Akt-dependent phosphorylation of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase mediates penile erection.

abstract：:The ability of a specialized herbivore to overcome the chemical defense of a particular plant taxon not only makes it accessible as a food source but may also provide metabolites to be exploited for communication or chemical defense. Phyllotreta flea beetles are adapted to crucifer plants (Brassicales) that are defend...

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

authors： Beran F,Pauchet Y,Kunert G,Reichelt M,Wielsch N,Vogel H,Reinecke A,Svatoš A,Mewis I,Schmid D,Ramasamy S,Ulrichs C,Hansson BS,Gershenzon J,Heckel DG

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of temperature on biological processes are complex. Diffusion is less affected than the diverse enzymatic reactions that have distinct individual temperature profiles. Hence thermal fluctuations pose a formidable challenge to ectothermic organisms in which body temperature is largely dictated by the ambient te...

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

authors： Radermacher PT,Myachina F,Bosshardt F,Pandey R,Mariappa D,Müller HA,Lehner CF

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal hypoxia (dissolved oxygen ≤ 2 mg/L) is a growing problem worldwide that threatens marine ecosystem services, but little is known about economic effects on fisheries. Here, we provide evidence that hypoxia causes economic impacts on a major fishery. Ecological studies of hypoxia and marine fauna suggest multipl...

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

authors： Smith MD,Oglend A,Kirkpatrick AJ,Asche F,Bennear LS,Craig JK,Nance JM

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The localized maternal RNA Vg1 resides in the cortical region of the vegetal pole of fully grown Xenopus oocytes and is inherited by only a subset of blastomeres in the early embryo [Weeks, D. L. & Melton, D. A. (1987) Cell 51, 861-867]. Because RNA-cytoskeletal interactions may play a role in RNA localization, we hav...

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

authors： Pondel MD,King ML

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nitrogenase-inspired biomimetic chalcogel system comprising double-cubane [Mo2Fe6S8(SPh)3] and single-cubane (Fe4S4) biomimetic clusters demonstrates photocatalytic N2 fixation and conversion to NH3 in ambient temperature and pressure conditions. Replacing the Fe4S4 clusters in this system with other inert ions such...

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

authors： Liu J,Kelley MS,Wu W,Banerjee A,Douvalis AP,Wu J,Zhang Y,Schatz GC,Kanatzidis MG

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations and isotopic compositions of ethane and propane in cold, deeply buried sediments from the southeastern Pacific are best explained by microbial production of these gases in situ. Reduction of acetate to ethane provides one feasible mechanism. Propane is enriched in (13)C relative to ethane. The amount is...

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

authors： Hinrichs KU,Hayes JM,Bach W,Spivack AJ,Hmelo LR,Holm NG,Johnson CG,Sylva SP

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1, the cause of AIDS, is composed of four phylogenetic lineages, groups M, N, O, and P, each of which resulted from an independent cross-species transmission event of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) infecting African apes. Although groups M and N have been traced to geographically distinct chimpanzee commun...

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

authors： D'arc M,Ayouba A,Esteban A,Learn GH,Boué V,Liegeois F,Etienne L,Tagg N,Leendertz FH,Boesch C,Madinda NF,Robbins MM,Gray M,Cournil A,Ooms M,Letko M,Simon VA,Sharp PM,Hahn BH,Delaporte E,Mpoudi Ngole E,Peeters M

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperation via production of common goods is found in diverse life forms ranging from viruses to social animals. However, natural selection predicts a "tragedy of the commons": Cheaters, benefiting from without producing costly common goods, are more fit than cooperators and should destroy cooperation. In an attempt ...

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

authors： Waite AJ,Shou W

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase enriched in cerebellar granule cells (CaM kinase Gr) is a neuronal calmodulin-dependent protein kinase whose purification and partial cloning from rat brain has been described. A combination of the polymerase chain reaction and cDNA library screening was used to determine the D...

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

authors： Ohmstede CA,Bland MM,Merrill BM,Sahyoun N

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital droplet assays-in which biological samples are compartmentalized into millions of femtoliter-volume droplets and interrogated individually-have generated enormous enthusiasm for their ability to detect biomarkers with single-molecule sensitivity. These assays have untapped potential for point-of-care diagnosti...

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

authors： Yelleswarapu V,Buser JR,Haber M,Baron J,Inapuri E,Issadore D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic plasticity is presumed to be involved in adaptive change toward species diversification. We thus examined how candidate genes underlying natural variation across populations might also mediate plasticity within an individual. Our implementation of an integrative "plasticity space" approach revealed that the...

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

authors： Rosas U,Cibrian-Jaramillo A,Ristova D,Banta JA,Gifford ML,Fan AH,Zhou RW,Kim GJ,Krouk G,Birnbaum KD,Purugganan MD,Coruzzi GM

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alphavirus envelope proteins, organized as trimers of E2-E1 heterodimers on the surface of the pathogenic alphavirus, mediate the low pH-triggered fusion of viral and endosomal membranes in human cells. The lack of specific treatment for alphaviral infections motivates our exploration of potential antiviral approaches...

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

authors： Zeng X,Mukhopadhyay S,Brooks CL 3rd

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells recognize self lipid antigens presented by CD1d molecules. The nature of the self-antigens involved in the development and maturation of iNKT cells is poorly defined. Lysophospholipids are self-antigens presented by CD1d that are generated through the action of phospholipases A1...

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

authors： Paduraru C,Bezbradica JS,Kunte A,Kelly R,Shayman JA,Veerapen N,Cox LR,Besra GS,Cresswell P

更新日期：2013-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A census of the biomass on Earth is key for understanding the structure and dynamics of the biosphere. However, a global, quantitative view of how the biomass of different taxa compare with one another is still lacking. Here, we assemble the overall biomass composition of the biosphere, establishing a census of the ≈5...

