The in vitro ejection of zinc from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 nucleocapsid protein by disulfide benzamides with cellular anti-HIV activity.

abstract：:Bt toxins derived from the arthropod bacterial pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis are widely used for insect control as insecticides or in transgenic crops. Bt resistance has been found in field populations of several lepidopteran pests and in laboratory strains selected with Bt toxin. Widespread planting of crops expres...

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

authors： Atsumi S,Miyamoto K,Yamamoto K,Narukawa J,Kawai S,Sezutsu H,Kobayashi I,Uchino K,Tamura T,Mita K,Kadono-Okuda K,Wada S,Kanda K,Goldsmith MR,Noda H

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies can be developed to directly inhibit almost any protein, but their inability to enter the cytosol limits inhibitory antibodies to membrane-associated or extracellular targets. Developing a cytosolic antibody delivery system would offer unique opportunities to directly inhibit and study intracellular protein...

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

authors： Wang HH,Tsourkas A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Legumes were among the first plant species to be domesticated, and accompanied cereals in expansion of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent into diverse environments across the Mediterranean basin, Europe, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Although several recent studies have outlined the molecular basis for...

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

authors： Weller JL,Liew LC,Hecht VF,Rajandran V,Laurie RE,Ridge S,Wenden B,Vander Schoor JK,Jaminon O,Blassiau C,Dalmais M,Rameau C,Bendahmane A,Macknight RC,Lejeune-Hénaut I

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the optical conductivity in high-quality crystals of the chiral topological semimetal CoSi, which hosts exotic quasiparticles known as multifold fermions. We find that the optical response is separated into several distinct regions as a function of frequency, each dominated by different types of quasiparticl...

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

authors： Xu B,Fang Z,Sánchez-Martínez MÁ,Venderbos JWF,Ni Z,Qiu T,Manna K,Wang K,Paglione J,Bernhard C,Felser C,Mele EJ,Grushin AG,Rappe AM,Wu L

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function DJ-1 mutations can cause early-onset Parkinson's disease. The function of DJ-1 is unknown, but an acidic isoform accumulates after oxidative stress, leading to the suggestion that DJ-1 is protective under these conditions. We addressed whether this represents a posttranslational modification at cystei...

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

authors： Canet-Avilés RM,Wilson MA,Miller DW,Ahmad R,McLendon C,Bandyopadhyay S,Baptista MJ,Ringe D,Petsko GA,Cookson MR

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmonics now delivers sensors capable of detecting single molecules. The emission enhancements and nanometer-scale optical confinement achieved by these metallic nanostructures vastly increase spectroscopic sensitivity, enabling real-time tracking. However, the interaction of light with such nanostructures typically...

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

authors： Horton MJ,Ojambati OS,Chikkaraddy R,Deacon WM,Kongsuwan N,Demetriadou A,Hess O,Baumberg JJ

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is critical for induction of protective immunity against intracellular bacterial infection. However, the mechanisms for efficient induction of IL-12 in innate response remain poorly understood. Here we report that the B type of carbonic anhydrase 6 (Car6-b, which encoded CA-VI B) is essential fo...

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

authors： Xu J,Xu X,Wang B,Ma Y,Zhang L,Xu H,Hu Y,Wu J,Cao X

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of embryo implantation accounts for a significant percentage of female infertility. Exquisitely coordinated molecular programs govern the interaction between the competent blastocyst and the receptive uterus. Decidualization, the rapid proliferation and differentiation of endometrial stromal cells into decidua...

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

authors： Haller M,Yin Y,Ma L

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the physical origins of phase contrast in dynamic atomic force microscopy (dAFM) in liquids where low-stiffness microcantilever probes are often used for nanoscale imaging of soft biological samples with gentle forces. Under these conditions, we show that the phase contrast derives primarily from a unique ene...

