Deletion of Bax eliminates sex differences in the mouse forebrain.

abstract：:Phytochrome A (phyA) is the only plant photoreceptor that perceives far-red light and then mediates various responses to this signal. Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of oat phyA have been extensively studied, and it was shown that phosphorylation of a serine residue in the hinge region of oat phyA could regulate...

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

authors： Zhou Y,Yang L,Duan J,Cheng J,Shen Y,Wang X,Han R,Li H,Li Z,Wang L,Terzaghi W,Zhu D,Chen H,Deng XW,Li J

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat W3/25 antigen was the first marker antigen of helper T lymphocytes to be identified. Subsequently, the human OKT4 antigen (now called CD4) was described, and cell distribution and functional data suggested that W3/25 and OKT4 antigens were homologous. This is now confirmed by the matching of peptide sequences ...

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

authors： Clark SJ,Jefferies WA,Barclay AN,Gagnon J,Williams AF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral genome packaging into capsids is powered by high-force-generating motor proteins. In the presence of all packaging components, ATP-powered translocation in vitro expels all detectable tightly bound YOYO-1 dye from packaged short dsDNA substrates and removes all aminoacridine dye from packaged genomic DNA in vivo...

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

authors： Dixit AB,Ray K,Black LW

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and other primates are distinct among placental mammals in having exceptionally slow rates of growth, reproduction, and aging. Primates' slow life history schedules are generally thought to reflect an evolved strategy of allocating energy away from growth and reproduction and toward somatic investment, particul...

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

authors： Pontzer H,Raichlen DA,Gordon AD,Schroepfer-Walker KK,Hare B,O'Neill MC,Muldoon KM,Dunsworth HM,Wood BM,Isler K,Burkart J,Irwin M,Shumaker RW,Lonsdorf EV,Ross SR

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane 16A (TMEM16A, anoctamin1), 1 of 10 TMEM16 family proteins, is a Cl- channel activated by intracellular Ca2+ and membrane voltage. This channel is also regulated by the membrane phospholipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2]. We find that two splice variants of TMEM16A show different sensi...

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

authors： Ko W,Jung SR,Kim KW,Yeon JH,Park CG,Nam JH,Hille B,Suh BC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies are frequently associated with cardiac pathologies. Mutations of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) occur in a subset of acute myeloid leukemia patients, causing metabolic and epigenetic derangements. We have now discovered that altered metabolism in leukemic cells has a profound effect...

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

authors： Karlstaedt A,Zhang X,Vitrac H,Harmancey R,Vasquez H,Wang JH,Goodell MA,Taegtmeyer H

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5' end of a eukaryotic mRNA transcript generally has a 7-methylguanosine (m7G) cap that protects mRNA from degradation and mediates almost all other aspects of gene expression. Some RNAs in Escherichia coli, yeast, and mammals were recently found to contain an NAD+ cap. Here, we report the development of the metho...

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

authors： Zhang H,Zhong H,Zhang S,Shao X,Ni M,Cai Z,Chen X,Xia Y

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Restricted fetal growth is associated with postnatal mortality and morbidity and may be directly related to alterations in the capacity of the placenta to supply nutrients. We proposed previously that imprinted genes can regulate nutrient supply by the placenta. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the insulin-like gro...

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

authors： Sibley CP,Coan PM,Ferguson-Smith AC,Dean W,Hughes J,Smith P,Reik W,Burton GJ,Fowden AL,Constância M

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Four mouse POU domain genomic DNA clones--Brain-1, Brain-2, Brain-4, and Scip--and Brain-2 cDNA, which are expressed in adult brain, were cloned and the coding and noncoding regions of the genes were sequenced. The amino acid sequences of the four POU domains are highly conserved; sequences in other regions of the pro...

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

authors： Hara Y,Rovescalli AC,Kim Y,Nirenberg M

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptors (ERs) are believed to be ligand-activated transcription factors belonging to the nuclear receptor superfamily, which on ligand binding translocate into the nucleus and activate gene transcription. To date, two ERs have been identified: ERalpha and ERbeta. ERalpha plays major role in the estrogen-med...

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

authors： Yang SH,Liu R,Perez EJ,Wen Y,Stevens SM Jr,Valencia T,Brun-Zinkernagel AM,Prokai L,Will Y,Dykens J,Koulen P,Simpkins JW

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by impaired cognitive function and the deposition of extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular tangles. Although the proximal cause of AD is not well understood, it is clear that amyloid-beta (Abeta) plays a critical role in AD pathology. Rece...

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

authors： Massaad CA,Washington TM,Pautler RG,Klann E

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the diverse ecoregions of Madagascar share one distinctive climatic feature: unpredictable intra- or interannual precipitation compared with other regions with comparable rainfall. Climatic unpredictability is associated with unpredictable patterns of fruiting and flowering. It is argued that these featur...

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

authors： Dewar RE,Richard AF

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In many plants, osmotic stress induces a rapid accumulation of proline through de novo synthesis from glutamate. This response is thought to play a pivotal role in osmotic stress tolerance [Kishor, P. B. K., Hong, Z., Miao, G.-H., Hu, C.-A. A. and Verma, D. P. S. (1995) Plant Physiol. 108, 1387-1394]. During recovery ...

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

authors： Verbruggen N,Hua XJ,May M,Van Montagu M

更新日期：1996-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cullin-Ring E3 ubiquitin ligases target substrates for ubiquitin-dependent, proteasome-mediated degradation and regulate critical cellular processes. These cullins assemble with cellular substrate receptor proteins through specific adaptor molecules. F-box- and BC-box-containing receptors use Skp1, ElonginB, and Elong...

