Transcriptional organization of a 450-kb region of the human X chromosome in Xq28.

abstract：:The likelihood with which an action potential elicits neurotransmitter release, the release probability (p(r)), is an important component of synaptic strength. Regulatory mechanisms controlling several steps of synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis may affect p(r), yet their relative importance in determining p(r) and elic...

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

authors： Matz J,Gilyan A,Kolar A,McCarvill T,Krueger SR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence decay of the rare earth terbium when bound to the protein calmodulin changes from a simple exponential decay to a complex nonexponential decay as the temperature is lowered below 200 K. We have fit the observed decay curves by assuming that the terbium emission is a forced electric dipole transition a...

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

authors： Austin RH,Stein DL,Wang J

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a specialized herbivore to overcome the chemical defense of a particular plant taxon not only makes it accessible as a food source but may also provide metabolites to be exploited for communication or chemical defense. Phyllotreta flea beetles are adapted to crucifer plants (Brassicales) that are defend...

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

authors： Beran F,Pauchet Y,Kunert G,Reichelt M,Wielsch N,Vogel H,Reinecke A,Svatoš A,Mewis I,Schmid D,Ramasamy S,Ulrichs C,Hansson BS,Gershenzon J,Heckel DG

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Frogs (Anura) are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates and comprise nearly 90% of living amphibian species. Their worldwide distribution and diverse biology make them well-suited for assessing fundamental questions in evolution, ecology, and conservation. However, despite their scientific importance, the evol...

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

authors： Feng YJ,Blackburn DC,Liang D,Hillis DM,Wake DB,Cannatella DC,Zhang P

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), a potent tumor promoter, on the synthesis of proteins in BALB/c 3T3 mouse fibroblasts has been studied. When [35S]methionine-labeled proteins synthesized after the addition of TPA were analyzed by one- or two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the ...

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

authors： Hiwasa T,Fujimura S,Sakiyama S

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies capable of decarboxylating orotate were sought by immunization with a hapten designed to elicit antibodies with combining sites that resemble the orotate-binding and catalytic portion of the active site of the enzyme orotidine 5'-monophosphate (OMP) decarboxylase (orotidine-5'-monophosphate carboxy-lyase, E...

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

authors： Smiley JA,Benkovic SJ

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mimivirus, a DNA virus infecting acanthamoeba, was for a long time the largest known virus both in terms of particle size and gene content. Its genome encodes 979 proteins, including the first four aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ArgRS, CysRS, MetRS, and TyrRS) ever found outside of cellular organisms. The discovery that ...

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

authors： Arslan D,Legendre M,Seltzer V,Abergel C,Claverie JM

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:CD11c, also known as integrin alpha X, is the most widely used defining marker for dendritic cells (DCs). CD11c can bind complement iC3b and mediate phagocytosis in vitro, for which it is also referred to as complement receptor 4. However, the functions of this prominent marker protein in DCs, especially in vivo, rema...

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

authors： Wu J,Wu H,An J,Ballantyne CM,Cyster JG

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides raised the possibility of an unconventional superconducting mechanism in multiband materials. The observation of Fermi-surface (FS)-dependent nodeless superconducting gaps suggested that inter-FS interactions may play a crucial role in superconducti...

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

authors： Terashima K,Sekiba Y,Bowen JH,Nakayama K,Kawahara T,Sato T,Richard P,Xu YM,Li LJ,Cao GH,Xu ZA,Ding H,Takahashi T

更新日期：2009-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here a shorter version of the proof of our earlier work, showing that the von Neumann factor associated with the group Z(2)SL(2,Z) has trivial fundamental group. ...

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

authors： Popa S

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Endorphin, an opiate-like peptide, has potent antinociceptive properties when it is administered directly into the brain and assayed in the the tail-flick, hot-plate, and writhing tests in mice and in the wet shake test in rats. On a molar basis, beta-endorphin is 18 to 33 times more potent than morphine and its ...

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

authors： Loh HH,Tseng LF,Wei E,Li CH

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription, splicing, and translation are potentially coordinately regulatable in a temporospatial-dependent manner, although supporting experimental evidence for this notion is scarce. Yeast two-hybrid screening of a mammary gland cDNA library with human p21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) as bait identified polyC-RNA-b...

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

authors： Meng Q,Rayala SK,Gururaj AE,Talukder AH,O'Malley BW,Kumar R

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune regulator (aire) is a transcription factor that controls the self-reactivity of the T cell repertoire. Although previous results indicate that it exerts this function in part by promoting ectopic expression of a battery of peripheral-tissue antigens in epithelial cells of the thymic medulla, recent data arg...

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

authors： Johnnidis JB,Venanzi ES,Taxman DJ,Ting JP,Benoist CO,Mathis DJ

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:More than half of all Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi genes still remain unannotated. Although pathogenesis of S. Typhi is incompletely understood, treatment of typhoid fever is complicated by the emergence of drug resistance. Effectiveness of the currently available vaccines is also limited. In search of novel viru...

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

authors： Ghosh S,Chakraborty K,Nagaraja T,Basak S,Koley H,Dutta S,Mitra U,Das S

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of core histones in the regulation of DNA function by chromatin is clear. However, little is known about the role of the linker histone. We investigated the role of H1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during extensive transcriptional reprogramming in stationary phase. Although the levels of linker histone Hh...

