Na(+)-H(+) exchange in salivary secretory cells is controlled by an intracellular Na(+) receptor.

abstract：:The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the principal circadian pacemaker of mammals, coordinating daily rhythms of behavior and metabolism. Circadian timekeeping in SCN neurons revolves around transcriptional/posttranslational feedback loops, in which Period (Per) and Cryptochrome (Cry) genes are negatively regulated by...

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

authors： Maywood ES,Chesham JE,O'Brien JA,Hastings MH

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, are the most abundant autotrophs in aquatic environments and form the base of all aquatic food chains by fixing carbon and nitrogen into cellular biomass. The single most important nutrient for photosynthesis and growth is nitrate, which is severely limiting in many aquatic environment...

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

authors： Koropatkin NM,Pakrasi HB,Smith TJ

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that neural representations of recent experiences become reactivated during sleep, and that this process serves to stabilize associated memories in long-term memory. Here, we initiated this reactivation process for specific memories during slow-wave sleep. Participants studied 50 object-location associa...

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

authors： van Dongen EV,Takashima A,Barth M,Zapp J,Schad LR,Paller KA,Fernández G

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of urine, or micturition, serves a fundamental physiological function and, in many species, is critical for social communication. In mice, the pattern of urine release is modulated by external and internal factors and transmitted to the spinal cord via the pontine micturition center (PMC). Here, we exploit...

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

authors： Hyun M,Taranda J,Radeljic G,Miner L,Wang W,Ochandarena N,Huang KW,Osten P,Sabatini BL

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While the physical dimensions of climate change are now routinely assessed through multimodel intercomparisons, projected impacts on the global ocean ecosystem generally rely on individual models with a specific set of assumptions. To address these single-model limitations, we present standardized ensemble projections...

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

authors： Lotze HK,Tittensor DP,Bryndum-Buchholz A,Eddy TD,Cheung WWL,Galbraith ED,Barange M,Barrier N,Bianchi D,Blanchard JL,Bopp L,Büchner M,Bulman CM,Carozza DA,Christensen V,Coll M,Dunne JP,Fulton EA,Jennings S,Jones MC,

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans (CN), an encapsulated, ubiquitous environmental yeast, is pathogenic for humans, primarily those with compromised immune function. CN is believed to be a facultative intracellular pathogen. Time-lapsed video microscopy revealed that yeast began to replicate and divide 2 hours after ingestion by...

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

authors： Tucker SC,Casadevall A

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses have been implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis. Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a neurotropic virus that has been associated with a wide variety of neurologic disorders, including encephalitis, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, and mu...

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

authors： Harberts E,Yao K,Wohler JE,Maric D,Ohayon J,Henkin R,Jacobson S

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:From an analysis of the distributions of measures of transmission rates among hosts, we identify an empirical relationship suggesting that, typically, 20% of the host population contributes at least 80% of the net transmission potential, as measured by the basic reproduction number, R0. This is an example of a statist...

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

authors： Woolhouse ME,Dye C,Etard JF,Smith T,Charlwood JD,Garnett GP,Hagan P,Hii JL,Ndhlovu PD,Quinnell RJ,Watts CH,Chandiwana SK,Anderson RM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Three protein kinases (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37) were detected when the soluble fraction of rabbit kidney medulla was chromatographed on DEAE-cellulose with a linear NaC1 gradient. The first two kinases eluted (Peak 1 and Peak II) were cyclic-AMP-dependent, wheras Peak III was cyclic-AMP-independent...

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

authors： Schlender KK,Reimann EM

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Isopropylmalate synthase [3-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-carboxyvalerate 2-oxo-3-methylbutyrate-lyase (CoA-acetylating); EC 4.1.3.12], the enzyme catalyzing the first committed step in leucine biosynthesis, and homocitrate synthase [3-hydroxy-3-carboxyadipate 2-oxoglutarate-lyase (CoA-acetylating); EC 4.1.3.21], the first...

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

authors： Tracy JW,Kohlhaw GB

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribozymes are RNAs that possess the dual properties of RNA sequence-specific recognition, analogous to conventional antisense molecules, and RNA substrate destruction via site-specific cleavage. The cleavage reaction is catalytic in that more than one substrate molecule is processed per ribozyme molecule. We have desi...

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

authors： Ojwang JO,Hampel A,Looney DJ,Wong-Staal F,Rappaport J

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DCHA), a major polyunsaturated acid component of fish lipid, is not a substrate for prostaglandin synthetase from ram seminal vesicles but is a strong competitive inhibitor (Ki, 0.36 microM) of the conversion by this enzyme of arachidonate (Km, 5.9 microM) to prostaglandins. In contrast, DCHA exh...

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

authors： Corey EJ,Shih C,Cashman JR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Wingless (Wg)/Wnt signaling has been implicated in heart development of multiple organisms, conflicting results have been reported regarding the role of Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in cardiac myogenesis: Wg/armadillo signaling promotes heart development in Drosophila, whereas activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signa...

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

authors： Naito AT,Shiojima I,Akazawa H,Hidaka K,Morisaki T,Kikuchi A,Komuro I

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adjacent, divergently transcribed, developmentally regulated genes of the maize chloroplast chromosome have different superhelical density/transcriptional activation profiles when transcribed in vitro by the homologous DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Promoter-specific transcription of the gene for the beta and epsil...

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

authors： Stirdivant SM,Crossland LD,Bogorad L

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of the v-Myc oncoprotein on gene expression in myelomonocytic cells. We find that v-Myc dramatically down-regulates the expression of myelomonocytic-specific genes, such as the chicken mim-1 and lysozyme genes, both of which are known targets for C/EBP transcription factors. We present ...

