The methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha contains an inducible import pathway for peroxisomal matrix proteins with an N-terminal targeting signal (PTS2 proteins).

abstract：:The seventh cholera pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor (ET) has been superseded in Asia and Africa by altered ET possessing the cholera toxin (CTX) gene of classical (CL) biotype. The CL biotype of V. cholerae was isolated, along with prototypic and altered ET, during the 1991 cholera epidemic in Mexico and ...

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

authors： Alam M,Rashed SM,Mannan SB,Islam T,Lizarraga-Partida ML,Delgado G,Morales-Espinosa R,Mendez JL,Navarro A,Watanabe H,Ohnishi M,Hasan NA,Huq A,Sack RB,Colwell RR,Cravioto A

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic data in the mouse have shown that endothelin 3 (ET3) and its receptor B (ETRB) are essential for the development of two neural crest (NC) derivatives, the melanocytes and the enteric nervous system. We report here the effects of ET3 in vitro on the differentiation of quail trunk NC cells (NCC) in mass and clon...

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

authors： Lahav R,Dupin E,Lecoin L,Glavieux C,Champeval D,Ziller C,Le Douarin NM

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified the mutation responsible for the autosomal recessive wasted (wst) mutation of the mouse. Wasted mice are characterized by wasting and neurological and immunological abnormalities starting at 21 days after birth; they die by 28 days. A deletion of 15.8 kb in wasted mice abolishes expression of a gene...

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

authors： Chambers DM,Peters J,Abbott CM

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle of trypanosomatids initiates at a conserved 12-nt sequence, 5'-GGGGTTGGTGTA-3', termed the universal minicircle sequence (UMS). A sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Crithidia fasciculata binds the heavy strand of the 12-mer UMS. Whereas this ...

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

authors： Avrahami D,Tzfati Y,Shlomai J

更新日期：1995-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The degeneracy of the genetic code allows nucleic acids to encode amino acid identity as well as noncoding information for gene regulation and genome maintenance. The rare arginine codons AGA and AGG (AGR) present a case study in codon choice, with AGRs encoding important transcriptional and translational properties d...

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

authors： Napolitano MG,Landon M,Gregg CJ,Lajoie MJ,Govindarajan L,Mosberg JA,Kuznetsov G,Goodman DB,Vargas-Rodriguez O,Isaacs FJ,Söll D,Church GM

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosine methylation is an epigenetic mark that promotes gene silencing and plays important roles in development and genome defense against transposons. Methylation patterns are established and maintained by DNA methyltransferases that catalyze transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to cytosine bases ...

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

authors： Morales-Ruiz T,Ortega-Galisteo AP,Ponferrada-Marín MI,Martínez-Macías MI,Ariza RR,Roldán-Arjona T

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes (LTs) are signaling molecules derived from arachidonic acid that initiate and amplify innate and adaptive immunity. In turn, how their synthesis is organized on the nuclear envelope of myeloid cells in response to extracellular signals is not understood. We define the supramolecular architecture of LT syn...

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

authors： Mandal AK,Jones PB,Bair AM,Christmas P,Miller D,Yamin TT,Wisniewski D,Menke J,Evans JF,Hyman BT,Bacskai B,Chen M,Lee DM,Nikolic B,Soberman RJ

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors on activated T cells exist in high- and low-affinity configurations, both of which share a ligand-binding component known as the Tac protein. Although almost all binding of IL-2 to such cells was inhibited by an antibody to Tac, the predominant component of binding on the natural killer ...

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

authors： Robb RJ,Rusk CM,Yodoi J,Greene WC

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides are postulated to disrupt microbial phospholipid membranes. The prevailing molecular model is based on the formation of stable or transient pores although the direct observation of the fundamental processes is lacking. By combining rational peptide design with topographical (atomic force microsc...

