Mitogenic leukoagglutinin from Phaseolus vulgaris binds to a pentasaccharide unit in N-acetyllactosamine-type glycoprotein glycans.

abstract：:The floating water bridge phenomenon is a freestanding rope-shaped connection of pure liquid water, formed under the influence of a high potential difference (approximately 15 kV). Several recent spectroscopic, optical, and neutron scattering studies have suggested that the origin of the bridge is associated with the ...

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

authors： Skinner LB,Benmore CJ,Shyam B,Weber JK,Parise JB

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Let t --> gamma(t) be a homogeneous curve in R(n). For suitable f, define [unk](f)(x) = sup(h > 0)|(1/h) [unk](0) (h)f(x - gamma(t)) dt|. Then parallel[unk](f) parallel(p)

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

authors： Stein EM

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays a critical role in the maintenance of the outer retina. RPE cell death or dysfunction drives the pathophysiology of many retinal diseases, but the physiological response of the retina to RPE cell loss is poorly understood, mainly because of the absence of suitable experimenta...

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

authors： Longbottom R,Fruttiger M,Douglas RH,Martinez-Barbera JP,Greenwood J,Moss SE

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature peripheral T cells respond to foreign but not to self-antigens. During development in the thymus, deletion of high-affinity self-reactive immature thymocytes contributes to tolerance of mature T cells. However, double-positive thymocytes are positively selected to survive if they respond to self-peptide-MHC com...

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

authors： Stephen TL,Wilson BS,Laufer TM

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion disease is characterized by the alpha-->beta structural conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into the misfolded and aggregated "scrapie" (PrP(Sc)) isoform. It has been speculated that methionine (Met) oxidation in PrP(C) may have a special role in this process, but has not been detailed and assigned...

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

authors： Wolschner C,Giese A,Kretzschmar HA,Huber R,Moroder L,Budisa N

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A low molecular weight toxin isolated from the venom of the digger wasp Philanthus triangulum, first noted by T. Piek, is a potent antagonist of transmission at quisqualate-sensitive glutamate synapses of locust leg muscle. This philanthotoxin 433 (PTX-433) has been purified, chemically characterized, and subsequently...

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

authors： Eldefrawi AT,Eldefrawi ME,Konno K,Mansour NA,Nakanishi K,Oltz E,Usherwood PN

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cells isolated from vitamin D-deficient chicks had an increased Na+-dependent phosphate uptake when preincubated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3]. Phosphate uptake in the absence of Na+ and methyl alpha-glucoside uptake dependent on Na+ were not affected. Phosphate uptake was stimulated 15% by 0...

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

authors： Liang CT,Barnes J,Balakir R,Cheng L,Sacktor B

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed label-free observation of molecular dynamics in apoptotic cells by Raman microscopy. Dynamic changes in cytochrome c distribution at the Raman band of 750 cm(-1) were observed after adding an apoptosis inducer to the cells. The comparison of mitochondria fluorescence images and Raman images of cytochrome ...

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

authors： Okada M,Smith NI,Palonpon AF,Endo H,Kawata S,Sodeoka M,Fujita K

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There are well-recognized sex differences in many pituitary endocrine axes, usually thought to be generated by gonadal steroid imprinting of the neuroendocrine hypothalamus. However, the recognition that growth hormone (GH) cells are arranged in functionally organized networks raises the possibility that the responses...

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

authors： Sanchez-Cardenas C,Fontanaud P,He Z,Lafont C,Meunier AC,Schaeffer M,Carmignac D,Molino F,Coutry N,Bonnefont X,Gouty-Colomer LA,Gavois E,Hodson DJ,Le Tissier P,Robinson IC,Mollard P

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse glucocorticoid receptor-interacting protein (GRIP1) is a member of the ERAP160 family of nuclear receptor (NR) coactivators (including SRC-1 and TIF2) which function as bridging proteins between ligand-activated NRs bound to cognate hormone-response elements (HREs) and the transcription initiation apparatus ...

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

authors： Walfish PG,Yoganathan T,Yang YF,Hong H,Butt TR,Stallcup MR

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (MIF) and several structural analogues, all injected in 50-microgram doses daily in mice receiving morphine chronically, were found to prevent development of physical dependence as measured by changes in body temperature associated with naloxone-induced withdrawal. Dose-response studies, using again a ...

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

authors： Walter R,Ritzmann RF,Bhargava HN,Flexner LB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia-oxidizing archaea are ubiquitous in marine and terrestrial environments and now thought to be significant contributors to carbon and nitrogen cycling. The isolation of Candidatus "Nitrosopumilus maritimus" strain SCM1 provided the opportunity for linking its chemolithotrophic physiology with a genomic inventor...

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

authors： Walker CB,de la Torre JR,Klotz MG,Urakawa H,Pinel N,Arp DJ,Brochier-Armanet C,Chain PS,Chan PP,Gollabgir A,Hemp J,Hügler M,Karr EA,Könneke M,Shin M,Lawton TJ,Lowe T,Martens-Habbena W,Sayavedra-Soto LA,Lang D,Sieve

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita culture remain contentious, and numerous disparate models of dispersal (...

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

authors： Larson G,Cucchi T,Fujita M,Matisoo-Smith E,Robins J,Anderson A,Rolett B,Spriggs M,Dolman G,Kim TH,Thuy NT,Randi E,Doherty M,Due RA,Bollt R,Djubiantono T,Griffin B,Intoh M,Keane E,Kirch P,Li KT,Morwood M,Pedriñ

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here a brief review of direct force measurements between hydrophobic surfaces in aqueous solutions. For almost 70 years, researchers have attempted to understand the hydrophobic effect (the low solubility of hydrophobic solutes in water) and the hydrophobic interaction or force (the unusually strong attract...

