The subsynaptic 43-kDa protein is concentrated at developing nerve-muscle synapses in vitro.

abstract：:Bacteriophage T7 encodes an essential inhibitor of the Escherichia coli host RNA polymerase (RNAP), the product of gene 2 (Gp2). We determined a series of X-ray crystal structures of E. coli RNAP holoenzyme with or without Gp2. The results define the structure and location of the RNAP σ(70) subunit domain 1.1(σ(1.1)(7...

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

authors： Bae B,Davis E,Brown D,Campbell EA,Wigneshweraraj S,Darst SA

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the ability of targeted immunomicelles to detect and assess macrophages in atherosclerotic plaque using MRI in vivo. There is a large clinical need for a noninvasive tool to assess atherosclerosis from a molecular and cellular standpoint. Macrophages play a central role in atherosclerosis and are assoc...

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

authors： Amirbekian V,Lipinski MJ,Briley-Saebo KC,Amirbekian S,Aguinaldo JG,Weinreb DB,Vucic E,Frias JC,Hyafil F,Mani V,Fisher EA,Fayad ZA

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA hybridization was used to compare representatives of the major groups of marsupials and a eutherian outgroup. Because of the large genetic distances separating marsupial families, trees were calculated from normalized percentages of hybridization; thermal-melting statistics, however, gave identical topologies for ...

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

authors： Kirsch JA,Dickerman AW,Reig OA,Springer MS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by insulitis and islet β-cell loss. Thus, an effective therapy may require β-cell restoration and immune suppression. Currently, there is no treatment that can achieve both goals efficiently. We report here that GABA exerts antidiabetic effects by acting on ...

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

authors： Soltani N,Qiu H,Aleksic M,Glinka Y,Zhao F,Liu R,Li Y,Zhang N,Chakrabarti R,Ng T,Jin T,Zhang H,Lu WY,Feng ZP,Prud'homme GJ,Wang Q

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:When spores of the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium novyi-NT are systemically injected into animals, they germinate exclusively within the hypoxic regions of cancers. The germinated bacteria destroy adjacent tumor cells but spare a rim of well oxygenated tumor cells that subsequently expand. Surprisingly, we found that...

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

authors： Agrawal N,Bettegowda C,Cheong I,Geschwind JF,Drake CG,Hipkiss EL,Tatsumi M,Dang LH,Diaz LA Jr,Pomper M,Abusedera M,Wahl RL,Kinzler KW,Zhou S,Huso DL,Vogelstein B

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the causative agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted to mammalian hosts through an arthropod (tick) vector. To establish infection, Bb must acquire essential nutrients, including transition metals, from its mammalian and tick hosts. Thus far, no metal transporter has been identified in Bb. He...

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

authors： Ouyang Z,He M,Oman T,Yang XF,Norgard MV

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The massive forests of central Amazonia are often considered relatively resilient against climatic variation, but this view is challenged by the wildfires invoked by recent droughts. The impact of such fires that spread from pervasive sources of ignition may reveal where forests are less likely to persist in a drier f...

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

authors： Flores BM,Holmgren M,Xu C,van Nes EH,Jakovac CC,Mesquita RCG,Scheffer M

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Madin-Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells with human interferon (IFN)-alpha 2 at 37 degrees C results in a dose-dependent inhibition of cell growth and a reduction of the subsequent binding of 125I-labeled epidermal growth factor (EGF) at 4 degrees C. Human IFN-beta and -gamma, which exhibit little antiviral...

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

authors： Zoon KC,Karasaki Y,zur Nedden DL,Hu RQ,Arnheiter H

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mecp2 gene has been shown to be mutated in most cases of human Rett syndrome, and mouse models deleted for the ortholog have been generated. Lineage-specific deletion of the gene indicated that the Rett-like phenotype is caused by Mecp2 deficiency in neurons. Biochemical evidence suggests that Mecp2 acts as a glob...

