Synthetic peptide homologous to beta protein from Alzheimer disease forms amyloid-like fibrils in vitro.

abstract：:Communication about prescription drugs ought to be a paragon of public science communication. Unfortunately, it is not. Consumers see $4 billion of direct-to-consumer advertising annually, which typically fails to present data about how well drugs work. The professional label--the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ...

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

authors： Schwartz LM,Woloshin S

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) promotes wakefulness, and DA transporter inhibitors such as dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate are effective for increasing arousal and inducing reanimation, or active emergence from general anesthesia. DA neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are involved in reward processing, motivation, emoti...

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

authors： Taylor NE,Van Dort CJ,Kenny JD,Pei J,Guidera JA,Vlasov KY,Lee JT,Boyden ES,Brown EN,Solt K

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rev protein of HIV-1, which facilitates the nuclear export of HIV-1 pre-mRNAs, has been a target for antiviral therapy. Here we describe a new strategy for inhibiting Rev function and HIV-1 replication. In contrast to previous approaches, we use a wild-type rather than a mutant Rev protein and covalently link this...

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

authors： Qian XY,Chen ZY,Zhang J,Rabson AB,Krug RM

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the roles of Sm proteins in forming the cores of many RNA-processing ribonucleoproteins, we determined the crystal structure of an atypical Sm-like archaeal protein (SmAP3) in which the conserved Sm domain is augmented by a previously uncharacterized, mixed alpha/beta C-terminal domain. The struct...

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

authors： Mura C,Phillips M,Kozhukhovsky A,Eisenberg D

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (complex I) plays a pivotal role in cellular energy production. It employs a series of redox cofactors to couple electron transfer to the generation of a proton-motive force across the inner mitochondrial or bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. Complex I contains a noncovalently bound flavin mon...

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

authors： Yakovlev G,Reda T,Hirst J

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between a peptide hormone and extracellular domains of its receptor is a crucial step for initiation of hormone action. We have developed a modification of the yeast two-hybrid system to study this interaction and have used it to characterize the interaction of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) with its...

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

authors： Zhu J,Kahn CR

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-TRAP (AT) is a small zinc-binding protein that regulates tryptophan biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis by binding to tryptophan-bound trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP), thereby preventing it from binding RNA, and allowing transcription and translation of the trpEDCFBA operon. Crystallographic and sediment...

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

authors： Sachleben JR,McElroy CA,Gollnick P,Foster MP

更新日期：2010-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we report an example of the engineered expression of tetrameric β-galactosidase (β-gal) containing varying numbers of active monomers. Specifically, by combining wild-type and single-nucleotide polymorphism plasmids at varying ratios, tetrameric β-gal was expressed in vitro with one to four active monom...

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

authors： Li X,Jiang Y,Chong S,Walt DR

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients with a lesion to the primary visual cortex (V1) show "blindsight": the remarkable ability to guess correctly about attributes of stimuli presented to the blind hemifield. Here, we show that blindsight can be induced in normal observers by using transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital cortex bu...

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

authors： Jolij J,Lamme VA

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The ten-eleven translocation (TET) family of methylcytosine dioxygenases initiates demethylation of DNA and is associated with tumorigenesis in many cancers; however, the mechanism is mostly unknown. Here we identify upstream activators and downstream effectors of TET1 in breast cancer using human breast cancer cells ...

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

authors： Sun M,Song CX,Huang H,Frankenberger CA,Sankarasharma D,Gomes S,Chen P,Chen J,Chada KK,He C,Rosner MR

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of tail-anchored (TA) protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) depends on the Guided Entry of Tail-Anchored (Get) protein targeting machinery. The fate of TA proteins that become inappropriately inserted into other organelles, such as mitochondria, is unknown. Here, we identify Msp1, a conserve...

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

authors： Okreglak V,Walter P

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the heavy chain variable region sequences from the cDNAs of five previously described monoclonal cell lines producing human antibodies specific for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and detail the molecular characteristics, germ-line origins, and extent of somatic mutation among these antibodies. Three...

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

authors： Andris JS,Johnson S,Zolla-Pazner S,Capra JD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common genetic mutation found in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CC-RCC) is the loss of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene, which results in stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), and contributes to cancer progression and metastasis. CUB-domain-containing protein 1 (CDCP1) was shown to promote metastasis ...

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

authors： Razorenova OV,Finger EC,Colavitti R,Chernikova SB,Boiko AD,Chan CK,Krieg A,Bedogni B,LaGory E,Weissman IL,Broome-Powell M,Giaccia AJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phase transition for turbulent diffusion, reported by Avellaneda and Majda [Avellaneda, M. & Majda, A. J. (1994) Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London A 346, 205-233, and several earlier papers], is traced to a modeling assumption in which the energy spectrum of the turbulent fluid is singularly dependent on the viscosity...

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

authors： Wallstrom TC

更新日期：1995-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC class I antigen presentation pathway allows the immune system to distinguish between self and nonself. Despite extensive research on the processing of antigenic peptides, little is known about their origin. Here, we show that mRNAs carrying premature stop codons that prevent the production of full-length prote...

