A chromosomal locus required for copper resistance, competitive fitness, and cytochrome c biogenesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens.

abstract：:Variation in the masticatory behavior of hunter-gatherer and agricultural populations is hypothesized to be one of the major forces affecting the form of the human mandible. However, this has yet to be analyzed at a global level. Here, the relationship between global mandibular shape variation and subsistence economy ...

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

authors： von Cramon-Taubadel N

更新日期：2011-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The location of phosphate residues involved in specific centers for binding of metal ions in M1 RNA, the catalytic RNA subunit of RNase P from Escherichia coli, was determined by analysis of induction of cleavage of RNA by metal ions. At pH 9.5, Mg2+ catalyzes cleavage of M1 RNA at five principal sites. Under certain ...

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

authors： Kazakov S,Altman S

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that 3-nitropropionate, an isoelectronic analogue of succinate, is a suicide inactivator of succinate dehydrogenase [succinate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.3.99.1] as follows. (i) When rat liver mitochondria oxidize succinate in the presence of 3-nitropropionate carbanion, the rate of O(2) consumption...

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

authors： Alston TA,Mela L,Bright HJ

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complementary DNA (cDNA) clone from a human placenta cDNA library encoding extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD; superoxide:superoxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.15.1.1) has been isolated and the nucleotide sequence determined. The cDNA has a very high G+C content. EC-SOD is synthesized with a putative 18-amino acid...

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

authors： Hjalmarsson K,Marklund SL,Engström A,Edlund T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and deposition underlie an increasing number of debilitating human disorders. We have shown that model proteins unrelated to disease, such as the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of the p58alpha subunit of bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase (PI3-SH3), can be converted in vitro into assemblies with st...

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

authors： Ventura S,Zurdo J,Narayanan S,Parreño M,Mangues R,Reif B,Chiti F,Giannoni E,Dobson CM,Aviles FX,Serrano L

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells contain numerous enzymes that use molecular oxygen for their reactions. Often, their active sites are buried deeply inside the protein, which raises the question whether there are specific access channels guiding oxygen to the site of catalysis. Choosing 12/15-lipoxygenase as a typical example for such oxygen-de...

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

authors： Saam J,Ivanov I,Walther M,Holzhütter HG,Kuhn H

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin (Trx) is an intracellular redox protein with extracellular cytokine-like and chemokine-like activities. We show here that, although plasma Trx levels are unrelated to survival of HIV-infected individuals with CD4 cell counts above 200/microl blood, survival is significantly impaired (P = 0.003) when plasma...

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

authors： Nakamura H,De Rosa SC,Yodoi J,Holmgren A,Ghezzi P,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A computational model is presented that can be used as a tool in the design of safer chemicals. This model predicts the rate of hydrogen-atom abstraction by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Excellent correlations between biotransformation rates and the calculated activation energies (delta Hact) of the cytochrome P450-mediate...

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

authors： Yin H,Anders MW,Korzekwa KR,Higgins L,Thummel KE,Kharasch ED,Jones JP

更新日期：1995-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a DNA mimic that has shown considerable promise as a lead compound for developing gene therapeutic drugs. We report that PNAs targeted to functional and accessible sites in ribosomal RNA can inhibit translation in an Escherichia coli cell-free transcription/translation system, with 50% re...

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

authors： Good L,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel Escherichia coli in vitro decay system in which polysomes are the source of both enzymes and mRNA, we demonstrate a requirement for poly(A) polymerase I (PAP I) in mRNA turnover. The in vitro decay of two different mRNAs (trxA and lpp) is triggered by the addition of ATP only when polysomes are prepared ...

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

authors： Ingle CA,Kushner SR

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a mandible recovered in 2003 from the Aurora Stratum of the TD6 level of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, northern Spain). The specimen, catalogued as ATD6-96, adds to the hominin sample recovered from this site in 1994-1996, and assigned to Homo antecessor. ATD6-96 is the left half of a gracile m...

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

authors： Carbonell E,Bermúdez de Castro JM,Arsuaga JL,Allue E,Bastir M,Benito A,Cáceres I,Canals T,Díez JC,van der Made J,Mosquera M,Ollé A,Pérez-González A,Rodríguez J,Rodríguez XP,Rosas A,Rosell J,Sala R,Vallverdú J,Vergés

更新日期：2005-04-19 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：:Murine mucopolysaccharidosis type VII is a heritable disease caused by a spontaneous mutation, gus(mps), closely linked to the beta-glucuronidase structural gene on chromosome 5. Mice homozygous for the mutation have a > 200-fold decrease in beta-glucuronidase mRNA levels and virtually no enzyme activity detectable by...

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

authors： Sands MS,Birkenmeier EH

更新日期：1993-07-15 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：:The recent intensification of agriculture, and the prospects of future intensification, will have major detrimental impacts on the nonagricultural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world. The doubling of agricultural food production during the past 35 years was associated with a 6.87-fold increase in nitrogen ...

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

authors： Tilman D

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are the most common biological entities in the oceans by an order of magnitude. However, very little is known about their diversity. Here we report a genomic analysis of two uncultured marine viral communities. Over 65% of the sequences were not significantly similar to previously reported sequences, suggestin...

