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Volume 88(2);  January 15, 1991
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Amino acid microsequencing of internal tryptic peptides of heme-regulated eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha subunit kinase: homology to protein kinases.
J J Chen, J K Pal, R Petryshyn, I Kuo, J M Yang, M S Throop, L Gehrke, and I M London
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 315–319.
PMCID: PMC50801
Identification of nuclear proteins that specifically bind to RNAs containing 5' splice sites.
D T Stolow and S M Berget
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 320–324.
PMCID: PMC50802
An iron-carboxylate bond links the heme units of malaria pigment.
A F Slater, W J Swiggard, B R Orton, W D Flitter, D E Goldberg, A Cerami, and G B Henderson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 325–329.
PMCID: PMC50803
Expression of a unique 56-kDa polypeptide by neurons in the subplate zone of the developing cerebral cortex.
J R Naegele, C J Barnstable, and P R Wahle
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 330–334.
PMCID: PMC50804
Direct amplification of a single dissected chromosomal segment by polymerase chain reaction: a human brain sodium channel gene is on chromosome 2q22-q23.
J A Han, C M Lu, G B Brown, and T A Rado
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 335–339.
PMCID: PMC50805
Identification of a cDNA encoding a second putative prohormone convertase related to PC2 in AtT20 cells and islets of Langerhans.
S P Smeekens, A S Avruch, J LaMendola, S J Chan, and D F Steiner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 340–344.
PMCID: PMC50806
Pertactin, an Arg-Gly-Asp-containing Bordetella pertussis surface protein that promotes adherence of mammalian cells.
E Leininger, M Roberts, J G Kenimer, I G Charles, N Fairweather, P Novotny, and M J Brennan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 345–349.
PMCID: PMC50807
Engagement of the natural killer cell IgG Fc receptor results in tyrosine phosphorylation of the zeta chain.
J J O'Shea, A M Weissman, I C Kennedy, and J R Ortaldo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 350–354.
PMCID: PMC50808
N-(fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl) amino acids, a class of antiinflammatory agents with a different mechanism of action.
R M Burch, M Weitzberg, N Blok, R Muhlhauser, D Martin, S G Farmer, J M Bator, J R Connor, M Green, C Ko, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 355–359.
PMCID: PMC50809
Immunomodulatory activity of mu- and kappa-selective opioid agonists.
D D Taub, T K Eisenstein, E B Geller, M W Adler, and T J Rogers
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 360–364.
PMCID: PMC50810
Purification of a soluble isoform of guanylyl cyclase-activating-factor synthase.
H H Schmidt, J S Pollock, M Nakane, L D Gorsky, U Förstermann, and F Murad
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 365–369.
PMCID: PMC50811
Queuine, a tRNA anticodon wobble base, maintains the proliferative and pluripotent potential of HL-60 cells in the presence of the differentiating agent 6-thioguanine.
B T French, D E Patrick, M R Grever, and R W Trewyn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 370–374.
PMCID: PMC50812
Scrapie-associated prion protein accumulates in astrocytes during scrapie infection.
J F Diedrich, P E Bendheim, Y S Kim, R I Carp, and A T Haase
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 375–379.
PMCID: PMC50813
Action potential broadening and frequency-dependent facilitation of calcium signals in pituitary nerve terminals.
M B Jackson, A Konnerth, and G J Augustine
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 380–384.
PMCID: PMC50814
Conversion of 6-substituted tetrahydropterins to 7-isomers via phenylalanine hydroxylase-generated intermediates.
M D Davis, S Kaufman, and S Milstien
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 385–389.
PMCID: PMC50815
Structural differences between the hormone and antihormone estrogen receptor complexes bound to the hormone response element.
M Sabbah, F Gouilleux, B Sola, G Redeuilh, and E E Baulieu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 390–394.
PMCID: PMC50816
Molecular cloning of the bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide receptor from Swiss 3T3 cells.
J F Battey, J M Way, M H Corjay, H Shapira, K Kusano, R Harkins, J M Wu, T Slattery, E Mann, and R I Feldman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 395–399.
PMCID: PMC50817
Location of the active site for enzyme-adenylate formation in DNA ligases.
A E Tomkinson, N F Totty, M Ginsburg, and T Lindahl
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 400–404.
