Drosophila protein phosphatases 2A B' Wdb and Wrd regulate meiotic centromere localization and function of the MEI-S332 Shugoshin.

abstract：:We have used the 1.1 kilobases of the 5' upstream region of the platelet factor four (PF4) gene coupled to the prokaryotic beta-galactosidase gene to generate two lines of transgenic mice that express this construct. Studies of blood, bone marrow, spleen, and thymus reveal that platelets are the only circulating blood...

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

authors： Ravid K,Beeler DL,Rabin MS,Ruley HE,Rosenberg RD

更新日期：1991-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two striking differences between humans and our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, are the size of our brains (larger by a factor of three or four) and our life span (longer by a factor of about two). Our thesis is that these two distinctive features of humans are products of coevolutionary selection....

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

authors： Kaplan HS,Robson AJ

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide growth factors were isolated from conditioned medium derived from rice (Oryza sativa L.) suspension cultures and identified to be a sulfated pentapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-Gln-OH] and its C-terminal-truncated tetrapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-OH]. These structures were identical to the p...

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

authors： Matsubayashi Y,Takagi L,Sakagami Y

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several domains of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein have been identified that are involved in HIV-1-mediated membrane fusion. One domain that is involved in membrane fusion is the hydrophobic amino terminus of the HIV-1 transmembrane glycoprotein gp41. Here we show that a polar sub...

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

authors： Freed EO,Delwart EL,Buchschacher GL Jr,Panganiban AT

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-stranded oligodeoxynucleotides that represent protein binding sites in the regulatory regions of the mouse genes encoding transthyretin (TTR) and alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) bound a nuclear protein factor(s) found mainly in hepatocytes. A site in the regulatory region of the gene encoding rat serum albumin...

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

authors： Costa RH,Grayson DR,Xanthopoulos KG,Darnell JE Jr

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex continues to mature after puberty and into early adulthood, mirroring the time course of maturation of cognitive abilities. However, the way in which prefrontal activity changes during peri- and postpubertal cortical maturation is largely unknown. To address this question, we evaluated the develo...

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

authors： Zhou X,Zhu D,Katsuki F,Qi XL,Lees CJ,Bennett AJ,Salinas E,Stanford TR,Constantinidis C

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise genome editing is a valuable tool to study gene function in model organisms. Prime editing, a precise editing system developed in mammalian cells, does not require double-strand breaks or donor DNA and has low off-target effects. Here, we applied prime editing for the model organism Drosophila melanogaster and...

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

authors： Bosch JA,Birchak G,Perrimon N

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of fluorescent probes to give continuous readouts of the structural states of mitochondrial membranes during energy coupling seems a logical extension of their use in the study of protein structural changes. A clear correlation of the probes' fluorescence characteristics with the acquisition of energy coupling...

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

authors： Chance B

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A somatic mutation in the X linked PIGA gene is responsible for the deficiency of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins on blood cells from patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. No inherited form of GPI-anchor deficiency has been described. Because conventional Piga gene knockout is associ...

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

authors： Keller P,Tremml G,Rosti V,Bessler M

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The tremendous pandemic potential of coronaviruses was demonstrated twice in the past few decades by two global outbreaks of deadly pneumonia. The coronavirus spike (S) glycoprotein initiates infection by promoting fusion of the viral and cellular membranes through conformational changes that remain largely uncharacte...

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

authors： Walls AC,Tortorici MA,Snijder J,Xiong X,Bosch BJ,Rey FA,Veesler D

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy transfer is enhanced by translational diffusion of the donor and acceptor [Steinberg, I. Z. & Katchalski, E. (1968) J. Chem. Phys. 48, 2404-2410]. The effect of diffusion on energy transfer depends on Dtau(0)/s(2), in which D is the sum of the diffusion coefficients of the donor and acceptor, tau(0) is the life...

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

authors： Thomas DD,Carlsen WF,Stryer L

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mimivirus, a DNA virus infecting acanthamoeba, was for a long time the largest known virus both in terms of particle size and gene content. Its genome encodes 979 proteins, including the first four aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ArgRS, CysRS, MetRS, and TyrRS) ever found outside of cellular organisms. The discovery that ...

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

authors： Arslan D,Legendre M,Seltzer V,Abergel C,Claverie JM

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The floating water bridge phenomenon is a freestanding rope-shaped connection of pure liquid water, formed under the influence of a high potential difference (approximately 15 kV). Several recent spectroscopic, optical, and neutron scattering studies have suggested that the origin of the bridge is associated with the ...

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

authors： Skinner LB,Benmore CJ,Shyam B,Weber JK,Parise JB

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Norepinephrine, epinephrine, and histamine cause a rapid increase in the concentration of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in a tumor astrocyte cell line derived from a primary culture of a human glioblastoma multiforme. The catecholamine-induced increase in cAMP is dependent on the cell density, being far ...

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

authors： Clark RB,Perkins JP

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA) block the enhancing effects of posttraining systemic or intrahippocampal glucocorticoid administration on memory for inhibitory avoidance training. The present study further examined the basis of this permissive...

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

authors： Roozendaal B,Nguyen BT,Power AE,McGaugh JL

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine is one of the most prescribed and effective drugs used for the treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. In addition to its central effects, morphine can also produce peripheral analgesia. However, the mechanisms underlying this peripheral action of morphine have not yet been fully elucidated. Here, we ...

