Isolation and characterization of a complementary DNA specific for human aromatase-system cytochrome P-450 mRNA.

abstract：:A unique multicomponent vaccine against serogroup B meningococci incorporates the novel genome-derived proteins fHbp, NHBA, and NadA that may vary in sequence and level of expression. Measuring the effectiveness of such vaccines, using the accepted correlate of protection against invasive meningococcal disease, could ...

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

authors： Donnelly J,Medini D,Boccadifuoco G,Biolchi A,Ward J,Frasch C,Moxon ER,Stella M,Comanducci M,Bambini S,Muzzi A,Andrews W,Chen J,Santos G,Santini L,Boucher P,Serruto D,Pizza M,Rappuoli R,Giuliani MM

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporters are a recently discovered family of primary active transporters for micronutrients and vitamins, such as biotin, thiamine, and riboflavin. Found exclusively in archaea and bacteria, including the human pathogens Listeria, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus, ECF transporters may...

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

authors： Karpowich NK,Wang DN

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic, infectious, and tumor cell-intrinsic noxae can all evoke the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response in tumor cells, which is critical for tumor cell growth and cancer progression. Evidence exists that the ER stress response can drive a proinflammatory program in tumor cells and macrophages but, to our k...

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

authors： Mahadevan NR,Rodvold J,Sepulveda H,Rossi S,Drew AF,Zanetti M

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike normal cells, malignant rat and two simian virus 40-transformed human cell lines can neither grow nor survive in B12-and folate-supplemented media in which methionine is replaced by homocysteine. Yet three lines of evidence indicate that the malignant and transformed cells synthesize large amounts of methionine...

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

authors： Hoffman RM,Erbe RW

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic bradykinin, a nonapeptide formed from alpha-2 globulin in plasma, injected intra-arterially or intraperitoneally in cats in doses of 10-50 mug, evoked activity in the central nervous system in pathways associated with the signaling of pain. Similar injections of bradykinin in intact normal cats and dogs evok...

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

authors： Lim RK,Krauthamer G,Guzman F,Fulp RR

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) regulates important bacterial behaviors, including biofilm formation and the production of virulence factors. Some bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, can quench the AI-2 signal produced by a variety of species present in the environment, and thus can influence AI-2-depen...

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

authors： Marques JC,Oh IK,Ly DC,Lamosa P,Ventura MR,Miller ST,Xavier KB

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cytokine I-309 is a small glycoprotein secreted by activated T lymphocytes and structurally related to a number of inflammatory cytokines. To investigate the biological activities of I-309 protein, we produced a stable Chinese hamster ovary cell transfectant, CDI.10, which constitutively secretes I-309 prote...

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

authors： Miller MD,Krangel MS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural protein 4.1, which has crucial interactions within the spectrin-actin lattice of the human red cell membrane skeleton, also is widely distributed at diverse intracellular sites in nucleated cells. We previously showed that 4.1 is essential for assembly of functional nuclei in vitro and that the capacity of ...

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

authors： Krauss SW,Chen C,Penman S,Heald R

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that in four transcription factor families the DNA-recognition rules can be described as (i) chemical rules, which list possible pairings between the 20 amino acid residues and the four DNA bases, and (ii) stereochemical rules, which describe the base and amino acid positions in contact. We...

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

authors： Suzuki M,Yagi N

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is associated with the Philadelphia chromosome, which arises by a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 and harbors the BCR-ABL fusion oncogene. It is unknown whether any other mutations are needed for the chronic phase of the disease. The CML incidence increases as a fun...

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

authors： Michor F,Iwasa Y,Nowak MA

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly formed hepatic granulomas around Schistosoma mansoni eggs become progressively smaller during the chronic (greater than or equal to 15 weeks after infection) phase of the disease. This reduction in granuloma size, termed "modulation," is known to be caused in part by a T lymphocyte that can adoptively transfer m...

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

authors： Green WF,Colley DG

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the length of poly(A) tails of bacterial mRNAs result from a competition between poly(A) polymerase and exoribonucleases that attack the 3' ends of RNAs. Here, we show that host factor Hfq is also involved in poly(A) tail metabolism. Inactivation of the hfq gene reduces the length of pol...

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

authors： Hajnsdorf E,Régnier P

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed a very large set of molecular interactions that had been derived automatically from biological texts. We found that published statements, regardless of their verity, tend to interfere with interpretation of the subsequent experiments and, therefore, can act as scientific "microparadigms," similar to domina...

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

authors： Rzhetsky A,Iossifov I,Loh JM,White KP

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for hydrogen bonding between 5'-ribonucleotides in water has been obtained from a 220-MHz proton magnetic resonance study of nitrogenous protons. The amino groups of GMP, AMP, and CMP exhibit proton resonance lines which are somewhat broadened by proton exchange with the solvent at 0 degrees ; their downfield...

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

authors： Raszka M,Kaplan NO

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supernatant fractions (300,000 x g, 60 min) from homogenates of rat liver, heart, and skeletal muscle, dog liver, and rabbit liver prepared without detergent in the homogenization medium (referred to as S300) are shown to contain an activity that restores Mg2+-dependent fluoride- and guanine nucleotide-stimulated cycl...

