An operator at -280 base pairs that is required for repression of araBAD operon promoter: addition of DNA helical turns between the operator and promoter cyclically hinders repression.

abstract：:The Hairy-related transcription-factor (HRT) genes encode three related basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors that show sequence similarity to the Hairy and Enhancer of split family of transcriptional repressors. HRT proteins are expressed in specific regions of the developing heart, vasculature, pharyngeal arc...

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

authors： Nakagawa O,McFadden DG,Nakagawa M,Yanagisawa H,Hu T,Srivastava D,Olson EN

更新日期：2000-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Activator protein-1 (AP-1) is a crucial transcription factor implicated in numerous cancers. For this reason, nine homologues of the AP-1 leucine zipper region have been characterized: Fos (c-Fos, FosB, Fra1, and Fra2), Jun (c-Jun, JunB, and JunD), and semirational library-designed winning peptides FosW and JunW. The ...

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

authors： Mason JM,Schmitz MA,Müller KM,Arndt KM

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic coupling hypothesis of signal-preference evolution, whereby the same genes control male signal and female preference for that signal, was first inspired by the evolution of cricket acoustic communication nearly 50 years ago. To examine this hypothesis, we compared the genomic location of quantitative trait...

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

authors： Shaw KL,Lesnick SC

更新日期：2009-06-16 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 isolation and biochemical properties of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant (acc1-167) defective in acetyl-CoA carboxylase [acetyl-CoA:carbon-dioxide ligase (ADP forming), EC 6.4.1.2] activity are described. The mutant is deficient in de novo biosynthesis of long-chain fatty acids and specifically requires a saturat...

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

authors： Roggenkamp R,Numa S,Schweizer E

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since at least the 1920s, it has been reported that common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) differ from humans in being capable of exceptional feats of "super strength," both in the wild and in captive environments. A mix of anecdotal and more controlled studies provides some support for this view; however, a critical re...

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

authors： O'Neill MC,Umberger BR,Holowka NB,Larson SG,Reiser PJ

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA topoisomerase I (top1) is the target of potent anticancer agents, including camptothecins and DNA intercalators, which reversibly stabilize (trap) top1 catalytic intermediates (cleavage complexes). The aim of the present study was to define the structural relationship between the site(s) of covalently bound interc...

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

authors： Pommier Y,Laco GS,Kohlhagen G,Sayer JM,Kroth H,Jerina DM

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:TCR-mediated recognition of beta-linked self-glycolipids bound to CD1d is poorly understood. Here, we have characterized the TCR repertoire of a CD1d-restricted type II NKT cell subset reactive to sulfatide involved in the regulation of autoimmunity and antitumor immunity. The sulfatide/CD1d-tetramer(+) cells isolated...

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

authors： Arrenberg P,Halder R,Dai Y,Maricic I,Kumar V

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells are exposed to changes in extracellular stimulus concentration that vary as a function of rate. However, how cells integrate information conveyed from stimulation rate along with concentration remains poorly understood. Here, we examined how varying the rate of stress application alters budding yeast mitogen-act...

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

authors： Johnson AN,Li G,Jashnsaz H,Thiemicke A,Kesler BK,Rogers DC,Neuert G

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that significantly shortened telomeres are a hallmark of cardiomyocytes (CMs) from individuals with end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) as a result of heritable defects in cardiac proteins critical to contractile function. Positioned at the ends of chromo...

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

authors： Chang ACY,Chang ACH,Kirillova A,Sasagawa K,Su W,Weber G,Lin J,Termglinchan V,Karakikes I,Seeger T,Dainis AM,Hinson JT,Seidman J,Seidman CE,Day JW,Ashley E,Wu JC,Blau HM

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injury induces a robust proregenerative program that drives axon regeneration. While many regeneration-associated genes are known, the mechanisms by which injury activates them are less well-understood. To identify such mechanisms, we performed a loss-of-function pharmacological screen in cultured adu...

