Sticky ions in biological systems.

abstract：:Without sufficient greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the early Earth would have become a permanently frozen planet because the young Sun was less luminous than it is today. Several resolutions to this faint young Sun-frozen Earth paradox have been proposed, with an atmosphere rich in CO2 being the one generally favo...

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

authors： Bada JL,Bigham C,Miller SL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-binding specificity of HA, the major surface glycoprotein of influenza virus, primarily determines the host ranges that the virus can infect. Influenza type B virus almost exclusively infects humans and contributes to the annual "flu" sickness. Here we report the structures of influenza B virus HA in complex ...

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

authors： Wang Q,Tian X,Chen X,Ma J

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide synthesized by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) has been implicated as a mediator of inflammation in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. We report that exposure of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine macrophages to therapeutic concentrations of aspirin (IC50 = 3 mM) and hydrocortisone (IC50 = 5 micr...

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

authors： Amin AR,Vyas P,Attur M,Leszczynska-Piziak J,Patel IR,Weissmann G,Abramson SB

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain walls, commonly occurring at the interface of different phases in solid-state materials, have recently been harnessed at the structural scale to enable additional modes of functionality. Here, we combine experimental, numerical, and theoretical tools to investigate the domain walls emerging upon uniaxial compre...

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

authors： Deng B,Yu S,Forte AE,Tournat V,Bertoldi K

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised a class of isothermal reactions for amplifying DNA. These homogeneous reactions rapidly synthesize short oligonucleotides (8-16 bases) specified by the sequence of an amplification template. Versions of the reactions can proceed in either a linear or an exponential amplification mode. Both of these rea...

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

authors： Van Ness J,Van Ness LK,Galas DJ

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Synergism between transcriptional activators is a powerful way of potentiating their function. Here we show that the glial POU domain protein Tst-1 (also known as Oct-6 and SCIP) and large tumor antigen (T antigen) synergistically increased transcription from both the early and the late promoters of papovavirus JC in ...

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

authors： Renner K,Leger H,Wegner M

更新日期：1994-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the molecular mechanisms by which the embryo proper and suspensor of plant embryos activate specific gene sets shortly after fertilization. We analyzed the upstream region of the scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) G564 gene to understand how genes are activated specifically within the susp...

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

authors： Kawashima T,Wang X,Henry KF,Bi Y,Weterings K,Goldberg RB

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is a 42-amino acid gastrointestinal regulatory peptide that stimulates insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells in the presence of glucose. Approximately 7.8 x 10(5) recombinant clones of a neonatal rat intestinal cDNA library were screened by using plaque hybridizati...

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

authors： Tseng CC,Jarboe LA,Landau SB,Williams EK,Wolfe MM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to increase the potency of transcriptional activators are generally unsuccessful because poor expression of activators in mammalian cells limits their delivery to target promoters. Here we report that the effectiveness of chimeric activators can be dramatically improved by expressing them as noncovalent tetram...

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

authors： Natesan S,Molinari E,Rivera VM,Rickles RJ,Gilman M

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex cooperative behavior exhibited by wild chimpanzees generates considerable theoretical and empirical interest, yet we know very little about the mechanisms responsible for its evolution. Here, we investigate the influence of kinship on the cooperative behavior of male chimpanzees living in an unusually larg...

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

authors： Langergraber KE,Mitani JC,Vigilant L

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian protein ZnT3 resides on synaptic vesicle membranes of zinc-containing neurons, suggesting its possible role in vesicular zinc transport. We show here that histochemically reactive zinc, corresponding to the zinc found within synaptic vesicles, was undetectable in the brains of mice with targeted disrupti...

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

authors： Cole TB,Wenzel HJ,Kafer KE,Schwartzkroin PA,Palmiter RD

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of biologists engaged in evolutionary studies interpret virtually every aspect of biodiversity in adaptive terms. This narrow view of evolution has become untenable in light of recent observations from genomic sequencing and population-genetic theory. Numerous aspects of genomic architecture, gene st...

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

authors： Lynch M

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Presynaptic and postsynaptic differentiation occurs at axodendritic contacts between CNS neurons. Synaptic adhesion mediated by synaptic cell adhesion molecule (SynCAM) and beta-neurexins/neuroligins triggers presynaptic differentiation. The signals that trigger postsynaptic differentiation are, however, unknown. Here...

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

authors： Nam CI,Chen L

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An amine-functionalized derivative of 1,3-dipropyl-8-phenylxanthine has been prepared in tritiated form as a xanthine amine congener ([3H]XAC) for use as an antagonist radioligand for adenosine receptors. [3H]XAC has higher receptor affinity, higher specific activity, lower nonspecific membrane binding, and more favor...

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

authors： Jacobson KA,Ukena D,Kirk KL,Daly JW

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kitaev model with an applied magnetic field in the [Formula: see text] direction shows two transitions: from a nonabelian gapped quantum spin liquid (QSL) to a gapless QSL at [Formula: see text] and a second transition at a higher field [Formula: see text] to a gapped partially polarized phase, where K is the stre...

