Structure of a soluble secreted chemokine inhibitor vCCI (p35) from cowpox virus.

abstract：:Online education is rapidly expanding in response to rising demand for higher and continuing education, but many online students struggle to achieve their educational goals. Several behavioral science interventions have shown promise in raising student persistence and completion rates in a handful of courses, but evid...

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

authors： Kizilcec RF,Reich J,Yeomans M,Dann C,Brunskill E,Lopez G,Turkay S,Williams JJ,Tingley D

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although advances in microfluidic technology have enabled increasingly sophisticated biosensing and bioassay operations to be performed at the microscale, many of these applications employ such small amounts of charged biomolecules (DNA, proteins, and peptides) that they must first be preconcentrated to a detectable l...

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

authors： Shaikh FA,Ugaz VM

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the pulling force f required to extrude a lipid tube from a living cell as a function of the extrusion velocity L. The main feature is membrane friction on the cytoskeleton. As recently observed for neutrophils, the tether force exhibits a "shear thinning" response over a large range of pulling velocities, ...

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

authors： Brochard-Wyart F,Borghi N,Cuvelier D,Nassoy P

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtain a collection of multilinear Littlewood-Paley estimates, which we then apply to two problems in partial differential equations. The first problem is the estimation of the square root of an elliptic operator in divergence form, and the second is the estimation of solutions to the Cauchy problem for nondivergen...

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

authors： Fabes EB,Jerison DS,Kenig CE

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulated changes in gene expression underlie many biological processes, but globally profiling cell-to-cell variations in transcriptional regulation is problematic when measuring single cells. Transcriptome-wide identification of regulatory heterogeneities can be robustly achieved by randomly collecting small numbers...

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

authors： Bajikar SS,Fuchs C,Roller A,Theis FJ,Janes KA

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Through rapid genetic adaptation and natural selection, the Plasmodium falciparum parasite--the deadliest of those that cause malaria--is able to develop resistance to antimalarial drugs, thwarting present efforts to control it. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a critical hypothesis-generating tool for u...

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

authors： Park DJ,Lukens AK,Neafsey DE,Schaffner SF,Chang HH,Valim C,Ribacke U,Van Tyne D,Galinsky K,Galligan M,Becker JS,Ndiaye D,Mboup S,Wiegand RC,Hartl DL,Sabeti PC,Wirth DF,Volkman SK

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A minimalist Cys2His2 zinc finger peptide, Lys-Tyr-Ala-Cys-Ala-Ala-Cys-Ala-Ala-Ala-Phe-Ala-Ala-Lys-Ala-Ala-Leu-Ala- Ala-His-Ala-Ala-Ala-His-Ala-Lys, has been synthesized. Metal binding studies using Co2+ as a probe indicated that this peptide forms a 1:1 peptide/metal complex with a dissociation constant comparable to...

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

authors： Michael SF,Kilfoil VJ,Schmidt MH,Amann BT,Berg JM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an algorithm to compute trisections of orientable four-manifolds using arbitrary triangulations as input. This results in explicit complexity bounds for the trisection genus of a 4-manifold in terms of the number of pentachora (4-simplices) in a triangulation. ...

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

authors： Bell M,Hass J,Rubinstein JH,Tillmann S

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) by growing bacteria is an integral part of forming biofilm-like structures. In such dense systems, mechanical interactions among the structural components can be expected to significantly contribute to morphological properties. Here, we use a particle-based modeli...

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

authors： Ghosh P,Mondal J,Ben-Jacob E,Levine H

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed combinatorial peptide library screening in vivo on a novel human prostate cancer xenograft that is androgen-independent and induces a robust osteoblastic reaction in bonelike matrix and soft tissue. We found two peptides, PKRGFQD and SNTRVAP, which were enriched in the tumors, targeted the cell surface of...

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

authors： Mandelin J,Cardó-Vila M,Driessen WH,Mathew P,Navone NM,Lin SH,Logothetis CJ,Rietz AC,Dobroff AS,Proneth B,Sidman RL,Pasqualini R,Arap W

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The A(2A)R is largely coexpressed with D(2)Rs and enkephalin mRNA in the striatum where it modulates dopaminergic activity. Activation of the A(2A)R antagonizes D(2)R-mediated behavioral and neurochemical effects in the basal ganglia through a mechanism that may involve direct A(2A)R-D(2)R interaction. However, whethe...

