Ca2+-dependent and -independent interactions of the isoforms of the alpha1A subunit of brain Ca2+ channels with presynaptic SNARE proteins.

abstract：:Somatic crossing-over was used in heterozygous Drosophila melanogaster to effect clonal homozygosity for three mutants (h, Hw, ac). In these mutants, one type of process, chaetae, replaces another type, trichomes, in specific patterns on the adult fly. Heterozygous individuals were irradiated at different larval or pu...

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

authors： Garcia-Bellido A,Merriam JR

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Bernard-Soulier syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of platelet dysfunction presenting with mild thrombocytopenia, circulating "giant" platelets and a bleeding phenotype. The bleeding in patients with the Bernard-Soulier syndrome is disproportionately more severe than suggested by the reduced platele...

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

authors： Ware J,Russell S,Ruggeri ZM

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the use of self-assembly for the integration of freestanding micrometer-scale components, including single-crystal, silicon field-effect transistors (FETs) and diffusion resistors, onto flexible plastic substrates. Preferential self-assembly of multiple microcomponent types onto a common platform is ach...

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

authors： Stauth SA,Parviz BA

更新日期：2006-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic electron flow is increasingly recognized as being essential in plant growth, generating a pH gradient across thylakoid membrane (ΔpH) that contributes to ATP synthesis and triggers the protective process of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) under stress conditions. Here, we report experiments demonstrating the i...

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

authors： Joliot P,Johnson GN

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Usual human livers contain two major aldehyde dehydrogenase [(ALDH) aldehyde:NAD+ oxidoreductase] isozymes--i.e., a cytosolic ALDH1 component and a mitochondrial ALDH2 component--whereas approximately equal to 50% of Orientals are "atypical" and have only the ALDH1 isozyme and are missing the ALDH2 isozyme. We previou...

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

authors： Yoshida A,Huang IY,Ikawa M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta 2-Glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI), a phospholipid-binding plasma protein, is an absolute requirement (cofactor) for the binding of autoimmune-type anti-cardiolipin (aCL) antibodies to cardiolipin (CL). The nature of this cofactor activity and the specific regions of the molecule involved have not yet been determined....

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

authors： Hunt JE,Simpson RJ,Krilis SA

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates a specific role for vascular endothelial growth factor a (Vegfa) during artery development in both zebrafish and mouse embryos, whereas less is known about signals that govern vein formation. In zebrafish, loss of vegfa blocks segmental artery formation and reduces artery-specific gene expres...

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

authors： Covassin LD,Villefranc JA,Kacergis MC,Weinstein BM,Lawson ND

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glands of the uterus are essential for pregnancy establishment. Forkhead box A2 (FOXA2) is expressed specifically in the glands of the uterus and a critical regulator of glandular epithelium (GE) differentiation, development, and function. Mice with a conditional deletion of FOXA2 in the adult uterus, created using th...

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

authors： Dhakal P,Kelleher AM,Behura SK,Spencer TE

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a major health concern even though numerous analgesic agents are available. Side effects and lack of wide-spectrum efficacy of current drugs justify efforts to better understand pain mechanisms. Stabilization of natural epoxy-fatty acids (EFAs) through inhibition of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) reduces ...

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

authors： Inceoglu B,Wagner K,Schebb NH,Morisseau C,Jinks SL,Ulu A,Hegedus C,Rose T,Brosnan R,Hammock BD

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is commonly associated with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with severe asthma in which chronic airway neutrophilia predicts a poor outcome. We were able to recapitulate fungus-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation in a mouse model in our efforts to understand the underlyin...

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

authors： Fei M,Bhatia S,Oriss TB,Yarlagadda M,Khare A,Akira S,Saijo S,Iwakura Y,Fallert Junecko BA,Reinhart TA,Foreman O,Ray P,Kolls J,Ray A

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell anergy is a state of T cells that is hyporesponsive to stimulation via the T-cell receptor and costimulatory molecules and is thought to be important for self-tolerance. How T-cell anergy is regulated is still poorly understood. We report here that tuberous sclerosis (TSC)1 is critical for T-cell anergy. Defici...

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

authors： Xie DL,Wu J,Lou YL,Zhong XP

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19, employs two key host proteins to gain entry and replicate within cells, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and the cell surface transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2). TMPRSS2 was first characterized as an androgen...

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

authors： Qiao Y,Wang XM,Mannan R,Pitchiaya S,Zhang Y,Wotring JW,Xiao L,Robinson DR,Wu YM,Tien JC,Cao X,Simko SA,Apel IJ,Bawa P,Kregel S,Narayanan SP,Raskind G,Ellison SJ,Parolia A,Zelenka-Wang S,McMurry L,Su F,Wang R,

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Simplified models of the protein-folding process have led to valuable insights into the generic properties of the folding of heteropolymers. On the basis of theoretical arguments, Shakhnovich and Gutin [(1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 7195-7199] have proposed a specific method to generate folding sequences for o...

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

authors： Ebeling M,Nadler W

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymic activity of crystalline mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (L-aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.1) was determined in suspensions of noncrosslinked microcrystals in 30% (wt/vol) polyethylene glycol. The crystals (average dimensions, 22 x 5 x 0.8 micron) were small enough to preclude ...

