Pleiotropic effects for Parkin and LRRK2 in leprosy type-1 reactions and Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:Pneumococcal peptidoglycan amidase (N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, EC 3.5.1.28) and phage CPL1 lysozyme degrade a common substrate (choline-containing pneumococcal cell walls); the former hydrolyzes the bond between muramic acid and alanine, whereas the latter breaks down the linkage between muramic acid and gluc...

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

authors： Díaz E,López R,García JL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effect of diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A, and cycloheximide on the CV-1 cell cytoskeleton. Within a few hours after producing an inhibition of cellular protein synthesis, all these agents specifically disrupted the organization of the vimentin filament system with no discernab...

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

authors： Sharpe AH,Chen LB,Murphy JR,Fields BN

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IscR (iron-sulfur cluster regulator) is encoded by an ORF located immediately upstream of genes coding for the Escherichia coli Fe-S cluster assembly proteins, IscS, IscU, and IscA. IscR shares amino acid similarity with MarA, a member of the MarA/SoxS/Rob family of transcription factors. In this study, we found that ...

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

authors： Schwartz CJ,Giel JL,Patschkowski T,Luther C,Ruzicka FJ,Beinert H,Kiley PJ

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:All but two genes involved in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been cloned, and their corresponding mutants have been described. The remaining genes encode the C-3 sterol dehydrogenase (C-4 decarboxylase) and the 3-keto sterol reductase and in concert with the C-4 sterol methyloxida...

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

authors： Gachotte D,Barbuch R,Gaylor J,Nickel E,Bard M

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciding whether a set of objects are the same or different is a cornerstone of perception and cognition. Surprisingly, no principled quantitative model of sameness judgment exists. We tested whether human sameness judgment under sensory noise can be modeled as a form of probabilistically optimal inference. An optimal...

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

authors： van den Berg R,Vogel M,Josic K,Ma WJ

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucopolysaccharidoses are a group of genetic diseases characterized by storage of incompletely degraded glycosaminoglycans. Such storage causes marked distortion of many tissues with consequent severe somatic changes and mental retardation. Storage of glycosaminoglycans results from markedly diminished activity of...

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

authors： Dorfman A,Matalon R

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the functional consequences of mutations present in defective alleles of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (RB1) isolated from two spontaneously arising tumors. Unlike cDNA clones expressing the wild-type protein p110Rb, those encoding the two mutant proteins failed to induce the appearance of se...

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

authors： Templeton DJ,Park SH,Lanier L,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoxetine (Prozac) inhibited the membrane currents elicited by serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5HT) in Xenopus oocytes expressing either cloned 5HT2C receptors or 5HT receptors encoded by rat cortex mRNA. Responses of 5HT2C receptors, elicited by nM concentrations of 5HT, were rapidly and reversibly blocked by microm...

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

authors： Ni YG,Miledi R

更新日期：1997-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 3 (IL-3) stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of various haematopoietic progenitor cells. Recently, IL-3 and other cytokines were reported to exert a neurotrophic activity and to be associated with neurological disorders, suggesting their complex role in the central nervous system. We now show ...

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

authors： Chavany C,Vicario-Abejón C,Miller G,Jendoubi M

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For centuries, traditional agricultural systems have contributed to food and livelihood security throughout the world. Recognizing the ecological legacy in the traditional agricultural systems may help us develop novel sustainable agriculture. We examine how rice-fish coculture (RF), which has been designated a "globa...

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

authors： Xie J,Hu L,Tang J,Wu X,Li N,Yuan Y,Yang H,Zhang J,Luo S,Chen X

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The gel filtration behavior, in the presence of detergents, of membrane-bound IgM from normal mouse spleen B lymphocytes was compared to that of secretory IgM from mouse plasma cells. The proteins were labeled either by surface radioiodination or biosynthetically with radioactive amino acids. Cell lysates were fractio...

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

authors： Vassalli P,Tedghi R,Lisowska-Bernstein B,Tartakoff A,Jaton JC

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological treatments designed to reactivate fetal γ-globin can lead to an effective and successful clinical outcome in patients with hemoglobinopathies. However, new approaches remain highly desired because such treatments are not equally effective for all patients, and toxicity issues remain. We have taken a sy...

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

authors： Chen J,Peterson KR,Iancu-Rubin C,Bieker JJ

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the efficiency of liposome-mediated DNA transfer as a tool for gene therapy, we have developed a fusigenic liposome vector based on principles of viral cell fusion. The fusion proteins of hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ; also Sendai virus) are complexed with liposomes that encapsulate oligodeoxynucleot...

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

authors： Dzau VJ,Mann MJ,Morishita R,Kaneda Y

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional digital computers can execute advanced operations by a sequence of elementary Boolean functions of 2 or more bits. As a result, complicated tasks such as solving a linear system or solving a differential equation require a large number of computing steps and an extensive use of memory units to store indiv...

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

authors： Sun Z,Pedretti G,Ambrosi E,Bricalli A,Wang W,Ielmini D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Macropinocytosis is a highly conserved endocytic process by which extracellular fluid and solutes are internalized into cells. Macropinocytosis starts with the formation of membrane ruffles at the plasma membrane and ends with their closure. The transient and sequential emergence of phosphoinositides PI(3,4,5)P3 and P...

