Trans-activation of the human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat sequences, expressed in an adenovirus vector, by the adenovirus E1A 13S protein.

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize highly uniform intracellular magnetite nanoparticles through the action of several key biomineralization proteins. These proteins are present in a unique lipid-bound organelle (the magnetosome) that functions as a nanosized reactor in which the particle is formed. A master regulator p...

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

authors： Rawlings AE,Bramble JP,Walker R,Bain J,Galloway JM,Staniland SS

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although rigorous measures of similarity for sequence and structure are now well established, the problem of defining functional relationships has been particularly daunting. Here, we present several manifold embedding techniques to compute distances between Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotations and consequently e...

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

authors： Lerman G,Shakhnovich BE

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental observations indicate a role for VEGF secreted by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the maintenance of the choriocapillaris (CC). VEGF in mice is produced as three isoforms, VEGF120, VEGF164, and VEGF188, that differ in their ability to bind heparan sulfate proteoglycan. RPE normally pr...

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

authors： Saint-Geniez M,Kurihara T,Sekiyama E,Maldonado AE,D'Amore PA

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus lacks self-renewing hematopoietic cells, and thymopoiesis fails rapidly when the migration of progenitor cells to the thymus ceases. Hence, the process of thymus homing is an essential step for T-cell development and cellular immunity. Despite decades of research, the molecular details of thymus homing have...

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

authors： Calderón L,Boehm T

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A joint analysis of all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) calculations and picosecond time-resolved x-ray structures was performed to gain single-molecule insights into mechanisms of protein function. Ensemble-averaged MD simulations of the L29F mutant of myoglobin after ligand dissociation reproduce the direction, amplitu...

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

authors： Hummer G,Schotte F,Anfinrud PA

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental questions of how lubricant molecules organize into a layered structure under nanometers confinement and what is the interplay between layering and friction are still not well answered in the field of nanotribology. While the phase transition of lubricants during a squeeze-out process under compression ...

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

authors： Xu RG,Leng Y

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of peptides across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum for assembly with MHC class I molecules is an essential step in antigen presentation to cytotoxic T cells. This task is performed by the major histocompatibility complex-encoded transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP). Using a combinat...

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

authors： Uebel S,Kraas W,Kienle S,Wiesmüller KH,Jung G,Tampé R

更新日期：1997-08-19 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：:Over the past 50 years, the rising tree line along Jumpingpound Ridge in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, has reduced the area of alpine meadows and isolated populations that reside within them. By analyzing an 11-year data set of butterfly population sizes for 17 subpopulations along the ridge, we show that fo...

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

authors： Roland J,Matter SF

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping methods are necessary to accomplish many current gene discovery goals. A crucial element in large-scale SNP genotyping is the number of individual biochemical reactions that must be performed. An efficient method that can be used to simultaneously amplify a set...

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

authors： Jordan B,Charest A,Dowd JF,Blumenstiel JP,Yeh Rf RF,Osman A,Housman DE,Landers JE

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery in humans by invading coloncytes. Upon contact with epithelial cells, S. flexneri elicits localized plasma membrane projections sustained by long actin filaments which engulf the microorganism. The products necessary for Shigella entry include three s...

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

authors： Ménard R,Prévost MC,Gounon P,Sansonetti P,Dehio C

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-talk between the microtubule and actin networks has come under intense scrutiny following the realization that it is crucial for numerous essential processes, ranging from cytokinesis to cell migration. It is becoming increasingly clear that proteins long-considered highly specific for one or the other cytoskele...

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

authors： Oberhofer A,Reithmann E,Spieler P,Stepp WL,Zimmermann D,Schmid B,Frey E,Ökten Z

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In our 3D NOESY-[(1)H,(15)N,(1)H]-ZQ-TROSY experiment, the TROSY principle (transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy) is used in three-dimensional (3D) (15)N-resolved nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY), which enables resonance assignments by sequential nuclear Overhauser effects and the collection...

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

authors： Pervushin KV,Wider G,Riek R,Wüthrich K

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor is a recently cloned member of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family that mediates the binding and uptake of VLDL when overexpressed in animal cells. Its sequence is 94% identical in humans and rabbits and 84% identical in humans and chickens, implying a con...

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

authors： Frykman PK,Brown MS,Yamamoto T,Goldstein JL,Herz J

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal cerebral neurons at the initiation of active neurite outgrowth in culture incorporate 4-fold more [3H]glucosamine into glycoproteins than into the cellular lipid fraction. After 8 days or longer, when a well-developed fiber network is apparent, lipids are labeled more extensively than the glycoproteins. Labeling...

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

authors： Yavin E,Richter-Landsberg C,Duksin D,Yavin Z

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse bone marrow-derived Lin(-)-Sca-1(+) endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) has pluripotent abilities such as supporting neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (VEGFR1) (Flt1) recognizes various VEGF isoforms and is critically implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathologic...

