Overlapping genes at the cheA locus of Escherichia coli.

abstract：:A key energy-saving adaptation to chronic hypoxia that enables cardiomyocytes to withstand severe ischemic insults is hibernation, i.e., a reversible arrest of contractile function. Whereas hibernating cardiomyocytes represent the critical reserve of dysfunctional cells that can be potentially rescued, a lack of a sui...

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

authors： May D,Gilon D,Djonov V,Itin A,Lazarus A,Gordon O,Rosenberger C,Keshet E

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide excision repair (NER) prevents skin cancer by eliminating highly genotoxic cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) induced in DNA by the UVB component of sunlight. NER consists of two distinct but overlapping subpathways, i.e., global NER, which removes CPD from the genome overall, and transcription-coupled NE...

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

authors： Mathonnet G,Leger C,Desnoyers J,Drouin R,Therrien JP,Drobetsky EA

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood exposure to low-level lead can permanently reduce intelligence, but the neurobiologic mechanism for this effect is unknown. We examined the impact of lead exposure on the development of cortical columns, using the rodent barrel field as a model. In all areas of mammalian neocortex, cortical columns constitut...

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

authors： Wilson MA,Johnston MV,Goldstein GW,Blue ME

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial RNases catalyze the turnover of RNA and are essential for gene expression and quality surveillance of transcripts. In Escherichia coli, the exoribonucleases RNase R and polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) play critical roles in degrading RNA. Here, we developed an optical-trapping assay to monitor the tran...

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

authors： Fazal FM,Koslover DJ,Luisi BF,Block SM

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To test directly whether fibrin(ogen) is a key binding site for apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] in vessel walls, apo(a) transgenic mice and fibrinogen knockout mice were crossed to generate fibrin(ogen)-deficient apo(a) transgenic mice and control mice. In the vessel wall of apo(a) transgenic mice, fibrin(ogen) deposition ...

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

authors： Lou XJ,Boonmark NW,Horrigan FT,Degen JL,Lawn RM

更新日期：1998-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1) catalyzes the formation of malonyl-CoA, the C2 donor for de novo synthesis of long-chain fatty acids. We have identified 64 exons, including 7 alternatively spliced minor exons (1A, 1B, 1C, 3, 5A', 5A, and 5B) in human ACC1 gene ( approximately 330 kb). The gene is regulated by three pr...

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

authors： Mao J,Chirala SS,Wakil SJ

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to vascular injury, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) may switch from a contractile to a proliferative phenotype thereby contributing to neointima formation. Previous studies showed that the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) NEAT1 is critical for paraspeckle formation and tumorigenesis by promoting cell proli...

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

authors： Ahmed ASI,Dong K,Liu J,Wen T,Yu L,Xu F,Kang X,Osman I,Hu G,Bunting KM,Crethers D,Gao H,Zhang W,Liu Y,Wen K,Agarwal G,Hirose T,Nakagawa S,Vazdarjanova A,Zhou J

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is almost invariably found in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) which develop in HBV carriers. Integrated HBV DNAs from two single-integration HCCs (C3 and C4) have been cloned, and the cellular integration sites have been analyzed. Integrated HBV DNA of C3 is present in chromosome...

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

authors： Hino O,Shows TB,Rogler CE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In autotrophically grown Chlorella cells, glucose induces a hexose transport system but, at the same time, the synthesis of two amino acid transport systems is also induced. Thus, the rates of uptake of glycine, L-alanine, L-proline, and L-serine, all of which compete with each other for entry into the cells, increase...

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

authors： Cho BH,Sauer N,Komor E,Tanner W

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation initiation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA genome occurs through an internal ribosome entry site in a cap-independent manner. Here, we have examined the interaction between La antigen and the HCV 5' noncoding region (5'NCR). In this analysis, competitor RNAs derived from HCV 5'NCR carrying deletions and...

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

authors： Ali N,Siddiqui A

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans respond to foreign antigen by generating plasma Abs and memory B cells (MBCs). The Ab response then declines, sometimes to below the limit of detection. In contrast, MBCs are generally thought to be long-lived. We tested and compared Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)-specific Ab and MBC responses in two populations of...

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

authors： Ndungu FM,Olotu A,Mwacharo J,Nyonda M,Apfeld J,Mramba LK,Fegan GW,Bejon P,Marsh K

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct measurements of the intracellular level of lambda repressor have been made by a DNA-filter assay and a radioimmune assay. Transcription of cI, the structural gene for repressor, appears to initiate at two different promoters, prm and pre. Promoter pre is activated during the establishment of lysogeny by the act...

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

authors： Reichardt L,Kaiser AD

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription initiation site of the human ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) was located by using the single-strand specific nuclease protection method and by determining the first nucleotide of the in vitro capped 45S preribosomal RNA. The sequence of 1,211 nucleotides surrounding the initiation site was determined. The ...

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

authors： Financsek I,Mizumoto K,Mishima Y,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P elements have been cloned and sequenced from Drosophila nebulosa. Their sequences have diverged less than 6% from P elements of Drosophila melanogaster. However D. nebulosa P elements have nucleotide changes that close all four open reading frames found in the D. melanogaster P element. Microinjection experiments sh...

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

authors： Lansman RA,Shade RO,Grigliatti TA,Brock HW

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling pathways regulating proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are commonly mediated through protein-protein interactions as well as reversible phosphorylation of proteins. To facilitate the study of regulated protein-protein interactions in cells and living animals, we optimized firefly luciferase protei...

