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Volume 90(3);  February 1, 1993
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Common cold virus and its receptor.
S C Harrison
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 783.
PMCID: PMC45752
Glucokinase, glucose sensing, and diabetes.
M Mueckler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 784–785.
PMCID: PMC45753
Toward an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of physiological cell death.
D L Vaux
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 786–789.
PMCID: PMC45754
Coexisting stable conformations of gaseous protein ions.
D Suckau, Y Shi, S C Beu, M W Senko, J P Quinn, F M Wampler, 3rd, and F W McLafferty
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 790–793.
PMCID: PMC45755
Prenyl modification of guanine nucleotide regulatory protein gamma 2 subunits is not required for interaction with the transducin alpha subunit or rhodopsin.
D E Wildman, H Tamir, E Leberer, J K Northup, and M Dennis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 794–798.
PMCID: PMC45756
Rat acid phosphatase: overexpression of active, secreted enzyme by recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cells, molecular properties, and crystallization.
P Vihko, R Kurkela, K Porvari, A Herrala, A Lindfors, Y Lindqvist, and G Schneider
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 799–803.
PMCID: PMC45757
Crystal structure of an oligonucleotide duplex containing G.G base pairs: influence of mispairing on DNA backbone conformation.
J V Skelly, K J Edwards, T C Jenkins, and S Neidle
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 804–808.
PMCID: PMC45758
Exploring the energy landscape in proteins.
J E Straub and D Thirumalai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 809–813.
PMCID: PMC45759
Transcription of the sex-determining region genes Sry and Zfy in the mouse preimplantation embryo.
T Zwingman, R P Erickson, T Boyer, and A Ao
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 814–817.
PMCID: PMC45760
Biogeography of Tongan birds before and after human impact.
D W Steadman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 818–822.
PMCID: PMC45761
Oncostatin M is a mitogen for rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells.
R I Grove, C Eberhardt, S Abid, C Mazzucco, J Liu, P Kiener, G Todaro, and M Shoyab
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 823–827.
PMCID: PMC45762
Developmental regulation and phytochrome-mediated induction of mRNAs encoding a proline-rich protein, glycine-rich proteins, and hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in Phaseolus vulgaris L.
J Sheng, J Jeong, and M C Mehdy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 828–832.
PMCID: PMC45763
Twist and writhe of a DNA loop containing intrinsic bends.
W R Bauer, R A Lund, and J H White
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 833–837.
PMCID: PMC45764
Stabilization of alpha-helical structures in short peptides via end capping.
B Forood, E J Feliciano, and K P Nambiar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 838–842.
PMCID: PMC45765
Identification of a 3'-->5' exonuclease activity associated with human RNA polymerase II.
D Wang and D K Hawley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 843–847.
PMCID: PMC45766
Convergent transcripts of the yeast PRP38-SMD1 locus encode two essential splicing factors, including the D1 core polypeptide of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles.
B C Rymond
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 848–852.
PMCID: PMC45767
Apoptosis in C3H/10T1/2 mouse embryonic cells: evidence for internucleosomal DNA modification in the absence of double-strand cleavage.
L D Tomei, J P Shapiro, and F O Cope
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 853–857.
PMCID: PMC45768
Characterization of downstream elements in a Raf-1 pathway.
G J Liaw, E Steingrimsson, F Pignoni, A J Courey, and J A Lengyel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 858–862.
PMCID: PMC45769
Tumor necrosis factor alpha induces the expression of transforming growth factor alpha and the epidermal growth factor receptor in human pancreatic cancer cells.
W Schmiegel, C Roeder, J Schmielau, U Rodeck, and H Kalthoff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 863–867.
PMCID: PMC45770
Protein prenylcysteine analog inhibits agonist-receptor-mediated signal transduction in human platelets.
Huzoor-Akbar, W Wang, R Kornhauser, C Volker, and J B Stock
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 868–872.
PMCID: PMC45771
Dissociation of human mid-dorsolateral from posterior dorsolateral frontal cortex in memory processing.
M Petrides, B Alivisatos, A C Evans, and E Meyer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 873–877.
PMCID: PMC45772
Functional activation of the human frontal cortex during the performance of verbal working memory tasks.
