Turnover of bacterial glutamine synthetase: oxidative inactivation precedes proteolysis.

abstract：:We describe here the size and location of nephrin, the first protein to be identified at the glomerular podocyte slit diaphragm. In Western blots, nephrin antibodies generated against the two terminal extracellular Ig domains of recombinant human nephrin recognized a 180-kDa protein in lysates of human glomeruli and a...

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

authors： Ruotsalainen V,Ljungberg P,Wartiovaara J,Lenkkeri U,Kestilä M,Jalanko H,Holmberg C,Tryggvason K

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring-shaped hexameric helicases and translocases support essential DNA-, RNA-, and protein-dependent transactions in all cells and many viruses. How such systems coordinate ATPase activity between multiple subunits to power conformational changes that drive the engagement and movement of client substrates is a fundame...

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

authors： Thomsen ND,Lawson MR,Witkowsky LB,Qu S,Berger JM

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 is a genetically tractable model cyanobacterium that has been engineered to produce industrially relevant biomolecules and is the best-studied model for a prokaryotic circadian clock. However, the organism is commonly grown in continuous light in the laboratory, and data on metabolic p...

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

authors： Diamond S,Jun D,Rubin BE,Golden SS

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate analysis of plant cell wall polysaccharide structure and composition, we cloned 74 genes encoding polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Neurospora crassa and expressed the genes as secreted proteins with C-terminal Myc and 6x His tags. Most of the recombin...

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

authors： Bauer S,Vasu P,Persson S,Mort AJ,Somerville CR

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of beta-sitosterol (42 mg/kg per day) for 3 weeks to 8-month-old male LXRbeta-/- mice resulted in the death of motor neurons in the lumbar region of the spinal cord and loss of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. In mice at 5 months of age, beta-sitosterol had no ...

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

authors： Kim HJ,Fan X,Gabbi C,Yakimchuk K,Parini P,Warner M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The avian neuroretina (NR) is part of the central nervous system and is composed of photoreceptors, neuronal cells, and Müller (glial) cells. These cells are derived from proliferating neuroectodermal precursors that differentiate after terminal mitosis and become organized in cell strata. Genes that are specifically ...

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

authors： Guermah M,Crisanti P,Laugier D,Dezelee P,Bidou L,Pessac B,Calothy G

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For the design of potent subunit vaccines, it is of paramount importance to identify all antigens immunologically recognized by a patient population infected with a pathogen. We have developed a rapid and efficient procedure to identify such commonly recognized antigens, and here we provide a comprehensive in vivo ant...

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

authors： Etz H,Minh DB,Henics T,Dryla A,Winkler B,Triska C,Boyd AP,Söllner J,Schmidt W,von Ahsen U,Buschle M,Gill SR,Kolonay J,Khalak H,Fraser CM,von Gabain A,Nagy E,Meinke A

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) is a recently recognized illness characterized by debilitating fatigue as well as immunological and neurological abnormalities [Straus, S.E. (1988) J. Inf. Dis. 157, 405-412]. Once thought to be caused by Epstein-Barr virus, it is now thought to have a different but ...

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

authors： DeFreitas E,Hilliard B,Cheney PR,Bell DS,Kiggundu E,Sankey D,Wroblewska Z,Palladino M,Woodward JP,Koprowski H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstream placement of a strong transcriptional termination signal has made possible the cloning of bacteriophage T5 promoters known to exhibit high signal strength. The cloning system constructed contains two easily assayable indicator functions whose expression is controlled by the integration of promoters and term...

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

authors： Gentz R,Langner A,Chang AC,Cohen SN,Bujard H

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hallmark of the menstrual cycle is extensive steroid-dependent tissue turnover. Estrogen mediates endometrial cell growth and structural remodeling, whereas progesterone suppresses estrogen-dependent proliferation and promotes cellular differentiation. In nonfertile cycles, tissue degradation and menstruation occu...

