Structures of the apo- and the metal ion-activated forms of the diphtheria tox repressor from Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

abstract：:Protein S (ProS) and growth arrest-specific 6 (Gas6) bind to phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) and induce efferocytosis upon binding TAM-family receptors (Tyro3, Axl, and Mer). Here, we produced mouse ProS, Gas6, and TAM-receptor extracellular region fused to IgG fragment crystallizable region in HEK293T cells. ProS and Gas...

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

authors： Yanagihashi Y,Segawa K,Maeda R,Nabeshima YI,Nagata S

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of a small number of cells from each of two chemically induced BALB/c sarcomas was enhanced when x-irradiated (15,000 rads) cells of the same sarcoma were mixed with the tumor inoculum. This enhancement did not occur if the recipients had been given a total body x-irradiation of 450 rads. Tumor neutralizati...

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

authors： Hellström KE,Hellström I

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although peroxynitrite is harmful to the host, the beneficial effects of peroxynitrite are less well understood. We explored the role of peroxynitrite in the host immune response to Coxsackievirus infection. Peroxynitrite inhibits viral replication in vitro, in part by inhibiting viral RNA entry into the host cell. Ni...

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

authors： Padalko E,Ohnishi T,Matsushita K,Sun H,Fox-Talbot K,Bao C,Baldwin WM 3rd,Lowenstein CJ

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablation of inhibitory agouti-related protein (AgRP)-expressing neurons in the arcuate nucleus that also synthesize gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) and neuropeptide Y in adult mice leads to starvation within 1 week. The removal of inhibition from the AgRP neurons onto neighboring proopiomelanocortin neurons and their ...

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

authors： Wu Q,Howell MP,Cowley MA,Palmiter RD

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:NY-ESO-1 is a "cancer-testis" antigen frequently expressed in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and is among the most immunogenic tumor antigens defined to date. In an effort to understand in vivo tolerance mechanisms, we assessed the phenotype and function of NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) T cells derived from peripheral blo...

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

authors： Matsuzaki J,Gnjatic S,Mhawech-Fauceglia P,Beck A,Miller A,Tsuji T,Eppolito C,Qian F,Lele S,Shrikant P,Old LJ,Odunsi K

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Less than 100 cis-regulatory DNAs have been characterized in the context of transgenic metazoan embryos. Here we investigate the feasibility of conducting a genome-wide search for tissue-specific enhancers in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. A total of 138 random genomic DNA fragments with an average size of 1.7 kb we...

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

authors： Harafuji N,Keys DN,Levine M

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast auxiliary transcription factor GAL11, a candidate for the coactivator, was partially purified from yeast cells, and its function was characterized in a cell-free transcription system. The partially purified GAL11 protein stimulated basal transcription from the CYC1 core promoter by a factor of 4-5 at the ste...

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

authors： Sakurai H,Hiraoka Y,Fukasawa T

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal mammary epithelial cells from BALB/cfC3H midpregnant mice were freed from stromal cell types by Percoll density gradient centrifugation after collagenase digestion and were then embedded within collagen gels. Sustained growth leading to an increase in cell number was accomplished in response to cholera toxin an...

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

authors： Yang J,Richards J,Guzman R,Imagawa W,Nandi S

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-induced impairments in extinction learning are believed to sustain posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Noradrenergic signaling may contribute to extinction impairments by modulating medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) circuits involved in fear regulation. Here we demonstrate that aversive fear conditioning rapidl...

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

authors： Fitzgerald PJ,Giustino TF,Seemann JR,Maren S

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitination plays an important role in ATP-dependent protein turnover, and it also may regulate other cellular events. Covalent attachment of ubiquitin to other proteins is catalyzed by three different enzymes, E1, E2, and E3. We have previously shown that protein ubiquitination can be regulated by phosphor...

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

authors： Kong SK,Chock PB

更新日期：1994-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The oscillator of the circadian clock of cyanobacteria is composed of three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, which together generate a self-sustained ∼24-h rhythm of phosphorylation of KaiC. The mechanism propelling this oscillator has remained elusive, however. We show that stacking interactions between the CI and CII...

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

authors： Chang YG,Tseng R,Kuo NW,LiWang A

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:An unbiased survey has been made of the stable, most abundant multi-protein complexes in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough (DvH) that are larger than Mr approximately 400 k. The quaternary structures for 8 of the 16 complexes purified during this work were determined by single-particle reconstruction of negatively ...

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

authors： Han BG,Dong M,Liu H,Camp L,Geller J,Singer M,Hazen TC,Choi M,Witkowska HE,Ball DA,Typke D,Downing KH,Shatsky M,Brenner SE,Chandonia JM,Biggin MD,Glaeser RM

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexin activates Ca(2+)-triggered neurotransmitter release and regulates spontaneous release in the presynaptic terminal by cooperating with the neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) and the Ca(2+)-sensor synaptotagmin. The N-terminal domain of complexin is importa...

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

authors： Lai Y,Choi UB,Zhang Y,Zhao M,Pfuetzner RA,Wang AL,Diao J,Brunger AT

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin X (MyoX), encoded by Myo10, is a representative member of the MyTH4-FERM domain-containing myosins, and this family of unconventional myosins shares common functions in promoting formation of filopodia/stereocilia structures in many cell types with unknown mechanisms. Here, we present the structure of the MyoX ...

