Benzodiazepines have high-affinity binding sites and induce melanogenesis in B16/C3 melanoma cells.

abstract：:Immunoprecipitation of proteins extracted from metabolically labeled human glioblastoma and fibrosarcoma cells with antiserum to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) showed that these cells express and secrete proteins that are recognized specifically by the antiserum. The molecular masses of immunoprecipitated prote...

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

authors： Pantazis P,Pelicci PG,Dalla-Favera R,Antoniades HN

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the mechanism of folding of polynucleotides depends on accurate estimates of free energy surfaces and a quantitative description of the kinetics of structure formation. Here, the kinetics of hairpin formation in single-stranded DNA are measured after a laser temperature jump. The kinetics are modeled as co...

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

authors： Ansari A,Kuznetsov SV,Shen Y

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a general method for screening, in solution, the impact of deviations from canonical Watson-Crick composition on the thermodynamic stability of nucleic acid duplexes. We demonstrate how fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) can be used to detect directly free energy differences between an initially f...

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

authors： Gelfand CA,Plum GE,Mielewczyk S,Remeta DP,Breslauer KJ

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional crystal structure of variant-3 toxin from the scorpion Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing has been determined at 3 A resolution. Phases were obtained by use of K2PtCl4 and K2IrCl6 derivatives. The most prominent secondary structural features are two and a half turns of alpha-helix and a three-strand...

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

authors： Fontecilla-Camps JC,Almassy RJ,Suddath FL,Watt DD,Bugg CE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothesis directed proteomics offers higher throughput over global analyses. We show that immunoprecipitation (IP)-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in H929 multiple myeloma (MM) cancer cells led to the discovery of a rare and unexpected BCR-ABL fusion, informing a therapeutic intervention using imatinib (Gleevec)....

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

authors： Breitkopf SB,Yuan M,Pihan GA,Asara JM

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular agitation more rapid than thermal Brownian motion is reported for cellular environments, motor proteins, synthetic molecular motors, enzymes, and common chemical reactions, yet that chemical activity coupled to molecular motion contrasts with generations of accumulated knowledge about diffusion at equilibriu...

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

authors： Jee AY,Tlusty T,Granick S

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo electroporation is a powerful technique for the introduction of genes into organisms. Temporal and spatial regulation of expression of introduced genes, or of RNAi, would further enhance the utility of this method. Here we demonstrate conditional regulation of gene expression from electroporated plasmids in th...

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

authors： Matsuda T,Cepko CL

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging and some pathological conditions are associated with the accumulation of altered (inactive or less active) forms of enzymes. It was suggested that these age-related alterations reflect spontaneous changes in protein conformation and/or posttranslational modifications (e.g., oxidation). Because changes in protein...

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

authors： Chao CC,Ma YS,Stadtman ER

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During transcription, RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) must select the correct nucleotide, catalyze its addition to the growing RNA transcript, and move stepwise along the DNA until a gene is fully transcribed. In all kingdoms of life, transcription must be finely tuned to ensure an appropriate balance between fidelity and ...

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

authors： Larson MH,Zhou J,Kaplan CD,Palangat M,Kornberg RD,Landick R,Block SM

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental scheme for sequencing large DNA molecules is proposed where DNA strands are replicated, with all nucleotides of a given kind marked with radioactive 32P. The marked strands are affixed to an appropriate substrate and are kept until most 32P atoms decay. The local damage caused by the decay is expected ...

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

authors： Kelson I,Nussinov S

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil spills can lead to irreversible environmental degradation and are a potential hazard to human health. We study how onshore oil spills affect neonatal and infant mortality by combining spatial data from the Nigerian Oil Spill Monitor with Demographic and Health Surveys. To identify a causal effect, we compare sibli...

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

authors： Bruederle A,Hodler R

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that phytoliths are softer than dental enamel but still act as abrasive agents. Thus, phytolith content should be reflected in dental wear. Because native phytoliths show lower indentation hardness than phytoliths extracted by dry ashing, we propose that the hydration state of plant tissue wi...

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

authors： Winkler DE,Schulz-Kornas E,Kaiser TM,De Cuyper A,Clauss M,Tütken T

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cancer cells that had had high (greater than 160) tissue culture passages, when transplanted into antithymocyte-treated F344 newborn rats, caused induction of rat sarcomas in the rats within 2 or 3 subcultures, whereas human cancer cells with low (5-33) passages in vitro did not cause overt induction of rat sarc...

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

authors： Huebner RJ,Fish DC,Djurickovic D,Trimmer RW,Bare AL,Bare RM,Smith GT

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enter host cells, vaccinia virus, a prototype poxvirus, can induce transient macropinocytosis followed by endocytic internalization and penetration through the limiting membrane of pinosomes by membrane fusion. Although mature virions (MVs) of the Western reserve (WR) strain do this in HeLa cells by activating tran...

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

authors： Mercer J,Knébel S,Schmidt FI,Crouse J,Burkard C,Helenius A

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus was tested in the nonobese mouse (NOD) model system. The effects of TNF-alpha were assessed on three levels: (i) insulitis development, (ii) development of overt diabetes, (iii) adoptive transfer of diabetes by sple...

