Alcohol dehydrogenase gene of Drosophila melanogaster: relationship of intervening sequences to functional domains in the protein.

abstract：:The serum thymic factor (FTS) utilized in its synthetic or natural form loses its biological activity in a rosette assay after treatment with a metal ion-chelating agent, Chelex 100. This activity is restored by the addition of Zn salts and, to a lesser extent, certain other metal salts. FTS activation is secondary to...

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

authors： Dardenne M,Pléau JM,Nabarra B,Lefrancier P,Derrien M,Choay J,Bach JF

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin is a unique alkaloid of the plant kingdom restricted to the genus Capsicum. Capsaicin is the pungency factor, a bioactive molecule of food and of medicinal importance. Capsaicin is useful as a counterirritant, antiarthritic, analgesic, antioxidant, and anticancer agent. Capsaicin biosynthesis involves conden...

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

authors： Prasad BC,Kumar V,Gururaj HB,Parimalan R,Giridhar P,Ravishankar GA

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Break-induced replication (BIR) refers to recombination-dependent DNA synthesis initiated from one end of a DNA double-strand break and can extend for more than 100 kb. BIR initiates by Rad51-catalyzed strand invasion, but the mechanism for DNA synthesis is not known. Here, we used BrdU incorporation to track DNA synt...

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

authors： Donnianni RA,Symington LS

更新日期：2013-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis restores blood flow to healing tissues, a process that is inhibited by high doses of glucocorticoids. However, the role of endogenous glucocorticoids and the potential for antiglucocorticoid therapy to enhance angiogenesis is unknown. Using in vitro and in vivo models of angiogenesis in mice, we examined ...

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

authors： Small GR,Hadoke PW,Sharif I,Dover AR,Armour D,Kenyon CJ,Gray GA,Walker BR

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A generic modeling framework to infer the failure-spreading process based on failure times of individual nodes is proposed and tested in four simulation studies: one for cascading failures in interdependent power and transportation networks, one for influenza epidemics, one benchmark test case for congestion cascade i...

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

authors： Guan X,Chen C

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal-catalyzed oxidation results in loss of function and structural alteration of proteins. The oxidative process affects a variety of side amino acid groups, some of which are converted to carbonyl compounds. Spectrophotometric measurement of these moieties, after their reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, is a...

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

authors： Requena JR,Chao CC,Levine RL,Stadtman ER

更新日期：2001-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a signal-on, electronic DNA (E-DNA) sensor that is label-free and achieves a subpicomolar detection limit. The sensor, which is based on a target-induced strand displacement mechanism, is composed of a "capture probe" attached by its 5' terminus to a gold electrode and a 5' methylene blue-modified "signaling...

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

authors： Xiao Y,Lubin AA,Baker BR,Plaxco KW,Heeger AJ

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected cell protein 0 (ICP0) is a 775-residue multifunctional herpes simplex virus protein associated with numerous functions related to transactivation of gene expression and repression of host defenses to infection. We report that an uncharted domain of ICP0 located between residues 245 and 510 contains multiple S...

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

authors： Liang Y,Kurakin A,Roizman B

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigen-presenting molecule MR1 presents riboflavin-based metabolites to Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells. While MR1 egress to the cell surface is ligand-dependent, the ability of small-molecule ligands to impact on MR1 cellular trafficking remains unknown. Arising from an in silico screen of the MR1 li...

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

authors： Salio M,Awad W,Veerapen N,Gonzalez-Lopez C,Kulicke C,Waithe D,Martens AWJ,Lewinsohn DM,Hobrath JV,Cox LR,Rossjohn J,Besra GS,Cerundolo V

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents some calculated results on the vibrational structuring of the magnetic circular dichroism of the benzene (1)A(1g)"(1)B(2u) transition. The good agreement between the experimental and calculated relative intensities of the B-bands (positive magnetic circular dichroism bands) indicates that these ban...

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

authors： Shieh DJ,Lin SH,Eyring H

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current model to explain the organization of the mammalian nervous system is based on studies of anatomy, embryology, and evolution. To further investigate the molecular organization of the adult mammalian brain, we have built a gene expression-based brain map. We measured gene expression patterns for 24 neural ti...

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

authors： Zapala MA,Hovatta I,Ellison JA,Wodicka L,Del Rio JA,Tennant R,Tynan W,Broide RS,Helton R,Stoveken BS,Winrow C,Lockhart DJ,Reilly JF,Young WG,Bloom FE,Lockhart DJ,Barlow C

更新日期：2005-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of legume nodules have indicated that formation of the heme moiety of leghemoglobin is a function of the bacterial symbiont. We now show that a hemA mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum that cannot carry out the first step in heme biosynthesis forms fully effective nodules on soybeans. The bacterial mut...

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

authors： Guerinot ML,Chelm BK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human declarative memory involves a systematic organization of information that supports generalizations and inferences from acquired knowledge. This kind of memory depends on the hippocampal region in humans, but the extent to which animals also have declarative memory, and whether inferential expression of memory de...

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

authors： Dusek JA,Eichenbaum H

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaflets of Samanea saman open and close rhythmically, driven by an endogenous circadian clock. Light has a rapid, direct effect on the movements and also rephases the rhythm. We investigated whether light signals might be mediated by increased inositolphospholipid turnover, a mechanism for signal transduction that is...

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

authors： Morse MJ,Crain RC,Satter RL

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forebrain cholinergic system promotes higher brain function in part by signaling through the M(1) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR). During Alzheimer's disease (AD), these cholinergic neurons degenerate, therefore selectively activating M(1) receptors could improve cognitive function in these patients whil...

