VIP21/caveolin is a cholesterol-binding protein.

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of tolerance to opiate drugs is poorly understood. We have used single-channel patch-clamp recordings to study opiate receptor effects on dissociated neurons from rat amygdala, a limbic region implicated in addiction processes. A 130-pS inwardly rectifying K(+)-preferring cation channel was act...

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

authors： Chen X,Marrero HG,Murphy R,Lin YJ,Freedman JE

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult cardiomyocytes are irreversibly postmitotic but respond to a variety of stimuli by hypertrophic growth, which is associated with an increase in cell size and protein content, organization of sarcomeres, and activation of a fetal gene program. Recently, we described a novel cardiac helicase activated by MEF2 prot...

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

authors： Liu ZP,Olson EN

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is an important second messenger in eukaryotes. It is formed by guanylyl cyclases (GCs), members of the nucleotidyl cyclases class III, which also comprises adenylyl cyclases (ACs) from most organisms. To date, no structures of eukaryotic GCs are available, and all bacterial class III proteins were f...

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

authors： Rauch A,Leipelt M,Russwurm M,Steegborn C

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical Euler-Poisson equations describing the motion of a heavy rigid body about a fixed point are generalized to arbitrary Lie algebras as Hamiltonian systems on coad-joint orbits of a tangent bundle Lie group. the N-dimensional Lagrange and symmetric heavy top are thereby shown to be completely integrable. ...

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

authors： Ratiu T

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many empirical studies throughout the social and biomedical sciences focus only on very narrow outcomes such as income, or a single specific disease state, or a measure of positive affect. Human well-being or flourishing, however, consists in a much broader range of states and outcomes, certainly including mental and ...

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

authors： VanderWeele TJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interpretation is given of recent experiments by Brunori et al. on the binding of carbon monoxide by hemoglobin under photodissociating conditions. It is shown that their results follow directly from scalable models for hemoglobin in which the protein-modulated interactions are separable from the ligand binding. ...

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

authors： Szabo A,Karplus M

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mecp2 gene has been shown to be mutated in most cases of human Rett syndrome, and mouse models deleted for the ortholog have been generated. Lineage-specific deletion of the gene indicated that the Rett-like phenotype is caused by Mecp2 deficiency in neurons. Biochemical evidence suggests that Mecp2 acts as a glob...

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

authors： Tudor M,Akbarian S,Chen RZ,Jaenisch R

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA encoding a specific form of thyroid hormone receptor expressed in human liver, kidney, placenta, and brain was isolated from a human kidney library. Identical clones were found in human placenta and HepG2 cDNA libraries. The cDNA encodes a 490-amino acid protein (Mr, 54,824). When expressed and translated in vi...

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

authors： Nakai A,Seino S,Sakurai A,Szilak I,Bell GI,DeGroot LJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive datasets that capture human movements and social interactions have catalyzed rapid advances in our quantitative understanding of human behavior during the past years. One important aspect affecting both areas is the critical role space plays. Indeed, growing evidence suggests both our movements and communicati...

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

authors： Deville P,Song C,Eagle N,Blondel VD,Barabási AL,Wang D

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The free energy difference between complexes of the restriction nuclease EcoRI with nonspecific DNA and with the enzyme's recognition sequence is linearly dependent on the water chemical potential of the solution, set using several very different solutes, ranging from glycine and glycerol to triethylene glycol and suc...

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

authors： Sidorova NY,Rau DC

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) trauma can result in tissue disruption, neuronal and axonal degeneration, and neurological dysfunction. The limited spontaneous CNS repair in adulthood and aging is often insufficient to overcome disability. Several investigations have demonstrated that targeting HDAC activity can protect ...

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

authors： Rivieccio MA,Brochier C,Willis DE,Walker BA,D'Annibale MA,McLaughlin K,Siddiq A,Kozikowski AP,Jaffrey SR,Twiss JL,Ratan RR,Langley B

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress inoculation hypothesis presupposes that brief intermittent stress exposure early in life induces the development of subsequent stress resistance in human and nonhuman primates. Rodent studies, however, suggest a role for maternal care rather than stress exposure per se (i.e., the maternal mediation hypothes...

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

authors： Parker KJ,Buckmaster CL,Sundlass K,Schatzberg AF,Lyons DM

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Echoviruses are enteroviruses that belong to Picornaviridae. Many echoviruses use decay-accelerating factor (DAF) as their cellular receptor. DAF is a glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored complement regulatory protein found on most cell surfaces. It functions to protect cells from complement attack. The cryo-electro...

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

authors： He Y,Lin F,Chipman PR,Bator CM,Baker TS,Shoham M,Kuhn RJ,Medof ME,Rossmann MG

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In a search for a model cell system that might allow studies of the function of the Rho-related GTPase CDC42Hs in human cells, we measured the content and distribution of CDC42Hs in monocytes that were differentiating into macrophages. The total content of this protein increased 5- to 6-fold in phorbol ester-treated h...

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

authors： Aepfelbacher M,Vauti F,Weber PC,Glomset JA

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:No microorganism capable of anaerobic growth on methane as the sole carbon source has yet been cultivated. Consequently, information about these microbes has been inferred from geochemical and microbiological observations of field samples. Stable isotope analysis of lipid biomarkers and rRNA gene surveys have implicat...

