Functional mapping of disease susceptibility loci using cell biology.

abstract：:The Hsp90 chaperone buffers development against a wide range of morphological changes in many organisms and in Drosophila masks the effects of hidden genetic variation. Theory predicts that genetic and nongenetic buffering will share common mechanisms. For example, it is argued that Hsp90 genetic buffering evolved sol...

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

authors： Milton CC,Huynh B,Batterham P,Rutherford SL,Hoffmann AA

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the human embryonic stem (hES) cell line H9, when cultured in the form of embryoid bodies, give rise to cells with markers of the keratinocyte of stratified squamous epithelia. Keratinocytes also form in nodules produced in scid mice by injected H9 cells; the hES-derived keratinocytes could be recovered in cu...

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

authors： Iuchi S,Dabelsteen S,Easley K,Rheinwald JG,Green H

更新日期：2006-02-07 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：:A system is described for assembling infectious bacteriophage phi 6 nucleocapsids in vitro. Procapsids encoded by cDNA copies of genomic segment L in Escherichia coli were used to package and replicate viral RNA segments. The resulting filled particles were shown to be capable of infecting host cell spheroplasts after...

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

authors： Olkkonen VM,Gottlieb P,Strassman J,Qiao XY,Bamford DH,Mindich L

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogonia are the male germ stem cells that continuously produce sperm for the next generation. Spermatogenesis is a complicated process that proceeds through mitotic phase of stem cell renewal and differentiation, meiotic phase, and postmeiotic phase of spermiogenesis. Full recapitulation of spermatogenesis in vi...

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

authors： Hong Y,Liu T,Zhao H,Xu H,Wang W,Liu R,Chen T,Deng J,Gui J

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:High molecular weight polypeptides (HMWPs) of 270,000 to 340,000 were found to be major components of intermediate filaments prepared by Triton X-100 extraction after spreading of rat glioma C6, HeLa, Chinese hamster ovary, and simian virus 40-transformed Chinese hamster lung cells. C6 HMWPs were shown to resemble hig...

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

authors： Pytela R,Wiche G

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both human patients and murine models, the progression from insulitis to diabetes is neither immediate nor inevitable, as illustrated by the innocuous versus destructive infiltrates of BDC2.5 transgenic mice on the nonobese diabetic (NOD) versus C57BL/6.H-2g7 genetic backgrounds. Natural killer (NK)-cell-specific t...

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

authors： Poirot L,Benoist C,Mathis D

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a phylogenic tree for green plants by comparing 5S rRNA sequences. The tree suggests that the emergence of most of the uni- and multicellular green algae such as Chlamydomonas, Spirogyra, Ulva, and Chlorella occurred in the early stage of green plant evolution. The branching point of Nitella is a l...

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

authors： Hori H,Lim BL,Osawa S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although they lie at the conceptual core of a wide range of scientific questions, the notions of irregular or "random" arrangement and the process of randomization itself have never been unambiguously defined. Algorithmic implementation of these concepts requires a combinatorial, rather than a probability-theoretic, f...

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

authors： Singer BH,Pincus S

更新日期：1998-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:C-1027 is an enediyne antitumor antibiotic composed of four distinct moieties: an enediyne core, a deoxy aminosugar, a beta-amino acid, and a benzoxazolinate moiety. We now show that the benzoxazolinate moiety is derived from chorismate by the sequential action of two enzymes-SgcD, a 2-amino-2-deoxyisochorismate (ADIC...

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

authors： Van Lanen SG,Lin S,Shen B

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most long-lived models in plant science is the belief that the long-distance transport and ratio of two plant hormones, auxin and cytokinin, at the site of action control major developmental events such as apical dominance. We have used in vivo deuterium labeling and mass spectrometry to investigate the dyn...

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

authors： Nordström A,Tarkowski P,Tarkowska D,Norbaek R,Astot C,Dolezal K,Sandberg G

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold nanoparticles (NPs) wrapped in a membrane can be utilized as artificial virus nanoparticles (AVNs) that combine the large nonblinking or bleaching optical cross-section of the NP core with the biological surface properties and functionalities provided by a self-assembled lipid membrane. We used these hybrid nanom...

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

authors： Xu F,Bandara A,Akiyama H,Eshaghi B,Stelter D,Keyes T,Straub JE,Gummuluru S,Reinhard BM

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of marine sponge cells (Microciona prolifera) resembles stimulus-response coupling of higher organisms in which activation of protein kinase C and movements of intracellular Ca provide twin signals. We now report that activators of protein kinase C (phorbol esters) and ionomycin act synergistically to aggr...

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

authors： Weissmann G,Azaroff L,Davidson S,Dunham P

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent analyses of high-throughput protein interaction data coupled with large-scale investigations of evolutionary properties of interaction networks have left some unanswered questions. To what extent do protein interactions act as constraints during evolution of the protein sequence? How does the type of interactio...

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

authors： Mintseris J,Weng Z

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery in 1907, polyploidy has been recognized as an important phenomenon in vascular plants, and several lines of evidence indicate that most, if not all, plant species ultimately have a polyploid ancestry. However, previous estimates of the frequency of polyploid speciation suggest that the formation an...

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

authors： Wood TE,Takebayashi N,Barker MS,Mayrose I,Greenspoon PB,Rieseberg LH

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:C1q, a member of the immune complement cascade, is implicated in the selective pruning of synapses by microglial phagocytosis. C1q-mediated synapse elimination has been shown to occur during brain development, while increased activation and complement-dependent synapse loss is observed in neurodegenerative diseases. H...

