Zebrafish type I collagen mutants faithfully recapitulate human type I collagenopathies.

abstract：:We have shown previously that guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) beta gamma complexes purified from bovine brain membranes are methyl esterified on a C-terminal cysteine residue of the gamma polypeptide. In the present study, 3H-methylated G beta gamma complexes cleaved to their constituent amino acids by ...

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

authors： Yamane HK,Farnsworth CC,Xie HY,Howald W,Fung BK,Clarke S,Gelb MH,Glomset JA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of protein complexes is a key mechanism for achieving spatial and temporal coordination in processes involving many enzymes. Growth of rod-shaped bacteria is a well-studied example requiring such coordination; expansion of the cell wall is thought to involve coordination of the activity of synthetic enzymes w...

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

authors： Lee TK,Tropini C,Hsin J,Desmarais SM,Ursell TS,Gong E,Gitai Z,Monds RD,Huang KC

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-seeking behavior by parasitic nematodes relies heavily on chemical cues emanating from potential hosts. Nonspecific cues for Strongyloides stercoralis, a nematode that infects humans and a few other mammals, include carbon dioxide and sodium chloride; however, the characteristic species specificity of this parasi...

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

authors： Safer D,Brenes M,Dunipace S,Schad G

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although(,) vascular remodeling is a hallmark of many chronic inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis, anti-vascular strategies to treat these conditions have received little attention to date. We investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of systemic blockade of...

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

authors： Schonthaler HB,Huggenberger R,Wculek SK,Detmar M,Wagner EF

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The type 6 secretion system (T6SS) is used by many Gram-negative bacterial species to deliver toxic effector proteins into nearby bacteria prey cells to kill or inhibit their growth. VgrG proteins are core conserved secretion substrates of the T6SS and one subset of T6SS effectors consists of VgrG proteins with C-term...

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

authors： Ho BT,Fu Y,Dong TG,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP was induced in nonrespiring submitochondrial particles (SMP) from rat liver by the application of electric pulses with field strengths of 10-35 kV/cm and a decay time of 60 mus. In all cases respiration was inhibited completely by using cyanide or rotenone. Newly formed ATP was measured b...

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

authors： Teissie J,Knox BE,Tsong TY,Wehrle J

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is characterized by severe headaches that can be preceded by an aura likely caused by cortical spreading depression (SD). The antiepileptic pregabalin (Lyrica) shows clinical promise for migraine therapy, although its efficacy and mechanism of action are unclear. As detected by diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI)...

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

authors： Cain SM,Bohnet B,LeDue J,Yung AC,Garcia E,Tyson JR,Alles SR,Han H,van den Maagdenberg AM,Kozlowski P,MacVicar BA,Snutch TP

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polymorphisms of the transcription factor 4 (TCF4) have been shown to increase the risk for schizophrenia, particularly TCF4 rs9960767. This polymorphism is associated with impaired sensorimotor gating measured by prepulse inhibition--an established endophenotype of schizophrenia. We therefore investigated whe...

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

authors： Quednow BB,Brinkmeyer J,Mobascher A,Nothnagel M,Musso F,Gründer G,Savary N,Petrovsky N,Frommann I,Lennertz L,Spreckelmeyer KN,Wienker TF,Dahmen N,Thuerauf N,Clepce M,Kiefer F,Majic T,Mössner R,Maier W,Gallinat J,D

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Zn2+ is critical for the functional and structural integrity of cells and contributes to a number of important processes including gene expression. It has been shown that NO exogenously applied via NO donors resulting in nitrosative stress leads to cytoplasmic Zn2+ release from the zinc storing protein metallothionein...

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

authors： Spahl DU,Berendji-Grün D,Suschek CV,Kolb-Bachofen V,Kröncke KD

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic and cDNA clones for the human nerve growth factor receptor have been used in conjunction with somatic cell hybrid analysis and in situ hybridization to localize the nerve growth factor receptor locus to human chromosome region 17q12-q22. Additionally, part, if not all, of the nerve growth factor receptor locus...

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

authors： Huebner K,Isobe M,Chao M,Bothwell M,Ross AH,Finan J,Hoxie JA,Sehgal A,Buck CR,Lanahan A

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GTPase-activating protein (GAP) has been postulated to function either as a negative regulator or as a possible target protein of Ras in mammalian cells and Xenopus oocytes. Ras must be localized in the plasma membrane of vertebrate cells to function, but GAP is localized in the cytosol. To test whether Ras functi...

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

authors： Gibbs JB,Schaber MD,Schofield TL,Scolnick EM,Sigal IS

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP is a key regulatory molecule in visual transduction, integration of neuronal response to excitatory neurotransmitters, relaxation of smooth muscle, intestinal secretion of water and salt, and reabsorption of sodium and water in the distal tubules of the nephron. Some of these cellular functions are associated wit...

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

authors： Ruth P,Wang GX,Boekhoff I,May B,Pfeifer A,Penner R,Korth M,Breer H,Hofmann F

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies can block cellular interactions that negatively regulate T-cell immune responses, such as CD80/CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD1-L, amplifying preexisting immunity and thereby evoking antitumor immune responses. Ibrutinib, an approved therapy for B-cell malignancies, is a covalent inhibitor of BTK, a member of...

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

authors： Sagiv-Barfi I,Kohrt HE,Czerwinski DK,Ng PP,Chang BY,Levy R

更新日期：2015-03-03 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：:A molecular model of poorly understood hydrophobic effects is heuristically developed using the methods of information theory. Because primitive hydrophobic effects can be tied to the probability of observing a molecular-sized cavity in the solvent, the probability distribution of the number of solvent centers in a ca...

