Counting human somatic cell replications: methylation mirrors endometrial stem cell divisions.

abstract：:Extracellular matrix (ECM) profoundly influences the growth and differentiation of the mammary gland epithelium, both in culture and in vivo. Utilizing a clonal population of mouse mammary epithelial cells that absolutely requires an exogenous ECM for function, we developed a rapid assay to study signal transduction b...

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

authors： Roskelley CD,Desprez PY,Bissell MJ

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal changes of daylength (photoperiod) affect the expression of hormonal and behavioral circadian rhythms in a variety of organisms. In mammals, such effects might reflect photoperiodic changes in the circadian pace-making system [located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus] that governs thes...

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

authors： Sumová A,Trávnícková Z,Peters R,Schwartz WJ,Illnerová H

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualizing macromolecular complexes by single-particle electron microscopy (EM) entails stringent biochemical purification, specimen preparation, low-dose imaging, and 3D image reconstruction. Here, we introduce the "monolayer purification" method, which employs nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA) functionalized li...

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

authors： Kelly DF,Dukovski D,Walz T

更新日期：2008-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used DNA transfection to identify several regions of the adenovirus genome needed to induce replication of the defective parvovirus, adenovirus-associated virus (AAV). Previous studies have indicated that only early adenovirus functions are needed to aid the replication of AAV. In this report, we demonstrate t...

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

authors： Janik JE,Huston MM,Rose JA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is an important concern for the poultry industry. Replication of ALV-J depends on a functional cellular receptor, the chicken Na+/H+ exchanger type 1 (chNHE1). Tryptophan residue number 38 of chNHE1 (W38) in the extracellular portion of this molecule is a critical amino acid for...

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

authors： Koslová A,Trefil P,Mucksová J,Reinišová M,Plachý J,Kalina J,Kučerová D,Geryk J,Krchlíková V,Lejčková B,Hejnar J

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I is one of the leading hypotheses for dopaminergic neuron death associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). To test this hypothesis genetically, we used a mouse strain lacking functional Ndufs4, a gene encoding a subunit required for complete assembly and function of complex I. Delet...

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

authors： Choi WS,Kruse SE,Palmiter RD,Xia Z

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-specific molecules are needed across diverse areas of oncology for use in early detection, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy. Large and growing public databases of transcriptome sequencing data (RNA-seq) derived from tumors and normal tissues hold the potential of yielding tumor-specific molecules, but because th...

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

authors： Barrett CL,DeBoever C,Jepsen K,Saenz CC,Carson DA,Frazer KA

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature is rife with networks that are functionally optimized to propagate inputs to perform specific tasks. Whether via genetic evolution or dynamic adaptation, many networks create functionality by locally tuning interactions between nodes. Here we explore this behavior in two contexts: strain propagation in mechanic...

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

authors： Rocks JW,Ronellenfitsch H,Liu AJ,Nagel SR,Katifori E

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are infectious proteins that encipher biological information within their conformations; variations in these conformations dictate different prion strains. Toward elucidating the molecular language of prion protein (PrP) conformations, we produced an array of recombinant PrP amyloids with varying conformational...

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

authors： Colby DW,Giles K,Legname G,Wille H,Baskakov IV,DeArmond SJ,Prusiner SB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C terminus of transcription factor NusA from Escherichia coli comprises two repeat units, which bind during antitermination to protein N from phage lambda. To delineate the structural basis of the NusA-lambdaN interaction, we attempted to crystallize the NusA C-terminal repeats in complex with a lambdaN peptide (r...

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

authors： Bonin I,Mühlberger R,Bourenkov GP,Huber R,Bacher A,Richter G,Wahl MC

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhedral borane ion [n-B20H18]2- reacts with liquid ammonia in the presence of a suitable base to produce an apical-equatorial (ae) isomer of the [B20H17NH3]3- ion, [1-(2'-B10H9)-2-NH3B10H8]3-. The structure of this product has been confirmed by 11B NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography. This species underg...

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

authors： Feakes DA,Shelly K,Knobler CB,Hawthorne MF

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) proteins are Ca(2+)-regulated transcription factors that control gene expression in many cell types. NFAT proteins are heavily phosphorylated and reside in the cytoplasm of resting cells; when cells are stimulated by a rise in intracellular Ca(2+), NFAT proteins are dephospho...

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

authors： Sharma S,Findlay GM,Bandukwala HS,Oberdoerffer S,Baust B,Li Z,Schmidt V,Hogan PG,Sacks DB,Rao A

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In a metabolic study of human and mouse preimplantation embryos (preembryos), we measured glucose uptake and phosphorylation with nonradioactive 2-deoxyglucose (DG) as tracer. Initial experiments indicated an active hexose transport capacity, a property thought to be restricted in mammals to intestinal villi and kidne...

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

authors： Chi MM,Manchester JK,Basuray R,Mahendra S,Strickler RC,McDougal DB Jr,Lowry OH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional structure of fibrinogen was considered in reference to the terminal plasmin-cleavage fragments, D and E. By two independent approaches, a yield of two D and two E fragments was determined and this established the presence of two D and two E regions in each fibrinogen molecule. Immunochemically, it was sho...

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

authors： Plow EF,Edgington TS

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human craniofacial cDNA library was screened with a degenerate oligonucleotide probe based on the conserved third helix of homeobox genes. From this screening, we identified a homeobox gene, H6, which shared only 57-65% amino acid identity to previously reported homeodomains. H6 was physically mapped to the 4p16.1 r...