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

authors： Orphan VJ,House CH,Hinrichs KU,McKeegan KD,DeLong EF

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The cationic conductances of purified bovine retinal rod membranes were studied by incorporation of vesicles into planar lipid bilayers. When the membranes were stripped of all peripheral proteins [guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) and cGMP phosphodiesterase (3',5'-cyclic-GMP 5'-nucleotidohydrolase), EC 3...

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

authors： Bennett N,Ildefonse M,Crouzy S,Chapron Y,Clerc A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPPII) is a eukaryotic protease acting downstream of the 26S proteasome; it removes tripeptides from the degradation products released by the proteasome. Structural studies in vitro have revealed the basic architecture of TPPII, a two-stranded linear polymer that assembles to form a spindle-s...

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

authors： Fukuda Y,Beck F,Plitzko JM,Baumeister W

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Puf proteins bind RNA sequence specifically and regulate translation and stability of target mRNAs. A "code" for RNA recognition has been deduced from crystal structures of the Puf protein, human Pumilio1, where each of eight repeats binds an RNA base via a combination of three side chains at conserved positions. Here...

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

authors： Cheong CG,Hall TM

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase involved in development and human disease, including cancer. It is currently thought that the four-point one, ezrin, radixin, moesin (FERM)-kinase domain linker, which contains autophosphorylation site tyrosine (Y) 397, is not required for in vivo FAK functi...

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

authors： Heim JB,Squirewell EJ,Neu A,Zocher G,Sominidi-Damodaran S,Wyles SP,Nikolova E,Behrendt N,Saunte DM,Lock-Andersen J,Gaonkar KS,Yan H,Sarkaria JN,Krendel M,van Deursen J,Sprangers R,Stehle T,Böttcher RT,Lee JH,Ordog T

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The exocytosis of AMPA receptors is a key step in long-term potentiation (LTP), yet the timing and location of exocytosis and the signaling pathways involved in exocytosis during synaptic plasticity are not fully understood. Here we combine two-photon uncaging with two-photon imaging of a fluorescent label of surface ...

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

authors： Patterson MA,Szatmari EM,Yasuda R

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ecosystems, from vegetation to biofilms, are composed of territorial populations that compete for both nutrients and physical space. What are the implications of such spatial organization for biodiversity? To address this question, we developed and analyzed a model of territorial resource competition. In the mode...

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

authors： Weiner BG,Posfai A,Wingreen NS

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A new class of Escherichia coli mutants, referred to as grn, has been isolated by localized mutagenesis. These mutations affect the sigma subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) by abolishing the expression of the lambda N gene, and they are close...

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

authors： Nakamura Y,Kurihara T,Saito H,Uchida H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive ectopic mineralization of the skin, eyes, and arteries, for which no effective treatment exists. PXE is caused by inactivating mutations in the gene encoding ATP-binding cassette sub-family C member 6 (ABCC6), an ATP-dependen...

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

authors： Jansen RS,Küçükosmanoglu A,de Haas M,Sapthu S,Otero JA,Hegman IE,Bergen AA,Gorgels TG,Borst P,van de Wetering K

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified cis-acting regulatory elements in the 5' flanking region of the mouse alpha-fetoprotein (Afp) gene, using the expression of the bacterial gene for chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) in a transient expression assay. Tissue-specific enhancer activity was determined by transfection of mouse hepato...

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

authors： Widen SG,Papaconstantinou J

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basis for the 200-fold difference in affinity between two hybridoma antibodies specific for the hapten p-azophenylarsonate (Ars) that have diversified by somatic hypermutation was examined. Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis was used to sequentially convert the nucleotide sequence of the lower-affinity antibody ...

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

authors： Sharon J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After adrenalectomy, the plasma levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (corticotropin, ACTH)/endorphin peptides in rats rise dramatically in the first 4 hr while pituitary peptide levels fall sharply. Eight hours after adrenalectomy, plasma levels are near control values again but they then increase continuously over t...

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

authors： Birnberg NC,Lissitzky JC,Hinman M,Herbert E

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The five alpha genes of herpes simplex virus 1 are the first set of genes to be expressed after infection. Previous studies have shown that alpha genes resident in eukaryotic cells are induced by infection with herpes simplex virus 1 or 2 but not by other herpesviruses and indicate that the alpha trans-inducing factor...

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

authors： Pellett PE,McKnight JL,Jenkins FJ,Roizman B

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harvest of wildlife for human consumption is valued at several billion dollars annually and provides an essential source of meat for hundreds of millions of rural people living in poverty. This harvest is also considered among the greatest threats to biodiversity throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Economi...

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

authors： Brashares JS,Golden CD,Weinbaum KZ,Barrett CB,Okello GV

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) and activated oncogenes on the growth and morphology of primary baby mouse kidney (BMK) cells has been studied. Early region DNA from HPV types 16, 18, 31, and 33, but not type 6, under the transcriptional control of a heterologous, retroviral promoter cooperated with EJ-ras to...

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

authors： Crook T,Storey A,Almond N,Osborn K,Crawford L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen trifluoride (NF(3)) has potential to make a growing contribution to the Earth's radiative budget; however, our understanding of its atmospheric burden and emission rates has been limited. Based on a revision of our previous calibration and using an expanded set of atmospheric measurements together with an atm...

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

authors： Arnold T,Harth CM,Mühle J,Manning AJ,Salameh PK,Kim J,Ivy DJ,Steele LP,Petrenko VV,Severinghaus JP,Baggenstos D,Weiss RF

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00