Bioenergetic pattern of turtle brain and resistance to profound loss of mitochondrial ATP generation.

abstract：:We have investigated the pharmacologic and neurotoxic properties of 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine [topa; the 6-hydroxylated derivative of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa)] in central neurons. Application of solutions of topa to the chicken eyecup preparation results in glutamatergic responses mediated predominantly b...

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

authors： Rosenberg PA,Loring R,Xie Y,Zaleskas V,Aizenman E

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PIF3 is a phytochrome-interacting basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that negatively regulates light responses, including hypocotyl elongation, cotyledon opening, and hypocotyl negative gravitropism. However, the role of PIF3 in chlorophyll biosynthesis has not been clearly defined. Here, we show that PIF3 al...

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

authors： Shin J,Kim K,Kang H,Zulfugarov IS,Bae G,Lee CH,Lee D,Choi G

更新日期：2009-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:siRNA therapeutics have promise for the treatment of a wide range of genetic disorders. Motivated by lipoproteins, we report lipopeptide nanoparticles as potent and selective siRNA carriers with a wide therapeutic index. Lead material cKK-E12 showed potent silencing effects in mice (ED50 ∼ 0.002 mg/kg), rats (ED50 < 0...

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

authors： Dong Y,Love KT,Dorkin JR,Sirirungruang S,Zhang Y,Chen D,Bogorad RL,Yin H,Chen Y,Vegas AJ,Alabi CA,Sahay G,Olejnik KT,Wang W,Schroeder A,Lytton-Jean AK,Siegwart DJ,Akinc A,Barnes C,Barros SA,Carioto M,Fitzgerald

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Lizards and snakes putatively arose between the early Jurassic and late Triassic; they diversified worldwide and now occupy many different ecological niches, making them ideal for testing theories on the origin of ecological traits. We propose and test the "deep history hypothesis," which claims that differences in ec...

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

authors： Vitt LJ,Pianka ER

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin regulates the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid precursor cells. Its effect is mediated by the erythropoietin receptor (EPOR), a member of a large family of cytokine receptors. The EPOR gene has recently been cloned, sequenced, and characterized. As shown experimentally, its intracellular C...

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

authors： de la Chapelle A,Träskelin AL,Juvonen E

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper is presented the theory of a class of locally convex lattices (L-lattices) of real functions which generalize the classical Lebesgue spaces. The monotone and dominated convergence theorems for convergence almost everywhere and sequential and order completeness of such lattices are established. These resu...

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

authors： Bogdanowicz WM

更新日期：1970-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We induced sublimation of suspended few-layer graphene by in situ Joule-heating inside a transmission electron microscope. The graphene sublimation fronts consisted of mostly {1100} zigzag edges. Under appropriate conditions, a fractal-like "coastline" morphology was observed. Extensive multiple-layer reconstructions ...

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

authors： Huang JY,Ding F,Yakobson BI,Lu P,Qi L,Li J

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective culling in populations of most organisms is rank-order: individuals of low rank on a scale of potential fitnesses tend to be eliminated during early development, whereas surviving adults (whose number reflects the carrying capacity of the environment) are generally drawn from the distribution's upper end. Ha...

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

authors： Wallace B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of integrated viral DNA in normal and leukemic chicken cells has been studied by sequential nucleic acid hybridization procedures that localize the viral specific DNA in cellular DNA regions differing in reiteration frequency. First, DNA.DNA reassociation was employed to fractionate cellular DNA sequences a...

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

authors： Evans RM,Baluda MA,Shoyab M

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies from three different lines of monoclonal hybridomas crossreact with both the beta subunit of spectrin and the 90-kDa peptide present in highly purified preparations of the heme-controlled eIF-2 alpha (initiation factor 2 alpha-subunit) kinase from rabbit reticulocytes. Antibodies from two of the three lines...

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

authors： Kudlicki W,Fullilove S,Kramer G,Hardesty B

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human thioredoxin reductase (TR) contains selenocysteine (Secys) in a redox center [cysteine (Cys)-497,Secys-498] near the C-terminus. The essential role of Secys in TR isolated from HeLa cells was demonstrated by the alkylation studies. Reaction of native NADPH reduced enzyme with bromoacetate at pH 6.5 inhibited enz...

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

authors： Gorlatov SN,Stadtman TC

更新日期：1998-07-21 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：:Tobacco mosaic virus and turnip yellow mosaic virus genome RNAs, which have long (greater than or equal to 69 nucleotides) 5'-terminal leader sequences preceding the AUG initiation codon, can form disome initiation complexes when incubated with a wheat germ extract and sparsomycin. In tobacco mosaic virus RNA, whereas...

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

authors： Filipowicz W,Haenni AL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great mass extinctions of the fossil record were a major creative force that provided entirely new kinds of opportunities for the subsequent explosive evolution and diversification of surviving clades. Today, the synergistic effects of human impacts are laying the groundwork for a comparably great Anthropocene mas...

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

authors： Jackson JB

更新日期：2008-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP deaminase (adenylate deaminase; AMP aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.6), a large flat tetrameric enzyme found in skeletal muscle, binds strongly and specifically to the subfragment-2 region of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin. This allows its use as a structural probe in myosin and myosin rod aggregation studies. When mixed ...

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

authors： Koretz JF

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Yersinia spp. carry a large common plasmid that encodes a number of essential virulence determinants. Included in these factors are the Yersinia-secreted proteins called Yops. We analyzed the consequences of wild-type and mutant strains of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis interactions with the macrophage cell li...

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

authors： Monack DM,Mecsas J,Ghori N,Falkow S

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:5-enol-Pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP synthase; phosphoenolpyruvate:3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase, EC 2.5.1.19) is an enzyme on the pathway toward the synthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants, fungi, and bacteria and is the target of the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate. The three-dim...