M Petrides, B Alivisatos, E Meyer, and A C Evans
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 878–882.
PMCID: PMC45773
Pattern of aromatic and hydrophobic amino acids critical for one of two subdomains of the VP16 transcriptional activator.
J L Regier, F Shen, and S J Triezenberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 883–887.
PMCID: PMC45774
Pre-mRNA splicing within an assembled yeast spliceosome requires an RNA-dependent ATPase and ATP hydrolysis.
S H Kim and R J Lin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 888–892.
PMCID: PMC45775
Cyclic amphipathic peptide-DNA complexes mediate high-efficiency transfection of adherent mammalian cells.
J Y Legendre and F C Szoka, Jr
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 893–897.
PMCID: PMC45776
The bovine papillomavirus origin of replication requires a binding site for the E2 transcriptional activator.
E Ustav, M Ustav, P Szymanski, and A Stenlund
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 898–902.
PMCID: PMC45777
sid1, a gene initiating siderophore biosynthesis in Ustilago maydis: molecular characterization, regulation by iron, and role in phytopathogenicity.
B Mei, A D Budde, and S A Leong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 903–907.
PMCID: PMC45778
Potassium-channel activation in response to low doses of gamma-irradiation involves reactive oxygen intermediates in nonexcitatory cells.
S S Kuo, A H Saad, A C Koong, G M Hahn, and A J Giaccia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 908–912.
PMCID: PMC45779
High-frequency plastid transformation in tobacco by selection for a chimeric aadA gene.
Z Svab and P Maliga
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 913–917.
PMCID: PMC45780
Recombinant human sickle hemoglobin expressed in yeast.
J J Martin de Llano, O Schneewind, G Stetler, and J M Manning
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 918–922.
PMCID: PMC45781
Clonal expansions of activated gamma/delta T cells in recent-onset multiple sclerosis.
R Shimonkevitz, C Colburn, J A Burnham, R S Murray, and B L Kotzin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 923–927.
PMCID: PMC45782
Primary structure of two-chain botrocetin, a von Willebrand factor modulator purified from the venom of Bothrops jararaca.
Y Usami, Y Fujimura, M Suzuki, Y Ozeki, K Nishio, H Fukui, and K Titani
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 928–932.
PMCID: PMC45783
Screening for in vivo protein-protein interactions.
F J Germino, Z X Wang, and S M Weissman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 933–937.
PMCID: PMC45784
Expression of a constitutively active erythropoietin receptor in primary hematopoietic progenitors abrogates erythropoietin dependence and enhances erythroid colony-forming unit, erythroid burst-forming unit, and granulocyte/macrophage progenitor growth.
P N Pharr, D Hankins, A Hofbauer, H F Lodish, and G D Longmore
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 938–942.
PMCID: PMC45785
Two functional soybean genes encoding p34cdc2 protein kinases are regulated by different plant developmental pathways.
G H Miao, Z Hong, and D P Verma
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 943–947.
PMCID: PMC45786
Helminth infection results in decreased virus-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell and Th1 cytokine responses as well as delayed virus clearance.
J K Actor, M Shirai, M C Kullberg, R M Buller, A Sher, and J A Berzofsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 948–952.
PMCID: PMC45787
Cytolocalization of zeatin O-xylosyltransferase in Phaseolus.
R C Martin, M C Mok, and D W Mok
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 953–957.
PMCID: PMC45788
Casimir light: a glimpse.
J Schwinger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 958–959.
PMCID: PMC45789
Differential patterns of DNA binding by myc and max proteins.
E V Prochownik and M E VanAntwerp
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 960–964.
PMCID: PMC45790
Inhibitors of two-component signal transduction systems: inhibition of alginate gene activation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
S Roychoudhury, N A Zielinski, A J Ninfa, N E Allen, L N Jungheim, T I Nicas, and A M Chakrabarty
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 965–969.
PMCID: PMC45791
Ribosomal RNA antitermination in vitro: requirement for Nus factors and one or more unidentified cellular components.
C L Squires, J Greenblatt, J Li, C Condon, and C L Squires
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 970–974.
