The kinetics of hemolytic plaque formation.

abstract：:We introduce a paradigm-"hydricity"-that involves the coproduction of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy and their judicious use to enable a sustainable economy. We identify and implement synergistic integrations while improving each of the two individual processes. When the proposed integrated process...

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

authors： Gençer E,Mallapragada DS,Maréchal F,Tawarmalani M,Agrawal R

更新日期：2015-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A subclass of zinc finger proteins containing a unique protein motif called the positive regulatory (PR) domain has been described. The members include the PRDI-BF1/Blimp-1 protein, the Caenorhabditis elegans egl-43 and EVI1 gene products, and the retinoblastoma interacting protein RIZ. Here we describe a member of th...

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

authors： Chittka A,Chao MV

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bufonid anurans of the genus Atelopus contain both steroidal bufadienolides and various guanidinium alkaloids of the tetrodotoxin class. The former inhibit sodium-potassium ATPases, whereas the latter block voltage-dependent sodium channels. The structure of one guanidinium alkaloid, zetekitoxin AB, has remained a mys...

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

authors： Yotsu-Yamashita M,Kim YH,Dudley SC Jr,Choudhary G,Pfahnl A,Oshima Y,Daly JW

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Extragalactic X-ray surveys over the past decade have dramatically improved understanding of the majority populations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over most of the history of the universe. Here we briefly highlight some of the exciting discoveries about AGN demography, physics, and ecology, with a focus on results...

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

authors： Brandt WN,Alexander DM

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon carcinoma is one of the leading causes of death from cancer and is characterized by a heterogenic pool of cells with distinct differentiation patterns. Recently, it was reported that a population of undifferentiated cells from a primary tumor, so-called cancer stem cells (CSC), can reconstitute the original tumo...

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

authors： Vermeulen L,Todaro M,de Sousa Mello F,Sprick MR,Kemper K,Perez Alea M,Richel DJ,Stassi G,Medema JP

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The reversible association of alpha and beta gamma subunits of GTP-binding proteins is important for signal transmission from a variety of cell-surface receptors to intracellular effectors. Previous work showed that 1,6-bis(maleimido)hexane, which crosslinks cysteine residues, crosslinks alpha o and alpha i-1 to beta ...

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

authors： Thomas TC,Schmidt CJ,Neer EJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential eukaryotic pre-mRNA splicing factor U2AF (U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein auxiliary factor) is required to specify the 3' splice at an early step in spliceosome assembly. U2AF binds site-specifically to the intron polypyrimidine tract and recruits U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein to the branch site....

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

authors： Rudner DZ,Kanaar R,Breger KS,Rio DC

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations and isotopic compositions of ethane and propane in cold, deeply buried sediments from the southeastern Pacific are best explained by microbial production of these gases in situ. Reduction of acetate to ethane provides one feasible mechanism. Propane is enriched in (13)C relative to ethane. The amount is...

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

authors： Hinrichs KU,Hayes JM,Bach W,Spivack AJ,Hmelo LR,Holm NG,Johnson CG,Sylva SP

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously characterized a methionine aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.18; Met-AP1; also called peptidase M) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which differs from its prokaryotic homologues in that it (i) contains an N-terminal zinc-finger domain and (ii) does not produce lethality when disrupted, although it does slow growth d...

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

authors： Li X,Chang YH

更新日期：1995-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Most current diagnostic tests for tuberculosis do not reveal the species or strain of pathogen causing pulmonary infection, which can lead to inappropriate treatment regimens and the spread of disease. Here, we report an assay for mycobacterial strain assignment based on genetically conserved mycobacterial sulfatases....

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

authors： Beatty KE,Williams M,Carlson BL,Swarts BM,Warren RM,van Helden PD,Bertozzi CR

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms by which the extracellular domain of Notch1 controls Notch1 signaling are not well defined. Here, we show that the O-fucose glycan in the Notch1 ligand-binding domain regulates the strength of Notch1 signaling during embryogenesis, postweaning growth, and T cell development in the mouse. Heterozygotes carry...

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

authors： Ge C,Stanley P

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The monomeric VDAC channel shows an accelerated pH titration of its transport properties with a Hill coefficient of about 2. This manifests itself as a sharp peak in conductance noise as well as a fast change in channel selectivity with pH. On the basis of the known structure of this channel, we propose that this coop...

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

authors： Rostovtseva TK,Liu TT,Colombini M,Parsegian VA,Bezrukov SM

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal lamina propria (LP) is a major effector site of the mucosal immune system where antigen-specific and antigen-nonspecific factors shape the functional responses of CD4+ T helper cells. To study the functional differentiation of LP T helper cells we utilized DO11.10 T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic (Tg) m...

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

authors： Hurst SD,Sitterding SM,Ji S,Barrett TA

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition of carrier proteins by multiple catalytic partners occurs in every cycle of chain elongation in the biosynthesis of fatty acids and of the pharmacologically important polyketide and nonribosomal peptide natural products. To dissect the features of carrier proteins that determine specific recognition at...

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

authors： Zhou Z,Lai JR,Walsh CT

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the products of the K and D loci of the H-2 complex as target antigens for cytotoxic T cells generated to modified syngeneic cells has been investigated. Spleen cells, when cocultured with trinitrophenyl-derivatized syngeneic cells, generate cytolytic T cells that lyse most effectively tumor or spleen targ...

