Structural stability in the 4-zinc human insulin hexamer.

abstract：:This distance between a base next to the anticodon of tRNA and the 3' CpCpA terminus of the molecule has been estimated by singlet-singlet energy transfer experiments. The energy donor was the Y base of unknown structure found in yeast tRNA(phe). Three different energy acceptors were used: acriflavine, proflavinyl ace...

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

authors： Beardsley K,Cantor CR

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore protein space from a global perspective, we consider 9,710 SCOP (Structural Classification of Proteins) domains with up to 70% sequence identity and present all similarities among them as networks: In the "domain network," nodes represent domains, and edges connect domains that share "motifs," i.e., signifi...

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

authors： Nepomnyachiy S,Ben-Tal N,Kolodny R

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiplication in gases of ionization electrons, by the effect of the electric fields between parallel electrodes, leads to the emission of light from the molecules excited in the avalanche process. The optical imaging of this light, with intensifiers, on charge-coupled devices permits the localization, in the gas...

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

authors： Charpak G,Dominik W,Zaganidis N

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of carboxylate ions (acetate, butyrate) with nucleic aicd bases and nucleosides has been investigated by proton magnetic resonance in dimethyl sulfoxide (d6)/H2O mixtures. Carboxylate ions interacted only with guanine derivatives and led to a large downfield shift of the NH2 resonance. A 1:1 stoichiome...

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

authors： Lancelot G,Hélène C

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of glucokinase in hepatocytes and pancreatic 6-cells is of major physiologic importance to mammalian glucose homeostasis. Liver glucokinase catalyzes the first committed step in the disposal of glucose, and beta-cell glucokinase catalyzes a rate-limiting step required for glucose-regulated insulin release. ...

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

authors： Heimberg H,De Vos A,Moens K,Quartier E,Bouwens L,Pipeleers D,Van Schaftingen E,Madsen O,Schuit F

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 10 out of 26 patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) released IgE-binding factors, as determined by two independent assays. The formation of the factors by the mononuclear cells was enhanced by incubation of the cells with homologous IgE. In the presence of IgE, ...

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

authors： Carini C,Margolick J,Yodoi J,Ishizaka K

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-specific gene silencing by short hairpin (sh) RNAs has recently emerged as an indispensable tool for understanding gene function and a promising avenue for drug discovery. However, a wider biomedical use of this approach is hindered by the lack of straightforward methods for achieving uniform expression of sh...

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

authors： Khandelia P,Yap K,Makeyev EV

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Solvent additives (cosolvents, osmolytes) modulate biochemical reactions if, during the course of the reaction, there is a change in preferential interactions of solvent components with the reacting system. Preferential interactions can be expressed in terms of preferential binding of the cosolvent or its preferential...

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

authors： Timasheff SN

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli gene encoding protein n' has been isolated and named priA for primosomal protein A. Protein n' is absolutely required for the conversion of single-stranded phi X174 DNA to the duplex replicative form in an in vitro-reconstituted system. The gene maps to 88.7 minutes on the chromosome adjacent to t...

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

authors： Lee EH,Masai H,Allen GC Jr,Kornberg A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several multilocus gene families that function synergistically to cause incapacitation. To examine venom evolution, we sequenced and interrogated the genome of ...

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

authors： Vonk FJ,Casewell NR,Henkel CV,Heimberg AM,Jansen HJ,McCleary RJ,Kerkkamp HM,Vos RA,Guerreiro I,Calvete JJ,Wüster W,Woods AE,Logan JM,Harrison RA,Castoe TA,de Koning AP,Pollock DD,Yandell M,Calderon D,Renjifo C,Cur

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:By the combined use of DNase I footprinting, electrophoretic mobility-shift assay, and methylation interference analysis, we have identified a series of sequence-specific protein-DNA interactions in the 5' flanking region of the rat osteocalcin gene. Stimulation of osteocalcin gene expression by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin ...

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

authors： Markose ER,Stein JL,Stein GS,Lian JB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique ability of bovine papillomavirus (BPV-1) DNA to replicate as a stable, multicopy plasmid in transformed mouse cells has led to its utilization as a eukaryotic cloning vector. One limitation of the system has been the marked reduction in transformation efficiency when BPV-1 DNA or the subgenomic transforming...

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

authors： Sarver N,Byrne JC,Howley PM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermus thermophilus possesses an aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS2) able to aspartylate efficiently tRNAAsp and tRNAAsn. Aspartate mischarged on tRNAAsn then is converted into asparagine by an omega amidase that differs structurally from all known asparagine synthetases. However, aspartate is not misincorporated into ...

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

authors： Becker HD,Kern D

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired wound closure is a growing medical problem associated with metabolic diseases and aging. Immune cells play important roles in wound healing by following instructions from the microenvironment. Here, we developed a technology to bioengineer the wound microenvironment and enhance healing abilities of the immune...

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

authors： Vågesjö E,Öhnstedt E,Mortier A,Lofton H,Huss F,Proost P,Roos S,Phillipson M

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence polymorphism of class II major histocompatibility complex-encoded molecules (Ia) not only accounts for the allelic variability in Ia structure relevant to T-lymphocyte responses but also seems to result in differential quantitative expression of particular Ia heterodimers. The contributions of different allel...

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

authors： Braunstein NS,Germain RN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of eight origin-defective mutants of simian virus 40 have been determined. All of the mutants have suffered deletions, which range in size from 4 to 241 nucleotides. Some of the mutants induce the synthesis of tumor (T) antigen, others do not. Viral mRNA extracted from rat cells transformed by...

