Synergistic and promoter-selective activation of transcription by recruitment of transcription factors TFIID and TFIIB.

abstract：:The human forkhead box O3A gene (FOXO3A) encodes an evolutionarily conserved key regulator of the insulin-IGF1 signaling pathway that is known to influence metabolism and lifespan in model organisms. A recent study described 3 SNPs in the FOXO3A gene that were statistically significantly associated with longevity in a...

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

authors： Flachsbart F,Caliebe A,Kleindorp R,Blanché H,von Eller-Eberstein H,Nikolaus S,Schreiber S,Nebel A

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli recQ gene, a member of the RecF recombination gene family, was set in an overexpression plasmid, and its product was purified to near-homogeneity. The purified RecQ protein exhibited a DNA-dependent ATPase and a helicase activity. Without DNA, no ATPase activity was detected. The capacity as ATPas...

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

authors： Umezu K,Nakayama K,Nakayama H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout three domains of life, alanyl-tRNA synthetases (AlaRSs) recognize a G3:U70 base pair in the acceptor stem of tRNAAla as the major identity determinant of tRNAAla The crystal structure of the archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus AlaRS in complex with tRNAAla provided the basis for G3:U70 recognition with residues...

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

authors： Chong YE,Guo M,Yang XL,Kuhle B,Naganuma M,Sekine SI,Yokoyama S,Schimmel P

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common blood disorder, presenting multiple symptoms, including hemolytic anemia. It affects 400 million people worldwide, with more than 160 single mutations reported in G6PD. The most severe mutations (about 70) are classified as class I, leading to more...

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

authors： Horikoshi N,Hwang S,Gati C,Matsui T,Castillo-Orellana C,Raub AG,Garcia AA,Jabbarpour F,Batyuk A,Broweleit J,Xiang X,Chiang A,Broweleit R,Vöhringer-Martinez E,Mochly-Rosen D,Wakatsuki S

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a group of peptides, originally isolated from the cardiac atria, that have a number of important effects on blood pressure, renal function, and salt balance. In the current study, expression of the ANF gene in certain extra-atrial tissues of the rat has been examined by radioimmunoas...

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

authors： Gardner DG,Deschepper CF,Ganong WF,Hane S,Fiddes J,Baxter JD,Lewicki J

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced functional bladder capacity and concomitant increased micturition frequency (pollakisuria) are common lower urinary tract symptoms associated with conditions such as cystitis, prostatic hyperplasia, neurological disease, and overactive bladder syndrome. These symptoms can profoundly affect the quality of life ...

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

authors： Everaerts W,Zhen X,Ghosh D,Vriens J,Gevaert T,Gilbert JP,Hayward NJ,McNamara CR,Xue F,Moran MM,Strassmaier T,Uykal E,Owsianik G,Vennekens R,De Ridder D,Nilius B,Fanger CM,Voets T

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a subterranean eusocial rodent with a markedly long lifespan and resistance to tumorigenesis. Multiple data implicate modulation of protein translation in longevity. Here we report that 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of the naked mole-rat is processed into two smaller fragments ...

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

authors： Azpurua J,Ke Z,Chen IX,Zhang Q,Ermolenko DN,Zhang ZD,Gorbunova V,Seluanov A

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene conversion and conversion-associated reciprocal recombination have been studied in various Saccharomyces cerevisiae hybrids. In a sample of 11,023 unselected meiotic tetrads, 907 conversions were observed at the arg4, thr3, his1, and SUP6 loci. Of these conversions, 445 (or 49.1%) were associated with reciprocal ...

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

authors： Hurst DD,Fogel S,Mortimer RK

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding and uptake of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) by mouse T-lymphoma YAC-1 cells exhibited the characteristics of receptor-mediated endocytosis. The binding saturation curve obtained by incubating YAC-1 cells at 4 degrees C with 125I-labeled AFP at different concentrations (50 ng/ml to 2.5 mg/ml) showed three saturation ...

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

authors： Naval J,Villacampa MJ,Goguel AF,Uriel J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a coarse-grained model for atomic glass formers. Its elements are physically motivated local microscopic dynamical rules parameterized by observables. Results of the model are established and used to interpret the measured behaviors of supercooled fluids approaching glass transitions. The model predicts t...

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

authors： Garrahan JP,Chandler D

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid North Atlantic cooling events during the last deglaciation caused atmospheric reorganizations on global and regional scales. Their impact on Asian climate has been investigated for monsoonal domains, but remains largely unknown in westerly wind-dominated semiarid regions. Here we generate a dust record from sout...

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

authors： Safaierad R,Mohtadi M,Zolitschka B,Yokoyama Y,Vogt C,Schefuß E

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxins are small multifunctional redox active proteins widely if not universally distributed among living organisms. In chloroplasts, two types of thioredoxins (f and m) coexist and play central roles in regulating enzyme activity. Reduction of thioredoxins in chloroplasts is catalyzed by an iron-sulfur disulfid...

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

authors： Balmer Y,Koller A,del Val G,Manieri W,Schürmann P,Buchanan BB

更新日期：2003-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression is induced by mitogenic and proinflammatory factors. Its overexpression plays a causal role in inflammation and tumorigenesis. COX-2 expression is tightly regulated, but the mechanisms are largely unclear. Here we show the control of COX-2 expression by an endogenous tryptophan meta...

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

authors： Cheng HH,Kuo CC,Yan JL,Chen HL,Lin WC,Wang KH,Tsai KK,Guvén H,Flaberg E,Szekely L,Klein G,Wu KK

更新日期：2012-08-14 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 DNA-binding protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and the cohesin complex function together to shape chromatin architecture in mammalian cells, but the molecular details of this process remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a 79-aa region within the CTCF N terminus is essential for cohesin positioning at CTCF bi...