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

authors： Stallings WC,Abdel-Meguid SS,Lim LW,Shieh HS,Dayringer HE,Leimgruber NK,Stegeman RA,Anderson KS,Sikorski JA,Padgette SR,Kishore GM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfonated gallium(III) corroles are intensely fluorescent macrocyclic compounds that spontaneously assemble with carrier proteins to undergo cell entry. We report in vivo imaging and therapeutic efficacy of a tumor-targeted corrole noncovalently assembled with a heregulin-modified protein directed at the human epider...

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

authors： Agadjanian H,Ma J,Rentsendorj A,Valluripalli V,Hwang JY,Mahammed A,Farkas DL,Gray HB,Gross Z,Medina-Kauwe LK

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) controls a wide range of biological functions. In the brain, its implication as a neurotransmitter and in the control of behavioral traits has been largely documented. At the periphery, its modulatory role in physiological processes, such as the cardiovascular function, is still poorly understood. The...

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

authors： Côté F,Thévenot E,Fligny C,Fromes Y,Darmon M,Ripoche MA,Bayard E,Hanoun N,Saurini F,Lechat P,Dandolo L,Hamon M,Mallet J,Vodjdani G

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently several attempts to identify oxygen-derived radicals in whole cells by spin trapping and electron spin resonance have been reported by using 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide as the spin trap. In the present study, the feasibility of this method is examined. Chinese hamster V79 cells and human erythrocytes ser...

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

authors： Samuni A,Carmichael AJ,Russo A,Mitchell JB,Riesz P

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 14-3-3 family of phosphoserine/threonine-recognition proteins engage multiple nodes in signaling networks that control diverse physiological and pathophysiological functions and have emerged as promising therapeutic targets for such diseases as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, small molecule modulator...

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

authors： Zhao J,Du Y,Horton JR,Upadhyay AK,Lou B,Bai Y,Zhang X,Du L,Li M,Wang B,Zhang L,Barbieri JT,Khuri FR,Cheng X,Fu H

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophenoloxidases (PPOs) are key enzymes of the melanization reaction, which is a prominent defense mechanism of arthropods. The mosquito Aedes aegypti has ten PPO genes in the genome, four of which (PPO1, PPO3, PPO5, and PPO8) were expressed in response to microbial infection. Cactus depletion resulted in transcripti...

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

authors： Zou Z,Shin SW,Alvarez KS,Bian G,Kokoza V,Raikhel AS

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The lactate racemase enzyme (LarA) of Lactobacillus plantarum harbors a (SCS)Ni(II) pincer complex derived from nicotinic acid. Synthesis of the enzyme-bound cofactor requires LarB, LarC, and LarE, which are widely distributed in microorganisms. The functions of the accessory proteins are unknown, but the LarB C termi...

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

authors： Desguin B,Soumillion P,Hols P,Hausinger RP

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A type of chromosome-free cell called SimCells (simple cells) has been generated from Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, and Ralstonia eutropha. The removal of the native chromosomes of these bacteria was achieved by double-stranded breaks made by heterologous I-CeuI endonuclease and the degradation activity of end...

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

authors： Fan C,Davison PA,Habgood R,Zeng H,Decker CM,Gesell Salazar M,Lueangwattanapong K,Townley HE,Yang A,Thompson IP,Ye H,Cui Z,Schmidt F,Hunter CN,Huang WE

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated CaKRE9, a gene from Candida albicans, that is a functional homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae KRE9 gene involved in beta-1,6-glucan synthesis. Disruption of the CaKRE9 gene in C. albicans shows that CaKre9p is required for the synthesis or assembly of this fungal polymer. Homozygous null disrup...

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

authors： Lussier M,Sdicu AM,Shahinian S,Bussey H

更新日期：1998-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:CD2 (T11, sheep erythrocyte receptor) is a surface antigen of the human T-lymphocyte lineage. cDNA clones encoding CD2 have been isolated by using the purified, denatured CD2 to raise a rat antiserum. Positive clones were recognized in a phage lambda gt11 expression library prepared from the human leukemia T-cell line...

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

authors： Sewell WA,Brown MH,Dunne J,Owen MJ,Crumpton MJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the binding change mechanism of rotary catalysis by which F1-ATPase hydrolyzes ATP has been supported by equilibrium, kinetic, and structural observations, many questions concerning the function remain unanswered. Because of the importance of this enzyme, the search for a full understanding of its mechanism i...

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

authors： Gao YQ,Yang W,Marcus RA,Karplus M

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpolarization of substrates for magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging (MRI) by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (D-DNP) usually involves saturating the ESR transitions of polarizing agents (PAs; e.g., persistent radicals embedded in frozen glassy matrices). This approach has shown enormous pote...

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

authors： Gajan D,Bornet A,Vuichoud B,Milani J,Melzi R,van Kalkeren HA,Veyre L,Thieuleux C,Conley MP,Grüning WR,Schwarzwälder M,Lesage A,Copéret C,Bodenhausen G,Emsley L,Jannin S

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity of Helicobacter pylori-related disease is correlated with a pathogenicity island (the Cag region of about 26 genes) whose presence is associated with the up-regulation of an IL-8 cytokine inflammatory response in gastric epithelial cells. Statistical analysis of the Cag gene sequences calculated from the ...

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

authors： Liu G,McDaniel TK,Falkow S,Karlin S

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Let E and F be vector bundles and D:E --> F an operator of order k. We associate a sequence of invariants ((l))(D), l >/= 0 with D which generalize the concept of curvature in a natural way. In the case where D = D(theta) is the differential operator of a connection theta on a vector bundle E, ((1))(D(theta)) is the c...

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

authors： Knapp RE

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00