PMCID: PMC50818
Quantitation of ColE1-encoded replication elements.
M Brenner and J Tomizawa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 405–409.
PMCID: PMC50819
Structure-function studies of human aromatase by site-directed mutagenesis: kinetic properties of mutants Pro-308----Phe, Tyr-361----Phe, Tyr-361----Leu, and Phe-406----Arg.
D J Zhou, D Pompon, and S A Chen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 410–414.
PMCID: PMC50820
A broad-spectrum human lung fibroblast-derived mitogen is a variant of hepatocyte growth factor.
J S Rubin, A M Chan, D P Bottaro, W H Burgess, W G Taylor, A C Cech, D W Hirschfield, J Wong, T Miki, P W Finch, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 415–419.
PMCID: PMC50821
Diets of yearling female primates (Papio cynocephalus) predict lifetime fitness.
S A Altmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 420–423.
PMCID: PMC50822
Solution conformations of the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid domain of bovine prothrombin fragment 1, residues 1-65.
P S Charifson, T Darden, A Tulinsky, J L Hughey, R G Hiskey, and L G Pedersen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 424–428.
PMCID: PMC50823
Molecular cloning of a gene encoding the histamine H2 receptor.
I Gantz, M Schäffer, J DelValle, C Logsdon, V Campbell, M Uhler, and T Yamada
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 429–433.
PMCID: PMC50824
Expression of human apolipoprotein A-I in transgenic mice results in reduced plasma levels of murine apolipoprotein A-I and the appearance of two new high density lipoprotein size subclasses.
E M Rubin, B Y Ishida, S M Clift, and R M Krauss
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 434–438.
PMCID: PMC50825
Ribosomal RNA introns in archaea and evidence for RNA conformational changes associated with splicing.
J Kjems and R A Garrett
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 439–443.
PMCID: PMC50826
Complementary molecular shapes and additivity of the packing parameter of lipids.
V V Kumar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 444–448.
PMCID: PMC50827
Calmodulins with deletions in the central helix functionally replace the native protein in yeast cells.
A Persechini, R H Kretsinger, and T N Davis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 449–452.
PMCID: PMC50828
Amplification of major histocompatibility complex class II gene diversity by intraexonic recombination.
J X She, S A Boehme, T W Wang, F Bonhomme, and E K Wakeland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 453–457.
PMCID: PMC50829
Role of a carboxyl-terminal helix in the assembly, interchain interactions, and stability of aspartate transcarbamoylase.
C B Peterson and H K Schachman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 458–462.
PMCID: PMC50830
Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding human sterol carrier protein 2.
R Yamamoto, C B Kallen, G O Babalola, H Rennert, J T Billheimer, and J F Strauss, 3rd
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 463–467.
PMCID: PMC50831
IRA2, an upstream negative regulator of RAS in yeast, is a RAS GTPase-activating protein.
K Tanaka, B K Lin, D R Wood, and F Tamanoi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 468–472.
PMCID: PMC50832
Infrared spectroscopic demonstration of a conformational change in bacteriorhodopsin involved in proton pumping.
P Ormos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 473–477.
PMCID: PMC50833
Heterologous introns can enhance expression of transgenes in mice.
R D Palmiter, E P Sandgren, M R Avarbock, D D Allen, and R L Brinster
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 478–482.
PMCID: PMC50834
Stable configurations of confined cold ionic systems.
R Rafac, J P Schiffer, J S Hangst, D H Dubin, and D J Wales
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 483–486.
PMCID: PMC50835
2-nitro-3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)propionate and aci-1-nitro-2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, two intermediates in the biosynthesis of the cyanogenic glucoside dhurrin in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.
B A Halkier, J Lykkesfeldt, and B L Møller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 487–491.
PMCID: PMC50836
Size of the amino acid side chain at position 158 of cytochrome b is critical for an active cytochrome bc1 complex and for photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter capsulatus.
E Atta-Asafo-Adjei and F Daldal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 492–496.
PMCID: PMC50837
Substrate channeling in glycolysis: a phantom phenomenon.
X M Wu, H Gutfreund, S Lakatos, and P B Chock
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 497–501.
PMCID: PMC50838
Crystal structure of interleukin 8: symbiosis of NMR and crystallography.