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

authors： Bar-On YM,Phillips R,Milo R

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is limited, because of the processes of positive and negative T cell selection. To obtain T cells with specificities beyond the immune system's capacity, we have developed a strategy for retroviral TCR display. In this approach, a library of T cell variants is gene...

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

authors： Kessels HW,van Den Boom MD,Spits H,Hooijberg E,Schumacher TN

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human diploid fibroblasts underwent lysis when resuspended in isotonic sucrose. After preparation of a granular fraction by differential centrifugation, lysosomes were almost completely purified by free-flow electrophoresis. Electron micrographs of the final fraction of fibroblast lysosomes (about 25-fold purified) sh...

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

authors： Harms E,Kern H,Schneider JA

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the molecular mechanisms by which the embryo proper and suspensor of plant embryos activate specific gene sets shortly after fertilization. We analyzed the upstream region of the scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) G564 gene to understand how genes are activated specifically within the susp...

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

authors： Kawashima T,Wang X,Henry KF,Bi Y,Weterings K,Goldberg RB

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of complex but highly organized neural circuits requires interactions between neurons and glia. During the assembly of the Drosophila olfactory circuit, 50 olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) classes and 50 projection neuron (PN) classes form synaptic connections in 50 glomerular compartments in the antennal...

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

authors： Wu B,Li J,Chou YH,Luginbuhl D,Luo L

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal of one or both atrial appendages was employed in rats to reduce the intrinsic stores of atriopeptin (AP). In conscious rats (with intact baroreceptor reflexes), bilateral or unilateral atrial appendectomy suppressed the diuresis and natriuresis produced by acute volume expansion. Surprisingly, volume ...

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

authors： Sakata M,Greenwald JE,Needleman P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infectivity of cloned hepatitis B viral DNA (HBV) has been tested in chimpanzees to identify a fully functional HBV genome and to assess the risk associated with its handling. Only one of two HBV DNA sequence variants tested was shown to be infectious. "Clone purified" virus of predicted nucleotide sequence was pr...

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

authors： Will H,Cattaneo R,Darai G,Deinhardt F,Schellekens H,Schaller H

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy provides a unique molecular fingerprint of tissue from endogenous sources of light absorption; however, specific molecular components of the overall FTIR signature of precancer have not been characterized. In attenuated total reflectance mode, infrared light penetrates on...

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

authors： Wang TD,Triadafilopoulos G,Crawford JM,Dixon LR,Bhandari T,Sahbaie P,Friedland S,Soetikno R,Contag CH

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidae) represent a superb illustration of evolutionary radiation, with a single colonization event giving rise to 19 extant and at least 10 extinct species [Curnutt, J. & Pimm, S. (2001) Stud. Avian Biol. 22, 15-30]. They also represent a dramatic example of anthropogenic extinction. C...

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

authors： Benning TL,LaPointe D,Atkinson CT,Vitousek PM

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraspeckles are subnuclear structures that form around nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) long noncoding RNA (lncRNA). Recently, paraspeckles were shown to be functional nuclear bodies involved in stress responses and the development of specific organs. Paraspeckle formation is initiated by transcripti...

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

authors： Kawaguchi T,Tanigawa A,Naganuma T,Ohkawa Y,Souquere S,Pierron G,Hirose T

更新日期：2015-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical step in neuronal development is the formation of axon/dendrite polarity, a process involving symmetry breaking in the newborn neuron. Local self-amplifying processes could enhance and stabilize the initial asymmetry in the distribution of axon/dendrite determinants, but the identity of these processes remai...

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

authors： Cheng PL,Song AH,Wong YH,Wang S,Zhang X,Poo MM

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Deleting an important active-site residue of diphtheria toxin, glutamic acid-148, reduces the toxin's ADP-ribosyltransferase activity by a factor of greater than 10(4). We considered using this mutation to construct a recombinant toxoid for expression by live attenuated vaccines and explored second-site mutations that...

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

authors： Killeen KP,Escuyer V,Mekalanos JJ,Collier RJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since at least the 1920s, it has been reported that common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) differ from humans in being capable of exceptional feats of "super strength," both in the wild and in captive environments. A mix of anecdotal and more controlled studies provides some support for this view; however, a critical re...

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

authors： O'Neill MC,Umberger BR,Holowka NB,Larson SG,Reiser PJ

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell recognition typically involves both the engagement of a specific T cell receptor with a peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and a number of accessory interactions. One of the most important interactions is between the integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) on the T cell and intrace...

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

authors： Wülfing C,Sjaastad MD,Davis MM

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:O(6)-methylguanine (O(6)meG) and related modifications of guanine in double-stranded DNA are functionally severe lesions that can be produced by many alkylating agents, including N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), a potent carcinogen. O(6)meG is repaired through its demethylation by the O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA...

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

authors： Hwang CS,Shemorry A,Varshavsky A

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mismatch repair (MMR) is a major DNA repair pathway in cells from all branches of life that removes replication errors in a strand-specific manner, such that mismatched nucleotides are preferentially removed from the newly replicated strand of DNA. Here we demonstrate a role for MMR in helping create new phenotypes in...

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

authors： Rodriguez GP,Romanova NV,Bao G,Rouf NC,Kow YW,Crouse GF

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional Raman-terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is presented as a multidimensional spectroscopy directly in the far-IR regime. The method is used to explore the dynamics of the collective intermolecular modes of liquid water at ambient temperatures that emerge from the hydrogen-bond networks water forming. Two-dime...

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

authors： Savolainen J,Ahmed S,Hamm P

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00