Structure and function in rhodopsin: replacement by alanine of cysteine residues 110 and 187, components of a conserved disulfide bond in rhodopsin, affects the light-activated metarhodopsin II state.

abstract：:Accumulation of (45)Ca(++) was found to occur in membrane vesicles of E. coli prepared by lysis with a French pressure cell. The uptake occurs by active transport, requiring an energy source. Substrates of the electron transport chain, including D-lactate, reduced phenazine methosulfate, and NADH, stimulated accumulat...

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

authors： Rosen BP,McClees JS

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by impaired cognitive function and the deposition of extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular tangles. Although the proximal cause of AD is not well understood, it is clear that amyloid-beta (Abeta) plays a critical role in AD pathology. Rece...

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

authors： Massaad CA,Washington TM,Pautler RG,Klann E

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A nuclear protein, termed leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein (LANP), has been isolated from among rat cerebellar proteins whose expression was transiently increased during an early stage of postnatal development. The amino acid sequence, deduced from its cDNA, showed that LANP contains 247 amino acids consisting of t...

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

authors： Matsuoka K,Taoka M,Satozawa N,Nakayama H,Ichimura T,Takahashi N,Yamakuni T,Song SY,Isobe T

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The POU-IV or "Brn-3" class of POU-domain transcription factors is represented in Drosophila by I-POU and twin-of-I-POU, alternative splice products of the I-POU gene. I-POU has been previously reported to inhibit DNA binding by the POU-III class factor drifter/Cf1a via the formation of heterodimeric complexes. Here w...

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

authors： Turner EE

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication about prescription drugs ought to be a paragon of public science communication. Unfortunately, it is not. Consumers see $4 billion of direct-to-consumer advertising annually, which typically fails to present data about how well drugs work. The professional label--the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ...

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

authors： Schwartz LM,Woloshin S

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat calbindin D-9k gene is transcriptionally regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the intestine. We have examined the 5'-flanking region of this gene and identified a 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-responsive element (DRE) between nucleotides -489 and -445. This element confers 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 responsivenes...

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

authors： Darwish HM,DeLuca HF

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing frequency of antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired infections is a major public health concern that has both biological and economic causes. Here we develop conceptual mathematical models that couple the economic incentives and population biology of hospital infection control (HIC). We show that th...

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

authors： Smith DL,Levin SA,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:siRNA therapeutics have promise for the treatment of a wide range of genetic disorders. Motivated by lipoproteins, we report lipopeptide nanoparticles as potent and selective siRNA carriers with a wide therapeutic index. Lead material cKK-E12 showed potent silencing effects in mice (ED50 ∼ 0.002 mg/kg), rats (ED50 < 0...

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

authors： Dong Y,Love KT,Dorkin JR,Sirirungruang S,Zhang Y,Chen D,Bogorad RL,Yin H,Chen Y,Vegas AJ,Alabi CA,Sahay G,Olejnik KT,Wang W,Schroeder A,Lytton-Jean AK,Siegwart DJ,Akinc A,Barnes C,Barros SA,Carioto M,Fitzgerald

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the molecular basis of the voltage sensor that triggers excitation-contraction (EC) coupling, the four-domain pore subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) was cut in the cytoplasmic linker between domains II and III. cDNAs for the I-II domain (alpha1S 1-670) and the III-IV domain (alpha1S 701-187...

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

authors： Ahern CA,Arikkath J,Vallejo P,Gurnett CA,Powers PA,Campbell KP,Coronado R

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease, in which the death of mutant rod photoreceptors leads secondarily to the non-cell autonomous death of cone photoreceptors. Gene therapy is a promising treatment strategy. Unfortunately, current methods of gene delivery treat only a fraction of diseas...

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

authors： Koch SF,Duong JK,Hsu CW,Tsai YT,Lin CS,Wahl-Schott CA,Tsang SH

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The radial distributions of the Calpha and side-chain atoms in a sample of 13 native proteins have been examined. It is found that there are substantial differences in behavior between different atoms of the same amino acid. In particular, the Calpha atoms of polar residues show no particular preference for being far ...

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

authors： Rackovsky S,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because RNAs fold as they are being synthesized, their transcription rate can affect their folding. Here, we report the results of single-molecule fluorescence studies that characterize the ligand-dependent cotranscriptional folding of the Escherichia coli thiM riboswitch that regulates translation. We found that the ...

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

authors： Uhm H,Kang W,Ha KS,Kang C,Hohng S

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine and bovine GH receptor (GHR) cDNAs were stably expressed in mouse L cells, which normally do not possess detectable levels of mouse GHR. Expression of the GHR cDNAs resulted in specific binding of 125I-labeled GH by these cell lines. To study GHR-related signaling events in these cells, protein tyrosine phosph...

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

authors： Wang X,Xu B,Souza SC,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The rigidity of numerous biological filaments and crafted microrods has been conveniently deduced from the analysis of their thermal fluctuations. However, the difficulty of measuring nanometric displacements with an optical microscope has so far limited such studies to sufficiently flexible rods, of which the persist...

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

authors： Gerbal F,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleolinus is an RNA-rich compartment, closely apposed to or embedded within the nucleolus. Discovered over 150 y ago, fewer than two dozen articles have been published on the nucleolinus, probably because complex histochemical stains are required for its visualization in the great majority of cells. The nucleoli...

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

authors： Alliegro MA,Henry JJ,Alliegro MC

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the fidelity of bidirectional, semiconservative DNA synthesis by a human DNA replication complex in vitro. Replication was performed by extracts of HeLa cells in the presence of simian virus 40 (SV40) large tumor antigen by using a double-stranded phage M13mp2 DNA template containing the SV40 origin o...

