Lifelong CMV infection improves immune defense in old mice by broadening the mobilized TCR repertoire against third-party infection.

abstract：:The major protein constituent of human plasma high density lipoproteins has been isolated and its complete amino-acid sequence determined. The protein, designated apolipoprotein-glutamine-I by the presence of carboxyl-terminal glutamine, is a single polypeptide chain of 245 amino-acid residues, including three residue...

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

authors： Baker HN,Delahunty T,Gotto AM Jr,Jackson RL

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleotide reductase provides deoxynucleotides for nuclear and mitochondrial (mt) DNA replication and repair. The mammalian enzyme consists of a catalytic (R1) and a radical-generating (R2 or p53R2) subunit. During S-phase, a R1/R2 complex is the major provider of deoxynucleotides. p53R2 is induced by p53 after DN...

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

authors： Pontarin G,Fijolek A,Pizzo P,Ferraro P,Rampazzo C,Pozzan T,Thelander L,Reichard PA,Bianchi V

更新日期：2008-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the advantages of the production of monoclonal antibodies by tissue culture methods is that they can be internally labeled by using appropriate radioactive amino acid in the culture fluid. Thus, radioactive immunological probes of high specific activity can be prepared. Here we report applications of these inte...

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

authors： Cuello AC,Priestley JV,Milstein C

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that during a permanent cardiac arrest, rodent brain tissue is "physiologically" preserved in situ in a particular quiescent state. This state is characterized by the absence of electrical activity and by a critical period of 5-6 hr during which brain tissue can be reactivated upon restoration of a simp...

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

authors： Charpak S,Audinat E

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanogen bromide fragments were isolated from the heavy chains of three human IgG myeloma proteins of the V(H)III subgroup, sequenced by an automated method, and localized to the variable region. Inspection of these sequences, together with corresponding stretches from both human and animal proteins (studied in other ...

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

authors： Kehoe JM,Capra JD

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the medial-temporal lobe (MTL) is critical for recognition memory. The MTL is known to be composed of distinct structures that are organized in a hierarchical manner. At present, it remains controversial whether lower structures in this hierarchy, such as perirhinal cortex, support memory f...

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

authors： Bowles B,Crupi C,Mirsattari SM,Pigott SE,Parrent AG,Pruessner JC,Yonelinas AP,Köhler S

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of a 1,163-base-pair fragment that encodes the entire thyA gene of Escherichia coli K-12 was determined. The strategy involved sequence determination of both DNA strands by using overlapping deletions that had been generated in vitro from the two ends of the fragment with BAL-31 nuclease. The a...

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

authors： Belfort M,Maley G,Pedersen-Lane J,Maley F

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is the second of three describing a two-fluid theory of binary liquid mixtures. The general theory presented in the preceding paper is used to derive a model for calculating thermodynamic properties of hard-sphere mixtures. Calculations indicate that desirable boundary conditions are satisfied. ...

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

authors： Brandani V,Prausnitz JM

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus groups A and B cause serious infections, including early onset sepsis and meningitis in newborns. Rib domain-containing surface proteins are found associated with invasive strains and elicit protective immunity in animal models. Yet, despite their apparent importance in infection, the structure of the Ri...

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

authors： Whelan F,Lafita A,Griffiths SC,Cooper REM,Whittingham JL,Turkenburg JP,Manfield IW,St John AN,Paci E,Bateman A,Potts JR

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The thin layer of airway surface liquid (ASL) contains antimicrobial substances that kill the small numbers of bacteria that are constantly being deposited in the lungs. An increase in ASL salt concentration inhibits the activity of airway antimicrobial factors and may partially explain the pathogenesis of cystic fibr...

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

authors： Zabner J,Seiler MP,Launspach JL,Karp PH,Kearney WR,Look DC,Smith JJ,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern Old World Monkeys (Superfamily Cercopithecoidea, Family Cercopithecidae) can be traced back into the late Miocene, but their origin and subsequent diversification is obscured by the scarcity of terrestrial fossil sites in Africa between 15 and 6 Ma. Here, we document the presence of cercopithecids at 12.5 M...

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

authors： Rossie JB,Gilbert CC,Hill A

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the four major types of Ca channel described in vertebrate cells (designated T, L, N, and P), N-type Ca channels are unique in that they are found specifically in neurons, have been correlated with control of neurotransmitter release, and are blocked by omega-conotoxin, a neuropeptide toxin isolated from the marine...

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

authors： Dubel SJ,Starr TV,Hell J,Ahlijanian MK,Enyeart JJ,Catterall WA,Snutch TP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse monoclonal antibody (7E6A5) of IgG isotype, reacting specifically with mucin-producing goblet cells of the human gastrointestinal tract, has been developed. 7E6A5 reacts by an ELISA with colonic protein eluted from a DEAE column. A screening by immunoperoxidase assay of 76 specimens from 19 different human tis...

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

authors： Vecchi M,Sakamaki S,Diamond B,Novikoff AB,Novikoff PM,Das KM

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 24 nucleotides comprising the carbohydrate-recognition domain of Maackia amurensis hemagglutinin (MAH) cDNA were randomly mutated. The mutant lectins were expressed as glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins in Escherichia coli and 16 clones were randomly chosen. Although all of 16 recombinant lectins reacted st...

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

authors： Yim M,Ono T,Irimura T

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta ARK) phosphorylates its membrane-associated receptor substrates, such as the beta-adrenergic receptor, triggering events leading to receptor desensitization. beta ARK activity is markedly stimulated by the isoprenylated beta gamma subunit complex of heterotrimeric guanine nucl...