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

authors： Meyer EE,Rosenberg KJ,Israelachvili J

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a hypothesis that dangerous diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Alzheimer's, fatal familial insomnia, and several others are induced by propagation of wrong or misfolded conformations of some vital proteins. If for some reason the misfolded conformations were acquired by many...

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

authors： Małolepsza E,Boniecki M,Kolinski A,Piela L

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which cells recognize and complete replicated regions at their precise doubling point must be remarkably efficient, occurring thousands of times per cell division along the chromosomes of humans. However, this process remains poorly understood. Here we show that, in Escherichia coli, the completion of...

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

authors： Wendel BM,Courcelle CT,Courcelle J

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although heparin and low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWH) have been widely used clinically as anticoagulants, their broader use has been limited by the lack of noninvasive delivery methods for this class of molecules. In this study, we demonstrate an efficient, rapid, and reproducible delivery system for heparin throu...

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

authors： Qi Y,Zhao G,Liu D,Shriver Z,Sundaram M,Sengupta S,Venkataraman G,Langer R,Sasisekharan R

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In many plant species only a small proportion of buds yield branches. Both the timing and extent of bud activation are tightly regulated to produce specific branching architectures. For example, the primary shoot apex can inhibit the activation of lateral buds. This process is termed apical dominance and is dependent ...

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

authors： Prusinkiewicz P,Crawford S,Smith RS,Ljung K,Bennett T,Ongaro V,Leyser O

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic crossing-over was used in heterozygous Drosophila melanogaster to effect clonal homozygosity for three mutants (h, Hw, ac). In these mutants, one type of process, chaetae, replaces another type, trichomes, in specific patterns on the adult fly. Heterozygous individuals were irradiated at different larval or pu...

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

authors： Garcia-Bellido A,Merriam JR

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of community structures in networks is an important issue in many domains and disciplines. This problem is relevant for social tasks (objective analysis of relationships on the web), biological inquiries (functional studies in metabolic and protein networks), or technological problems (optimization o...

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

authors： Radicchi F,Castellano C,Cecconi F,Loreto V,Parisi D

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal methyl donor of the cell, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), is produced by the highly conserved family of methionine adenosyltranferases (MATs) via an ATP-driven process. These enzymes play an important role in the preservation of life, and their dysregulation has been tightly linked to liver and colon cancer...

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

authors： Murray B,Antonyuk SV,Marina A,Lu SC,Mato JM,Hasnain SS,Rojas AL

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The later stages of cochlear differentiation and the developmental onset of hearing require thyroid hormone. Although thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are a prerequisite for this process, it is likely that other factors modify TR activity during cochlear development. The mouse cochlea expresses type 2 deiodinase (D2), ...

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

authors： Ng L,Goodyear RJ,Woods CA,Schneider MJ,Diamond E,Richardson GP,Kelley MW,Germain DL,Galton VA,Forrest D

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial antibody libraries have the potential to display the entire immunological record of an individual, allowing one to detect and recover any antibody ever made, irrespective of whether it is currently being produced. We have termed this the "fossil record" of an individual's antibody response. To determine ...

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

authors： Felding-Habermann B,Lerner RA,Lillo A,Zhuang S,Weber MR,Arrues S,Gao C,Mao S,Saven A,Janda KD

更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of derepressed synthesis of a membrane protein required for lactose transport (M protein) by Escherichia coli is increased in response to increased gene dosage to the same extent as the rates of synthesis of beta-galactosidase and galactoside acetylase. However, elevated gene dosage does not increase beta-gal...

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

authors： Fox CF

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for the construction of ordered nanoscale arrays have been implicated in fields ranging from separation technologies to microelectronics. Yet, despite the plethora of nanoscale structures assembled in nature that use a templating strategy, chemists have been unable to replicate this success. A technology is re...

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

authors： Willis B,Eubanks LM,Wood MR,Janda KD,Dickerson TJ,Lerner RA

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies reactive with a cleavage site in human proinsulin (HPI) (C-peptide-A-chain junction) have been raised (rabbit, guinea pig) using a synthetic peptide antigen coupled with keyhole limpet hemocyanin. These antisera recognize native HPI and des-31,32-HPI equally well but react 20-50 times less well w...

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

authors： Steiner DF,Michael J,Houghten R,Mathieu M,Gardner PR,Ravazzola M,Orci L

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laccase (benzenediol:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) gene from Neurospora crassa was cloned and part of its nucleotide sequence corresponding to the carboxyl-terminal region of the protein has been determined. The gene was cloned by cDNA synthesis with a laccase-specific synthetic deoxyundecanucleotide as prim...

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

authors： Germann UA,Lerch K

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:An inductive interaction between the sevenless (sev) transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor and the bride of sevenless (boss) transmembrane ligand is required for the development of the R7 photoreceptor neuron in the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster. The boss protein is proposed to contain a large N-terminal ex...

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

authors： Hart AC,Harrison SD,Van Vactor DL Jr,Rubin GM,Zipursky SL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in direct radiocarbon dating of Neanderthal and anatomically modern human (AMH) fossils and the development of archaeostratigraphic chronologies now allow refined regional models for Neanderthal-AMH coexistence. In addition, they allow us to explore the issue of late Neanderthal survival in regions of Western...

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

authors： Pinhasi R,Higham TF,Golovanova LV,Doronichev VB

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00