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

authors： Hummer G,Garde S,García AE,Pohorille A,Pratt LR

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory signaling pathways are commonly up-regulated in breast cancer. In estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) have been described as independent predictors of disease outcome. We further explore these findings by ...

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

authors： Basudhar D,Glynn SA,Greer M,Somasundaram V,No JH,Scheiblin DA,Garrido P,Heinz WF,Ryan AE,Weiss JM,Cheng RYS,Ridnour LA,Lockett SJ,McVicar DW,Ambs S,Wink DA

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription initiation site of the human ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) was located by using the single-strand specific nuclease protection method and by determining the first nucleotide of the in vitro capped 45S preribosomal RNA. The sequence of 1,211 nucleotides surrounding the initiation site was determined. The ...

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

authors： Financsek I,Mizumoto K,Mishima Y,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed yeast strains that secrete functional mouse-human chimeric antibody and its Fab fragment into the culture medium. For chimeric whole antibody, cDNA copies of the chimeric light-chain and heavy-chain genes of an anti-tumor antibody were inserted into vectors containing the yeast phosphoglycerate kin...

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

authors： Horwitz AH,Chang CP,Better M,Hellstrom KE,Robinson RR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immature state of cellular differentiation--characterized by stem cell-like tendencies and impaired differentiation--is a hallmark of cancer. Using glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) as a model system, we sought to determine whether molecular determinants that drive cells toward terminal differentiation are also genetic...

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

authors： Hu J,Ho AL,Yuan L,Hu B,Hua S,Hwang SS,Zhang J,Hu T,Zheng H,Gan B,Wu G,Wang YA,Chin L,DePinho RA

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of red blood cells is normally tightly regulated by a classic homeostatic mechanism based on oxygen sensing in the kidney. Decreased oxygen delivery resulting from anemia induces the production of erythropoietin, which increases red cell production and hence oxygen delivery. Investigations of erythropoietin...

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

authors： Percy MJ,Zhao Q,Flores A,Harrison C,Lappin TR,Maxwell PH,McMullin MF,Lee FS

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two precursors to Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) melanin-concentrating hormone, an important factor in teleosts involved in the control of skin pigmentation and stress responsiveness, have been identified from DNA sequence analysis. Both precursors encode proteins of 132 amino acids and they share 107/132 a...

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

authors： Minth CD,Qiu H,Akil H,Watson SJ,Dixon JE

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electronic absorption spectra of oxidized and reduced spinach ferredoxins have been measured between 1200 and 600 nm at low temperature in D(2)O/ethylene glycol glasses. Relatively weak absorption bands are observed at 720, 820, and 920 nm in oxidized ferredoxin, and at 652, 820, and 920 nm in reduced ferredoxin. ...

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

authors： Rawlings J,Siiman O,Gray HB

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethionamide (ETA) is an important component of second-line therapy for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Synthesis of radiolabeled ETA and an examination of drug metabolites formed by whole cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) have allowed us to demonstrate that ETA is activated by S-oxidation be...

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

authors： DeBarber AE,Mdluli K,Bosman M,Bekker LG,Barry CE 3rd

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium is a unique model system as well as a major biotechnological tool for genetic manipulation of plant cells. It is still unknown, however, whether host cellular factors exist that are limiting for infection, and whether their overexpression in plant cells can increase the efficiency of the infection. Here,...

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

authors： Tzfira T,Vaidya M,Citovsky V

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding is the molecular basis for several human diseases. How the primary amino acid sequence triggers misfolding and determines the benign or toxic character of the misfolded protein remains largely obscure. Among proteins that misfold, polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins provide an interesting case:...

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

authors： Duennwald ML,Jagadish S,Muchowski PJ,Lindquist S

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex I functions as a redox-linked proton pump in the respiratory chains of mitochondria and bacteria, driven by the reduction of quinone (Q) by NADH. Remarkably, the distance between the Q reduction site and the most distant proton channels extends nearly 200 Å. To elucidate the molecular origin of this long-range...

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

authors： Sharma V,Belevich G,Gamiz-Hernandez AP,Róg T,Vattulainen I,Verkhovskaya ML,Wikström M,Hummer G,Kaila VR

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast axoplasmic transport was studied in dorsal root ganglion cells of the cat. Proteins carried in the fast axoplasmic flow were labeled after an intraganglionic injection of (L)-[4,5-(3)H]leucine. The rate of transport was 380 +/- 26 mm/day in both the central and peripheral branches of the bifurcating axons that ar...

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

authors： Anderson LE,McClure WO

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) is a malignant tumor of the nasal mucosa whose histogenesis is unclear. A relationship to neuroblastoma (NB), a pediatric tumor of the sympathetic nervous system, is based on morphologic similarities and the expression of similar neural antigens. However, the clinical presentation of ONB ...

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

authors： Sorensen PH,Wu JK,Berean KW,Lim JF,Donn W,Frierson HF,Reynolds CP,López-Terrada D,Triche TJ

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The rpoS gene of Escherichia coli encodes a putative RNA polymerase sigma factor that is considered to be the central regulator of gene expression in stationary phase. The gene product (sigma 38) was overproduced using the cloned rpoS gene and purified to homogeneity. Reconstituted RNA polymerase holoenzyme (E sigma 3...

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

authors： Tanaka K,Takayanagi Y,Fujita N,Ishihama A,Takahashi H

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:How can collective action evolve when individuals benefit from cooperation regardless of whether they pay its participation costs? According to one influential perspective, collective action problems are common, especially when groups are large, but may be solved when individuals who have more to gain from the collect...

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

authors： Langergraber KE,Watts DP,Vigilant L,Mitani JC

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00