E T Baldwin, I T Weber, R St Charles, J C Xuan, E Appella, M Yamada, K Matsushima, B F Edwards, G M Clore, A M Gronenborn, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 502–506.
PMCID: PMC50839
Formation of DNA triplexes accounts for arrests of DNA synthesis at d(TC)n and d(GA)n tracts.
N Baran, A Lapidot, and H Manor
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 507–511.
PMCID: PMC50840
Envelope glycoproteins from biologically diverse isolates of immunodeficiency viruses have widely different affinities for CD4.
M Ivey-Hoyle, J S Culp, M A Chaikin, B D Hellmig, T J Matthews, R W Sweet, and M Rosenberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 512–516.
PMCID: PMC50841
Yeast signal peptidase contains a glycoprotein and the Sec11 gene product.
J T YaDeau, C Klein, and G Blobel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 517–521.
PMCID: PMC50842
Glutamine synthetase gene evolution: a good molecular clock.
G Pesole, M P Bozzetti, C Lanave, G Preparata, and C Saccone
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 522–526.
PMCID: PMC50843
The role of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the destruction of islet grafts by spontaneously diabetic mice.
Y Wang, O Pontesilli, R G Gill, F G La Rosa, and K J Lafferty
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 527–531.
PMCID: PMC50844
Specific depletion of the B-cell population induced by aberrant expression of human interferon regulatory factor 1 gene in transgenic mice.
G Yamada, M Ogawa, K Akagi, H Miyamoto, N Nakano, S Itoh, J Miyazaki, S Nishikawa, K Yamamura, and T Taniguchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 532–536.
PMCID: PMC50845
Evolution of the major histocompatibility complex: molecular cloning of major histocompatibility complex class I from the amphibian Xenopus.
M F Flajnik, C Canel, J Kramer, and M Kasahara
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 537–541.
PMCID: PMC50846
Immunization of chimpanzees confers protection against challenge with human immunodeficiency virus.
M Girard, M P Kieny, A Pinter, F Barre-Sinoussi, P Nara, H Kolbe, K Kusumi, A Chaput, T Reinhart, E Muchmore, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 542–546.
PMCID: PMC50847
Transgenic mice that express the human multidrug-resistance gene in bone marrow enable a rapid identification of agents that reverse drug resistance.
G H Mickisch, G T Merlino, H Galski, M M Gottesman, and I Pastan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 547–551.
PMCID: PMC50848
Corticostatic peptides cause nifedipine-sensitive volume reduction in jejunal villus enterocytes.
R J MacLeod, J R Hamilton, A Bateman, D Belcourt, J Hu, H P Bennett, and S Solomon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 552–556.
PMCID: PMC50849
A cyclic AMP-activated K+ channel in Drosophila larval muscle is persistently activated in dunce.
R Delgado, P Hidalgo, F Diaz, R Latorre, and P Labarca
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 557–560.
PMCID: PMC50850
X-ray scattering indicates that the leucine zipper is a coiled coil.
R Rasmussen, D Benvegnu, E K O'Shea, P S Kim, and T Alber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 561–564.
PMCID: PMC50851
Injury induces in vivo expression of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and PDGF receptor mRNAs in skin epithelial cells and PDGF mRNA in connective tissue fibroblasts.
H N Antoniades, T Galanopoulos, J Neville-Golden, C P Kiritsy, and S E Lynch
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 565–569.
PMCID: PMC50852
Progression of human papillomavirus type 18-immortalized human keratinocytes to a malignant phenotype.
P J Hurlin, P Kaur, P P Smith, N Perez-Reyes, R A Blanton, and J K McDougall
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 570–574.
PMCID: PMC50853
Computer modeling of synapsin I binding to synaptic vesicles and F-actin: implications for regulation of neurotransmitter release.
F Benfenati, F Valtorta, and P Greengard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 575–579.
PMCID: PMC50854
Cellular activation of latent transforming growth factor beta requires binding to the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor type II receptor.
P A Dennis and D B Rifkin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 580–584.
PMCID: PMC50855
Two-dimensionally infinite polyhedra with vertices related by symmetry operations.
D Harker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 585–587.
PMCID: PMC50856
A switch in the formation of alternative DNA loops modulates lambda site-specific recombination.
L Moitoso de Vargas and A Landy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 588–592.
