Deletion of the mouse T-cell receptor beta gene enhancer blocks alphabeta T-cell development.

abstract：:Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) inhibited [3H]thymidine incorporation in normal adrenocortical cells of adult rats in culture, with a concomitant increase in corticosterone production and a characteristic retraction of cells. Both dibutyryl cyclic AMP and an analog of ACTH, which produces virtually no cyclic AMP, i...

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

authors： Ramachandran J,Suyama AT

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic loss of Kilimanjaro's ice cover has attracted global attention. The three remaining ice fields on the plateau and the slopes are both shrinking laterally and rapidly thinning. Summit ice cover (areal extent) decreased approximately 1% per year from 1912 to 1953 and approximately 2.5% per year from 1989 to...

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

authors： Thompson LG,Brecher HH,Mosley-Thompson E,Hardy DR,Mark BG

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal protein A (SpA) is anchored to the cell wall envelope of Staphylococcus aureus by sortase A, which links the threonyl (T) of its C-terminal LPXTG motif to peptidoglycan cross-bridges (i.e., Gly5). SpA binds the Fcγ domains of IgG and protects staphylococci from opsonophagocytic clearance. Moreover, SpA ...

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

authors： Becker S,Frankel MB,Schneewind O,Missiakas D

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Preparations of partially purified chloroplast DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from maize and some other plants transcribe cloned chloroplast genes preferentially and much more actively from appropriately negatively supercoiled templates than from relaxed templates. We have found that the polymerase in such fractions doe...

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

authors： Zaitlin D,Hu J,Bogorad L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanidinium group of arginine-166 has been postulated to act as an electrophilic species during phosphorylation of alkaline phosphatase. Its role could be either to stabilize the developing negative charge on the oxygen of the leaving group or the pentacoordinate transition state or to help bind the -PO2-3 group. ...

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

authors： Butler-Ransohoff JE,Kendall DA,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro translation of cellular poly(A)+ RNA coupled with immunoprecipitation was developed as a technique for characterizing 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] receptors and assessing receptor mRNA activity. Cell-free translation of poly(A)+ RNA isolated from chicken intestine revealed two immunoprecipitable fo...

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

authors： Mangelsdorf DJ,Pike JW,Haussler MR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alu elements are a family of interspersed repeats that have mobilized throughout primate genomes by retroposition from a few "master" genes. Among the 500,000 Alu elements in the human genome are members of the human-specific subfamily that are not fixed in the human species; that is, not all chromosomes carry an Alu ...

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

authors： Batzer MA,Stoneking M,Alegria-Hartman M,Bazan H,Kass DH,Shaikh TH,Novick GE,Ioannou PA,Scheer WD,Herrera RJ

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We use a three-dimensional, higher-order ice flow model and a realistic initial condition to simulate dynamic perturbations to the Greenland ice sheet during the last decade and to assess their contribution to sea level by 2100. Starting from our initial condition, we apply a time series of observationally constrained...

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

authors： Price SF,Payne AJ,Howat IM,Smith BE

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a special reverse transcriptase that extends one strand of the telomere repeat by using a template embedded in an RNA subunit. Like other polymerases, telomerase is believed to use a pair of divalent metal ions (coordinated by a triad of aspartic acid residues) for catalyzing nucleotide addition. Here we...

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

authors： Lue NF,Bosoy D,Moriarty TJ,Autexier C,Altman B,Leng S

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila kep1 gene encodes an RNA binding protein related to the murine QUAKING apoptotic inducer. We have previously shown that kep1 can induce apoptosis when transfected into different cell lines. To better define the role of Kep1 in apoptosis, we generated kep1 null flies. These flies were viable, but females...

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

authors： Di Fruscio M,Styhler S,Wikholm E,Boulanger MC,Lasko P,Richard S

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hearing loss during early development is associated with deficits in speech and language acquisition. Although functional studies have shown a deafness-induced alteration of synaptic strength, it is not known whether long-term synaptic plasticity depends on auditory experience. In this study, sensorineural hear...

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

authors： Kotak VC,Breithaupt AD,Sanes DH

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact role of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) during spermatogenesis has not been clarified. We used purified germ cell fractions representative of all phases of spermatogenesis and primary cultures of spermatogonia. This approach allowed the precise quantification of the cannabinoid receptor ligands, anandamide ...

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

authors： Grimaldi P,Orlando P,Di Siena S,Lolicato F,Petrosino S,Bisogno T,Geremia R,De Petrocellis L,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The uni1 mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii lacks one of the paired flagella seen in wild-type cells. The missing flagellum is cis to the eye spot and at this site the basal body is incomplete, lacking a transition zone. Together with nine other loci affecting flagellar assembly and two loci affecting flagellar funct...

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

authors： Ramanis Z,Luck DJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication is an important mechanism in the evolution of protein interaction networks. Duplications are followed by the gain and loss of interactions, rewiring the network at some unknown rate. Because rewiring is likely to change the distribution of network motifs within the duplicated interaction set, it shoul...

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

authors： Presser A,Elowitz MB,Kellis M,Kishony R

更新日期：2008-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Reelin is a key mediator of ordered neuronal alignment in the brain. Here, we demonstrate that Reelin molecules assemble with each other to form a huge protein complex both in vitro and in vivo. The Reelin-Reelin interaction clearly is inhibited by the function-blocking anti-Reelin antibody, CR-50, at a concentration ...

