Urea-inducible Egr-1 transcription in renal inner medullary collecting duct (mIMCD3) cells is mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation.

abstract：:Germ-line missense mutations of the receptor-like tyrosine kinase ret are the causative genetic event of the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A and type 2B syndromes and of the familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. We have used the rat pheochromocytoma cell line, PC12, as a model system to investigate the mech...

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

authors： Califano D,D'Alessio A,Colucci-D'Amato GL,De Vita G,Monaco C,Santelli G,Di Fiore PP,Vecchio G,Fusco A,Santoro M,de Franciscis V

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the medial-temporal lobe (MTL) is critical for recognition memory. The MTL is known to be composed of distinct structures that are organized in a hierarchical manner. At present, it remains controversial whether lower structures in this hierarchy, such as perirhinal cortex, support memory f...

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

authors： Bowles B,Crupi C,Mirsattari SM,Pigott SE,Parrent AG,Pruessner JC,Yonelinas AP,Köhler S

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantum mechanical problem of the hydrogen atom is treated by use of a finite difference equation in place of Schrödinger's differential equation. The exact solution leads to a wave vector energy expression that is readily converted to the Bohr-Rydberg formula. (The calculations here reported are limited to spheri...

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

authors： Wall FT

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sexual selection theory has proved successful in explaining a wide array of male ornaments, the function of ornaments occurring in females is largely unknown. Traditionally, female ornaments have been considered nonfunctional, being merely a genetically correlated response to selection for male ornamentation....

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

authors： Amundsen T,Forsgren E

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressor T cells have been shown to be much more radiosensitive than other lymphoïd cells, and we have tried to reduce tumor growth by low-dose irradiation. Syngeneic DBA/2 mice received whole-body irradiation (150 rads; 1 rad = 0.01 J/kg) 6 days after P815 tumor inoculation. Tumor growth is significantly reduced in...

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

authors： Tilkin AF,Schaaf-Lafontaine N,Van Acker A,Boccadoro M,Urbain J

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several different families of DNA viruses encode proteins that inactivate the cellular retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb), which normally functions to bind E2F transcription factors and restrict expression of genes necessary for cellular processes including DNA replication. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL97...

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

authors： Kamil JP,Hume AJ,Jurak I,Münger K,Kalejta RF,Coen DM

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation of photosynthesis in marine environment has been examined in two strains of the green, picoeukaryote Ostreococcus: OTH95, a surface/high-light strain, and RCC809, a deep-sea/low-light strain. Differences between the two strains include changes in the light-harvesting capacity, which is lower in OTH95, and i...

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

authors： Cardol P,Bailleul B,Rappaport F,Derelle E,Béal D,Breyton C,Bailey S,Wollman FA,Grossman A,Moreau H,Finazzi G

更新日期：2008-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ExoU is a type III-secreted cytotoxin expressing A2 phospholipase activity when injected into eukaryotic target cells by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa The enzymatic activity of ExoU is undetectable in vitro unless ubiquitin, a required cofactor, is added to the reaction. The role of ubiquitin in facilitating Ex...

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

authors： Tessmer MH,Anderson DM,Pickrum AM,Riegert MO,Moretti R,Meiler J,Feix JB,Frank DW

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila melanogaster urate oxidase (UO)-encoding gene is expressed in the third-instar larva and adult. In contrast, the Drosophila pseudoobscura UO gene is only expressed in the adult, whereas the Drosophila virilis UO gene is expressed only in the third-instar larva. UO activity in these three Drosophila spec...

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

authors： Wallrath LL,Friedman TB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experiments have shown that spreading epithelial sheets exhibit a long-range coordination of motility forces that leads to a buildup of tension in the tissue, which may enhance cell division and the speed of wound healing. Furthermore, the edges of these epithelial sheets commonly show finger-like protrusions w...

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

authors： Basan M,Elgeti J,Hannezo E,Rappel WJ,Levine H

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated cold-sensitive mutations in two genes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, BIN2 and BIN3, that cause aberrant chromosome segregation in vivo. BIN2 and BIN3 encode essential proteins that are similar to each other and to TCP-1. TCP-1 and TCP-1-like proteins are components of the eukaryotic cytoplasmi...

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

authors： Chen X,Sullivan DS,Huffaker TC

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently characterized corticosteroid receptor on amphibian neuronal membranes appears to mediate rapid, stress-induced changes in male reproductive behaviors. Because the transduction mechanisms associated with this receptor are unknown, we performed radioligand binding studies to determine whether this steroid r...

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

authors： Orchinik M,Murray TF,Franklin PH,Moore FL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We argue that folding of the compact domains of proteins can occur with adequate rapidity in the absence of a unique directed mechanism, provided that native-like local structure dominates the folding process. We further suggest that the evolution of amino acid sequences should favor multiple paths to the folded state...

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

authors： Harrison SC,Durbin R

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of the population of microjunctions forming the frictional interface between two solids is central to fields ranging from biomechanics to seismology. This failure is mediated by the propagation along the interface of various types of rupture fronts, covering a wide range of velocities. Among them are the s...

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

authors： Trømborg JK,Sveinsson HA,Scheibert J,Thøgersen K,Amundsen DS,Malthe-Sørenssen A

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkin functions as a multipurpose E3 ubiquitin ligase, and Parkin loss of function is associated with both sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD). We report that the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain of protein interacting with PRKCA1 (PICK1) bound to the really interesting new gene 1 (RING1) domain of Parkin ...

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

authors： He J,Xia M,Yeung PKK,Li J,Li Z,Chung KK,Chung SK,Xia J

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Before fertilization, vertebrate eggs are arrested in meiosis II by cytostatic factor (CSF), which holds the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) in an inactive state. It was recently reported that Mos, an integral component of CSF, acts in part by promoting the Rsk-mediated phosphorylation of the APC inhibitor Emi2/Erp1....

