The glucose sensor protein glucokinase is expressed in glucagon-producing alpha-cells.

abstract：:A "projection function," P(x,z), is defined as the partial integral of the molecular electron density, rho(x,y,z), over the region -infinity < y < +infinity. The projection provides a three-dimensional representation of molecular electron distributions. Chemically useful information can be discerned from graphical dis...

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

authors： Streitwieser A,Collins JB,McKelvey JM,Grier D,Sender J,Toczko AG

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SKW-3 cell line, which was established from the malignant cells of a patient with T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, is characterized by a translocation involving chromosome 8 (band q24) and chromosome 14 (band q11) [t(8;14)(q24;q11)]. To determine the position of the gene encoding the alpha chain of the T-cell ...

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

authors： Shima EA,Le Beau MM,McKeithan TW,Minowada J,Showe LC,Mak TW,Minden MD,Rowley JD,Diaz MO

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caseinolytic proteases (ClpPs) are large oligomeric protein complexes that contribute to cell homeostasis as well as virulence regulation in bacteria. Although most organisms possess a single ClpP protein, some organisms encode two or more ClpP isoforms. Here, we elucidated the crystal structures of ClpP1 and ClpP2 fr...

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

authors： Zeiler E,List A,Alte F,Gersch M,Wachtel R,Poreba M,Drag M,Groll M,Sieber SA

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In virtually all multicellular eukaryotes, mitochondria are transmitted exclusively through one parent, usually the mother. In this short review, we discuss some of the major consequences of uniparental transmission of mitochondria, including deleterious effects in males and selection for increased transmission throug...

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

authors： Perlman SJ,Hodson CN,Hamilton PT,Opit GP,Gowen BE

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated synaptic currents were studied in dissociated primary cultures of neonatal rat cortex with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Immunocytochemical staining of the cultures showed the presence of a large number of glutamic acid decarboxylase-containing neurons, and electrica...

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

authors： Vicini S,Alho H,Costa E,Mienville JM,Santi MR,Vaccarino FM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VIP21/caveolin is localized to both caveolae and apical transport vesicles and presumably cycles between the cell surface and the Golgi complex. We have studied the lipid interactions of this protein by reconstituting Escherichia coli-expressed VIP21/caveolin into liposomes. Surprisingly, the protein reconstituted onl...

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

authors： Murata M,Peränen J,Schreiner R,Wieland F,Kurzchalia TV,Simons K

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Jun is a transcription factor belonging to the activator protein 1 family. A mutated version of Jun (v-Jun) transduced by the avian retrovirus ASV17 induces oncogenic transformation in avian cell cultures and sarcomas in young galliform birds. The oncogenicity of Jun probably results from transcriptional deregulation ...

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

authors： Fu Sl,Bottoli I,Goller M,Vogt PK

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:After primary infection, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) persists as a life-long latent infection, with host immunosuppression often resulting in clinical reactivation. During lytic infection, major changes in the expression of secreted cellular proteins (the secretome) occur that have profound effects on host-cell inter...

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

authors： Mason GM,Poole E,Sissons JG,Wills MR,Sinclair JH

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin VI is a molecular motor implicated in many processes, and it likely associates with a variety of cargoes that specify its functions. Although it is critical to Drosophila development, little is known about its cellular roles. To reveal its involvement in specific pathways, we sought to identify the binding part...

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

authors： Finan D,Hartman MA,Spudich JA

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:E2A helix-loop-helix proteins are involved in the control of various developmental pathways. We show here by in situ hybridization that E2A transcripts are present in most embryonic and adult tissues. However, no E2A expression is detectable in heart and nonproliferative regions of the brain and spinal cord. Highest l...

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

authors： Roberts VJ,Steenbergen R,Murre C

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a high-efficiency nucleic acid delivery system that uses receptor-mediated endocytosis to carry DNA macromolecules into cells. We accomplished this by conjugating the iron-transport protein transferrin to polycations that bind nucleic acids. Human transferrin, as well as the chicken homologue conalbu...

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

authors： Wagner E,Zenke M,Cotten M,Beug H,Birnstiel ML

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neurotrophins are primarily associated with long-term effects on neuronal survival and differentiation, recent studies have shown that acute changes in synaptic transmission can also be produced. In the hippocampus, an area critically involved in learning and memory, we have found that brain-derived neurotrop...

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

authors： Levine ES,Dreyfus CF,Black IB,Plummer MR

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome translocations between Ig (Ig) and non-Ig genes are frequently associated with B-cell lymphomas in humans and mice. The best characterized of these is c-myc/IgH translocation, which is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma. These translocations are caused by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which p...

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

authors： Jankovic M,Robbiani DF,Dorsett Y,Eisenreich T,Xu Y,Tarakhovsky A,Nussenzweig A,Nussenzweig MC

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Unit electrical activity was recorded from single neurons in the isolated lumbo-sacral spinal cord of 14- to 19-day chick embryos, in situ. Spinal cord transection was combined with transection of all lumbo-sacral dorsal roots. The spontaneous discharge of cells is confined, for the most part, to the lower two thirds ...

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

authors： Sharma SC,Provine RR,Hamburger V,Sandel TT

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 (5-HT3) receptor mediates the fast excitatory neurotransmission of serotonin and is known to mediate the nausea/emesis induced by radio/chemotherapy and anesthetics. A polymorphism encoding the variation Y129S in the 5-HT3B subunit exists in high frequency in the general population and has be...

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

authors： Krzywkowski K,Davies PA,Feinberg-Zadek PL,Bräuner-Osborne H,Jensen AA

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a theoretical description of sperm chemotaxis. Sperm cells of many species are guided to the egg by chemoattractants, a process called chemotaxis. Motor proteins in the flagellum of the sperm generate a regular beat of the flagellum, which propels the sperm in a fluid. In the absence of a chemoattractant, s...