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

authors： Utsunomiya-Tate N,Kubo K,Tate S,Kainosho M,Katayama E,Nakajima K,Mikoshiba K

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To generate transgenic planarians we used a set of versatile vectors for animal transgenesis based on the promiscuous transposons, mariner, Hermes and piggyBac, and a universal enhanced GFP (EGFP) marker system with three Pax6 dimeric binding sites, the 3xP3-EGFP developed by Berghammer et al. [Berghammer, A. J., Klin...

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

authors： González-Estévez C,Momose T,Gehring WJ,Saló E

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium oscillations suppress mitochondrial movements along the microtubules to support on-demand distribution of mitochondria. To activate this mechanism, Ca(2+) targets a yet unidentified cytoplasmic factor that does not seem to be a microtubular motor or a kinase/phosphatase. Here, we have studied the dependence of...

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

authors： Saotome M,Safiulina D,Szabadkai G,Das S,Fransson A,Aspenstrom P,Rizzuto R,Hajnóczky G

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual deficits caused by abnormal visual experience during development are hard to recover in adult animals. Removal of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans from the mature extracellular matrix with chondroitinase ABC promotes plasticity in the adult visual cortex. We tested whether chondroitinase ABC treatment of adult...

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

authors： Pizzorusso T,Medini P,Landi S,Baldini S,Berardi N,Maffei L

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the POU-homeodomain gene family encode transcriptional regulatory molecules that play important roles in terminal differentiation of many organ systems. Sperm-1 (Sprm-1) is a POU domain factor that is exclusively expressed in the differentiating male germ cell. We show here that the Sprm-1 protein is expres...

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

authors： Pearse RV 2nd,Drolet DW,Kalla KA,Hooshmand F,Bermingham JR Jr,Rosenfeld MG

更新日期：1997-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component histidine kinases recently have been found in eukaryotic organisms including fungi, slime molds, and plants. We describe the identification of a gene, COS1, from the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans by using a PCR-based screening strategy. The sequence of COS1 indicates that it encodes a homolog o...

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

authors： Alex LA,Korch C,Selitrennikoff CP,Simon MI

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Each G protein-coupled receptor recognizes only a distinct subset of the many structurally closely related G proteins expressed within a cell. How this selectively is achieved at a molecular level is not well understood, particularly since no specific point-to-point contact sites between a receptor and its cognate G p...

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

authors： Liu J,Conklin BR,Blin N,Yun J,Wess J

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no consensus on the importance of climate change in Mesoamerican prehistory. Some invoke drought as a causal factor in major cultural transitions, including the abandonment of many sites at 900 CE, while others conclude that cultural factors were more important. This lack of agreement reflects the f...

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

authors： Bhattacharya T,Byrne R,Böhnel H,Wogau K,Kienel U,Ingram BL,Zimmerman S

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryos carrying null mutations of both retinoid X receptors alpha and beta (RXRalpha-/-/RXRbeta-/- mutants) were generated. These mutant embryos die between 9.5 and 10.5 days of gestation and display a wide range of abnormalities. The cause of the lethality appears to be the lack of formation of the labyrinthine zone...

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

authors： Wendling O,Chambon P,Mark M

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan-binding protein (MBP), a Ca2+-dependent mammalian lectin specific for mannose and N-acetylglucosamine, is an important serum component associated with innate immunity. MBP activates complement and functions as a direct opsonin on binding to mannooligosaccharide-bearing pathogens. We have found that MBP recogniz...

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

authors： Ma Y,Uemura K,Oka S,Kozutsumi Y,Kawasaki N,Kawasaki T

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Executing gene circuits by cell-free transcription-translation into cell-sized compartments, such as liposomes, is one of the major bottom-up approaches to building minimal cells. The dynamic synthesis and proper self-assembly of macromolecular structures inside liposomes, the cytoskeleton in particular, stands as a c...

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

authors： Garenne D,Libchaber A,Noireaux V

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanisms of asbestos-induced carcinogenesis, expression of c-fos and c-jun protooncogenes was examined in rat pleural mesothelial cells and hamster tracheal epithelial cells after exposure to crocidolite or chrysotile asbestos. In contrast to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which induces rapid an...

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

authors： Heintz NH,Janssen YM,Mossman BT

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An inborn deficiency in the ability of aldolase B to split fructose 1-phosphate is found in humans with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI). A stable isotope procedure to elucidate the mechanism of conversion of fructose to glucose in normal children and in HFI children has been developed. A constant infusion of D-[...

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

authors： Gopher A,Vaisman N,Mandel H,Lapidot A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of primary petite (rho-) clones were isolated after ethidium bromide mutagenesis of various grande (rho+) strains of S. cerevisiae that contained the mitochondrial genetic markers, CR, ER, OIR (or OIIR), and PR. From the frequency of coretention of markers in the petites, we have deduced a probable circ...

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

authors： Boltin-Fukuhara M,Fukuhara H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endosymbiotic acquisition of bacteria by a protist, with subsequent evolution of the bacteria into mitochondria and plastids, had a transformative impact on eukaryotic biology. Reconstructing events that created a stable association between endosymbiont and host during the process of organellogenesis--including establ...

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

authors： Nowack EC,Grossman AR

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise determination of de novo genetic variants has enormous implications across different fields of biology and medicine, particularly personalized medicine. Currently, de novo variations are identified by mapping sample reads from a parent-offspring trio to a reference genome, allowing for a certain degree of ...

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

authors： Gómez-Romero L,Palacios-Flores K,Reyes J,García D,Boege M,Dávila G,Flores M,Schatz MC,Palacios R

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00