MD,Igo RP Jr,Bleecker ER,Meyers D,Comhair S,Marozkina NV,Cotton C,Patel M,Alyamani M,Xu W,Busse WW,Calhoun WJ,Ortega V,Hawkins GA,Castro M,Chung KF,Fahy JV,Fitzpatrick AM,Israel

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the expression of thymidine kinase (tk) activity in synchronized populations of mouse cells that have been transformed to the tk+ phenotype with purified DNA from various sources or with metaphase chromosomes from human cells. The viral (herpes) tk gene is constitutively expressed but, in all other cases ...

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

authors： Schlosser CA,Steglich C,deWet JR,Scheffler IE

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, p53 was demonstrated to affect the expression of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), a receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a crucial role in growth and survival of cancer cells. However, the underlying mechanisms for interaction between p53 and IGF-1R are still not fully understood. One of th...

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

authors： Girnita L,Girnita A,Larsson O

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:After prolonged exposure to ascorbate, collagen synthesis in cultured human skin fibroblasts increased approximately 8-fold with no significant change in synthesis of noncollagen protein. This effect of ascorbate appears to be unrelated to its cofactor function in collagen hydroxylation. The collagenous protein secret...

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

authors： Murad S,Grove D,Lindberg KA,Reynolds G,Sivarajah A,Pinnell SR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gel-forming mucins, the primary macromolecular components of airway mucus, facilitate airway clearance by mucociliary transport. In cystic fibrosis (CF) altered mucus properties impair mucociliary transport. Airways primarily secrete two closely related gel-forming mucins, MUC5B and MUC5AC. However, their morphologic ...

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

authors： Ostedgaard LS,Moninger TO,McMenimen JD,Sawin NM,Parker CP,Thornell IM,Powers LS,Gansemer ND,Bouzek DC,Cook DP,Meyerholz DK,Abou Alaiwa MH,Stoltz DA,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although normal fatty acids (FAs) are degraded via β-oxidation, unusual FAs such as 2-hydroxy (2-OH) FAs and 3-methyl-branched FAs are degraded via α-oxidation. Phytosphingosine (PHS) is one of the long-chain bases (the sphingolipid components) and exists in specific tissues, including the epidermis and small intestin...

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

authors： Kitamura T,Seki N,Kihara A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins fold through a variety of mechanisms. For a given protein, folding routes largely depend on the protein's stability and its native-state geometry, because the landscape is funneled. These ideas are corroborated for cytochrome c by using a coarse-grained topology-based model with a perfect funnel landscape tha...

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

authors： Weinkam P,Zong C,Wolynes PG

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic biochemical mechanisms underlying many heritable human polycystic diseases are unknown despite evidence that most cases are caused by mutations in members of several protein families, the most prominent being the polycystin gene family, whose products are found on the primary cilia, or due to mutations in po...

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

authors： Condac E,Silasi-Mansat R,Kosanke S,Schoeb T,Towner R,Lupu F,Cummings RD,Hinsdale ME

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine mucopolysaccharidosis type VII is a heritable disease caused by a spontaneous mutation, gus(mps), closely linked to the beta-glucuronidase structural gene on chromosome 5. Mice homozygous for the mutation have a > 200-fold decrease in beta-glucuronidase mRNA levels and virtually no enzyme activity detectable by...

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

authors： Sands MS,Birkenmeier EH

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of protein complexes is a key mechanism for achieving spatial and temporal coordination in processes involving many enzymes. Growth of rod-shaped bacteria is a well-studied example requiring such coordination; expansion of the cell wall is thought to involve coordination of the activity of synthetic enzymes w...

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

authors： Lee TK,Tropini C,Hsin J,Desmarais SM,Ursell TS,Gong E,Gitai Z,Monds RD,Huang KC

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:An initiation complex has been formed in high yields from E. coli ribosomes, 9S messenger RNA for rabbit hemoglobin, and N-formylmethionine-tRNA. Initiation factor IF-3 is required for the binding and puromycin is required for the release of fMet. Valyl-tRNA fails to bind to the second codon, whereas a mixture of 15 a...

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

authors： Noll M,Noll H,Lingrel JB

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a multiisotope (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium) approach to examine early animal management in the Maya region. An analysis of faunal specimens across almost 2,000 years (1000 BC to AD 950) at the site of Ceibal, Guatemala, reveals the earliest evidence for live-traded dogs and possible captiv...

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

authors： Sharpe AE,Emery KF,Inomata T,Triadan D,Kamenov GD,Krigbaum J

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoaminergic neurons use dopa decarboxylase (DDC; aromatic-L-amino-acid carboxy-lyase, EC 4.1.1.28) to form dopamine from L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa). We measured regional dopa decarboxylase activity in brains of six healthy volunteers with 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa and positron emission tomography. We calculate...

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

authors： Gjedde A,Reith J,Dyve S,Léger G,Guttman M,Diksic M,Evans A,Kuwabara H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli strain, ts-rnp5, originally described in 1975 by G. D. Burdick and H. Berger, is shown to possess an RNA polymerase (RNA nucleotidyltransferase) sigma subunit with an activity 4--6 times less thermostable at 45 degrees than sigma from wild-type strains. This defect remains associated with the sigm...

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

authors： Gross C,Hoffman J,Ward C,Hager D,Burdick G,Berger H,Burgess R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (G protein)-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) constitute a family of serine/threonine kinases that play a major role in the agonist-induced phosphorylation and desensitization of G-protein-coupled receptors. Herein we describe the generation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) t...

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

authors： Oppermann M,Diversé-Pierluissi M,Drazner MH,Dyer SL,Freedman NJ,Peppel KC,Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination is unknown in natural populations of Rivulus marmoratus, a selfing hermaphrodite, and genetic variation is likely due to mutation alone. DNA fingerprinting with an array of microsatellite [e.g., (CT)9] and minisatellite (e.g., the 33.15 core sequence) probes reveals very high clonal diversity within samp...

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

authors： Turner BJ,Elder JF Jr,Laughlin TF,Davis WP,Taylor DS

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00