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

authors： Maekawa M,Terasaka S,Mochizuki Y,Kawai K,Ikeda Y,Araki N,Skolnik EY,Taguchi T,Arai H

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoters whose temporal activity can be directly manipulated in transgenic animals provide a tool for the study of gene functions in vivo. We have evaluated a tetracycline-responsive binary system for its ability to temporally control gene expression in transgenic mice. In this system, a tetracycline-controlled trans...

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

authors： Furth PA,St Onge L,Böger H,Gruss P,Gossen M,Kistner A,Bujard H,Hennighausen L

更新日期：1994-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The rewards of promiscuity for males are undisputed. But why should a female mate promiscuously, particularly when her partners offer no resources other than sperm and increase her chances of succumbing to predation or disease? This question has been hotly debated but at present remains largely unresolved [Jennions, M...

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

authors： Evans JP,Magurran AE

更新日期：2000-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have documented many cases in which individuals rationalize their regrettable actions. Four experiments examine situations in which people go beyond merely explaining away their misconduct to actively deceiving themselves. We find that those who exploit opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage ...

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

authors： Chance Z,Norton MI,Gino F,Ariely D

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have shown that γδ T cells are important for the elimination of malaria parasites in humans and mice. However, how γδ T cells are involved in protective immunity against blood-stage malaria remains unknown. We infected γδ T-cell-deficient (TCRδ-KO) mice and control wild-type mice with Plasmodium bergh...

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

authors： Inoue S,Niikura M,Takeo S,Mineo S,Kawakami Y,Uchida A,Kamiya S,Kobayashi F

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat liver nuclei pure by enzymatic and electron microscope criteria contain protein kinase C (PKC) that can be activated several hundredfold within 3 min of addition of prolactin or phorbol 12-tetradecanoate 13-acetate. Rat prolactin stimulated PKC maximally at 10(-12) M, whereas ovine prolactin was maximally stimulat...

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

authors： Buckley AR,Crowe PD,Russell DH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonal rat pituitary cell line GH4C1 expresses the genes for several voltage-dependent potassium channels including Kv1.5 and Kv1.4. Dexamethasone, a glucocorticoid agonist, induces a slowly inactivating potassium current in these cells but does not alter the amplitude of a rapidly inactivating component of potass...

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

authors： Chung S,Saal DB,Kaczmarek LK

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region (VH) locus in a phylogenetically primitive teleost (Elops saurus) has been characterized by a strategy that relied initially on cross-hybridization between genomic VH segments and a murine VH probe. Using a homologous (Elops) VH probe and DNA sequencing, this gene family ...

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

authors： Amemiya CT,Litman GW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA strand exchange protein RAD51 facilitates the central step in homologous recombination, a process fundamentally important for accurate repair of damaged chromosomes, restart of collapsed replication forks, and telomere maintenance. The active form of RAD51 is a nucleoprotein filament that assembles on single-s...

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

authors： Subramanyam S,Ismail M,Bhattacharya I,Spies M

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Formamide is one of the important compounds from which prebiotic molecules can be synthesized, provided that its concentration is sufficiently high. For nucleotides and short DNA strands, it has been shown that a high degree of accumulation in hydrothermal pores occurs, so that temperature gradients might play a role ...

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

authors： Niether D,Afanasenkau D,Dhont JK,Wiegand S

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The conservation of developmental functions exerted by Antp-class homeoproteins in protostomes and deuterostomes suggested that homologs with related functions are present in diploblastic animals. Our phylogenetic analyses showed that Antp-class homeodomains belong either to non-Hox or to Hox/paraHox families. Among t...

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

authors： Gauchat D,Mazet F,Berney C,Schummer M,Kreger S,Pawlowski J,Galliot B

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron tunnelling distance between redox enzymes is estimated. The energy transfer mechanism between a pair of charges is described. The dielectric degrees of freedom are incorporated into the electron transfer rate formula. ...

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

authors： Kemeny G,Mahanti SD

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factor TFIID consists of TATA binding protein (TBP) and at least eight TBP-associated factors (TAFs). As TAFs are required for activated but not basal transcription, we have proposed that TAFs act as coactivators to mediate signals between activators and the basal transcription machinery. Here we report ...

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

authors： Klemm RD,Goodrich JA,Zhou S,Tjian R

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The rpoN gene encoding the transcription factor sigma54 in Myxococcus xanthus has been cloned using a heterologous rpoN probe. The sequence of the cross-hybridizing DNA confirmed the existence of an ORF 1518 bp long that encodes a well conserved member of the sigma54 family of sigma factors. Low- as well as high-strin...

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

authors： Keseler IM,Kaiser D

更新日期：1997-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant metabolites are crucial for both plant life and human nutrition. Despite recent advance in metabolomics, the genetic control of plant metabolome remains largely unknown. Here, we performed a genetic analysis of the rice metabolome that provided over 2,800 highly resolved metabolic quantitative trait loci for 900...

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

authors： Gong L,Chen W,Gao Y,Liu X,Zhang H,Xu C,Yu S,Zhang Q,Luo J

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin insulators or boundaries are proposed to structure the chromatin fiber into functionally independent domains by promoting the formation of chromatin loops. These elements can block the communication between an enhancer and a gene when placed between them. Interestingly, it has been previously observed that t...

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

authors： Melnikova L,Juge F,Gruzdeva N,Mazur A,Cavalli G,Georgiev P

更新日期：2004-10-12 00:00:00