An 11-kDa form of human immunodeficiency virus protease expressed in Escherichia coli is sufficient for enzymatic activity.

abstract：:Ribavirin is a nucleotide analog that can be incorporated by viral polymerases, causing mutations by allowing base mismatches. It is currently used therapeutically as an antiviral drug during hepatitis C virus infections. During the amplification of poliovirus genomic RNA or hepatitis C replicons, error frequency is k...

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

authors： Pfeiffer JK,Kirkegaard K

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tibetans have adapted to the chronic hypoxia of high altitude and display a distinctive suite of physiologic adaptations, including augmented hypoxic ventilatory response and resistance to pulmonary hypertension. Genome-wide studies have consistently identified compelling genetic signatures of natural selection in two...

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

authors： Song D,Navalsky BE,Guan W,Ingersoll C,Wang T,Loro E,Eeles L,Matchett KB,Percy MJ,Walsby-Tickle J,McCullagh JSO,Medina RJ,Khurana TS,Bigham AW,Lappin TR,Lee FS

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The lacY gene of Escherichia coli was cut into two approximately equal-size fragments with Afl II and subcloned individually or together under separate lac operator/promoters in plasmid pT7-5. Under these conditions, lac permease is expressed in two portions: (i) the N-terminal portion (the N terminus, the first six p...

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

authors： Bibi E,Kaback HR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG expansion within the huntingtin gene that encodes a polymorphic glutamine tract at the amino terminus of the huntingtin protein. HD is one of nine polyglutamine expansion diseases. The clinical threshold of polyglutamine expansion for HD is near 3...

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

authors： Caron NS,Desmond CR,Xia J,Truant R

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Viperin is an IFN-inducible radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme that inhibits viral replication. We determined crystal structures of an anaerobically prepared fragment of mouse viperin (residues 45-362) complexed with S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) or 5'-deoxyadenosine (5'-dAdo) and l-methionine (l-Met). Viperin c...

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

authors： Fenwick MK,Li Y,Cresswell P,Modis Y,Ealick SE

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent transgene insertions differ in expression based on their location in the genome; these position effects are of interest because they reflect the influence of genome organization on gene regulation. Position effects also represent potentially insurmountable obstacles to the rigorous functional comparison of...

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

authors： Siegal ML,Hartl DL

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed molecular definition of the WAGR region at chromosome 11p13 has been achieved by chromosome breakpoint analysis and long-range restriction mapping. Here we describe the molecular detection of a cytogenetically invisible 1-megabase deletion in an individual with aniridia, cryptorchidism, and hypospadias but no...

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

authors： van Heyningen V,Bickmore WA,Seawright A,Fletcher JM,Maule J,Fekete G,Gessler M,Bruns GA,Huerre-Jeanpierre C,Junien C

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is associated with alterations in nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP signaling. In early stages of the disease, inflammatory and possibly other cells produce reactive oxygen species that scavenge vasoprotective NO. In addition to the oxidative stress, expression and activity of enzymes downstream to NO formation m...

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

authors： Melichar VO,Behr-Roussel D,Zabel U,Uttenthal LO,Rodrigo J,Rupin A,Verbeuren TJ,Kumar H S A,Schmidt HH

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaccine capable of stimulating protective antiviral antibody responses is needed to curtail the global AIDS epidemic caused by HIV-1. Although rarely elicited during the course of natural infection or upon conventional vaccination, the membrane-proximal ectodomain region (MPER) of the HIV-1 glycoprotein of M(r) 41,0...

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

authors： Song L,Sun ZY,Coleman KE,Zwick MB,Gach JS,Wang JH,Reinherz EL,Wagner G,Kim M

更新日期：2009-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:KcsA is a prokaryotic pH-dependent potassium (K) channel. Its activation, by a decrease in the intracellular pH, is coupled with its subsequent inactivation, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we have investigated the conformational changes and equilibrium of KcsA by using solution NMR spectroscopy. C...

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

authors： Imai S,Osawa M,Takeuchi K,Shimada I

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic hexapeptide, cyclo(Pro-Gly-Pro-Gly-Pro-Gly), has been synthesized; its solution conformations were examined by 220-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The solution structures have been deduced, and shown to vary as a function of solvent polarity. In addition, it has been found that this cyclic peptid...

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

authors： Deber CM,Torchia DA,Wong SC,Blout ER

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19, employs two key host proteins to gain entry and replicate within cells, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and the cell surface transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2). TMPRSS2 was first characterized as an androgen...

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

authors： Qiao Y,Wang XM,Mannan R,Pitchiaya S,Zhang Y,Wotring JW,Xiao L,Robinson DR,Wu YM,Tien JC,Cao X,Simko SA,Apel IJ,Bawa P,Kregel S,Narayanan SP,Raskind G,Ellison SJ,Parolia A,Zelenka-Wang S,McMurry L,Su F,Wang R,

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 is required for the induction of a G(1) and/or G(2) irreversible arrest after gamma irradiation (IR), whereas blocked DNA replication causes a p53-independent S-phase arrest. We have examined the response to p53 when DNA synthesis is blocked by hydroxyurea (HU) or aphidicolin or when DNA is damaged by gamma IR. Si...

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

authors： Gottifredi V,Shieh S,Taya Y,Prives C

更新日期：2001-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The fossil record of land plants is an obvious source of information on the dynamics of mass extinctions in the geological past. In conjunction with the end-Permian ecological crisis, approximately 250 million years ago, palynological data from East Greenland reveal some unanticipated patterns. We document the signifi...