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

authors： Inglese J,Luttrell LM,Iñiguez-Lluhi JA,Touhara K,Koch WJ,Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron micrographs of replicating lambda DNA molecules, during the period of progeny-particle DNA formation, show single-tailed circular structures. The tails are, predominantly, shorter than one viral genome. ...

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

authors： Kiger JA Jr,Sinsheimer RL

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of rat calvaria for short times in the presence of a labeled amino acid revealed the existence of a collagen fraction (procollagen) that functions as a biosynthetic precursor of collagen. Procollagen contains an alpha1-like chain (pre-alpha1) that elutes earlier from CM-cellulose than does rat-bone alpha1 a...

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

authors： Bellamy G,Bornstein P

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are infectious agents which cause rapidly lethal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals following long, clinically silent incubation periods. They are composed of multichain assemblies of misfolded cellular prion protein. While it has long been assumed that prions are themselves neurotoxic, recent dev...

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

authors： Benilova I,Reilly M,Terry C,Wenborn A,Schmidt C,Marinho AT,Risse E,Al-Doujaily H,Wiggins De Oliveira M,Sandberg MK,Wadsworth JDF,Jat PS,Collinge J

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have obtained the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of Cu2+ bound in a tetragonal single crystal of hen egg-white lysozyme. A part of this spectrum has been shown to originate from Cu2+ ions bound at the site designated as B by Teichberg et al. [Teichberg, V.I., Sharon, N., Moult, J., Smilansky, A. & Yonath,...

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

authors： Hutchison CA Jr,Singel DJ,Hadad MN,Kemple MD

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) is a protease virulence factor produced by Bacillus anthracis that is required for its pathogenicity. LT treatment causes a rapid degradation of c-Jun protein that follows inactivation of the MEK1/2-Erk1/2 signaling pathway. Here we identify COP1 as the ubiquitin E3 ligase that is essential f...

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

authors： Ouyang W,Guo P,Takeda K,Fu Q,Fang H,Frucht DM

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural requirements of E. coli formylmethionine tRNA for aminoacylation have been examined by chemical modification of the tRNA, followed by separation of the modified molecules into active and inactive components. Photooxidation of tRNA(fMet) at 50 degrees in the presence of methylene blue results in modifica...

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

authors： Schulman LH

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational inactivation of the retinoblastoma (RB) gene has been implicated in the genesis of retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, and other human tumors. Our strategy has been to characterize naturally occurring mutants from tumor cells to pinpoint potential domains of RB protein crucial for tumor suppression. We show here ...

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

authors： Shew JY,Lin BT,Chen PL,Tseng BY,Yang-Feng TL,Lee WH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental, yet underexplored, materials system is the interface between biological molecules and inorganic surfaces. In an elemental approach to this problem, we have systematically examined the adhesion of amino acids to a series of inorganic surfaces including metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Significant ...

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

authors： Willett RL,Baldwin KW,West KW,Pfeiffer LN

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The six-layered neocortex is a uniquely mammalian structure with evolutionary origins that remain in dispute. One long-standing hypothesis, based on similarities in neuronal connectivity, proposes that homologs of the layer 4 input and layer 5 output neurons of neocortex are present in the avian forebrain, where they ...

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

authors： Dugas-Ford J,Rowell JJ,Ragsdale CW

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cercospora nicotianae SOR1 (singlet oxygen resistance) gene was identified previously as a gene involved in resistance of this fungus to singlet-oxygen-generating phototoxins. Although homologues to SOR1 occur in organisms in four kingdoms and encode one of the most highly conserved proteins yet identified, the pr...

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

authors： Ehrenshaft M,Bilski P,Li MY,Chignell CF,Daub ME

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a technique for transferring electrophoretically separated bands of RNA from an agarose gel to paper strips. The RNA is coupled covalently to diazobenzyloxymethyl groups on the paper. After transfer and appropriate treatment of the paper to destroy remaining diazo groups, specific RNA bands can be detected...

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

authors： Alwine JC,Kemp DJ,Stark GR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results on the subcellular localization of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) have been controversial. To determine the subcellular distribution and trafficking of the MR in living cells after binding of agonists and antagonists, we expressed a MR-green fluorescent protein (GFP) chimera in mammalian cells lacking end...

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

authors： Fejes-Tóth G,Pearce D,Náray-Fejes-Tóth A

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental property of ecosystems is a tradeoff between the number and size of habitats: as the number of habitats within a fixed area increases, the average area per habitat must decrease. This tradeoff is termed the "area-heterogeneity tradeoff." Theoretical models suggest that the reduction in habitat sizes unde...

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

authors： Ben-Hur E,Kadmon R

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lineage plasticity is a prominent feature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) cells, which can occur via deregulation of lineage-specifying transcription factors. Here, we show that the zinc finger protein ZBED2 is aberrantly expressed in PDA and alters tumor cell identity in this disease. Unexpectedly, our epig...

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

authors： Somerville TDD,Xu Y,Wu XS,Maia-Silva D,Hur SK,de Almeida LMN,Preall JB,Koo PK,Vakoc CR

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:For 2 < k [abstract: see text] we define lifts of cuspidal Poincaré series in S(k)(Gamma(0)(N)) to weight 2 - k harmonic weak Maass forms. This construction answers a question of Dyson by providing the general framework "explaining" Ramanujan's mock theta functions. As an application, we show that the number of partit...

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

authors： Bringmann K,Ono K

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00