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

authors： Mink S,Mutschler B,Weiskirchen R,Bister K,Klempnauer KH

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of protein dynamics and its implications in the biological function of proteins are arousing greater and greater interest in different fields of molecular biology. In cryo-electron tomography experiments one may take several snapshots of a given biological macromolecule. In principle, a large enough collecti...

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

authors： Bongini L,Fanelli D,Piazza F,De Los Rios P,Sandin S,Skoglund U

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of dopamine-containing processes in the striatum of fetal and neonatal cats was studied by immunohistochemical and glyoxylic acid histofluorescence methods and compared to the distribution of acetylcholinesterase (acetylcholine acetylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.7) observed by thiocholine histochemistry in the...

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

authors： Graybiel AM,Pickel VM,Joh TH,Reis DJ,Ragsdale CW Jr

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the rational design, synthesis, and study of a ligand that selectively complexes CUG repeats in RNA (and CTG repeats in DNA) with high nanomolar affinity. This sequence is considered a causative agent of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) because of its ability to sequester muscleblind-like (MBNL) pro...

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

authors： Arambula JF,Ramisetty SR,Baranger AM,Zimmerman SC

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Under a stretching force, the sugar ring of polysaccharide molecules switches from the chair to the boat-like or inverted chair conformation. This conformational change can be observed by stretching single polysaccharide molecules with an atomic force microscope. In those early experiments, the molecules were stretche...

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

authors： Marszalek PE,Li H,Oberhauser AF,Fernandez JM

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular genetic approach employing polymorphic DNA markers has been used to investigate the role of chromosomal aberrations in meningioma, one of the most common tumors of the human nervous system. Comparison of the alleles detected by DNA markers in tumor DNA versus DNA from normal tissue revealed chromosomal alt...

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

authors： Seizinger BR,de la Monte S,Atkins L,Gusella JF,Martuza RL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturation of Asn-linked oligosaccharides in the eukaryotic secretory pathway requires the trimming of nascent glycan chains to remove all glucose and several mannose residues before extension into complex-type structures on the cell surface and secreted glycoproteins. Multiple glycoside hydrolase family 47 (GH47) α-m...

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

authors： Xiang Y,Karaveg K,Moremen KW

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal expansion of premalignant lesions is an important step in the progression to cancer. This process is commonly considered to be a consequence of sustaining a proliferative mutation. Here, we investigate whether the growth trajectory of clones can be better described by a model in which clone growth does not depe...

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

authors： Chao DL,Eck JT,Brash DE,Maley CC,Luebeck EG

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of perception usually emphasize processes that are largely universal across observers and--except for short-term fluctuations--stationary over time. Here we test the universality and stationarity assumptions with two families of ambiguous visual stimuli. Each stimulus can be perceived in two different ways, pa...

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

authors： Wexler M,Duyck M,Mamassian P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on global patterns of diversity has been dominated by studies seeking explanations for the equator-to-poles decline in richness of most groups of organisms, namely the latitudinal diversity gradient. A problem with this gradient is that it conflates two key explanations, namely biome stability (age and area) ...

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

authors： Colville JF,Beale CM,Forest F,Altwegg R,Huntley B,Cowling RM

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Speciation involves the origin of trait differences that limit or prevent gene exchange and ultimately results in daughter populations that form monophyletic or exclusive genetic groups. However, for recently diverged populations or species between which reproductive isolation is often incomplete, gene genealogies wil...

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

authors： Dopman EB,Pérez L,Bogdanowicz SM,Harrison RG

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets stimulated by epinephrine undergo enhanced turnover of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, accumulate inositol trisphosphate, diacylglycerol, and phosphatidic acid, and phosphorylate a 47-kDa protein. All of these phenomena indicate stimulation of phospholipase C. These responses are blocked complet...

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

authors： Banga HS,Simons ER,Brass LF,Rittenhouse SE

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium sulfate fractionation of crude extracts of E. coli yields a soluble enzyme fraction (about 25-fold purification) that catalyzes the conversion of phiX174 single-stranded DNA to duplex DNA. The reaction is rifampicin-resistant, requires single-stranded DNA, Mg++, deoxynucleoside triphosphates, and ATP, and is ...

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

authors： Schuster H,Mikolajczyk M,Rohrschneider J,Geschke B

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structure of PF1378 (Pfu Pop5), one of four protein subunits of archaeal RNase P that shares a homolog in the eukaryotic enzyme. RNase P is an essential and ubiquitous ribonucleoprotein enzyme required for maturation of tRNA. In...

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

authors： Wilson RC,Bohlen CJ,Foster MP,Bell CE

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that pretreatment of rats with the substance P (SP) antagonist CP-96,345 inhibits the enterotoxic responses following administration of toxin A from Clostridium difficile into ileal loops, indicating that SP participates in the intestinal responses to this toxin. We now report that injection of ...

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

authors： Castagliuolo I,Keates AC,Qiu B,Kelly CP,Nikulasson S,Leeman SE,Pothoulakis C

更新日期：1997-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of blastokinin, also called uteroglobin, has been determined by a combined study of both the intact native molecule and the peptide fragments resulting from tryptic and chymotryptic digestions. Sequence analyses performed by automated methods and by sequential digestion with leucine aminopeptid...

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

authors： Popp RA,Foresman KR,Wise LD,Daniel JC Jr

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00