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

authors： Friedrich BM,Jülicher F

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is involved in self-renewal of embryonic stem cells and reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotency. However, its role in lineage-committed stem cells remains largely unknown. Here, we show that KLF4 is expressed in neural stem cells (NSCs) and is down-regulated during neuronal differen...

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

authors： Qin S,Liu M,Niu W,Zhang CL

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers affecting the Western world. Because the disease is highly metastatic and difficult to diagnosis until late stages, the 5-y survival rate is around 5%. The identification of molecular cancer drivers is critical for furthering our understanding of the disease and deve...

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

authors： Mann KM,Ward JM,Yew CC,Kovochich A,Dawson DW,Black MA,Brett BT,Sheetz TE,Dupuy AJ,Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative.,Chang DK,Biankin AV,Waddell N,Kassahn KS,Grimmond SM,Rust AG,Adams DJ,Jenkins NA,Copela

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic mRNA degradation proceeds through two main pathways, both involving mRNA cap breakdown. In the 3'-5' mRNA decay pathway, mRNA body degradation generates free m7GpppN that is hydrolyzed by DcpS generating m7GMP. In the 5'-3' pathway, the recently identified human Dcp2 decapping enzyme cleaves the cap of dead...

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

authors： van Dijk E,Le Hir H,Séraphin B

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription of genes encoding gluconeogenic enzymes is tightly regulated during the perinatal period. These genes are induced by glucagon (cAMP) and glucocorticoids and repressed by insulin. To address the role of cAMP and glucocorticoids in the physiological activation of genes encoding gluconeogenic enzymes in...

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

authors： Montoliu L,Blendy JA,Cole TJ,Schütz G

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cells isolated from vitamin D-deficient chicks had an increased Na+-dependent phosphate uptake when preincubated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3]. Phosphate uptake in the absence of Na+ and methyl alpha-glucoside uptake dependent on Na+ were not affected. Phosphate uptake was stimulated 15% by 0...

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

authors： Liang CT,Barnes J,Balakir R,Cheng L,Sacktor B

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult workers in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies exhibit plasticity in hormonally regulated, age-based division of labor by altering their pattern of behavioral development in response to changes in colony conditions. One form of this plasticity is precocious development: levels of juvenile hormone increase prematu...

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

authors： Huang ZY,Robinson GE

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations from human microbiome studies are often conflicting or inconclusive. Many factors likely contribute to these issues including small cohort sizes, sample collection, and handling and processing differences. The field of microbiome research is moving from 16S rDNA gene sequencing to a more comprehensive gen...

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

authors： Jones MB,Highlander SK,Anderson EL,Li W,Dayrit M,Klitgord N,Fabani MM,Seguritan V,Green J,Pride DT,Yooseph S,Biggs W,Nelson KE,Venter JC

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a major health concern even though numerous analgesic agents are available. Side effects and lack of wide-spectrum efficacy of current drugs justify efforts to better understand pain mechanisms. Stabilization of natural epoxy-fatty acids (EFAs) through inhibition of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) reduces ...

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

authors： Inceoglu B,Wagner K,Schebb NH,Morisseau C,Jinks SL,Ulu A,Hegedus C,Rose T,Brosnan R,Hammock BD

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In organisms possessing a dispersal phase the processes of mating, competition, feeding, and predation are often carried out within "trait-groups," defined as populations enclosed in areas smaller than the boundaries of the deme. A simple model shows that this can lead to the selection of "altruistic" traits that favo...

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

authors： Wilson DS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type Escherichia coli cells grow normally in 95% O(2)/5% CO(2). In contrast, cells that cannot make polyamines because of mutations in the biosynthetic pathway are rapidly killed by incubation in 95% O(2)/5% CO(2). Addition of polyamines prevents the toxic effect of oxygen, permitting cell survival and optimal gr...

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

authors： Chattopadhyay MK,Tabor CW,Tabor H

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells with the morphological and biochemical properties of mucosal mast cells (MMC) appear and proliferate to form the predominant cell type in rat bone marrow cultures stimulated with factors from antigen- or mitogen-activated lymphocytes. Conditioned media causing a selective proliferation of MMC were derived f...

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

authors： Haig DM,McMenamin C,Gunneberg C,Woodbury R,Jarrett EE

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WWOX gene is a recently cloned tumor suppressor gene that spans the FRA16D fragile region. Wwox protein contains two WW domains that are generally known to mediate protein-protein interaction. Here we show that Wwox physically interacts via its first WW domain with the p53 homolog, p73. The tyrosine kinase, Src, p...

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

authors： Aqeilan RI,Pekarsky Y,Herrero JJ,Palamarchuk A,Letofsky J,Druck T,Trapasso F,Han SY,Melino G,Huebner K,Croce CM

更新日期：2004-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanocyte stimulating hormone coupled to Sepharose effects an increase in tryosinase (EC 1.14.18.1; monophenol monoxygenase) activity of cultivated mouse melanoma cells. Synchronized cells are found to respond to melanocyte stimulating hormone only in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, although their response to cyclic ...

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

authors： Varga JM,Dipasquale A,Pawelek J,McGuire JS,Lerner AB

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental observations of unexpected shear rigidity in confined liquids, on very low frequency scales on the order of 0.01 to 0.1 Hz, call into question our basic understanding of the elasticity of liquids and have posed a challenge to theoretical models of the liquid state ever since. Here we combine the nonaffine...

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

authors： Zaccone A,Trachenko K

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00