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

authors： Gluzman Y,Sambrook JF,Frisque RJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structures of the tomato planta macho and tomato apical stunt viroids have been determined, and probable secondary structures are proposed. Both viroids can assume the rodlike conformation with extensive base-pairing characteristic of all known viroids. Sequence homologies between the two viroids (75%) and...

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

authors： Kiefer MC,Owens RA,Diener TO

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapidly expanding network of roads into the Amazon is permanently altering the world's largest tropical forest. Most proposed road projects lack rigorous impact assessments or even basic economic justification. This study analyzes the expected environmental, social and economic impacts of 75 road projects, totalin...

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

authors： Vilela T,Malky Harb A,Bruner A,Laísa da Silva Arruda V,Ribeiro V,Auxiliadora Costa Alencar A,Julissa Escobedo Grandez A,Rojas A,Laina A,Botero R

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that proteasome inhibitors were able to overcome Bcl-2-mediated protection from apoptosis. Here we show that inhibition of the proteasome activity in Bcl-2-overexpressing cells accumulates the proapoptotic Bax protein to mitochondria/cytoplasm, where it interacts to Bcl-2 protein. This event was...

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

authors： Li B,Dou QP

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative oxidation of hydroethidine (HE) has become a widely used fluorescent assay for the detection of superoxide in cultured cells. By covalently joining HE to a hexyl triphenylphosphonium cation (Mito-HE), the HE moiety can be targeted to mitochondria. However, the specificity of HE and Mito-HE for superoxide ...

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

authors： Robinson KM,Janes MS,Pehar M,Monette JS,Ross MF,Hagen TM,Murphy MP,Beckman JS

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme cytochemistry has been used, at the light and electron microscope levels, to "mark" cytoplasmic organelles of mammalian cells. Catalase cytochemistry permitted identification of microperoxisomes, apparently ubiquitous organelles that are attached by numerous slender connections to the endoplasmic reticulum. Thi...

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

authors： Novikoff AB

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular localization of cathepsin B activity (EC 3.4.22.1) in three murine melanomas of increasing metastatic potential (Cloudman less than B16-F1 less than B16 amelanotic) was determined. Cathepsin B activity was localized in the heavy mitochondrial fraction of normal murine liver but in the light mitochondri...

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

authors： Sloane BF,Rozhin J,Johnson K,Taylor H,Crissman JD,Honn KV

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mAbs against tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens have the potential to play a prominent role in cancer immunotherapy. However, it has not been possible to fully exploit the clinical utility of such antibodies primarily, because those of adequate affinity could be derived only from murine sources. To address this pr...

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

authors： Mao S,Gao C,Lo CH,Wirsching P,Wong CH,Janda KD

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA coding for mouse major transplantation antigens of the d haplotype was partially purified, copied into double-stranded cDNA, and cloned in Escherichia coli. Clones were selected by their ability to hybridize specifically with mRNA coding for H-2K, D, or L antigens. One of these clones, pH-2d-1, carries a 1200-bas...

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

authors： Kvist S,Bregegere F,Rask L,Cami B,Garoff H,Daniel F,Wiman K,Larhammar D,Abastado JP,Gachelin G,Peterson PA,Dobberstein B,Kourilsky P

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The POT1-TPP1 heterodimer, the major telomere-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein in mammalian cells, protects chromosome ends and contributes to the regulation of telomerase. The recent discovery of telomeric RNA raises the question of how POT1 faithfully binds telomeric ssDNA and avoids illicit RNA binding ...

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

authors： Nandakumar J,Podell ER,Cech TR

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:sorLA (Sorting protein-related receptor) is a type-1 membrane protein of unknown function that is expressed in neurons. Its homology to sorting receptors that shuttle between the plasma membrane, endosomes, and the Golgi suggests a related function in neuronal trafficking processes. Because expression of sorLA is redu...

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

authors： Andersen OM,Reiche J,Schmidt V,Gotthardt M,Spoelgen R,Behlke J,von Arnim CA,Breiderhoff T,Jansen P,Wu X,Bales KR,Cappai R,Masters CL,Gliemann J,Mufson EJ,Hyman BT,Paul SM,Nykjaer A,Willnow TE

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work shows that the adolescent reward system is hyperactive, but this finding may be confounded by differences in how teens value money. To address this, we examined the neural ontogeny of objective value representation. Adolescent and adult participants performed a monetary gambling task in which they chose ...

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

authors： Barkley-Levenson E,Galván A

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin, a 21- to 24-kDa integral membrane protein, is a principal component of caveolae membranes. Caveolin interacts directly with heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) and can functionally regulate their activity. Here, an approximately 20-kDa caveolin-related protein, caveolin-2, was ide...

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

authors： Scherer PE,Okamoto T,Chun M,Nishimoto I,Lodish HF,Lisanti MP

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between swimming cells and surfaces are essential to many microbiological processes, from bacterial biofilm formation to human fertilization. However, despite their fundamental importance, relatively little is known about the physical mechanisms that govern the scattering of flagellated or ciliated cells ...

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

authors： Kantsler V,Dunkel J,Polin M,Goldstein RE

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue cultures of Actinidia kolomikta can be maintained as callus through repeated passages on a nutrient medium devoid of cytokinin but containing inorganic nutrients, sucrose, and other basal organics plus auxin. Under these conditions, actively growing callus contained 2 and 0.5 nmol of the cytokinins zeatin [io(6...

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

authors： Einset JW

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00