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

authors： Luo K,Xiao Z,Ehrlich E,Yu Y,Liu B,Zheng S,Yu XF

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations are subject to complex processes of diversification that involve mutation and horizontal DNA transfer mediated by transformation, transduction, or conjugation. Tracing the evolutionary events leading to genetic changes allows us to infer the history of a microbe. Here, we combine experimental and...

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

authors： Brochet M,Rusniok C,Couvé E,Dramsi S,Poyart C,Trieu-Cuot P,Kunst F,Glaser P

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate genetic analysis of the human pathogenic parvovirus B19, we constructed a hybrid B19 viral genome in which the defective B19 inverted terminal repeats were replaced with the full-length inverted terminal repeats from a nonpathogenic human parvovirus, the adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV). The hybrid AAV-B19...

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

authors： Srivastava CH,Samulski RJ,Lu L,Larsen SH,Srivastava A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstream placement of a strong transcriptional termination signal has made possible the cloning of bacteriophage T5 promoters known to exhibit high signal strength. The cloning system constructed contains two easily assayable indicator functions whose expression is controlled by the integration of promoters and term...

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

authors： Gentz R,Langner A,Chang AC,Cohen SN,Bujard H

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the role of networks of alliances in preventing (multilateral) interstate wars. We first show that, in the absence of international trade, no network of alliances is peaceful and stable. We then show that international trade induces peaceful and stable networks: Trade increases the density of alliances ...

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

authors： Jackson MO,Nei S

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, several events in the process of conidiation are influenced by light. Two genes, con-6 and con-10, which were previously shown to be transcriptionally activated during conidiation and by exposure to light, were found to be unexpressed in mycelium maintained in constant dark...

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

authors： Lauter FR,Yanofsky C

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of variations in fisheries time series are known to result from a complex combination of species and fisheries dynamics all coupled with environmental forcing (including climate, trophic interactions, etc.). Disentangling the relative effects of these factors has been a major goal of fisheries science for...

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

authors： Rouyer T,Fromentin JM,Ménard F,Cazelles B,Briand K,Pianet R,Planque B,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A pentapeptide open reading frame equipped with a canonical ribosome-binding site is present in the Escherichia coli 23S rRNA. Overexpression of 23S rRNA fragments containing the mini-gene renders cells resistant to the ribosome-inhibiting antibiotic erythromycin. Mutations that change either the initiator or stop cod...

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

authors： Tenson T,DeBlasio A,Mankin A

更新日期：1996-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive activity of Trypanosoma lewisi was strikingly enhanced and sometimes prolonged for 2 days when sublethal doses of adenine were given to rats. The drug was effective when given for 5 or 7 days in the diet and/or intraperitoneally, starting one or two days before infection through two days after infecti...

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

authors： Taliaferro WH,D'Alesandro PA

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules of keystone significance are relatively rare, yet mediate a variety of interactions between organisms. They influence the distribution and abundance of species, the transfer of energy across multiple trophic levels, and thus they play significant roles in structuring ecosystems. Despite their potential impor...

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

authors： Kicklighter CE,Kamio M,Nguyen L,Germann MW,Derby CD

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of the anti-T-cell monoclonal antibodies OKT3, OKT5, and OKT8 on T-cell surface properties and cell functions were evaluated. Incubation of mononuclear cells isolated from peripheral blood for 48 hr with each monoclonal antibody in the absence of complement resulted in modulation of their respective surface an...

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

authors： Antel J,Oger JJ,Jackevicius S,Kuo HH,Arnason BG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local changes in conformation between the calcium-saturated and calcium-free forms of calmodulin were monitored using antisera to four peptides corresponding to three helical regions of the calcium-saturated protein. The N-terminal helix was monitored using antiserum to residues 9-19, calmodulin-(9-19); the C-terminal...

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

authors： Gariépy J,Mietzner TA,Schoolnik GK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brn-4 is a member of the POU transcription factor family and is expressed in the central nervous system. In this study, we addressed whether Brn-4 regulates expression of the D1A dopamine receptor gene. We found a functional Brn-4 responsive element in the intron of this gene by means of cotransfection chloramphenical...

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

authors： Okazawa H,Imafuku I,Minowa MT,Kanazawa I,Hamada H,Mouradian MM

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies capable of decarboxylating orotate were sought by immunization with a hapten designed to elicit antibodies with combining sites that resemble the orotate-binding and catalytic portion of the active site of the enzyme orotidine 5'-monophosphate (OMP) decarboxylase (orotidine-5'-monophosphate carboxy-lyase, E...

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

authors： Smiley JA,Benkovic SJ

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo signaling pathway is a master regulator of organ growth, tissue homeostasis, and tumorigenesis. The activity of the Hippo pathway is controlled by various upstream components, including Expanded (Ex), but the precise molecular mechanism of how Ex is regulated remains poorly understood. Here we identify Plent...

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

authors： Ma X,Guo X,Richardson HE,Xu T,Xue L

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroelectricity has long been speculated to have important biological functions, although its very existence in biology has never been firmly established. Here, we present compelling evidence that elastin, the key ECM protein found in connective tissues, is ferroelectric, and we elucidate the molecular mechanism of i...

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

authors： Liu Y,Cai HL,Zelisko M,Wang Y,Sun J,Yan F,Ma F,Wang P,Chen QN,Zheng H,Meng X,Sharma P,Zhang Y,Li J

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Activator of G protein signaling 3 (AGS3), originally identified in a functional screen for mammalian proteins that activate heterotrimeric G protein signaling, is known to be involved in drug-seeking behavior and is up-regulated during cocaine withdrawal in animal models. These observations indicate a potential role ...

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

authors： Groves B,Gong Q,Xu Z,Huntsman C,Nguyen C,Li D,Ma D

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00