DNA length, bending, and twisting constraints on IS50 transposition.

abstract：:The peptide chain release factor 2 (RF2) gene, prfB, was cloned from Salmonella typhimurium by DNA hybridization using the Escherichia coli prfB probe. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of prfB are 87.0% and 95.6% homologous between E. coli and S. typhimurium, respectively, including an in-frame premature UGA st...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bar-coded multiplexed sequencing approaches based on new-generation sequencing technologies provide capacity to sequence a mapping population in a single sequencing run. However, such approaches usually generate low-coverage and error-prone sequences for each line in a population. Thus, it is a significant challenge t...

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

authors： Xie W,Feng Q,Yu H,Huang X,Zhao Q,Xing Y,Yu S,Han B,Zhang Q

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Africa is the origin of modern humans, the pattern and distribution of genetic variation and correlations with cultural and linguistic diversity in Africa have been understudied. Recent advances in genomic technology, however, have led to genomewide studies of African samples. In this article, we discuss gene...

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

authors： Scheinfeldt LB,Soi S,Tishkoff SA

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.35) has been derived from electron-density maps calculated at 2.8-A resolution with phases obtained from two heavy-atom derivatives and the bound coenzyme, NAD. Like other dehydrogenases, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase is a double-domain structure, but t...

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

authors： Birktoft JJ,Holden HM,Hamlin R,Xuong NH,Banaszak LJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell (DC) lectins mediate the recognition, uptake, and processing of antigens, but they can also be coopted by pathogens for infection. These distinct activities depend upon the routing of antigens within the cell. Antigens directed to endosomal compartments are degraded, and the peptides are presented on ma...

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

authors： Jarvis CM,Zwick DB,Grim JC,Alam MM,Prost LR,Gardiner JC,Park S,Zimdars LL,Sherer NM,Kiessling LL

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It is found that the addition of hexamethylphosphoramide to the solution of an alkyne, Et(2)Zn, and (S)-1,1'-bi-2-naphthol in methylene chloride allows the generation of an alkynylzinc at room temperature and shows highly enantioselective additions to aldehydes. The mild condition for the formation of the alkynylzinc ...

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

authors： Gao G,Xie RG,Pu L

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An ammonia-oxidizing, carbon-fixing archaeon, Candidatus "Nitrosopumilus maritimus," recently was isolated from a salt-water aquarium, definitively confirming that chemoautotrophy exists among the marine archaea. However, in other incubation studies, pelagic archaea also were capable of using organic carbon. It has re...

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

authors： Ingalls AE,Shah SR,Hansman RL,Aluwihare LI,Santos GM,Druffel ER,Pearson A

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provide essential information about the thermodynamics and dynamics of proteins. To construct the free-energy surface from equilibrium trajectories, it is necessary to group the individual snapshots in a meaningful way. The inherent structures (IS) are shown to provide an appropriat...

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

authors： Rao F,Karplus M

更新日期：2010-05-18 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：:In contrast to the Hox genes in arthropods and vertebrates, those in molluscs show diverse expression patterns with differences reported among lineages. Here, we investigate 2 phylogenetically distant molluscs, a gastropod and a polyplacophoran, and show that the Hox expression in both species can be divided into 2 ca...

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

authors： Huan P,Wang Q,Tan S,Liu B

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An evolutionary framework for viewing the formation, the stability, the organizational structure, and the social dynamics of biological families is developed. This framework is based upon three conceptual pillars: ecological constraints theory, inclusive fitness theory, and reproductive skew theory. I offer a set of 1...

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

authors： Emlen ST

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS), one of the most common human sarcomas, is poorly responsive to radiation and chemotherapy, and the lack of animal models suitable for experimental analysis has seriously impeded functional investigation of its pathobiology and development of effective targeted therapies. Here, ...

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

authors： Gutierrez A,Snyder EL,Marino-Enriquez A,Zhang YX,Sioletic S,Kozakewich E,Grebliunaite R,Ou WB,Sicinska E,Raut CP,Demetri GD,Perez-Atayde AR,Wagner AJ,Fletcher JA,Fletcher CD,Look AT

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is a neurotoxin that causes parkinsonism in humans and nonhuman animals, and its use has led to greater understanding of the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. However, its molecular targets have not been defined. We show that mice lacking the gene for poly(ADP-rib...

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

authors： Mandir AS,Przedborski S,Jackson-Lewis V,Wang ZQ,Simbulan-Rosenthal CM,Smulson ME,Hoffman BE,Guastella DB,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:αβ T-cell repertoire selection is mediated by peptide-MHC complexes presented by thymic epithelial or myeloid cells, and by lipid-CD1 complexes expressed by thymocytes. γδ T-cell repertoire selection, by contrast, is largely unresolved. Mice mutant for Skint-1, a unique Ig superfamily gene, do not develop canonical Vγ...

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

authors： Barbee SD,Woodward MJ,Turchinovich G,Mention JJ,Lewis JM,Boyden LM,Lifton RP,Tigelaar R,Hayday AC

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial adaptive immune system CRISPR-Cas9 has been appropriated as a versatile tool for editing genomes, controlling gene expression, and visualizing genetic loci. To analyze Cas9's ability to bind DNA rapidly and specifically, we generated multiple libraries of potential binding partners for measuring the kine...