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

authors： Kirsten H,Gehring H,Christen P

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain walls, commonly occurring at the interface of different phases in solid-state materials, have recently been harnessed at the structural scale to enable additional modes of functionality. Here, we combine experimental, numerical, and theoretical tools to investigate the domain walls emerging upon uniaxial compre...

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

authors： Deng B,Yu S,Forte AE,Tournat V,Bertoldi K

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the oceans shaping community structure and nutrient cycling. The interaction between the bloom-forming alga Emiliania huxleyi and its specific large dsDNA virus (EhV) is a major factor determining the fate of carbon in the ocean, thus serving as a key host-pa...

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

authors： Ziv C,Malitsky S,Othman A,Ben-Dor S,Wei Y,Zheng S,Aharoni A,Hornemann T,Vardi A

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom regarding mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis holds that pathogens arise by external acquisition of distinct virulence factors, whereas determinants shared by pathogens and commensals are considered to be functionally equivalent and have been ignored as genes that could become adapted specifically...

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

authors： Sokurenko EV,Chesnokova V,Dykhuizen DE,Ofek I,Wu XR,Krogfelt KA,Struve C,Schembri MA,Hasty DL

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B cell factor (EBF)1 is essential for B lineage specification. Previously, we demonstrated the synergistic activation of Cd79a (mb-1) genes by EBF1 and its functional partner, RUNX1. Here, we identified consequences of Ebf1 haploinsufficiency together with haploinsufficiency of Runx1 genes in mice. Although numb...

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

authors： Lukin K,Fields S,Lopez D,Cherrier M,Ternyak K,Ramírez J,Feeney AJ,Hagman J

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Stepwise, synthetic alteration of oxytocin, guided by conformational and enzymological considerations, has led to analogs with specifically modified activity profiles and resistance to enzymatic inactivation. General requirements for the design of peptides with therapeutic value are discussed. ...

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

authors： Walter R,Yamanaka T,Sakakibara S

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge of cancer immunotherapy is the persistence and outgrowth of subpopulations that lose expression of the target antigen. IL-15 is a potent cytokine that can promote organ-specific autoimmunity when up-regulated on tissue cells. Here we report that T cells eradicated 2-wk-old solid tumors that expressed...

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

authors： Liu RB,Engels B,Schreiber K,Ciszewski C,Schietinger A,Schreiber H,Jabri B

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The high susceptibility of human immunoglobulin D to proteolytic degradation affects its biological function, metabolism, and immunoassay. High-pressure liquid chromatography was used to investigate the mechanism and rate of limited proteolytic cleavage of IgD and also to identify, isolate, and quantify the reaction p...

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

authors： Ishioka N,Takahashi N,Putnam FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:We have analyzed ligand-receptor complexes resulting from (i) the incubation of canine hepatic plasma membranes with [125I]iodoglucagon and (ii) subsequent gentle solubilization of receptor-bound ligand with digitonin. The complexes (molecular weight approximately equal to 500,000) retain the radiolabeled ligand durin...

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

authors： Mason JC,Tager HS

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-Cyclohexyl[3H]adenosine ([3H]CHA) and 1,3-diethyl-8-[3H]phenylxanthine ([3H]DPX) to bind to adenosine receptors in brain membranes. The agonist [3H]CHA has high affinity in both bovine and guinea pig brain (Kd, 0.7 nM and 6 nM, respectively). [3H]CHA binding kinetics are slow (dissociation t1/2;60 min); binding is ...

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

authors： Bruns RF,Daly JW,Snyder SH

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the common use of the blooming metaphor, its floral inspiration remains poorly understood. Here we study the physical process of blooming in the asiatic lily Lilium casablanca. Our observations show that the edges of the petals wrinkle as the flower opens, suggesting that differential growth drives the deploym...

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

authors： Liang H,Mahadevan L

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have grown crystals of a soluble recombinant form of human CD4, a transmembrane glycoprotein found predominantly on the surface of helper T cells. Crystals composed of the entire extracellular portion of CD4 exhibit extensive polymorphism. Of the five crystal types that have been grown, the best diffracts to Bragg ...

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

authors： Kwong PD,Ryu SE,Hendrickson WA,Axel R,Sweet RM,Folena-Wasserman G,Hensley P,Sweet RW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Late Quaternary glacial-interglacial transitions represent the highest amplitude climate changes over the last million years. Unraveling the sequence of events and feedbacks at Termination III (T-III), including potential abrupt climate reversals similar to those of the last Termination, has been particularly chal...

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

authors： Pérez-Mejías C,Moreno A,Sancho C,Bartolomé M,Stoll H,Cacho I,Cheng H,Edwards RL

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane-associated folate binding protein (FBP) and a soluble FBP, which is released into the culture medium, have been purified from human KB cells using affinity chromatography. By NaDodSO4/PAGE, both proteins have an apparent Mr of approximately 42,000. However, in the presence of Triton X-100, the soluble FBP e...

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

authors： Luhrs CA,Pitiranggon P,da Costa M,Rothenberg SP,Slomiany BL,Brink L,Tous GI,Stein S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys that were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: mother rearing, peer reari...

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

authors： Conti G,Hansman C,Heckman JJ,Novak MF,Ruggiero A,Suomi SJ

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The exceptional sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) lacks satisfactory definition. M. tuberculosis is a natural mutant in oxyR, a central regulator of peroxide stress response. The ahpC gene, which encodes a critical subunit of alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, is one of the tar...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Dhandayuthapani S,Deretic V

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00