Early stages in DNA binding and uptake during genetic transformation of pneumococci.

abstract：:Understanding the function of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) requires detailed knowledge of the structure of its primary protein, apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1). However, APOA1 flexibility and HDL heterogeneity have confounded decades of efforts to determine high-resolution structures and consistent models. Here, molecula...

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

authors： Pourmousa M,Song HD,He Y,Heinecke JW,Segrest JP,Pastor RW

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DR2 is associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). A peptide from human myelin basic protein (MBP, residues 85-99) was previously found to bind to purified HLA-DR2 (DRA, DRB1*1501) and to be recognized by human MBP-specific T cell clones. Soluble HLA-DR2 was expressed in the baculovirus system by re...

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

authors： Gauthier L,Smith KJ,Pyrdol J,Kalandadze A,Strominger JL,Wiley DC,Wucherpfennig KW

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The economic and ecological costs of wildfire in the United States have risen substantially in recent decades. Although climate change has likely enabled a portion of the increase in wildfire activity, the direct role of people in increasing wildfire activity has been largely overlooked. We evaluate over 1.5 million g...

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

authors： Balch JK,Bradley BA,Abatzoglou JT,Nagy RC,Fusco EJ,Mahood AL

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A diploid strain of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was found to be heterozygous for two forms of the highly repetitious ribosomal DNA. These forms could be distinguished by the pattern of fragments produced after digestion with the site-specific restriction endonuclease EcoRI. The mode of inheritance of ribosomal DN...

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

authors： Petes TD,Botstein D

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyperactivity of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been implicated in the development and maintenance of hypertension in several types of experimental and genetic hypertension animal models. We previously reported that in the murine brain, aminopeptidase A (APA) is involved in the conversion of angioten...

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

authors： Fournie-Zaluski MC,Fassot C,Valentin B,Djordjijevic D,Reaux-Le Goazigo A,Corvol P,Roques BP,Llorens-Cortes C

更新日期：2004-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains that have been passaged in vitro rapidly acquire mutations that impact viral growth. These laboratory-adapted strains of HCMV generally exhibit restricted tropism, produce high levels of cell-free virus, and develop susceptibility to natural killer cells. To permit experimentation ...

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

authors： Murrell I,Bedford C,Ladell K,Miners KL,Price DA,Tomasec P,Wilkinson GWG,Stanton RJ

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant plasmids containing mutant or wild-type adenovirus serotype 2 EIa genes that produce the 12S mRNA alone, the 13S mRNA alone, or both mRNAs were cotransfected into HeLa cells with plasmids containing the viral EIIa or EIII transcription units. The amount of RNA produced from the EIIa and EIII promoters was ...

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

authors： Leff T,Elkaim R,Goding CR,Jalinot P,Sassone-Corsi P,Perricaudet M,Kédinger C,Chambon P

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of alternative splicing in regulating apoptosis has been suggested by findings of functionally antagonistic proteins generated by alternative splicing of several genes involved in apoptosis. Among these, Ich-1 (also named as caspase-2) encodes a member of the caspase family of proteases. Two forms of Ic...

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

authors： Jiang ZH,Zhang WJ,Rao Y,Wu JY

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Key predictions of the Hubble law are inconsistent with direct observations on equitable complete samples of extragalactic sources in the optical, infrared, and x-ray wave bands-e.g., the predicted dispersion in apparent magnitude is persistently greatly in excess of its observed value, precluding an explanation via h...

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

authors： Segal IE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubular membrane structures are widespread in eukaryotic cells, but the mechanisms underlying their formation and stability are not well understood. Previous work has focused on tube extrusion from cells and model membranes under the application of external forces. Here, we present novel membrane/polymer systems, wher...

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

authors： Li Y,Lipowsky R,Dimova R

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It recently has been shown that epithelial Na(+) channels are controlled by a receptor for intracellular Na(+), a G protein (G(o)), and a ubiquitin-protein ligase (Nedd4). Furthermore, mutations in the epithelial Na(+) channel that underlie the autosomal dominant form of hypertension known as Liddle's syndrome inhibit...

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

authors： Ishibashi H,Dinudom A,Harvey KF,Kumar S,Young JA,Cook DI

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mammary epithelial cells secrete and express on their cell surfaces complex mucin glycoproteins (Mr greater than 250,000) that are developmentally regulated, tumor-associated, and highly immunogenic. Studies using monoclonal antibodies directed to these glycoproteins suggest that their molecular structures can v...

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

authors： Gendler SJ,Burchell JM,Duhig T,Lamport D,White R,Parker M,Taylor-Papadimitriou J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(2'-5')Oligoadenylate synthetase [(2'-5')A synthetase], which synthesizes a series of oligoadenylates ppp-(A2'p)n5'A [collectively referred to as (2'-5')A], has been described previously in rat liver cells, where its concentration varied with the growth status of this organ--i.e., it decreased during the early phase o...

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

authors： Etienne-Smekens M,Vandenbussche P,Content J,Dumont JE

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:Introduction and expression of multiple transgenes is frequently required for basic and applied studies. However, at present, multigene transformation is very difficult due to technical limitations of existing methods. Here, we describe a vector system for efficient multigene assembly and transformation. The system co...

