Yeast calmodulin and a conserved nuclear protein participate in the in vivo binding of a matrix association region.

abstract：:We have explored the mechanism of genomic rearrangement in a hamster fibroblast cell culture system in which rearrangements are induced 5' to the endogenous thymidine kinase gene by chemical carcinogen treatment. The wild-type region around one rearrangement breakpoint was cloned and sequenced. With this sequence info...

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

authors： Barr FG,Davis RJ,Eichenfield L,Emanuel BS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four overlapping cosmid clones were constructed that contain the complete genome of the attenuated Oka strain of VZV. Transfection of human melanoma cells with the four cosmids resulted in production of infectious VZV. A double-stranded oligonucleotide, encoding a stop codon in all three open reading frames, was inser...

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

authors： Cohen JI,Seidel KE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal rabies control has been frustrated by the existence of multiple wildlife reservoirs and the lack of efficacious oral vaccines. In this investigation, raccoons fed a vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein recombinant virus in a sponge bait developed rabies virus-neutralizing antibody (0.6-54.0 units) and resisted street r...

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

authors： Rupprecht CE,Wiktor TJ,Johnston DH,Hamir AN,Dietzschold B,Wunner WH,Glickman LT,Koprowski H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "false thumb" of pandas is a carpal bone, the radial sesamoid, which has been enlarged and functions as an opposable thumb. If the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) are not closely related, their sharing of this adaptation implies a remarkable convergence. The discovery of pr...

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

authors： Salesa MJ,Antón M,Peigné S,Morales J

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference is an evolutionarily conserved process in which recognition of double-stranded RNA ultimately leads to posttranscriptional suppression of gene expression. This suppression is mediated by short (21- to 22-nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which induce degradation of mRNA based on complementary base ...

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

authors： Barton GM,Medzhitov R

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional lysosomes mediate autophagy and macropinocytosis for nutrient acquisition. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors exhibit high basal lysosomal activity, and inhibition of lysosome function suppresses PDAC cell proliferation and tumor growth. However, the codependencies induced by lysosomal inhibitio...

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

authors： Elliott IA,Dann AM,Xu S,Kim SS,Abt ER,Kim W,Poddar S,Moore A,Zhou L,Williams JL,Capri JR,Ghukasyan R,Matsumura C,Tucker DA,Armstrong WR,Cabebe AE,Wu N,Li L,Le TM,Radu CG,Donahue TR

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD4-8- thymocyte subset contains immature precursors for phenotypically and functionally mature CD4+8- and CD4-8+ thymocytes and peripheral T cells, as well as nonmature CD4+8+ thymocytes, most of which die in situ. The intrathymic death of most thymocytes is probably related to selective influences that ensure th...

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

authors： Guidos CJ,Weissman IL,Adkins B

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound of simple structure, 2,4-dichlorobenzyl thiocyanate (DCBT), is an antimitotic agent with a number of unusual properties. The drug causes an extreme reorganization of microtubules in cells in culture. Most normal microtubules disappear, and remaining tubulin-containing structures appear to be bundled or aggr...

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

authors： Abraham I,Dion RL,Chi DM,Gottesman MM,Hamel E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the polysialyltransferase ST8Sia IV is expressed in both primary and secondary human lymphoid organs, its product, polysialic acid (polySia), has been largely overlooked by immunologists. In contrast, polySia expression and function in the nervous system has been well characterized. In this context, polySia m...

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

authors： Drake PM,Stock CM,Nathan JK,Gip P,Golden KP,Weinhold B,Gerardy-Schahn R,Bertozzi CR

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are synthases required to build the essential peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall surrounding most bacterial cells. The mechanisms regulating the activity of these enzymes to control PG synthesis remain surprisingly poorly defined given their status as key antibiotic targets. Several years ...

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

authors： Greene NG,Fumeaux C,Bernhardt TG

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA clone encoding a purified augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) factor prepared from the cytosol of weanling rat livers was isolated. The 1.2-kb cDNA included a 299-bp 5' untranslated region, a 375-bp coding region, and a 550-bp 3' untranslated region. It encoded a protein consisting of 125 amino ac...

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

authors： Hagiya M,Francavilla A,Polimeno L,Ihara I,Sakai H,Seki T,Shimonishi M,Porter KA,Starzl TE

更新日期：1994-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is now the most common cause of progressive kidney failure leading to dialysis or transplantation. The central pathological feature of diabetic nephropathy is accumulation of extracellular matrix within the glomeruli. The factors in the diabetic milieu responsible for extracellular matrix accumulation are not...

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

authors： Yamamoto T,Nakamura T,Noble NA,Ruoslahti E,Border WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ras oncogene products require membrane localization for their function, and this is thought to be accomplished by the addition of a palmitoyl group to a cysteine residue near the carboxyl terminus of the nascent chain. A lipidated carboxyl-terminal cysteine residue is also found in sequence-related yeast sex facto...

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

authors： Clarke S,Vogel JP,Deschenes RJ,Stock J

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear exosome-targeting (NEXT) complex functions as an RNA exosome cofactor and is involved in surveillance and turnover of aberrant transcripts and noncoding RNAs. NEXT is a ternary complex composed of the RNA-binding protein RBM7, the scaffold zinc-knuckle protein ZCCHC8, and the helicase MTR4. While RNA inter...

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

authors： Puno MR,Lima CD

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the activity and structure of lower vertebrate alcohol dehydrogenases reveals that relationships between the classical liver and yeast enzymes need not be continuous. Both the ethanol activity of class I-type alcohol dehydrogenase (alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.1) and the glutathione-dependent form...