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

authors： Pugacheva EM,Kubo N,Loukinov D,Tajmul M,Kang S,Kovalchuk AL,Strunnikov AV,Zentner GE,Ren B,Lobanenkov VV

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A major goal for developmental biologists is to define the behaviors and molecular contents of differentiating cells. We have devised a strategy for isolating cells from diverse embryonic regions and stages in the zebrafish, using computer-guided laser photoconversion of injected Kaede protein and flow cytometry. This...

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

authors： Brown JL,Snir M,Noushmehr H,Kirby M,Hong SK,Elkahloun AG,Feldman B

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of autosomal dominant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is caused by a nonconservative missense mutation, A322D, in the GABAA receptor alpha1 subunit M3 transmembrane helix. We reported previously that the A322D mutation reduced total and surface alpha1(A322D) subunit protein and that residual alpha1(A322D) subunit r...

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

authors： Gallagher MJ,Ding L,Maheshwari A,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed and pH-tight membrane vesicles prepared from hypocotyls of 5-day-old dark-grown seedlings of Cucurbita pepo accumulate the plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid along an imposed proton gradient (pH low outside, high inside). The use of electron paramagnetic spin probes permitted quantitation both of apparen...

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

authors： Lomax TL,Mehlhorn RJ,Briggs WR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When deprived of D-glucose for 24 hr, chicken embryo fibroblasts exhibit a marked increase in hexose transport activity compared with that of control cells. Scatchard analysis of [3H]cytochalasin B binding to starved cell plasma membranes (46 pmol/mg) indicated a six-fold increase compared with fed cell plasma membran...

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

authors： Pessin JE,Tillotson LG,Yamada K,Gitomer W,Carter-Su C,Mora R,Isselbacher KJ,Czech MP

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular factors tightly regulate the architecture of bundles of filamentous cytoskeletal proteins, giving rise to assemblies with distinct morphologies and physical properties, and a similar control of the supramolecular organization of nanotubes and nanorods in synthetic materials is highly desirable. However, it is...

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

authors： Needleman DJ,Ojeda-Lopez MA,Raviv U,Miller HP,Wilson L,Safinya CR

更新日期：2004-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitylation of proteins can be a signal for a variety of cellular processes beyond the classical role in proteolysis. The different signaling functions of ubiquitylation are thought to rely on ubiquitin-binding domains (UBDs). Several distinct UBD families are known, but their functions are not understood in detail...

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

authors： Tyrrell A,Flick K,Kleiger G,Zhang H,Deshaies RJ,Kaiser P

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanometer-scale pores have demonstrated potential for the electrical detection, quantification, and characterization of molecules for biomedical applications and the chemical analysis of polymers. Despite extensive research in the nanopore sensing field, there is a paucity of theoretical models that incorporate the in...

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

authors： Reiner JE,Kasianowicz JJ,Nablo BJ,Robertson JW

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hop2 and Mnd1 are abundant meiosisspecific chromosomal proteins, and mutations in the corresponding genes lead to defects in meiotic recombination and in homologous chromosome interactions during mid-prophase. Analysis of various double mutants suggests that HOP2, MND1, and DMC1 act in the sam...

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

authors： Chen YK,Leng CH,Olivares H,Lee MH,Chang YC,Kung WM,Ti SC,Lo YH,Wang AH,Chang CS,Bishop DK,Hsueh YP,Wang TF

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophilins are a family of ubiquitous proteins that are the intracellular target of the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporin A. Although cyclophilins catalyze peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerization in vitro, it has remained open whether they also perform this function in vivo. Here we show that Cpr3p, a cyclophilin in...

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

authors： Matouschek A,Rospert S,Schmid K,Glick BS,Schatz G

更新日期：1995-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Superantigens such as the staphylococcal enterotoxins can play an important role in exacerbation of autoimmune disorders such as experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in mice. In fact, superantigens can reactivate EAE in PL/J mice that have been sensitized to rat myelin basic protein (MBP). The T-cell subset p...

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

authors： Soos JM,Hobeika AC,Butfiloski EJ,Schiffenbauer J,Johnson HM

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of two-dimensional (2D) vibrational spectroscopy, which uses two ultrafast IR laser pulses, is used to examine the structure of a cyclic penta-peptide in solution. Spectrally resolved cross peaks occur in the off-diagonal region of the 2D IR spectrum of the amide I region, analogous to those in 2D NMR spectrosc...

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

authors： Hamm P,Lim M,DeGrado WF,Hochstrasser RM

更新日期：1999-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein famously noted that the formation of semantic representations requires more than a simple combination of verbal and nonverbal features to generate conceptually based similarities and differences. Classical and contemporary neuroscience has tended to focus upon how diff...

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

authors： Lambon Ralph MA,Sage K,Jones RW,Mayberry EJ

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid cells have unusual responses to an increase in the external calcium concentration--a reduction in secretion and a depolarization. In an attempt to explain this behavior, we have studied voltage-clamped inside-out patches from bovine parathyroid cells. We found a potassium-selective channel that requires in...

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

authors： Jia M,Ehrenstein G,Iwasa K

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystal structure of the Head module, one-third of the Mediator of transcriptional regulation, has been determined as a complex with the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II. The structure reveals multiple points of interaction with an extended conformation of the CTD; it suggests a basis for regulat...

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

authors： Robinson PJ,Bushnell DA,Trnka MJ,Burlingame AL,Kornberg RD

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal sequence feature responsible for intrinsic DNA curvature is generally assumed to be runs of adenines. However, according to the wedge model of DNA curvature, each dinucleotide step is associated with a characteristic deflection of the local helix axis. Thus, an important test of a more general view of se...

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

authors： Bolshoy A,McNamara P,Harrington RE,Trifonov EN

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00