Somatic evolution of variable region structures during an immune response.

abstract：:From the types of ring chromosomes induced in x-irradiated Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, we deduce the existence of switches in the polarity of chromosomal DNA; if there is a continuous DNA double helix along the full length of the chromosome then the polarity switches imply 3'-3' and 5'-5' phosphodiester linkage...

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

authors： Wolff S,Lindsley DL,Peacock WJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen limitation imposes a major transition in the lifestyle of nondiazotrophic cyanobacteria that is controlled by a complex interplay of regulatory factors involving the pervasive signal processor PII Immediately upon nitrogen limitation, newly fixed carbon is redirected toward glycogen synthesis. How the metabol...

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

authors： Orthwein T,Scholl J,Spät P,Lucius S,Koch M,Macek B,Hagemann M,Forchhammer K

更新日期：2021-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of human colonization of East Polynesia, a vast area lying between Hawai'i, Rapa Nui, and New Zealand, is much debated and the underlying causes of this great migration have been enigmatic. Our study generates evidence for human dispersal into eastern Polynesia from islands to the west from around AD 900 an...

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

authors： Sear DA,Allen MS,Hassall JD,Maloney AE,Langdon PG,Morrison AE,Henderson ACG,Mackay H,Croudace IW,Clarke C,Sachs JP,Macdonald G,Chiverrell RC,Leng MJ,Cisneros-Dozal LM,Fonville T,Pearson E

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We solve a discrete version of the classic Plateau problem, which asks for a minimal surface spanning a given curve. Our algorithm is based on a network-flow formulation that finds minimal slabs, intuitively corresponding to minimal "surfaces" of prescribed thickness. We let the slab thickness approach zero in order t...

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

authors： Hu TC,Kahng AB,Robins G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that lymphoblasts alloactivated in vitro acquire the capacity of stimulating the autologous mixed lymphocyte response. This response is anti-idiotypic in nature because lymphocytes so primed display accelerated memory responses only when restimulated by autologous lymphoblasts that have been a...

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

authors： Suciu-Foca N,Reed E,Rohowsky C,Kung P,King DW

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water freezing on solid surfaces is ubiquitous in nature. Even though icing/frosting impairs the performance and safety in many processes, its mechanism remains inadequately understood. Changing atmospheric conditions, surface properties, the complexity of icing physics, and the unorthodox behavior of water are the pr...

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

authors： Jung S,Tiwari MK,Poulikakos D

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian protein ZnT3 resides on synaptic vesicle membranes of zinc-containing neurons, suggesting its possible role in vesicular zinc transport. We show here that histochemically reactive zinc, corresponding to the zinc found within synaptic vesicles, was undetectable in the brains of mice with targeted disrupti...

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

authors： Cole TB,Wenzel HJ,Kafer KE,Schwartzkroin PA,Palmiter RD

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and biochemical studies have revealed that the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus mediates translation of the viral mRNA by an unusual mechanism involving entry of ribosomes in internal sequences of mRNA molecules. We have found that mRNAs bearing the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus were translated at an enha...

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

authors： Hambidge SJ,Sarnow P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell antigen receptor alpha-chain genes of an alloreactive, H-2Db-specific cytotoxic T-cell clone (3F9) are described. This study and our work on the 3F9 beta-chain genes reveal that the variable region gene segments for the alpha and beta chains expressed in 3F9 are identical to the ones used by a chicken eryth...

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

authors： Rupp F,Brecher J,Giedlin MA,Mosmann T,Zinkernagel RM,Hengartner H,Joho RH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, R2, encodes a sequence-specific endonuclease responsible for its insertion at a unique site in the 28S rRNA genes of arthropods. Although most non-LTR retrotransposons encode an apurinic-like endonuclease upstream of a common reverse transcriptase domain, R2 and many...

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

authors： Yang J,Malik HS,Eickbush TH

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Local tissue stem cells have been described in airways of the lung but their contribution to normal epithelial maintenance is currently unknown. We therefore developed aggregation chimera mice and a whole-lung imaging method to determine the relative contributions of progenitor (Clara) and bronchiolar stem cells to ep...

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

authors： Giangreco A,Arwert EN,Rosewell IR,Snyder J,Watt FM,Stripp BR

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Patchy particles with shape complementarity can serve as building blocks for assembling colloidal superstructures. Alternatively, encoding information on patches using DNA can direct assembly into a variety of crystalline or other preprogrammed structures. Here, we present a tool where DNA is used both to engineer sha...

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

authors： Diaz A JA,Oh JS,Yi GR,Pine DJ

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Land-use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss worldwide. Although biodiversity often shows a delayed response to land-use change, previous studies have typically focused on a narrow range of current landscape factors and have largely ignored the role of land-use history in shaping plant and animal communities...

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

authors： Le Provost G,Badenhausser I,Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y,Clough Y,Henckel L,Violle C,Bretagnolle V,Roncoroni M,Manning P,Gross N

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas target-specific drugs are available for treating ERBB2-overexpressing and hormone receptor-positive breast cancers, no tailored therapy exists for hormone receptor- and ERBB2-negative ("triple-negative") mammary carcinomas. Triple-negative tumors account for 15% of all breast cancers and frequently harbor defe...

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

authors： Rottenberg S,Jaspers JE,Kersbergen A,van der Burg E,Nygren AO,Zander SA,Derksen PW,de Bruin M,Zevenhoven J,Lau A,Boulter R,Cranston A,O'Connor MJ,Martin NM,Borst P,Jonkers J

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether genes escape X chromosome inactivation by positioning outside of the territory defined by XIST RNA. Results reveal an unanticipated higher order organization of genes and noncoding sequences. All 15 X-linked genes, regardless of activity, position on the border of the XIST RNA territory, which ...

