Structure and organization of transposable mating type cassettes in Saccharomyces yeasts.

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is strongly associated with obesity in most, but not all, ethnic groups, suggesting important ethnic differences in disease susceptibility. Although it is clear that insulin resistance plays a major role in the pathogenesis of T2DM and that insulin resistance is strongly associated with...

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

authors： Petersen KF,Dufour S,Feng J,Befroy D,Dziura J,Dalla Man C,Cobelli C,Shulman GI

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen-derived free radicals have been implicated in the pathogenesis of vasogenic edema and infarction caused by ischemia and reperfusion injury. In earlier studies, exogenously supplied liposome-entrapped CuZn superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD) ameliorated ischemic brain edema and infarction in rats following focal cer...

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

authors： Kinouchi H,Epstein CJ,Mizui T,Carlson E,Chen SF,Chan PH

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of extra-pair paternity in socially monogamous bird species varies from 0% to 76% extra-pair offspring. The causes of this remarkable interspecific variation are largely unknown, although intraspecific analyses suggest that females seek extra-pair matings to improve the genetic quality of their offspring. I...

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

authors： Petrie M,Doums C,Moller AP

更新日期：1998-08-04 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：:In nonneuronal cells, several plasma membrane proteins such as exofacial enzymes, receptors, and ion channels recycle between their intracellular compartment(s) and the cell surface via an endosomal pathway. In neurons, however, this pathway has not been extensively characterized. In particular, it remains unclear whe...

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

authors： Thoidis G,Chen P,Pushkin AV,Vallega G,Leeman SE,Fine RE,Kandror KV

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The method presented here refines molecular conformations directly against projections of single particles measured by electron microscopy. By optimizing the orientation of the projection at the same time as the conformation, the method is well-suited to two-dimensional class averages from cryoelectron microscopy. Suc...

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

authors： Zhang J,Minary P,Levitt M

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic evidence indicates that the PrlA (SecY) protein of Escherichia coli functions as a membrane integrated signal sequence receptor in protein "export"--i.e., in protein translocation across (or integration into) the plasma membrane. We have raised antibodies in rabbits against two synthetic peptides representing ...

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

authors： Watanabe M,Blobel G

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cdc48 mutants were isolated by the first genetic screens for cell division cycle (cdc) mutants in yeast, the requirement of the chaperone-like ATPase Cdc48/p97 during cell division has remained unclear. Here, we discover an unanticipated function for Caenorhabditis elegans CDC-48 in DNA replication linked to cel...

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

authors： Mouysset J,Deichsel A,Moser S,Hoege C,Hyman AA,Gartner A,Hoppe T

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are thought to replicate in an autocatalytic process that converts cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to the disease-associated misfolded PrP isoform (PrP(Sc)). Our study scrutinizes this hypothesis by in vitro protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA). In serial transmission PMCA experiments, PrP(Sc) was ino...

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

authors： Bieschke J,Weber P,Sarafoff N,Beekes M,Giese A,Kretzschmar H

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (derived from 129/Ola mice) containing a mutant hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene that had been corrected in vitro in a planned manner by homologous recombination were injected into blastocysts obtained from C57BL/6J mice. The injected blastocysts were introduced into pseudopregnant fema...

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

authors： Koller BH,Hagemann LJ,Doetschman T,Hagaman JR,Huang S,Williams PJ,First NL,Maeda N,Smithies O

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Na(+)-NQR is a unique respiratory enzyme that couples the free energy of electron transfer reactions to electrogenic pumping of sodium across the cell membrane. This enzyme is found in many marine and pathogenic bacteria where it plays an analogous role to the H(+)-pumping complex I. It has generally been assumed that...

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

authors： Juárez O,Morgan JE,Nilges MJ,Barquera B

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional digital computers can execute advanced operations by a sequence of elementary Boolean functions of 2 or more bits. As a result, complicated tasks such as solving a linear system or solving a differential equation require a large number of computing steps and an extensive use of memory units to store indiv...

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

authors： Sun Z,Pedretti G,Ambrosi E,Bricalli A,Wang W,Ielmini D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-mRNA splicing requires the bridging of the 5' and 3' ends of the intron. In yeast, this bridging involves interactions between the WW domains in the splicing factor PRP40 and a proline-rich domain in the branchpoint binding protein, BBP. Using a proline-rich domain derived from formin (a product of the murine limb...

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

authors： Bedford MT,Reed R,Leder P

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrae are derived from the sclerotomal moities of the somites. Sclerotomal cells migrate ventrally to surround the notochord, where they form the vertebral body, and dorsolaterally to form the neural arch, which is dorsally closed by the spinous process. Precursor cells of the spinous process as well as superficia...

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

authors： Monsoro-Burq AH,Bontoux M,Teillet MA,Le Douarin NM

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Two out of seven meningiomas tested in early cell cultures by indirect immunofluorescence staining showed simian virus 40 (SV40)-related tumor (T) antigen. In one tumor 90% of the cells were positive. An additional SV40-related antigen (U) was found in 10% of cells of a third tumor. These findings indicate that the me...

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

authors： Weiss AF,Portmann R,Fischer H,Simon J,Zang KD

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cell lines were established from canine long-term marrow cultures, cloned by limiting dilution, and maintained in stromal cell-conditioned medium. These cells grew adherent, maintained stable growth rate and morphology under standard conditions (in 20-30% conditioned medium; confluency, 70-90%), and supported ...

