Development of an in vitro mRNA decay system for Escherichia coli: poly(A) polymerase I is necessary to trigger degradation.

abstract：:Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), first discovered in Drosophila melanogaster, is a highly conserved chromosomal protein implicated in both heterochromatin formation and gene silencing. We report here characterization of an HP1-interacting protein, heterochromatin protein 2 (HP2), which codistributes with HP1 in the pe...

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

authors： Shaffer CD,Stephens GE,Thompson BA,Funches L,Bernat JA,Craig CA,Elgin SC

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugative DNA transfer of the self-transmissible broad-host-range plasmid RP4 is initiated by strand- and site-specific cleavage at the nick site (nic) of the transfer origin (oriT). Cleavage results in covalent attachment of the plasmid-encoded relaxase (TraI) to the 5'-terminal 2'-deoxycytidine residue at nic. We ...

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

authors： Pansegrau W,Schröder W,Lanka E

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examples from various plant and animal groups indicate that there has been a general increase in potential versatility of form, determined by the number and range of independently varying morphogenetic parameters, among taxa appearing at successively younger stages in the fossil record. Taxa or body plans with higher ...

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

authors： Vermeij GJ

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proboscis is an important head appendage in insects that has primarily been thought to process gustatory information during food intake. Indeed, in Drosophila and other insects in which they have been identified, most gustatory receptors are expressed in proboscis neurons. Our previous characterization of the expr...

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

authors： Kwon HW,Lu T,Rützler M,Zwiebel LJ

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in O-linked protein glycosylation are known to correlate with disease states but are difficult to monitor in a physiological setting because of a lack of experimental tools. Here, we report a technique for rapid profiling of O-linked glycoproteins in living animals by metabolic labeling with N-azidoacetylgalac...

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

authors： Dube DH,Prescher JA,Quang CN,Bertozzi CR

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-stimulated scheduled DNA synthesis and DNA excision repair in human lymphocytes, as well as DNA polymerase a activity in a cell-free system, were inhibited by an electrophilic metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene. This metabolite, (+/-)-anti-(7r,8t)-dihydroxy-(9,10t)-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahyd robenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE), co...

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

authors： Busbee DL,Joe CO,Norman JO,Rankin PW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natal dispersal, the process through which immature individuals permanently depart their natal area in search of new sites, is integral to the ecology and evolution of animals. Insights about the underlying causes of natal dispersal arise mainly from research on species whose short dispersal distances or restricted di...

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

authors： Studds CE,Kyser TK,Marra PP

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that nuclei of young embryos (to gastrula stage) promote normal development when transplanted into enucleated eggs. As development proceeds to later stages, the nuclei become increasingly restricted in their capacity to promote normal cleavage and development, and the majority of the embryos th...

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

authors： Hennen S

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long (20-30 micrometer), wide (3-5 micrometer) microbial-mat bacterium from the Ebro Delta (Tarragona, Spain) was grown in mixed culture and videographed live. Intracellular elemental sulfur globules and unique cell termini were observed in scanning-electron-microprobe and transmission-electron micrographs. A polar ...

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

authors： Guerrero R,Haselton A,Solé M,Wier A,Margulis L

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in the peptide-binding groove of the highly polymorphic HLA class I molecules has repeatedly been associated with HIV-1 control and progression to AIDS, accounting for up to 12% of the variation in HIV-1 set point viral load (spVL). This suggests a key role in disease control for HLA presentation of ...

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

authors： Arora J,McLaren PJ,Chaturvedi N,Carrington M,Fellay J,Lenz TL

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The controlled self-assembly of complex molecules into well defined hierarchical structures is a promising route for fabricating nanostructures. These nanoscale structures can be realized by naturally occurring proteins such as tobacco mosaic virus, capsid proteins, tubulin, actin, etc. Here, we report a simple altern...

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

authors： Valéry C,Paternostre M,Robert B,Gulik-Krzywicki T,Narayanan T,Dedieu JC,Keller G,Torres ML,Cherif-Cheikh R,Calvo P,Artzner F

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The p21(WAF1) (p21) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor plays a major role in regulating cell cycle arrest. It was recently reported that the p53-independent elevation of p21 protein levels is essential in mediating the G(1) arrest resulting from signal transduction events initiated by the crosslinking of membrane IgM o...

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

authors： Marches R,Hsueh R,Uhr JW

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis for the absence of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in four independent sodium azide-induced ant18 mutants of barley was examined by sequencing the gene encoding dihydroflavonol 4-reductase in these mutants. Sodium azide generated 21 base substitutions, which corresponds to 0.17% of the 12,704 nu...

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

authors： Olsen O,Wang X,von Wettstein D

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C1q-like genes (C1ql1-C1ql4) encode small, secreted proteins that are expressed in differential patterns in the brain but whose receptors and functions remain unknown. BAI3 protein, in contrast, is a member of the cell-adhesion class of G protein-coupled receptors that are expressed at high levels in the brain but who...

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

authors： Bolliger MF,Martinelli DC,Südhof TC

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of solute-binding protein-dependent transporters in rhizobia is dramatically increased compared with the majority of other bacteria so far sequenced. This increase may be due to the high affinity of solute-binding proteins for solutes, permitting the acquisition of a broad range of growth-limiting nutrients...

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

authors： Mauchline TH,Fowler JE,East AK,Sartor AL,Zaheer R,Hosie AH,Poole PS,Finan TM

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin Redhill is an electrophoretically slow genetic variant of human serum albumin that does not bind 63Ni2+ and has a molecular mass 2.5 kDa higher than normal albumin. Its inability to bind Ni2+ was explained by the finding of an additional residue of Arg at position -1. This did not explain the molecular basis o...

