Use of a synthetic peptide antigen to generate antisera reactive with a proteolytic processing site in native human proinsulin: demonstration of cleavage within clathrin-coated (pro)secretory vesicles.

abstract：:The major virulence determinant of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium yoelii, has remained unresolved since the discovery of the lethal line in the 1970s. Because virulence in this parasite correlates with the ability to invade different types of erythrocytes, we evaluated the potential role of the parasite eryth...

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

authors： Otsuki H,Kaneko O,Thongkukiatkul A,Tachibana M,Iriko H,Takeo S,Tsuboi T,Torii M

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromechanochemical model has been reformulated to take account of the close connection between energy coupling and catalysis. In catalysis the protein is programmed to utilize thermal energy to produce local strains in the catalytic cavity and to generate conformational states that favor substrate --> product ...

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

authors： Green DE,Ji S

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical genomics is a powerful approach to dissect processes that may be intractable using conventional genetics because of gene lethality or redundancy. Recently, a link has been established between endomembrane trafficking and gravitropism. To understand this link, we screened a library of 10,000 diverse chemicals ...

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

authors： Surpin M,Rojas-Pierce M,Carter C,Hicks GR,Vasquez J,Raikhel NV

更新日期：2005-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era of large-scale science-related challenges and rapid advancements in groundbreaking science with major societal implications, communicating about science is critical. The profile of science communication has increased over the last few decades, with multiple sectors calling for such activities. As scientists ...

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

authors： Rose KM,Markowitz EM,Brossard D

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis of solid tumors is a key determinant of cancer patient survival. Targeting micrometastases using nanoparticles could offer a way to stop metastatic tumor growth before it causes excessive patient morbidity. However, nanoparticle delivery to micrometastases is difficult to investigate because micrometastases...

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

authors： Kingston BR,Syed AM,Ngai J,Sindhwani S,Chan WCW

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:8-Azido[2-3H]adenine was used as a photoaffinity label for the purine-cytosine transport system. After irradiation in the presence of the photoaffinity label, the cells were converted into protoplasts, their plasma membranes were purified, and the membrane proteins were extracted and separated by NaDodSO4/PAGE. The ra...

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

authors： Schmidt R,Manolson MF,Chevallier MR

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic vessel growth or lymphangiogenesis occurs during embryonic development and wound healing and plays an important role in tumor metastasis and inflammatory diseases. However, the possibility of noninvasive detection and quantification of lymphangiogenesis has been lacking. Here, we present the Vegfr3(EGFPLuc) ...

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

authors： Martínez-Corral I,Olmeda D,Diéguez-Hurtado R,Tammela T,Alitalo K,Ortega S

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Preparations of partially purified chloroplast DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from maize and some other plants transcribe cloned chloroplast genes preferentially and much more actively from appropriately negatively supercoiled templates than from relaxed templates. We have found that the polymerase in such fractions doe...

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

authors： Zaitlin D,Hu J,Bogorad L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility (RHAMM) is overexpressed in many human cancers. However, it is unclear whether RHAMM plays a causal role in tumor initiation or progression. Using somatic gene transfer in a mouse model of islet cell tumorigenesis, we demonstrate that RHAMM isoform B (RHA...

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

authors： Du YC,Chou CK,Klimstra DS,Varmus H

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the identification of a pollen-specific gene from Zea mays that contains multiple Ser-(Pro)n repeats, the motif found in the cell wall-associated extensins. Sequence analysis reveals that the encoded protein has a putative globular domain at the N terminus and an extensin-like domain at the C terminus. ...

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

authors： Rubinstein AL,Broadwater AH,Lowrey KB,Bedinger PA

更新日期：1995-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Game theory describes strategic interactions where success of players' actions depends on those of coplayers. In humans, substantial progress has been made at the neural level in characterizing the dopaminergic and frontostriatal mechanisms mediating such behavior. Here we combined computational modeling of strategic ...

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

authors： Set E,Saez I,Zhu L,Houser DE,Myung N,Zhong S,Ebstein RP,Chew SH,Hsu M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukosialin (also known as Ly48, CD43, and sialophorin) is a major cell surface sialoglycoprotein found on a variety of hematopoietically derived cells. The precise function of this molecule is poorly understood but it has been implicated in cell proliferation and intercellular adhesion. We developed a transgenic mous...

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

authors： Dragone LL,Barth RK,Sitar KL,Disbrow GL,Frelinger JG

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological mechanical metamaterials are artificial structures whose unusual properties are protected very much like their electronic and optical counterparts. Here, we present an experimental and theoretical study of an active metamaterial--composed of coupled gyroscopes on a lattice--that breaks time-reversal symmet...

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

authors： Nash LM,Kleckner D,Read A,Vitelli V,Turner AM,Irvine WT

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatic activity, having the properties expected of a B-specific host-controlled modification enzyme, has been purified from an extract of Escherichia coli strain B. This activity renders the unmodified replicative form of phage fd resistant to B-specific restriction and is only present in strains carrying intact...

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

authors： Kühnlein U,Linn S,Arber W

更新日期：1969-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of preferential transmission (i.e., maternal inheritance) of cytoplasmic genes was investigated with chloroplast DNA of Chlamydomonas as a model system. The behavior of nuclear and chloroplast DNAs were compared in the sexual cycle; DNAs from male and female parents were distinguished by labeling with (1...

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

authors： Sager R,Lane D

更新日期：1972-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method that combines two- and three-color single-molecule FRET spectroscopy with 2D FRET efficiency-lifetime analysis to probe the oligomerization process of intrinsically disordered proteins. This method is applied to the oligomerization of the tetramerization domain (TD) of the tumor suppressor protein...