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

authors： Wu JQ,Hansen DV,Guo Y,Wang MZ,Tang W,Freel CD,Tung JJ,Jackson PK,Kornbluth S

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit accumulate the red carotenoid pigment lycopene. The recessive mutation yellow-flesh (locus r) in tomato eliminates fruit carotenoids by disrupting the activity of the fruit-specific phytoene synthase (PSY1), the first committed step in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. Fruits of ...

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

authors： Kachanovsky DE,Filler S,Isaacson T,Hirschberg J

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult rat testes, the blood-testis barrier (BTB) in the seminiferous epithelium must "open" (or "disassemble") to accommodate the migration of preleptotene spermatocytes from the basal to the adluminal compartment that occurs at stage VIII of the epithelial cycle. However, the molecule(s) and/or mechanism(s) that r...

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

authors： Xia W,Mruk DD,Cheng CY

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Several 400- to 800-kb murine chromosome domains switch from early to late replication during loss of pluripotency, accompanied by a stable form of gene silencing that is resistant to reprogramming. We found that, whereas enhanced nuclease accessibility correlated with early replication genome-wide, domains that switc...

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

authors： Takebayashi S,Dileep V,Ryba T,Dennis JH,Gilbert DM

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide chain release factor 2 (RF2) gene, prfB, was cloned from Salmonella typhimurium by DNA hybridization using the Escherichia coli prfB probe. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of prfB are 87.0% and 95.6% homologous between E. coli and S. typhimurium, respectively, including an in-frame premature UGA st...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthrax lethal toxin can be engineered to deliver foreign proteins to the cytosol for antigen presentation to CD8 T cells. Vaccination with modified toxins carrying 8-9 amino acid peptide epitopes induces protective immunity in mice. To evaluate whether large protein antigens can be used with this system, rec...

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

authors： Lu Y,Friedman R,Kushner N,Doling A,Thomas L,Touzjian N,Starnbach M,Lieberman J

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The human proteome contains a plethora of short linear motifs (SLiMs) that serve as binding interfaces for modular protein domains. Such interactions are crucial for signaling and other cellular processes, but are difficult to detect because of their low to moderate affinities. Here we developed a dedicated approach, ...

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

authors： Ivarsson Y,Arnold R,McLaughlin M,Nim S,Joshi R,Ray D,Liu B,Teyra J,Pawson T,Moffat J,Li SS,Sidhu SS,Kim PM

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A definitive assay for microbiological and biochemical research on the biodegradation of lignin was developed using radioactive synthetic lignins specifically labeled in the side chains, aromatic rings or in the methoxyl groups. The [14C]lignins were prepared by oxidative polymerization with peroxidase and H2O2 Of spe...

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

authors： Kirk TK,Connors WJ,Bleam RD,Hackett WF,Zeikus JG

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilization of neuronal activity by homeostatic control systems is fundamental for proper functioning of neural circuits. Failure in neuronal homeostasis has been hypothesized to underlie common pathophysiological mechanisms in a variety of brain disorders. However, the key molecules regulating homeostasis in centra...

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

authors： Vertkin I,Styr B,Slomowitz E,Ofir N,Shapira I,Berner D,Fedorova T,Laviv T,Barak-Broner N,Greitzer-Antes D,Gassmann M,Bettler B,Lotan I,Slutsky I

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that two markers of differentiation, tyrosinase (monophenol, dihydroxyphenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.14.18.1) activity and melanin synthesis, are induced by diazepam in B16/C3 mouse melanoma cells. We also demonstrated high-affinity binding sites for [3H]diazepam in these cells by radioreceptor ass...

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

authors： Matthew E,Laskin JD,Zimmerman EA,Weinstein IB,Hsu KC,Engelhardt DL

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of natural killer (NK) cell function in vivo have been challenging primarily due to the lack of animal models in which NK cells are genetically and selectively deficient. Here, we describe a transgenic mouse with defective natural killing and selective deficiency in NK1.1(+) CD3(-) cells. Despite functionally ...

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

authors： Kim S,Iizuka K,Aguila HL,Weissman IL,Yokoyama WM

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two RNA fractions have been isolated and purified from both oncogenic and nononcogenic strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Both RNAs are capable of inducing the formation of transplantable tumors when introduced at wound sites in stems of Datura stramonium plants. One of these RNA fractions was found to be bound to ...

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

authors： Beljanski M,Aaron-da Cunha MI,Beljanski MS,Manigault P,Bourgarel P

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic neurophysiological research with monkeys has shown how neurons in the motor cortex have firing rates tuned to movement direction. This original finding would have been difficult to uncover without the use of a behaving primate paradigm in which subjects grasped a handle and moved purposefully to targets in diffe...

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

authors： Kennedy SD,Schwartz AB

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin is a neuropeptide with a wide variety of biological functions, including that of a strong endogenous anticonvulsant. No nonpeptide ligands, capable of activating galanin receptors, are available today. Based on known pharmacophores of galanin, a combinatorial library was designed, synthesized, and screened at ...

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

authors： Saar K,Mazarati AM,Mahlapuu R,Hallnemo G,Soomets U,Kilk K,Hellberg S,Pooga M,Tolf BR,Shi TS,Hökfelt T,Wasterlain C,Bartfai T,Langel U

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms modulate many aspects of physiology. Knowledge of the molecular basis of these rhythms has exploded in the last 20 years. However, most of these data are from model organisms, and translation to clinical practice has been limited. Here, we present an approach to identify molecular rhythms in humans f...

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

authors： Anafi RC,Francey LJ,Hogenesch JB,Kim J

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00