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

authors： Tudor M,Akbarian S,Chen RZ,Jaenisch R

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In diabetes, the death of insulin-producing beta-cells by apoptosis leads to insulin deficiency. The lower prevalence of diabetes in females suggests that female sex steroids protect from beta-cell injury. Consistent with this hypothesis, 17beta-estradiol (estradiol) manifests antidiabetic actions in humans and rodent...

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

authors： Le May C,Chu K,Hu M,Ortega CS,Simpson ER,Korach KS,Tsai MJ,Mauvais-Jarvis F

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of selective translation of T4 template RNA by ribosomes from T4-infected cells, or factors derived therefrom, has been extended to studies on the initiation of protein synthesis. A high-salt extract derived from T4-infected ribosomes inhibits the formation of initiation complexes of MS2 and Escherichia...

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

authors： Klem EB,Hsu WT,Weiss SB

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elevation of Ca2+ levels in the cytoplasm inactivates inward-rectifying K+ channels that play a central role in regulating the apertures of stomatal pores in higher plants. However, the mechanism for the Ca(2+)-mediated inhibition of K(+)-channel function is unknown. Using patch-clamp techniques, we show that cycl...

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

authors： Luan S,Li W,Rusnak F,Assmann SM,Schreiber SL

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of transcription factors might be a powerful approach to modification of metabolism for a generation of crops having superior characteristics because a single transcription factor frequently regulates coordinated expression of a set of key genes for respective pathways. Here, we apply the plant-specific Do...

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

authors： Yanagisawa S,Akiyama A,Kisaka H,Uchimiya H,Miwa T

更新日期：2004-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidimensional free energy surface for a small fast folding helical protein is explored based on first-principle calculations. The model represents the 46-residue segment from fragment B of staphylococcal protein A. The relationship between collapse and tertiary structure formation, and the order of collapse and...

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

authors： Guo Z,Brooks CL 3rd,Boczko EM

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling through the Toll receptor is required for dorsal/ventral polarity in Drosophila embryos, and also plays an evolutionarily conserved role in the immune response. Upon ligand binding, Toll appears to multimerize and activate the associated kinase, Pelle. However, the immediate downstream targets of Pelle have ...

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

authors： Shen B,Liu H,Skolnik EY,Manley JL

更新日期：2001-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lon is an ATPase associated with cellular activities (AAA+) protease that controls cell division in response to stress and also degrades misfolded and damaged proteins. Subunits of Lon are known to assemble into ring-shaped homohexamers that enclose an internal degradation chamber. Here, we demonstrate that hexamers o...

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

authors： Vieux EF,Wohlever ML,Chen JZ,Sauer RT,Baker TA

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16S rRNA genes of Pyrobaculum aerophilum and Pyrobaculum islandicum were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, and the resulting products were sequenced directly. The two organisms are closely related by this measure (over 98% similar). However, they differ in that the (lone) 16S rRNA gene of Pyrobaculum aer...

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

authors： Burggraf S,Larsen N,Woese CR,Stetter KO

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) for neurotransmitters undergo complex intracellular trafficking that contribute to regulate their abundance at the cell surface. Here, we report a previously undescribed alteration in the subcellular localization of D1 dopamine receptor (D1R) that occurs in vivo in striatal ...

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

authors： Dumartin B,Jaber M,Gonon F,Caron MG,Giros B,Bloch B

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat liver nuclei pure by enzymatic and electron microscope criteria contain protein kinase C (PKC) that can be activated several hundredfold within 3 min of addition of prolactin or phorbol 12-tetradecanoate 13-acetate. Rat prolactin stimulated PKC maximally at 10(-12) M, whereas ovine prolactin was maximally stimulat...

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

authors： Buckley AR,Crowe PD,Russell DH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression, the most prevalent mental illness, is underdiagnosed and undertreated, highlighting the need to extend the scope of current screening methods. Here, we use language from Facebook posts of consenting individuals to predict depression recorded in electronic medical records. We accessed the history of Faceboo...

