Transcriptional induction of two genes in human cells by beta interferon.

abstract：:In oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes, the hydroxylated carotenoid zeaxanthin is produced from preexisting violaxanthin upon exposure to excess light conditions. Zeaxanthin binding to components of the photosystem II (PSII) antenna system has been investigated thoroughly and shown to help in the dissipation of excess ...

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

authors： Ballottari M,Alcocer MJ,D'Andrea C,Viola D,Ahn TK,Petrozza A,Polli D,Fleming GR,Cerullo G,Bassi R

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factors that act in hepatocyte-specific gene expression include proteins that are present mainly in liver cells (HNF-1/LFB1, C/EBP, HNF-3, HNF-4) (HNF, hepatocyte nuclear factor; C/EBP, rat enhancer binding protein) and proteins that are widely distributed (AP-1, NF-1, NF-Y/ACF). We show here that th...

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

authors： Xanthopoulos KG,Prezioso VR,Chen WS,Sladek FM,Cortese R,Darnell JE Jr

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA library prepared from human liver has been screened for factor IX (Christmas factor), a clotting factor that participates in the middle phase of blood coagulation. The library was screened with a single-stranded DNA prepared from enriched mRNA for baboon factor IX and a synthetic oligonucleotide mixture. A plas...

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

authors： Kurachi K,Davie EW

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Truncation selection is known to be the most efficient form of directional selection. When this is modified so that the fitness increases linearly over a range of one or two standard deviations of the value of the selected character, the efficiency is reduced, but not greatly. When truncation selection is compared to ...

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

authors： Crow JF,Kimura M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary thinking can be applied to both cultural microevolution and macroevolution. However, much of the current literature focuses on cultural microevolution. In this article, we argue that the growing availability of large cross-cultural datasets facilitates the use of computational methods derived from evoluti...

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

authors： Gray RD,Watts J

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, is associated with hemolysis and therefore with release of hemoglobin from RBC. Under inflammatory conditions, cell-free hemoglobin can be oxidized, releasing its heme prosthetic groups and producing deleterious free heme. Here we demonstrate that survival of a ...

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

authors： Seixas E,Gozzelino R,Chora A,Ferreira A,Silva G,Larsen R,Rebelo S,Penido C,Smith NR,Coutinho A,Soares MP

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome regulates cellular processes as diverse as cell cycle progression and NF-kappaB activation. In this study, we show that the potent antitumor natural product epoxomicin specifically targets the proteasome. Utilizing biotinylated-epoxomicin as a molecular probe, we demonstrate that epoxomicin covalently b...

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

authors： Meng L,Mohan R,Kwok BH,Elofsson M,Sin N,Crews CM

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the IFN-alpha/beta-independent activation of cellular transcription that constitutes an early antiviral response of cells against influenza A and B viruses, which cause widespread epidemics in humans. We show that influenza B virus induces the synthesis in human cells of several mature mRNAs encoded by gene...

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

authors： Kim MJ,Latham AG,Krug RM

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A single, modified nucleoside in Escherichia coli tRNA, 6-(3-methyl-2-butenylamino)-2-methyl-thio-9-beta-D-ribofuranosylpurine, has been desulfurized with Raney nickel to afford its probable biosynthetic precursor. The limitations of the reaction at the nucleoside and tRNA levels and its lack of inhibition of the amin...

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

authors： Hecht SM,Kirkegaard LH,Bock RM

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistent tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive sodium current, detected in neurons of many regions of mammalian brains, is associated with many essential neuronal activities, including boosting of excitatory synaptic inputs, acceleration of firing rates, and promotion of oscillatory neuronal activities. However, the orig...

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

authors： Liu Z,Song W,Dong K

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence favors the theory that, when the globular motor domain of myosin attaches to actin, the light chain binding domain or "lever arm" rotates, and thereby generates movement of actin filaments. Myosin is uniquely designed for such a role in that a long alpha-helix (approximately 9 nm) extending from the C...

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

authors： Sherwood JJ,Waller GS,Warshaw DM,Lowey S

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of esterase 3 confer two forms of organophosphate resistance on contemporary Australasian Lucilia cuprina. One form, called diazinon resistance, is slightly more effective against commonly used insecticides and is now more prevalent than the other form, called malathion resistance. We report here that the si...

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

authors： Hartley CJ,Newcomb RD,Russell RJ,Yong CG,Stevens JR,Yeates DK,La Salle J,Oakeshott JG

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate two kinds of visual stimuli that exhibit motion in one direction when viewed from near and in the opposite direction from afar. These striking reversals occur because each kind of stimulus is constructed to simultaneously activate two different mechanisms: a short-range mechanism that computes motion fr...

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

authors： Chubb C,Sperling G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of bovine papillomavirus (BPV) DNA synthesis in vivo and in vitro depends on the interaction of the viral initiator protein E1 with the replication origin (ori+ DNA). The viral E2 protein assists this interaction, resulting in a cooperative assembly of both proteins on the replication origin. Using gel mobi...

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

authors： Lusky M,Hurwitz J,Seo YS

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomeres terminate with a single-stranded 3' G overhang, which can be recognized as a DNA damage site by replication protein A (RPA). The protection of telomeres (POT1)/POT1-interacting protein 1 (TPP1) heterodimer binds specifically to single-stranded telomeric DNA (ssTEL) and protects G overhangs against RPA ...