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

authors： Ma L,Seager MA,Wittmann M,Jacobson M,Bickel D,Burno M,Jones K,Graufelds VK,Xu G,Pearson M,McCampbell A,Gaspar R,Shughrue P,Danziger A,Regan C,Flick R,Pascarella D,Garson S,Doran S,Kreatsoulas C,Veng L,Lindsley C

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of a partial proteolytic digest by V8 enzyme of the yeast site-specific recombinase Flp to its target site gives rise to DNA-protein complexes that are smaller than those produced by the full-sized protein. The smallest of these complexes (occupancy of one peptide monomer per site) contains either one of two p...

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

authors： Chen JW,Evans BR,Yang SH,Teplow DB,Jayaram M

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymopoietin, a polypeptide hormone of the thymus that has pleiotropic actions on the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems, potently interacts with the neuromuscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Thymopoietin binds to the nicotinic alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BGT) receptor in muscle and, like alpha-BGT, inhibits c...

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

authors： Quik M,Babu U,Audhya T,Goldstein G

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we identify the specific isozymes of protein kinase C (PKC) that are involved in c-fos and c-jun mRNA accumulation in the rat basophilic leukemia cell line RBL-2H3. These cells could be largely depleted of the endogenous PKC isozymes by chronic treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate followed by ...

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

authors： Razin E,Szallasi Z,Kazanietz MG,Blumberg PM,Rivera J

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult naive T cells, which are at rest in normal conditions, proliferate strongly when transferred to lymphopenic hosts. In neonates, the first mature thymocytes to migrate to the periphery reach a compartment devoid of preexisting T cells. We have extensively analyzed the proliferation rate and phenotype of periphera...

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

authors： Le Campion A,Bourgeois C,Lambolez F,Martin B,Léaument S,Dautigny N,Tanchot C,Pénit C,Lucas B

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal dynamics of urban warming have been extensively studied at the diurnal scale, but the impact of background climate on the observed seasonality of surface urban heat islands (SUHIs) remains largely unexplored. On seasonal time scales, the intensity of urban-rural surface temperature differences ([Formula: see ...

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

authors： Manoli G,Fatichi S,Bou-Zeid E,Katul GG

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloroplast stromal proteins from spinach condense the two heterocyclic moieties of vitamin B1--4-methyl-5-(beta-hydroxyethyl)thiazole and 2-methyl-4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidine--in the presence of MgATP. We have taken advantage of this observation to study thiazole synthesis. We present data indicating that p...

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

authors： Julliard JH,Douce R

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella species are renowned for their respiratory versatility, including their ability to respire poorly soluble substrates by using enzymatic machinery that is localized to the outside of the cell. The ability to engage in "extracellular respiration" to date has focused primarily on respiration of minerals. Here,...

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

authors： Gralnick JA,Vali H,Lies DP,Newman DK

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus B (GBV-B), which infects tamarins, is the virus most closely related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has a protein (p7) that is believed to form an ion channel. It is critical for viability. In vitro studies suggest that GBV-B has an analogous but larger protein (p13). We found that substitutions of the -1 an...

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

authors： Takikawa S,Engle RE,Emerson SU,Purcell RH,St Claire M,Bukh J

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is well described in model membranes, little is known about phase separation in biological membranes. Here, we provide evidence for a coexistence of at least two different lipid bilayer phases in the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells. Phase connectivity was assessed by measuring long-range diffusi...

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

authors： Meder D,Moreno MJ,Verkade P,Vaz WL,Simons K

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular weight of the major glycoprotein from the human erythrocyte membrane is 29,000, of which 55% is carbohydrate and 45% is protein. The binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate to this glycoprotein is anomalous when compared to water soluble proteins and leads to migration rates in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryl...

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

authors： Grefrath SP,Reynolds JA

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glc3Man9GlcNAc2 is the preferred substrate of the oligosaccharyltransferase of N-linked glycosylation of proteins, but nonglucosylated oligosaccharides can be transferred to proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mutations affecting the addition of the three terminal glucose residues lead to accumulation of Man9GlcNAc2...

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

authors： Stagljar I,te Heesen S,Aebi M

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na,K-ATPase contains a binding site for cardiac glycosides, such as ouabain, digoxin, and digitoxin, which is highly conserved among species ranging from Drosophila to humans. Although advantage has been taken of this site to treat congestive heart failure with drugs such as digoxin, it is unknown whether this sit...

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

authors： Dostanic-Larson I,Van Huysse JW,Lorenz JN,Lingrel JB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand non-trivial biological functions, it is crucial to develop minimal synthetic models that capture their basic features. Here, we demonstrate a sequence-independent, reversible control of transcription and gene expression using a photosensitive nucleic acid binder (pNAB). By introducing a pNAB whose affini...

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

authors： Estévez-Torres A,Crozatier C,Diguet A,Hara T,Saito H,Yoshikawa K,Baigl D

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro incubation of leukemic bone marrow with the lipophilic fluorescent dye merocyanine 540 and simultaneous exposure to light reduced the concentration of L1210 leukemia cells by about 5 orders of magnitude but spared enough normal pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells to allow hematopoietic reconstitution of leth...

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

authors： Sieber F,Spivak JL,Sutcliffe AM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental observations of unexpected shear rigidity in confined liquids, on very low frequency scales on the order of 0.01 to 0.1 Hz, call into question our basic understanding of the elasticity of liquids and have posed a challenge to theoretical models of the liquid state ever since. Here we combine the nonaffine...

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

authors： Zaccone A,Trachenko K

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00