Variation in the polyadenylylation site of bovine prolactin mRNA.

abstract：:Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.2.1), an enzyme localized in sympathetic synaptic vesicles, was released together with norepinephrine during in vitro stimulation of the hypogastric nerve that innervates the vas deferens of the guinea pig. Stimulation of the nerve in the presence of high concentrations of calcium (7...

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

authors： Johnson DG,Thoa NB,Weinshilboum R,Axelrod J,Kopin IJ

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organelles in the axoplasm from the squid giant axon move along exogenous actin filaments toward their barbed ends. An approximately 235-kDa protein, the only band recognized by a pan-myosin antibody in Western blots of isolated axoplasmic organelles, has been previously proposed to be a motor for these movements. Her...

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

authors： Bearer EL,DeGiorgis JA,Jaffe H,Medeiros NA,Reese TS

更新日期：1996-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method for rapidly generating thermostable enzyme variants. Our strategy is to introduce the gene coding for a given enzyme from a mesophilic organism into a thermophile, Bacillus stearothermophilus. Variants that retain the enzymatic activity at the higher growth temperatures of the thermophile are the...

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

authors： Liao H,McKenzie T,Hageman R

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between changes in brain and plasma concentrations of neurosteroids and the function and structure of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors in the brain during pregnancy and after delivery was investigated in rats. In contrast with plasma, where all steroids increased in parallel, the kinetics ...

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

authors： Concas A,Mostallino MC,Porcu P,Follesa P,Barbaccia ML,Trabucchi M,Purdy RH,Grisenti P,Biggio G

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that cellular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (cIAPs) impair clearance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by preventing TNF-mediated killing/death of infected cells. A key question, with profound therapeutic implications, is whether this finding can be translated to the development of drugs that promot...

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

authors： Ebert G,Allison C,Preston S,Cooney J,Toe JG,Stutz MD,Ojaimi S,Baschuk N,Nachbur U,Torresi J,Silke J,Begley CG,Pellegrini M

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) can be used to distinguish two DNA molecules that differ by as little as a single-base substitution. This method detects approximately 50% of all possible single-base changes in DNA fragments ranging from 50 to approximately 1000 base pairs. To increase the number of sing...

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

authors： Sheffield VC,Cox DR,Lerman LS,Myers RM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transporters clear synaptically released glutamate to maintain precise communication between neurons and limit glutamate neurotoxicity. Although much progress has been made on the topology, structure, and function of these carriers, few studies have addressed large-scale structural motions collectively assoc...

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

authors： Jiang J,Shrivastava IH,Watts SD,Bahar I,Amara SG

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) leads to NAD(+) depletion and cell death during ischemia and other conditions that generate extensive DNA damage. When activated by DNA strand breaks, PARP1 uses NAD(+) as substrate to form ADP-ribose polymers on specific acceptor proteins. These polymers a...

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

authors： Ying W,Sevigny MB,Chen Y,Swanson RA

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are hollow cytoskeletal filaments assembled from αβ-tubulin heterodimers. Tau, an unstructured protein found in neuronal axons, binds to MTs and regulates their dynamics. Aberrant Tau behavior is associated with neurodegenerative dementias, including Alzheimer's. Here, we report on a direct force me...

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

authors： Chung PJ,Choi MC,Miller HP,Feinstein HE,Raviv U,Li Y,Wilson L,Feinstein SC,Safinya CR

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the nonlinear mechanical response of networks formed from un-cross-linked fibrin or collagen type I continually changes in response to repeated large-strain loading. We demonstrate that this dynamic evolution of the mechanical response arises from a shift of a characteristic nonlinear stress-strain relati...

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

authors： Münster S,Jawerth LM,Leslie BA,Weitz JI,Fabry B,Weitz DA

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide galanin is expressed developmentally in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and is rapidly up-regulated 120-fold after peripheral nerve section in the adult. Here we report that adult mice carrying a loss-of-function mutation in the galanin gene have a 13% reduction in the number of cells in the DRG associ...

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

authors： Holmes FE,Mahoney S,King VR,Bacon A,Kerr NC,Pachnis V,Curtis R,Priestley JV,Wynick D

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact role of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) during spermatogenesis has not been clarified. We used purified germ cell fractions representative of all phases of spermatogenesis and primary cultures of spermatogonia. This approach allowed the precise quantification of the cannabinoid receptor ligands, anandamide ...

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

authors： Grimaldi P,Orlando P,Di Siena S,Lolicato F,Petrosino S,Bisogno T,Geremia R,De Petrocellis L,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Misfolded proteins are an emerging hallmark of cardiac diseases. Although some misfolded proteins, such as desmin, are associated with mutations in the genes encoding these disease-associated proteins, little is known regarding more general mechanisms that contribute to the generation of misfolded proteins in the hear...

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

authors： Liu Y,Satz JS,Vo MN,Nangle LA,Schimmel P,Ackerman SL

更新日期：2014-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules of keystone significance are relatively rare, yet mediate a variety of interactions between organisms. They influence the distribution and abundance of species, the transfer of energy across multiple trophic levels, and thus they play significant roles in structuring ecosystems. Despite their potential impor...