PMCID: PMC45792
A protein factor for ras p21-dependent activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase through MAP kinase kinase.
T Itoh, K Kaibuchi, T Masuda, T Yamamoto, Y Matsuura, A Maeda, K Shimizu, and Y Takai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 975–979.
PMCID: PMC45793
Do all programmed cell deaths occur via apoptosis?
L M Schwartz, S W Smith, M E Jones, and B A Osborne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 980–984.
PMCID: PMC45794
Tumor-suppressive effect of the retinoic acid receptor beta in human epidermoid lung cancer cells.
B Houle, C Rochette-Egly, and W E Bradley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 985–989.
PMCID: PMC45795
Effects of hybridization and selection on floral isolation.
V Grant
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 990–993.
PMCID: PMC45796
Ia-antigen-T-cell interactions for a thymus-independent antigen composed of D amino acids.
E Zisman, M Dayan, M Sela, and E Mozes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 994–998.
PMCID: PMC45797
Expression of smooth muscle-specific proteins in myoepithelium and stromal myofibroblasts of normal and malignant human breast tissue.
D Lazard, X Sastre, M G Frid, M A Glukhova, J P Thiery, and V E Koteliansky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 999–1003.
PMCID: PMC45798
Familial thrombophilia due to a previously unrecognized mechanism characterized by poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C: prediction of a cofactor to activated protein C.
B Dahlbäck, M Carlsson, and P J Svensson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1004–1008.
PMCID: PMC45799
Regulation of serine protease activity by aluminum: implications for Alzheimer disease.
M Clauberg and J G Joshi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1009–1012.
PMCID: PMC45800
Benzo[a]pyrene-induced murine skin tumors exhibit frequent and characteristic G to T mutations in the p53 gene.
B Ruggeri, M DiRado, S Y Zhang, B Bauer, T Goodrow, and A J Klein-Szanto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1013–1017.
PMCID: PMC45801
Mechanism of the cardioprotective effect of transforming growth factor beta 1 in feline myocardial ischemia and reperfusion.
A M Lefer, X L Ma, A S Weyrich, and R Scalia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1018–1022.
PMCID: PMC45802
The c-rel protooncogene product represses NF-kappa B p65-mediated transcriptional activation of the long terminal repeat of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus.
S Doerre, P Sista, S C Sun, D W Ballard, and W C Greene
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1023–1027.
PMCID: PMC45803
Conformational changes induced in herpes simplex virus DNA polymerase upon DNA binding.
K Weisshart, A A Kuo, G R Painter, L L Wright, P A Furman, and D M Coen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1028–1032.
PMCID: PMC45804
Molecular, functional, and evolutionary analysis of sequences specific to Salmonella.
E A Groisman, M A Sturmoski, F R Solomon, R Lin, and H Ochman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1033–1037.
PMCID: PMC45805
A pathway for disulfide bond formation in vivo.
J C Bardwell, J O Lee, G Jander, N Martin, D Belin, and J Beckwith
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1038–1042.
PMCID: PMC45806
Mutants in disulfide bond formation that disrupt flagellar assembly in Escherichia coli.
F E Dailey and H C Berg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1043–1047.
PMCID: PMC45807
Modification of antisense phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides by a 5' cholesteryl moiety increases cellular association and improves efficacy.
A M Krieg, J Tonkinson, S Matson, Q Zhao, M Saxon, L M Zhang, U Bhanja, L Yakubov, and C A Stein
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1048–1052.
PMCID: PMC45808
Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsZ is a guanine nucleotide binding protein.
A Mukherjee, K Dai, and J Lutkenhaus
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1053–1057.
PMCID: PMC45809
Microsatellite mapping of the gene causing weaver disease in cattle will allow the study of an associated quantitative trait locus.
M Georges, A B Dietz, A Mishra, D Nielsen, L S Sargeant, A Sorensen, M R Steele, X Zhao, H Leipold, J E Womack, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1058–1062.
PMCID: PMC45810
Low-frequency chimeric yeast artificial chromosome libraries from flow-sorted human chromosomes 16 and 21.
M K McCormick, E Campbell, L Deaven, and R Moyzis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1063–1067.
