Fourteen nucleotides in the second complementarity-determining region of a human heavy-chain variable region gene are identical with a sequence in a human D minigene.

abstract：:Ca deposition by isolated matrix vesicles from fetal calf growth plate cartilage and by a deoxycholate extract from matrix vesicles that included their phosphatase was studied under defined in vitro conditions. Electron microscopy showed that after removal of deoxycholate and lyophilization of the vesicle extract, new...

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

authors： Hsu HH,Anderson HC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The atomic displacements associated with the freezing of metals and salts are calculated by treating crystal growth as an assignment problem through the use of an optimal transport algorithm. Converting these displacements into timescales based on the dynamics of the bulk liquid, we show that we can predict the activa...

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

authors： Sun G,Hawken A,Harrowell P

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The β-1,3-glucan chrysolaminarin is the main storage polysaccharide of diatoms. In contrast to plants and green algae, diatoms and most other algal groups do not accumulate storage polysaccharides in their plastids. The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum possesses only a single gene encoding a putative β-1,3-glucan synt...

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

authors： Huang W,Haferkamp I,Lepetit B,Molchanova M,Hou S,Jeblick W,Río Bártulos C,Kroth PG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two Drosophila melanogaster transcription units that are highly homologous to a rat Na+-channel cDNA. They appear to encode the major subunits of two distinct Na+-channel proteins. One of these maps to the second chromosome and is identical to a Na+-channel gene whose partial sequence has been previously r...

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

authors： Ramaswami M,Tanouye MA

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With continued debate over the functional significance of adult neurogenesis, identifying an in vivo correlate of neurogenesis has become an important goal. Here we rely on the coupling between neurogenesis and angiogenesis and test whether MRI measurements of cerebral blood volume (CBV) provide an imaging correlate o...

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

authors： Pereira AC,Huddleston DE,Brickman AM,Sosunov AA,Hen R,McKhann GM,Sloan R,Gage FH,Brown TR,Small SA

更新日期：2007-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of viral DNA into the host nuclear genome, although not unusual in bacterial and animal systems, has surprisingly not been reported for plants. We have discovered geminvirus-related DNA (GRD) sequences, in the form of distinct sets of multiple direct repeats comprising three related repeat classes, situate...

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

authors： Bejarano ER,Khashoggi A,Witty M,Lichtenstein C

更新日期：1996-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc7 is an essential kinase required for the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication. Previous studies in many species showed that the minichromosome maintenance complex is a major physiological target of this kinase. In this study, we have mapped the sites in human Mcm2 protein that are phosphorylated by Cdc7. The i...

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

authors： Cho WH,Lee YJ,Kong SI,Hurwitz J,Lee JK

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-binding protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and the cohesin complex function together to shape chromatin architecture in mammalian cells, but the molecular details of this process remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a 79-aa region within the CTCF N terminus is essential for cohesin positioning at CTCF bi...

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

authors： Pugacheva EM,Kubo N,Loukinov D,Tajmul M,Kang S,Kovalchuk AL,Strunnikov AV,Zentner GE,Ren B,Lobanenkov VV

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989, populations of North American gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, in seven contiguous northeastern states were severely reduced by a fungal pathogen. Based on morphology, development, and pathology, this organism appeared to be Entomophaga maimaiga. We have now used allozyme and restriction fragment length polymorp...

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

authors： Hajek AE,Humber RA,Elkinton JS,May B,Walsh SR,Silver JC

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) is a mechanism of genomic instability characterized by the joining and subsequent tearing apart of sister chromatids. When this process is repeated during multiple rounds of cell division, it leads to patterns of copy number increases of chromosomal segments as well as fold-back inversions...

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

authors： Zakov S,Kinsella M,Bafna V

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious RNA transcripts were generated from full-length cDNA clones of the tobacco etch potyvirus genome containing an insertion of the bacterial beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene between the polyprotein-coding sequences for the N-terminal 35-kDa proteinase and the helper component-proteinase. The recombinant virus was...

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

authors： Dolja VV,McBride HJ,Carrington JC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the structure and function of the gene for parathyroid hormone, we obtained recombinant plasmids containing bovine parathyroid hormone cDNA. The nucleotide sequence at the 5' terminus (relative to the sense strand) of the cDNA insert in a recombinant plasmid, pPTHi4, was different from that previously reporte...

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

authors： Weaver CA,Gordon DF,Kemper B

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fungal colony is a syncytium composed of a branched and interconnected network of cells. Chimerism endows colonies with increased virulence and ability to exploit nutritionally complex substrates. Moreover, chimera formation may be a driver for diversification at the species level by allowing lateral gene transfer b...

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

authors： Roper M,Simonin A,Hickey PC,Leeder A,Glass NL

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:If X(1), X(2),... are independent random variables with zero expectation and finite variances, the cumulative sums S(n) are, on the average, of the order of magnitude S(n), where S(n) (2) = E(S(n) (2)). The occasional maxima of the ratios S(n)/S(n) are surprisingly large and the problem is to estimate the extent of th...

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

authors： Feller W

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease, affecting over 2% of the world's population. The HCV envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 mediate viral entry, with E2 being the main target of neutralizing antibody responses. Structural investigations of E2 have produced templates for vaccine design, including t...