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

authors： Stadler HS,Padanilam BJ,Buetow K,Murray JC,Solursh M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we examine the effects of chronic anaerobic exposure and subsequent reoxygenation on protein synthesis patterns in Chinese hamster ovary cells. It is observed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (isoelectric focusing/NaDodSO4/PAGE) that the transition from an atmospheric environment to an anaerobic s...

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

authors： Sciandra JJ,Subjeck JR,Hughes CS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freezing avoidance conferred by different types of antifreeze proteins in various polar and subpolar fishes represents a remarkable example of cold adaptation, but how these unique proteins arose is unknown. We have found that the antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) of the predominant Antarctic fish taxon, the notothenio...

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

authors： Chen L,DeVries AL,Cheng CH

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using both heterologous rabbit antisera and mouse monoclonal antibody to RNA.DNA hybrids, we have mapped the in situ hybridization locus of the 18/28S ribosomal RNA fraction to a single large band on polytene autosome 3 in Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophila silvestris. This portion of the chromosome is not physical...

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

authors： Stuart WD,Bishop JG,Carson HL,Frank MB

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions allow the retinoid X receptor (RXR) to bind to cognate DNA as a homo- or a heterodimer and to participate in mediating the effects of a variety of hormones on gene transcription. Here we report a systematic study of the oligomeric state of RXR in the absence of a DNA template. We have used...

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

authors： Kersten S,Kelleher D,Chambon P,Gronemeyer H,Noy N

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-specific DNA-binding small molecules that can permeate human cells potentially could regulate transcription of specific genes. Multiple cellular DNA-binding transcription factors are required by HIV type 1 for RNA synthesis. Two pyrrole-imidazole polyamides were designed to bind DNA sequences immediately adja...

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

authors： Dickinson LA,Gulizia RJ,Trauger JW,Baird EE,Mosier DE,Gottesfeld JM,Dervan PB

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A small number of facial expressions may be universal in that they are produced by the same basic affective states and recognized as such throughout the world. However, other aspects of emotionally expressive behavior vary widely across culture. Just why do they vary? We propose that some cultural differences in expre...

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

authors： Rychlowska M,Miyamoto Y,Matsumoto D,Hess U,Gilboa-Schechtman E,Kamble S,Muluk H,Masuda T,Niedenthal PM

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Questions that still surround the origin and early dispersals of maize (Zea mays L.) result in large part from the absence of information on its early history from the Balsas River Valley of tropical southwestern Mexico, where its wild ancestor is native. We report starch grain and phytolith data from the Xihuatoxtla ...

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

authors： Piperno DR,Ranere AJ,Holst I,Iriarte J,Dickau R

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Competition for mates can be a major source of selection, not just on secondary sexual traits but across the genome. Mate competition strengthens selection on males via sexual selection, which typically favors healthy, vigorous individuals and, thus, all genetic variants that increase overall quality. However, recent ...

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

authors： Yun L,Chen PJ,Kwok KE,Angell CS,Rundle HD,Agrawal AF

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-Cyclohexyl[3H]adenosine ([3H]CHA) and 1,3-diethyl-8-[3H]phenylxanthine ([3H]DPX) to bind to adenosine receptors in brain membranes. The agonist [3H]CHA has high affinity in both bovine and guinea pig brain (Kd, 0.7 nM and 6 nM, respectively). [3H]CHA binding kinetics are slow (dissociation t1/2;60 min); binding is ...

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

authors： Bruns RF,Daly JW,Snyder SH

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The day we understand the time evolution of subcellular events at a level of detail comparable to physical systems governed by Newton's laws of motion seems far away. Even so, quantitative approaches to cellular dynamics add to our understanding of cell biology. With data-guided frameworks we can develop better predic...

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

authors： Ronquist S,Patterson G,Muir LA,Lindsly S,Chen H,Brown M,Wicha MS,Bloch A,Brockett R,Rajapakse I

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Arabidopsis has been popular as a model plant system for decades. Completion of the Arabidopsis genome and the availability of large expressed sequence-tag collections from other dicot species provides an opportunity to assess gene content in Arabidopsis, specifically by identifying genes from dicot test species that ...

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

authors： Allen KD

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional regulation of gene expression is a major mechanism used by plants to confer phenotypic plasticity, and yet compared with other eukaryotes or bacteria, little is known about the design principles. We generated an extensive catalog of nascent and steady-state transcripts in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings...

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

authors： Hetzel J,Duttke SH,Benner C,Chory J

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In insulin resistant states such as type 2 diabetes, there is a high demand on the β-cell to synthesize and secrete insulin, which challenges the ability of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to synthesize and fold nascent proteins. This creates a state of ER stress that triggers a coordinated program referred to as the u...

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

authors： Winnay JN,Dirice E,Liew CW,Kulkarni RN,Kahn CR

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To address devastating environmental crises and to improve human well-being, China has been implementing a number of national policies on payments for ecosystem services. Two of them, the Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP) and the Grain to Green Program (GTGP), are among the biggest programs in the world becau...

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

authors： Liu J,Li S,Ouyang Z,Tam C,Chen X

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal guidance is key to the formation of neuronal circuitry. Semaphorin 3A (Sema 3A; previously known as semaphorin III, semaphorin D, and collapsin-1), a secreted subtype of the semaphorin family, is an important axonal guidance molecule in vitro and in vivo. The molecular mechanisms of the repellent activity of se...

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

authors： Behar O,Mizuno K,Badminton M,Woolf CJ

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00