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

authors： Boyle EA,Andreasson JOL,Chircus LM,Sternberg SH,Wu MJ,Guegler CK,Doudna JA,Greenleaf WJ

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell activation and tolerance are regulated by costimulatory molecules. Although PD-1 serves as a crucial negative regulator of T cells, the function of its ligands, PDL1 and PDL2, is still controversial. In this study, we created a PDL2-deficient mouse to characterize its function in T cell activation and tolerance...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Chung Y,Bishop C,Daugherty B,Chute H,Holst P,Kurahara C,Lott F,Sun N,Welcher AA,Dong C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the recognition site for the restriction-modification enzyme of Escherichia coli B (SB site) has been determined. The recognition site is a 15-nucleotide sequence consisting of the trimer 5'TGA3', followed by an 8-nucleotide domain of variable sequence, which in turn is followed by tetramer ...

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

authors： Ravetch JV,Horiuchi K,Zinder ND

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular growth and differentiation factors induce changes in gene expression in the nucleus by initiating a series of protein associations that alter the subcellular localization of intracellular signaling proteins. Initial events involve receptor homo- or heterodimerization and subsequent recruitment of cytosol...

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

authors： Belshaw PJ,Ho SN,Crabtree GR,Schreiber SL

更新日期：1996-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei parasites successfully evade the host immune system by periodically switching the dense coat of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) at the cell surface. Each parasite expresses VSGs in a monoallelic fashion that is tightly regulated. The consequences of exposing multiple VSGs during an infection, in ...

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

authors： Aresta-Branco F,Sanches-Vaz M,Bento F,Rodrigues JA,Figueiredo LM

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy over the nature of the disturbance in brain development that underpins attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In particular, it is unclear whether the disorder results from a delay in brain maturation or whether it represents a complete deviation from the template of typical development....

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

authors： Shaw P,Eckstrand K,Sharp W,Blumenthal J,Lerch JP,Greenstein D,Clasen L,Evans A,Giedd J,Rapoport JL

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The atmospheric and deep sea reservoirs of carbon dioxide are linked via physical, chemical, and biological processes. The last of these include photosynthesis, particle settling, and organic matter remineralization, and are collectively termed the "biological carbon pump." Herein, we present results from a 13-y (1992...

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

authors： Karl DM,Church MJ,Dore JE,Letelier RM,Mahaffey C

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental exclusion of the Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) from shallow water areas of a salt lake in the Bolivian Andes caused large increases in the biomass of microorganisms inhabiting the surface sediments, especially a large diatom (Surirella wetzeli), amebas, ciliates, and nematodes. This is a conser...

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

authors： Hurlbert SH,Chang CC

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lentiviruses are associated with a wide range of chronic diseases in mammals. These include immunodeficiencies (such as HIV/AIDS in humans), malignancies, and lymphatic and neurological disorders in primates, felids, and a variety of wild and domesticated ungulates. Evolutionary analyses of the genomic sequences o...

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

authors： Katzourakis A,Tristem M,Pybus OG,Gifford RJ

更新日期：2007-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent article, Hunter uses the late George Varley and George Gradwell's long-term data on the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) and green tortrix (Tortrix viridana) populations to propose a method of quantifying the relative importance of top-down effects (because of natural enemies) and bottom-up effects (becau...

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

authors： Hassell MP,Crawley MJ,Godfray HC,Lawton JH

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 infection in the brain induces neuronal apoptosis leading to HIV-associated dementia. To explore the underlying mechanism, we developed a murine model by using human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)-transplanted nonobese diabetic (NOD)-severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) (hu-PBMC-NOD-SCID) mice. Admi...

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

authors： Miura Y,Misawa N,Kawano Y,Okada H,Inagaki Y,Yamamoto N,Ito M,Yagita H,Okumura K,Mizusawa H,Koyanagi Y

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The AF-6 protein is a multidomain protein that contains two potential Ras-binding domains within its N terminus. Because of this feature, AF-6 has been isolated in both two-hybrid and biochemical approaches and is postulated to be a potential Ras-effector protein. Herein, we show that it is specifically the first Ras-...

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

authors： Boettner B,Govek EE,Cross J,Van Aelst L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The v-jun oncogene encodes a nuclear DNA binding protein that functions as a transcription factor and is part of the activator protein 1 complex. Oncogenic transformation by v-jun is thought to be mediated by the aberrant expression of specific target genes. To identify such Jun-regulated genes and to explore the mech...

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

authors： Kruse U,Iacovoni JS,Goller ME,Vogt PK

更新日期：1997-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal chromaffin granules contain at least 10 peptides, ranging in size from 3 to 5 kilodaltons, that yield, upon digestion with trypsin, peptides that show specific binding to opiate receptors. All are distinctly different from beta-endorphin. Two of these peptides have been purified to homogeneity and subjected to...

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

authors： Kimura S,Lewis RV,Stern AS,Rossier J,Stein S,Udenfriend S

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are only just beginning to catalog the vast diversity of cell types in the cerebral cortex. Such categorization is a first step toward understanding how diversification relates to function. All cortical projection neurons arise from a uniform pool of progenitor cells that lines the ventricles of the forebrain. It i...

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

authors： Heavner WE,Ji S,Notwell JH,Dyer ES,Tseng AM,Birgmeier J,Yoo B,Bejerano G,McConnell SK

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of antibody specificities in sera from patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) was determined by the ability of monoclonal antibodies against defined determinants on the acetylcholine receptor molecule to inhibit binding of the serum antibodies to receptor from human muscle. We found that MG patients produce ...

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

authors： Tzartos SJ,Seybold ME,Lindstrom JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00