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

authors： Burakoff SJ,Germain RN,Dorf ME,Benacerrah B

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the folding dynamics of Thermus thermophilus cytochrome c(552) by time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer between the heme and each of seven site-specific fluorescent probes. We have found both an equilibrium unfolding intermediate and a distinct refolding intermediate from kinetics studies. De...

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

authors： Yamada S,Bouley Ford ND,Keller GE,Ford WC,Gray HB,Winkler JR

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The early detection of pathogens with epidemic potential is of major importance to public health. Most emerging infections result in dead-end "spillover" events in which a pathogen is transmitted from an animal reservoir to a human but is unable to achieve the sustained human-to-human transmission necessary for a full...

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

authors： Geoghegan JL,Senior AM,Di Giallonardo F,Holmes EC

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Given their relatively small area, mangroves and their organic sediments are of disproportionate importance to global carbon sequestration and carbon storage. Peat deposition and preservation allows some mangroves to accrete vertically and keep pace with sea-level rise by growing on their own root remains. In this stu...

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

authors： Ezcurra P,Ezcurra E,Garcillán PP,Costa MT,Aburto-Oropeza O

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Collective animal behavior studies have led the way in developing models that account for a large number of individuals, but mostly have considered situations in which alignment and attraction play a key role, such as in schooling and flocking. By quantifying how animals react to one another's presence, when interacti...

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

authors： Giuggioli L,Potts JR,Rubenstein DI,Levin SA

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombospondin, a 450-kDa multinodular glycoprotein with lectin-type activity, is found in human platelets, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, monocytes, and granular pneumocytes. Thrombospondin interacts with heparin, fibrinogen, fibronectin, collagen, histidine-rich glycoprotein, and plasminogen. R...

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

authors： Asch AS,Leung LL,Shapiro J,Nachman RL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant aquaporin plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIP) subfamily represents one of the main gateways for water exchange at the plasma membrane (PM). A fraction of this subfamily, known as PIP1, does not reach the PM unless they are coexpressed with a PIP2 aquaporin. Although ubiquitous and abundantly expressed, ...

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

authors： Yaneff A,Sigaut L,Marquez M,Alleva K,Pietrasanta LI,Amodeo G

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of earlier energy computations, the various single peptide units in proteins were designated as helix-making or helix-breaking.(1) With the use of these designations, empirical rules for distinguishing between alpha-helical and non-alpha-helical regions of proteins have been formulated. These rules includ...

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

authors： Kotelchuck D,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural cell adhesion molecule N-CAM is a sialic acid-rich, cell surface glycoprotein that mediates cell adhesion by a homophilic mechanism. Its binding function has been implicated in both morphogenesis and histogenesis; during development it changes in amount at the cell surface and perinatally it undergoes a dec...

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

authors： Hoffman S,Chuong CM,Edelman GM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonlinear nature of integration among cortical brain areas renders the effective connectivity between them inherently dynamic and context-sensitive. One emerging architectural principle of functional brain organization, which rests explicitly on these nonlinear interactions, is that neuronal responses expressed at...

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

authors： Friston KJ,Büchel C

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the accelerated aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) can potentially reveal cellular defects associated with physiological aging. HGPS results from expression and abnormal nuclear envelope association of a farnesylated, truncated variant of prelamin A called "progerin." We surveyed the...

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

authors： Chang W,Wang Y,Luxton GWG,Östlund C,Worman HJ,Gundersen GG

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The detailed molecular dynamics of an actual bond-breaking event in a fluctuating enzyme substrate complex is simulated. The method developed allows one to explore what type of fluctuations are involved in enzymatic reactions and to evaluate entropic contributions to enzyme catalysis. The fluctuations of the enzyme el...

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

authors： Warshel A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zeolite and zeolite-like molecular sieves are being used in a large number of applications such as adsorption and catalysis. Achievement of the long-standing goal of creating a chiral, polycrystalline molecular sieve with bulk enantioenrichment would enable these materials to perform enantioselective functions. Here, ...

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

authors： Brand SK,Schmidt JE,Deem MW,Daeyaert F,Ma Y,Terasaki O,Orazov M,Davis ME

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is now the most common cause of progressive kidney failure leading to dialysis or transplantation. The central pathological feature of diabetic nephropathy is accumulation of extracellular matrix within the glomeruli. The factors in the diabetic milieu responsible for extracellular matrix accumulation are not...

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

authors： Yamamoto T,Nakamura T,Noble NA,Ruoslahti E,Border WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009 we reported that depletion of Dicer-1, the enzyme that catalyzes the final step of miRNA biosynthesis, prevents metamorphosis in Blattella germanica. However, the precise regulatory roles of miRNAs in the process have remained elusive. In the present work, we have observed that Dicer-1 depletion results in an ...

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

authors： Lozano J,Montañez R,Belles X

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been an increasing interest in cyanobacteria because these photosynthetic organisms convert solar energy into biomass and because of their potential for the production of biofuels. However, the exploitation of cyanobacteria for bioengineering requires knowledge of their transcriptional organization. Using di...

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

authors： Mitschke J,Georg J,Scholz I,Sharma CM,Dienst D,Bantscheff J,Voss B,Steglich C,Wilde A,Vogel J,Hess WR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00