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

authors： Roberts JD,Kunkel TA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent probes acridine orange and oxonol-V were used as indicators of pH gradients (DeltapH) and membrane potential differences (DeltaPsi), respectively, in membrane vesicles believed to be derived from the tonoplast of Beta vulgaris L. Low concentrations of nitrate (1-5 mM) caused a partial dissipation of bo...

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

authors： Blumwald E,Poole RJ

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of red blood cells is normally tightly regulated by a classic homeostatic mechanism based on oxygen sensing in the kidney. Decreased oxygen delivery resulting from anemia induces the production of erythropoietin, which increases red cell production and hence oxygen delivery. Investigations of erythropoietin...

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

authors： Percy MJ,Zhao Q,Flores A,Harrison C,Lappin TR,Maxwell PH,McMullin MF,Lee FS

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian rice, Oryza sativa, is one of world's oldest and most important crop species. Rice is believed to have been domesticated ∼9,000 y ago, although debate on its origin remains contentious. A single-origin model suggests that two main subspecies of Asian rice, indica and japonica, were domesticated from the wild ric...

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

authors： Molina J,Sikora M,Garud N,Flowers JM,Rubinstein S,Reynolds A,Huang P,Jackson S,Schaal BA,Bustamante CD,Boyko AR,Purugganan MD

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies with the acetylcholine receptor (AcChoR) of Electrophorus electricus the rate and equilibrium constants for a model that relates the ligand binding to ion translocation were determined, and the dependence of these constants on the concentrations of carbamoylcholine and acetylcholine, over a 200- and...

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

authors： Hess GP,Pasquale EB,Walker JW,McNamee MG

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) plays diverse and significant roles in biological processes despite its cytotoxicity, raising the question of how biological systems control the action of NO to minimize its cytotoxicity in cells. As a great example of such a system, we found a possibility that NO-generating nitrite reductase (NiR) f...

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

authors： Terasaka E,Yamada K,Wang PH,Hosokawa K,Yamagiwa R,Matsumoto K,Ishii S,Mori T,Yagi K,Sawai H,Arai H,Sugimoto H,Sugita Y,Shiro Y,Tosha T

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Terrestrial solar UVB radiation ( approximately 295-320 nm) readily induces cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in human skin DNA that result in characteristic mutations associated with nonmelanoma skin cancer. The proinflammatory cytokine TNFalpha is important in mouse skin chemical carcinogenesis and is thought to ...

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

authors： Walker SL,Young AR

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the MEK/ERK/Elk-signaling cascade is a mechanism for relaying mitogenic and stress stimuli for gene activation. MEK1 is the proximate kinase for activation of ERK1/2, and nuclear targeting of ERK1/2 is obligatory for Elk1 transcriptional activity. Human biliverdin reductase (hBVR) is a recently described...

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

authors： Lerner-Marmarosh N,Miralem T,Gibbs PE,Maines MD

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a spider silk-manufacturing process is of great interest. However, there are serious problems with natural manufacturing through spider farming, and standard recombinant protein production platforms have provided limited progress due to their inability to assemble spider silk proteins into fibers. T...

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

authors： Teulé F,Miao YG,Sohn BH,Kim YS,Hull JJ,Fraser MJ Jr,Lewis RV,Jarvis DL

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a functional profiling strategy to identify and characterize subtypes of neurons present in a peripheral ganglion, which should be extendable to neurons in the CNS. In this study, dissociated dorsal-root ganglion neurons from mice were exposed to various pharmacological agents (challenge compounds), while ...

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

authors： Teichert RW,Smith NJ,Raghuraman S,Yoshikami D,Light AR,Olivera BM

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes regulate synaptic transmission through controlling neurotransmitter concentrations around synapses. Little is known, however, about their roles in neural circuit development. Here we report that Bergmann glia (BG), specialized cerebellar astrocytes that thoroughly enwrap Purkinje cells (PCs), are essential ...

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

authors： Miyazaki T,Yamasaki M,Hashimoto K,Kohda K,Yuzaki M,Shimamoto K,Tanaka K,Kano M,Watanabe M

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Which network structures favor the rapid spread of new ideas, behaviors, or technologies? This question has been studied extensively using epidemic models. Here we consider a complementary point of view and consider scenarios where the individuals' behavior is the result of a strategic choice among competing alternati...

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

authors： Montanari A,Saberi A

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor protein p53 plays a crucial role in coordinating cellular processes, such as cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. The nerve injury-induced protein 1 (Ninjurin1, Ninj1) is a homophilic adhesion molecule and involved in nerve regeneration. Interestingly, Ninj1 is found to be overexpressed i...

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

authors： Cho SJ,Rossi A,Jung YS,Yan W,Liu G,Zhang J,Zhang M,Chen X

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the origin of and the degree of T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) diversity of Thy-1+ dendritic epidermal cells (Thy-1+ dECs) in mice, we have developed a monoclonal antibody (mAb 536) to the gamma delta TCR. mAb 536 binds to and stimulates interleukin 2 secretion from Thy-1+ dEC but not cells that express TCR co...

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

authors： Havran WL,Grell S,Duwe G,Kimura J,Wilson A,Kruisbeek AM,O'Brien RL,Born W,Tigelaar RE,Allison JP

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orphan nuclear receptor Nur77/N10 has recently been demonstrated to be involved in apoptosis of T cell hybridomas. We report here that chronic expression of Nur77/N10 in thymocytes of transgenic mice results in a dramatic reduction of CD4+CD8+ double-positive as well as CD4+CD8- and CD4-CD8+ single-positive cell p...

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

authors： Weih F,Ryseck RP,Chen L,Bravo R

更新日期：1996-05-28 00:00:00