Lipid bilayer mediates ion-channel cooperativity in a model of hair-cell mechanotransduction.

abstract：:In a search for Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1)-interacting proteins using a yeast two-hybrid system, we have identified histone acetyltransferase binding to the origin recognition complex 1 (Hbo1) as a potential Plk1 target. Here, we show that the interaction between Plk1 and Hbo1 is mitosis-specific and that Plk1 phosphor...

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

authors： Wu ZQ,Liu X

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A serum-free culture of dissociated neurons from embryonic rat hippocampus has been established as a rapid and quantitative in vitro test system for neurotrophic signals in the mammalian brain. By means of this cell culture bioassay, a novel low molecular weight neurotrophic factor (NTF) could be identified. NTF is es...

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

authors： Müller HW,Beckh S,Seifert W

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In that salmonellae have been implicated in an unprecedented array of diseases, sequences found to be specific to this species are often thought to be involved in the virulence attributes not seen in other enteric bacteria. To identify the molecular, genetic, and phenotypic characteristics that differentiate bacterial...

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

authors： Groisman EA,Sturmoski MA,Solomon FR,Lin R,Ochman H

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Droplet manipulation is playing an important role in various fields, including scientific research, industrial production, and daily life. Here, inspired by the microstructures and functions of Namib desert beetles, Nepenthes pitcher plants, and emergent aquatic plants, we present a multibioinspired slippery surface f...

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

authors： Zhang X,Sun L,Wang Y,Bian F,Wang Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase [EC 1.13.11.11; L-tryptophan:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)] first appears in the livers of young rats around the 15th postnatal day, and increases to the adult level by the 22nd day. Studies have shown that the appearance and subsequent development of the enzyme activity...

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

authors： Killewich LA,Feigelson P

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Zn2+ on a voltage-dependent, transient potassium current (IA) in acutely dissociated neurons from the suprachiasmatic nucleus was studied with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. At micromolar concentrations, Zn2+ markedly potentiated IA activated from a holding potential of -60 mV, which is the restin...

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

authors： Huang RC,Peng YW,Yau KW

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene networks underlying closure of the optic fissure during vertebrate eye development are poorly understood. Here, we profile global gene expression during optic fissure closure using laser capture microdissected (LCM) tissue from the margins of the fissure. From these data, we identify a unique role for the C(2...

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

authors： Brown JD,Dutta S,Bharti K,Bonner RF,Munson PJ,Dawid IB,Akhtar AL,Onojafe IF,Alur RP,Gross JM,Hejtmancik JF,Jiao X,Chan WY,Brooks BP

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylenediaminetetraacetate and other divalent-cation-complexing agents greatly stimulate the cellular binding of DNA molecules to competent pneumococci, while the appearance of genetic transformants and nuclease-resistant DNA binding are completely inhibited. Based on this finding, we developed an experimental system...

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

authors： Seto H,Tomasz A

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three major oxidation products of 2'-deoxycytidine (dC)--5-hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine (oh5dC), 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine (oh5dU), and 5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2'-deoxyuridine (dUg)--were analyzed from enzymatically hydrolyzed DNA with reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical dete...

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

authors： Wagner JR,Hu CC,Ames BN

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the complete genome sequence of a common avian clone of Pasteurella multocida, Pm70. The genome of Pm70 is a single circular chromosome 2,257,487 base pairs in length and contains 2,014 predicted coding regions, 6 ribosomal RNA operons, and 57 tRNAs. Genome-scale evolutionary analyses based on pairwise...

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

authors： May BJ,Zhang Q,Li LL,Paustian ML,Whittam TS,Kapur V

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagellar polypeptides of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were analyzed in two-dimensions by isoelectric focusing and electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. In addition to flagellar tubulin, over 130 polypeptides were resolved and 100 of these were identified as axonemal components in wild-type organisms...

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

authors： Piperno G,Huang B,Luck DJ

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of many pathogens depends upon their ability to cope with immune-generated nitric oxide (NO·). In Escherichia coli, the major NO· detoxification systems are Hmp, an NO· dioxygenase (NOD), and NorV, an NO· reductase (NOR). It is well established that Hmp is the dominant system under aerobic conditions, wh...

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

authors： Robinson JL,Brynildsen MP

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:After primary infection, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) persists as a life-long latent infection, with host immunosuppression often resulting in clinical reactivation. During lytic infection, major changes in the expression of secreted cellular proteins (the secretome) occur that have profound effects on host-cell inter...

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

authors： Mason GM,Poole E,Sissons JG,Wills MR,Sinclair JH

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infection by primary HIV type 1 (HIV-1) isolates normally requires the functional interaction of the viral envelope protein with both CD4 and the CCR-5 coreceptor, a subset of such isolates also are able to use the distinct CCR-3 receptor. By analyzing the ability of a series of wild-type and chimeric HIV-1 e...

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

authors： Ross TM,Cullen BR

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Photonic materials with positionally ordered structure can interact strongly with light to produce brilliant structural colors. Here, we found that the nonperiodic nematic liquid crystals of nanoplates can also display structural color with only significant orientational order. Owing to the loose stacking of the nemat...

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

authors： Zeng M,King D,Huang D,Do C,Wang L,Chen M,Lei S,Lin P,Chen Y,Cheng Z

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we describe the use of nuclease-resistant molecular beacons (MBs) for the real-time detection of coxsackievirus B6 replication in living Buffalo green monkey kidney (BGMK) cells via Tat peptide delivery. A nuclease-resistant MB containing 2'-O-methyl RNA bases with phosphorothioate internucleotide linka...

