Structure of a paramyxovirus polymerase complex reveals a unique methyltransferase-CTD conformation.

abstract：:Esterase 6 is a polymorphic carboxylesterase (carboxylic-ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1) localized to the reproductive tract of male Drosophila melanogaster and transferred to females at copulation. The reproductive fitness of males is strongly affected by temperature and the esterase 6 alleles (active versus null) that ...

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

authors： Gilbert DG,Richmond RC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stable complex between pentaammineruthenium(III) and histidine-33 in horse heart ferricytochrome c is formed in the reaction between aquopentaammineruthenium(II) and the protein at pH 7. HPLC of the tryptic hydrolysate of the modified protein was employed to identify the pentaammineruthenium binding site. Spectrosco...

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

authors： Yocom KM,Shelton JB,Shelton JR,Schroeder WA,Worosila G,Isied SS,Bordignon E,Gray HB

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured fibroblast cells derived from a skin biopsy sample taken from normal human adult were exposed to a potent carcinogen, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide. Alterations of cell growth pattern such as higher density and piling up of cells were noticed in some fractions of cultures that were successively subcultured after n...

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

authors： Kakunaga T

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) isoforms ERK1 and ERK2 was investigated in rat adipocytes. Kinase activities were measured by using myelin basic protein as substrate after the isoforms were resolved by Mono Q chromatography or by immunoprecipitation with specific antibodies. Insulin inc...

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

authors： Sevetson BR,Kong X,Lawrence JC Jr

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation plays a critical role in controlling the function of cytoskeletal assemblies but no direct method yet exists to measure the phosphorylation state of proteins at the level of individual molecules and assemblies. Herein, we apply scanning transmission electron microscopy in combination with electron ener...

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

authors： Leapman RD,Gallant PE,Reese TS,Andrews SB

更新日期：1997-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified inside-out vesicles from human erythrocytes were used to investigate the active transport of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). Incubation of vesicles and GSSG in the presence of ATP resulted in the transport of GSSG into the vesicles. When vesicles were incubated with reduced glutathione (GSH), no transport was ob...

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

authors： Kondo T,Dale GL,Beutler E

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) belong to the genus Henipavirus of the family Paramyxoviridae and are unique in that they exhibit a broad species tropism and cause fatal disease in both animals and humans. They infect cells through a pH-independent membrane fusion process mediated by their fusion and attachme...

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

authors： Bonaparte MI,Dimitrov AS,Bossart KN,Crameri G,Mungall BA,Bishop KA,Choudhry V,Dimitrov DS,Wang LF,Eaton BT,Broder CC

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their discovery as key regulators of early animal development, microRNAs now are recognized as widespread regulators of gene expression. Despite their abundance, little is known regarding the regulation of microRNA biogenesis. We show that three highly conserved muscle-specific microRNAs, miR-1, miR-133 and miR-...

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

authors： Rao PK,Kumar RM,Farkhondeh M,Baskerville S,Lodish HF

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-polarized gases (3He and 129Xe) are currently being used in magnetic resonance imaging as strong signal sources that can be safely introduced into the lung. Recently, researchers have been investigating other tissues using 129Xe. These studies use xenon dissolved in a carrier such as lipid vesicles or blood. Sin...

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

authors： Chawla MS,Chen XJ,Möller HE,Cofer GP,Wheeler CT,Hedlund LW,Johnson GA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantum mechanical problem of the hydrogen atom is treated by use of a finite difference equation in place of Schrödinger's differential equation. The exact solution leads to a wave vector energy expression that is readily converted to the Bohr-Rydberg formula. (The calculations here reported are limited to spheri...

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

authors： Wall FT

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription initiation factor TFIID is a multimeric protein complex that plays a central role in transcriptional regulation by facilitating promoter responses to various activators. cDNAs encoding the 110-kDa subunit of Drosophila TFIID (p110) were isolated with a degenerate oligodeoxynucleotide probe based on an am...

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

authors： Kokubo T,Gong DW,Roeder RG,Horikoshi M,Nakatani Y

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants have evolved adaptive strategies that involve transcriptional networks to cope with and survive environmental challenges. Key transcriptional regulators that mediate responses to environmental fluctuations in nitrate have been identified; however, little is known about how these regulators interact to orchestra...

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

authors： Guan P,Ripoll JJ,Wang R,Vuong L,Bailey-Steinitz LJ,Ye D,Crawford NM

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokine genes Il4, Il5, and Il13 are contained within a 140-kb region of mouse chromosome 11 and their expression is controlled by a locus control region (LCR) embedded within this locus. The LCR is composed of a number of DNase I-hypersensitive sites (HSs), which are believed to encompass t...

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

authors： Williams A,Lee GR,Spilianakis CG,Hwang SS,Eisenbarth SC,Flavell RA

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a set of regulatory mutants defective in transcription termination at the attenuator in the leader region of the Escherichia coli tryptophan (trp) operon. In vivo the mutants have 2- to 4-fold increased levels of expression of the trp operon above the level of the trpR parental strain. These levels ar...

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

authors： Stauffer GV,Zurawski G,Yanofsky C

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in all living organisms occurs on ribonucleoprotein particles, called ribosomes. Despite the universality of this process, eukaryotic ribosomes are significantly larger in size than their bacterial counterparts due in part to the presence of 80 r proteins rather than 54 in bacteria. Using cryoelectro...

