Structure of the Dietzia Mrp complex reveals molecular mechanism of this giant bacterial sodium proton pump.

abstract：:A major challenge facing the genetics of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is the large and growing number of candidate risk genes and gene variants of unknown functional significance. Here, we used Caenorhabditis elegans to systematically functionally characterize ASD-associated genes in vivo. Using our custom machine...

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

authors： McDiarmid TA,Belmadani M,Liang J,Meili F,Mathews EA,Mullen GP,Hendi A,Wong WR,Rand JB,Mizumoto K,Haas K,Pavlidis P,Rankin CH

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible relationship between the susceptibility of cells to differentiation induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and the subcellular translocation of calcium- and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) activity from the cytosol to the membrane. These two events were a...

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

authors： Homma Y,Henning-Chubb CB,Huberman E

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recruitment and evolutionary optimization of promiscuous enzymes is key to the rapid adaptation of organisms to changing environments. Our understanding of the precise mechanisms underlying enzyme repurposing is, however, limited: What are the active-site features that enable the molecular recognition of multiple ...

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

authors： Miton CM,Jonas S,Fischer G,Duarte F,Mohamed MF,van Loo B,Kintses B,Kamerlin SCL,Tokuriki N,Hyvönen M,Hollfelder F

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase is an enzyme that activates the growth factor-regulated MAP kinase in vitro by a mechanism that involves direct phosphorylation of MAP kinase on tyrosine and threonine residues. MAP kinase kinase is stimulated by growth factor treatment of cells and has been shown to be in...

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

authors： Ahn NG,Campbell JS,Seger R,Jensen AL,Graves LM,Krebs EG

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of receptor binding in the potent immunogenicity of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (EtxB) was tested by comparing its immunogical properties with those of a receptor binding mutant, EtxB(G33D). Subcutaneous immunization of EtxB(G33D) resulted in 160-fold reduction in antibody titer c...

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

authors： Nashar TO,Webb HM,Eaglestone S,Williams NA,Hirst TR

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has allowed the detection of proteins characteristic of inner cell mass and trophectoderm in mouse blastocyst. Certain of the proteins characterizing trophectoderm copurify with intermediate filaments from trophectoderm and a trophoblastoma cell line. A monoclonal antibody prepared ...

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

authors： Brûlet P,Babinet C,Kemler R,Jacob F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) decreases plasma viremia below the limits of detection in the majority of HIV-infected individuals, thus serving to slow disease progression. However, HAART targets only actively replicating virus and is unable to eliminate latently infected, resting CD4(+) T cells. Such in...

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

authors： Beans EJ,Fournogerakis D,Gauntlett C,Heumann LV,Kramer R,Marsden MD,Murray D,Chun TW,Zack JA,Wender PA

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi that cause brown rot of wood are essential biomass recyclers and also the principal agents of decay in wooden structures, but the extracellular mechanisms by which they degrade lignocellulose remain unknown. To test the hypothesis that brown-rot fungi use extracellular free radical oxidants as biodegradative too...

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

authors： Kerem Z,Bao W,Hammel KE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the bean PAL2 gene (encoding phenylalanine ammonia-lyase; EC 4.3.1.5) is a model for studies of tissue-restricted gene expression in plants. Petal epidermis is one of the tissues in which this promoter is activated in tobacco. Previous work suggested that a major factor establishing the pattern of PAL2...

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

authors： Sablowski RW,Baulcombe DC,Bevan M

更新日期：1995-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The crown gall teratoma tumor line BT37, incited by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain T37, has been found to contain part of the tumor-inducing plasmid, pTi T37, of the inciting strain. This foreign DNA segment, called T-DNA, is maintained at several copies per diploid tumor cell. We have examined subcellular DNA fract...

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

authors： Chilton MD,Saiki RK,Yadav N,Gordon MP,Quetier F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several related classes of operators on nilpotent Lie groups are considered. These operators involve the following features: (i) oscillatory factors that are exponentials of imaginary polynomials, (ii) convolutions with singular kernels supported on lower-dimensional submanifolds, (iii) validity in the general context...

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

authors： Ricci F,Stein EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased popularity of zebrafish (Danio rerio) for mutagenesis studies, efficient methods for manipulation of its genome are needed. One approach is the use of a transposable element as a vector for gene transfer in this species. We report here the transformation of zebrafish and germ-line transmission of th...

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

authors： Fadool JM,Hartl DL,Dowling JE

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, thousands of bacterial phylotypes, as well as hydrogen-consuming methanogenic archaea. Studies in gnotobiotic mice indicate that Methanobrevibacter smithii, the dominant archaeon in the human gut ecosystem, affects the specificity and efficiency of bacterial digestion of...

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

authors： Samuel BS,Hansen EE,Manchester JK,Coutinho PM,Henrissat B,Fulton R,Latreille P,Kim K,Wilson RK,Gordon JI

更新日期：2007-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Spumaviruses, commonly called foamy viruses (FV), are complex retroviruses that establish lifelong persistent infections without any accompanying pathologies. In tissue culture, cells can be either lytically or latently infected, depending on cell type. Regulation of FV replication is controlled by two promoters: the ...

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

authors： Meiering CD,Linial ML

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular cloning has demonstrated a diversity of artificially expressed N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, implying a similar diversity of naturally occurring NMDA receptors in situ. Particularly significant was the success in expression of NMDA receptor classes exhibiting various sensitivities to Mg2+ block, a v...

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

authors： Kato N,Yoshimura H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian central nervous system, the excitatory amino acid transmitter L-glutamate activates three pharmacologically distinguishable receptors, the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainate, and quisqualate receptors. The present paper addresses the issue of whether these three receptors operate independent channel...

