Translation of mRNAs with degenerate initiation triplet AUU displays high initiation factor 2 dependence and is subject to initiation factor 3 repression.

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men over 50 years of age, and there is a characteristic marked decrease in Zn content in the malignant prostate cells. The cause and consequences of this loss have thus far been unknown. We found that in middle-aged rats a Zn-deficient diet reduces prostatic Zn lev...

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

authors： Fong LY,Jing R,Smalley KJ,Wang ZX,Taccioli C,Fan S,Chen H,Alder H,Huebner K,Farber JL,Fiehn O,Croce CM

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:WE REEXAMINED TWO QUESTIONS CONCERNING LYT ANTIGENS OF CYTOTOXIC T CELLS OF THE MOUSE: is Lyt-1 antigen expressed on cytotoxic effector cells and can cytotoxicity be blocked by antibody to Lyt antigens in the absence of added complement? A 3-hr (51)Cr-release assay with splenic effector cells and leukemia or myeloma t...

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

authors： Nakayama E,Shiku H,Stockert E,Oettgen HF,Old LJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a posterior silk gland extract, covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA is in a superhelical state that supports more transcription of fibroin gene than does linear DNA. A HeLa cell extract showed neither the supercoiling activity nor the preference for the transcription of ccc DNA over linear DNA. These activities co...

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

authors： Hirose S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a series of gradually expanded thymine nucleobase analogs in probing steric effects in DNA polymerase efficiency and fidelity. In these nonpolar compounds, the base size was increased incrementally over a 1.0-A range by use of variably sized atoms (H, F, Cl, Br, and I) to replace the oxygen mole...

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

authors： Kim TW,Delaney JC,Essigmann JM,Kool ET

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM), which plays a functional role in plant physiology, is a source of chronic human disease, forming the major inorganic component of kidney stones. Understanding molecular mechanisms of biological control over COM crystallization is central to development of effective stone disease ther...

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

authors： Qiu SR,Wierzbicki A,Orme CA,Cody AM,Hoyer JR,Nancollas GH,Zepeda S,De Yoreo JJ

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide growth factors were isolated from conditioned medium derived from rice (Oryza sativa L.) suspension cultures and identified to be a sulfated pentapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-Gln-OH] and its C-terminal-truncated tetrapeptide [H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-OH]. These structures were identical to the p...

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

authors： Matsubayashi Y,Takagi L,Sakagami Y

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Volumetric detection and accurate quantification of fluorescent proteins in entire animals would greatly enhance our ability to monitor biological processes in vivo. Here we present a quantitative tomographic technique for visualization of superficial and deep-seated (>2-3 mm) fluorescent protein activity in vivo. We ...

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

authors： Zacharakis G,Kambara H,Shih H,Ripoll J,Grimm J,Saeki Y,Weissleder R,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2005-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence polymorphism of class II major histocompatibility complex-encoded molecules (Ia) not only accounts for the allelic variability in Ia structure relevant to T-lymphocyte responses but also seems to result in differential quantitative expression of particular Ia heterodimers. The contributions of different allel...

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

authors： Braunstein NS,Germain RN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain cheU mutants of Salmonella show inverted chemotactic behavior, being repelled by attractants and attracted by repellents. Such a dramatic change in behavioral pattern would seem at first glance to require drastic and complex alterations in the sensory processing system. In fact, the behavior can be explained b...

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

authors： Khan S,Macnab RM,DeFranco AL,Koshland DE Jr

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry (CXMS) is being increasingly used to study protein assemblies and complex protein interaction networks. Existing CXMS chemical cross-linkers target only Lys, Cys, Glu, and Asp residues, limiting the information measurable. Here we report a "plant-and-cast" cross-linking strateg...

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

authors： Yang B,Wu H,Schnier PD,Liu Y,Liu J,Wang N,DeGrado WF,Wang L

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Both polarities of the satellite RNA of tobacco ringspot virus are sources of self-cleaving sequences. RNA of the less abundant, negative polarity, designated sTobRV-(-)RNA, has cleaving activity that was mapped previously to two noncontiguous regions of the polyribonucleotide chain. Endoribonucleolytic oligoribonucle...

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

authors： Feldstein PA,Buzayan JM,van Tol H,deBear J,Gough GR,Gilham PT,Bruening G

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)-positive Treg cells are crucial for maintaining immune homeostasis. FOXP3 cooperates with its binding partners to elicit Treg cells' signature and function, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the modulation of the FOXP3 complex remain unclear. Here we report that Deleted in breast cancer 1...

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

authors： Gao Y,Tang J,Chen W,Li Q,Nie J,Lin F,Wu Q,Chen Z,Gao Z,Fan H,Tsun A,Shen J,Chen G,Liu Z,Lou Z,Olsen NJ,Zheng SG,Li B

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimentally, protein engineering and phi-value analysis is the method of choice to characterize the structure in folding transition state ensemble (TSE) of any protein. Combining experimental phi values and computer simulations has led to a deeper understanding of how proteins fold. In this report, we construct the...

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

authors： Li L,Shakhnovich EI

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) signaling is essential for normal embryonic development in many organisms, including frog, mouse, zebrafish, and sea urchin. The mode of action of PDGFR signaling during early development is poorly understood, however, mostly because inhibition of signaling through eithe...

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

authors： Van Stry M,Kazlauskas A,Schreiber SL,Symes K

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1000 primary gastric carcinomas, 70 (7.0%) contained Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genomic sequences detected by PCR and Southern blots. The positive tumors comprised 8 of 9 (89%) undifferentiated lymphoepithelioma-like carcinomas, 27 of 476 (5.7%) poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, and 35 of 515 (6.8%) moderately t...