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

authors： Yeh HY,Yates MV,Mulchandani A,Chen W

更新日期：2008-11-11 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：:Despite substantial size variations, proportions of the developing body plan are maintained with a remarkable precision. Little is known about the mechanisms that ensure this adaptation (scaling) of pattern with size. Most models of patterning by morphogen gradients do not support scaling. In contrast, we show that sc...

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

authors： Ben-Zvi D,Barkai N

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Different experimental structures of the same protein or of proteins with high sequence similarity contain many small variations. Here we construct ensembles of "high-sequence similarity Protein Data Bank" (HSP) structures and consider the extent to which such ensembles represent the structural heterogeneity of the na...

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

authors： Best RB,Lindorff-Larsen K,DePristo MA,Vendruscolo M

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of Ca2+-dependent protein-protein interaction and enzyme activation by calmodulin was investigated with the phosphoprotein phosphatase, calcineurin. Dimethylaminonaphthalene (dansyl)-calmodulin, a fluorescent derivative used to monitor complex formation, produced similar maximal activation (10- to 12-fol...

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

authors： Kincaid RL,Vaughan M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolipid protein (PLP) is the major myelin membrane protein of the central nervous system. We have isolated a copy of an alternatively spliced PLP gene transcript from a mouse brain cDNA library that was screened for PLP-related sequences. The encoded 241-amino acid protein differs from PLP by an internal deletion ...

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

authors： Nave KA,Lai C,Bloom FE,Milner RJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine CXC ligand 8 (CXCL8)/IL-8 and related agonists recruit and activate polymorphonuclear cells by binding the CXC chemokine receptor 1 (CXCR1) and CXCR2. Here we characterize the unique mode of action of a small-molecule inhibitor (Repertaxin) of CXCR1 and CXCR2. Structural and biochemical data are consiste...

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

authors： Bertini R,Allegretti M,Bizzarri C,Moriconi A,Locati M,Zampella G,Cervellera MN,Di Cioccio V,Cesta MC,Galliera E,Martinez FO,Di Bitondo R,Troiani G,Sabbatini V,D'Anniballe G,Anacardio R,Cutrin JC,Cavalieri B,Mainiero F

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical forces have a profound effect on growth, morphology, locomotion, and survival of organisms. At the level of individual cells, the role of mechanical forces is well recognized in eukaryotic physiology, but much less is known about prokaryotic organisms. Recent findings suggest an effect of physical forces on b...

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

authors： Genova LA,Roberts MF,Wong YC,Harper CE,Santiago AG,Fu B,Srivastava A,Jung W,Wang LM,Krzemiński Ł,Mao X,Sun X,Hui CY,Chen P,Hernandez CJ

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques of in vivo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy have been established over the past two decades. Recent applications of these methods to study human brain function have become a rapidly growing area of research. The development of methods using standard MR contrast agents within the cerebral...

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

authors： Shulman RG,Blamire AM,Rothman DL,McCarthy G

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Imbalances between proinflammatory and proresolving mediators can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases. The balance of arachidonic acid-derived mediators in leukocytes is thought to be achieved through intracellular localization of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX): nuclear 5-LOX favors the biosynthesis of proinflammatory leuko...

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

authors： Fredman G,Ozcan L,Spolitu S,Hellmann J,Spite M,Backs J,Tabas I

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrroline-carboxy-lysine (Pcl) is a demethylated form of pyrrolysine that is generated by the pyrrolysine biosynthetic enzymes when the growth media is supplemented with D-ornithine. Pcl is readily incorporated by the unmodified pyrrolysyl-tRNA/tRNA synthetase pair into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli and in ma...

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

authors： Ou W,Uno T,Chiu HP,Grünewald J,Cellitti SE,Crossgrove T,Hao X,Fan Q,Quinn LL,Patterson P,Okach L,Jones DH,Lesley SA,Brock A,Geierstanger BH

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Five recombinant DNA plasmids have been constructed that contain structural gene sequences for rat tyrosine hydroxylase [TyrOHase; tyrosine 3-monooxygenase; L-tyrosine, tetrahydropteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating), EC 1.14.16.2]. Rat pheochromocytoma PC 12 cell line, which contains relatively high level...

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

authors： Lamouroux A,Faucon Biguet N,Samolyk D,Privat A,Salomon JC,Pujol JF,Mallet J

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, some point mutations within Aβ are associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. Here we set out to explore how the physical properties of the altered side chains, including their sizes a...

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

authors： Yang X,Meisl G,Frohm B,Thulin E,Knowles TPJ,Linse S

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium tumefaciens can transfer part of its Ti plasmid, the T-DNA, to plant cells where it integrates into the nuclear genome via illegitimate recombination. Integration of the T-DNA results in small deletions of the plant target DNA, and may lead to truncation of the T-DNA borders and the production of filler ...

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

authors： Bundock P,Hooykaas PJ

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)-modulin is a brain protein of Mr 16,500 that down-regulates the high-affinity binding site for GABA which is located in crude synaptic membranes. This protein can be phosphorylated in vitro by the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and by a partially purified preparation ...

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

authors： Wise BC,Guidotti A,Costa E

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00