Behavior of three types of ribovirus-like particles in segregating hamster times mouse somatic hybrids.

abstract：:Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP 1375, a ubiquitous and ecologically important marine prochlorophyte, was bound to possess functional genes coding for the alpha and beta subunits of a phycobiliprotein. The latter is similar to phycoerythrins (PE) from marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria and bind a phycourobilin-like pigmen...

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

authors： Hess WR,Partensky F,van der Staay GW,Garcia-Fernandez JM,Börner T,Vaulot D

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) and its ligand, FGF10, are known to cause lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital (LADD) syndrome. Multiple gain-of-function mutations in FGF receptors have been implicated in a variety of severe skeletal disorders and in many cancers. We aimed to elucidate the mechanism...

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

authors： Lew ED,Bae JH,Rohmann E,Wollnik B,Schlessinger J

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Women outnumber men in undergraduate enrollments, but they are much less likely than men to major in mathematics or science or to choose a profession in these fields. This outcome often is attributed to the effects of negative sex-based stereotypes. We studied the effect of such stereotypes in an experimental market, ...

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

authors： Reuben E,Sapienza P,Zingales L

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread occurrence of spliceosomal introns in the genomes of higher eukaryotes, their origin remains controversial. One model proposes that the duplication of small genomic portions could have provided the boundaries for new introns. If this mechanism has occurred recently, the 5' and 3' boundaries of e...

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

authors： Zhuo D,Madden R,Elela SA,Chabot B

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria transmission has been substantially reduced across Africa through the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). However, the emergence of insecticide resistance within mosquito vectors risks jeopardizing the future efficacy of this control strategy. The severity of this threat is uncertain becaus...

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

authors： Viana M,Hughes A,Matthiopoulos J,Ranson H,Ferguson HM

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific journal publications, and their contributions to knowledge, can be described by their depth (specialized, domain-specific knowledge extensions) and breadth (topical scope, including spanning multiple knowledge domains). Toward generating hypotheses about how scientists' personal dispositions would uniquely ...

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

authors： Bateman TS,Hess AM

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens. Venoms represent previously untapped sources of novel drugs. Here we repurposed mastoparan-L, the toxic active principle derived from the venom of the wasp Vespula lewisii, into synthetic antimicrobials. We engineered within its N terminus ...

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

authors： Silva ON,Torres MDT,Cao J,Alves ESF,Rodrigues LV,Resende JM,Lião LM,Porto WF,Fensterseifer ICM,Lu TK,Franco OL,de la Fuente-Nunez C

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) causes arrhythmias and heart failure, but the cellular mechanisms for CaMKII-targeted proteins causing disordered cell membrane excitability and myocardial dysfunction remain uncertain. Failing human cardiomyocytes exhibit increased CaMKII and voltage-gated Ca(2+) ...

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

authors： Koval OM,Guan X,Wu Y,Joiner ML,Gao Z,Chen B,Grumbach IM,Luczak ED,Colbran RJ,Song LS,Hund TJ,Mohler PJ,Anderson ME

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:An obstacle in the utilization of catalytic Abs for selective prodrug activation in cancer therapy has been systemic tumor targeting. Here we report the generation of catalytic Abs that effectively target tumor cells with undiminished prodrug activation capability. Ab conjugates were prepared by covalent conjugation o...

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

authors： Abraham S,Guo F,Li LS,Rader C,Liu C,Barbas CF 3rd,Lerner RA,Sinha SC

更新日期：2007-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cereal agriculture originated with the domestication of barley and early forms of wheat in the Fertile Crescent. There has long been speculation that barley was domesticated more than once. We use differences in haplotype frequency among geographic regions at multiple loci to infer at least two domestications of barle...

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

authors： Morrell PL,Clegg MT

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death (PCD) of mammary alveolar cells during involution commences within hours of the end of suckling. Locally, milk accumulates within alveolar lumens; systemically, levels of lactogenic hormones fall. Four experimental models were used to define the role of local factors as compared with systemic hor...

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

authors： Li M,Liu X,Robinson G,Bar-Peled U,Wagner KU,Young WS,Hennighausen L,Furth PA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan-binding protein (MBP), a Ca2+-dependent mammalian lectin specific for mannose and N-acetylglucosamine, is an important serum component associated with innate immunity. MBP activates complement and functions as a direct opsonin on binding to mannooligosaccharide-bearing pathogens. We have found that MBP recogniz...

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

authors： Ma Y,Uemura K,Oka S,Kozutsumi Y,Kawasaki N,Kawasaki T

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic islands, large potentially mobile regions of bacterial chromosomes, are a major contributor to bacteria evolution. Here, we investigated the fitness cost and phenotypic differences between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and a derivative carrying one integrated copy of the clc element, a 103-kb genom...

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

authors： Gaillard M,Pernet N,Vogne C,Hagenbüchle O,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of Plasmodium parasites has indicated that their modern-day distribution is a result of a series of human-mediated dispersals involving transport between Africa, Europe, America, and Asia. A major outstanding question is the phylogenetic affinity of the malaria causing parasites Plasmodium vivax ...

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

authors： Gelabert P,Sandoval-Velasco M,Olalde I,Fregel R,Rieux A,Escosa R,Aranda C,Paaijmans K,Mueller I,Gilbert MT,Lalueza-Fox C

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier papers demonstrated an extensive genetic exchange among fluorescent Pseudomonads; this one documents for genes specifying enzymes of peripheral dissimilation an extrachromosomal array, segregation, and frequent interstrain transfer. An hypothesis is presented of a general mechanism for the formation and mainte...