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

authors： Györffy BA,Kun J,Török G,Bulyáki É,Borhegyi Z,Gulyássy P,Kis V,Szocsics P,Micsonai A,Matkó J,Drahos L,Juhász G,Kékesi KA,Kardos J

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The population genetic consequences of nearest-neighbor pollination in an outcrossing plant species were investigated through computer simulations. The genetic system consisted of two alleles at a single locus in a self-incompatible plant that mates by random pollen transfer from a neighboring individual. Beginning wi...

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

authors： Turner ME,Stephens JC,Anderson WW

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By patch-clamp analysis, we have shown that chronic, intermittent mechanical strain (CMS) increases the activity of stretch-activated cation channels of osteoblast-like UMR-106.01 cells. CMS also produces a swelling-activated whole-cell conductance (Gm) regulated by varying strain levels. We questioned whether the swe...

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

authors： Duncan RL,Kizer N,Barry EL,Friedman PA,Hruska KA

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) has emerged as a clinically distinct type of sarcoma with frequent overexpression and mutation of the c-Kit oncogene and a favorable response to imatinib mesylate [also known as STI571 (Gleevec)] therapy. However, a significant diagnostic challenge remains in the differentiation o...

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

authors： Price ND,Trent J,El-Naggar AK,Cogdell D,Taylor E,Hunt KK,Pollock RE,Hood L,Shmulevich I,Zhang W

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate energy transport through an alpha-aminoisobutyric acid-based 3(10)-helix dissolved in chloroform in a combined experimental-theoretical approach. Vibrational energy is locally deposited at the N terminus of the helix by ultrafast internal conversion of a covalently attached, electronically excited, azob...

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

authors： Botan V,Backus EH,Pfister R,Moretto A,Crisma M,Toniolo C,Nguyen PH,Stock G,Hamm P

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the ATRX gene on the human X chromosome cause X-linked alpha-thalassemia and mental retardation. XY patients with deletions or mutations in this gene display varying degrees of sex reversal, implicating ATRX in the development of the human testis. To explore further the role of ATRX in mammalian sex diffe...

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

authors： Pask A,Renfree MB,Marshall Graves JA

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian dysfunction is a common attribute of many neurodegenerative diseases, most of which are associated with neuroinflammation. Circadian rhythm dysfunction has been associated with inflammation in the periphery, but the role of the core clock in neuroinflammation remains poorly understood. Here we demonstrate th...

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

authors： Griffin P,Dimitry JM,Sheehan PW,Lananna BV,Guo C,Robinette ML,Hayes ME,Cedeño MR,Nadarajah CJ,Ezerskiy LA,Colonna M,Zhang J,Bauer AQ,Burris TP,Musiek ES

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with avian influenza A virus of the H5N1 subtype (isolates A/HK/212/03 and A/HK/213/03) was fatal to one of two members of a family in southern China in 2003. This incident was preceded by lethal outbreaks of H5N1 influenza in waterfowl, which are the natural hosts of these viruses and, therefore, normally h...

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

authors： Guan Y,Poon LL,Cheung CY,Ellis TM,Lim W,Lipatov AS,Chan KH,Sturm-Ramirez KM,Cheung CL,Leung YH,Yuen KY,Webster RG,Peiris JS

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Frame-shift mutations at microsatellites occur as a time-dependent function of polymerase errors followed by failure of postreplicational mismatch repair. A cell-culture system was developed that allows identification of intermediate mutant cells that carry the mutation on a single DNA strand after the initial DNA pol...

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

authors： Gasche C,Chang CL,Natarajan L,Goel A,Rhees J,Young DJ,Arnold CN,Boland CR

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell recognition molecules play a crucial role in the regulation of immune cells. We recently found that mast cells (MCs) express leukocyte recognition molecules, including ICAM-1 antigen, a natural ligand of LFA-1. We here report that interleukin 4 (IL-4), a pleiotropic cytokine and mast cell differentiation factor, ...

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

authors： Valent P,Bevec D,Maurer D,Besemer J,Di Padova F,Butterfield JH,Speiser W,Majdic O,Lechner K,Bettelheim P

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation-inducing factor 1 [DIF-1; 1-(3,5-dichloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-hexan-1-one] induces stalk cell differentiation during Dictyostelium development. It is present as a gradient in the multicellular slug, its lowest concentration being in the anterior. Here we demonstrate the existence of a locali...

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

authors： Kay RR,Large S,Traynor D,Nayler O

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Components in cerebrospinal fluid that are antigenically related to myelin basic protein have been identified by a technique described recently [Barbarese, E., Braun, P. E. & Carson, J. H. (1977) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 3360-3364] involving separating the cerebrospinal fluid proteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate/p...

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

authors： Carson JH,Barbarese E,Braun PE,McPherson TA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of rapid climate change on contemporary human populations is of global concern. To contextualize our understanding of human responses to rapid climate change it is necessary to examine the archeological record during past climate transitions. One episode of abrupt climate change has been correlated with soc...

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

authors： Armit I,Swindles GT,Becker K,Plunkett G,Blaauw M

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:After collision with their host cells, virus particles may remain mobile on cell surfaces until they become attached at firm binding sites. We propose that a virion will arrive within a typical median time at such a site, generating a membrane signal such as an increased membrane fluorescence in cells labeled with the...

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

authors： Bayer ME,Bayer MH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A muscarone-binding material has been found in Torpedo electroplax. The material behaves in several ways as one would expect of the binding component of the acetylcholine receptor, especially in its high affinity for muscarone (approximate K = 7 x 10(-6)M), acetylcholine (approximate K = 1.1 x 10(-6)M), curare, and ni...

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

authors： O'Brien RD,Gilmour LP

更新日期：1969-06-01 00:00:00