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

authors： Apcher S,Daskalogianni C,Lejeune F,Manoury B,Imhoos G,Heslop L,Fåhraeus R

更新日期：2011-07-12 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：:Climate models show that particles formed by nucleation can affect cloud cover and, therefore, the earth's radiation budget. Measurements worldwide show that nucleation rates in the atmospheric boundary layer are positively correlated with concentrations of sulfuric acid vapor. However, current nucleation theories do ...

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

authors： Chen M,Titcombe M,Jiang J,Jen C,Kuang C,Fischer ML,Eisele FL,Siepmann JI,Hanson DR,Zhao J,McMurry PH

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras is a guanine nucleotide-binding protein that cycles between inactive GDP-bound and active GTP-bound states to regulate a diverse array of cellular processes, including cell growth, apoptosis, and differentiation. The guanine nucleotide-bound state of Ras is tightly maintained by regulatory factors to promote regul...

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

authors： Williams JG,Pappu K,Campbell SL

更新日期：2003-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoaffinity herbicide azidoatrazine (2-azido-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) selectively labels the L subunit of the reaction center of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. Herbicide-resistant mutants retain the L subunit and have altered binding properties for methylthio- and chl...

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

authors： Brown AE,Gilbert CW,Guy R,Arntzen CJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When assembled into 13--19S particles, the reovirus nonstructural protein sigma-NS selectively binds single-stranded RNAs. Sedimentation analyses combined with binding to nitrocellulose membrane filters showed that 1--2 pmol of reovirus mRNAs from the large, medium, or small size classes saturated in vitro the binding...

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

authors： Stamatos NM,Gomatos PJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation and chromatography of collagen from chick cartilage revealed an excess of alpha1 relative to alpha2-chains. Characterization of the cyanogen bromide peptides from the alpha1 fraction indicated the presence of two homologous forms of alpha1. The results suggest that cartilage contains two collagens, one ident...

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

authors： Miller EJ,Matukas VJ

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila melanogaster Polo kinase physically interacts with, and is repressed by, the Matrimony (Mtrm) protein during oogenesis. Females heterozygous for a deletion of the mtrm gene display defects in chromosome segregation at meiosis I. However, a complete absence of Mtrm results in both meiotic catastrophe and fem...

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

authors： Bonner AM,Hughes SE,Chisholm JA,Smith SK,Slaughter BD,Unruh JR,Collins KA,Friederichs JM,Florens L,Swanson SK,Pelot MC,Miller DE,Washburn MP,Jaspersen SL,Hawley RS

更新日期：2013-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct reciprocity and conditional cooperation are important mechanisms to prevent free riding in social dilemmas. However, in large groups, these mechanisms may become ineffective because they require single individuals to have a substantial influence on their peers. However, the recent discovery of zero-determinant ...

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

authors： Hilbe C,Wu B,Traulsen A,Nowak MA

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Using electron microscopy and fitting of crystal structures, we present the 3D reconstruction of ligand-induced dimers of intact receptor tyrosine kinase, KIT. We observe that KIT protomers form close contacts throughout the entire structure of ligand-bound receptor dimers, and that the dimeric receptors adopt multipl...

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

authors： Opatowsky Y,Lax I,Tomé F,Bleichert F,Unger VM,Schlessinger J

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein dystrophin, normally found on the cytoplasmic surface of skeletal muscle cell membranes, is absent in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy as well as mdx (X-linked muscular dystrophy) mice. Although its primary structure has been determined, the precise functional role of dystrophin remains the subjec...

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

authors： Petrof BJ,Shrager JB,Stedman HH,Kelly AM,Sweeney HL

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most natural populations are affected by seasonal changes in temperature, rainfall, or resource availability. Seasonally fluctuating selection could potentially make a large contribution to maintaining genetic polymorphism in populations. However, previous theory suggests that the conditions for multilocus polymorphis...

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

authors： Wittmann MJ,Bergland AO,Feldman MW,Schmidt PS,Petrov DA

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) requires proteolytic processing of the replicase polyprotein by two viral cysteine proteases, a chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro) and a papain-like protease (PLpro). These proteases are important targets for development of antiviral drugs...

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

authors： Ratia K,Saikatendu KS,Santarsiero BD,Barretto N,Baker SC,Stevens RC,Mesecar AD

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide growth factors were isolated from conditioned medium derived from rice (Oryza sativa L.) suspension cultures and identified to be a sulfated pentapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-Gln-OH] and its C-terminal-truncated tetrapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-OH]. These structures were identical to the p...

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

authors： Matsubayashi Y,Takagi L,Sakagami Y

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 is down-regulated in sporadic breast and ovarian cancer cases. Therefore, the identification of genes involved in the regulation of BRCA1 expression might lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of these tumors. In the present study...

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

authors： Beger C,Pierce LN,Kruger M,Marcusson EG,Robbins JM,Welcsh P,Welch PJ,Welte K,King MC,Barber JR,Wong-Staal F

更新日期：2001-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The endosperm of cereal grains is one of the most valuable products of modern agriculture. Cereal endosperm development comprises different phases characterized by mitotic cell proliferation, endoreduplication, the accumulation of storage compounds, and programmed cell death. Although manipulation of these processes c...

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

authors： Sabelli PA,Liu Y,Dante RA,Lizarraga LE,Nguyen HN,Brown SW,Klingler JP,Yu J,LaBrant E,Layton TM,Feldman M,Larkins BA

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00