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

authors： Armache JP,Jarasch A,Anger AM,Villa E,Becker T,Bhushan S,Jossinet F,Habeck M,Dindar G,Franckenberg S,Marquez V,Mielke T,Thomm M,Berninghausen O,Beatrix B,Söding J,Westhof E,Wilson DN,Beckmann R

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of a macronucleus from a micronucleus after cell mating in hypotrichs all the genes (approximately 20,000) are excised from micronuclear chromosomes as individual small DNA molecules. Telomeres are added to the ends of each gene-sized molecule and each is amplified, mostly by approximately 1000-...

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

authors： Greslin AF,Prescott DM,Oka Y,Loukin SH,Chappell JC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key enzyme for transcription of protein-encoding genes in eukaryotes is RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). The recruitment of this enzyme during transcription initiation and its passage along the template during transcription elongation is regulated through the association and dissociation of several complexes. Elongator...

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

authors： Nelissen H,Fleury D,Bruno L,Robles P,De Veylder L,Traas J,Micol JL,Van Montagu M,Inzé D,Van Lijsebettens M

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the three neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptor (SNARE) proteins synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin-1A, and SNAP-25 is the key step that leads to exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles. In the fully assembled SNARE complex, these three proteins form a coiled-coil ...

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

authors： Liang B,Kiessling V,Tamm LK

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Compartmentalization of proteins into subcellular organelles in eukaryotic cells is a fundamental mechanism of regulating complex cellular functions. Many proteins of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites involved in invasion are compartmentalized into apical organelles. We have identified a new merozoite organelle that co...

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

authors： Singh S,Plassmeyer M,Gaur D,Miller LH

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently established that several mRNAs encode the PR264/SC35 splicing factor and that their expression is related to that of c-Myb in human hematopoietic cells. We now report that the various PR264 mRNAs whose expression is transactivated by c-Myb proteins encode an identical PR264/SC35 polypeptide. These mRN...

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

authors： Sureau A,Perbal B

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of miR-15/16 is the most common genetic lesion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), promoting overexpression of BCL2, which factors in leukemia pathogenesis. Indeed, an inhibitor of Bcl2, venetoclcax, is highly active in the treatment of patients with CLL. However, single-agent venetoclcax fails to eradicate mi...

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

authors： Rassenti LZ,Balatti V,Ghia EM,Palamarchuk A,Tomasello L,Fadda P,Pekarsky Y,Widhopf GF 2nd,Kipps TJ,Croce CM

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequences of wheat Acc-1 and Acc-2 loci, encoding the plastid and cytosolic forms of the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase, were analyzed with a view to understanding the evolution of these genes and the origin of the three genomes in modern hexaploid wheat. Acc-1 and Acc-2 loci from each of the wheats Triticum ur...

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

authors： Chalupska D,Lee HY,Faris JD,Evrard A,Chalhoub B,Haselkorn R,Gornicki P

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The fifth exons of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes encode a transmembrane domain (TM) that is largely responsible for class I antigen cell-surface expression usually through conventional hydrophobic amino acid-membrane interactions or, less often, through phosphatidylinositol linkage. In this repo...

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

authors： Crew MD,Filipowsky ME,Neshat MS,Smith GS,Walford RL

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping posttranslational modifications (PTMs), which diversely modulate biological functions, represents a significant analytical challenge. The centerpiece technology for PTM site identification, mass spectrometry (MS), requires proteolytic cleavage in the vicinity of a PTM to yield peptides for sequencing. This req...

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

authors： Tran DT,Cavett VJ,Dang VQ,Torres HL,Paegel BM

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Termites are responsible for ∼1 to 3% of global methane (CH4) emissions. However, estimates of global termite CH4 emissions span two orders of magnitude, suggesting that fundamental knowledge of CH4 turnover processes in termite colonies is missing. In particular, there is little reliable information on the extent and...

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

authors： Nauer PA,Hutley LB,Arndt SK

更新日期：2018-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal rabies control has been frustrated by the existence of multiple wildlife reservoirs and the lack of efficacious oral vaccines. In this investigation, raccoons fed a vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein recombinant virus in a sponge bait developed rabies virus-neutralizing antibody (0.6-54.0 units) and resisted street r...

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

authors： Rupprecht CE,Wiktor TJ,Johnston DH,Hamir AN,Dietzschold B,Wunner WH,Glickman LT,Koprowski H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compressional waves that sample the lowermost mantle west of Central America show a rapid change in travel times of up to 4 s over a sampling distance of 300 km and a change in waveforms. The differential travel times of the PKP waves (which traverse Earth's core) correlate remarkably well with predictions for S-wave ...

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

authors： Sun X,Song X,Zheng S,Helmberger DV

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle tracking is a powerful biophysical tool that requires conversion of large video files into position time series, i.e., traces of the species of interest for data analysis. Current tracking methods, based on a limited set of input parameters to identify bright objects, are ill-equipped to handle the spectrum o...

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

authors： Newby JM,Schaefer AM,Lee PT,Forest MG,Lai SK

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic transmission depends on the continued availability of neurotransmitter-filled synaptic vesicles (SVs) for triggered release from presynaptic boutons. Surprisingly, small boutons in the brain, that already contain comparatively few SVs, are thought to retain the majority of these SVs in a "reserve" pool that i...

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

authors： Ikeda K,Bekkers JM

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the current study was to investigate the role of exogenous and endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) on neovascularization and wound healing in vitro and in vivo. Incubation of endothelial cells (ECs) with H(2)S enhanced their angiogenic potential, evidenced by accelerated cell growth, migration, and capilla...

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

authors： Papapetropoulos A,Pyriochou A,Altaany Z,Yang G,Marazioti A,Zhou Z,Jeschke MG,Branski LK,Herndon DN,Wang R,Szabó C

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00