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

authors： Ray S,Bandaria JN,Qureshi MH,Yildiz A,Balci H

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:As root symbionts of cycad trees, cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc produce beta-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxic nonprotein amino acid. The biomagnification of BMAA through the Guam ecosystem fits a classic triangle of increasing concentrations of toxic compounds up the food chain. However, because BMAA is ...

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

authors： Murch SJ,Cox PA,Banack SA

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of the retinoblastoma gene (RB gene) is associated with the development of several human malignancies including retinoblastomas, some osteo- and soft tissue sarcomas, small cell lung cancer, and possibly breast and bladder cancers. To our knowledge, this gene has not been evaluated in human germ-cell mali...

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

authors： Strohmeyer T,Reissmann P,Cordon-Cardo C,Hartmann M,Ackermann R,Slamon D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated Na(+) channels initiate action potentials during electrical signaling in excitable cells. Opening and closing of the pore of voltage-gated ion channels are mechanically linked to voltage-driven outward movement of the positively charged S4 transmembrane segment in their voltage sensors. Disulfide locking...

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

authors： DeCaen PG,Yarov-Yarovoy V,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion of the transposon Tn5 into the T-region of the octopine Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens gives rise to crown gall tumors having altered morphology. Three loci within the T-DNA that control tumor morphology have been detected [Garfinkel, D. J., Simpson, R. B., Ream, L. W., White, F. F., Gordon, M. P. &...

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

authors： Akiyoshi DE,Morris RO,Hinz R,Mischke BS,Kosuge T,Garfinkel DJ,Gordon MP,Nester EW

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), a hypothesized impact spike at ∼3.9 Ga, is one of the major scientific concepts to emerge from Apollo-era lunar exploration. A significant portion of the evidence for the existence of the LHB comes from histograms of (40)Ar/(39)Ar "plateau" ages (i.e., regions selected on the basis of...

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

authors： Boehnke P,Harrison TM

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gene MAGE-1 encodes tumor-specific antigens that are recognized on melanoma cells by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes. This gene is expressed in a significant proportion of tumors of various histological types, but not in normal tissues except male germ-line cells. We reported previously that reporter genes dr...

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

authors： De Smet C,De Backer O,Faraoni I,Lurquin C,Brasseur F,Boon T

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To study C(0)a priori estimates for solutions to certain complex Monge-Ampère equations, I introduce a coherent sheaf of ideals and show that it satisfies various global algebrogeometric conditions, including a cohomology vanishing theorem. This technique is used to establish the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics o...

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

authors： Nadel AM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of evolutionary distances has always been a major issue in the study of molecular evolution because evolutionary distances are required for estimating the rate of evolution in a gene, the divergence dates between genes or organisms, and the relationships among genes or organisms. Other closely related issue...

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

authors： Gu X,Li WH

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeats containing proteins (NLRs) serve as immune receptors in both plants and animals. Overaccumulation of NLRs often leads to autoimmune responses, suggesting that the levels of these immune receptors must be tightly controlled. However, the mechanism by which NLR prot...

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

authors： Cheng YT,Li Y,Huang S,Huang Y,Dong X,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) produced by the kidney and the liver (in fetuses) stimulates erythropoiesis. In the central nervous system, neurons express EPO receptor (EPOR) and astrocytes produce EPO. EPO has been shown to protect primary cultured neurons from N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamate toxicity. ...

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

authors： Sakanaka M,Wen TC,Matsuda S,Masuda S,Morishita E,Nagao M,Sasaki R

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum (Al) is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, but its trivalent ionic form is highly toxic to all organisms at low concentrations. How Al enters cells has not been elucidated in any organisms. Herein, we report a transporter, Nrat1 (Nramp aluminum transporter 1), specific for trivalent Al ion in rice....

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

authors： Xia J,Yamaji N,Kasai T,Ma JF

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales. We deployed an airborne remote sensing system that mapped the location and impacts of five highly invasive plant species across 221,875 ha of Hawaiian ecosyste...

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

authors： Asner GP,Hughes RF,Vitousek PM,Knapp DE,Kennedy-Bowdoin T,Boardman J,Martin RE,Eastwood M,Green RO

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of materials to define the architecture and microenvironment experienced by cells provides new opportunities to direct the fate of human pluripotent stem cells (HPSCs) [Robinton DA, Daley GQ (2012) Nature 481(7381):295-305]. However, the conditions required for self-renewal vs. differentiation of HPSCs are...

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

authors： Dixon JE,Shah DA,Rogers C,Hall S,Weston N,Parmenter CD,McNally D,Denning C,Shakesheff KM

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP), a 29-kDa protein isolated from Phytolacca americana, inhibits translation by catalytically removing a specific adenine residue from the large rRNA of the 60S subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes. In addition to its ribosome-inactivating ability, PAP has potent antiviral activity against ma...

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

authors： Tumer NE,Hwang DJ,Bonness M

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectins isolated from the conditioned medium produced by cultures of undifferentiated (monolayer) and differentiated (nodular) swine vascular smooth muscle cells are similar but not identical. In general, the nodular-cell fibronectin has a smaller molecular mass than monolayer-cell fibronectin and appears to lack...

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

authors： Millis AJ,Hoyle M,Mann DM,Brennan MJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00