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

authors： Melcher J,Carrasco C,Xu X,Carrascosa JL,Gómez-Herrero J,José de Pablo P,Raman A

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotypical patterns of vascular and neuronal networks suggest that specific genetic programs tightly control path determination and, consequently, angiogenesis and axon-guidance mechanisms. Our study focuses on one member of the roundabout family of receptors, which traditionally mediate repulsion from the midline....

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

authors： Bedell VM,Yeo SY,Park KW,Chung J,Seth P,Shivalingappa V,Zhao J,Obara T,Sukhatme VP,Drummond IA,Li DY,Ramchandran R

更新日期：2005-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus infections cause a wide variety of outcomes, from mild disease to 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and ∼290,000 to 645,000 deaths annually worldwide. The molecular mechanisms underlying these disparate outcomes are currently unknown. Glycosylation within the human host plays a critical role in in...

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

authors： Heindel DW,Koppolu S,Zhang Y,Kasper B,Meche L,Vaiana CA,Bissel SJ,Carter CE,Kelvin AA,Elaish M,Lopez-Orozco J,Zhang B,Zhou B,Chou TW,Lashua L,Hobman TC,Ross TM,Ghedin E,Mahal LK

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:α-SNAP [soluble NSF (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) attachment protein] and NSF proteins are conserved across eukaryotes and sustain cellular vesicle trafficking by mediating disassembly and reuse of SNARE protein complexes, which facilitate fusion of vesicles to target membranes. However, certain haplotypes of th...

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

authors： Bayless AM,Smith JM,Song J,McMinn PH,Teillet A,August BK,Bent AF

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which genetic risk has been mapped to HLA, but precise allelic associations have been difficult to infer due to limitations in genotyping methodology. Mapping PD risk at highest possible resolution, we performed sequencing of 11 HLA genes in 1,597 PD cases and...

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

authors： Hollenbach JA,Norman PJ,Creary LE,Damotte V,Montero-Martin G,Caillier S,Anderson KM,Misra MK,Nemat-Gorgani N,Osoegawa K,Santaniello A,Renschen A,Marin WM,Dandekar R,Parham P,Tanner CM,Hauser SL,Fernandez-Viña M,Oksenb

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface layer of the oceans and other aquatic environments contains many bacteria that range in activity, from dormant cells to those with high rates of metabolism. However, little experimental evidence exists about the activity of specific bacterial taxa, especially rare ones. Here we explore the relationship bet...

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

authors： Campbell BJ,Yu L,Heidelberg JF,Kirchman DL

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the cascade of proteolytic caspases has been identified as the final common pathway of apoptosis in diverse biological systems. We have isolated a gene, termed MRIT, that possesses overall sequence homology to FLICE (MACH), a large prodomain caspase that links the aggregated complex of the death domain r...

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

authors： Han DK,Chaudhary PM,Wright ME,Friedman C,Trask BJ,Riedel RT,Baskin DG,Schwartz SM,Hood L

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinomas are pancreatic islet tumors that inappropriately secrete insulin, producing hypoglycemia. Exome and targeted sequencing revealed that 14 of 43 insulinomas harbored the identical somatic mutation in the DNA-binding zinc finger of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1). Chromatin immunoprecipitation seque...

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

authors： Cromer MK,Choi M,Nelson-Williams C,Fonseca AL,Kunstman JW,Korah RM,Overton JD,Mane S,Kenney B,Malchoff CD,Stalberg P,Akerström G,Westin G,Hellman P,Carling T,Björklund P,Lifton RP

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA virus, hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most or second-most important cause of acute clinical hepatitis in adults throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In these regions it is an important cause of acute liver failure, especially in pregnant women who have a mortality rate of 20-30%. Until recentl...

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

authors： Shukla P,Nguyen HT,Torian U,Engle RE,Faulk K,Dalton HR,Bendall RP,Keane FE,Purcell RH,Emerson SU

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of genomic DNA and clones indicate that the pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK; ATP: pyruvate, orthophosphate phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.9.1) gene family of maize (Zea mays L. subsp. mays, line B73) contains two members. Restriction site and DNA sequence comparisons between PPDK genomic and leaf cDNA clo...