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

authors： Chen JF,Moratalla R,Impagnatiello F,Grandy DK,Cuellar B,Rubinstein M,Beilstein MA,Hackett E,Fink JS,Low MJ,Ongini E,Schwarzschild MA

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hierarchical cellular structures are ubiquitous in nature because of their low-density, high-specific properties, and multifunctionality. Inspired by these systems, we created lightweight ceramic architectures composed of closed-cell porous struts patterned in the form of hexagonal and triangular honeycombs by direct ...

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

authors： Muth JT,Dixon PG,Woish L,Gibson LJ,Lewis JA

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodistribution profiles in mice of two pyrrole-imidazole polyamides were determined by PET. Pyrrole-imidazole polyamides are a class of small molecules that can be programmed to bind a broad repertoire of DNA sequences, disrupt transcription factor-DNA interfaces, and modulate gene expression pathways in cell cul...

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

authors： Harki DA,Satyamurthy N,Stout DB,Phelps ME,Dervan PB

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming clear that steroids can be synthesized de novo by the brain and other nervous systems. Such steroids are called neurosteroids, and de novo neurosteroidogenesis from cholesterol is a conserved property of vertebrate brains. In this study, we show that the newt brain actively produces 7alpha-hydroxypregne...

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

authors： Matsunaga M,Ukena K,Baulieu EE,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization and certain later stages in mammalian embryonic development require fusion between membranes of individual cells. The mechanism of eukaryotic cell-cell fusion is unknown, and no surface molecules required for this process have been unequivocally identified. The role of the sperm surface protein fertilin ...

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

authors： Myles DG,Kimmel LH,Blobel CP,White JM,Primakoff P

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(V)1 channels initiate excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal and cardiac muscle. During the fight-or-flight response, epinephrine released by the adrenal medulla and norepinephrine released from sympathetic nerves increase muscle contractility by activation of the β-adrenergic receptor/cAMP-dependent protein k...

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

authors： Emrick MA,Sadilek M,Konoki K,Catterall WA

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is assumed to be hypoactive during cardiac arrest. However, the neurophysiological state of the brain immediately following cardiac arrest has not been systematically investigated. In this study, we performed continuous electroencephalography in rats undergoing experimental cardiac arrest and analyzed change...

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

authors： Borjigin J,Lee U,Liu T,Pal D,Huff S,Klarr D,Sloboda J,Hernandez J,Wang MM,Mashour GA

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic activity of low-dimensional electrocatalysts is highly dependent on their local atomic structures, particularly those less-coordinated sites found at edges and corners; therefore, a direct probe of the electrocatalytic current at specified local sites with true nanoscopic resolution has become critically...

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

authors： Sun T,Wang D,Mirkin MV,Cheng H,Zheng JC,Richards RM,Lin F,Xin HL

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A "supercooled" liquid develops when a fluid does not crystallize upon cooling below its ordering temperature. Instead, the microscopic relaxation times diverge so rapidly that, upon further cooling, equilibration eventually becomes impossible and glass formation occurs. Classic supercooled liquids exhibit specific id...

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

authors： Kassner ER,Eyvazov AB,Pichler B,Munsie TJ,Dabkowska HA,Luke GM,Davis JC

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Priming of the organ-specific premetastatic sites is thought to be an important yet incompletely understood step during metastasis. In this study, we show that the metastatic tumors we examined overexpress granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), which expands and mobilizes Ly6G+Ly6C+ granulocytes and facilitate...

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

authors： Kowanetz M,Wu X,Lee J,Tan M,Hagenbeek T,Qu X,Yu L,Ross J,Korsisaari N,Cao T,Bou-Reslan H,Kallop D,Weimer R,Ludlam MJ,Kaminker JS,Modrusan Z,van Bruggen N,Peale FV,Carano R,Meng YG,Ferrara N

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Current models of the formation and distribution of gold deposits on Earth are based on the long-standing paradigm that hydrogen sulfide and chloride are the ligands responsible for gold mobilization and precipitation by fluids across the lithosphere. Here we challenge this view by demonstrating, using in situ X-ray a...