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

authors： Lin L,Liu YG,Xu X,Li B

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous aquaporin channels are able to conduct water across cell membranes, combining the seemingly antagonist functions of a very high selectivity with a remarkable permeability. Whereas molecular details are obvious keys to perform these tasks, the overall efficiency of transport in such nanopores is also str...

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

authors： Gravelle S,Joly L,Detcheverry F,Ybert C,Cottin-Bizonne C,Bocquet L

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no theoretical limit in using molecular networks to harvest diffusive sun photons on large areas and funnel them onto much smaller areas of highly efficient but also precious energy-converting materials. The most effective concept reported so far is based on a pool of randomly oriented, light-harvesting donor...

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

authors： Willich MM,Wegener L,Vornweg J,Hohgardt M,Nowak J,Wolter M,Jacob CR,Walla PJ

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A new class of Escherichia coli mutants, referred to as grn, has been isolated by localized mutagenesis. These mutations affect the sigma subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) by abolishing the expression of the lambda N gene, and they are close...

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

authors： Nakamura Y,Kurihara T,Saito H,Uchida H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2012, an unusual outbreak of urban malaria was reported from Djibouti City in the Horn of Africa and increasingly severe outbreaks have been reported annually ever since. Subsequent investigations discovered the presence of an Asian mosquito species; Anopheles stephensi, a species known to thrive in urban environme...

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

authors： Sinka ME,Pironon S,Massey NC,Longbottom J,Hemingway J,Moyes CL,Willis KJ

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human activities have increased N availability dramatically in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Extensive research demonstrates that local plant species diversity generally declines in response to nutrient enrichment, yet the mechanisms for this decline remain unclear. Based on an analysis of >900 species responses...

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

authors： Suding KN,Collins SL,Gough L,Clark C,Cleland EE,Gross KL,Milchunas DG,Pennings S

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a key regulator of membrane fluidity, turns over rapidly, and represents a model for selective degradation of short-lived proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The mechanism whereby specific ER proteins are targeted for degradation in the midst of stable proteins coexisting in th...

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

authors： Mziaut H,Korza G,Ozols J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the issues currently being debated in the ongoing discussion of the pros and cons of today's globalization concerns the effects of greater world trade as well as of the changes in technology on a country's internal distribution of income, especially on skilled versus unskilled wage rates. In this article, I att...

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

authors： Jones RW

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:WOPR-domain proteins are found throughout the fungal kingdom where they function as master regulators of cell morphology and pathogenesis. Genetic and biochemical experiments previously demonstrated that these proteins bind to specific DNA sequences and thereby regulate transcription. However, their primary sequence s...

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

authors： Lohse MB,Rosenberg OS,Cox JS,Stroud RM,Finer-Moore JS,Johnson AD

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The basal ganglia are critical for selecting actions and evaluating their outcome. Although the circuitry for selection is well understood, how these nuclei evaluate the outcome of actions is unknown. Here, we show in lamprey that a separate evaluation circuit, which regulates the habenula-projecting globus pallidus (...

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

authors： Stephenson-Jones M,Kardamakis AA,Robertson B,Grillner S

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which cells select one of several specific programs of genetic information in development was examined in homoeotic mutant Antennapedia of Rappaport in Drosophila melanogaster. The results show that the alteration of determination from antenna to leg induced by this homoeotic mutation occurs in a popula...

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

authors： Postlethwait JH,Schneiderman HA

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that penicillin acts as a structural analog of the acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine terminus of nascent bacterial cell wall and that it consequently binds to and acylates the active site of the enzyme(s) that crosslinks the cell wall to form an inactive penicilloyl enzyme [Tipper, D.J. & Strominger, J....

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

authors： Yocum RR,Waxman DJ,Rasmussen JR,Strominger JL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies on the ability of insect populations to transmit pathogens consider only constant temperatures and do not account for realistic daily temperature fluctuations that can impact vector-pathogen interactions. Here, we show that diurnal temperature range (DTR) affects two important parameters underlying dengue...

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

authors： Lambrechts L,Paaijmans KP,Fansiri T,Carrington LB,Kramer LD,Thomas MB,Scott TW

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Originally identified as an essential component of the herpes simplex virus immediate early (IE) gene enhancer complex, the transcriptional coactivator host cell factor-1 (HCF-1) has been implicated in a broad range of cellular regulatory circuits. The protein mediates activation through multiple interactions with tra...

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

authors： Narayanan A,Ruyechan WT,Kristie TM

更新日期：2007-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACCs) are rare and highly malignant cancers associated with poor survival of patients. Currently, mitotane, a nonspecific derivative of the pesticide DDT (1,1-(dichlorobiphenyl)-2,2-dichloroethane), is used as the standard treatment, but its mechanism of action in ACCs remains elusive. Here ...

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

authors： Belavgeni A,Bornstein SR,von Mässenhausen A,Tonnus W,Stumpf J,Meyer C,Othmar E,Latk M,Kanczkowski W,Kroiss M,Hantel C,Hugo C,Fassnacht M,Ziegler CG,Schally AV,Krone NP,Linkermann A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Utetheisa ornatrix exercise postcopulatory mate selection, favoring sperm of larger males. Larger males also produce larger spermatophores, raising the question whether males are selected on the basis of body size or the size of their spermatophore. We here present evidence, based on matings in which males were...

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

authors： LaMunyon CW,Eisner T

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00