Protective role for the N-terminal domain of α-dystroglycan in Influenza A virus proliferation.

abstract：:Murine mastocytoma cells treated with calcium ionophore A23187 produced a slow-reacting substance (SRS) that caused guinea pig ileum to contract. The response was reversed by the SRS antagonist FPL 55712. On the basis of isotope incorporation experiments, spectroscopy, and chemical degradations, the SRS was identified...

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

authors： Murphy RC,Hammarström S,Samuelsson B

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified RNA polymerase II (pol II) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae pauses without releasing at many locations during in vitro transcription. Pausing can be induced by intrinsic DNA sequence as well as by specific DNA bound proteins such as the RNA pol I termination factor, Reb1p, or lac repressor. Addition of...

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

authors： Lang WH,Platt T,Reeder RH

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural transformation (i.e., the uptake of DNA and its stable integration in the chromosome) is a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Although the vast majority of bacterial genomes carry the genes involved in natural transformation, close relatives of naturally transformable species often appear...

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

authors： Durieux I,Ginevra C,Attaiech L,Picq K,Juan PA,Jarraud S,Charpentier X

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin E3 ligases are crucial for eliminating misfolded proteins before they form cytotoxic aggregates that threaten cell fitness and survival. However, it remains unclear how emerging misfolded proteins in the cytoplasm can be selectively recognized and eliminated by E3 ligases in plants. We found that Misfolded P...

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

authors： Kim JH,Cho SK,Oh TR,Ryu MY,Yang SW,Kim WT

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase contains four isoforms of the catalytic subunit, p110alpha, -beta, -gamma, and -delta. At physiological levels of expression, the wild-type p110alpha isoform lacks oncogenic potential, but gain-of-function mutations and overexpression of p110alpha are correlated with oncogenicity. The...

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

authors： Kang S,Denley A,Vanhaesebroeck B,Vogt PK

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids, i.e., gangliosides, constitute a major component of neuronal cells and are thought to be essential for brain function. UDP-glucose:ceramide glucosyltransferase (Ugcg) catalyzes the initial step of glycosphingolipid (GSL) biosynthesis. To gain insight into the role of GSLs in ...

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

authors： Jennemann R,Sandhoff R,Wang S,Kiss E,Gretz N,Zuliani C,Martin-Villalba A,Jäger R,Schorle H,Kenzelmann M,Bonrouhi M,Wiegandt H,Gröne HJ

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen fibrils can exceed thousands of microns in length and are therefore the longest, largest, and most size-pleomorphic protein polymers in vertebrates; thus, knowing how cells transport collagen fibrils is essential for a more complete understanding of protein transport and its role in tissue morphogenesis. Here...

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

authors： Kalson NS,Starborg T,Lu Y,Mironov A,Humphries SM,Holmes DF,Kadler KE

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequence of a tryptophan synthase gene and the flanking 5' and 3' regions has been determined for Arabidopsis thaliana. The sequence encodes only the beta subunit domain, indicating that alpha and beta subunits are specified by separate genes. The gene contains four introns and encodes 470 amino acid residues....

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

authors： Berlyn MB,Last RL,Fink GR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic polyketides make up a large class of natural products with diverse bioactivity. During biosynthesis, linear poly-β-ketone intermediates are regiospecifically cyclized, yielding molecules with defined cyclization patterns that are crucial for polyketide bioactivity. The aromatase/cyclases (ARO/CYCs) are respon...

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

authors： Caldara-Festin G,Jackson DR,Barajas JF,Valentic TR,Patel AB,Aguilar S,Nguyen M,Vo M,Khanna A,Sasaki E,Liu HW,Tsai SC

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have collected a set of 347 proteins that are found in eukaryotic cells but have no significant homology to proteins in Archaea and Bacteria. We call these proteins eukaryotic signature proteins (ESPs). The dominant hypothesis for the formation of the eukaryotic cell is that it is a fusion of an archaeon with a bac...

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

authors： Hartman H,Fedorov A

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterodisaccharide lactose (1,4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucose) induces cellulase formation in the ascomycete Hypocrea jecorina (= Trichoderma reesei). Lactose assimilation is slow, and the assimilation of its beta-D-galactose moiety depends mainly on the operation of a recently described reductive pathway an...

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

authors： Fekete E,Seiboth B,Kubicek CP,Szentirmai A,Karaffa L

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies by x-ray crystallography, NMR, and molecular simulations have suggested that monovalent counterions can penetrate deeply into the minor groove of B form DNA. Such groove-bound ions potentially could play an important role in AT-tract bending and groove narrowing, thereby modulating DNA function in vivo....

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

authors： Denisov VP,Halle B

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-specific DNA-binding small molecules that can permeate human cells potentially could regulate transcription of specific genes. Multiple cellular DNA-binding transcription factors are required by HIV type 1 for RNA synthesis. Two pyrrole-imidazole polyamides were designed to bind DNA sequences immediately adja...

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

authors： Dickinson LA,Gulizia RJ,Trauger JW,Baird EE,Mosier DE,Gottesfeld JM,Dervan PB

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonicotinoid insecticides control crop pests based on their action as agonists at the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which accepts chloropyridinyl- and chlorothiazolyl-analogs almost equally well. In some cases, these compounds have also been reported to enhance plant vigor and (a)biotic stress tolerance, i...

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

authors： Ford KA,Casida JE,Chandran D,Gulevich AG,Okrent RA,Durkin KA,Sarpong R,Bunnelle EM,Wildermuth MC

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been used to treat malignancies in humans with varying degrees of success. Progress has been hindered by the lack of suitable animal models, which would ideally consist of immunocompetent animals that are tolerant to tumor-associated antigens. Suitable models would allow the study and...

