Comparative homology agreement search: an effective combination of homology-search methods.

abstract：:We reported in previous studies that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has central effects of augmenting wakefulness and suppressing slow-wave sleep (SWS) and paradoxical sleep (PS) in rats. In the present study, we tested the effect of AH 6809, an antagonist of PGE2 receptors, on sleep-wake activities. AH 6809 in saline was in...

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

authors： Matsumura H,Honda K,Choi WS,Inoué S,Sakai T,Hayaishi O

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the different categories of facial expressions of emotion regularly used by us is essential to gain insights into human cognition and affect as well as for the design of computational models and perceptual interfaces. Past research on facial expressions of emotion has focused on the study of six basic ca...

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

authors： Du S,Tao Y,Martinez AM

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stat3 protein has an important role in oncogenesis and is a promising anticancer target. Indirubin, the active component of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has been shown previously to inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases, resulting in cell cycle arrest. Here, we show that the indirubin derivatives E564, E728, and ...

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

authors： Nam S,Buettner R,Turkson J,Kim D,Cheng JQ,Muehlbeyer S,Hippe F,Vatter S,Merz KH,Eisenbrand G,Jove R

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural pathway that governs an escape response of Drosophila to sudden changes in light intensity can be artificially induced by electrical stimulation of the brain and monitored by electrical recording from the effector muscles. We have refined previous work in this system to permit reliable ascertainment of two ...

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

authors： Lin M,Nash HA

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used low magnesium concentrations and the specific antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (D-AP5) to estimate the effects of long-term potentiation (LTP) on the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptor-mediated components of postsynaptic responses. LTP induction resulted in a considerably larger p...

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

authors： Muller D,Lynch G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented for the simultaneous release of platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) and of its deacetylated derivative (lyso-PAF-acether) from hog leukocytes. On the basis of spectroscopy and chemical reactions, the structure of O-deacetyl-PAF is shown to be 1-O-alkylglyceryl 3-phosphorylcholine, an alkyl e...

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

authors： Polonsky J,Tencé M,Varenne P,Das BC,Lunel J,Benveniste J

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of the precursor of urotensin I, a neuropeptide hormone from the caudal neurosecretory system of the carp Cyprinus carpio, has been determined by analyzing the nucleotide sequence of cloned DNA complementary to the mRNA encoding it. The precursor consists of 145 amino acid residues and the carbox...

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

authors： Ishida I,Ichikawa T,Deguchi T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic determinant(s) responsible for tropism in human T cells or macrophages are not well defined. We studied the role of the HIV type 2 (HIV-2) nef and vpr genes in viral tropism. HIV-2 mutants, lacking either vpr or nef genes, or both vpr and nef, were obtained by site-specif...

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

authors： Hattori N,Michaels F,Fargnoli K,Marcon L,Gallo RC,Franchini G

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an antibody highly specific for D-serine conjugated to glutaraldehyde, we have localized endogenous D-serine in rat brain. Highest levels of D-serine immunoreactivity occur in the gray matter of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, anterior olfactory nucleus, olfactory tubercle, and amygdala. Localizations of D-ser...

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

authors： Schell MJ,Molliver ME,Snyder SH

更新日期：1995-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeat proteins have recently been of great interest as potential alternatives to immunoglobulin antibodies due to their unique structural and biophysical features. We here present the development of a binding scaffold based on variable lymphocyte receptors, which are nonimmunoglobulin antibodies composed of Leucine-r...

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

authors： Lee SC,Park K,Han J,Lee JJ,Kim HJ,Hong S,Heu W,Kim YJ,Ha JS,Lee SG,Cheong HK,Jeon YH,Kim D,Kim HS

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferulic, caffeic, chlorogenic, and ellagic acids, four naturally occurring plant phenols, inhibit the mutagenicity and cytotoxicity of (+/-)-7beta,8alpha-dihydroxy-9alpha, 10alpha-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P 7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide-2), the only known ultimate carcinogenic metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene....

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

authors： Wood AW,Huang MT,Chang RL,Newmark HL,Lehr RE,Yagi H,Sayer JM,Jerina DM,Conney AH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ATP-hydrolyzing activity with the properties of a Mg(2+)-dependent (Na(+),K(+))-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) from a 20-fold purified plasma membrane fraction of the marine diatom, Nitzschia alba is described. The basal activity requires Mg(2+) and further stimulation by Na(+) or Na(+) plus K(+) is depe...

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

authors： Sullivan CW,Volcani BE

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different selectively deuterated analogs of staphylococcal nuclease (Foggi) were prepared having all but a selected few hydrogen atoms in the enzyme molecule replaced by deuterium. The (1)H-NMR spectra of these analogs are extremely simplified, since they consist of lines arising only from the remaining protonate...

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

authors： Putter I,Barreto A,Markley JL,Jardetzky O

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The folding, stability, and oligomerization of helical membrane proteins depend in part on a precise set of packing interactions between transmembrane helices. To understand the energetic principles of these helix-helix interactions, we have used alanine-scanning mutagenesis and sedimentation equilibrium analytical ul...

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

authors： Fleming KG,Engelman DM

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrin-1 is critical for axonal pathfinding which shares similarities with formation of vascular network. Here we report that netrin-1 induction of angiogenesis is mediated by an increase in endothelial nitric oxide (NO*) production, which occurs via a DCC-dependent, ERK1/2-eNOS feed-forward mechanism. Exposure of mat...

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

authors： Nguyen A,Cai H

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:As root symbionts of cycad trees, cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc produce beta-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxic nonprotein amino acid. The biomagnification of BMAA through the Guam ecosystem fits a classic triangle of increasing concentrations of toxic compounds up the food chain. However, because BMAA is ...

