Early tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea.

abstract：:In a posterior silk gland extract, covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA is in a superhelical state that supports more transcription of fibroin gene than does linear DNA. A HeLa cell extract showed neither the supercoiling activity nor the preference for the transcription of ccc DNA over linear DNA. These activities co...

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

authors： Hirose S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation has been used to selectively separate the circadian oscillator function of the eye of Aplysia from some of its other functions--synchronous compound action potential (CAP) generation, the light response, synaptic transmission between photoreceptors and output neurons, and the bursting pacemaker mech...

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

authors： Woolum JC,Strumwasser F

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that glasses feature quasilocalized nonphononic excitations-coined "soft spots"-, which follow a universal [Formula: see text] density of states in the limit of low frequencies ω. All glass-specific properties, such as the dependence on the preparation protocol or composition, are encapsulat...

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

authors： Rainone C,Bouchbinder E,Lerner E

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bluetongue virus (BTV), a major threat to livestock, is a multilayered, nonturreted member of the Reoviridae, a family of segmented dsRNA viruses characterized by endogenous RNA transcription through an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). To date, the structure of BTV RdRp has been unknown, limiting our mechanistic u...

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

authors： He Y,Shivakoti S,Ding K,Cui Y,Roy P,Zhou ZH

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To test for direct and indirect effects of a top predator on three lower trophic levels, we conducted two multiyear predator addition experiments in a tropical wet forest. Periodic additions of a top predator (predatory clerid beetle) to a wet forest understory shrub caused a reduction in the predatory beetle's prey (...

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

authors： Dyer LA,Letourneau DK

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Snf1 protein kinase family has been conserved in eukaryotes. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Snf1 is essential for transcription of glucose-repressed genes in response to glucose starvation. The direct interaction between Snf1 and its activating subunit, Snf4, within the kinase complex is regulated by the g...

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

authors： Ludin K,Jiang R,Carlson M

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the prevalence of transposable elements in the genomes of higher eukaryotes, what is virtually unknown is how they amplify to very high copy numbers without killing their host. Here, we report the discovery of rice strains where a miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (mPing) has amplified from approx...

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

authors： Naito K,Cho E,Yang G,Campbell MA,Yano K,Okumoto Y,Tanisaka T,Wessler SR

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are highly conserved pattern-recognition molecules of the innate immune system that bind bacterial peptidoglycans (PGNs), which are polymers of alternating N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) cross-linked by short peptide stems. Human PRGPs are bactericid...

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

authors： Cho S,Wang Q,Swaminathan CP,Hesek D,Lee M,Boons GJ,Mobashery S,Mariuzza RA

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated transcription of the bacteriophage T4 late genes, which is coupled to concurrent DNA replication, is accomplished by an initiation complex containing the host RNA polymerase associated with two phage-encoded proteins, gp55 (the basal promoter specificity factor) and gp33 (the coactivator), as well as the DNA...

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

authors： Twist KA,Campbell EA,Deighan P,Nechaev S,Jain V,Geiduschek EP,Hochschild A,Darst SA

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown changes in membrane properties of neurons in rat deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) as a function of development, but due to technical difficulties in obtaining viable DCN slices from adult animals, it remains unclear whether there are learning-related alterations in the membrane properties of DC...

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

authors： Wang D,Smith-Bell CA,Burhans LB,O'Dell DE,Bell RW,Schreurs BG

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nations in the 21st century face a complex mix of environmental and social challenges, as highlighted by the on-going Sustainable Development Goals process. The "planetary boundaries" concept [Rockström J, et al. (2009) Nature 461(7263):472-475], and its extension through the addition of social well-being indicators t...

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

authors： Cole MJ,Bailey RM,New MG

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient execution of perceptual-motor tasks requires rapid voluntary reconfiguration of cognitive task sets as circumstances unfold. Such acts of cognitive control, which are thought to rely on a network of cortical regions in prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex, include voluntary shifts of attention among perc...

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

authors： Esterman M,Chiu YC,Tamber-Rosenau BJ,Yantis S

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:SLAM (signaling lymphocyte activation molecule)-associated protein (SAP) is a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing adaptor expressed in T cells and natural killer cells. Its essential role in immune responses is underscored by the recent finding that mutations in SAP result in a rare but fatal X-linked lymphoprolife...

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

authors： Gu C,Tangye SG,Sun X,Luo Y,Lin Z,Wu J

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is involved in physiological and pathological events including inflammation, cancer, AIDS, and cardiac hypertrophy. The balance between its active and inactive form is tightly controlled to ensure cellular integrity. We report that the transcriptional repressor C...

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

authors： Cherrier T,Le Douce V,Eilebrecht S,Riclet R,Marban C,Dequiedt F,Goumon Y,Paillart JC,Mericskay M,Parlakian A,Bausero P,Abbas W,Herbein G,Kurdistani SK,Grana X,Van Driessche B,Schwartz C,Candolfi E,Benecke AG,Van Lin

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Look-through mutagenesis (LTM) is a multidimensional mutagenesis method that simultaneously assesses and optimizes combinatorial mutations of selected amino acids. The process focuses on a precise distribution within one or more complementarity determining region (CDR) domains and explores the synergistic contribution...

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

authors： Rajpal A,Beyaz N,Haber L,Cappuccilli G,Yee H,Bhatt RR,Takeuchi T,Lerner RA,Crea R

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective therapeutics for nuclear receptors would revolutionize treatment for endocrine disease. Specific control of nuclear receptor activity is challenging because the internal cavities that bind hormones can be virtually identical. Only one highly selective hormone analog is known for the thyroid receptor, GC-24, ...

