Identification of a receptor for gamma melanotropin and other proopiomelanocortin peptides in the hypothalamus and limbic system.

abstract：:Proteins fold through a variety of mechanisms. For a given protein, folding routes largely depend on the protein's stability and its native-state geometry, because the landscape is funneled. These ideas are corroborated for cytochrome c by using a coarse-grained topology-based model with a perfect funnel landscape tha...

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

authors： Weinkam P,Zong C,Wolynes PG

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium/hydrogen exchangers (NHEs) are ubiquitous ion transporters that serve multiple cell functions. We have studied two mammalian isoforms, NHE1 (ubiquitous) and NHE3 (epithelial-specific), by measuring extracellular proton (H+) gradients during whole-cell patch clamp with perfusion of the cell interior. Maximal Na(...

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

authors： Fuster D,Moe OW,Hilgemann DW

更新日期：2004-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression is a stochastic, or "noisy," process. This noise comes about in two ways. The inherent stochasticity of biochemical processes such as transcription and translation generates "intrinsic" noise. In addition, fluctuations in the amounts or states of other cellular components lead indirectly to variation i...

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

authors： Swain PS,Elowitz MB,Siggia ED

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) elevations are early events in plant signaling pathways including those related to abiotic stress. The restoration of [Ca(2+)](cyt) to prestimulus levels involves ATP-driven Ca(2+) pumps, but direct evidence for an essential role of a plant Ca(2+)-ATPase in abiotic stress ada...

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

authors： Qudeimat E,Faltusz AM,Wheeler G,Lang D,Holtorf H,Brownlee C,Reski R,Frank W

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 is a master regulatory, sequence-specific transcription factor that directly controls expression of over 100 genes in response to various stress signals. Transactivation is generally considered to occur through p53 binding to a consensus response element (RE) composed of two 5'-RRRCWWGYYY-3' decamers. Recently, st...

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

authors： Menendez D,Inga A,Resnick MA

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiamin diphosphate, the vitamin B1 coenzyme, plays critical roles in fundamental metabolic pathways that require acyl carbanion equivalents. Studies on chemical models and enzymes had suggested that these carbanions are resonance-stabilized as enamines. A crystal structure of this intermediate in pyruvate oxidase at ...

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

authors： Meyer D,Neumann P,Koers E,Sjuts H,Lüdtke S,Sheldrick GM,Ficner R,Tittmann K

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of hyperthermophilic Archaea encode dozens of methylation guide, C/D box small RNAs that guide 2'-O-methylation of ribose to specific sites in rRNA and various tRNAs. The genes encoding the Sulfolobus homologues of eukaryotic proteins that are known to be present in C/D box small nucleolar ribonucleoprotei...

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

authors： Omer AD,Ziesche S,Ebhardt H,Dennis PP

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA was synthesized in vitro from a T3 DNA template by T3 RNA polymerase and subsequently separated into seven discrete size classes (molecular weights ranging between 0.21 x 10(6) and 6.2 x 10(6)) by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide slab gels. RNase T1-generated 3'-terminal oligonucleotide fragments were then select...

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

authors： Majumder HK,Maitra U,Rosenberg M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of precursor proteins occurs during assembly of numerous viruses. Seven bacteriophage T4 head-related proteins areknown to be cleaved during morphogenesis. Sequences surrounding the cleavage sites in T4 head precursors P23 and IPIII are reported here. We previously determined the sequences of precursor and pr...

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

authors： Isobe T,Black LW,Tsugita A

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequences containing short adenine tracts are intrinsically curved and play a role in transcriptional regulation. Despite many high-resolution NMR and x-ray studies, the origins of curvature remain disputed. Long-range restraints provided by 85 residual dipolar couplings were measured for a DNA decamer containing ...

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

authors： Barbic A,Zimmer DP,Crothers DM

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication reports a modulating effect of intracellular ATP on the steady-state and kinetic properties of the delayed rectifier of the giant axon of the squid. When internally dialyzed or perfused giant axons from Loligo plei or Loligo pealei are voltage clamped at -60 mV and washed free of ATP, the potassium ...

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

authors： Bezanilla F,Caputo C,DiPolo R,Rojas H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the lipid raft hypothesis, biological lipid membranes are laterally heterogeneous and filled with nanoscale ordered "raft" domains, which are believed to play an important role for the organization of proteins in membranes. However, the mechanisms stabilizing such small rafts are not clear, and even their...

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

authors： Meinhardt S,Vink RL,Schmid F

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:E2A helix-loop-helix proteins are involved in the control of various developmental pathways. We show here by in situ hybridization that E2A transcripts are present in most embryonic and adult tissues. However, no E2A expression is detectable in heart and nonproliferative regions of the brain and spinal cord. Highest l...

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

authors： Roberts VJ,Steenbergen R,Murre C

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled maturation of ovarian follicles is necessary for fertility. Follicles are restrained at an immature stage until stimulated by FSH secreted by pituitary gonadotropes. FSH acts on granulosa cells within the immature follicle to inhibit apoptosis, promote proliferation, stimulate production of steroid and prot...

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

authors： Hunzicker-Dunn ME,Lopez-Biladeau B,Law NC,Fiedler SE,Carr DW,Maizels ET

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Distributions of sulfur isotopes in geological samples would provide a record of atmospheric composition if the mechanism producing the isotope effects could be described quantitatively. We determined the UV absorption spectra of 32SO2, 33SO2, and 34SO2 and use them to interpret the geological record. The calculated i...

