Molecular phylogeny of the extinct ground sloth Mylodon darwinii.

abstract：:Assembly of light-harvesting complexes requires synchronization of chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis with biogenesis of light-harvesting Chl a/b-binding proteins (LHCPs). The chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP) pathway is responsible for transport of nucleus-encoded LHCPs in the stroma of the plastid and thei...

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

authors： Wang P,Liang FC,Wittmann D,Siegel A,Shan SO,Grimm B

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for conjugating low density lipoproteins (LDL) with colloidal gold. Conjugation, complete after 1 min, occurs by electrostatic adsorption of the LDL to the negatively charged gold particle. Each conjugate consists of approximately eight biologically active LDL molecules clustered around a ce...

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

authors： Handley DA,Arbeeny CM,Witte LD,Chien S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a murine gene, metaxin, that spans the 6-kb interval separating the glucocerebrosidase gene (GC) from the thrombospondin 3 gene on chromosome 3E3-F1. Metaxin and GC are transcribed convergently; their major polyadenylylation sites are only 431 bp apart. On the other hand, metaxin and the thrombospon...

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

authors： Bornstein P,McKinney CE,LaMarca ME,Winfield S,Shingu T,Devarayalu S,Vos HL,Ginns EI

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from three studies reveals a critical difference in self-control as a function of political ideology. Specifically, greater endorsement of political conservatism (versus liberalism) was associated with greater attention regulation and task persistence. Moreover, this relationship is shown to stem from varying...

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

authors： Clarkson JJ,Chambers JR,Hirt ER,Otto AS,Kardes FR,Leone C

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The sided effects of H+ on Ca2(+)-stimulated K+ transport (the Gardos channel) were studied in human red blood cells. Cells were loaded with Ca2+ during energy depletion with the internal pH adjusted to desired levels prior to treatment with the anion-exchange inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid...

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

authors： Heinz A,Hoffman JF

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) introduced a new framework for analyzing social-ecological systems that has had wide influence in the policy and scientific communities. Studies after the MA are taking up new challenges in the basic science needed to assess, project, and manage flows of ecosystem services and ...

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

authors： Carpenter SR,Mooney HA,Agard J,Capistrano D,Defries RS,Díaz S,Dietz T,Duraiappah AK,Oteng-Yeboah A,Pereira HM,Perrings C,Reid WV,Sarukhan J,Scholes RJ,Whyte A

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial transposon Tn7 encodes two distinct but overlapping transposition pathways. tnsABC + tnsD promote transposition to a specific site, attTn7, while tnsABC + tnsE promote transposition to many other sites unrelated to attTn7. We have identified a tnsD-dependent DNA binding activity that specifically recogni...

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

authors： Waddell CS,Craig NL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using single-cell sequence analysis, we discovered that a high proportion of cells in tissues as diverse as buccal epithelium and heart muscle contain high proportions of clonal mutant mtDNA expanded from single initial mutant mtDNA molecules. We demonstrate that intracellular clonal expansion of somatic point mutatio...

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

authors： Nekhaeva E,Bodyak ND,Kraytsberg Y,McGrath SB,Van Orsouw NJ,Pluzhnikov A,Wei JY,Vijg J,Khrapko K

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the c-abl protooncogene occurs in Abelson murine leukemia virus, in Hardy-Zuckerman 2 feline sarcoma virus, and during the chromosomal translocations that generate BCR-ABL gene fusion products. To study the molecular mechanism involved in the c-abl activation, we have created a series of modifications in...

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

authors： Shore SK,Bogart SL,Reddy EP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in ecology is to define species' niches on the basis of functional traits. Size and shape are important determinants of a species' niche but their causal role is often difficult to interpret. For endotherms, size and shape define the thermal niche through their interaction with core temperature, insula...

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

authors： Porter WP,Kearney M

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA array technology has proven to be a powerful way to monitor global changes in gene expression patterns. Here, we present an approach that extends the current utility of cDNA arrays to allow the evaluation of the relative roles of transcription and mRNA turnover in governing gene expression on a global basis, comp...

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

authors： Fan J,Yang X,Wang W,Wood WH 3rd,Becker KG,Gorospe M

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) has been used successfully in the treatment of cancer-related anemia. Clinical observations with several patients with multiple-myeloma treated with rHuEpo has shown, in addition to the improved quality of life, a longer survival than expected, considering the poor prognostic ...

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

authors： Mittelman M,Neumann D,Peled A,Kanter P,Haran-Ghera N

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first part of a quantitative theory for the structure and dynamics of forests at demographic and resource steady state. The theory uses allometric scaling relations, based on metabolism and biomechanics, to quantify how trees use resources, fill space, and grow. These individual-level traits and propert...

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

authors： West GB,Enquist BJ,Brown JH

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epitopes for 22 alloantibodies that inhibit factor VIII procoagulant protein (FVIII) from multitransfused individuals with severe hemophilia A and three autoantibodies from nonhemophilic individuals appeared to be restricted to two specific regions of the FVIII molecule. Immunoblotting of purified FVIII and purified t...

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

authors： Fulcher CA,de Graaf Mahoney S,Roberts JR,Kasper CK,Zimmerman TS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotaxis network in Escherichia coli is remarkable for its sensitivity to small relative changes in the concentrations of multiple chemical signals. We present a model for signal integration by mixed clusters of interacting two-state chemoreceptors. Our model results compare favorably to the results obtained by ...