PMCID: PMC45811
Enhanced interaction of L-selectin with the high endothelial venule ligand via selectively oxidized sialic acids.
K E Norgard, H Han, L Powell, M Kriegler, A Varki, and N M Varki
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1068–1072.
PMCID: PMC45812
Arachidonic acid status correlates with first year growth in preterm infants.
S E Carlson, S H Werkman, J M Peeples, R J Cooke, and E A Tolley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1073–1077.
PMCID: PMC45813
The unusual metal clusters of nitrogenase: structural features revealed by x-ray anomalous diffraction studies of the MoFe protein from Clostridium pasteurianum.
J T Bolin, A E Ronco, T V Morgan, L E Mortenson, and N H Xuong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1078–1082.
PMCID: PMC45814
A simple direct method for finding persistence times of populations and application to conservation problems.
M Mangel and C Tier
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1083–1086.
PMCID: PMC45815
Use of photoactivatable peptide substrates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (Nmt1p) to characterize a myristoyl-CoA-Nmt1p-peptide ternary complex and to provide evidence for an ordered reaction mechanism.
D A Rudnick, W J Rocque, C A McWherter, M V Toth, E Jackson-Machelski, and J I Gordon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1087–1091.
PMCID: PMC45816
Overexpression, purification, and characterization of SHPTP1, a Src homology 2-containing protein-tyrosine-phosphatase.
D Pei, B G Neel, and C T Walsh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1092–1096.
PMCID: PMC45817
SRY recognizes conserved DNA sites in sex-specific promoters.
C M Haqq, C Y King, P K Donahoe, and M A Weiss
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1097–1101.
PMCID: PMC45818
Copper and iron are mobilized following myocardial ischemia: possible predictive criteria for tissue injury.
M Chevion, Y Jiang, R Har-El, E Berenshtein, G Uretzky, and N Kitrossky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1102–1106.
PMCID: PMC45819
Multiple mechanisms are implicated in the regulation of NF-kappa B activity during human cytomegalovirus infection.
T F Kowalik, B Wing, J S Haskill, J C Azizkhan, A S Baldwin, Jr, and E S Huang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1107–1111.
PMCID: PMC45820
Redundant cyclin overexpression and gene amplification in breast cancer cells.
K Keyomarsi and A B Pardee
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1112–1116.
PMCID: PMC45821
Developmental control of glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activity in embryonic retina.
I Ben-Dror, N Havazelet, and L Vardimon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1117–1121.
PMCID: PMC45822
Single-stranded shuttle phagemid for mutagenesis studies in mammalian cells: 8-oxoguanine in DNA induces targeted G.C-->T.A transversions in simian kidney cells.
M Moriya
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1122–1126.
PMCID: PMC45823
Studies with glycolysis-deficient cells suggest that production of lactic acid is not the only cause of tumor acidity.
K Newell, A Franchi, J Pouysségur, and I Tannock
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1127–1131.
PMCID: PMC45824
Mutational analysis of the structure and biogenesis of the photosystem I reaction center in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
L B Smart, P V Warren, J H Golbeck, and L McIntosh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1132–1136.
PMCID: PMC45825
Corrections
A yeast protein phosphatase related to the vaccina virus VH1 phosphatase is induced by nitrogen starvation
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1137.
PMCID: PMC400498
Corrects: K Guan, et al. A yeast protein phosphatase related to the vaccinia virus VH1 phosphatase is induced by nitrogen starvation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 December 15; 89(24): 12175–12179.
Model for the role of macromolecular crowding in regulation of cellular volume
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1137.
PMCID: PMC400499
Corrects: A P Minton, et al. Model for the role of macromolecular crowding in regulation of cellular volume. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 November 1; 89(21): 10504–10506.
Intrahypothalamic injection of a cell line secreting gonadotropin-releasing hormone results in cellular differentiation and reversal of hypogonadism in mutant mice
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 February 1; 90(3): 1137.
PMCID: PMC400500
Corrects: A J Silverman, et al. Intrahypothalamic injection of a cell line secreting gonadotropin-releasing hormone results in cellular differentiation and reversal of hypogonadism in mutant mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 November 15; 89(22): 10668–10672.
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