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

authors： Danielsson O,Jörnvall H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a series of anions to inhibit [(3)H]strychnine binding to spinal cord synaptic membranes correlates closely with their neurophysiologic capacity to reverse inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in the mammalian spinal cord. Seven neurophysiologically active anions are also effective inhibitors of [(3)H]str...

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

authors： Young AB,Snyder SH

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structural and functional model of bacterial nitric oxide reductase (NOR) has been designed by introducing two glutamates (Glu) and three histidines (His) in sperm whale myoglobin. X-ray structural data indicate that the three His and one Glu (V68E) residues bind iron, mimicking the putative Fe(B) site in NOR, while...

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

authors： Lin YW,Yeung N,Gao YG,Miner KD,Tian S,Robinson H,Lu Y

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural symmetry is a hallmark of homomeric ion channels. Nonobligatory regulatory proteins can also critically define the precise functional role of such channels. For instance, the pore-forming subunit of the large conductance voltage and calcium-activated potassium (BK, Slo1, or KCa1.1) channels encoded by a sin...

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

authors： Gonzalez-Perez V,Ben Johny M,Xia XM,Lingle CJ

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a general in situ method to grow a polymer conjugate solely from the C terminus of a recombinant protein. GFP was fused at its C terminus with an intein; cleavage of the intein provided a unique thioester moiety at the C terminus of GFP that was used to install an atom transfer radical polymerizatio...

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

authors： Gao W,Liu W,Christensen T,Zalutsky MR,Chilkoti A

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintended block of HERG K+ channels is a side effect of many common medications and is the most common cause of acquired long QT syndrome associated with increased risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. The molecular mechanism of high-affinity HERG block by structurally diverse compounds has been attributed to pi-stac...

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

authors： Chen J,Seebohm G,Sanguinetti MC

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional recovery after stroke has been associated with brain plasticity; however, the exact relationship is unknown. We performed behavioral tests, functional MRI, and histology in a rat stroke model to assess the correlation between temporal changes in sensorimotor function, brain activation patterns, cerebral isc...

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

authors： Dijkhuizen RM,Ren J,Mandeville JB,Wu O,Ozdag FM,Moskowitz MA,Rosen BR,Finklestein SP

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion of myeloid cells associated with solid tumor development is a key contributor to neoplastic progression. Despite their clinical relevance, the mechanisms controlling myeloid cell production and activity in cancer remains poorly understood. Using a multistage mouse model of breast cancer, we show that product...

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

authors： Casbon AJ,Reynaud D,Park C,Khuc E,Gan DD,Schepers K,Passegué E,Werb Z

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally differentiated chicken macrophages were derived by in vitro differentiation of embryonic yolk sac cells and were characterized by several macrophage-specific cell markers. Uniform, infected, virus-producing cultures were obtained after exposure of these macrophages to avian myoblastosis virus (AMV), avian...

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

authors： Durban EM,Boettiger D

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) comprise the major group of Ca2+-regulated kinases in plants and protists. It has long been assumed that CDPKs are activated, like other Ca2+-regulated kinases, by derepression of the kinase domain (KD). However, we found that removal of the autoinhibitory domain from Toxoplas...

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

authors： Ingram JR,Knockenhauer KE,Markus BM,Mandelbaum J,Ramek A,Shan Y,Shaw DE,Schwartz TU,Ploegh HL,Lourido S

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation results in increased nitrogen monoxide (.NO) formation and the accumulation of nitrite (NO(2-)). Neutrophils stimulated by various inflammatory mediators release myeloperoxidase to produce the cytotoxic agent hypochlorous acid (HOCl). Exposure of chondrocytic SW1353 cells to HOCl resulted in a con...

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

authors： Whiteman M,Hooper DC,Scott GS,Koprowski H,Halliwell B

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:RAG1 and RAG2 are lymphoid-specific genes that together induce V(D)J recombinase activity in a variety of nonlymphoid cell types. While no other lymphoid-specific factors are required to induce recombination, other factors with more widespread expression patterns have been implicated in the reaction. However, none of ...

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

authors： Cuomo CA,Kirch SA,Gyuris J,Brent R,Oettinger MA

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropomyosin is a key component of the contractile systems found in muscle and nonmuscle cells of higher eukaryotes. Based on properties common to all tropomyosins, we have purified a protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that resembles tropomyosins from higher cells. The yeast protein remains soluble after heat treatm...

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

authors： Liu HP,Bretscher A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastid development in seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana is affected by the transfer of (1)O(2)-mediated retrograde signals from the plastid to the nucleus and changes in nuclear gene expression during late embryogenesis. The potential impact of these mechanisms on plastid differentiation is maintained throughout seed...

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

authors： Kim C,Lee KP,Baruah A,Nater M,Göbel C,Feussner I,Apel K

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The geographical structure of a population distributed continuously and homogeneously along an infinite linear habitat is explored. The analysis is restricted to a single locus in the absence of selection, and every mutant is assumed to be new to the population. An explicit formula is derived for the probability that ...

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

authors： Nagylaki T

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium sensitivity of myosin cross-bridge activation in striated muscles commonly varies during ontogeny and in response to alterations in muscle usage, but the consequences for whole-organism physiology are not well known. Here we show that the relative abundances of alternatively spliced transcripts of the calcium ...

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

authors： Marden JH,Fitzhugh GH,Wolf MR,Arnold KD,Rowan B

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00