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

authors： Kong L,Lee DE,Kadam RU,Liu T,Giang E,Nieusma T,Garces F,Tzarum N,Woods VL Jr,Ward AB,Li S,Wilson IA,Law M

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study quantifies sex differences in the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and waking while controlling for menstrual cycle phase and hormonal contraceptive use. We compared the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and alertness of 8 women studied during two phases of the menstrual cycle and 3 women stu...

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

authors： Boivin DB,Shechter A,Boudreau P,Begum EA,Ng Ying-Kin NM

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant efforts have been directed to understanding the factors that influence the lineage commitment of stem cells. This paper demonstrates that cell shape, independent of soluble factors, has a strong influence on the differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow. When exposed to compet...

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

authors： Kilian KA,Bugarija B,Lahn BT,Mrksich M

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli invade bladder epithelial cells (BECs) by direct entry into specialized cAMP regulated exocytic compartments. Remarkably, a significant number of these intracellular bacteria are subsequently expelled in a nonlytic and piecemeal fashion by infected BECs. Here, we report that expulsion of...

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

authors： Song J,Bishop BL,Li G,Grady R,Stapleton A,Abraham SN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although normal fatty acids (FAs) are degraded via β-oxidation, unusual FAs such as 2-hydroxy (2-OH) FAs and 3-methyl-branched FAs are degraded via α-oxidation. Phytosphingosine (PHS) is one of the long-chain bases (the sphingolipid components) and exists in specific tissues, including the epidermis and small intestin...

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

authors： Kitamura T,Seki N,Kihara A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two competing hypotheses for the origin of megaliths in Europe. The conventional view from the late 19th and early 20th centuries was of a single-source diffusion of megaliths in Europe from the Near East through the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast. Following early radiocarbon dating in the 1970s,...

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

authors： Schulz Paulsson B

更新日期：2019-02-26 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：:S3I-201 (NSC 74859) is a chemical probe inhibitor of Stat3 activity, which was identified from the National Cancer Institute chemical libraries by using structure-based virtual screening with a computer model of the Stat3 SH2 domain bound to its Stat3 phosphotyrosine peptide derived from the x-ray crystal structure of...

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

authors： Siddiquee K,Zhang S,Guida WC,Blaskovich MA,Greedy B,Lawrence HR,Yip ML,Jove R,McLaughlin MM,Lawrence NJ,Sebti SM,Turkson J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of desensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), the NO receptor, has long remained unresolved. Posttranslational modification and redox state have been postulated to affect sGC sensitivity to NO but evidence has been lacking. We now show that sGC can be S-nitrosylated in primary aortic sm...

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

authors： Sayed N,Baskaran P,Ma X,van den Akker F,Beuve A

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Skp1-Cullin1 F-box protein-Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase regulates phosphorylation-dependent cyclin E degradation, and disruption of this pathway is associated with genetic instability and tumorigenesis. Fbw7 is a human tumor suppressor that is targeted for mutation in primary cancers. However, mechanisms other than mutat...

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

authors： Minella AC,Welcker M,Clurman BE

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the gene encoding human hexabrachion (tenascin) has been determined from overlapping clones isolated from a human genomic bacteriophage library. The genomic inserts were characterized by restriction mapping, Southern blot analysis, PCR, and DNA sequencing. The coding region of the hexabrachion gene sp...

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

authors： Gulcher JR,Nies DE,Alexakos MJ,Ravikant NA,Sturgill ME,Marton LS,Stefansson K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrate retinal photoreceptors, photoisomerization of opsin-bound visual chromophore 11-cis-retinal to all-trans-retinal triggers phototransduction events. Regeneration of the chromophore is a critical step in restoring photoreceptors to their dark-adapted state. This regeneration process, called the retinoid cy...

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

authors： Golczak M,Kuksa V,Maeda T,Moise AR,Palczewski K

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:ChIP-on-chip has emerged as a powerful tool to dissect the complex network of regulatory interactions between transcription factors and their targets. However, most ChIP-on-chip analysis methods use conservative approaches aimed at minimizing false-positive transcription factor targets. We present a model with improve...

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

authors： Margolin AA,Palomero T,Sumazin P,Califano A,Ferrando AA,Stolovitzky G

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate expression of IL-2 plays a central role during the priming and differentiation of T cells. A tight balance between IL-2 and the effector cytokine IL-17A is essential for immune homeostasis. Epigenetic mechanisms have been documented as a key component of cytokine regulation during lineage commitment. The m...

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

authors： Hedrich CM,Crispin JC,Rauen T,Ioannidis C,Apostolidis SA,Lo MS,Kyttaris VC,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase subunit PIK3CA is frequently mutated in human cancers. Here we used gene targeting to "knock in" PIK3CA mutations into human breast epithelial cells to identify new therapeutic targets associated with oncogenic PIK3CA. Mutant PIK3CA knockin cells were capable of epidermal growth facto...

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

authors： Gustin JP,Karakas B,Weiss MB,Abukhdeir AM,Lauring J,Garay JP,Cosgrove D,Tamaki A,Konishi H,Konishi Y,Mohseni M,Wang G,Rosen DM,Denmeade SR,Higgins MJ,Vitolo MI,Bachman KE,Park BH

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human fibroblast cells with human fibroblast (beta)interferon for up to 8 hr resulted in the accumulation of at least four mRNAs. The mRNAs were isolated from cellular polysomes and characterized by stimulation of translation in a wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system. The mRNAs appear as early as...

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

authors： Colonno RJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00