Glucocorticoids regulate proopiomelanocortin gene expression in vivo at the levels of transcription and secretion.

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas tolaasii severely damages white button mushrooms by secretion of the pore-forming toxin tolaasin, the main virulence factor of brown blotch disease. Yet, fungus-associated helper bacteria of the genus Mycetocola (Mycetocola tolaasinivorans and Mycetocola lacteus) may protect their ho...

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

authors： Hermenau R,Kugel S,Komor AJ,Hertweck C

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Many processes in nature are modeled using compartmental systems (reservoir/pool/box systems). Usually, they are expressed as a set of first-order differential equations describing the transfer of matter across a network of compartments. The concepts of age of matter in compartments and the time required for particles...

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

authors： Metzler H,Müller M,Sierra CA

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the potassium channel gene KCNQ4 underlie DFNA2, an autosomal dominant form of progressive hearing loss in humans. In the mouse cochlea, the transcript has been found exclusively in the outer hair cells. By using specific antibodies, we now show that KCNQ4 is situated at the basal membrane of these sensor...

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

authors： Kharkovets T,Hardelin JP,Safieddine S,Schweizer M,El-Amraoui A,Petit C,Jentsch TJ

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidation of genomic DNA forms the guanine lesion 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG). When in the template base position during DNA synthesis the 8-oxoG lesion has dual coding potential by virtue of its anti- and syn-conformations, base pairing with cytosine and adenine, respectively. This impacts mutagenesis, because ...

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

authors： Batra VK,Shock DD,Beard WA,McKenna CE,Wilson SH

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Landau spectrum of bismuth is complex and includes many angle-dependent lines in the extreme quantum limit. The adequacy of single-particle theory to describe this spectrum in detail has been an open issue. Here, we present a study of angle-resolved Nernst effect in bismuth, which maps the angle-resolved Landau sp...

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

authors： Zhu Z,Fauqué B,Malone L,Antunes AB,Fuseya Y,Behnia K

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed yeast strains that secrete functional mouse-human chimeric antibody and its Fab fragment into the culture medium. For chimeric whole antibody, cDNA copies of the chimeric light-chain and heavy-chain genes of an anti-tumor antibody were inserted into vectors containing the yeast phosphoglycerate kin...

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

authors： Horwitz AH,Chang CP,Better M,Hellstrom KE,Robinson RR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that an electric field can drive single-stranded RNA and DNA molecules through a 2.6-nm diameter ion channel in a lipid bilayer membrane. Because the channel diameter can accommodate only a single strand of RNA or DNA, each polymer traverses the membrane as an extended chain that partially blocks the channel. ...

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

authors： Kasianowicz JJ,Brandin E,Branton D,Deamer DW

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian anx7 gene codes for a Ca(2+)-activated GTPase, which supports Ca(2+)/GTP-dependent secretion events and Ca(2+) channel activities in vitro and in vivo. To test whether anx7 might be involved in Ca(2+) signaling in secreting pancreatic beta cells, we knocked out the anx7 gene in the mouse and tested the i...

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

authors： Srivastava M,Atwater I,Glasman M,Leighton X,Goping G,Caohuy H,Miller G,Pichel J,Westphal H,Mears D,Rojas E,Pollard HB

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The excision and reintegration of transposable elements (TEs) restructure their host genomes, generating cellular diversity involved in evolution, development, and the etiology of human diseases. Our current knowledge of TE behavior primarily results from bulk techniques that generate time and cell ensemble averages, ...

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

authors： Kim NH,Lee G,Sherer NA,Martini KM,Goldenfeld N,Kuhlman TE

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes encoding thymidylate synthetase from Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages were cloned in Escherichia coli. Chimeric plasmids pCD1 and pCD3 were constructed from site-specific endonuclease digests of bacteriophage phi3T DNA cloned in pMB9 in E. coli. Similar cloning techniques with bacteriophage beta22 DNA yielded ch...

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

authors： Duncan CH,Wilson GA,Young FE

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and biochemical studies have revealed that the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus mediates translation of the viral mRNA by an unusual mechanism involving entry of ribosomes in internal sequences of mRNA molecules. We have found that mRNAs bearing the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus were translated at an enha...

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

authors： Hambidge SJ,Sarnow P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the pancreatic beta cell membrane mediate insulin release in response to elevation of plasma glucose levels. They are open at rest but close in response to glucose metabolism, producing a depolarization that stimulates Ca2+ influx and exocytosis. Metabolic regulation of KATP ...

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

authors： Gribble FM,Tucker SJ,Haug T,Ashcroft FM

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a cognate ligand for the tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB) receptor, mediates neuronal survival, differentiation, synaptic plasticity, and neurogenesis. However, BDNF has a poor pharmacokinetic profile that limits its therapeutic potential. Here we report the identification of...

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

authors： Jang SW,Liu X,Yepes M,Shepherd KR,Miller GW,Liu Y,Wilson WD,Xiao G,Blanchi B,Sun YE,Ye K

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle of trypanosomatids initiates at a conserved 12-nt sequence, 5'-GGGGTTGGTGTA-3', termed the universal minicircle sequence (UMS). A sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Crithidia fasciculata binds the heavy strand of the 12-mer UMS. Whereas this ...

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

authors： Avrahami D,Tzfati Y,Shlomai J

更新日期：1995-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kell blood group is a major antigenic system in human erythrocytes. Kell antigens reside on a 93-kDa membrane glycoprotein that is surface-exposed and associated with the underlying cytoskeleton. We isolated tryptic peptides and, based on the amino acid sequence of one of the peptides and by using the PCR, prepare...