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

authors： Keymer JE,Endres RG,Skoge M,Meir Y,Wingreen NS

更新日期：2006-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated cold-sensitive mutations in two genes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, BIN2 and BIN3, that cause aberrant chromosome segregation in vivo. BIN2 and BIN3 encode essential proteins that are similar to each other and to TCP-1. TCP-1 and TCP-1-like proteins are components of the eukaryotic cytoplasmi...

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

authors： Chen X,Sullivan DS,Huffaker TC

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesvirus entry into cells requires the coordinated action of multiple virus envelope glycoproteins, including gH, gL, and gB. For EBV, the gp42 protein assembles into complexes with gHgL heterodimers and binds HLA class II to activate gB-mediated membrane fusion with B cells. EBV tropism is dictated by gp42 levels ...

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

authors： Sathiyamoorthy K,Jiang J,Möhl BS,Chen J,Zhou ZH,Longnecker R,Jardetzky TS

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical step in neuronal development is the formation of axon/dendrite polarity, a process involving symmetry breaking in the newborn neuron. Local self-amplifying processes could enhance and stabilize the initial asymmetry in the distribution of axon/dendrite determinants, but the identity of these processes remai...

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

authors： Cheng PL,Song AH,Wong YH,Wang S,Zhang X,Poo MM

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and the formation of aggregates are increasingly recognized components of the pathology of human genetic disease and hallmarks of many neurodegenerative disorders. As exemplified by polyglutamine diseases, the propensity for protein misfolding is associated with the length of polyglutamine expansion...

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

authors： Nollen EA,Garcia SM,van Haaften G,Kim S,Chavez A,Morimoto RI,Plasterk RH

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi play crucial roles in the biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, most notably as saprophytes decomposing organic matter and as mycorrhizal fungi enhancing plant nutrient uptake. However, a recurrent problem in fungal ecology is to establish the trophic status of species in the field. Our interpretations and ...

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

authors： Högberg P,Plamboeck AH,Taylor AF,Fransson PM

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is highly efficient in targeting pathogens, but lack of its apposite regulation results in host-cell damage, which is linked to diseases. Thus, complement activation is tightly regulated by a series of proteins, which primarily belong to the regulators of complement activation (RCA) family. Struc...

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

authors： Panwar HS,Ojha H,Ghosh P,Barage SH,Raut S,Sahu A

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic nematicity, a correlated state that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry, is observed in several layered quantum materials. In contrast to their liquid-crystal counterparts, the nematic director cannot usually point in an arbitrary direction (XY nematics), but is locked by the crystal to discrete direct...

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

authors： Ishida K,Tsujii M,Hosoi S,Mizukami Y,Ishida S,Iyo A,Eisaki H,Wolf T,Grube K,V Löhneysen H,Fernandes RM,Shibauchi T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand non-trivial biological functions, it is crucial to develop minimal synthetic models that capture their basic features. Here, we demonstrate a sequence-independent, reversible control of transcription and gene expression using a photosensitive nucleic acid binder (pNAB). By introducing a pNAB whose affini...

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

authors： Estévez-Torres A,Crozatier C,Diguet A,Hara T,Saito H,Yoshikawa K,Baigl D

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that the silk fibroin gene from Bombyx mori is faithfully transcribed in an in vitro transcription system of the HeLa cell extract prepared by the method of Manley et al. [Manley, J. L., Fire, A., Cano, A., Sharp, P. A. & Gefter, M. L. (1980) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77, 3855-3859]. Using this system a...

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

authors： Tsujimoto Y,Hirose S,Tsuda M,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The x-ray crystal structure of an oligomeric miniprotein has been determined to a 1.2-A resolution by means of multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing with selenomethionine analogs that retain the biophysical characteristics of the native peptide. Peptide 1, comprising alpha and beta secondary structure elements...

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

authors： Ali MH,Peisach E,Allen KN,Imperiali B

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies by x-ray crystallography, NMR, and molecular simulations have suggested that monovalent counterions can penetrate deeply into the minor groove of B form DNA. Such groove-bound ions potentially could play an important role in AT-tract bending and groove narrowing, thereby modulating DNA function in vivo....

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

authors： Denisov VP,Halle B

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers the T-DNA portion of its Ti plasmid to the nuclear genome of plant cells. Upon cocultivation of A. tumefaciens strain A348 with regenerating tobacco leaf protoplasts, restriction endonuclease fragments of the T-DNA were generated that are consistent with double-stranded cleavage of ...

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

authors： Veluthambi K,Jayaswal RK,Gelvin SB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of the staphylococcal exotoxin toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) by Staphylococcus aureus has been associated with essentially all cases of menstruation-associated toxic shock syndrome (TSS). In this work, we show that the human vaginal isolate Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 produces small signaling mo...

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

authors： Li J,Wang W,Xu SX,Magarvey NA,McCormick JK

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The first crystal structure of the neurotransmitter/sodium symporter homolog LeuT revealed an occluded binding pocket containing leucine and 2 Na(+); later structures showed tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in an extracellular vestibule approximately 11 A above the bound leucine and 2 Na(+). We recently found this reg...

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

authors： Quick M,Winther AM,Shi L,Nissen P,Weinstein H,Javitch JA

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas all mammals have one glutamate dehydrogenase gene (GLUD1), humans and apes carry an additional gene (GLUD2), which encodes an enzyme with distinct biochemical properties. We inserted a bacterial artificial chromosome containing the human GLUD2 gene into mice and analyzed the resulting changes in the transcript...

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

authors： Li Q,Guo S,Jiang X,Bryk J,Naumann R,Enard W,Tomita M,Sugimoto M,Khaitovich P,Pääbo S

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00