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

authors： Jacob CO,Aiso S,Michie SA,McDevitt HO,Acha-Orbea H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations made during the last ten years with the Chandra X-ray Observatory have shed much light on the cooling gas in the centers of clusters of galaxies and the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) heating. Cooling of the hot intracluster medium in cluster centers can feed the supermassive black holes found in t...

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

authors： Blanton EL,Clarke TE,Sarazin CL,Randall SW,McNamara BR

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that protein translocation across membranes is driven by biased random thermal motion. This "Brownian ratchet" mechanism depends on chemical asymmetries between the cis and trans sides of the membrane. Several mechanisms could contribute to rectifying the thermal motion of the protein, such as binding and d...

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

authors： Simon SM,Peskin CS,Oster GF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic cancer vaccines can be effective for treating patients, but clinical responses vary considerably from patient to patient. Early indicators of a favorable response are crucial for making individualized treatment decisions and advancing vaccine design, but no validated biomarkers are currently available. In ...

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

authors： Campbell CT,Gulley JL,Oyelaran O,Hodge JW,Schlom J,Gildersleeve JC

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites are the defining neuropathological characteristics of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. They are made of abnormal filamentous assemblies of unknown composition. We show here that Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites from Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are stai...

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

authors： Spillantini MG,Crowther RA,Jakes R,Hasegawa M,Goedert M

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The inference of the evolutionary history of a set of languages is a complex problem. Although some languages are known to be related through descent from common ancestral languages, for other languages determining whether such a relationship holds is itself a difficult problem. In this paper we report on new methods,...

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

authors： Warnow T

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite sharing a common architecture with archetypal voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs), hyperpolarization- and cAMP-activated ion (HCN) channels open upon hyperpolarization rather than depolarization. The basic motions of the voltage sensor and pore gates are conserved, implying that these domains are inversely coup...

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

authors： Cowgill J,Klenchin VA,Alvarez-Baron C,Tewari D,Blair A,Chanda B

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a tumor suppressor syndrome characterized by benign tumors in multiple organs, including the brain and kidney. TSC-associated tumors exhibit hyperactivation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a direct inhibitor of autophagy. Autophagy can either promote or inhibit ...

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

authors： Parkhitko A,Myachina F,Morrison TA,Hindi KM,Auricchio N,Karbowniczek M,Wu JJ,Finkel T,Kwiatkowski DJ,Yu JJ,Henske EP

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Color and black and white line stimulation produce qualitatively and quantitatively different 2-deoxy[14C]glucose column patterns in the striate cortex of macaque monkeys. Microdensitometry of these stimulus-dependent columns reveals interlaminar density differences that serve as a signature for the stimulus condition...

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

authors： Crawford ML,Meharg LS,Johnston DA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic dynein is a microtubule-based motor protein complex that plays important roles in a wide range of fundamental cellular processes, including vesicular transport, mitosis, and cell migration. A single major form of cytoplasmic dynein associates with membranous organelles, mitotic kinetochores, the mitotic an...

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

authors： Williams JC,Roulhac PL,Roy AG,Vallee RB,Fitzgerald MC,Hendrickson WA

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rearrangements of the RET receptor tyrosine kinase gene generating RET/PTC oncogenes are specific to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the most frequent thyroid tumor. Here, we show that the RET/PTC1 oncogene, when exogenously expressed in primary normal human thyrocytes, induces the expression of a large set of gene...

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

authors： Borrello MG,Alberti L,Fischer A,Degl'innocenti D,Ferrario C,Gariboldi M,Marchesi F,Allavena P,Greco A,Collini P,Pilotti S,Cassinelli G,Bressan P,Fugazzola L,Mantovani A,Pierotti MA

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemis gene mutations are responsible for the development of a severe combined immunodeficiency [radiation-sensitive (RS) SCID] characterized by a severe B and T cell deficiency and a normal natural killer cell population. To establish the feasibility of a gene therapy approach to the treatment of RS-SCID, we generat...

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

authors： Mostoslavsky G,Fabian AJ,Rooney S,Alt FW,Mulligan RC

更新日期：2006-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzophenones are among the most useful photocrosslinking agents in biology. We have evolved an orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair that makes possible the in vivo incorporation of p-benzoyl-l-phenylalanine into proteins in Escherichia coli in response to the amber codon, TAG. This unnatural amino acid was ...

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

authors： Chin JW,Martin AB,King DS,Wang L,Schultz PG

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factor (IRF) 4 is a member of the IRF family of transcription factors and plays critical roles in the development of CD4(+) T cells into Th2 and Th17 cells. Using the infection model of Nippostrongyrus brasiliensis, we have confirmed the critical roles of IRF-4 in Th2 development in vivo by using...

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

authors： Honma K,Kimura D,Tominaga N,Miyakoda M,Matsuyama T,Yui K

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality protein crystals meant for structural analysis by X-ray diffraction have been grown by various methods. The observation of dynamical diffraction in protein crystals is an interesting topic because dynamical diffraction generally occurs in perfect crystals such as Si crystals. However, to our knowledge, th...

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

authors： Suzuki R,Koizumi H,Hirano K,Kumasaka T,Kojima K,Tachibana M

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified two chromosomal genes of Escherichia coli K12 that are required for the expression of conjugative plasmid functions in the presence of normal plasmid DNA. Hfr cells with mutations in both of these genes are resistant to donor-specific bacteriophage and defective as conjugal donors. These characteris...

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

authors： McEwen J,Silverman P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00