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

authors： Patel ND,Trivedi N

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the immunosuppressive and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) impairs Ca(2+)-dependent transmembrane signaling in human and murine lymphocytes. The purpose of the present studies was to analyze potential mechanisms of immunosuppression by ...

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

authors： Archuleta MM,Schieven GL,Ledbetter JA,Deanin GG,Burchiel SW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the three neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptor (SNARE) proteins synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin-1A, and SNAP-25 is the key step that leads to exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles. In the fully assembled SNARE complex, these three proteins form a coiled-coil ...

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

authors： Liang B,Kiessling V,Tamm LK

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical function of the human telomerase protein (hTERT) is to synthesize telomeric DNA, but it has other biological activities, including enhancing cell proliferation, decreasing apoptosis, regulating DNA damage responses, and increasing cellular proliferative lifespan. The mechanistic relationships among these...

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

authors： Mukherjee S,Firpo EJ,Wang Y,Roberts JM

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Compositeness of the electron may show up in a very small deviation of the measured electron g factor from one calculated for a point electron by quantum electrodynamics. The precision of our g measurements is currently limited by an interaction of the cyclotron motion with standing waves in the trap cavity containing...

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

authors： Dehmelt H,Van Dyck R Jr,Palmer F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumorigenic properties of Rous sarcoma virus are attributable to a 60,000-dalton protein, pp60v--src, encoded by a single viral gene, v-src. A homologous gene, c-src, that contains the information for a 60,000-dalton protein, pp60c--src, has been identified in all tested vertebrate cells. By screening a recombinan...

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

authors： Parker RC,Varmus HE,Bishop JM

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sets of Burkitt lymphoma lines and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) derived from the same individuals were compared for sensitivity to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) clones. Major histocompatibility complex class I antigen-restricted CTL clones were generated by stimulating the lymph...

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

authors： Torsteinsdottir S,Masucci MG,Ehlin-Henriksson B,Brautbar C,Ben Bassat H,Klein G,Klein E

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are a class of proteins implicated in a wide range of virulent bacterial infections and diseases. These toxins bind to target membranes and subsequently oligomerize to form functional pores that eventually lead to cell lysis. While the protein undergoes large conformational changes on the bi...

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

authors： Ponmalar II,Cheerla R,Ayappa KG,Basu JK

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi must recognize plant-specific signals to initiate subsequent morphogenetic events such as filamentation that lead to infection. Here we show that the plant hormone indoleacetic acid (IAA) induces adhesion and filamentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome expression profiling of cells treated with IAA identif...

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

authors： Prusty R,Grisafi P,Fink GR

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce the concept of hybridization chain reaction (HCR), in which stable DNA monomers assemble only upon exposure to a target DNA fragment. In the simplest version of this process, two stable species of DNA hairpins coexist in solution until the introduction of initiator strands triggers a cascade of hybridizat...

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

authors： Dirks RM,Pierce NA

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms by which compounds discovered using cell-based phenotypic screening strategies might exert their effects would be highly augmented by new approaches exploring their potential interactions with the genome. For example, altered androgen receptor (AR) transcriptional programs, including castr...

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

authors： Jin C,Yang L,Xie M,Lin C,Merkurjev D,Yang JC,Tanasa B,Oh S,Zhang J,Ohgi KA,Zhou H,Li W,Evans CP,Ding S,Rosenfeld MG

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The 369-residue glycoprotein D (gD) is the entry, receptor-binding protein of herpes simplex virus 1. The common receptors for viral entry are nectin-1, HveA, and a specific O-linked sulfated proteoglycan. The major receptor-binding sites of gD are at the N terminus, whereas the domain required for fusion of viral env...

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

authors： Zhou G,Roizman B

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins of plant cell walls serve as structural macromolecules and play important roles in morphogenesis and development but have not been reported to be the origins of peptide signals that activate genes for plant defense. We report here that the mRNA coding the tomato leaf polyprotein precursor of three hydroxyprol...

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

authors： Narváez-Vásquez J,Pearce G,Ryan CA

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria form colonies and secrete extracellular polymeric substances that surround the individual cells. These spatial structures are often associated with collaboration and quorum sensing between the bacteria. Here we investigate the mutual protection provided by spherical growth of a monoclonal colony during exposu...

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

authors： Eriksen RS,Svenningsen SL,Sneppen K,Mitarai N

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation and conversion of icosapentaenoic acid (20:5, n - 3) by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes were studied in volunteers (n = 6) ingesting a normal Western diet supplemented with icosapentaenoic acid (approximately equal to 4 g daily). Ingestion of icosapentaenoic acid leads to formation of biologically les...

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

authors： Strasser T,Fischer S,Weber PC

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a conceptual model for the cytoskeletal organization of endothelial cells (ECs) based on a major dichotomy in structure and function at basal and apical aspects of the cells. Intracellular distributions of filamentous actin (F-actin), vinculin, paxillin, ZO-1, and Cx43 were analyzed from confocal micrograph...

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

authors： Thi MM,Tarbell JM,Weinbaum S,Spray DC

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00