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

authors： Huss R,Hong DS,McSweeney PA,Hoy CA,Deeg HJ

更新日期：1995-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines and their receptors direct leukocyte migration among blood, lymph and tissues. Evidence has recently accumulated that, besides their chemotactic functions, chemokine receptors are highly versatile players that fine tune immune responses. During human T cell activation by antigen-presenting cells, the chemok...

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

authors： Contento RL,Molon B,Boularan C,Pozzan T,Manes S,Marullo S,Viola A

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and the acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP) are pentameric oligomers in which binding sites for nicotinic agonists and competitive antagonists are found at selected subunit interfaces. The nAChR spontaneously exists in multiple conformations associated with its activation...

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

authors： Kaczanowska K,Harel M,Radić Z,Changeux JP,Finn MG,Taylor P

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The supposition that agricultural intensification results in land sparing for conservation has become central to policy formulations across the tropics. However, underlying assumptions remain uncertain and have been little explored in the context of conservation incentive schemes such as policies for Reducing Emission...

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

authors： Phelps J,Carrasco LR,Webb EL,Koh LP,Pascual U

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediate abscisic acid (ABA) signaling in guard cells. To dissect guard cell ABA-ROS signaling genetically, a cell type-specific functional genomics approach was used to identify 2 MAPK genes, MPK9 and MPK12, which are preferentially and highly expressed in guard cells. To provide genetic ...

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

authors： Jammes F,Song C,Shin D,Munemasa S,Takeda K,Gu D,Cho D,Lee S,Giordo R,Sritubtim S,Leonhardt N,Ellis BE,Murata Y,Kwak JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptations in the freshwater turtle that permit survival despite prolonged loss of mitochondrial ATP generation were investigated by comparing the bioenergetics of turtle brain slices with rat brain slices. Aerobic turtle brain shows no significant difference in basal levels of total ATP generation compared to ra...

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

authors： Robin ED,Lewiston N,Newman A,Simon LM,Theodore J

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently demonstrated that amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide vaccination was effective in reducing the Abeta burden in Alzheimer model mice. However, the clinical trial was halted because of the development of meningoencephalitis in some patients. To overcome this problem, anti-Abeta antibody therapy and other types...

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

authors： Okura Y,Miyakoshi A,Kohyama K,Park IK,Staufenbiel M,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for perceptual periodicity emerges from studies showing periodic fluctuations in visual perception and decision making that are accompanied by neural oscillations in brain activity. We have uncovered signs of periodicity in the time course of binocular rivalry, a widely studied form of multistable perception....

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

authors： Cha O,Blake R

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in synaptic input, persisting for hours to days, elicit homeostatic plastic changes in the axon initial segment (AIS), which is pivotal for spike generation. Here, in hippocampal pyramidal neurons of both primary cultures and slices, we triggered a unique form of AIS plasticity by selectively targeting M-t...

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

authors： Lezmy J,Lipinsky M,Khrapunsky Y,Patrich E,Shalom L,Peretz A,Fleidervish IA,Attali B

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Global energy demand and environmental concerns have stimulated increasing efforts to produce carbon-neutral fuels directly from renewable resources. Microbially derived aliphatic hydrocarbons, the petroleum-replica fuels, have emerged as promising alternatives to meet this goal. However, engineering metabolic pathway...

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

authors： Xu P,Li L,Zhang F,Stephanopoulos G,Koffas M

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the efficiency of transformation by linear DNA fragments in yeast strains carrying different numbers of homologous targets for recombination. In strains carrying dispersed copies of a target and in strains carrying tandem arrays, the frequency of transformation is proportional to the number of targets...

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

authors： Wilson JH,Leung WY,Bosco G,Dieu D,Haber JE

更新日期：1994-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterio-opsin gene was introduced into a "blind" Halobacterium salinarium mutant that (i) lacked all the four retinal proteins [bacteriorhodopsin (BR), halorhodopsin, and sensory rhodopsins (SRs) I and II] and the transducer protein for SRI and (ii) showed neither attractant response to long wavelength light nor ...

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

authors： Bibikov SI,Grishanin RN,Kaulen AD,Marwan W,Oesterhelt D,Skulachev VP

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa infects every type of host that has been examined by deploying multiple virulence factors. Previous studies of virulence regulation have largely focused on chemical cues, but P. aeruginosa may also respond to mechanical cues. Using a rapid imaging-based virulence assay, we demonstrate that P. ae...

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

authors： Siryaporn A,Kuchma SL,O'Toole GA,Gitai Z

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication intermediates in human melanoma cells have been investigated by using the drug aphidicolin, which inhibits DNA polymerase alpha. In untreated cells, Okazaki fragments and 10-kilobase (kb) DNA intermediates are formed. In aphidicolin-treated cells, the replication fork is stopped and there is no formati...

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

authors： Lönn U,Lönn S

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanogenic archaea are major contributors to the global carbon cycle and were long thought to belong exclusively to the euryarchaeal phylum. Discovery of the methanogenesis gene cluster methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) in the Bathyarchaeota, and thereafter the Verstraetearchaeota, led to a paradigm shift, pushing b...

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

authors： Berghuis BA,Yu FB,Schulz F,Blainey PC,Woyke T,Quake SR

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00