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

authors： Wilkinson RW,Ross EL,Poulsom R,Ilyas M,Straub J,Snary D,Bodmer WF,Mather SJ

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The osteopontin (Opn) glycoprotein has been implicated in diverse physiological processes, including vascularization, bone formation, and inflammatory responses. Studies of its role in immune responses has suggested that Opn can set the early stage of type-1 immune (cell-mediated) responses through differential regula...

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

authors： Shinohara ML,Jansson M,Hwang ES,Werneck MB,Glimcher LH,Cantor H

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex liquids flow through channels faster than expected, an effect attributed to the formation of low-viscosity depletion layers at the boundaries. Characterization of depletion layer length scale, concentration, and dynamics has remained elusive due in large part to the lack of suitable real-space experimental tec...

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

authors： Park SJ,Shakya A,King JT

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in free Ca2+ triggers exocytosis in pituitary nerve terminals leading to an increase in membrane area and membrane capacitance. When Ca2+ is increased by step depolarization, an instantaneous capacitance increase during the first 80 ms is followed by a slow increase extending over several seconds. We measu...

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

authors： Rosenboom H,Lindau M

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of biologists engaged in evolutionary studies interpret virtually every aspect of biodiversity in adaptive terms. This narrow view of evolution has become untenable in light of recent observations from genomic sequencing and population-genetic theory. Numerous aspects of genomic architecture, gene st...

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

authors： Lynch M

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hearing loss during early development is associated with deficits in speech and language acquisition. Although functional studies have shown a deafness-induced alteration of synaptic strength, it is not known whether long-term synaptic plasticity depends on auditory experience. In this study, sensorineural hear...

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

authors： Kotak VC,Breithaupt AD,Sanes DH

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a growing number of ion channel genes implicated in hereditary ataxia, it remains unclear how ion channel mutations lead to loss-of-function or death of cerebellar neurons. Mutations in the gene KCNMA1, encoding the α-subunit of the BK channel have emerged as responsible for a variety of neurological phenotype...

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

authors： Du X,Carvalho-de-Souza JL,Wei C,Carrasquel-Ursulaez W,Lorenzo Y,Gonzalez N,Kubota T,Staisch J,Hain T,Petrossian N,Xu M,Latorre R,Bezanilla F,Gomez CM

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to control drops and their movements on phobic surfaces is important in printing or patterning, microfluidic devices, and water-repellent materials. These materials are always micro-/nanotextured, and a natural limitation of repellency occurs when drops are small enough (as in a dew) to get trapped in the ...

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

authors： Wang Q,Yao X,Liu H,Quéré D,Jiang L

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The topology of the tight junction is probed by introducing dipicrylamine (dpa-), a lipid-soluble anion, into the membranes of hepatocyte pairs in culture. Once partitioned into the membrane, dpa- ions are free to move in the hydrophobic core of the membrane, where their mobile charges greatly increase membrane capaci...

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

authors： Turin L,Béhé P,Plonsky I,Dunina-Barkovskaya A

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a comprehensive transcriptome analysis, a Z chromosome-linked chicken homolog of hemogen (cHEMGN) was identified and shown to be specifically involved in testis differentiation in early chicken embryos. Hemogen [Hemgn in mice, EDAG (erythroid differentiation-associated gene protein) in humans] was recently chara...

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

authors： Nakata T,Ishiguro M,Aduma N,Izumi H,Kuroiwa A

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the activity/levels of the extralarge G protein α-subunit (XLαs) are implicated in various human disorders, such as perinatal growth retardation. Encoded by GNAS, XLαs is partly identical to the α-subunit of the stimulatory G protein (Gsα), but the cellular actions of XLαs remain poorly defined. Followi...

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

authors： He Q,Bouley R,Liu Z,Wein MN,Zhu Y,Spatz JM,Wang CY,Divieti Pajevic P,Plagge A,Babitt JL,Bastepe M

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of high-titer, helper-free retroviruses by transient transfection has been achieved by using the highly transfectable 293T cell line into which are stably introduced constructs that express retroviral packaging functions. The resulting ecotropic virus packaging cell line BOSC 23 produces infectious retr...

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

authors： Pear WS,Nolan GP,Scott ML,Baltimore D

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ever-increasing global need for potable water requires practical, sustainable approaches for purifying abundant alternative sources such as seawater, high-salinity processed water, or underground reservoirs. Evaporation-based solutions are of particular interest for treating high salinity water, since conventional...

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

authors： Dongare PD,Alabastri A,Neumann O,Nordlander P,Halas NJ

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmembrane precursor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) exits the trans-Golgi network (TGN) in tubular carriers for subsequent trafficking and delivery to the cell surface; however, the molecular machinery responsible for Golgi export is unknown. We previously reported that members of the TGN golgin family ar...

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

authors： Lieu ZZ,Lock JG,Hammond LA,La Gruta NL,Stow JL,Gleeson PA

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Both plants and animals require the activity of proteins containing nucleotide binding (NB) domain and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains for proper immune system function. NB-LRR proteins in plants (NLR proteins in animals) also require conserved regulation via the proteins SGT1 and cytosolic HSP90. RAR1, a protein sp...

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

authors： Hubert DA,He Y,McNulty BC,Tornero P,Dangl JL

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The commitment of differentiating cells to a specialized fate is fundamental to the correct assembly of tissues within a multicellular organism. Because commitment is often irreversible, entry into and progression through this phase of development must be tightly regulated. Under nitrogen-limiting conditions, the mult...

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

authors： Videau P,Rivers OS,Hurd K,Ushijima B,Oshiro RT,Ende RJ,O'Hanlon SM,Cozy LM

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00