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

authors： Luker KE,Smith MC,Luker GD,Gammon ST,Piwnica-Worms H,Piwnica-Worms D

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinins are effective against a variety of parasites and provide the first line of treatment for malaria. Laboratory studies have identified several mechanisms for artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum, including mutations in Kelch13 that are associated with delayed clearance in some clinical isolates, ...

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

authors： Rosenberg A,Luth MR,Winzeler EA,Behnke M,Sibley LD

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicks within one strand of the bacteriophage T5 DNA molecule act as " weak points" for a novel kind mechanical breakage that can be utilized for "dissecting" the genome. The products from sheared T5(+) DNA include five unique double-stranded segments of the molecule and various combinations of adjacent segments. These...

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

authors： Hayward GS

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotype and antigenic specificity of cells secreting interleukin (IL) 4, IL-6, and interferon gamma was studied in mice during primary and secondary immune responses. T lymphocytes were the major source of interferon gamma, whereas non-B/non-T cells were the dominant source of IL-4 and IL-6 in the spleens of imm...

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

authors： Aoki I,Kinzer C,Shirai A,Paul WE,Klinman DM

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced personalized medical diagnostics depend on the availability of high-quality biological samples. These are typically biofluids, such as blood, saliva, or urine; and their collection and storage is critical to obtain reliable results. Without proper temperature regulation, protein biomarkers in particular can d...

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

authors： Kluge JA,Li AB,Kahn BT,Michaud DS,Omenetto FG,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In Paramecium tetraurelia, cyclic nucleotides are important physiological second messengers that could regulate dynein mechanochemistry by phosphorylation. A 29-kDa polypeptide that is phosphorylated in a cAMP- and Ca(2+)-sensitive manner in permeabilized cells and isolated axonemes is the only significant phosphoryla...

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

authors： Hamasaki T,Barkalow K,Richmond J,Satir P

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking causes emphysema, a fatal disease involving extensive structural and functional damage of the lung. Using a guinea pig model and human lung cells, we show that oxidant(s) present in tobacco smoke not only cause direct oxidative damage of lung proteins, contributing to the major share of lung injury, ...

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

authors： Gupta I,Ganguly S,Rozanas CR,Stuehr DJ,Panda K

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 tumor suppressor protein and the MDM2 oncoprotein form a feedback-control loop that up-regulates cellular MDM2 production, blocks p53 activity, and promotes p53 decay. tsg101 was discovered as a gene whose deficiency results in neoplastic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells and the ability to generate metastatic t...

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

authors： Li L,Liao J,Ruland J,Mak TW,Cohen SN

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of benzodiazepine/gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor binding sites was lower in the midbrain of seizure-susceptible gerbils compared to control seizure-resistant gerbils. Binding of [3H]diazepam to high-affinity brain-specific sites in membrane homogenates of gerbil brain showed a 20-30% lower binding in mid...

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

authors： Olsen RW,Wamsley JK,McCabe RT,Lee RJ,Lomax P

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss. The immunopathogenesis of demyelination in multiple sclerosis involves an autoantibody response to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a type I transmembrane protein located...

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

authors： Breithaupt C,Schubart A,Zander H,Skerra A,Huber R,Linington C,Jacob U

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A common complaint among pain patients is that they lose their appetite. These accounts are anecdotal, however, and the neural mechanism underlying pain-induced loss of appetite remains unknown. In this study, we documented the occurrence of appetite loss in patients under migraine attack and investigated the neuronal...

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

authors： Malick A,Jakubowski M,Elmquist JK,Saper CB,Burstein R

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Involution of the thymus is accompanied by a decline in the number of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) and a severely restricted peripheral repertoire of T-cell specificities. TECs are essential for T-cell differentiation; they originate from a bipotent progenitor that gives rise to cells of cortical (cTEC) and medullar...

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

authors： Rode I,Boehm T

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a microfluidics-based model to quantify cell-level processes modulating the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD). This in vitro model enabled quantitative investigations of the kinetics of cell sickling, unsickling, and cell rheology. We created short-term and long-term hypoxic conditions to simul...

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

authors： Du E,Diez-Silva M,Kato GJ,Dao M,Suresh S

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread occurrence of spliceosomal introns in the genomes of higher eukaryotes, their origin remains controversial. One model proposes that the duplication of small genomic portions could have provided the boundaries for new introns. If this mechanism has occurred recently, the 5' and 3' boundaries of e...

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

authors： Zhuo D,Madden R,Elela SA,Chabot B

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformist bias occurs when the probability of adopting a more common cultural variant in a population exceeds its frequency, and anticonformist bias occurs when the reverse is true. Conformist and anticonformist bias have been widely documented in humans, and conformist bias has also been observed in many nonhuman an...

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

authors： Denton KK,Ram Y,Liberman U,Feldman MW

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatant fluid (conditioned medium) of cultured human vascular endothelial cells inhibits activation of Hageman factor (factor XII), whether by ellagic acid, bovine brain sulfatides, or bismuth subgallate; inhibition appears to be a property of one or more proteins in the culture supernates. This phenomenon may...

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

authors： Ratnoff OD,Everson B,Embury P,Ziats NP,Anderson JM,Emanuelson MM,Malemud CJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00