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

authors： Eichstaedt JC,Smith RJ,Merchant RM,Ungar LH,Crutchley P,Preoţiuc-Pietro D,Asch DA,Schwartz HA

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy of local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drugs is due to their voltage- and frequency-dependent block of Na+ channels. Quaternary local anesthetic analogs such as QX-314, which are permanently charged and membrane-impermeant, effectively block cardiac Na+ channels when applied from either side of t...

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

authors： Qu Y,Rogers J,Tanada T,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Undesired side products of DNA transfections are usually discarded. However, here, we show that such products may provide insight into mutational events that are also a major driving force in protein evolution. While studying the small heat-shock protein alphaA-crystallin, we transfected the hamster alphaA-crystallin ...

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

authors： van Rijk AA,de Jong WW,Bloemendal H

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of Rauscher leukemia virus (RLV) with low levels of Nonidet P-40 yielded "immature" cores. These cores have a diameter of about 920 A, as opposed to the 1300-A diameter of RLV, possess knob-like protuberances, and contain a concentrically coiled internal strand apposed to the core shell. The two major polyp...

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

authors： Yoshinaka Y,Luftig RB

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a process called "bioturbation," burrowing macrofauna have altered the seafloor habitat and modified global carbon cycling since the Cambrian. However, the impact of macrofauna on the community structure of microorganisms is poorly understood. Here, we show that microbial communities across bioturbated, but ge...

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

authors： Deng L,Bölsterli D,Kristensen E,Meile C,Su CC,Bernasconi SM,Seidenkrantz MS,Glombitza C,Lagostina L,Han X,Jørgensen BB,Røy H,Lever MA

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key transcriptional regulator for antioxidant and anti-inflammation enzymes that binds to its endogenous inhibitor protein, Kelch-like ECH (erythroid cell-derived protein with CNC homology)-associated protein 1, in the cytoplasm under normal conditions. Various e...

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

authors： Kim SB,Pandita RK,Eskiocak U,Ly P,Kaisani A,Kumar R,Cornelius C,Wright WE,Pandita TK,Shay JW

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) increases the movement of cholesterol from the outer to the inner membrane of adrenal and gonadal mitochondria, thus providing the substrate for steroid hormone biosynthesis. Deletion of 62 amino-terminal aa produces a cytoplasmic form of StAR (N-62 StAR) that lacks th...

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

authors： Bose HS,Whittal RM,Baldwin MA,Miller WL

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral membrane fusion proteins of class I are trimers in which the protomeric unit is a complex of a surface subunit (SU) and a fusion active transmembrane subunit (TM). Here we have studied how the protomeric units of Moloney murine leukemia virus envelope protein (Env) are activated in relation to each other, sequen...

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

authors： Sjöberg M,Löving R,Lindqvist B,Garoff H

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin and glucagon responses to 10 mM glucose and 10 mM arginine were studied in pancreata isolated from nondiabetic diabetes-prone and diabetes-resistant BB/W rats at 60, 80, and 140 days of age and in diabetic BB/W rats on the 1st and 14th days of their diabetes. In the former group the insulin response to glu...

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

authors： Tominaga M,Komiya I,Johnson JH,Inman L,Alam T,Moltz J,Crider B,Stefan Y,Baetens D,McCorkle K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Bestrophin 1 (hBest1) is a calcium-activated chloride channel that regulates neuronal excitability, synaptic activity, and retinal homeostasis. Mutations in hBest1 cause the autosomal-dominant Best macular dystrophy (BMD). Because hBest1 mutations cause BMD, but a knockout does not, we wondered if hBest1 mutants...

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

authors： Bharill S,Fu Z,Palty R,Isacoff EY

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which cells recognize and complete replicated regions at their precise doubling point must be remarkably efficient, occurring thousands of times per cell division along the chromosomes of humans. However, this process remains poorly understood. Here we show that, in Escherichia coli, the completion of...

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

authors： Wendel BM,Courcelle CT,Courcelle J

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00