Anti-viral protection conferred by recombinant adenylate cyclase toxins from Bordetella pertussis carrying a CD8+ T cell epitope from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

abstract：:We report the identification and cloning of a 28-kDa polypeptide (p28) in Tetrahymena macronuclei that shares several features with the well studied heterochromatin-associated protein HP1 from Drosophila. Notably, like HP1, p28 contains both a chromodomain and a chromoshadow domain. p28 also shares features with linke...

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

authors： Huang H,Wiley EA,Lending CR,Allis CD

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease, affecting over 2% of the world's population. The HCV envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 mediate viral entry, with E2 being the main target of neutralizing antibody responses. Structural investigations of E2 have produced templates for vaccine design, including t...

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

authors： Kong L,Lee DE,Kadam RU,Liu T,Giang E,Nieusma T,Garces F,Tzarum N,Woods VL Jr,Ward AB,Li S,Wilson IA,Law M

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system postulated to be a cell-mediated autoimmune disease in which interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) plays an important role. There is increased IFN-gamma secretion in MS, and IFN-gamma administration induces exacerbations of disease. We foun...

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

authors： Balashov KE,Smith DR,Khoury SJ,Hafler DA,Weiner HL

更新日期：1997-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) and Arabidopsis thaliana differ greatly in form, ecological niche, evolutionary history, and genome size. Arabidopsis is a small, herbaceous, annual dicotyledon, whereas pines are large, long-lived, coniferous forest trees. Such diverse plants might be expected to differ in a large numbe...

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

authors： Kirst M,Johnson AF,Baucom C,Ulrich E,Hubbard K,Staggs R,Paule C,Retzel E,Whetten R,Sederoff R

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial actin homolog, MreB, forms helical cables within the cell that are required for maintenance of a rod shape. These helical structures are thought to be involved in the spatial organization of cell wall (peptidoglycan) synthesizing complexes of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). Here, we examined the role...

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

authors： Divakaruni AV,Loo RR,Xie Y,Loo JA,Gober JW

更新日期：2005-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy ocean ecosystems are needed to sustain people and livelihoods and to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using the ocean sustainably requires overcoming many formidable challenges: overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution. Despite gloomy forecasts, there is reason f...

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

authors： Lubchenco J,Cerny-Chipman EB,Reimer JN,Levin SA

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor Smad4/Dpc4 is a transcription activator that binds specific DNA sequences and whose nuclear localization is induced after exposure to type beta transforming growth factor-like cytokines. We explored an inducible system in which Smad4 protein is activated by translocation to the nucleus when cell l...

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

authors： Dai JL,Bansal RK,Kern SE

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper regulation of neurotransmission requires that ligand-activated ion channels remain closed until agonist binds. How channels then open remains poorly understood. Glycine receptor (GlyR) gating is initiated by agonist binding at interfaces between adjacent subunits in the extracellular domain. Aspartate-97, locat...

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

authors： Todorovic J,Welsh BT,Bertaccini EJ,Trudell JR,Mihic SJ

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic deletion studies have shown that haploinsufficiency of Delta-like ligand (Dll) 4, a transmembrane ligand for the Notch family of receptors, results in major vascular defects and embryonic lethality. To better define the role of Dll4 during vascular growth and differentiation, we selected the postnatal retina a...

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

authors： Lobov IB,Renard RA,Papadopoulos N,Gale NW,Thurston G,Yancopoulos GD,Wiegand SJ

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the length of poly(A) tails of bacterial mRNAs result from a competition between poly(A) polymerase and exoribonucleases that attack the 3' ends of RNAs. Here, we show that host factor Hfq is also involved in poly(A) tail metabolism. Inactivation of the hfq gene reduces the length of pol...

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

authors： Hajnsdorf E,Régnier P

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiosperms are the largest and most successful clade of land plants with >250,000 species distributed in nearly every terrestrial habitat. Many phylogenetic studies have been based on DNA sequences of one to several genes, but, despite decades of intensive efforts, relationships among early diverging lineages and sev...