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

authors： Lerma J,Kushner L,Zukin RS,Bennett MV

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soot particles produced by incomplete combustion processes are one of the major components of urban air pollution. Chemistry at their surfaces lead to the heterogeneous conversion of several key trace gases; for example NO(2) interacts with soot and is converted into HONO, which rapidly photodissociates to form OH in ...

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

authors： Monge ME,D'Anna B,Mazri L,Giroir-Fendler A,Ammann M,Donaldson DJ,George C

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genetic maps of Papuan Saccharum officinarum L. (2n = 80) and S. robustum (2n = 80) were constructed by using single-dose DNA markers (SDMs). SDM-framework maps of S. officinarum and S. robustum were compared with genetic maps of sorghum and maize by way of anchor restriction fragment length polymorphism p...

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

authors： Guimarães CT,Sills GR,Sobral BW

更新日期：1997-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Unconventional mRNA splicing on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane is the sole conserved mechanism in eukaryotes to transmit information regarding misfolded protein accumulation to the nucleus to activate the stress response. In metazoans, the unspliced form of X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1u) mRNA is recruited to...

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

authors： Kanda S,Yanagitani K,Yokota Y,Esaki Y,Kohno K

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional regulation of the human major histocompatibility complex class II genes requires at least two upstream elements, the X and Y boxes, located in the -50- to -150-base-pair region of all class II promoters. The DRA and DPB promoters contain phorbol ester-responsive elements overlapping the 3' side of thei...

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

authors： Ono SJ,Bazil V,Levi BZ,Ozato K,Strominger JL

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-17-producing CD4(+) T helper (Th17) cells have recently been defined as a unique subset of proinflammatory helper cells whose development depends on signaling initiated by IL-6 and TGF-beta, autocrine activity of IL-21, activation of STAT3, and induction of the orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat. The maintenance, ex...

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

authors： Voo KS,Wang YH,Santori FR,Boggiano C,Wang YH,Arima K,Bover L,Hanabuchi S,Khalili J,Marinova E,Zheng B,Littman DR,Liu YJ

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly ordered and reproducible structure of the fungal prion HET-s makes it an excellent model system for studying the inherent properties of prions, self-propagating infectious proteins that have been implicated in a number of fatal diseases. In particular, the HET-s prion-forming domain readily folds into a rel...

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

authors： Wan W,Stubbs G

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile, a causative agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and its potentially lethal form, pseudomembranous colitis, produces two large protein toxins that are responsible for the cellular damage associated with the disease. The level of toxin production appears to be critical for determining the seve...

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

authors： Mani N,Dupuy B

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a reliable genetic selection strategy for isolating interacting proteins based on the "hitchhiker" mechanism of the Escherichia coli twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway. This method, designated FLI-TRAP (functional ligand-binding identification by Tat-based recognition of associating proteins),...

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

authors： Waraho D,DeLisa MP

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell and single-channel recording techniques were used to study the action of the anticonvulsant drug MK-801 [(+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]- cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate) on responses to excitatory amino acids in rat neocortical neurons in cell culture. MK-801 caused a progressive, long-lasting bl...

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

authors： Huettner JE,Bean BP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simple yet powerful technique of induced pluripotency may eventually supply a wide range of differentiated cells for cell therapy and drug development. However, making the appropriate cells via induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) requires reprogramming of somatic cells and subsequent redifferentiation. Given ho...

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

authors： Kim J,Efe JA,Zhu S,Talantova M,Yuan X,Wang S,Lipton SA,Zhang K,Ding S

更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the contribution of interleukin-4 (IL-4) to airway inflammation in vivo and to explore directly its relationship to airway reactivity, we created transgenic mice in which the murine cDNA for IL-4 was regulated by the rat Clara cell 10 protein promoter. Expression was detected only in the lung and not in...

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

authors： Rankin JA,Picarella DE,Geba GP,Temann UA,Prasad B,DiCosmo B,Tarallo A,Stripp B,Whitsett J,Flavell RA

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The transthyretin amyloidoses (ATTR) are invariably fatal diseases characterized by progressive neuropathy and/or cardiomyopathy. ATTR are caused by aggregation of transthyretin (TTR), a natively tetrameric protein involved in the transport of thyroxine and the vitamin A-retinol-binding protein complex. Mutations with...

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

authors： Bulawa CE,Connelly S,Devit M,Wang L,Weigel C,Fleming JA,Packman J,Powers ET,Wiseman RL,Foss TR,Wilson IA,Kelly JW,Labaudinière R

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine monoclonal antibody (OKT9) raised against human leukemic cells binds to a wide variety of leukemia and tumor cell lines and to a minority of leukemia cells taken directly from patients. Fetal thymus and liver are strongly reactive as are some normal, immature hemopoietic cells and activated lymphocytes. React...

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

authors： Sutherland R,Delia D,Schneider C,Newman R,Kemshead J,Greaves M

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus infections cause a wide variety of outcomes, from mild disease to 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and ∼290,000 to 645,000 deaths annually worldwide. The molecular mechanisms underlying these disparate outcomes are currently unknown. Glycosylation within the human host plays a critical role in in...

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

authors： Heindel DW,Koppolu S,Zhang Y,Kasper B,Meche L,Vaiana CA,Bissel SJ,Carter CE,Kelvin AA,Elaish M,Lopez-Orozco J,Zhang B,Zhou B,Chou TW,Lashua L,Hobman TC,Ross TM,Ghedin E,Mahal LK

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00