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

authors： Osteen KG,Rodgers WH,Gaire M,Hargrove JT,Gorstein F,Matrisian LM

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on multiple temporal scales. We use sedimentary charcoal accumulation rates to construct long-term variations in fire during the past 3,000 y in...

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

authors： Marlon JR,Bartlein PJ,Gavin DG,Long CJ,Anderson RS,Briles CE,Brown KJ,Colombaroli D,Hallett DJ,Power MJ,Scharf EA,Walsh MK

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycoprotein I complex, consisting of two polypeptides of Mr 210,000 and 150,000, was isolated from human platelet membranes by wheat germ lectin affinity chromatography. Glycocalicin, a soluble loosely bound membrane glycoprotein of Mr 150,000 related to the glycoprotein I system, was also purified. The isolated ...

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

authors： Nachman RL,Kinoshita T,Ferris B

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic transcriptional activators may function by stimulating formation of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes at the core promoter of genes. In this case, their mode of action will intrinsically depend on how these complexes assemble on promoters in living cells, an issue that remains largely unexplored. He...

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

authors： Gonzalez-Couto E,Klages N,Strubin M

更新日期：1997-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed that pigment use, beads, engravings, and sophisticated stone and bone tools were already present in southern Africa 75,000 y ago. Many of these artifacts disappeared by 60,000 y ago, suggesting that modern behavior appeared in the past and was subsequently lost before be...

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

authors： d'Errico F,Backwell L,Villa P,Degano I,Lucejko JJ,Bamford MK,Higham TF,Colombini MP,Beaumont PB

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of inversin cause type II nephronophthisis, an infantile autosomal recessive disease characterized by cystic kidney disease and developmental defects. Inversin regulates Wnt signaling and is required for convergent extension movements during early embryogenesis. We now show that Inversin is essential for Xen...

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

authors： Lienkamp S,Ganner A,Boehlke C,Schmidt T,Arnold SJ,Schäfer T,Romaker D,Schuler J,Hoff S,Powelske C,Eifler A,Krönig C,Bullerkotte A,Nitschke R,Kuehn EW,Kim E,Burkhardt H,Brox T,Ronneberger O,Gloy J,Walz G

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of HIV-1 Psi-RNA has been elucidated by a concerted approach combining structural probes with mass spectrometric detection (MS3D), which is not affected by the size and crystallization properties of target biomolecules. Distance constraints from bifunctional cross-linkers provided the information require...

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

authors： Yu ET,Hawkins A,Eaton J,Fabris D

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aid to the study of bovine tuberculosis (TB), a simple model has been developed of an epidemic involving two species, cattle and badgers. Each species may infect the other. The proportion of animals affected is assumed relatively small so that the usual nonlinear aspects of epidemic theory are avoided. The model...

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

authors： Cox DR,Donnelly CA,Bourne FJ,Gettinby G,McInerney JP,Morrison WI,Woodroffe R

更新日期：2005-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of the transcription factor NF-kappaB is differentially controlled by three IkappaB proteins, Ikappa Balpha, Ikappa Bbeta, and Ikappa Bepsilon. We have examined the molecular basis for the differential inhibitory strengths of IkappaB proteins by constructing hybrid IkappaBs and found that the f...

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

authors： Simeonidis S,Stauber D,Chen G,Hendrickson WA,Thanos D

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To differentiate roles of androgen receptor (AR) in prostate stromal and epithelial cells, we have generated inducible-(ind)ARKO-TRAMP and prostate epithelial-specific ARKO TRAMP (pes-ARKO-TRAMP) mouse models, in which the AR was knocked down in both prostate epithelium and stroma or was knocked out in the prostate ep...

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

authors： Niu Y,Altuwaijri S,Yeh S,Lai KP,Yu S,Chuang KH,Huang SP,Lardy H,Chang C

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin-73 cDNA was shown to encode a kinesin heavy chain protein that contains an N-terminal motor domain and a long central region that lacks extensive coiled-coils. The amino acid sequence of the motor domain of kinesin-73 protein is most closely related to the motor domains of Caenorhabditis elegans unc-104 and mo...