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

authors： Jansen RK,Cai Z,Raubeson LA,Daniell H,Depamphilis CW,Leebens-Mack J,Müller KF,Guisinger-Bellian M,Haberle RC,Hansen AK,Chumley TW,Lee SB,Peery R,McNeal JR,Kuehl JV,Boore JL

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a gene-fusion system based on the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase gene (uidA). The uidA gene has been cloned from E. coli K-12 and its entire nucleotide sequence has been determined. beta-Glucuronidase has been purified to homogeneity and characterized. The enzyme has a subunit molecular weight o...

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

authors： Jefferson RA,Burgess SM,Hirsh D

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonresolving chronic inflammation at the neoplastic site is consistently associated with promoting tumor progression and poor patient outcomes. However, many aspects behind the mechanisms that establish this tumor-promoting inflammatory microenvironment remain undefined. Using bladder cancer (BC) as a model, we found ...

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

authors： Cheah MT,Chen JY,Sahoo D,Contreras-Trujillo H,Volkmer AK,Scheeren FA,Volkmer JP,Weissman IL

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear RNA of high molecular weight, approximately 15 to 30 x 10(3) nucleotides long, isolated from rat ascites cells, has been shown previously to contain both middle repetitive and single-copy sequences. However, it was not known whether these sequences were located on separate molecules or whether they were inters...

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

authors： Holmes DS,Bonner J

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM; grade IV astrocytoma) is the most prevalent and aggressive form of primary brain cancer. A subpopulation of multipotent cells termed GBM cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a critical role in tumor initiation, tumor maintenance, metastasis, drug resistance, and recurrence following surgery. Her...

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

authors： Lucki NC,Villa GR,Vergani N,Bollong MJ,Beyer BA,Lee JW,Anglin JL,Spangenberg SH,Chin EN,Sharma A,Johnson K,Sander PN,Gordon P,Skirboll SL,Wurdak H,Schultz PG,Mischel PS,Lairson LL

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence polymorphism of class II major histocompatibility complex-encoded molecules (Ia) not only accounts for the allelic variability in Ia structure relevant to T-lymphocyte responses but also seems to result in differential quantitative expression of particular Ia heterodimers. The contributions of different allel...

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

authors： Braunstein NS,Germain RN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean acidification (OA) refers to the ongoing decline in oceanic pH resulting from the uptake of atmospheric CO(2). Mounting experimental evidence suggests that OA will have negative consequences for a variety of marine organisms. Whereas the effect of OA on the calcification of adult reef corals is increasingly well...

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

authors： Albright R,Mason B,Miller M,Langdon C

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilizing a protein, that is fully compatible with the patient, on the surface of a biomedical device should make it possible to avoid adverse responses such as inflammation, rejection, or excessive fibrosis. A surface that strongly binds and does not denature the compatible protein is required. Hydrophilic surface...

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

authors： Bilek MM,Bax DV,Kondyurin A,Yin Y,Nosworthy NJ,Fisher K,Waterhouse A,Weiss AS,dos Remedios CG,McKenzie DR

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells are promising effectors for tumor adoptive immunotherapy, particularly when considering the targeting of MHC class I low or negative tumors. Yet, NK cells cannot respond to many tumors, which is particularly the case for nonhematopoietic tumors such as carcinomas or melanoma even when these cells lose MHC cla...

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

authors： Kruschinski A,Moosmann A,Poschke I,Norell H,Chmielewski M,Seliger B,Kiessling R,Blankenstein T,Abken H,Charo J

更新日期：2008-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraction of thylakoid membranes with cholate in the presence of ammonium sulfate inactivated oxygen evolution and liberated a managanese-containing protein. This protein could be combined with preformed liposomes containing the depleted thylakoid membranes to restore 85% of the original oxygen-evolution activity. Th...

