Evidence from disruption of the lmcpb gene array of Leishmania mexicana that cysteine proteinases are virulence factors.

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor (nAChR) plays a crucial role in excitatory neurotransmission and is an important target for drugs and insecticides. Diverse nAChR subtypes with various subunit combinations confer differential selectivity for nicotinic drugs. We investigated the subtype selectivity of nAChR a...

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

authors： Tomizawa M,Maltby D,Talley TT,Durkin KA,Medzihradszky KF,Burlingame AL,Taylor P,Casida JE

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gene expression patterns in human gastric cancers by using cDNA microarrays representing approximately equal 30,300 genes. Expression of PLA2G2A, a gene previously implicated as a modifier of the Apc(Min/+) (multiple intestinal neoplasia 1) mutant phenotype in the mouse, was significantly correlated with p...

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

authors： Leung SY,Chen X,Chu KM,Yuen ST,Mathy J,Ji J,Chan AS,Li R,Law S,Troyanskaya OG,Tu IP,Wong J,So S,Botstein D,Brown PO

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy-storing artificial-photosynthetic systems for CO2 reduction must derive the reducing equivalents from a renewable source rather than from sacrificial donors. To this end, a homogeneous, integrated chromophore/two-catalyst system is described that is thermodynamically capable of photochemically driving the energ...

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

authors： La Porte NT,Moravec DB,Hopkins MD

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of behavior and structure indicates that highly eusocial behavior arose twice in the bees--i.e., in the stingless bees (Meliponinae) and in the honeybees (Apinae). Morphological features demonstrate the distinctiveness of these two groups and the relationship of the latter to bumblebees (Bombini) and orchid be...

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

authors： Winston ML,Michener CD

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous reciprocal mitotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, associated with heteroallelic recombination, occurs almost exclusively at the two-strand stage and involves recombination of unduplicated chromosomes (i.e., during G1) or the unduplicated regions of chromosomes during the S phase of mi...

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

authors： Esposito MS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroideremia is an X-linked hereditary retinal degeneration resulting from mutations in the Rab escort protein-1 (REP1). The Rep1 protein facilitates posttranslational modification of Rab proteins, which regulate intracellular trafficking in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors and are likely invol...

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

authors： Krock BL,Bilotta J,Perkins BD

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The mature gag and pol proteins of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and all retroviruses derive from large gag and gag-pol polyprotein precursors by posttranslational cleavage. A highly specific, virally encoded protease is required for this essential proteolytic processing. In this study, the HIV protease gene prod...

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

authors： Debouck C,Gorniak JG,Strickler JE,Meek TD,Metcalf BW,Rosenberg M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed Xenopus embryos to express human acetylcholinesterase (AcChoEase; EC 3.1.1.7) in developing synapses. Transcription of AcChoEase mRNA was driven by a 2.2-kb sequence upstream from the initiator AUG in the ACHE gene encoding AcChoEase, with multiple potential sites for binding universal and tissue-spec...

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

authors： Ben Aziz-Aloya R,Seidman S,Timberg R,Sternfeld M,Zakut H,Soreq H

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been associated with a variety of human diseases, including Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease, whereas LRRK2 deficiency leads to accumulation of abnormal lysosomes in aged animals. However, the cellular roles and mechanisms of LRRK2-mediated lysosomal regulation have rema...

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

authors： Eguchi T,Kuwahara T,Sakurai M,Komori T,Fujimoto T,Ito G,Yoshimura SI,Harada A,Fukuda M,Koike M,Iwatsubo T

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that protein translocation across membranes is driven by biased random thermal motion. This "Brownian ratchet" mechanism depends on chemical asymmetries between the cis and trans sides of the membrane. Several mechanisms could contribute to rectifying the thermal motion of the protein, such as binding and d...

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

authors： Simon SM,Peskin CS,Oster GF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a well networked community, there is intense social interaction, and information disseminates briskly and broadly. This is important if the environment is volatile (i.e., keeps changing) and individuals never stop searching for fresh opportunities. Here, we present a simple model that attributes the rise of a dynam...

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

authors： Marsili M,Vega-Redondo F,Slanina F

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse glucocorticoid receptor-interacting protein (GRIP1) is a member of the ERAP160 family of nuclear receptor (NR) coactivators (including SRC-1 and TIF2) which function as bridging proteins between ligand-activated NRs bound to cognate hormone-response elements (HREs) and the transcription initiation apparatus ...

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

authors： Walfish PG,Yoganathan T,Yang YF,Hong H,Butt TR,Stallcup MR

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A calmodulin-neomycin-resistance fusion gene was introduced into Trypanosoma brucei by electroporation, and stably transformed cell lines were obtained. In all of the transformants, the fusion gene had integrated into the host genome at the cognate locus, evidently by homologous recombination within flanking calmoduli...

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

authors： Eid J,Sollner-Webb B

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During cardiac trabeculation, cardiomyocytes delaminate from the outermost (compact) layer to form complex muscular structures known as trabeculae. As these cardiomyocytes delaminate, the remodeling of adhesion junctions must be tightly coordinated so cells can extrude from the compact layer while remaining in tight c...

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

authors： Cherian AV,Fukuda R,Augustine SM,Maischein HM,Stainier DY

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:p300 acetylates and activates the tumor suppressor p53 after DNA damage. Here, we show that MDM2, a negative-feedback regulator of p53, inhibited p300-mediated p53 acetylation by complexing with these two proteins. First, we purified a p300-MDM2-p53 protein complex from HeLa nuclear extracts, which was inactive in p53...