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

authors： Karney-Grobe S,Russo A,Frey E,Milbrandt J,DiAntonio A

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The charge density distribution of a protein has been refined experimentally. Diffraction data for a crambin crystal were measured to ultra-high resolution (0.54 A) at low temperature by using short-wavelength synchrotron radiation. The crystal structure was refined with a model for charged, nonspherical, multipolar a...

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

authors： Jelsch C,Teeter MM,Lamzin V,Pichon-Pesme V,Blessing RH,Lecomte C

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous (AV) malformation (AVM) is a devastating condition characterized by focal lesions of enlarged, tangled vessels that shunt blood from arteries directly to veins. AVMs can form anywhere in the body and can cause debilitating ischemia and life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke. The mechanisms that underlie AVM...

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

authors： Murphy PA,Kim TN,Huang L,Nielsen CM,Lawton MT,Adams RH,Schaffer CB,Wang RA

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian gastrointestinal tract harbors thousands of bacterial species that include symbionts as well as potential pathogens. The immune responses that limit access of these bacteria to underlying tissue remain poorly defined. Here we show that γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes (γδ IEL) of the small intestine produc...

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

authors： Ismail AS,Severson KM,Vaishnava S,Behrendt CL,Yu X,Benjamin JL,Ruhn KA,Hou B,DeFranco AL,Yarovinsky F,Hooper LV

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophils are known to be fundamental in controlling innate immune responses, their role in regulating adaptive immunity is just starting to be appreciated. We report that human neutrophils exposed to pregnancy hormones progesterone and estriol promote the establishment of maternal tolerance through the ind...

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

authors： Nadkarni S,Smith J,Sferruzzi-Perri AN,Ledwozyw A,Kishore M,Haas R,Mauro C,Williams DJ,Farsky SH,Marelli-Berg FM,Perretti M

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Early forms of the genetic code likely generated "statistical" proteins, with similar side chains occupying the same sequence positions at different ratios. In this scenario, groups of related side chains were treated by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as a single molecular species until a discrimination mechanism develope...

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

authors： Yang XL,Otero FJ,Skene RJ,McRee DE,Schimmel P,Ribas de Pouplana L

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Triose-phosphate isomerase (TPI; D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate ketol-isomerase, EC 5.3.1.1) deficiency is a recessive disorder that results in hemolytic anemia and neuromuscular dysfunction. To determine the molecular basis of this disorder, a TPI allele from two unrelated patients homozygous for TPI deficiency was com...

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

authors： Daar IO,Artymiuk PJ,Phillips DC,Maquat LE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human fibroblast cells with human fibroblast (beta)interferon for up to 8 hr resulted in the accumulation of at least four mRNAs. The mRNAs were isolated from cellular polysomes and characterized by stimulation of translation in a wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system. The mRNAs appear as early as...

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

authors： Colonno RJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AF-6 protein is a multidomain protein that contains two potential Ras-binding domains within its N terminus. Because of this feature, AF-6 has been isolated in both two-hybrid and biochemical approaches and is postulated to be a potential Ras-effector protein. Herein, we show that it is specifically the first Ras-...

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

authors： Boettner B,Govek EE,Cross J,Van Aelst L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gene expression patterns in human gastric cancers by using cDNA microarrays representing approximately equal 30,300 genes. Expression of PLA2G2A, a gene previously implicated as a modifier of the Apc(Min/+) (multiple intestinal neoplasia 1) mutant phenotype in the mouse, was significantly correlated with p...

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

authors： Leung SY,Chen X,Chu KM,Yuen ST,Mathy J,Ji J,Chan AS,Li R,Law S,Troyanskaya OG,Tu IP,Wong J,So S,Botstein D,Brown PO

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic responses of the hearing organ to acoustic overstimulation were investigated using the guinea pig isolated temporal bone preparation. The organ was loaded with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fluo-3, and the cochlear electric responses to low-level tones were recorded through a microelectrode in the scala m...

