Accelerated autoxidation and heme loss due to instability of sickle hemoglobin.

abstract：:The primary photochemistry of Fe-depleted and Zn-reconstituted reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1 was studied by transient absorption spectroscopy and compared with native, Fe(2+)-containing reaction centers. Excitation of metal-free reaction centers with 30-ps flashes produced the initial charg...

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

authors： Kirmaier C,Holten D,Debus RJ,Feher G,Okamura MY

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor (NMDAR), long implicated in developmental plasticity, shows decay time kinetics that shorten postnatally as NR2A subunits are added to the receptor. Neither the mechanism nor immediate effect of this change is known. We studied developing NMDAR currents by using visua...

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

authors： Townsend M,Yoshii A,Mishina M,Constantine-Paton M

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain continuously influences and perceives the physiological condition of the body. Related cortical representations have been proposed to shape emotional experience and guide behavior. Although previous studies have identified brain regions recruited during autonomic processing, neurological lesion studies have ...

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

authors： Guo CC,Sturm VE,Zhou J,Gennatas ED,Trujillo AJ,Hua AY,Crawford R,Stables L,Kramer JH,Rankin K,Levenson RW,Rosen HJ,Miller BL,Seeley WW

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:VASP (vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein), an established substrate of cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinases in vitro and in living cells, is associated with focal adhesions, microfilaments, and membrane regions of high dynamic activity. Here, the identification of an 83-kDa protein (p83) that specifically binds...

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

authors： Reinhard M,Jouvenal K,Tripier D,Walter U

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited colorectal cancer syndromes in humans exhibit regional specificity for tumor formation. By using mice with germline mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (Apc) and/or DNA mismatch repair genes, we have analyzed the genetic control of tumor regionality in the mouse small intestine. In C57BL/6 mice ...

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

authors： Haigis KM,Hoff PD,White A,Shoemaker AR,Halberg RB,Dove WF

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancing immune responses with immune-modulatory monoclonal antibodies directed to inhibitory immune receptors is a promising modality in cancer therapy. Clinical efficacy has been demonstrated with antibodies blocking inhibitory immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) or PD-1/...

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

authors： Romano E,Kusio-Kobialka M,Foukas PG,Baumgaertner P,Meyer C,Ballabeni P,Michielin O,Weide B,Romero P,Speiser DE

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is highly efficient in targeting pathogens, but lack of its apposite regulation results in host-cell damage, which is linked to diseases. Thus, complement activation is tightly regulated by a series of proteins, which primarily belong to the regulators of complement activation (RCA) family. Struc...

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

authors： Panwar HS,Ojha H,Ghosh P,Barage SH,Raut S,Sahu A

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod and cone opsin genes are expressed in a mutually exclusive manner in their respective photoreceptor subtypes in the mammalian retina. Previous transgenic mouse studies showed that functional interactions between the distal enhancer and proximal promoter of rhodopsin and long/medium-wavelength (L/M) opsin genes are...

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

authors： Peng GH,Chen S

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mononegaviruses are promising tools as oncolytic vectors and transgene delivery vectors for gene therapy and regenerative medicine. By using the Magnet proteins, which reversibly heterodimerize upon blue light illumination, photocontrollable mononegaviruses (measles and rabies viruses) were generated. The Magnet prote...

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

authors： Tahara M,Takishima Y,Miyamoto S,Nakatsu Y,Someya K,Sato M,Tani K,Takeda M

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal arginine-rich motif of phage HK022 Nun protein binds to NUT sequences in phage lambda nascent transcripts and induces transcription termination. Interactions between the Nun C terminus and RNA polymerase as well as the DNA template are required for termination. We have isolated Nun C-terminal point and ...

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

authors： Kim HC,Zhou JG,Wilson HR,Mogilnitskiy G,Court DL,Gottesman ME

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity and specificity of metazoan transcription are determined by combinatorial control of the composition and activity of regulatory complexes. To investigate the basis of this specificity, we focused on the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a single regulatory factor that integrates multiple signals to give ris...

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

authors： Chen SH,Masuno K,Cooper SB,Yamamoto KR

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The 369-residue glycoprotein D (gD) is the entry, receptor-binding protein of herpes simplex virus 1. The common receptors for viral entry are nectin-1, HveA, and a specific O-linked sulfated proteoglycan. The major receptor-binding sites of gD are at the N terminus, whereas the domain required for fusion of viral env...

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

authors： Zhou G,Roizman B

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin-myosin (actomyosin) generates mechanical force by consuming ATP molecules. We apply the energy landscape perspective to address a controversial issue as to whether the myosin head moves with multiple steps after a single ATP hydrolysis or only a single mechanical event of the lever-arm swinging follows a single ...

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

authors： Terada TP,Sasai M,Yomo T

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylhydrazinopyrimidines inhibit DNA synthesis in Bacillus subtilis by promoting formation of a specific, long-lived ternary complex with DNA polymerase III and the template-primer DNA. DNA polymerase III contains an associated, single-strand-selective exonuclease which generates 5'-mononucleotides. Drug inhibition of...

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

authors： Low RL,Rashbaum SA,Cozzarelli NR

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptor (OR) genes are of vital importance for animals to find food, identify mates, and avoid dangers. In mammals, the number of OR genes is large and varies extensively among different orders, whereas, in insects, the extent of interspecific variation appears to be small, although only a few species have ...