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

authors： Lee S,Zambas ED,Marsh WL,Redman CM

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A bone-resorbing factor, comparable to the osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) produced from peripheral blood leukocytes, is shown to be produced by murine spleen cells activated with the T-cell mitogen Con A. Murine OAF is demonstrated here as being a product of the interaction between thymus-derived T lymphocytes and...

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

authors： Horowitz M,Vignery A,Gershon RK,Baron R

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We purified microtubules from a mammalian mitotic extract and obtained an amino acid sequence from each microtubule-associated protein by using mass spectrometry. Most of these proteins are known spindle-associated components with essential functional roles in spindle organization. We generated antibodies against a pr...

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

authors： Mack GJ,Compton DA

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoglobin oxidation Bohr effect below pH 7 is essentially proportional to the fraction of hemes oxidized, just as the ligation Bohr effect is proportional to fractional heme ligation. The reported nonlinear proton release during oxidation [(1965) J. Biol. Chem. 240, 3317-3324] is shown to be an artifact resulting...

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

authors： Hoffman BM,Bull C

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in controlling malignancies. Susceptibility or resistance to lung cancer, for example, specifically depends on NK cell function. Nevertheless, intrinsic factors that control NK cell-mediated clearance of lung cancer are unknown. Here we report that NK cells exposed to exo...

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

authors： Shi L,Li K,Guo Y,Banerjee A,Wang Q,Lorenz UM,Parlak M,Sullivan LC,Onyema OO,Arefanian S,Stelow EB,Brautigan DL,Bullock TNJ,Brown MG,Krupnick AS

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive nonredundant database of 475 cocrystallized protein-protein complexes was used to study low-resolution recognition, which was reported in earlier docking experiments with a small number of proteins. The docking program GRAMM was used to delete the atom-size structural details and systematically dock th...

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

authors： Vakser IA,Matar OG,Lam CF

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In polymicrobial infections, microbes can interact with both the host immune system and one another through direct contact or the secretion of metabolites, affecting disease progression and treatment options. The thick mucus in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis is highly susceptible to polymicrobial infection...

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

authors： Moree WJ,Phelan VV,Wu CH,Bandeira N,Cornett DS,Duggan BM,Dorrestein PC

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the recA gene of E. coli has been identified by labeling proteins synthesized in UV-treated cells after infection with specialized transducing phages carrying the recA gene. Following infection of UV-treated cells by lambda precA, which carries the recA+ gene, a major protein with a molecular weight of ...

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

authors： McEntee K,Hesse JE,Epstein W

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MS2 RNA binds at 0 degrees to 30S subunits from E. coli and, to a smaller extent, to those of a Pseudomonas species, as judged by filtration on nitrocellulose membranes; this mRNA does not bind to 30S subunits from Bacillus brevis or Caulobacter crescentus. Binding does not depend on the presence of initiation factors...

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

authors： Szer W,Leffler S

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiperone, a dopamine antagonist widely used as a specific ligand for dopamine and serotonin receptors, is actively accumulated into the F4C1 strain of rat pituitary tumor cells. The accumulation of 10 nM [3H]spiperone was linear for 3 min and reached a steady state after 10 min. Spiperone accumulation was reduced 50%...

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

authors： Dannies PS,Rudnick MS,Fishkes H,Rudnick G

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we identified and characterized a Ly49 family member, designated as Ly49Q. The Ly49q gene encodes a 273-aa protein with an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) at the N terminus of its cytoplasmic domain. We show that the ITIM of Ly49Q can recruit SHP-2 and SHP-1 in a tyrosine phosphorylation-de...

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

authors： Toyama-Sorimachi N,Tsujimura Y,Maruya M,Onoda A,Kubota T,Koyasu S,Inaba K,Karasuyama H

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear proteins contain specific regions that are required for entry into the nucleus. Using ligand blotting, we have shown that a 67-kDa yeast nuclear envelope protein (p67) recognizes synthetic peptides containing the yeast histone H2B or simian virus 40 large tumor antigen nuclear localization sequence. Both free ...

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

authors： Lee WC,Mélèse T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thesis is developed that a low oxygen level Precambrian atmosphere presented early-evolving metazoan organisms with physiological connective tissue priorities resulting from the important molecular oxygen requirements in the biosynthesis of collagen hydroxyproline. Shells, cuticles, and carapaces which are not man...

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

authors： Towe KM

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of transcription factors (TFs) to DNA controls most aspects of cellular function, making the understanding of their binding kinetics imperative. The standard description of bimolecular interactions posits that TF off rates are independent of TF concentration in solution. However, recent observations have r...

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

authors： Kamar RI,Banigan EJ,Erbas A,Giuntoli RD,Olvera de la Cruz M,Johnson RC,Marko JF

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The role played by postsynaptic alpha-adrenergic receptors in the stimulation of pineal N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.5) and [3H]melatonin production was investigated in the rat. In vivo studies indicated that phenylephrine, an alpha-adrenergic agonist, potentiated and prolonged the effects of isoproterenol, a beta-ad...

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

authors： Klein DC,Sugden D,Weller JL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides can achieve targeted base-pair substitution with modest efficiency but high precision. We show that "oligo targeting" can be used effectively to study missense mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Inherited inactivating mutations in DNA MMR genes are causative for the canc...

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

authors： Houlleberghs H,Dekker M,Lantermans H,Kleinendorst R,Dubbink HJ,Hofstra RM,Verhoef S,Te Riele H

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00