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

authors： Rheinwald JG,Chakrabarty AM,Gunsalus IC

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombogenicity of three highly purified proteases (thrombin, activated Factor X, and activated Factor IX) was determined quantitatively in an animal model. The minimal amounts required to produce a standard score 4 thrombus were 1.1 nmol for thrombin, 0.12 nmol for activated Factor X, and 0.018 nmol for activated...

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

authors： Gitel SN,Stephenson RC,Wessler S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycine receptor (GlyR) is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (pLGIC) mediating inhibitory transmission in the nervous system. Its transmembrane domain (TMD) is the target of allosteric modulators such as general anesthetics and ethanol and is a major locus for hyperekplexic congenital mutations altering the al...

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

authors： Moraga-Cid G,Sauguet L,Huon C,Malherbe L,Girard-Blanc C,Petres S,Murail S,Taly A,Baaden M,Delarue M,Corringer PJ

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:When an ice crystal is born from liquid water, two key changes occur: (i) The molecules order and (ii) the mobility of the molecules drops as they adopt their lattice positions. Most research on ice nucleation (and crystallization in general) has focused on understanding the former with less attention paid to the latt...

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

authors： Fitzner M,Sosso GC,Cox SJ,Michaelides A

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Early conformational events during folding of acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP), an 86-residue alpha-helical protein, were explored by using a continuous-flow mixing apparatus with a dead time of 70 micros to measure changes in intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and tryptophan-dansyl fluorescence energy transfer. Althoug...

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

authors： Teilum K,Maki K,Kragelund BB,Poulsen FM,Roder H

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A key element for the development of suitable anti-cancer drugs is the identification of cancer-specific enzymatic activities that can be therapeutically targeted. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue transformation protein 1 (MALT1) is a proto-oncogene that contributes to tumorigenesis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (...

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

authors： Hailfinger S,Lenz G,Ngo V,Posvitz-Fejfar A,Rebeaud F,Guzzardi M,Penas EM,Dierlamm J,Chan WC,Staudt LM,Thome M

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), an important mechanism of Ca2+ signaling in a wide range of cell types, is mediated by stromal interaction molecule (STIM), which senses the depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores and binds and activates Orai channels in the plasma membrane. This inside-out mechanism of Ca2...

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

authors： Kim KM,Wijerathne T,Hur JH,Kang UJ,Kim IH,Kweon YC,Lee AR,Jeong SJ,Lee SK,Lee YY,Sim BW,Lee JH,Baig C,Kim SU,Chang KT,Lee KP,Park CY

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) [GTP:oxaloacetate carboxy-lyase (transphosphorylating), EC 4.1.1.32] from the rat was isolated from a recombinant library containing the rat genome in phage lambda Charon 4A. The isolated clone, lambda PCK1, contains the complete gene for phosphoenolpyruva...

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

authors： Yoo-Warren H,Monahan JE,Short J,Short H,Bruzel A,Wynshaw-Boris A,Meisner HM,Samols D,Hanson RW

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The folate-binding protein of rat liver mitochondria [Zamierowski, M. & Wagner, C. (1977) J. Biol. Chem. 252, 933-938] has been purified to homogeneity by a combination of gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose, and affinity chromatography. This protein was assayed by its ability to bind tetrahydro[3H]folic acid in vitro. the...

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

authors： Wittwer AJ,Wagner C

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bryostatins are macrocyclic lactones, extracted from the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina, and have been reported to be potent antineoplastic agents. Results described here demonstrate that the bryostatins may also be useful as stimulators of normal human hematopoietic cells since they can (i) directly stimulate bo...

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

authors： May WS,Sharkis SJ,Esa AH,Gebbia V,Kraft AS,Pettit GR,Sensenbrenner LL

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations of the BRCA2 tumor suppressor gene greatly increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. Here, we show that wild-type BRCA2, but not a tumor-specific truncated mutant BRCA2, synergizes with the nuclear receptor coactivator p160 GRIP1 to enhance transcriptional activation by androgen r...

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

authors： Shin S,Verma IM

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotions are often felt in the body, and somatosensory feedback has been proposed to trigger conscious emotional experiences. Here we reveal maps of bodily sensations associated with different emotions using a unique topographical self-report method. In five experiments, participants (n = 701) were shown two silhouett...

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

authors： Nummenmaa L,Glerean E,Hari R,Hietanen JK

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent joining of topoisomerases to DNA is normally a transient step in the reaction cycle of these important enzymes. However, under a variety of circumstances, the covalent complex is converted to a long-lived or dead-end product that can result in chromosome breakage and cell death. We have discovered and par...

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

authors： Yang SW,Burgin AB Jr,Huizenga BN,Robertson CA,Yao KC,Nash HA

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), also known as cachectin, was demonstrated to induce the expression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a chronically infected T-cell clone (ACH-2). Concentrations of recombinant TNF-alpha as low as 50 pg/ml induced a significant increase over background of HIV expression i...

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

authors： Folks TM,Clouse KA,Justement J,Rabson A,Duh E,Kehrl JH,Fauci AS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two approaches have been explored for the synthesis of double-stranded DNA from single-stranded DNA template complementary to rabbit 9S globin mRNA (cDNA). (i) cDNA was elongated with dCMP or dTMP homopolymeric tracts using terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.31; nucleosidetriphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyle...

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

authors： Rougeon F,Mach B

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of H2Ax on its S139 site, γH2Ax, is important during DNA double-strand repair and is considered necessary for assembly of repair complexes, but its functional role after other kinds of DNA damage is less clear. We have measured the survival of isogenic mouse cell lines with the H2Ax gene knocked ou...

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

authors： Revet I,Feeney L,Bruguera S,Wilson W,Dong TK,Oh DH,Dankort D,Cleaver JE

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00