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

authors： Schäfer G,McEvoy CR,Patterton HG

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins have evolved to be foldable, and yet determinants of foldability may be inapparent once the native state is reached. Insight has emerged from studies of diseases of protein misfolding, exemplified by monogenic diabetes mellitus due to mutations in proinsulin leading to endoplasmic reticulum stress and β-cell ...

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

authors： Rege NK,Liu M,Yang Y,Dhayalan B,Wickramasinghe NP,Chen YS,Rahimi L,Guo H,Haataja L,Sun J,Ismail-Beigi F,Phillips NB,Arvan P,Weiss MA

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking advantage of a fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator selectively targeted to the trans-Golgi lumen, we here demonstrate that its Ca(2+) homeostatic mechanisms are distinct from those of the other Golgi subcompartments: (i) Ca(2+) uptake depends exclusively on the activity of the secretory pathway Ca(2+) ATPase1 (SPCA1),...

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

authors： Lissandron V,Podini P,Pizzo P,Pozzan T

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The F9 teratocarcinoma cell line differentiates in vitro after treatment with retinoic acid and cAMP and has been a widely used model system for the study of the molecular events that are responsible for cellular commitment and differentiation during early development. Previous experiments have suggested intriguing pa...

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

authors： Weigel RJ,Devoto SH,Nevins JR

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Model compositions of Earth, Venus, and Mercury are calculated from the premise that planets and chondrites underwent four identical fractionation processes in the solar nebula. Because elements of similar properties stay together in these processes, five constraints suffice to define the composition of a planet: mass...

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

authors： Morgan JW,Anders E

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that hydroxyl radicals (HO*) can be produced by H2O2 and halogenated quinones, independent of transition metal ions; however, the underlying molecular mechanism is still unclear. In the present study, using the electron spin resonance secondary radical spin-trapping method, we found that tetra...

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

authors： Zhu BZ,Kalyanaraman B,Jiang GB

更新日期：2007-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Zea mays plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (ZmPIPs) fall into two groups, ZmPIP1s and ZmPIP2s, that exhibit different water channel activities when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. ZmPIP1s are inactive, whereas ZmPIP2s induce a marked increase in the membrane osmotic water permeability coefficient, P(f). We previously s...

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

authors： Zelazny E,Borst JW,Muylaert M,Batoko H,Hemminga MA,Chaumont F

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A serum-free culture of dissociated neurons from embryonic rat hippocampus has been established as a rapid and quantitative in vitro test system for neurotrophic signals in the mammalian brain. By means of this cell culture bioassay, a novel low molecular weight neurotrophic factor (NTF) could be identified. NTF is es...

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

authors： Müller HW,Beckh S,Seifert W

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunocytochemical demonstration of (pro)insulin on intracellular membrane compartments of the pancreatic B cell reveals that the immunolabeling detected by the protein A/gold method is associated, at the level of the Golgi apparatus, with the inner aspect of the cisternal membranes; on the secretory granules, by ...

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

authors： Orci L,Ravazzola M,Perrelet A

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABA-A) receptors are a major mediator of inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system, and the site of action of a number of clinically important drugs. These receptors exist as a family of subtypes with distinct temporal and spatial patterns of expression and d...

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

authors： Bonnert TP,McKernan RM,Farrar S,le Bourdellès B,Heavens RP,Smith DW,Hewson L,Rigby MR,Sirinathsinghji DJ,Brown N,Wafford KA,Whiting PJ

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Using currently available gene fusion techniques, we have constructed plasmids that direct the overproduction of the carboxyl-terminal two-thirds of DNA polymerase I, corresponding to the proteolytically derived "Klenow fragment." We have obtained overproduction amounting to several percent of the cellular protein usi...

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

authors： Joyce CM,Grindley ND

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli peptide chain release factors are proteins that direct the termination of translation in response to specific peptide chain termination codons. The mechanisms of codon recognition and peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis are unknown. We have characterized the genes encoding release factor 1 (RF-1) and release fac...

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

authors： Craigen WJ,Cook RG,Tate WP,Caskey CT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental mystery of plant cell biology is the occurrence of "stromules," stroma-filled tubular extensions from plastids (such as chloroplasts) that are universally observed in plants but whose functions are, in effect, completely unknown. One prevalent hypothesis is that stromules exchange signals or metabolites ...

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

authors： Brunkard JO,Runkel AM,Zambryski PC

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the common use of the blooming metaphor, its floral inspiration remains poorly understood. Here we study the physical process of blooming in the asiatic lily Lilium casablanca. Our observations show that the edges of the petals wrinkle as the flower opens, suggesting that differential growth drives the deploym...

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

authors： Liang H,Mahadevan L

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Near infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy and diffuse optical imaging are promising methods that eventually may enhance or replace existing technologies for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. These techniques are based on highly sensitive, quantitative measurements of optical and functional contrast between healt...

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

authors： Shah N,Cerussi A,Eker C,Espinoza J,Butler J,Fishkin J,Hornung R,Tromberg B

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranscriptional RNA regulation is important in determining the plasticity of cellular phenotypes. However, mechanisms of how RNA binding proteins (RBPs) influence cellular behavior are poorly understood. We show here that the RBP embryonic lethal abnormal vision like 1 (ELAVL1, also know as HuR) regulates the alte...

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

authors： Chang SH,Elemento O,Zhang J,Zhuang ZW,Simons M,Hla T

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00