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USA 82 (1985) 8841 A-A-U-A-A-A Region of peptide 125-147 of acetylcholine receptor a subunit is exposed A sequence downstream of A-A-U-A-A-A is required for formation of at neuromuscular junction and induces experimental autoimmune simian virus 40 late mRNA 3' termini in frog oocytes, 3949 myasthenia gravis, T-cell immunity, and modulating autoantibodies, 8805 Abelson murine leukemia virus Phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 on serine after microinjection of Acetylcholne receptor, muscarinic the Abelson murine leukemia virus tyrosine-specific protein kinase into Batrachotoxin changes the properties of the muscarinic receptor in rat Xenopus oocytes, 272 brain and heart: Possible interaction(s) between muscarinic receptors and sodium channels, 3524 Acanthanoeba casteUandi Ribosomal RNA transcription: Proteins and DNA sequences involved in Acetylcholine receptor, nicotinic preinitiation complex formation, 1668 Demonstration and affinity labeling of a stereoselective binding site for a Footprinting of ribosomal RNA genes by transcription initiation factor benzomorphan opiate on acetylcholine receptor-rich membranes from and RNA polymerase I, 8004 Torpedo electroplaque, 940 Brain and muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are different but Acanthocyclops vernalis homologous proteins, 5208 Experimental transmission of a microsporidian pathogen from mosquitoes to an alternate copepod host, 5574 Acetyicholineterase Glycyl-L-glutamine, a precursor, and glycyl-L-glutamic acid, a Acceptor site, progesterone receptor neurotrophic factor for maintenance of acetylcholinesterase and Evidence for specific DNA sequences in the nuclear acceptor sites of the butyrylcholinesterase in the preganglionically denervated superior avian oviduct progesterone receptor, 4722 cervical ganglion of the cat in vivo, 5213 Increases in muscle Ca2+ mediate changes in acetylcholinesterase and Accessory cell acetylcholine receptors caused by muscle contraction, 7121 Analysis of antigen presentation by metabolically inactive accessory cells and their isolated membranes, 6647 Acetyicholinesterase gene A human acetylcholinesterase gene identified by homology to the Ace Ace gene region of Drosophila, 1827 A human acetylcholinesterase gene identified by homology to the Ace region of Drosophila, 1827 N-Acetylgalactosamine Blood group A cross-reacting epitope defined by monoclonal antibodies Acetabdaria nediterranea NCC-LU-35 and -81 expressed in cancer of blood group 0 or B Tandemly repeated nonribosomal DNA sequences in the chloroplast individuals: Its identification as Tn antigen, 7039 genome of an Acetabularia mediterranea strain, 1706 Structural requirements for sulfation of asparagine-linked Identification of a high molecular weight polypeptide that may be part of of lutropin, 7850 the circadian clockwork in Acetabularia, 6899 oligosaccharides P-N-Acetyl-D-hex dase 2-Acetylaminofluorene Lysosomotropic agents selectively potentiate thrombin-induced acid Distribution of initial and persistent 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced DNA hydrolase secretion from platelets, 2374 adducts within DNA loops, 6605 ACG initiation codon N-Acetylaspartylglutaimate Direct mapping of adeno-associated virus capsid proteins B and C: A N-Acetylaspartylglutamate: Possible role as the neurotransmitter of the possible ACG initiation codon, 7919 lateral olfactory tract, 3897 Acholeplasmna N-Acetylation Construction of the mycoplasma evolutionary tree from 5S rRNA Analysis of an evolutionarily conserved antigenic site on mammalian sequence data, 1160 cytochrome c using synthetic peptides, 1508 Deposition-related histone acetylation in micronucleus of conjugating Achondroplasia Tetrahymena, 8048 Nonrandom association of a type II procollagen genotype with Amino-terminal processing of proteins: Hemoglobin South Florida, a achondroplasia, 5465 variant with retention of initiator methionine and Na-acetylation, 8448 Acid Acetylcholine See also pH Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholine in Xenopus oocytes injected Acidic pH requirement for insertion of colicin El into artificial membrane with mRNA from the electric lobe of Torpedo, 608 vesicles: Relevance to the mechanism of action of colicins and certain Is an acetylcholine transport system responsible for nonquantal release of toxins, 1386 acetylcholine at the rodent myoneural junction?, 3514 Changes in 22Na influx and outflux in Daphnia magna (Straus) as a Neurochemical basis for the photic control of circadian rhythms and function of elevated Al concentrations in soft water at low pH, 7345 seasonal reproductive cycles: Role for acetylcholine, 4277 Acetylcholine and phorbol esters inhibit potassium currents evoked by Acid hydrolase adenosine and cAMP in Xenopus oocytes, 6001 Lysosomotropic agents selectively potentiate thrombin-induced acid