A specific amino acid motif of HLA-DRB1 mediates risk and interacts with smoking history in Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:The impact of projected global warming on crop yields has been evaluated by indirect methods using simulation models. Direct studies on the effects of observed climate change on crop growth and yield could provide more accurate information for assessing the impact of climate change on crop production. We analyzed weat...

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

authors： Peng S,Huang J,Sheehy JE,Laza RC,Visperas RM,Zhong X,Centeno GS,Khush GS,Cassman KG

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern functional imaging techniques of the brain measure local hemodynamic responses evoked by neuronal activity. Capillary pericytes recently were suggested to mediate neurovascular coupling in brain slices, but their role in vivo remains unexplored. We used two-photon microscopy to study in real time pericytes and ...

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

authors： Fernández-Klett F,Offenhauser N,Dirnagl U,Priller J,Lindauer U

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoglobulin light chain protein was isolated from the urine of an individual (BRE) with systemic amyloidosis. Complete amino acid sequence of the variable region of the light chain (VL) protein established it as a kappa I, which when compared with other kappa I amyloid associated proteins had unique residues, in...

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

authors： Schormann N,Murrell JR,Liepnieks JJ,Benson MD

更新日期：1995-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A calix[4]arene was designed to reversibly dimerize and form an egg-shaped enclosure. Adhesive interactions in the assembly were provided by four self-associating ureas, which form a cyclic array containing 16 hydrogen bonds. The synthesis was completed in four steps from the previously described O,O',O",O"'-tetrabenz...

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

authors： Shimizu KD,Rebek J Jr

更新日期：1995-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase, the terminal protein in the respiratory chain, converts oxygen into water and helps generate the electrochemical gradient used in the synthesis of ATP. The catalytic action of cytochrome c oxidase involves electron transfer, proton transfer, and O2 reduction. These events trigger specific molecul...

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

authors： Nyquist RM,Heitbrink D,Bolwien C,Gennis RB,Heberle J

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural immunocytochemical studies of the expression of major histocompatibility complex class I antigens in the placentas of inbred rats were performed using placentas derived from natural matings and from embryo transfers into females made pseudopregnant by mechanical stimulation. The studies utilized the WF...

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

authors： Kanbour-Shakir A,Zhang X,Rouleau A,Armstrong DT,Kunz HW,Macpherson TA,Gill TJ 3rd

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids that contain synthetic genes coding for small oligoribonucleotides called external guide sequences (EGSs) have been introduced into strains of Escherichia coli harboring antibiotic resistance genes. The EGSs direct RNase P to cleave the mRNAs transcribed from these genes thereby converting the phenotype of dr...

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

authors： Guerrier-Takada C,Salavati R,Altman S

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of Congressional apportionment is explained together with a brief history of the methods used or considered for its solution. Reasons are given for rejecting the presently used method of equal proportions and for accepting a new method, the quota method, which is the unique method satisfying three essentia...

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

authors： Balinski ML,Young HP

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte adherence to endothelium is in part mediated by the transient expression of endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 (ELAM-1) on endothelial surfaces stimulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF), interleukin (IL) 1, or bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The intracellular factors controlling induction of...

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

authors： Montgomery KF,Osborn L,Hession C,Tizard R,Goff D,Vassallo C,Tarr PI,Bomsztyk K,Lobb R,Harlan JM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have been obtained that recognize either the A or B chain of human urinary urokinase. These antibodies identify human urokinase-producing cells and the product of urokinase mRNA. Anti-urokinase monoclonal antibodies precipitate an approximately equal to 54,000-dalton protein synthesized in vitro ...

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

authors： Salerno G,Verde P,Nolli ML,Corti A,Szöts H,Meo T,Johnson J,Bullock S,Cassani G,Blasi F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases are central components of signal transduction pathways for cell proliferation, stress responses, and differentiation. Signaling efficiency and specificity are modulated in large part by docking interactions between individual MAP kinase and the kinase interaction motif (KIM), (R...

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

authors： Liu S,Sun JP,Zhou B,Zhang ZY

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:ChIP coupled with microarray provides a powerful tool to determine in vivo binding profiling of transcription factors to deduce regulatory circuitries in mammalian cells. Aiming at improving the specificity and sensitivity of such analysis, we developed a new technology called ChIP-DSL using the DNA selection and liga...

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

authors： Kwon YS,Garcia-Bassets I,Hutt KR,Cheng CS,Jin M,Liu D,Benner C,Wang D,Ye Z,Bibikova M,Fan JB,Duan L,Glass CK,Rosenfeld MG,Fu XD

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5' region of the mouse gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma GT; EC 2.3.2.2) gene has been cloned and analyzed. This analysis, combined with sequence information obtained from gamma GT cDNA clones, indicates that in mouse a single gamma GT gene codes for six different mRNAs that differ in their 5' sequences. Analysis o...

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

authors： Rajagopalan S,Wan DF,Habib GM,Sepulveda AR,McLeod MR,Lebovitz RM,Lieberman MW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoproduct of carbon monoxide myoglobin generated at 4 K and lower has a resonance Raman spectrum characteristic of a high-spin heme but in which the high-frequency core size-sensitive lines are at lower frequency than those in the deoxy preparation. Such differences are not detected in the photoproduct generate...

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

authors： Rousseau DL,Argade PV

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study demonstrated that the translational inhibitor from lysates of heme-deficient rabbit reticulocytes is associated with a protein kinase activity. Chromatography of this inhibitor preparation on phosphocellulose yields two distinct protein kinase activities, PC1 and PC2. PC1, which consitutes about 90% o...