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

authors： Kobet E,Zeng X,Zhu Y,Keller D,Lu H

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas is a cell surface death receptor that regulates peripheral tolerance and lymphoid homeostasis. In many pathologic conditions, ectopic Fas activation mediates tissue destruction. Several proteins that can bind to the cytoplasmic death domain of Fas have been implicated in Fas signal transduction. Here we show that ...

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

authors： Chang HY,Yang X,Baltimore D

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral models indicate that persistent small afferent input, as generated by tissue injury, results in a hyperalgesia at the site of injury and a tactile allodynia in areas adjacent to the injury site. Hyperalgesia reflects a sensitization of the peripheral terminal and a central facilitation evoked by the persist...

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

authors： Yaksh TL,Hua XY,Kalcheva I,Nozaki-Taguchi N,Marsala M

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The binned distribution densities of magnitudes in both the complete and the declustered catalogs of earthquakes in the Southern California region have two significantly different branches with crossover magnitude near M = 4.8. In the case of declustered earthquakes, the b-values on the two branches differ significant...

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

authors： Knopoff L

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The metal complex [(tpy)(Mebim-py)Ru(II)(S)](2+) (tpy = 2,2' : 6',2''-terpyridine; Mebim-py = 3-methyl-1-pyridylbenzimidazol-2-ylidene; S = solvent) is a robust, reactive electrocatalyst toward both water oxidation to oxygen and carbon dioxide reduction to carbon monoxide. Here we describe its use as a single electroc...

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

authors： Chen Z,Concepcion JJ,Brennaman MK,Kang P,Norris MR,Hoertz PG,Meyer TJ

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ritz upper bound to eigenvalues of Hermitian operators is essential for many applications in science. It is a staple of quantum chemistry and physics computations. The lower bound devised by Temple in 1928 [G. Temple, Proc. R. Soc. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 119, 276-293 (1928)] is not, since it converges too slowly....

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

authors： Martinazzo R,Pollak E

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary DNA lesion induced by malondialdehyde, a byproduct of lipid peroxidation and prostaglandin synthesis, is 3-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-pyrimido[1, 2-a]purin-10(3H)-one (M1G). When placed opposite cytosine (underlined) at neutral pH in either the d(GGTMTCCG).d(CGGACACC) or d(ATCGCMCGGCATG). d(C...

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

authors： Mao H,Schnetz-Boutaud NC,Weisenseel JP,Marnett LJ,Stone MP

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic islands, large potentially mobile regions of bacterial chromosomes, are a major contributor to bacteria evolution. Here, we investigated the fitness cost and phenotypic differences between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and a derivative carrying one integrated copy of the clc element, a 103-kb genom...

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

authors： Gaillard M,Pernet N,Vogne C,Hagenbüchle O,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine kinase from rabbit muscle has been specifically labeled with a derivative of a nitroxide free radical on the two essential sulfhydryl groups, one per active site. The conformation in the environment of the enzyme-bound free radical and the change in conformation induced upon binding of the substrate, metal ad...

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

authors： Taylor JS,Leigh JS Jr,Cohn M

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic enzymatic function of a cytochrome P450, as it catalyzes the oxygen-dependent metabolism of many organic chemicals, requires the delivery of two electrons to the hemeprotein. In general these electrons are transferred from NADPH to the P450 via an FMN- and FAD-containing flavoprotein (NADPH-P450 reductase)....

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

authors： Faulkner KM,Shet MS,Fisher CW,Estabrook RW

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes while feeding on birds and humans, has emerged as the dominant vector borne disease in North America. We have identified natural compounds from humans and birds, which are detected with extreme sensitivity by olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) on the antennae of...

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

authors： Syed Z,Leal WS

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The main consequence of the Chernobyl accident has been an increase in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) in those exposed to radioactive fallout as young children. Our aim was to identify genomic alterations that are associated with exposure to radiation. We used array comparative genomic hybridization to analyze a ...

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

authors： Hess J,Thomas G,Braselmann H,Bauer V,Bogdanova T,Wienberg J,Zitzelsberger H,Unger K

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies have shown that the brain is an insulin-responsive organ and that central nervous insulin resistance induces obesity and disturbances in glucose metabolism. In humans, insulin effects in the brain are poorly characterized. We used a magnetoencephalography approach during a two-step hyperinsulinemic eugl...

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

authors： Tschritter O,Preissl H,Hennige AM,Stumvoll M,Porubska K,Frost R,Marx H,Klösel B,Lutzenberger W,Birbaumer N,Häring HU,Fritsche A

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research on rainforest speciation has highlighted the importance of habitat variation in generating population diversification but lacks evidence of an associated reduction in gene flow. This paper describes a study in which molecular markers were used to examine the effects of allopatric divergence and habitat...

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

authors： Ogden R,Thorpe RS

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of subjects with different degrees of glucose intolerance were examined in order to determine, first, the capacity of the beta cells to release insulin upon glucose stimulation and, second, sensitivity to insulin. The groups were selected on the basis of fasting blood glucose value and tolerances to oral and in...

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

authors： Efendić S,Wajngot A,Cerasi E,Luft R

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG expansion within the huntingtin gene that encodes a polymorphic glutamine tract at the amino terminus of the huntingtin protein. HD is one of nine polyglutamine expansion diseases. The clinical threshold of polyglutamine expansion for HD is near 3...

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

authors： Caron NS,Desmond CR,Xia J,Truant R

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00