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

authors： Rakowska PD,Jiang H,Ray S,Pyne A,Lamarre B,Carr M,Judge PJ,Ravi J,Gerling UI,Koksch B,Martyna GJ,Hoogenboom BW,Watts A,Crain J,Grovenor CR,Ryadnov MG

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Corazonin is a highly conserved neuropeptide hormone of wide-spread occurrence in insects yet is associated with no universally recognized function. After discovery of the corazonin receptor in Drosophila, we identified its ortholog in the moth, Manduca sexta, as a prelude to physiological studies. The corazonin recep...

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

authors： Kim YJ,Spalovská-Valachová I,Cho KH,Zitnanova I,Park Y,Adams ME,Zitnan D

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 is one of the leading worldwide public health concerns, causing large outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis as well as numerous small outbreaks and sporadic cases. The variability of restriction enzyme-digestion patterns of O157 genomes, which is widely used to distinguish strains in...

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

authors： Ohnishi M,Terajima J,Kurokawa K,Nakayama K,Murata T,Tamura K,Ogura Y,Watanabe H,Hayashi T

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect reciprocity is a mechanism for cooperation based on shared moral systems and individual reputations. It assumes that members of a community routinely observe and assess each other and that they use this information to decide who is good or bad, and who deserves cooperation. When information is transmitted pub...

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

authors： Hilbe C,Schmid L,Tkadlec J,Chatterjee K,Nowak MA

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA, cRKIN1, encoding a putative homologue of the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) SNF1-encoded protein-serine/threonine kinase, has been isolated from a library prepared from rye endosperm mRNA. Northern blot analysis demonstrated the presence of cRKIN1-related transcripts in developing endosperms but not in shoot...

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

authors： Alderson A,Sabelli PA,Dickinson JR,Cole D,Richardson M,Kreis M,Shewry PR,Halford NG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin E3 ligases are crucial for eliminating misfolded proteins before they form cytotoxic aggregates that threaten cell fitness and survival. However, it remains unclear how emerging misfolded proteins in the cytoplasm can be selectively recognized and eliminated by E3 ligases in plants. We found that Misfolded P...

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

authors： Kim JH,Cho SK,Oh TR,Ryu MY,Yang SW,Kim WT

更新日期：2017-11-14 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：:Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are common vascular malformations, which may result in hemorrhagic strokes and neurological deficits. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and Notch signaling are both involved in the development of cerebral AVMs, but the cross-talk between the two signaling pathways is poorly u...

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

authors： Yao Y,Yao J,Radparvar M,Blazquez-Medela AM,Guihard PJ,Jumabay M,Boström KI

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is composed of an alpha and beta subunit, which together form the high-affinity receptor. The alpha subunit by itself binds ligand at low affinity, whereas the isolated beta subunit does not bind GM-CSF. It is generally believed that the high-a...

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

authors： Ding DX,Rivas CI,Heaney ML,Raines MA,Vera JC,Golde DW

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) comprises multifactorial ailments for which current therapeutic strategies remain insufficient to broadly address the underlying pathophysiology. Epigenetic gene regulation relies upon multifactorial processes that regulate multiple gene and protein pathways, including those involved in AD. We...

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

authors： Volmar CH,Salah-Uddin H,Janczura KJ,Halley P,Lambert G,Wodrich A,Manoah S,Patel NH,Sartor GC,Mehta N,Miles NTH,Desse S,Dorcius D,Cameron MD,Brothers SP,Wahlestedt C

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplanted cord blood (CB) hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and progenitor cells (HPC) can treat malignant and nonmalignant disorders. Because long-term cryopreservation is critical for CB banking and transplantation, we assessed the efficiency of recovery of viable HSCHPC from individual CBs stored frozen for 15 yr. ...

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

authors： Broxmeyer HE,Srour EF,Hangoc G,Cooper S,Anderson SA,Bodine DM

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A scientist may publish tens or hundreds of papers over a career, but these contributions are not evenly spaced in time. Sixty years of studies on career productivity patterns in a variety of fields suggest an intuitive and universal pattern: Productivity tends to rise rapidly to an early peak and then gradually decli...