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

authors： Murch SJ,Cox PA,Banack SA

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human populations have undergone dramatic expansions in size, but other than the growth associated with agriculture, the dates and magnitudes of those expansions have never been resolved. Here, we introduce two new statistical tests for population expansion, which use variation at a number of unlinked genetic markers ...

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

authors： Reich DE,Goldstein DB

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A subpopulation of phenobarbital-induced cytochrome P-450 in rat liver has been shown to consist of four closely related forms of the enzyme that appeared to be strain-related. In the present study, polypeptides composing this family were analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis of hepatic microsomes from 64 indivi...

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

authors： Rampersaud A,Walz FG Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of charge transfer depend crucially on the dielectric reorganization of the medium. In enzymatic reactions that involve charge transfer, atomic dielectric response of the active site and of its surroundings determines the efficiency of the protein as a catalyst. We report direct spectroscopic measurements...

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

authors： Mertz EL,Krishtalik LI

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:After prolonged visual adaptation of Drosophila, dramatic long-term changes of in vitro phosphorylation of a 50-kDa brain protein that is identical to the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (EC 2.7.1.37) can be measured in isolated heads. By selective receptor cell desensitization in blue light, subcellular dist...

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

authors： Willmund R,Mitschulat H,Schneider K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis for adults with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) remains poor, in part from a lack of therapeutic targets. We identified the type I cytokine receptor subunit CRLF2 in a functional screen for B-ALL-derived mRNA transcripts that can substitute for IL3 signaling. We demonstrate that CRL...

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

authors： Yoda A,Yoda Y,Chiaretti S,Bar-Natan M,Mani K,Rodig SJ,West N,Xiao Y,Brown JR,Mitsiades C,Sattler M,Kutok JL,DeAngelo DJ,Wadleigh M,Piciocchi A,Dal Cin P,Bradner JE,Griffin JD,Anderson KC,Stone RM,Ritz J,Foà R,

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans have altered natural patterns of fire for millennia, but the impact of human-set fires is thought to have been slight in wet closed-canopy forests. In the South Island of New Zealand, Polynesians (Māori), who arrived 700-800 calibrated years (cal y) ago, and then Europeans, who settled ∼150 cal y ago, used fire...

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

authors： McWethy DB,Whitlock C,Wilmshurst JM,McGlone MS,Fromont M,Li X,Dieffenbacher-Krall A,Hobbs WO,Fritz SC,Cook ER

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidants, such as those generated by metabolically activated phagocytes in inflammation, have been implicated in the metabolic activation of carcinogens, and in this study we demonstrate that the interaction of (+/-)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BP 7,8-dihydrodiol) with phorbol ester-stimulated polym...

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

authors： Trush MA,Seed JL,Kensler TW

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How did human cooperation evolve? Recent evidence shows that many people are willing to engage in altruistic punishment, voluntarily paying a cost to punish noncooperators. Although this behavior helps to explain how cooperation can persist, it creates an important puzzle. If altruistic punishment provides benefits to...

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

authors： Fowler JH

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal dynamics of electrical activity in an olfactory organ, the procerebral lobe of the terrestrial mollusc Limax maximus, is studied. The lobe exhibits intrinsic oscillations in its field potential. Intracellular recordings show that the lobe contains two classes of neurons, both with activity phase-locked to...

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

authors： Delaney KR,Gelperin A,Fee MS,Flores JA,Gervais R,Tank DW,Kleinfeld D

更新日期：1994-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of RNAi has revolutionized loss-of-function genetic studies in mammalian systems. However, significant challenges still remain to fully exploit RNAi for mammalian genetics. For instance, genetic screens and in vivo studies could be broadly improved by methods that allow inducible and uniform gene express...

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

authors： Meerbrey KL,Hu G,Kessler JD,Roarty K,Li MZ,Fang JE,Herschkowitz JI,Burrows AE,Ciccia A,Sun T,Schmitt EM,Bernardi RJ,Fu X,Bland CS,Cooper TA,Schiff R,Rosen JM,Westbrook TF,Elledge SJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus groups A and B cause serious infections, including early onset sepsis and meningitis in newborns. Rib domain-containing surface proteins are found associated with invasive strains and elicit protective immunity in animal models. Yet, despite their apparent importance in infection, the structure of the Ri...

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

authors： Whelan F,Lafita A,Griffiths SC,Cooper REM,Whittingham JL,Turkenburg JP,Manfield IW,St John AN,Paci E,Bateman A,Potts JR

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast RNA polymerase II initiation factor e was purified to homogeneity and identified by biochemical criteria as the counterpart of human transcription factor IIB. Factor e was essential for initiation of transcription from yeast and mammalian promoters in a reconstituted yeast transcription system. Activity resided ...

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

authors： Tschochner H,Sayre MH,Flanagan PM,Feaver WJ,Kornberg RD

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refinement of neural circuits in the mammalian cerebral cortex shapes brain function during development and in the adult. However, the signaling mechanisms underlying the synapse-specific shrinkage and loss of spiny synapses when neural circuits are remodeled remain poorly defined. Here, we show that low-frequency glu...

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

authors： Oh WC,Hill TC,Zito K

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An antigen histochemically localized in the nuclei and cytoplasmic granules of normal and leukemic human myeloid cells has been identified as myeloperoxidase (MPO; EC 1.11.1.7). The localization and amount of the enzyme was determined by using a murine monoclonal antibody designated H-43-5 raised against nuclear prote...

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

authors： Murao S,Stevens FJ,Ito A,Huberman E

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00