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

authors： Ueno Y,Johnson MS,Danielache SO,Eskebjerg C,Pandey A,Yoshida N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies have revealed thousands of loci predisposing to hundreds of human diseases and traits, revealing important biological pathways and defining novel therapeutic hypotheses. However, the genes discovered to date typically explain less than half of the apparent heritability. Because efforts have largely foc...

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

authors： Zuk O,Schaffner SF,Samocha K,Do R,Hechter E,Kathiresan S,Daly MJ,Neale BM,Sunyaev SR,Lander ES

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence and neuroanatomical locations of separate extrastriate visual pathways for object recognition and spatial localization were investigated in healthy young men. Regional cerebral blood flow was measured by positron emission tomography and bolus injections of H2(15)O, while subjects performed face matching,...

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

authors： Haxby JV,Grady CL,Horwitz B,Ungerleider LG,Mishkin M,Carson RE,Herscovitch P,Schapiro MB,Rapoport SI

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of beta-nerve growth factor (betaNGF) was studied in mouse submaxillary glands incubated with L-[(35)S]cystine. betaNGF was isolated from tissue extracts by the addition of antiserum against betaNGF and the washed immunoprecipitates were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. With sho...

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

authors： Berger EA,Shooter EM

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA; EC 3.2.1.18) possesses a signal-anchor hydrophobic domain at the amino terminus. To characterize the nature of this signal-anchor domain we have introduced single amino acid changes in this domain by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. Three mutant NA proteins that were synthesized...

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

authors： Sivasubramanian N,Nayak DP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to observations in bacteria and fungi, frameshift mutations in bacteriophage T4 do not arise during genetic recombination. Nascent mutants, captured in the heterozygous condition, exhibit properties which indicate that the new lesions are located at the extreme tips of the chromosomes, and are segregated b...

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

authors： Lindstrom DM,Drake JW

更新日期：1970-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribozymes are RNAs that possess the dual properties of RNA sequence-specific recognition, analogous to conventional antisense molecules, and RNA substrate destruction via site-specific cleavage. The cleavage reaction is catalytic in that more than one substrate molecule is processed per ribozyme molecule. We have desi...

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

authors： Ojwang JO,Hampel A,Looney DJ,Wong-Staal F,Rappaport J

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper (Th) lymphocytes can develop memory for the expression of particular cytokines, like IL-4 or IL-10, in that reexpression of those cytokines is independent of the original costimulatory signal IL-4 and depends only on T cell receptor stimulation. Here, we show that in the course of Th2 cell differentiation in ...

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

authors： Löhning M,Richter A,Stamm T,Hu-Li J,Assenmacher M,Paul WE,Radbruch A

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) has several putative roles in metal detoxification, in Zn and Cu homeostasis, in scavenging free radicals, and in the acute phase response. Mice of mixed 129/Ola and C57BL/6J background with targeted disruption of MT-I and MT-II genes are more sensitive to toxic metals and oxidative stress. We not...

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

authors： Beattie JH,Wood AM,Newman AM,Bremner I,Choo KH,Michalska AE,Duncan JS,Trayhurn P

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An electron density map at 3 angstrom resolution has been calculated for Cu2+, Zn2+ superoxide dismutase from bovine erythrocytes, and the course of the main chain has been traced. The dominant structural feature is an 8-stranded barrel of antiparallel beta-pleated sheet. There is one very short helical section and tw...

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

authors： Richardson J,Thomas KA,Rubin BH,Richardson DC

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuations in resting-state functional connectivity occur but their behavioral significance remains unclear, largely because correlating behavioral state with dynamic functional connectivity states (DCS) engages probes that disrupt the very behavioral state we seek to observe. Observing spontaneous eyelid closures f...

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

authors： Wang C,Ong JL,Patanaik A,Zhou J,Chee MW

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In human adults, learning and memory under acute stress are characterized by an increased use of rigid habitual response strategies at the cost of flexible cognitive strategies. The immediate effects of stress on cognitive functioning early in life are not well understood. Here we show experimentally that acute stress...

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

authors： Seehagen S,Schneider S,Rudolph J,Ernst S,Zmyj N

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In the prostate gland of adult mammals, most epithelial cells are in a state of proliferative quiescence. Androgens regulate this effect by inducing cell cycle arrest in the G(0)/G(1) phase. Potential mediators of this androgen-induced proliferative shutoff were identified by means of subtracted cDNA libraries. The ex...

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

authors： Geck P,Maffini MV,Szelei J,Sonnenschein C,Soto AM

更新日期：2000-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We derive more than 80 embeddings of 2D hyperbolic honeycombs in Euclidean 3 space, forming 3-periodic infinite polyhedra with cubic symmetry. All embeddings are "minimally frustrated," formed by removing just enough isometries of the (regular, but unphysical) 2D hyperbolic honeycombs [Formula: see text], [Formula: se...

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

authors： Pedersen MC,Hyde ST

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrational modes in mechanical resonators provide a promising candidate to interface and manipulate classical and quantum information. The observation of coherent dynamics between distant mechanical resonators can be a key step toward scalable phonon-based applications. Here we report tunable coherent phonon dynamics...

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

authors： Zhang ZZ,Song XX,Luo G,Su ZJ,Wang KL,Cao G,Li HO,Xiao M,Guo GC,Tian L,Deng GW,Guo GP

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling calorie intake (CCI) extends healthful life-span by a mechanism that may involve reduced rates of cell division without detriment to inducible cellular responses. To test whether inducible cellular proliferation is preserved by CCI and whether the mRNA expression levels of oncogenes activated by cell divis...

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

authors： Himeno Y,Engelman RW,Good RA

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00