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

authors： Nozawa M,Nei M

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtractive library construction and differential screening were used to identify a cDNA for a cell type-specific immediate early gene induced in rat PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. Sequencing identified the protein product of this gene as rat synaptotagmin IV (SytIV). Synaptotagmins are synaptic vesicle proteins thought...

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

authors： Vician L,Lim IK,Ferguson G,Tocco G,Baudry M,Herschman HR

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast gene has been identified by screening for DNA replication mutants using a permeabilized cell replication assay. The mutant is temperature sensitive for growth and shows a cell cycle phenotype typical of DNA replication mutants. RNA synthesis is normal in the mutant but DNA synthesis ceases upon shift to the no...

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

authors： Budd ME,Campbell JL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We used gene knockout mice to explore the role of Angiopoietin-like-4 (Angptl4) in lipid metabolism as well as to generate anti-Angptl4 mAbs with pharmacological activity. Angptl4 -/- mice had lower triglyceride (TG) levels resulting both from increased very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) clearance and decreased VLDL ...

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

authors： Desai U,Lee EC,Chung K,Gao C,Gay J,Key B,Hansen G,Machajewski D,Platt KA,Sands AT,Schneider M,Van Sligtenhorst I,Suwanichkul A,Vogel P,Wilganowski N,Wingert J,Zambrowicz BP,Landes G,Powell DR

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used low magnesium concentrations and the specific antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (D-AP5) to estimate the effects of long-term potentiation (LTP) on the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptor-mediated components of postsynaptic responses. LTP induction resulted in a considerably larger p...

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

authors： Muller D,Lynch G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligomerization of activated D- and L- and racemic guanosine-5'-phosphoro-2-methylimidazole on short templates containing D- and L-deoxycytidylate has been studied. Results obtained with D-oligo(dC)s as templates are similar to those previously reported for experiments with a poly(C) template. When one L-dC or two...

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

authors： Kozlov IA,Pitsch S,Orgel LE

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the complete genome sequence of a common avian clone of Pasteurella multocida, Pm70. The genome of Pm70 is a single circular chromosome 2,257,487 base pairs in length and contains 2,014 predicted coding regions, 6 ribosomal RNA operons, and 57 tRNAs. Genome-scale evolutionary analyses based on pairwise...

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

authors： May BJ,Zhang Q,Li LL,Paustian ML,Whittam TS,Kapur V

更新日期：2001-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual migration of ∼1.2 million wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) through the Serengeti Mara Ecosystem is the largest remaining overland migration in the world. One of the most iconic portions of their migration is crossing of the Mara River, during which thousands drown annually. These mass drownings have been ...

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

authors： Subalusky AL,Dutton CL,Rosi EJ,Post DM

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-induced structural remodeling in the adult hippocampus, involving debranching and shortening of dendrites and suppression of neurogenesis, provides a cellular basis for understanding the impairment of neural plasticity in the human hippocampus in depressive illness. Accordingly, reversal of structural remodelin...

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

authors： Czéh B,Michaelis T,Watanabe T,Frahm J,de Biurrun G,van Kampen M,Bartolomucci A,Fuchs E

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent transfer of genetic information from chromosomes isolated from human diploid cells to recipient cells has been demonstrated. Human metaphase chromosomes were incubated with mouse A9 fibroblasts deficient in hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (IMP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 2.4.2.8) and a...

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

authors： Burch JW,McBride OW

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in experimental animals and humans have stressed the role of the cerebellum in motor skill learning. Yet, the relative importance of the cerebellar cortex and deep nuclei, as well as the nature of the dynamic functional changes occurring between these and other motor-related structures during learning, remains...

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

authors： Doyon J,Song AW,Karni A,Lalonde F,Adams MM,Ungerleider LG

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:When G-protein alpha subunits binds GTP and Mg(2+), they transition from their inactive to their active conformation. This transition is accompanied by completion of the coordination shell of Mg(2+) with electrons from six oxygens: two water molecules, the ss and gamma phosphoryls of GTP, a helix-alpha1 Ser, and a swi...

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

authors： Zurita A,Zhang Y,Pedersen L,Darden T,Birnbaumer L

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromogranin A (CGA) is a secretory protein present in the adrenal medulla and in a variety of endocrine organs. This protein may serve as precursor for pancreastatin (PST) and for other biologically active peptides. Recently, chromostatin (CST), a CGA derivative, has been identified that possesses high biological act...

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

authors： Cetin Y,Aunis D,Bader MF,Galindo E,Jörns A,Bargsten G,Grube D

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PKC eta is expressed predominantly in the epithelial tissues; however, its role in the regulation of epithelial tight junctions (TJs) is unknown. We present evidence that PKC eta phosphorylates occludin on threonine residues (T403 and T404) and plays a crucial role in the assembly and/or maintenance of TJs in Caco-2 a...

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

authors： Suzuki T,Elias BC,Seth A,Shen L,Turner JR,Giorgianni F,Desiderio D,Guntaka R,Rao R

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of two phylogenetically distinct symbiont species within a single cell, a condition not previously known in any metazoan, is demonstrated in the gills of a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent mussel (family Mytilidae). Large and small symbiont morphotypes within the gill bacteriocytes are shown to be ...

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

authors： Distel DL,Lee HK,Cavanaugh CM

更新日期：1995-10-10 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