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

authors： Breitbart M,Salamon P,Andresen B,Mahaffy JM,Segall AM,Mead D,Azam F,Rohwer F

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The circular dichroism data on 17 adenine nucleosides show that the 260- and 207-mmu absorption systems of the adenine chromophore each contain at least two electronic transitions. The CD maxima are commonly found at around 260, 220, and 200 mmu, and occasionally at 240 mmu. Solvent studies suggest that these CD bands...

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

authors： Miles DW,Robins MJ,Robins RK,Eyring H

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication through a diverse array of DNA lesions occurs by the sequential action of two translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases (Pols), in which one inserts the nucleotide opposite the lesion and the other carries out the subsequent extension. By extending from the nucleotide inserted by another Pol, Polζ plays ...

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

authors： Johnson RE,Prakash L,Prakash S

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic and adult-onset GM2 gangliosidoses are neurological disorders caused by marked deficiency of the A isoenzyme of beta-hexosaminidase; they occur in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, though less frequently than classic (infantile) Tay-Sachs disease. Earlier biosynthetic studies had identified a defective alpha-su...

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

authors： Paw BH,Kaback MM,Neufeld EF

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variations in the properties of rabbit-liver fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase have now been linked to corresponding changes in the levels of proteolytic activity in the liver extracts. Incubation of native fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with purified liver lysosomes causes a 3-fold increase in catalytic activity at p...

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

authors： Pontremoli S,Melloni E,Balestrero F,Franzi AT,De Flora A,Horecker BL

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thresholds are frequently thought to be involved in the development of discrete structures in response to a shallow, monotonic gradient of morphogenetic information. We propose a mechanism for threshold setting that incorporates two essential components: (i) determinator genes that produce intracellular "determinators...

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

authors： McCarrey JR,Riggs AD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costly interactions between species that arise as a by-product of ancestral similarities in communication signals are expected to persist only under specific evolutionary circumstances. Territorial aggression between species, for instance, is widely assumed to persist only when extrinsic barriers prevent niche diverge...

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

authors： Drury JP,Cowen MC,Grether GF

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical data provide a baseline against which to judge the significance of recent ecological shifts and guide conservation strategies, especially for species decimated by pre-20th century harvesting. Northern fur seals (NFS; Callorhinus ursinus) are a common pinniped species in archaeological sites from southern Ca...

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

authors： Newsome SD,Etnier MA,Gifford-Gonzalez D,Phillips DL,van Tuinen M,Hadly EA,Costa DP,Kennett DJ,Guilderson TP,Koch PL

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Current theoretical models of the commons assert that common-pool resources can only be managed sustainably with clearly defined boundaries around both communities and the resources that they use. In these theoretical models, open access inevitably leads to a tragedy of the commons. However, in many open-access system...

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

authors： Moritz M,Behnke R,Beitl CM,Bliege Bird R,Chiaravalloti RM,Clark JK,Crabtree SA,Downey SS,Hamilton IM,Phang SC,Scholte P,Wilson JA

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrothermal vents are a well-known source of energy that powers chemosynthesis in the deep sea. Recent work suggests that microbial chemosynthesis is also surprisingly pervasive throughout the dark oceans, serving as a significant CO(2) sink even at sites far removed from vents. Ammonia and sulfur have been identifie...

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

authors： Anantharaman K,Breier JA,Sheik CS,Dick GJ

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) can be used to distinguish two DNA molecules that differ by as little as a single-base substitution. This method detects approximately 50% of all possible single-base changes in DNA fragments ranging from 50 to approximately 1000 base pairs. To increase the number of sing...

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

authors： Sheffield VC,Cox DR,Lerman LS,Myers RM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factors (TNF) alpha and beta are structurally related cytokines that mediate a wide range of immunological, inflammatory, and cytotoxic effects. During bacterial infection of the bloodstream (sepsis), TNF-alpha induction by bacterial endotoxin is thought to be a major factor contributing to the cardiova...

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

authors： Ashkenazi A,Marsters SA,Capon DJ,Chamow SM,Figari IS,Pennica D,Goeddel DV,Palladino MA,Smith DH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicate melts at the top of the transition zone and the core-mantle boundary have significant influences on the dynamics and properties of Earth's interior. MgSiO3-rich silicate melts were among the primary components of the magma ocean and thus played essential roles in the chemical differentiation of the early Eart...

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

authors： Lee SK,Lin JF,Cai YQ,Hiraoka N,Eng PJ,Okuchi T,Mao HK,Meng Y,Hu MY,Chow P,Shu J,Li B,Fukui H,Lee BH,Kim HN,Yoo CS

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:What can be done to reduce unhealthy eating among adolescents? It was hypothesized that aligning healthy eating with important and widely shared adolescent values would produce the needed motivation. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled experiment with eighth graders (total n = 536) evaluated the impact of a...

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

authors： Bryan CJ,Yeager DS,Hinojosa CP,Chabot A,Bergen H,Kawamura M,Steubing F

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and the acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP) are pentameric oligomers in which binding sites for nicotinic agonists and competitive antagonists are found at selected subunit interfaces. The nAChR spontaneously exists in multiple conformations associated with its activation...

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

authors： Kaczanowska K,Harel M,Radić Z,Changeux JP,Finn MG,Taylor P

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00