PMCID: PMC50857
Molecular dynamics simulation of the hydration shell of a B-DNA decamer reveals two main types of minor-groove hydration depending on groove width.
V P Chuprina, U Heinemann, A A Nurislamov, P Zielenkiewicz, R E Dickerson, and W Saenger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 593–597.
PMCID: PMC50858
Overexpression of protein kinase C beta 1 enhances phospholipase D activity and diacylglycerol formation in phorbol ester-stimulated rat fibroblasts.
J K Pai, J A Pachter, I B Weinstein, and W R Bishop
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 598–602.
PMCID: PMC50859
Isolation and characterization of the genomic human CD7 gene: structural similarity with the murine Thy-1 gene.
L E Schanberg, D E Fleenor, J Kurtzberg, B F Haynes, and R E Kaufman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 603–607.
PMCID: PMC50860
Expression of CD4 in transgenic mice alters the specificity of CD8 cells for allogeneic major histocompatibility complex.
E Robey, F Ramsdell, J Elliott, D Raulet, D Kioussis, R Axel, and B J Fowlkes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 608–612.
PMCID: PMC50861
Direct binding of secreted T-cell receptor beta chain to superantigen associated with class II major histocompatibility complex protein.
N R Gascoigne and K T Ames
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 613–616.
PMCID: PMC50862
Human growth hormone stimulates proliferation of human retinal microvascular endothelial cells in vitro.
Z Rymaszewski, R M Cohen, and P Chomczynski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 617–621.
PMCID: PMC50863
Water structure in cubic insulin crystals.
J Badger and D L Caspar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 622–626.
PMCID: PMC50864
The noncatalytic src homology region 2 segment of abl tyrosine kinase binds to tyrosine-phosphorylated cellular proteins with high affinity.
B J Mayer, P K Jackson, and D Baltimore
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 627–631.
PMCID: PMC50865
Cell-autonomous role of Notch, an epidermal growth factor homologue, in sensory organ differentiation in Drosophila.
J F de Celis, M Marí-Beffa, and A García-Bellido
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 632–636.
PMCID: PMC50866
The Bradyrhizobium japonicum nolA gene and its involvement in the genotype-specific nodulation of soybeans.
M J Sadowsky, P B Cregan, M Gottfert, A Sharma, D Gerhold, F Rodriguez-Quinones, H H Keyser, H Hennecke, and G Stacey
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 637–641.
PMCID: PMC50867
Heterogeneity of thymic epithelial cells in promoting T-lymphocyte differentiation in vivo.
J C Gutierrez and R Palacios
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 642–646.
PMCID: PMC50868
Immunoglobulins from animal models of motor neuron disease and from human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients passively transfer physiological abnormalities to the neuromuscular junction.
S H Appel, J I Engelhardt, J García, and E Stefani
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 647–651.
PMCID: PMC50869
Intracellular Ca2+ buffers disrupt muscarinic suppression of Ca2+ current and M current in rat sympathetic neurons.
D J Beech, L Bernheim, A Mathie, and B Hille
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 652–656.
PMCID: PMC50870
Transmural distribution of extracellular purines in isolated guinea pig heart.
Q Y Zhu, J P Headrick, and R M Berne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 657–660.
PMCID: PMC50871
cDNA cloning, sequence analysis, and chromosomal localization of the gene for human carnitine palmitoyltransferase.
G Finocchiaro, F Taroni, M Rocchi, A L Martin, I Colombo, G T Tarelli, and S DiDonato
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 661–665.
PMCID: PMC50872
Hairpin formation within the enhancer region of the human enkephalin gene.
C T McMurray, W D Wilson, and J O Douglass
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 666–670.
PMCID: PMC50873
Identification and characterization of "zinc-finger" domains by the polymerase chain reaction.
G R Pellegrino and J M Berg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 671–675.
PMCID: PMC50874
Aminopeptidase A activity of the murine B-lymphocyte differentiation antigen BP-1/6C3.
Q Wu, L Li, M D Cooper, M Pierres, and J P Gorvel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 676–680.
PMCID: PMC50875
Correction
Role of early genes in pathogenesis of adenovirus pneumonia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 January 15; 88(2): 681.
PMCID: PMC50876
Corrects: H S Ginsberg, et al. Role of early genes in pathogenesis of adenovirus pneumonia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 August; 87(16): 6191–6195.
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