Two types of muscarinic response to acetylcholine in mammalian cortical hydrolase secretion from platelets, 2374 neurons, 6344 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Acetylcholine receptor Immunological properties of the Gag protein p24 of the acquired Use of a replica technique to isolate muscle cell lines defective in immunodeficiency syndrome retrovirus (human T-cell leukemia virus expressing the acetylcholine receptor, 124 type III), 3481 Ascorbic acid mediates acetylcholine receptor increase induced by brain Characterization of a continuous T-cell line susceptible to the cytopathic extract of myogenic cells, 575 effects of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Different effects of N-ethylmalemide on Ml and M2 muscarine receptors retrovirus, 4539 in rat brain, 580 Genomic diversity of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus Muscarinic cholinergic receptor in the human heart evidenced under HTLV-HII: Different viruses exhibit greatest divergence in their physiological conditions by positron emission tomography, 584 envelope genes, 4813 Topological mapping of acetylcholine receptor: Evidence for a model Monoclonal antibodies specific for p24, the major core protein of human with five transmembrane segments and a cytoplasmic COOH-terminal T-cell leukemia virus type mII, 5199 peptide, 626 Isolation of infectious human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type III Anomalous interaction of the acetylcholine receptor protein with the (HTLV-III) from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome nonionic detergent Triton X-114, 958 (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC) and from healthy carriers: A Evidence for unpredicted transmembrane domains in acetylcholine study of risk groups and tissue sources, 5530 receptor subunits, 2004 High prevalence of antibodies to acquired immune deficiency syndrome Myasthenic serum selectively blocks acetylcholine receptors with long (AIDS)-associated retrovirus (ARV) in AIDS and related conditions but channel open times at developing rat endplates, 2533 not in other disease states, 5535 Antibodies to synthetic peptides as probes for the binding site on the a In vitro growth characteristics of simian T-lymphotropic virus type subunit of the acetylcholine receptor, 3490 III, 7053 Activity regulates the levels of acetylcholine receptor a-subunit mRNA in 3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine (BW A509U): An antiviral agent that inhibits cultured chicken myotubes, 4558 the infectivity and cytopathic effect of human T-lymphotropic virus Mouse-Torpedo hybrid acetylcholine receptors: Functional homology type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus in vitro, 7096 does not equal sequence homology, 4852 Bacterial expression of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Quantitative in vivo receptor binding III: Tracer kinetic modeling of retrovirus p24 gag protein and its use as a diagnostic reagent, 7748 muscarinic cholinergic receptor binding, 6711 Influence of the human T-lymphotropic virus/lymphadenopathy- Increases in muscle Ca2W mediate changes in acetylcholinesterase and associated virus on functions of human lymphocytes: Evidence for acetylcholine receptors caused by muscle contraction, 7121 immunosuppressive effects and polyclonal B-cell activation by banded The subsynaptic 43-kDa protein is concentrated at developing viral preparations, 8198 nerve-muscle synapses in vitro, 8270 Human T-cell growth factor (interleukin 2) and y-interferon genes: Two molecular weight forms of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the Expression in human T-lymphotropic virus type III- and type I-infected avian central nervous system- Switch in predominant form during cells, 8691 differentiation of synapses, 8785 Determination of the primary amino acid sequence specifying the Acrosome a-bungarotoxin binding site on the a subunit of the acetylcholine Calcium channel antagonists inhibit the acrosome reaction and bind to receptor from Torpedo californica, 8790 plasma membranes of sea urchin sperm, 1460 8842 Subject Index Proc. Nadl. Acad. Sci. USA 82 (1985) Actin Nucleotide sequence and organization of the mouse adenine Calmodulin accelerates the rate of polymerization of human platelet actin phosphoribosyltransferase gene: Presence of a coding region common and alters the structural characteristics of actin filaments, 1683 to animal and bacterial phosphoribosyltransferases that has a variable Cloning of Physarum actin sequences in an exonuclease-deficient intron/exon arrangement, 2731 bacterial host, 2698 A model for actin polymerization and the kinetic effects of ATP Adeno-assodated vir hydrolysis, 7207 Direct mapping of adeno-associated virus capsid proteins B and C: A Exposure of actin thiols by the removal of tightly held calcium ions, 7904 possible
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