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

authors： Brennan SO,Myles T,Peach RJ,Donaldson D,George PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconitase (Aco1p) is a multifunctional protein: It is an enzyme of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. In animal cells, Aco1p also is a cytosolic protein binding to mRNAs to regulate iron metabolism. In yeast, Aco1p was identified as a component of mtDNA nucleoids. Here we show that yeast Aco1p protects mtDNA from excessive...

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

authors： Chen XJ,Wang X,Butow RA

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized a fragment of the gene encoding adipose fatty acid-binding protein (gene 422) from a 3T3-L1 adipocyte genomic library. The 5'-flanking sequence of the 422 gene contains potential regulatory regions for adipose-specific expression. At position -120 there is a fat-specific element that...

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

authors： Cook JS,Lucas JJ,Sibley E,Bolanowski MA,Christy RJ,Kelly TJ,Lane MD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is there a sense of chance shared by all individuals, regardless of their schooling or culture? To test whether the ability to make correct probabilistic evaluations depends on educational and cultural guidance, we investigated probabilistic cognition in preliterate and prenumerate Kaqchikel and K'iche', two indigenou...

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

authors： Fontanari L,Gonzalez M,Vallortigara G,Girotto V

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that rrn P1 promoters require unusually high concentrations of the initiating nucleoside triphosphates (ATP or GTP, depending on the promoter) for maximal transcription in vitro. We proposed that this requirement for high initiating NTP concentrations contributes to control of the rrn P1 promoters...

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

authors： Schneider DA,Gaal T,Gourse RL

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerization of deoxynucleoside triphosphates, catalyzed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase from calf thymus gland, is strongly inhibited by various metal chelators. The reaction appears to be first order with respect to enzyme, deoxynucleoside triphosphate, and initiator, indicating that there is only one...

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

authors： Chang LM,Bollum FJ

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemically, the syntrophic bacteria constitute the missing link in our understanding of anaerobic flow of carbon in the biosphere. The completed genome sequence of Syntrophus aciditrophicus SB, a model fatty acid- and aromatic acid-degrading syntrophic bacterium, provides a glimpse of the composition and architectu...

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

authors： McInerney MJ,Rohlin L,Mouttaki H,Kim U,Krupp RS,Rios-Hernandez L,Sieber J,Struchtemeyer CG,Bhattacharyya A,Campbell JW,Gunsalus RP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of an immunogen against enzymatic degradation is considered an important factor for the design of synthetic vaccines. For our studies, we have selected an epitope from the tandem-repeat unit of the high-molecular-weight MUC2 mucin glycoprotein, which can be underglycosylated in case of colon cancer. In t...

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

authors： Tugyi R,Uray K,Iván D,Fellinger E,Perkins A,Hudecz F

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two decades after the discovery of the first animal microRNA (miRNA), the number of miRNAs in animal genomes remains a vexing question. Here, we report findings from analyzing 1,323 short RNA sequencing samples (RNA-seq) from 13 different human tissue types. Using stringent thresholding criteria, we identified 3,707 s...

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

authors： Londin E,Loher P,Telonis AG,Quann K,Clark P,Jing Y,Hatzimichael E,Kirino Y,Honda S,Lally M,Ramratnam B,Comstock CE,Knudsen KE,Gomella L,Spaeth GL,Hark L,Katz LJ,Witkiewicz A,Rostami A,Jimenez SA,Hollingsworth MA,

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Subunits A and B of chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are synthesized as higher molecular weight precursors when polyadenylylated mRNA from angiosperm seedlings is translated in vitro by wheat germ ribosomes. The in vivo levels of mRNA coding for these precursors are strongly light dependent, and th...

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

authors： Cerff R,Kloppstech K

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dendritic building blocks with a focal pyrene unit self-organize into vesicles in aqueous phase. The in situ inclusion of the focal pyrene units into the cavity of beta- or gamma-cyclodextrin (CD) induces self-assembled organic nanotubes with an average outer diameter of approximately 45 nm and inner diameter of 2...

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

authors： Park C,Lee IH,Lee S,Song Y,Rhue M,Kim C

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hormone III (JH) plays a key role in regulating the reproduction of female mosquitoes. Microarray time-course analysis revealed dynamic changes in gene expression during posteclosion (PE) development in the fat body of female Aedes aegypti. Hierarchical clustering identified three major gene clusters: 1,843 e...

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

authors： Zou Z,Saha TT,Roy S,Shin SW,Backman TW,Girke T,White KP,Raikhel AS

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies provide an attractive alternative to small-molecule therapies for a wide range of diseases. Given the importance of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) as pharmaceutical targets, there has been an immense interest in developing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies that act on GPCRs. Here we present ...

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

authors： Ishchenko A,Wacker D,Kapoor M,Zhang A,Han GW,Basu S,Patel N,Messerschmidt M,Weierstall U,Liu W,Katritch V,Roth BL,Stevens RC,Cherezov V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate determination depends in part on the establishment of specific transcriptional programs of gene expression. These programs result from the interpretation of the genomic cis-regulatory information by sequence-specific factors. Decoding this information in sequenced genomes is an important issue. Here, we deve...

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

authors： Rouault H,Mazouni K,Couturier L,Hakim V,Schweisguth F

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cachectin (tumor necrosis factor) is a powerful macrophage hormone released during infection, which circulates in blood to produce diverse effects in the organism. We examined the effect of cachectin on release of anterior pituitary hormones from either hemipituitaries or dispersed pituitary cells incubated in vitro. ...

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

authors： Milenkovic L,Rettori V,Snyder GD,Beutler B,McCann SM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00