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

authors： Way SF,Morgan AC,Clauset A,Larremore DB

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin (Cur) is a naturally occurring anticancer drug isolated from the Curcuma longa plant. It is known to exhibit anticancer properties via inhibiting the STAT3 phosphorylation process. However, its poor water solubility and low bioavailability impede its clinical application. Herein, we used organoplatinum(II) ← ...

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

authors： Datta S,Misra SK,Saha ML,Lahiri N,Louie J,Pan D,Stang PJ

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage N4 minivirion RNA polymerase (mini-vRNAP), the RNA polymerase (RNAP) domain of vRNAP, is a member of the T7-like RNAP family. Mini-vRNAP recognizes promoters that comprise conserved sequences and a 3-base loop-5-base pair (bp) stem DNA hairpin structure on single-stranded templates. Here, we defined the ...

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

authors： Davydova EK,Santangelo TJ,Rothman-Denes LB

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor hypoxia reduces the effectiveness of radiation therapy by limiting the biologically effective dose. An acute increase in tumor oxygenation before radiation treatment should therefore significantly improve the tumor cell kill after radiation. Efforts to increase oxygen delivery to the tumor have not shown positiv...

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

authors： Benej M,Hong X,Vibhute S,Scott S,Wu J,Graves E,Le QT,Koong AC,Giaccia AJ,Yu B,Chen CS,Papandreou I,Denko NC

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is caused by an expansion mutation of the N-terminal polyglutamine of huntingtin (mHTT). mHTT is ubiquitously present, but it induces noticeable damage to the brain's striatum, thereby affecting motor, psychiatric, and cognitive functions. The striatal damage and progression of HD are associate...

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

authors： Sharma M,Rajendrarao S,Shahani N,Ramírez-Jarquín UN,Subramaniam S

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution analyses of a late Holocene core from Kettle Lake in North Dakota reveal coeval fluctuations in loss-on-ignition carbonate content, percentage of grass pollen, and charcoal flux. These oscillations are indicative of climate-fuel-fire cycles that have prevailed on the Northern Great Plains (NGP) for mos...

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

authors： Brown KJ,Clark JS,Grimm EC,Donovan JJ,Mueller PG,Hansen BC,Stefanova I

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutants of Escherichia coli sensitive to phage T4 gene 2 mutants were obtained following ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis. By mapping and complementation analysis, the mutations in each of the six mutants are in recB and recC. By both in vivo and in vitro analyses, the nuclease activity of RecBC enzyme is undetectab...

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

authors： Chaudhury AM,Smith GR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a culture medium of pH 7.4 and a folic acid concentration of 100 mug/liter that contains 5% heat-inactivated chicken plasma rather than serum, the rate of proliferation of normal chicken fibroblasts is determined by the concentration of calcium. Proliferation, rapid when the calcium concentration is physiological, ...

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

authors： Balk SD,Whitfield JF,Youdale T,Braun AC

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutation in the Escherichia coli dsbA gene (coding for a periplasmic disulfide oxidoreductase) reduces the rate of disulfide bond formation in the enzyme pullulanase and also reduces the rate at which the enzyme is secreted to the cell surface, as measured by protease accessibility. The enzyme did not become proteas...

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

authors： Pugsley AP

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It had long been thought, but never demonstrated, that imino acids are formed in the reactions catalyzed by D- and L-amino acid oxidases (EC 1.4.3.3 and 1.4.3.2). The formation of imino acids is now shown directly by allowing the amino acid oxidase reaction to proceed in the presence of NaBH(4), when the imino acid is...

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

authors： Hafner EW,Wellner D

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polypeptide was isolated from acid extracts of porcine hypothalami on the basis of its high ability to stimulate the release of corticotropin from superfused rat pituitary cells. After an initial separation by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, further purification was carried out by reversed-phase HPLC. The isolated ...

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

authors： Patthy M,Horvath J,Mason-Garcia M,Szoke B,Schlesinger DH,Schally AV

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00