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

authors： Kicklighter CE,Kamio M,Nguyen L,Germann MW,Derby CD

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitrate biosynthesis was studied in LPS-sensitive C3H/He and LPS-resistant C3H/HeJ mice. Intraperitoneal injection of 15 micrograms of LPS led to a temporary 5- to 6-fold increase in blood nitrate concentration in the C3H/He strain. Levels of nitrate excreted in the ur...

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

authors： Stuehr DJ,Marletta MA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many distributed collective decision-making processes must balance diverse individual preferences with a desire for collective unity. We report here on an extensive session of behavioral experiments on biased voting in networks of individuals. In each of 81 experiments, 36 human subjects arranged in a virtual network ...

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

authors： Kearns M,Judd S,Tan J,Wortman J

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP), a potential mediator of vitamin A action, was found to enable retinol to bind in a specific manner to isolated nuclei from livers of vitamin A deficient rats. Binding was followed after complexing [3H]retinol with CRBP. The binding was specific, saturable, and temperat...

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

authors： Takase S,Ong DE,Chytil F

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of genes associated with sexual traits and reproduction evolve at the sequence level faster than the majority of genes coding for non-sex-related traits. Whole genome analyses allow this observation to be extended beyond the limited set of genes that have been studied thus far. We use cDNA microarrays to demo...

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

authors： Meiklejohn CD,Parsch J,Ranz JM,Hartl DL

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme-AMP reaction intermediate of the 102-kDa bovine DNA ligase I was digested with trypsin, and the adenylylated peptide was isolated by chromatography under conditions that maintain the acid-labile phosphoramidate bond. Microsequencing of the peptide showed that it contains an internal trypsin-resistant lysine...

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

authors： Tomkinson AE,Totty NF,Ginsburg M,Lindahl T

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether bacterial ribosomes recognize a distinguishing feature in the immediate vicinity of actual initiator codons or are directed to these sites through involvement of other portion(s) of the mRNA molecule, the interaction between ribosomes and defined (32)P-labeled initiator fragments from R17 RNA was ...

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

authors： Steitz JA

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the cloning, expression, and characterization of a dual-substrate, cAMP and cGMP, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) from mouse. This PDE contains the consensus sequence for a PDE catalytic domain, but shares <50% sequence identity with the catalytic domains of all other known PDEs and, therefore...

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

authors： Soderling SH,Bayuga SJ,Beavo JA

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-triggered alpha-helix formation of a 16-residue peptide featuring a built-in conformational photoswitch is monitored by time-resolved IR spectroscopy. An experimental approach with 2-ps time resolution and a scanning range up to 30 micros is used to cover all time scales of the peptide dynamics. Experiments are ...

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

authors： Bredenbeck J,Helbing J,Kumita JR,Woolley GA,Hamm P

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of activated pig heart aconitase [citrate(isocitrate) hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.3] containing a [4Fe-4S] cluster has been refined at 2.5-A resolution to a crystallographic residual of 18.2%. Comparison of this structure to the recently determined 2.1-A resolution structure of the inactive enzyme containing a...

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

authors： Robbins AH,Stout CD

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutations recovered at the fitness-1 (fit1) locus in mouse chromosome 7 cause hematopoietic abnormalities, growth retardation, and shortened life span, with varying severity of the defects in different alleles. Abnormal iron distribution and metabolism and frequent scolios...

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

authors： Klebig ML,Wall MD,Potter MD,Rowe EL,Carpenter DA,Rinchik EM

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses must traverse the nuclear envelope to gain access to the cytoplasm and, ultimately, to exit cells. It is believed that herpesvirus nucleocapsids enter the perinuclear space by budding through the inner nuclear membrane (NM). To reach the cytoplasm these enveloped particles must fuse with the outer NM and...

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

authors： Farnsworth A,Wisner TW,Webb M,Roller R,Cohen G,Eisenberg R,Johnson DC

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-dependent DNA supercoiling catalyzed by Escherichia coli DNA gyrase was inhibited by oxolinic acid, a compound similar to but more potent than nalidixic acid and a known inhibitor of DNA replication in E. coli. The supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase purified from nalidixic acid-resistant mutant (nalA(R)) bacteria...

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

authors： Gellert M,Mizuuchi K,O'Dea MH,Itoh T,Tomizawa JI

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) contains an amino-terminal oxygenase domain, a carboxy-terminal reductase domain, and an intervening calmodulin-binding region. For the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), iNOS is active as a homodimer. The human iNOS mRNA is subject to alternative splicing, including deletion of...

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

authors： Eissa NT,Yuan JW,Haggerty CM,Choo EK,Palmer CD,Moss J

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical cyclones have massive economic, social, and ecological impacts, and models of their occurrence influence many planning activities from setting insurance premiums to conservation planning. Most impact models allow for geographically varying cyclone rates but assume that individual storm events occur randomly w...

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

authors： Mumby PJ,Vitolo R,Stephenson DB

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular cholesterol metabolism is regulated primarily through the coordinate expression of two proteins, the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (EC 1.1.1.34). We have used cDNA probes for the human genes encoding these proteins to determine the precise...

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

authors： Lindgren V,Luskey KL,Russell DW,Francke U

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the Escherichia coli secB gene is required for efficient export of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. The studies described in this report show that in wild-type growing cells, SecB protein associates with precursor forms of exported proteins, such as the periplasmic maltose-binding protein (MBP)...

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

authors： Kumamoto CA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00