Cell-cell communication regulates the effects of protein aspartate phosphatases on the phosphorelay controlling development in Bacillus subtilis.

abstract：:We have previously reported that in four transcription factor families the DNA-recognition rules can be described as (i) chemical rules, which list possible pairings between the 20 amino acid residues and the four DNA bases, and (ii) stereochemical rules, which describe the base and amino acid positions in contact. We...

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

authors： Suzuki M,Yagi N

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether the vascular smooth muscle contractile effect of NG-methyl-L-arginine (NMA) is endothelium dependent and attributed to a decline in smooth muscle levels of cyclic GMP. Vascular smooth muscle levels of cyclic GMP are severalfold greater in endothelium-intact than in ...

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

authors： Gold ME,Wood KS,Byrns RE,Fukuto J,Ignarro LJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The final step in hydrocarbon biosynthesis involves loss of CO from a fatty aldehyde. This decarbonylation is catalyzed by microsomes from Botyrococcus braunii. Among the several detergents tested for solubilizing the decarbonylase, octyl beta-glucoside (0.1%) was found to be the most effective and released 65% of the...

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

authors： Dennis M,Kolattukudy PE

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane proteins of peripheral light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) bind chlorophylls and carotenoids and transfer energy to the reaction centers for photosynthesis. LHCs of chlorophytes, chromophytes, dinophytes, and rhodophytes are similar in that they have three transmembrane regions and several highly conserved ...

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

authors： Grabowski B,Cunningham FX Jr,Gantt E

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (Nat2) gene has recently been identified as associated with insulin resistance in humans. To understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which alterations in Nat2 activity might cause insulin resistance, we examined murine ortholog N...

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

authors： Camporez JP,Wang Y,Faarkrog K,Chukijrungroat N,Petersen KF,Shulman GI

更新日期：2017-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) and activated oncogenes on the growth and morphology of primary baby mouse kidney (BMK) cells has been studied. Early region DNA from HPV types 16, 18, 31, and 33, but not type 6, under the transcriptional control of a heterologous, retroviral promoter cooperated with EJ-ras to...

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

authors： Crook T,Storey A,Almond N,Osborn K,Crawford L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin V, a double-headed molecular motor, transports organelles within cells by walking processively along actin, a process that requires coordination between the heads. To understand the mechanism underlying this coordination, processive runs of single myosin V molecules were perturbed by varying nucleotide content....

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

authors： Baker JE,Krementsova EB,Kennedy GG,Armstrong A,Trybus KM,Warshaw DM

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify up to 22 kb of the beta-globin gene cluster from human genomic DNA and up to 42 kb from phaga lambda DNA. We have also amplified 91 human genomic inserts of 9-23 kb directly from recombinant lambda plaques. To do this, we increased pH, added glycerol and dime...

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

authors： Cheng S,Fockler C,Barnes WM,Higuchi R

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual awareness has been proposed to depend on recurrent processing in early visual cortex areas including the primary visual cortex (V1). Here, we address this hypothesis with high spatiotemporal resolution magnetoencephalographic recordings in subjects performing a substitution masking paradigm. Neural activity ref...

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

authors： Boehler CN,Schoenfeld MA,Heinze HJ,Hopf JM

更新日期：2008-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pediatric adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) in southern Brazil is 10-15 times higher than that of pediatric ACC worldwide. Because childhood ACC is associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, we examined the cancer history and p53 status of 36 Brazilian patients and their families. Remarkably, 35 of 36 patie...

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

authors： Ribeiro RC,Sandrini F,Figueiredo B,Zambetti GP,Michalkiewicz E,Lafferty AR,DeLacerda L,Rabin M,Cadwell C,Sampaio G,Cat I,Stratakis CA,Sandrini R

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:L203 and L227 are mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for human HLA-DR antigens. Their reactivity with multiple, structurally different, HLA-DR antigens was examined by using radioiodinated human lymphoblastoid cells and cell lines, heterozygous or homozygous at the HLA-D locus. Antibody L203 precipitates DR antigens...

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

authors： Finn OJ,Levy R

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human rhodopsin gene is the locus for numerous alleles linked to the neurodegenerative disease retinitis pigmentosa. To facilitate the study of retinal degeneration and to test reagents designed to alter the structure and function of this gene, we have developed strains of mice whose native rhodopsin gene has been...

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

authors： Chan F,Bradley A,Wensel TG,Wilson JH

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The design, realization, and test performances of an electronic junction based on single-electron phenomena that works in the air at room temperature are hereby reported. The element consists of an electrochemically etched sharp tungsten stylus over whose tip a nanometer-size crystal was synthesized. Langmuir-Blodgett...

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

authors： Facci P,Erokhin V,Carrara S,Nicolini C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking research funding is an essential part of academic life. Funded projects are primarily collaborative in nature through internal and external partnerships, but what role does funding play in the formulation of these partnerships? Here, by examining over 43,000 scientific projects funded over the past three decad...

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

authors： Ma A,Mondragón RJ,Latora V

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful peripheral neuropathies are precipitated by nerve injury from disease or trauma. All such injuries will be accompanied by an inflammatory reaction, a neuritis, that will mobilize the immune system. The role of the inflammation itself is difficult to determine in the presence of structural damage to the nerve. ...

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

authors： Bennett GJ

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Food choices are shifting globally in ways that are negatively affecting both human health and the environment. Here we consider how consuming an additional serving per day of each of 15 foods is associated with 5 health outcomes in adults and 5 aspects of agriculturally driven environmental degradation. We find that ...