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

authors： Clemson CM,Hall LL,Byron M,McNeil J,Lawrence JB

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) plays a major role in the regulation of neuroendocrine functions and behaviors by estrogens. Although the generation of ERalpha knockout mice advanced our knowledge of ERalpha functions, gene deletion using this method is global and potentially confounded by developmental consequences...

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

authors： Musatov S,Chen W,Pfaff DW,Kaplitt MG,Ogawa S

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympatric speciation (SS), i.e., speciation within a freely breeding population or in contiguous populations, was first proposed by Darwin [Darwin C (1859) On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection] and is still controversial despite theoretical support [Gavrilets S (2004) Fitness Landscapes and the Orig...

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

authors： Li K,Hong W,Jiao H,Wang GD,Rodriguez KA,Buffenstein R,Zhao Y,Nevo E,Zhao H

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Classic physiology studies dating to the 1930s demonstrate that moderate or transient glucocorticoid (GC) exposure improves muscle performance. The ergogenic properties of GCs are further evidenced by their surreptitious use as doping agents by endurance athletes and poorly understood efficacy in Duchenne muscular dys...

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

authors： Morrison-Nozik A,Anand P,Zhu H,Duan Q,Sabeh M,Prosdocimo DA,Lemieux ME,Nordsborg N,Russell AP,MacRae CA,Gerber AN,Jain MK,Haldar SM

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The vaccinia virus early transcription factor (VETF), a heterodimeric protein composed of 82- and 70-kDa subunits, interacts with viral early promoters at both a sequence-specific core region upstream and a sequence-independent region downstream of the RNA start site. To determine the VETF subunit-promoter interaction...

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

authors： Cassetti MA,Moss B

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two features make the tooth an excellent model in the study of evolutionary innovations: the relative simplicity of its structure and the fact that the major tooth-forming genes have been identified in eutherian mammals. To understand the nature of the innovation at the molecular level, it is necessary to identify the...

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

authors： Toyosawa S,O'hUigin C,Figueroa F,Tichy H,Klein J

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels from rabbit skeletal muscle were reconstituted into phosphatidylcholine vesicles to evaluate the effect of phosphorylation by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PK-A) on their function. Both the rate and extent of 45Ca2+ uptake into vesicles containing reconstitute...

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

authors： Nunoki K,Florio V,Catterall WA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found a soluble cyclase, using for assay radioactively marked ATP as precursor. The reaction product was isolated by thin-layer chromatography and identified by specific degradation. After homogenization, part of the activity remained in the particulate fraction but could be easily extracted. The cyclase was c...

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

authors： Tao M,Lipmann F

更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an adaptation to infrequent access to water, terrestrial mammals produce urine that is hyperosmotic to plasma. To prevent osmotic diuresis by the large quantity of urea generated by protein catabolism, the kidney epithelia contain facilitative urea transporters (UTs) that allow rapid equilibration between the urina...

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

authors： Levin EJ,Cao Y,Enkavi G,Quick M,Pan Y,Tajkhorshid E,Zhou M

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that geographic differences in cancer mortalities in Europe are related to (in order of importance): geographic distances (reflecting environmental differences), ethnohistoric distances (encompassing cultural and genetic attributes), and genetic distances of the populations in the areas studie...

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

authors： Sokal RR,Oden NL,Rosenberg MS,Thomson BA

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of 20 recombinant Fab fragments reactive with the surface glycoprotein gp120 of human type 1 immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) were examined for their ability to neutralize MN and IIIB strains of the virus. Neutralization was determined as the ability of the Fab fragments to inhibit infection as measured in both ...

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

authors： Barbas CF 3rd,Björling E,Chiodi F,Dunlop N,Cababa D,Jones TM,Zebedee SL,Persson MA,Nara PL,Norrby E

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping posttranslational modifications (PTMs), which diversely modulate biological functions, represents a significant analytical challenge. The centerpiece technology for PTM site identification, mass spectrometry (MS), requires proteolytic cleavage in the vicinity of a PTM to yield peptides for sequencing. This req...

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

authors： Tran DT,Cavett VJ,Dang VQ,Torres HL,Paegel BM

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis is a series of poorly understood morphological, physiological and biochemical processes that occur during the transition of immotile spermatids into motile, fertilization-competent spermatozoa. Here, we identified a Serpin (serine protease inhibitor) family protein (As_SRP-1) that is secreted from sperm...

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

authors： Zhao Y,Sun W,Zhang P,Chi H,Zhang MJ,Song CQ,Ma X,Shang Y,Wang B,Hu Y,Hao Z,Hühmer AF,Meng F,L'hernault SW,He SM,Dong MQ,Miao L

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The human retinoic acid receptor (hRAR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily that regulates the transcription of target genes in a ligand-dependent manner. The three hRAR isotypes are targets for retinoids that are used in the treatment of various diseases, including breast cancer and skin diseases. Drug ef...

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

authors： Klaholz BP,Mitschler A,Belema M,Zusi C,Moras D

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryopreservation is widely used to maintain backups of cells as it enables the semipermanent storage of cells. During the freezing process, ice crystals that are generated inside and outside the cells can lethally damage the cells. All conventional cryopreservation methods use at least one cryoprotective agent (CPA) t...

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

authors： Akiyama Y,Shinose M,Watanabe H,Yamada S,Kanda Y

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), characterized by progressive muscle weakness and deterioration, is genetically linked to aberrant expression of DUX4 in muscle. DUX4, in its full-length form, is cytotoxic in nongermline tissues. Here, we designed locked nucleic acid (LNA) gapmer antisense oligonucleotide...

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

authors： Lim KRQ,Maruyama R,Echigoya Y,Nguyen Q,Zhang A,Khawaja H,Sen Chandra S,Jones T,Jones P,Chen YW,Yokota T

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00