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

authors： Pokrovski GS,Kokh MA,Guillaume D,Borisova AY,Gisquet P,Hazemann JL,Lahera E,Del Net W,Proux O,Testemale D,Haigis V,Jonchière R,Seitsonen AP,Ferlat G,Vuilleumier R,Saitta AM,Boiron MC,Dubessy J

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of inter-male aggression, both in laboratory encounters and in the field, rise dramatically during the breeding season, closely paralleling the seasonal rise in testosterone. However, post-pubertally castrated males also show the dramatic seasonal rise in aggression in laboratory encounters with castrated oppon...

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

authors： Caldwell GS,Glickman SE,Smith ER

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissues from rhesus monkeys were screened by PCR for the presence of sequences homologous to known adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes 1-6. DNA spanning entire rep-cap ORFs from two novel AAVs, called AAV7 and AAV8, were isolated. Sequence comparisons among these and previously described AAVs revealed the greatest ...

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

authors： Gao GP,Alvira MR,Wang L,Calcedo R,Johnston J,Wilson JM

更新日期：2002-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein biosynthesis, the translation of the genetic code into polypeptides, occurs on ribonucleoprotein particles called ribosomes. Although X-ray structures of bacterial ribosomes are available, high-resolution structures of eukaryotic 80S ribosomes are lacking. Using cryoelectron microscopy and single-particle reco...

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

authors： Armache JP,Jarasch A,Anger AM,Villa E,Becker T,Bhushan S,Jossinet F,Habeck M,Dindar G,Franckenberg S,Marquez V,Mielke T,Thomm M,Berninghausen O,Beatrix B,Söding J,Westhof E,Wilson DN,Beckmann R

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of the Escherichia coli hemolysin polypeptide (HlyA) is used to predict intramolecular structures involved in the secretion and cytolytic activity of the molecule. The C-terminal region of HlyA contains a repeated, 8-amino acid chain represented by the consensus sequence Leu-Xaa-Gly-Gly-Xaa-Gly-A...

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

authors： Felmlee T,Welch RA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton markers located in the minor groove of the d(C-G-C-G-A-A-T-T-C-G-C-G) duplex and its netropsin complex have been assigned from measurements of intramolecular nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs) between exchangeable imino protons and nonexchangeable base protons on the same and adjacent base pairs. Several poi...

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

authors： Patel DJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses are notorious for their genetic plasticity and propensity to exploit new host-range opportunities, which can lead to the emergence of human disease epidemics such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, AIDS, dengue, and influenza. However, the mechanisms of host-range change involved in most of these viral ...

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

authors： Anishchenko M,Bowen RA,Paessler S,Austgen L,Greene IP,Weaver SC

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we study the effects of many-body interactions on rate and mechanism in protein folding by using the results of molecular dynamics simulations on numerous coarse-grained Calpha-model single-domain proteins. After adding three-body interactions explicitly as a perturbation to a Gō-like Hamiltonian with native pair...

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

authors： Ejtehadi MR,Avall SP,Plotkin SS

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a neurosteroid with potential effects on neurogenesis and neuronal survival in humans. However, most studies on DHEA have been performed in rodents, and there is little direct evidence for biological effects on the human nervous system. Furthermore, the mechanism of its action is unkno...

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

authors： Suzuki M,Wright LS,Marwah P,Lardy HA,Svendsen CN

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy remains over whether the cancer stem cell (CSC) theory applies to all tumors. To determine whether cells within a highly aggressive solid tumor are stochastically or hierarchically organized, we combined a reporter system where the nucleostemin (NS) promoter drives GFP expression (termed NS-GFP) with a mou...

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

authors： Tamase A,Muraguchi T,Naka K,Tanaka S,Kinoshita M,Hoshii T,Ohmura M,Shugo H,Ooshio T,Nakada M,Sawamoto K,Onodera M,Matsumoto K,Oshima M,Asano M,Saya H,Okano H,Suda T,Hamada J,Hirao A

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00