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

authors： Fridberger A,Flock A,Ulfendahl M,Flock B

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenously encoded small noncoding RNAs, derived by processing of short RNA hairpins, that can inhibit the translation of mRNAs bearing partially complementary target sequences. In contrast, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which are derived by processing of long double-stranded RNAs and are o...

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

authors： Zeng Y,Yi R,Cullen BR

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The bright ultrafast pulses of X-ray Free-Electron Lasers allow investigation into the structure of matter under extreme conditions. We have used single pulses to ionize and probe water as it undergoes a phase transition from liquid to plasma. We report changes in the structure of liquid water on a femtosecond time sc...

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

authors： Beyerlein KR,Jönsson HO,Alonso-Mori R,Aquila A,Bajt S,Barty A,Bean R,Koglin JE,Messerschmidt M,Ragazzon D,Sokaras D,Williams GJ,Hau-Riege S,Boutet S,Chapman HN,Tîmneanu N,Caleman C

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Klotho is a circulating protein, and Klotho deficiency disturbs endothelial integrity, but the molecular mechanism is not fully clarified. We report that vascular endothelium in Klotho-deficient mice showed hyperpermeability with increased apoptosis and down-regulation of vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin because of ...

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

authors： Kusaba T,Okigaki M,Matui A,Murakami M,Ishikawa K,Kimura T,Sonomura K,Adachi Y,Shibuya M,Shirayama T,Tanda S,Hatta T,Sasaki S,Mori Y,Matsubara H

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The memory for a new episode is formed immediately upon experience and can last up to a lifetime. It has been shown that the hippocampal network plays a fundamental role in the rapid acquisition of a memory of a one-time experience, in which the novelty component of the experience promotes the prompt formation of the ...

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

authors： Wagatsuma A,Okuyama T,Sun C,Smith LM,Abe K,Tonegawa S

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a subset of CD56(+)CD3(-) human natural killer (NK) cells that express CD4 and the HIV coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4. These cells can be productively infected in vitro by both CCR5- and CXCR4-using molecular clones of HIV-1 in a CD4-dependent manner. Analysis of HIV-infected persons showed that viral D...

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

authors： Valentin A,Rosati M,Patenaude DJ,Hatzakis A,Kostrikis LG,Lazanas M,Wyvill KM,Yarchoan R,Pavlakis GN

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a motility mechanism that may result in the displacement of objects within the cell. The mechanism, which we call polymer-guided diffusion, involves a microscopic cycle of polymer association and dissociation from a lateral binding site. Reassociation occurs at the polymer subunit adjacent to that which has...

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

authors： Garel JR,Job D,Margolis RL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with advanced breast cancer were treated with pooled dialyzable transfer factor from healthy adult donors. The period of treatment ranged from 21 to 310 days, the total dose from 20 to 257 ml. Transfer factor did not elicit inflammatory or hypersensitivity reactions or detectable formation of antibody to...

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

authors： Oettgen HF,Old LJ,Farrow JH,Valentine FT,Lawrence HS,Thomas L

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunas are migratory fishes in offshore habitats and top predators with unique features. Despite their ecological importance and high market values, the open-ocean lifestyle of tuna, in which effective sensing systems such as color vision are required for capture of prey, has been poorly understood. To elucidate the ge...

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

authors： Nakamura Y,Mori K,Saitoh K,Oshima K,Mekuchi M,Sugaya T,Shigenobu Y,Ojima N,Muta S,Fujiwara A,Yasuike M,Oohara I,Hirakawa H,Chowdhury VS,Kobayashi T,Nakajima K,Sano M,Wada T,Tashiro K,Ikeo K,Hattori M,Kuhara S,

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Human P-glycoprotein (Pgp) confers multidrug resistance to cancer cells by ATP-dependent extrusion of a great many structurally dissimilar hydrophobic compounds. The manner in which Pgp recognizes these different substrates is unknown. The protein shows internal homology between its N- and C-terminal halves, each comp...

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

authors： Dey S,Ramachandra M,Pastan I,Gottesman MM,Ambudkar SV

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00