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

authors： Qi JW,Qin TT,Xu LX,Zhang K,Yang GL,Li J,Xiao HY,Zhang ZS,Li LY

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, scientists have debated whether supercooled liquids stop flowing below a glass transition temperature [Formula: see text] or whether motion continues to slow gradually down to zero temperature. Answering this question is challenging because human time scales set a limit on the largest measurable viscosity...

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

authors： Jadhao V,Robbins MO

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure and phosphorylation pattern of the tandem Y(1)S(2)P(3)T(4)S(5)P(6)S(7) repeats of the RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) convey information about the transcription apparatus--a CTD code--to a large ensemble of CTD-binding receptor proteins. Four of the seven coding "letters" of the ...

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

authors： Schwer B,Sanchez AM,Shuman S

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:F1-ATPase, the catalytic domain of ATP synthase, synthesizes most of the ATP in living organisms. Running in reverse powered by ATP hydrolysis, this hexameric ring-shaped molecular motor formed by three αβ-dimers creates torque on its central γ-subunit. This reverse operation enables detailed explorations of the mecha...

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

authors： Okazaki K,Hummer G

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of antiviral beta-chemokines has joined cytolysis as a potential mechanism for the control of HIV-1 infection by CD8(+) T cells. Recent evidence suggests that these two effector functions can diverge in some individuals infected with HIV-1; however, little is known about the CD8(+) T cell subsets in norm...

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

authors： Kamin-Lewis R,Abdelwahab SF,Trang C,Baker A,DeVico AL,Gallo RC,Lewis GK

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane lipids were once thought to be homogenously distributed in the 2D surface of a membrane, but the lipid raft theory suggests that cholesterol and sphingolipids partition away from other membrane lipids. Lipid raft theory further implicates these cholesterol-rich domains in many processes such as signaling and ...

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

authors： Foster LJ,De Hoog CL,Mann M

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a charge density wave (CDW) permeates much of condensed matter physics and chemistry. CDWs have their origin rooted in the instability of a one-dimensional system described by Peierls. The extension of this concept to reduced dimensional systems has led to the concept of Fermi surface nesting (FSN), whi...

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

authors： Zhu X,Cao Y,Zhang J,Plummer EW,Guo J

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated assessment models of climate and the economy provide estimates of the social cost of carbon and inform climate policy. We create a variant of the Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (RICE)-a regionally disaggregated version of the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE)-i...

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

authors： Dennig F,Budolfson MB,Fleurbaey M,Siebert A,Socolow RH

更新日期：2015-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic sequences encoding the human lysosomal acid lipase/cholesteryl esterase (sterol esterase; EC 3.1.1.13) have been isolated and sequenced, and the information has been used to identify mutations in both alleles of the gene from a patient with Wolman disease, an autosomal recessive lysosomal lipid storage dis...

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

authors： Anderson RA,Byrum RS,Coates PM,Sando GN

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) is a recessive disorder characterized by congenital abnormalities, progressive bone-marrow failure, and cancer susceptibility. Cells from FA patients are hypersensitive to agents that produce DNA crosslinks and, after treatment with these agents, have pronounced chromosome breakage and other cytoge...

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

authors： Nakanishi K,Yang YG,Pierce AJ,Taniguchi T,Digweed M,D'Andrea AD,Wang ZQ,Jasin M

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyoxalase I forms part of the glyoxalase pathway that detoxifies reactive aldehydes such as methylglyoxal, using the spontaneously formed glutathione hemithioacetal as substrate. All known eukaryotic enzymes contain zinc as their metal cofactor, whereas the Escherichia coli glyoxalase I contains nickel. Database mini...

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

authors： Vickers TJ,Greig N,Fairlamb AH

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rad51 is a core component of the eukaryotic homologous recombination machinery and is responsible for key mechanistic steps during strand invasion. Higher order oligomers of Rad51 display a remarkable degree of structural variation, forming rings, compressed filaments, and elongated filaments. It is unclear whether Ra...

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

authors： Robertson RB,Moses DN,Kwon Y,Chan P,Chi P,Klein H,Sung P,Greene EC

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Utetheisa ornatrix exercise postcopulatory mate selection, favoring sperm of larger males. Larger males also produce larger spermatophores, raising the question whether males are selected on the basis of body size or the size of their spermatophore. We here present evidence, based on matings in which males were...

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

authors： LaMunyon CW,Eisner T

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratins 14 and 5 are the structural hallmarks of the basal keratinocytes of the epidermis and outer root sheath (ORS) of the hair follicle. Their genes are controlled in a tissue-specific manner and thus serve as useful tools to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms involved in keratinocyte-specific transcription. Prev...

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

authors： Sinha S,Fuchs E

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering the visual features and representations used by the brain to recognize objects is a central problem in the study of vision. Recently, neural network models of visual object recognition, including biological and deep network models, have shown remarkable progress and have begun to rival human performance in...

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

authors： Ullman S,Assif L,Fetaya E,Harari D

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00