Three forms of cytochrome b 559 and their relation to the photosynthetic activity of chloroplasts.

abstract：:The adenoviral E1A oncogene sensitizes mammalian cells to tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), in part by repressing the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B)-dependent defense against this cytokine. Other E1A activities involve binding to either p300/cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CBP) or retinoblasto...

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

authors： Cook JL,Walker TA,Worthen GS,Radke JR

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging and disease processes may be due to deleterious and irreversible changes produced by free radical reactions. The enzyme copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu-Zn SOD; superoxide:superoxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.15.1.1) performs a protective function by scavenging superoxide radicals. The Cu-Zn SOD gene (Sod) cloned...

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

authors： Seto NO,Hayashi S,Tener GM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the location of the chain part of the retinylidene chromophore in the projected density of bacteriorhodopsin as determined by neutron diffraction from the two-dimensional purple membrane lattice. For this purpose, partially deuterated retinal was synthesized containing 10 deuterons at positions C-8, C-10,...

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

authors： Seiff F,Wallat I,Ermann P,Heyn MP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) and ATR (ATM and Rad3-related) are large PI3 kinases whose human mutations result in complex syndromes that include a compromised DNA damage response (DDR) and prominent nervous system phenotypes. Both proteins are nuclear-localized in keeping with their DDR functions, yet both are ...

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

authors： Cheng A,Zhao T,Tse KH,Chow HM,Cui Y,Jiang L,Du S,Loy MMT,Herrup K

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous cross-linking in vitro, during incubation of purified collagen in nonstriated and native type fibrils, was studied to elucidate the relationship between intra and intermolecular cross-links. In nonbanded fibrils, the aldol condensation products of two allysyl residues, previously shown to constitute the in...

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

authors： Kang AH,Gross J

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For beta-D-glucosylisophosphoramide mustard (beta-D-Glc-IPM), a new alkylating drug in which isophosphoramide mustard is stabilized, a higher selectivity and lower myelotoxicity was observed than for the currently used cytostatic ifosfamide. Because beta-D-Glc-IPM is hydrophilic and does not diffuse passively through ...

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

authors： Veyhl M,Wagner K,Volk C,Gorboulev V,Baumgarten K,Weber WM,Schaper M,Bertram B,Wiessler M,Koepsell H

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved in the generation of various brain rhythmic activities that can be modulated by benzodiazepines. Here, we assessed the contribution of alpha(2)GABA type A (GABA(A)) receptors to the effects of benzodiazepines on sleep and waking oscillatory pat...

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

authors： Kopp C,Rudolph U,Löw K,Tobler I

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:For centuries ecologists have studied how the diversity and functional traits of plant and animal communities vary across biomes. In contrast, we have only just begun exploring similar questions for soil microbial communities despite soil microbes being the dominant engines of biogeochemical cycles and a major pool of...

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

authors： Fierer N,Leff JW,Adams BJ,Nielsen UN,Bates ST,Lauber CL,Owens S,Gilbert JA,Wall DH,Caporaso JG

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood leukocytes, obtained from volunteers after vaccination or natural illness with influenza, were assayed for cytotoxicity against influenza virus-infected cells. Approximately 7 days after vaccination or the onset of respiratory illness, peak cytotoxicity was demonstrated in a chromium-release assay. Se...

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

authors： Greenberg SB,Six HR,Drake S,Couch RB

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The law of the iterated logarithm provides a family of bounds all of the same order such that with probability one only finitely many partial sums of a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables exceed some members of the family, while for others infinitely many do so. In the former case, the...

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

authors： Slivka J

更新日期：1969-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-translocating subunit of wheat chloroplast ATP synthase is encoded by a chloroplast gene that has been accurately mapped and whose nucleotide sequence has been determined. The predicted sequence of 81 amino acids has been confirmed in part by determination of the sequence of the first 40 amino acids from th...

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

authors： Howe CJ,Auffret AD,Doherty A,Bowman CM,Dyer TA,Gray JC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected-cell protein 4 (ICP4), the major regulatory protein specified by herpes simplex virus 1 in infected cells, binds to homologs of the sequence ATCGTCnnnnYCGRC (A sites, where n is any nucleotide, Y is a pyrimidine, and R is a purine) and to unrelated sequences for which no consensus sequence has been derived (B...

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

authors： Michael N,Roizman B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-based identification depends on the probability that two different individuals have the same phenotype, which is given by kinship theory. Together with the large and consistent body of evidence on human population structure, kinship theory provides a sound basis for forensic use of DNA markers. ...

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

authors： Morton NE

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their importance for biological activity, slower molecular motions beyond the nanosecond range remain poorly understood. We have assembled an unprecedented set of experimental NMR data, comprising up to 27 residual dipolar couplings per amino acid, to define the nature and amplitude of backbone motion in prote...

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

authors： Bouvignies G,Bernadó P,Meier S,Cho K,Grzesiek S,Brüschweiler R,Blackledge M

更新日期：2005-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivating mutations in chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 7 (CHD7) cause CHARGE syndrome, a severe multiorgan system disorder of which Isolated gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) deficiency (IGD) is a minor feature. Recent reports have described predominantly missense CHD7 alleles in IGD patients, but it ...