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

authors： Li HP,Liu ZM,Nirenberg M

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal 179-aa region of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) TATA-binding protein (TBP), phylogenetically conserved and sufficient for many functions, formed crystals diffracting to 1.7-A resolution. The structure of the protein, determined by molecular replacement with coordinates from Arabidopsis TBP and refined...

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

authors： Chasman DI,Flaherty KM,Sharp PA,Kornberg RD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a master regulator of functional Ig heavy chain (IgH) expression, the IgH 3' regulatory region (3'RR) controls multiple transcription events at various stages of B-cell ontogeny, from newly formed B cells until the ultimate plasma cell stage. The IgH 3'RR plays a pivotal role in early B-cell receptor expression, ge...

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

authors： Garot A,Marquet M,Saintamand A,Bender S,Le Noir S,Rouaud P,Carrion C,Oruc Z,Bébin AG,Moreau J,Lebrigand K,Denizot Y,Alt FW,Cogné M,Pinaud E

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The parathyroid hormone 2 (PTH2) receptor's anatomical distribution suggests that, among other functions, it may be involved in modulation of nociception. We localized PTH2 receptor protein to spinal cord lamina II and showed that it is synthesized by subpopulations of primary sensory neurons and intrinsic spinal cord...

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

authors： Dobolyi A,Ueda H,Uchida H,Palkovits M,Usdin TB

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined intracellular and microfluorometric recording techniques were used to evaluate whether the inhibition by cholinergic or adrenergic transmitters of the Ca2(+)-activated potassium current (IAHP) in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells was mediated by an alteration of depolarization-induced change in cytosolic free C...

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

authors： Knöpfel T,Vranesic I,Gähwiler BH,Brown DA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disorder that has a progression that is closely associated with oxidative stress. It has long been speculated that the reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in AD brains is much higher than that in healthy brains. However, evidence from living beings is scarc...

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

authors： Yang J,Zhang X,Yuan P,Yang J,Xu Y,Grutzendler J,Shao Y,Moore A,Ran C

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1, the cause of AIDS, is composed of four phylogenetic lineages, groups M, N, O, and P, each of which resulted from an independent cross-species transmission event of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) infecting African apes. Although groups M and N have been traced to geographically distinct chimpanzee commun...

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

authors： D'arc M,Ayouba A,Esteban A,Learn GH,Boué V,Liegeois F,Etienne L,Tagg N,Leendertz FH,Boesch C,Madinda NF,Robbins MM,Gray M,Cournil A,Ooms M,Letko M,Simon VA,Sharp PM,Hahn BH,Delaporte E,Mpoudi Ngole E,Peeters M

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of chondrocytes to collagen substrates is stimulated by serum but not by fibronectin. The active material in serum was partially purified and was shown to be a protein by its sensitivity to trypsin and heat and its chromatographic properties. This factor, which we have named chondronectin, is distinct f...

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

authors： Hewitt AT,Kleinman HK,Pennypacker JP,Martin GR

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes in B-lymphocyte precursors requires the expression of the recombination activating genes (Rag), which leads to the generation of a highly diverse B-cell repertoire. We can use the level of Rag-1 mRNA in the bone marrow as an index of its capacity to support the maturation of B...

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

authors： Ben-Yehuda A,Szabo P,Dyall R,Weksler ME

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Three proteins required for poly(U)-directed polyphenylalanine synthesis have been separated from yeast. Two of the factors correspond to the elongation factors 1 and 2 described for other eukaryotic systems, according to the criteria of phenylalanyl-tRNA binding and diphtheria toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation. The th...

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

authors： Skogerson L,Wakatama E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DO (DO) is a nonclassic class II heterodimer that inhibits the action of the class II peptide exchange catalyst, HLA-DM (DM), and influences DM localization within late endosomes and exosomes. In addition, DM acts as a chaperone for DO and is required for its egress from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). These recip...

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

authors： Yoon T,Macmillan H,Mortimer SE,Jiang W,Rinderknecht CH,Stern LJ,Mellins ED

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00