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

authors： Spector M,Winget GD

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the genetic basis of common disease may require comprehensive sequence analysis of coding regions and regulatory elements in patients and controls to find genetic effects caused by rare or heterogeneous mutations. In this study, we demonstrate how mismatch repair detection on tag arrays can be applie...

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

authors： Faham M,Zheng J,Moorhead M,Fakhrai-Rad H,Namsaraev E,Wong K,Wang Z,Chow SG,Lee L,Suyenaga K,Reichert J,Boudreau A,Eberle J,Bruckner C,Jain M,Karlin-Neumann G,Jones HB,Willis TD,Buxbaum JD,Davis RW

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their discovery as key regulators of early animal development, microRNAs now are recognized as widespread regulators of gene expression. Despite their abundance, little is known regarding the regulation of microRNA biogenesis. We show that three highly conserved muscle-specific microRNAs, miR-1, miR-133 and miR-...

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

authors： Rao PK,Kumar RM,Farkhondeh M,Baskerville S,Lodish HF

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental plasticity of plants relies on the remarkable ability of the meristems to integrate nutrient and energy availability with environmental signals. Meristems in root and shoot apexes share highly similar molecular players but are spatially separated by soil. Whether and how these two meristematic tissue...

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

authors： Li X,Cai W,Liu Y,Li H,Fu L,Liu Z,Xu L,Liu H,Xu T,Xiong Y

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessels and nerves often follow parallel trajectories, suggesting that distal targets use common cues that induce vascularization and innervation. Netrins are secreted by the floor plate and attract commissural axons toward the midline of the neural tube. Here, we show that Netrin-1 is also a potent vascular mit...

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

authors： Park KW,Crouse D,Lee M,Karnik SK,Sorensen LK,Murphy KJ,Kuo CJ,Li DY

更新日期：2004-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell membrane proteins synthesized after infection of Escherichia coli B with wild-type phage T4 and rIIA mutants were analyzed by dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A protein with an approximate molecular weight of 74,000 is present in membranes isolated from T4r(+)-infected cells, but is not found i...

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

authors： Ennis HL,Kievitt KD

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-mediated particle interactions depend both on the properties of the particles themselves and the membrane environment in which they are suspended. Experiments have shown that chiral rod-like inclusions dissolved in a colloidal membrane of opposite handedness assemble into colloidal rafts, which are finite-siz...

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

authors： Miller JM,Joshi C,Sharma P,Baskaran A,Baskaran A,Grason GM,Hagan MF,Dogic Z

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful adaptation to changes in an animal's emotional and motivational environment depends on behavioral flexibility accompanied by changes in bodily responses, e.g., autonomic and endocrine, which support the change in behavior. Here, we identify the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) as pivotal in the flexible regulatio...

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

authors： Reekie YL,Braesicke K,Man MS,Roberts AC

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the catalytically inactive mutant (C215S) of the human protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) has been solved to high resolution in two complexes. In the first, crystals were grown in the presence of bis-(para-phosphophenyl) methane (BPPM), a synthetic high-affinity low-molecular weight nonpeptidic s...

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

authors： Puius YA,Zhao Y,Sullivan M,Lawrence DS,Almo SC,Zhang ZY

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The exemplary search capabilities of flying insects have established them as one of the most diverse taxa on Earth. However, we still lack the fundamental ability to quantify, represent, and predict trajectories under natural contexts to understand search and its applications. For example, flying insects have evolved ...

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

authors： Kaushik PK,Renz M,Olsson SB

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The early simian virus 40 (SV40) gene product, large tumor (T) antigen, is responsible for the initiation of viral DNA replication and the autoregulation of early gene expression through direct protein-DNA interactions. We investigated the role of T antigen in late viral gene expression, independent of its function in...

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

authors： Brady J,Bolen JB,Radonovich M,Salzman N,Khoury G

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00