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

authors： Bhat MK,Iyengar R,Abramowitz J,Bordelon-Riser ME,Birnbaumer L

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugative DNA transfer of the self-transmissible broad-host-range plasmid RP4 is initiated by strand- and site-specific cleavage at the nick site (nic) of the transfer origin (oriT). Cleavage results in covalent attachment of the plasmid-encoded relaxase (TraI) to the 5'-terminal 2'-deoxycytidine residue at nic. We ...

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

authors： Pansegrau W,Schröder W,Lanka E

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asexual freshwater planarians reproduce by tearing themselves into two pieces by a process called binary fission. The resulting head and tail pieces regenerate within about a week, forming two new worms. Understanding this process of ripping oneself into two parts poses a challenging biomechanical problem. Because pla...

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

authors： Malinowski PT,Cochet-Escartin O,Kaj KJ,Ronan E,Groisman A,Diamond PH,Collins ES

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunlight exposure is strongly indicated as one of the important etiologic agents in human cutaneous malignant melanoma. However, because of the absence of good animal models, it has not been possible to estimate the wavelengths or wavelength regions involved. We have developed a useful animal model from crosses and ba...

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

authors： Setlow RB,Woodhead AD,Grist E

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agonist binding to the muscarinic receptor in rat cerebral cortex membranes was studied by using the neurotransmitter itself, [3H]acetylcholine [( 3H]AcCho). By using 10 microM atropine or oxotremorine to define specific binding, it was possible to demonstrate specific binding of [3H]AcCho that was sensitive to muscar...

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

authors： Gurwitz D,Kloog Y,Sokolovsky M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of Janus kinases (JAKs) is crucial for propagation of the proliferative response initiated by many cytokines. The proliferation of various cell lines, particularly those of hematopoietic origin, is also modulated by mediators of oxidative stress such as nitric oxide and thiol redox reagents. Herein we d...

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

authors： Duhé RJ,Evans GA,Erwin RA,Kirken RA,Cox GW,Farrar WL

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice expressing the sequences coding for the envelope proteins of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the liver have been used as a model of the HBV chronic carrier state. We evaluated the possibility of inducing a specific immune response to the viral envelope antigens and thus potentially controlling chronic H...

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

authors： Mancini M,Hadchouel M,Davis HL,Whalen RG,Tiollais P,Michel ML

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of the indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase complex immunocytochemical technique, antibody to purified human renal renin was applied to formalin-fixed paraffin sections of human cadaver brain. Immune reaction products were observed in most nerve cells in all areas of the brain examined; staining was limited to th...

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

authors： Slater EE,Defendini R,Zimmerman EA

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid (AA) has recently been shown to influence various cellular functions in the central nervous system. Here we report that AA increases, in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, 2-deoxy-D-[1-3H]glucose ([3H]2DG) uptake in primary cultures of astrocytes prepared from the cerebral cortex of neonatal ...

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

authors： Yu N,Martin JL,Stella N,Magistretti PJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa (2014-2015) has prompted an explosion of efforts to understand the transmission dynamics of the virus and to analyze the performance of possible containment strategies. Models have focused primarily on the reproductive numbers of the disease that represen...

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

authors： Lau MS,Dalziel BD,Funk S,McClelland A,Tiffany A,Riley S,Metcalf CJ,Grenfell BT

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently have introduced the term vasculogenic mimicry to describe the unique ability of aggressive melanoma tumor cells to form tubular structures and patterned networks in three-dimensional culture, which "mimics" embryonic vasculogenic networks formed by differentiating endothelial cells. In the current study, w...

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

authors： Hendrix MJ,Seftor EA,Meltzer PS,Gardner LM,Hess AR,Kirschmann DA,Schatteman GC,Seftor RE

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant, GA 907/7, was isolated after mutagen treatment of avian myeloblastosis virus. When bone marrow cells or secondary yolk sac macrophages were infected with GA 907/7, the expression of transformation was greatly reduced at 41 degrees C. The results of temperature-shift experiments sug...

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

authors： Moscovici MG,Moscovici C

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular and cellular basis of selective motor neuron (MN) vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not known. In genetically distinct mouse models of familial ALS expressing mutant superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1), TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), and fused in sarcoma (FUS), we demonstrate select...

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

authors： Lalancette-Hebert M,Sharma A,Lyashchenko AK,Shneider NA

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of exon II HLA-DR beta sequences have shown that nucleotide variations are principally clustered within the following three regions: V1 (amino acid 8-15), V2 (25-32), and V3 (70-77). V1, V2, and V3-derived 24-mers have been synthesized, the DR beta sequences coming from DR1, DR3, Drw6, DR4, DR5, and DRw53 ...

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

authors： Le Gall I,Millasseau P,Dausset J,Cohen D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disorder and is strongly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Currently, there is no approved pharmacological treatment for this disease, but improvement of insulin resistance using peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) ag...

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

authors： Liu W,Struik D,Nies VJ,Jurdzinski A,Harkema L,de Bruin A,Verkade HJ,Downes M,Evans RM,van Zutphen T,Jonker JW

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty years ago glial cells were discovered as a second, non-neuronal, cell type in the central nervous system. To ascribe a function to these new, enigmatic cells, it was suggested that they either glue the neurons together (the Greek word "gammalambdaiotaalpha" means "glue") or provide a robust scaffold ...

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

authors： Lu YB,Franze K,Seifert G,Steinhäuser C,Kirchhoff F,Wolburg H,Guck J,Janmey P,Wei EQ,Käs J,Reichenbach A

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00