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

authors： Balasubramanian R,Choi JH,Francescatto L,Willer J,Horton ER,Asimacopoulos EP,Stankovic KM,Plummer L,Buck CL,Quinton R,Nebesio TD,Mericq V,Merino PM,Meyer BF,Monies D,Gusella JF,Al Tassan N,Katsanis N,Crowley WF Jr

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:SLAM (signaling lymphocyte activation molecule)-associated protein (SAP) is a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing adaptor expressed in T cells and natural killer cells. Its essential role in immune responses is underscored by the recent finding that mutations in SAP result in a rare but fatal X-linked lymphoprolife...

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

authors： Gu C,Tangye SG,Sun X,Luo Y,Lin Z,Wu J

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:When we reach toward objects, we easily avoid potential obstacles located in the workspace. Previous studies suggest that obstacle avoidance relies on mechanisms in the dorsal visual stream in the posterior parietal cortex. One fundamental question that remains unanswered is where the visual inputs to these dorsal-str...

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

authors： Striemer CL,Chapman CS,Goodale MA

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination is an important biological process that occurs in all organisms and facilitates genome rearrangements and repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Eukaryotic Rad51 proteins (Rad51sp or Rhp51 in fission yeast) are functional and structural homologs of bacterial RecA protein, an evolutionarily conser...

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

authors： Akamatsu Y,Dziadkowiec D,Ikeguchi M,Shinagawa H,Iwasaki H

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascorbic acid, at nontoxic concentrations, causes a substantial reduction in the ability of avian tumor viruses to replicate in both primary avian tendon cells and chicken embryo fibroblasts. The virus-infected cultures appear to be less transformed in the presence of ascorbic acid by the criteria of morphology, reduc...

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

authors： Bissell MJ,Hatie C,Farson DA,Schwarz RI,Soo WJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An essential element in the web-trap architecture, the capture silk spun by ecribellate orb spiders consists of glue droplets sitting astride a silk filament. Mechanically this thread presents a mixed solid-liquid behavior unknown to date. Under extension, capture silk behaves as a particularly stretchy solid, owing t...

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

authors： Elettro H,Neukirch S,Vollrath F,Antkowiak A

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone modifications are regarded as the most indispensible phenomena in epigenetics. Of these modifications, lysine methylation is of the greatest complexity and importance as site- and state-specific lysine methylation exerts a plethora of effects on chromatin structure and gene transcription. Notably, paramecium b...

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

authors： Wei H,Zhou MM

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously proven that human macrophages can phagocytose porcine cells even in the absence of Ab or complement opsonization, indicating that macrophages present a pivotal immunological obstacle to xenotransplantation. A recent report indicates that the signal regulatory protein (SIRP)alpha is a critical immune...

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

authors： Ide K,Wang H,Tahara H,Liu J,Wang X,Asahara T,Sykes M,Yang YG,Ohdan H

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of motor neurons is controlled by multiple factors that regulate different aspects of their physiology. The identification of these factors is important because of their relationship to motor neuron disease. We investigate here whether Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) is a motor neuron survival factor...

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

authors： Wang PY,Koishi K,McGeachie AB,Kimber M,Maclaughlin DT,Donahoe PK,McLennan IS

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The substance P (SP)-preferring receptor neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) has two forms: a full-length receptor consisting of 407 aa and a truncated receptor consisting of 311 aa. These two receptors differ in the length of the C terminus of NK-1R. We studied the undifferentiated and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-diffe...

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

authors： Lai JP,Ho WZ,Kilpatrick LE,Wang X,Tuluc F,Korchak HM,Douglas SD

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the crystal structure of the Escherichia coli nucleoid-associated HUalphabeta protein by x-ray diffraction and observed that the heterodimers form multimers with octameric units in three potential arrangements, which may serve specialized roles in different DNA transaction reactions. It is of special imp...

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

authors： Guo F,Adhya S

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the adenovirus (Ad) early coding region 1a (E1a) is required for virus-induced cell transformation and for the activation of other viral early genes and some cellular genes. Two overlapping early mRNAs of 13S and 12S that are transcribed from this region code for a 289-amino acid protein and a 243-am...

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

authors： Hurwitz DR,Chinnadurai G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex cooperative behavior exhibited by wild chimpanzees generates considerable theoretical and empirical interest, yet we know very little about the mechanisms responsible for its evolution. Here, we investigate the influence of kinship on the cooperative behavior of male chimpanzees living in an unusually larg...

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

authors： Langergraber KE,Mitani JC,Vigilant L

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsyndromic clefting of the lip and palate in humans has a highly complex etiology, with both multiple genetic loci and exposure to teratogens influencing susceptibility. Previous studies using mouse models have examined only very small portions of the genome. Here we report the findings of a genome-wide search for s...

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

authors： Diehl SR,Erickson RP

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapsin I is a neuron-specific phosphoprotein associated with the membranes of small synaptic vesicles. Its function is not entirely clear, but evidence points to a possible role in the regulation of neurotransmitter release. Its biosynthesis is under developmental control. Assignment of the human synapsin I gene to ...

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

authors： Yang-Feng TL,DeGennaro LJ,Francke U

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants require metals for essential functions ranging from respiration to photosynthesis. These metals also contribute to the nutritional value of plants for both humans and livestock. Additionally, plants have the ability to accumulate nonessential metals such as cadmium and lead, and this ability could be harnessed ...

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

authors： Rogers EE,Eide DJ,Guerinot ML

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00