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

authors： Glackin CA,Grula JW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-4E plays a central role in the recognition of the 7-methylguanosine-containing cap structure of mRNA and the formation of initiation complexes during protein synthesis. eIF-4E exists in both phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated forms, and the primary site of phosphorylation...

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

authors： Minich WB,Balasta ML,Goss DJ,Rhoads RE

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulosa cells from immature hypophysectomized diethylstilbestrol-treated rats displayed pronounced intracellular and intercellular changes after 48 hr of exposure to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in vitro. As determined by light and electron microscopy, most of the FSH-treated cells became highly aggregated and...

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

authors： Amsterdam A,Knecht M,Catt KJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents an agent-based computational model of civil violence. Two variants of the civil violence model are presented. In the first a central authority seeks to suppress decentralized rebellion. In the second a central authority seeks to suppress communal violence between two warring ethnic groups. ...

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

authors： Epstein JM

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:When an ice crystal is born from liquid water, two key changes occur: (i) The molecules order and (ii) the mobility of the molecules drops as they adopt their lattice positions. Most research on ice nucleation (and crystallization in general) has focused on understanding the former with less attention paid to the latt...

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

authors： Fitzner M,Sosso GC,Cox SJ,Michaelides A

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated a role for the E2F1 gene product in signaling apoptosis, both as a result of the deregulation of the Rb/E2F pathway as well as in response to DNA damage. We now show that the ability of cells to suppress the apoptotic potential of E2F1, as might occur during the course of normal cellular...

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

authors： Hallstrom TC,Nevins JR

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired resistance against antimalarial drugs has further increased the need for an effective malaria vaccine. The current leading candidate, RTS,S, is a recombinant circumsporozoite protein (CSP)-based vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum that contains 19 NANP repeats followed by a thrombospondin repeat domain. Alt...

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

authors： Oyen D,Torres JL,Wille-Reece U,Ockenhouse CF,Emerling D,Glanville J,Volkmuth W,Flores-Garcia Y,Zavala F,Ward AB,King CR,Wilson IA

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Parvalbumin (PV) is a Ca2+-binding protein found only in vertebrates. It is postulated to serve as a soluble relaxing factor in fast mammalian muscle. We have isolated a rat PV cDNA clone and used this as a probe to examine changes in PV mRNA during muscle and brain development. A cDNA library was constructed in PUC8/...

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

authors： Berchtold MW,Means AR

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:Disordered proteins play an essential role in a wide variety of biological processes, and are often posttranslationally modified. One such protein is histone H1; its highly disordered C-terminal tail (CH1) condenses internucleosomal linker DNA in chromatin in a way that is still poorly understood. Moreover, CH1 is pho...

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

authors： Turner AL,Watson M,Wilkins OG,Cato L,Travers A,Thomas JO,Stott K

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved mammalian two-hybrid system designed for interaction trap screening is described in this paper. CV-1/EBNA-1 monkey kidney epithelial cells expressing Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) were stably transfected with a reporter plasmid for GAL4-dependent expression of the green fluorescent protein ...

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

authors： Shioda T,Andriole S,Yahata T,Isselbacher KJ

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Most growth factors are initially synthesized as precursor proteins and subsequently processed into their mature form by proteolytic cleavage, resulting in simultaneous removal of a pro-peptide. However, compared with that of mature form, the biological role of the pro-peptide is poorly understood. Here, we investigat...

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

authors： Mizui T,Ishikawa Y,Kumanogoh H,Lume M,Matsumoto T,Hara T,Yamawaki S,Takahashi M,Shiosaka S,Itami C,Uegaki K,Saarma M,Kojima M

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor-mediated increases in intracellular calcium are thought to play a critical role in synaptic plasticity. The mechanisms by which changes in cytoplasmic calcium transmit the glutamate signal to the nucleus, which is ultimately important for long-lasting neuronal responses, ...

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

authors： Yun HY,Gonzalez-Zulueta M,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：1998-05-12 00:00:00