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

authors： Imai S,Koizumi S,Sugiura M,Tokunaga M,Uemura Y,Yamamoto N,Tanaka S,Sato E,Osato T

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to differentiate into various cell types and, thus, may be useful as a source of cells for transplantation or tissue engineering. We describe here the differentiation steps of human embryonic stem cells into endothelial cells forming vascular-like structures. The human emb...

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

authors： Levenberg S,Golub JS,Amit M,Itskovitz-Eldor J,Langer R

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxiredoxins (Prx), a family of peroxidases that reduce intracellular peroxides with the thioredoxin system as the electron donor, are highly expressed in various cellular compartments. Among the antioxidant Prx enzymes, Prx2 is the most abundant in mammalian neurons, making it a prime candidate to defend against ox...

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

authors： Fang J,Nakamura T,Cho DH,Gu Z,Lipton SA

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the bacterial RecA protein in plants stimulates homologous recombination in tobacco. Here we show that RecA plays a direct role in DNA strand exchange in vivo. The number of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) was increased 2.4-fold over wild type in transgenic tobacco plants expressing a nuclear-targeted ...

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

authors： Reiss B,Schubert I,Köpchen K,Wendeler E,Schell J,Puchta H

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils is a phenomenon central to many increasingly common and currently incurable human disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Oligomeric species form transiently during this process and not only act as essential intermediates in the assembly of n...

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

authors： Dear AJ,Michaels TCT,Meisl G,Klenerman D,Wu S,Perrett S,Linse S,Dobson CM,Knowles TPJ

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the packing efficiency at the protein-water interface by calculating the volumes of atoms on the protein surface and nearby water molecules in 22 crystal structures. We find that an atom on the protein surface occupies, on average, a volume approximately 7% larger than an atom of equivalent chemical...

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

authors： Gerstein M,Chothia C

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial telomeric sequences (ITSs) are present in many eukaryotic genomes and are linked to genome instabilities and disease in humans. The mechanisms responsible for ITS-mediated genome instability are not understood in molecular detail. Here, we use a model Saccharomyces cerevisiae system to characterize genome...

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

authors： Aksenova AY,Greenwell PW,Dominska M,Shishkin AA,Kim JC,Petes TD,Mirkin SM

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation experiments with labeled sirohydrochlorin and trimethylisobacteriochlorin demonstrate that ring contraction in vivo to the corrin macrocycle of vitamin B12 liberates acetic acid. The C-20 atom of the precursors becomes the acetate carboxyl carbon. ...

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

authors： Battersby AR,Bushell MJ,Jones C,Lewis NG,Pfenninger A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide evidence that citrate anions bridge between mineral platelets in bone and hypothesize that their presence acts to maintain separate platelets with disordered regions between them rather than gradual transformations into larger, more ordered blocks of mineral. To assess this hypothesis, we take as a model fo...

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

authors： Davies E,Müller KH,Wong WC,Pickard CJ,Reid DG,Skepper JN,Duer MJ

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that diverse species of bacteria encode a type IB DNA topoisomerase that resembles vaccinia virus topoisomerase. Deinococcus radiodurans topoisomerase IB (DraTopIB), an exemplary member of this family, relaxes supercoiled DNA in the absence of a divalent cation or ATP. DraTopIB has a compact size (346 aa) an...

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

authors： Krogh BO,Shuman S

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion derivatives of the maize transposable element Activator (Ac) were constructed in vitro and inserted into a kanamycin resistance gene. These constructions were then introduced into tobacco protoplasts derived from plants previously transformed with Ac. The ability of each deletion derivative to excise was meas...

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

authors： Coupland G,Plum C,Chatterjee S,Post A,Starlinger P

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a methodology, fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), in which the contrast depends on the fluorescence lifetime at each point in a two-dimensional image and not on the local concentration and/or intensity of the fluorophore. We used FLIM to create lifetime images of NADH when free in solution and when bou...

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

authors： Lakowicz JR,Szmacinski H,Nowaczyk K,Johnson ML

更新日期：1992-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A fragment of the cloned gene for the human myeloma ND epsilon chain, coding for the second, third, and fourth domains of the immunoglobulin, has been coupled to the tryptophan control region of an expression plasmid and subcloned in Escherichia coli. Induction of gene expression results in the synthesis of the expect...

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

authors： Kenten J,Helm B,Ishizaka T,Cattini P,Gould H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that phagocytic leukocytes exposed to the tumor-promoting agent, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate, efficiently release carbon-1 of 2-deoxyglucose in the form of CO2 with concurrent intracellular accumulation of a phosphorylated 5-carbon intermediate. In the absence of 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-a...

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

authors： Zabos P,Kyner D,Mendelsohn N,Schreiber C,Waxman S,Christman J,Acs G

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-amino acid residue peptide derived from a consensus motif of natural ferredoxins incorporates a tetranuclear iron sulfur cluster under physiological conditions. Successful assembly of the [4Fe-4S]2+/1+ cluster within a monomeric peptide was demonstrated using size exclusion chromatography, UV-visible, visible CD,...

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

authors： Gibney BR,Mulholland SE,Rabanal F,Dutton PL

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line stem cells (GSCs) are maintained by the somatic microenvironment, or GSC niche, which ensures that GSCs can both self-renew and produce functional gametes. However, it remains unclear how the proper niche size and location are regulated within the developing gonads. In the Drosophila testis, the hub cells th...

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

authors： Kitadate Y,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00