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

authors： Borngraeber S,Budny MJ,Chiellini G,Cunha-Lima ST,Togashi M,Webb P,Baxter JD,Scanlan TS,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is preceded by the development of insulin resistance, in which the action of insulin is impaired, largely in skeletal muscles. Caveolin-3 (Cav3) is a muscle-specific subtype of caveolin, an example of a scaffolding protein found within membranes. Cav is also known as growth signal inhibitor, although i...

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

authors： Oshikawa J,Otsu K,Toya Y,Tsunematsu T,Hankins R,Kawabe J,Minamisawa S,Umemura S,Hagiwara Y,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A bone-resorbing factor, comparable to the osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) produced from peripheral blood leukocytes, is shown to be produced by murine spleen cells activated with the T-cell mitogen Con A. Murine OAF is demonstrated here as being a product of the interaction between thymus-derived T lymphocytes and...

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

authors： Horowitz M,Vignery A,Gershon RK,Baron R

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimentally, protein engineering and phi-value analysis is the method of choice to characterize the structure in folding transition state ensemble (TSE) of any protein. Combining experimental phi values and computer simulations has led to a deeper understanding of how proteins fold. In this report, we construct the...

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

authors： Li L,Shakhnovich EI

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal-inducible transcription of metallothionein (MT) genes involves the interaction of metal-responsive trans-acting factors with specific promoter DNA sequence elements. In this report, we present a genetic selection using the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to clone a gene from Candida glabrata encoding a ...

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

authors： Zhou PB,Thiele DJ

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonclassical MHC class I-related (MHC-I) molecule HFE controls cellular iron homeostasis by a mechanism that has not been fully elucidated. We examined the regulation of HFE by K5, the E3 ubiquitin ligase encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8), that is known to down-regulate classical MHC-I...

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

authors： Rhodes DA,Boyle LH,Boname JM,Lehner PJ,Trowsdale J

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesive P pili of uropathogenic Escherichia coli were not assembled by a strain that lacks the periplasmic disulfide isomerase DsbA. This defect was mostly attributed to the immunoglobulin-like pilus chaperone PapD, which possesses an unusual intrasheet disulfide bond between the last two beta-strands of its CD4-like...

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

authors： Jacob-Dubuisson F,Pinkner J,Xu Z,Striker R,Padmanhaban A,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：1994-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is very distinctive: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau selectively affect pyramidal neurons of the aging association cortex that interconnect extensively through glutamate synapses on dendritic spines. In contrast, primary se...

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

authors： Carlyle BC,Nairn AC,Wang M,Yang Y,Jin LE,Simen AA,Ramos BP,Bordner KA,Craft GE,Davies P,Pletikos M,Šestan N,Arnsten AF,Paspalas CD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium halobium has been solubilized in the nonionic detergent Triton X-100. The circular dichroic spectrum and hydrodynamic properties indicate that the structure of this protein in the detergent is not significantly altered from that of the native membrane-bound form. Bacteriorhodopsin ...

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

authors： Reyenolds JA,Stoeckenius W

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionotropic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors (iGluRs) mediate the majority of excitatory synaptic transmission in the CNS and are essential for the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation and long-term depression, two cellular models of learning and memory. We identi...

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

authors： Wu Y,Arai AC,Rumbaugh G,Srivastava AK,Turner G,Hayashi T,Suzuki E,Jiang Y,Zhang L,Rodriguez J,Boyle J,Tarpey P,Raymond FL,Nevelsteen J,Froyen G,Stratton M,Futreal A,Gecz J,Stevenson R,Schwartz CE,Valle D,Huganir

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetylaspartylglutamate, an endogenous brain peptide that binds with high affinity to a subpopulation of glutamate-binding sites in rat brain, is excitatory on rat piriform cortex pyramidal cells studied in a perfused brain slice. Both the monosynaptic excitation of the pyramidal cells elicited by stimulation of the...

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

authors： Ffrench-Mullen JM,Koller K,Zaczek R,Coyle JT,Hori N,Carpenter DO

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation on lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9me) and DNA methylation play important roles in the transcriptional silencing of specific genes and repetitive elements. Both marks are detected on class I and II endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in murine embryonic stem cells (mESCs). Recently, we reported that the H3K9-specif...

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

authors： Leung DC,Dong KB,Maksakova IA,Goyal P,Appanah R,Lee S,Tachibana M,Shinkai Y,Lehnertz B,Mager DL,Rossi F,Lorincz MC

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The circular dichroism of hypothetical, water-filled, spherical shells, 75-3500 nm in radius, with walls 7.5 nm thick, composed of poly(L-lysine) in various conformational proportions, and suspended in water, were computed from the known optical properties of this polypeptide by classical general light-scattering theo...

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

authors： Wallach DF,Low DA,Bertland AV

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons using solar energy is an attractive strategy for storing such a renewable source of energy into the form of chemical energy (a fuel). This can be achieved in a system coupling a photovoltaic (PV) cell to an electrochemical cell (EC) for CO2 reduction. To be beneficial and...

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

authors： Huan TN,Dalla Corte DA,Lamaison S,Karapinar D,Lutz L,Menguy N,Foldyna M,Turren-Cruz SH,Hagfeldt A,Bella F,Fontecave M,Mougel V

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyze Niels Bohr's proposed two-slit interference experiment with highly charged particles which argues that the consistency of elementary quantum mechanics requires that the electromagnetic field must be quantized. In the experiment a particle's path through the slits is determined by measuring the Coulomb field...

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

authors： Baym G,Ozawa T

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00