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

authors： Levin D,Ranu RS,Ernst V,London IM

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antibiotic resistance among nosocomial pathogens has reemphasized the need for effective infection control strategies. The spread of resistant pathogens within hospital settings proceeds along various routes of transmission and is characterized by large fluctuations in prevalence, which are typical fo...

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

authors： Pelupessy I,Bonten MJ,Diekmann O

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins relay extracellular cues from heptahelical transmembrane receptors to downstream effector molecules. Composed of an alpha subunit with intrinsic GTPase activity and a betagamma heterodimer, the trimeric complex dissociates upon receptor-mediated nucleotide exchange on the alpha subunit, enabl...

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

authors： Slep KC,Kercher MA,Wieland T,Chen CK,Simon MI,Sigler PB

更新日期：2008-04-29 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：:To test whether a 30S ribosomal subunitformylmethionyl-tRNA-mRNA complex is an obligatory intermediate in protein synthesis, 70S ribosomes from Escherichia coli were crosslinked with the bifunctional imidoester, dimethylsuberimidate. Crosslinked ribosomes contained covelently joined 30S and 50S subunits, as judged by ...

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

authors： Slobin LI

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past research found that the ingestion of glucose can enhance self-control. It has been widely assumed that basic physiological processes underlie this effect. We hypothesized that the effect of glucose also depends on people's theories about willpower. Three experiments, both measuring (experiment 1) and manipulating...

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

authors： Job V,Walton GM,Bernecker K,Dweck CS

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetylvalyl-tRNA1Val (AcVal-tRNA1Val) was bound to the P site of uniformly 32P-labeled 70S ribosomes from Escherichia coli and crosslinked to 16S RNA in the 30S ribosomal subunit by irradiation with light of 300-400 nm. To identify the crosslinked nucleotide in 16S RNA. AcVal-tRNA1Val-16S [32P]RNA was digested compl...

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

authors： Prince JB,Taylor BH,Thurlow DL,Ofengand J,Zimmermann RA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a methodology, fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), in which the contrast depends on the fluorescence lifetime at each point in a two-dimensional image and not on the local concentration and/or intensity of the fluorophore. We used FLIM to create lifetime images of NADH when free in solution and when bou...

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

authors： Lakowicz JR,Szmacinski H,Nowaczyk K,Johnson ML

更新日期：1992-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia viruses (X-MLVs and P-MLVs) cross-interfere to various extents in non-mouse species and in wild Asian mice, suggesting that they might use a common receptor for infection. Consistent with this hypothesis, the susceptibility of some wild mice to X-MLVs has been mapped to the P-...

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

authors： Tailor CS,Nouri A,Lee CG,Kozak C,Kabat D

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In diabetes, the death of insulin-producing beta-cells by apoptosis leads to insulin deficiency. The lower prevalence of diabetes in females suggests that female sex steroids protect from beta-cell injury. Consistent with this hypothesis, 17beta-estradiol (estradiol) manifests antidiabetic actions in humans and rodent...

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

authors： Le May C,Chu K,Hu M,Ortega CS,Simpson ER,Korach KS,Tsai MJ,Mauvais-Jarvis F

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mammary epithelial cells secrete and express on their cell surfaces complex mucin glycoproteins (Mr greater than 250,000) that are developmentally regulated, tumor-associated, and highly immunogenic. Studies using monoclonal antibodies directed to these glycoproteins suggest that their molecular structures can v...

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

authors： Gendler SJ,Burchell JM,Duhig T,Lamport D,White R,Parker M,Taylor-Papadimitriou J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) act independently as well as cooperatively to induce neuronal death in acute neurological disorders. Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and inhibition of lipid peroxidation induced by ROS have both been proposed as neuroprotective strategies in strok...

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

authors： Chabrier PE,Auguet M,Spinnewyn B,Auvin S,Cornet S,Demerlé-Pallardy C,Guilmard-Favre C,Marin JG,Pignol B,Gillard-Roubert V,Roussillot-Charnet C,Schulz J,Viossat I,Bigg D,Moncada S

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate remains recovered from a limestone fissure filling on Antigua, Lesser Antilles, are associated with radiocarbon dates ranging from 4300 to 2500 yr B.P., contemporaneous with the earliest aboriginal human occupation of the island. Nine taxa of lizards, snakes, birds, bats, and rodents (one-third of the total...

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

authors： Steadman DW,Pregill GK,Olson SL

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive medium for the presentation of protein structure has been developed and used to evaluate the structure of the active site of bovine trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4). This technique, involving advanced computer graphics technology, permits the facile display of a representation of the molecular surface of proteins o...

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

authors： Feldmann RJ,Bing DH,Furie BC,Furie B

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of p53 in regulating diverse cellular processes dictates that it must respond to multiple signaling mechanisms, thus coordinating the response to various "stress conditions." Genotoxic stress has served as a paradigm to dissect the transactivation-dependent branch of the pathway by which p53 can induce...

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

authors： Ruaro EM,Collavin L,Del Sal G,Haffner R,Oren M,Levine AJ,Schneider C

更新日期：1997-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The neighbor-exclusion principle is one of the most general and interesting rules describing intercalative DNA binding by small molecules. It suggests that such binding can only occur at every other base-pair site, reflecting a very large negative cooperativity in the binding process. We have carried out molecular mec...

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

authors： Rao SN,Kollman PA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00