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

authors： Clark MA,Springmann M,Hill J,Tilman D

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Micrometeorites with diameter approximately 100-200 microm dominate the flux of extraterrestrial matter on Earth. The vast majority of micrometeorites are chemically, mineralogically, and isotopically related to carbonaceous chondrites, which amount to only 2.5% of meteorite falls. Here, we report the discovery of the...

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

authors： Gounelle M,Chaussidon M,Morbidelli A,Barrat JA,Engrand C,Zolensky ME,McKeegan KD

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 16 (IL-16) is a chemotactic cytokine that binds to the CD4 receptor and affects the activation of T cells and replication of HIV. It is expressed as a large 67-kDa precursor protein (pro-IL-16) in lymphocytes, macrophages, and mast cells, as well as in airway epithelial cells from asthmatics after challeng...

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

authors： Bannert N,Avots A,Baier M,Serfling E,Kurth R

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are among the most frequent hematologic malignancies. Patients have a short survival and often progress to acute myeloid leukemia. The diagnosis of MDS can be difficult; there is a paucity of molecular markers, and the pathophysiology is largely unknown. Therefore, we conducted a multic...

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

authors： Aivado M,Spentzos D,Germing U,Alterovitz G,Meng XY,Grall F,Giagounidis AA,Klement G,Steidl U,Otu HH,Czibere A,Prall WC,Iking-Konert C,Shayne M,Ramoni MF,Gattermann N,Haas R,Mitsiades CS,Fung ET,Libermann TA

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of evolutionary distances has always been a major issue in the study of molecular evolution because evolutionary distances are required for estimating the rate of evolution in a gene, the divergence dates between genes or organisms, and the relationships among genes or organisms. Other closely related issue...

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

authors： Gu X,Li WH

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic polyketides make up a large class of natural products with diverse bioactivity. During biosynthesis, linear poly-β-ketone intermediates are regiospecifically cyclized, yielding molecules with defined cyclization patterns that are crucial for polyketide bioactivity. The aromatase/cyclases (ARO/CYCs) are respon...

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

authors： Caldara-Festin G,Jackson DR,Barajas JF,Valentic TR,Patel AB,Aguilar S,Nguyen M,Vo M,Khanna A,Sasaki E,Liu HW,Tsai SC

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented for two natural transcription initiators positioned internally in the histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium. They were detected using highly polar S. typhimurium his mutants as recipients for F' Escherichia coli his episomes. These intergeneric complementation tests provide a sensitive metho...

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

authors： Atkins JF,Loper JC

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 50 y, behavioral experiments have produced a large body of evidence for the existence of a magnetic sense in a wide range of animals. However, the underlying sensory physiology remains poorly understood due to the elusiveness of the magnetosensory structures. Here we present an effective method for isola...

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

authors： Eder SH,Cadiou H,Muhamad A,McNaughton PA,Kirschvink JL,Winklhofer M

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding differences in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair between tumor and normal tissues would provide a rationale for developing DNA repair-targeted cancer therapy. Here, using knock-in mouse models for measuring the efficiency of two DSB repair pathways, homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous end-...

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

authors： Wang C,Tang H,Geng A,Dai B,Zhang H,Sun X,Chen Y,Qiao Z,Zhu H,Yang J,Chen J,He Q,Qin N,Xie J,Tan R,Wan X,Gao S,Jiang Y,Sun FL,Mao Z

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast centromeric DNA (CEN DNA) binding factor 3 (CBF3) is a multisubunit protein complex that binds to the essential CDEIII element in CEN DNA. The four CBF3 proteins are required for accurate chromosome segregation and are considered to be core components of the yeast kinetochore. We have examined the structure of t...

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

authors： Pietrasanta LI,Thrower D,Hsieh W,Rao S,Stemmann O,Lechner J,Carbon J,Hansma H

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To modify the lac permease of Escherichia coli for fluorescence spectroscopy, six tryptophan residues at positions 10, 33, 78, 151, 171, and 223 were first replaced individually with phenylalanine by using oligonucleotide-directed site-specific mutagenesis. None of the tryptophan residues is critical for activity, as ...

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

authors： Menezes ME,Roepe PD,Kaback HR

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like protein enzymes, RNA enzymes (ribozymes) provide specific binding sites for their substrates. We now show that equilibrium dissociation constants for complexes between the Tetrahymena ribozyme and its RNA substrates and products can be directly measured by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels containing divalen...

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

authors： Pyle AM,McSwiggen JA,Cech TR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During latent infection of humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, bacteria persist in the asymptomatic host within granulomas, organized collections of differentiated macrophages, and other immune cells. The mechanisms for persistence remain poorly understood, as is the metabolic and replicative state of the microbes...

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

authors： Chan K,Knaak T,Satkamp L,Humbert O,Falkow S,Ramakrishnan L

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The his4 region of yeast contains the information necessary for the catalysis of three steps in the histidine biosynthetic pathway. The three activities specified by this region remain physically associated during gel filtration and ultracentrifugation and after extensive purification. Nonsense mutations in the "opera...

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

authors： Shaffer B,Rytka J,Fink GR

更新日期：1969-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Array technologies have made it straightforward to monitor simultaneously the expression pattern of thousands of genes. The challenge now is to interpret such massive data sets. The first step is to extract the fundamental patterns of gene expression inherent in the data. This paper describes the application of self-o...

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

authors： Tamayo P,Slonim D,Mesirov J,Zhu Q,Kitareewan S,Dmitrovsky E,Lander ES,Golub TR

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00