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

authors： Cunha TM,Roman-Campos D,Lotufo CM,Duarte HL,Souza GR,Verri WA Jr,Funez MI,Dias QM,Schivo IR,Domingues AC,Sachs D,Chiavegatto S,Teixeira MM,Hothersall JS,Cruz JS,Cunha FQ,Ferreira SH

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale conformational changes in proteins are often associated with the binding of a substrate. Because conformational changes may be related to the function of an enzyme, understanding the kinetics and energetics of these motions is very important. We have delineated the atomically detailed conformational transi...

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

authors： Arora K,Brooks CL 3rd

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallic nanoscale structures are capable of supporting surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), propagating collective electron oscillations with tight spatial confinement at the metal surface. SPPs represent one of the most promising structures to beat the diffraction limit imposed by conventional dielectric optics. Ag na...

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

authors： Yan R,Pausauskie P,Huang J,Yang P

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the process by which small groups of pigmented germinal cells transplanted orthotopically from stage 30-38 donor embryos into stage 28-38 albino hosts contribute new postmitotic cells to the pigmented retinal epithelium of the growing larval eye in Xenopus. In the great majority of chimeric eyes, the ...

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

authors： Hunt RK,Cohen JS,Mason BJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient apoptotic cell clearance and induction of immunologic tolerance is a critical mechanism preventing autoimmunity and associated pathology. Our laboratory has reported that apoptotic cells induce tolerance by a mechanism dependent on the tryptophan catabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) in sp...

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

authors： Ravishankar B,Liu H,Shinde R,Chaudhary K,Xiao W,Bradley J,Koritzinsky M,Madaio MP,McGaha TL

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutagenesis of protein-encoding sequences occurs ubiquitously; it enables evolution, accumulates during aging, and is associated with disease. Many biotechnological methods exploit random mutations to evolve novel proteins. To quantitate protein tolerance to random change, it is vital to understand the probability tha...

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

authors： Guo HH,Choe J,Loeb LA

更新日期：2004-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified RNA polymerase II was found to be able to weakly recognize the initiator (Inr) present in the adenovirus IVa2 and major late promoters. The association of RNA polymerase II with the Inr was enhanced by the general transcription factors. The Inr was capable of directing the formation of a DNA-protein co...

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

authors： Carcamo J,Buckbinder L,Reinberg D

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is significant variation in the reported magnitude and even the sign of [Formula: see text] shifts in thin polymer films with nominally the same chemistry, film thickness, and supporting substrate. The implicit assumption is that methods used to estimate [Formula: see text] in bulk materials are relevant for inf...

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

authors： Zhang W,Douglas JF,Starr FW

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) mediate critical CNS functions, whereas excessive activity contributes to neuronal damage. At physiological glycine concentrations, NMDAR currents recorded from cultured rodent hippocampal neurons exhibited strong desensitization in the continued presence of NMDA, thus protectin...

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

authors： You H,Tsutsui S,Hameed S,Kannanayakal TJ,Chen L,Xia P,Engbers JD,Lipton SA,Stys PK,Zamponi GW

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and sequenced cDNA clones corresponding to the DR beta 1 and DR beta 2 loci from two homozygous B-cell lines typed as DR7 (Burkhart) and DR9 (ISK). These nucleotide sequences were compared to beta 1 and beta 2 chains of other DR haplotypes. The first-domain sequences of beta 2 chains are identical in ...

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

authors： Gregersen PK,Moriuchi T,Karr RW,Obata F,Moriuchi J,Maccari J,Goldberg D,Winchester RJ,Silver J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypoaldosteronism type II is a salt-sensitive form of hypertension with hyperkalemia in humans caused by mutations in the with-no-lysine kinase 4 (WNK4). Several studies have shown that WNK4 modulates the activity of the renal Na(+)Cl(-) cotransporter, NCC. Because the renal consequences of WNK4 carrying pseudoa...

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

authors： Castañeda-Bueno M,Cervantes-Pérez LG,Vázquez N,Uribe N,Kantesaria S,Morla L,Bobadilla NA,Doucet A,Alessi DR,Gamba G

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Simplified models of the protein-folding process have led to valuable insights into the generic properties of the folding of heteropolymers. On the basis of theoretical arguments, Shakhnovich and Gutin [(1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 7195-7199] have proposed a specific method to generate folding sequences for o...

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

authors： Ebeling M,Nadler W

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin fibroblasts from two patients who had symptoms of the Sanfilippo syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis III) accumulated excessive amounts of heparan sulfate and were unable to release sulfate from N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate linkages in heparan sulfate-derived oligosaccharides. Keratan sulfate-derived oligosaccharide...

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

authors： Kresse H,Paschke E,von Figura K,Gilberg W,Fuchs W

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatophores of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides yield the antenna complex B850 in either of two states, depending on the method of isolation. Methods using dodecyl (= lauryl) dimethylamine oxide yield B850 with an absorption spectrum like that in vivo: the bands at 800 and 850 nm, due to the bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) ...

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

authors： Clayton RK,Clayton BJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) is a potent inducer of differentiation of osteoblasts both in vivo and in vitro. We examined the action of BMP-2 on expression of a helix-loop-helix-type transcription factor, Id (inhibitor of differentiation), in osteoblast-like cells, as well as in osteoblast-enriched cells and p...

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

authors： Ogata T,Wozney JM,Benezra R,Noda M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00