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

authors： Wei Z,Yan J,Lu Q,Pan L,Zhang M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes that are up- and down-regulated by thyroid hormone in the tail resorption program of Xenopus laevis have been isolated by a gene expression screen, sequenced, and identified in the GenBank data base. The entire program is estimated to consist of fewer than 35 up-regulated and fewer than 10 down-regulated genes; ...

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

authors： Brown DD,Wang Z,Furlow JD,Kanamori A,Schwartzman RA,Remo BF,Pinder A

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleoclimate studies suggest that increased global warmth during the Eocene epoch was greatly amplified at high latitudes, a state that climate models cannot fully reproduce. However, proxy estimates of Eocene near-Antarctic sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have produced widely divergent results at similar latitudes, w...

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

authors： Douglas PM,Affek HP,Ivany LC,Houben AJ,Sijp WP,Sluijs A,Schouten S,Pagani M

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive sequences are hotspots of evolution at multiple levels. However, due to difficulties involved in their assembly and analysis, the role of repeats in tumor evolution is poorly understood. We developed a rigorous motif-based methodology to quantify variations in the repeat content, beyond microsatellites, in ...

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

authors： Persi E,Prandi D,Wolf YI,Pozniak Y,Barnabas GD,Levanon K,Barshack I,Barbieri C,Gasperini P,Beltran H,Faltas BM,Rubin MA,Geiger T,Koonin EV,Demichelis F,Horn D

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific journal publications, and their contributions to knowledge, can be described by their depth (specialized, domain-specific knowledge extensions) and breadth (topical scope, including spanning multiple knowledge domains). Toward generating hypotheses about how scientists' personal dispositions would uniquely ...

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

authors： Bateman TS,Hess AM

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility (RHAMM) is overexpressed in many human cancers. However, it is unclear whether RHAMM plays a causal role in tumor initiation or progression. Using somatic gene transfer in a mouse model of islet cell tumorigenesis, we demonstrate that RHAMM isoform B (RHA...

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

authors： Du YC,Chou CK,Klimstra DS,Varmus H

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium signaling pathways control a variety of cellular events such as gene transcription, protein phosphorylation, nucleotide metabolism, and ion transport. These pathways often involve a large number of calcium-binding proteins collectively known as the calmodulin or EF-hand protein superfamily. Many EF-hand protei...

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

authors： Ikura M,Ames JB

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration, the adherence of infected erythrocytes containing late developmental stages of the parasite (trophozoites and schizonts) to the endothelium of capillaries and venules, is characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum infections. We have studied two host factors, the spleen and antibody, that influence sequest...

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

authors： David PH,Hommel M,Miller LH,Udeinya IJ,Oligino LD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a systematic genetic approach, the resonances in the 19F NMR spectrum of 3-fluorotyrosine-substituted lac repressor protein have been assigned. The NMR data indicate that each monomer of the repressor consists of two distinct and independent domains. One domain, the NH2-terminal sixth of the primary sequence,...

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

authors： Jarema MA,Lu P,Miller JH

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:The current epidemic of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-positive bacteria requires the discovery of new drug targets and the development of new therapeutics. Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a cell wall polymer of gram-positive bacteria, consists of 1,3-polyglycerol-phosphate linked to glycolipid. LTA synthase ...

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

authors： Richter SG,Elli D,Kim HK,Hendrickx AP,Sorg JA,Schneewind O,Missiakas D

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In preeclampsia (PE), cytotrophoblast (CTB) invasion of the uterus and spiral arteries is often shallow. Thus, the placenta's role has been a focus. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that decidual defects are an important determinant of the placental phenotype. We isolated human endometrial stromal cells from no...

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

authors： Garrido-Gomez T,Dominguez F,Quiñonero A,Diaz-Gimeno P,Kapidzic M,Gormley M,Ona K,Padilla-Iserte P,McMaster M,Genbacev O,Perales A,Fisher SJ,Simón C

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteolysis is a new paradigm in biology that controls signaling events throughout evolution. Hydrolysis of peptide bonds is thought to occur within the normally hydrophobic membrane environment, but insights into this unusual activity have been lacking because of difficulty in recapitulating activity in...

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

authors： Urban S,Wolfe MS

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have considered Markov processes defined by the motion of a particle on a fixed line with a random velocity(1, 6, 8, 10) or a random diffusivity.(5, 12) A "random evolution" is a natural but apparently new generalization of this notion. In this note we hope to show that this concept leads to simple and...

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

authors： Griego RJ,Hersh R

更新日期：1969-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the accelerated aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) can potentially reveal cellular defects associated with physiological aging. HGPS results from expression and abnormal nuclear envelope association of a farnesylated, truncated variant of prelamin A called "progerin." We surveyed the...

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

authors： Chang W,Wang Y,Luxton GWG,Östlund C,Worman HJ,Gundersen GG

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalysis at organophilic silica-rich surfaces of zeolites and feldspars might generate replicating biopolymers from simple chemicals supplied by meteorites, volcanic gases, and other geological sources. Crystal-chemical modeling yielded packings for amino acids neatly encapsulated in 10-ring channels of the molecular...

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

authors： Smith JV,Arnold FP Jr,Parsons I,Lee MR

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bluetongue virus (BTV), a major threat to livestock, is a multilayered, nonturreted member of the Reoviridae, a family of segmented dsRNA viruses characterized by endogenous RNA transcription through an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). To date, the structure of BTV RdRp has been unknown, limiting our mechanistic u...

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

authors： He Y,Shivakoti S,Ding K,Cui Y,Roy P,Zhou ZH

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00