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

authors： Chung HS,Meng F,Kim JY,McHale K,Gopich IV,Louis JM

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is characterized by asthma, tissue eosinophilia, overproduction of cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs), and respiratory reactions to nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. Ex vivo studies suggest that functional abnormalities of the COX-2/microsomal prostaglandin (PG)E...

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

authors： Liu T,Laidlaw TM,Katz HR,Boyce JA

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One-electron oxidation of zinc tetraphenylbacteriochlorin and its metal-free base yielded stable cation radicals. Electron spin resonance hyperfine splittings were assigned by selective deuterations. These results indicate that the protons of the saturated rings of the bacteriochlorins carry large spin densities, in a...

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

authors： Fajer J,Borg DC,Forman A,Felton RH,Dolphin D,Vegh L

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most poxviruses, including variola, the causative agent of smallpox, express a secreted protein of 35 kDa, vCCI, which binds CC-chemokines with high affinity. This viral protein competes with the host cellular CC-chemokine receptors (CCRs), reducing inflammation and interfering with the host immune response. Such prot...

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

authors： Carfí A,Smith CA,Smolak PJ,McGrew J,Wiley DC

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method for rapidly generating thermostable enzyme variants. Our strategy is to introduce the gene coding for a given enzyme from a mesophilic organism into a thermophile, Bacillus stearothermophilus. Variants that retain the enzymatic activity at the higher growth temperatures of the thermophile are the...

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

authors： Liao H,McKenzie T,Hageman R

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of longstanding immunologic tolerance is essential for survival of transplanted organs and tissues. Despite recent advances in immunosuppression protocols, allograft damage inflicted by antibody specific for donor organs continues to represent a major obstacle to graft survival. Here we report that activatio...

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

authors： Choi JY,Eskandari SK,Cai S,Sulkaj I,Assaker JP,Allos H,AlHaddad J,Muhsin SA,Alhussain E,Mansouri A,Yeung MY,Seelen MAJ,Kim HJ,Cantor H,Azzi JR

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkitt's lymphomas, linked by previous studies with the DNA-containing Epstein-Barr virus, contain an RNA related in sequence to that of Rauscher leukemia virus. The present study establishes that the viral-related RNA found in Burkitt's tumors is a 70S component encapsulated with RNA-instructed DNA polymerase in a p...

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

authors： Kufe D,Magrath IT,Ziegler JL,Spiegelman S

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri initiates a specific, persistent symbiosis in the light organ of the squid Euprymna scolopes. During the early stages of colonization, V. fischeri is exposed to host-derived nitric oxide (NO). Although NO can be both an antimicrobial component of innate immunity and a key s...

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

authors： Wang Y,Dufour YS,Carlson HK,Donohue TJ,Marletta MA,Ruby EG

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate how the wavelet transform, which is a powerful tool for compression, filtering, and scaling analysis of signals, may be used to separate large- and short-scale electron density features in X-ray diffraction patterns. Wavelets can isolate the electron density associated with delocalized bonds from the mu...

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

authors： Osipov VA,Kowalewski M,Mukamel S

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, myelin proteolipid protein isoforms (PLP and DM20) play an essential structural role in myelination. It has been shown in several species that myelination is impaired by molecular defects resulting from single base mutations in the PLP gene. We have used DNA amplification by polymerase c...

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

authors： Pham-Dinh D,Popot JL,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Landrieu P,Deleuze JF,Boué J,Jollès P,Dautigny A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory is stored in neural networks via changes in synaptic strength mediated in part by NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP). Here we show that a cholecystokinin (CCK)-B receptor (CCKBR) antagonist blocks high-frequency stimulation-induced neocortical LTP, whereas local infusion of CCK induces...

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

authors： Chen X,Li X,Wong YT,Zheng X,Wang H,Peng Y,Feng H,Feng J,Baibado JT,Jesky R,Wang Z,Xie H,Sun W,Zhang Z,Zhang X,He L,Zhang N,Zhang Z,Tang P,Su J,Hu LL,Liu Q,He X,Tan A,Sun X,Li M,Wong K,Wang X,Cheung

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:beta 2-Glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI), a phospholipid-binding plasma protein, is an absolute requirement (cofactor) for the binding of autoimmune-type anti-cardiolipin (aCL) antibodies to cardiolipin (CL). The nature of this cofactor activity and the specific regions of the molecule involved have not yet been determined....

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

authors： Hunt JE,Simpson RJ,Krilis SA

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying causes of late-Holocene climate variability in the tropics are incompletely understood. Here we report a 1,500-year reconstruction of climate history and glaciation in the Venezuelan Andes using lake sediments. Four glacial advances occurred between anno Domini (A.D.) 1250 and 1810, coincident with sola...

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

authors： Polissar PJ,Abbott MB,Wolfe AP,Bezada M,Rull V,Bradley RS

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical forces have key roles in regulating activation of T cells and coordination of the adaptive immune response. A recent example is the ability of T cells to sense the rigidity of an underlying substrate through the T-cell receptor (TCR) coreceptor CD3 and CD28, a costimulation signal essential for cell activat...

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

authors： Bashour KT,Gondarenko A,Chen H,Shen K,Liu X,Huse M,Hone JC,Kam LC

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic polypeptide antigen poly(LTyr, LGlu)-poly(DLAl)- -poly(LLys)[T,G)-A- -L] was covalently linked to N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDP), which is the minimal adjuvant-active structure that can substitute for Mycobacteria in complete Freund's adjuvant. When injected in aqueous solution into mice, ...

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

authors： Mozes E,Sela M,Chedid L

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00