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

authors： Looy CV,Twitchett RJ,Dilcher DL,Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert JH,Visscher H

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sessile marine organisms are prolific sources of biologically active natural products. However, these compounds are often found in highly variable amounts, with the abiotic and biotic factors governing their production remaining poorly understood. We present an approach that permits monitoring of in vivo natural produ...

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

authors： Esquenazi E,Jones AC,Byrum T,Dorrestein PC,Gerwick WH

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatoxin-a, a bicyclic amine isolated from blue-green alga, binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor of Torpedo electric tissue, thereby inducing conformational changes in the postsynaptic receptor--ion channel complex as evidenced by alterations in the binding of radiolabeled ligands to the complex. Anatoxin-a b...

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

authors： Aronstam RS,Witkop B

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), antiapoptotic, proliferative, and inflammatory diatheses converge to create an obstructive vasculopathy. A selective down-regulation of the Kv channel Kv1.5 has been described in human and animal PAH. The resultant increase in intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) and K(+) (...

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

authors： Bonnet S,Rochefort G,Sutendra G,Archer SL,Haromy A,Webster L,Hashimoto K,Bonnet SN,Michelakis ED

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat thoracic aortic smooth muscle cells (line A10, ATCC CRL 1476) display a high density of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptors. ANF stimulated the accumulation of cGMP in these cells in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. These cells are known to display a high density of vasopressin receptors of the vascular V...

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

authors： Nambi P,Whitman M,Gessner G,Aiyar N,Crooke ST

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular dynamics study was performed to compare the differences in the active-site dynamics of the wild-type and W137F mutant enzymes of 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA dehalogenase. Only in the wild-type simulation are conformations formed between the catalytic Asp-145 and 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA, which resemble the ab initio ca...

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

authors： Lau EY,Bruice TC

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an algorithm to compute trisections of orientable four-manifolds using arbitrary triangulations as input. This results in explicit complexity bounds for the trisection genus of a 4-manifold in terms of the number of pentachora (4-simplices) in a triangulation. ...

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

authors： Bell M,Hass J,Rubinstein JH,Tillmann S

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy against cancer, challenges associated with low objective response rates and severe systemic side effects still remain and limit its clinical applications. Here, we described a cold atmospheric plasma (CAP)-mediated ICB therapy integrated with microneedles...

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

authors： Chen G,Chen Z,Wen D,Wang Z,Li H,Zeng Y,Dotti G,Wirz RE,Gu Z

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an infectious disease in the tropics and subtropics with high morbidity and mortality. The facultative intracellular bacterium induces host cell fusion through its type VI secretion system 5 (T6SS5) as an important part of its pathogenesis in mammalian h...

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

authors： Ku JWK,Chen Y,Lim BJW,Gasser S,Crasta KC,Gan YH

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological and evolutionary adaptations operate at very different time scales. Nevertheless, there are reasons to believe there should be a strong relationship between the two, as together they modify the phenotype. Physiological adaptations change phenotype by altering certain microscopic parameters; evolutionary ...

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

authors： Milo R,Hou JH,Springer M,Brenner MP,Kirschner MW

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell tumors are characterized by inversions or translocations of chromosome 14. The breakpoints of these karyotypic abnormalities occur in chromosome bands 14q11 and 14q32--the same bands in which the T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha-chain and immunoglobulin heavy chain genes have been mapped, respectively. Patients with...

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

authors： Baer R,Heppell A,Taylor AM,Rabbitts PH,Boullier B,Rabbitts TH

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-GlcNAc glycosylation (or O-GlcNAcylation) is a dynamic, inducible posttranslational modification found on proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as α-synuclein, amyloid precursor protein, and tau. Deletion of the O-GlcNAc transferase (ogt) gene responsible for the modification causes early postnata...

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

authors： Wang AC,Jensen EH,Rexach JE,Vinters HV,Hsieh-Wilson LC

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Persisting (P) cells (murine cells that resemble mast cells and grow continuously in vitro for prolonged periods in the presence of a specific growth factor) did not express detectable levels of Ia antigens (murine class II major histocompatibility antigens) when their growth was supported by partially purified P cell...

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

authors： Wong GH,Clark-Lewis I,McKimm-Breschkin JL,Schrader JW

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization and certain later stages in mammalian embryonic development require fusion between membranes of individual cells. The mechanism of eukaryotic cell-cell fusion is unknown, and no surface molecules required for this process have been unequivocally identified. The role of the sperm surface protein fertilin ...

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

authors： Myles DG,Kimmel LH,Blobel CP,White JM,Primakoff P

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding a delayed-rectifier-type K+ channel were cloned from both neonatal rat heart and ovariectomized, diethylstilbestrol-primed rat uterus by using the polymerase chain reaction. Both clones have nucleotide sequences identical to that encoding the rat kidney IsK channel [Takumi, T., Ohkubo, H. & Nakanishi, S...

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

authors： Folander K,Smith JS,Antanavage J,Bennett C,Stein RB,Swanson R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:That tumors cause changes in surrounding tissues is well documented, but whether they also affect distant tissues is uncertain. Such knowledge may be important in understanding the relationship between cancer and overall patient health. To address this question, we examined tissues distant to sites of implanted tumors...

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

authors： Redon CE,Dickey JS,Nakamura AJ,Kareva IG,Naf D,Nowsheen S,Kryston TB,Bonner WM,Georgakilas AG,Sedelnikova OA

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteins cdc2 and cyclin form a heterodimer (maturation promoting factor) that controls the major events of the cell cycle. A mathematical model for the interactions of cdc2 and cyclin is constructed. Simulation and analysis of the model show that the control system can operate in three modes: as a steady state wi...

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

authors： Tyson JJ

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00