Infinitesimal generators and quasi-units in potential theory.

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor Hairy-related transcription factor 2 (Hrt2) is expressed in ventricular, but not atrial, cardiomyocytes, and in endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. Mice homozygous for a null mutation of Hrt2 die perinatally from a spectrum of cardiac abnormalities, raisin...

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

authors： Xin M,Small EM,van Rooij E,Qi X,Richardson JA,Srivastava D,Nakagawa O,Olson EN

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies implicate the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMN) in glycemic control. Here, we report that selective inhibition of the subset of VMN neurons that express the transcription factor steroidogenic-factor 1 (VMN(SF1) neurons) blocks recovery from insulin-induced hypoglycemia whereas, conversely, activ...

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

authors： Meek TH,Nelson JT,Matsen ME,Dorfman MD,Guyenet SJ,Damian V,Allison MB,Scarlett JM,Nguyen HT,Thaler JP,Olson DP,Myers MG Jr,Schwartz MW,Morton GJ

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The tat protein encoded by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is a potent trans-activator of gene expression from the viral long terminal repeat. The domains that are essential for trans-activation, a Pro-Xaa3-Pro triad, a cysteine-rich metal-binding sequence motif, and a cluster of basic residues, are present wi...

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

authors： Jeyapaul J,Reddy MR,Khan SA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subventricular zone remains mitotically active throughout life in rodents. Studies with tritiated thymidine, which is incorporated into the DNA of mitotic cells, have revealed that the rodent subventricular zone produces neuroblasts that migrate toward the olfactory bulb along the rostral migratory stream. A simil...

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

authors： Bernier PJ,Bedard A,Vinet J,Levesque M,Parent A

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Proparathyroid hormone (calcemic fraction-A) is a biosynthetic precursor of parathyroid hormone in bovine glands. Limited amounts of the isolated prohormone have been obtained for the purpose of initial structural studies. The results of automated sequence analysis on two separate preparations indicate that the N-term...

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

authors： Hamilton JW,Niall HD,Jacobs JW,Keutmann HT,Potts JT Jr,Cohn DV

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pristine meteoritic materials carry light element isotopic fractionations that constrain physiochemical conditions during solar system formation. Here we report the discovery of a unique xenolith in the metal-rich chondrite Isheyevo. Its fine-grained, highly pristine mineralogy has similarity with interplanetary dust ...

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

authors： Briani G,Gounelle M,Marrocchi Y,Mostefaoui S,Leroux H,Quirico E,Meibom A

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual migration of ∼1.2 million wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) through the Serengeti Mara Ecosystem is the largest remaining overland migration in the world. One of the most iconic portions of their migration is crossing of the Mara River, during which thousands drown annually. These mass drownings have been ...

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

authors： Subalusky AL,Dutton CL,Rosi EJ,Post DM

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin-73 cDNA was shown to encode a kinesin heavy chain protein that contains an N-terminal motor domain and a long central region that lacks extensive coiled-coils. The amino acid sequence of the motor domain of kinesin-73 protein is most closely related to the motor domains of Caenorhabditis elegans unc-104 and mo...

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

authors： Li HP,Liu ZM,Nirenberg M

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the extent of immune self-tolerance to the ubiquitously expressed nuclear/cytoplasmic autoantigens La (SS-B) and Ro (SS-A) in healthy, nonautoimmune mice. Immunization of mice with recombinant mouse La resulted in a specific, isotype-switched autoantibody response, which was initially directed toward th...

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

authors： Topfer F,Gordon T,McCluskey J

更新日期：1995-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinuous patterns traced by fluid flows are a ubiquitous feature of physical landscapes on Earth, Mars, the volcanic floodplains of the Moon and Venus, and other planetary bodies. Typically discussed as a consequence of migration processes in meandering rivers, sinuosity is also expressed in channel types that show lit...

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

authors： Lazarus ED,Constantine JA

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3)-kinase enhancer (PIKE) is a nuclear GTPase that enhances PI3-kinase activity in a GTP-dependent manner. Both PIKE-L and -A isoforms contain GTPase, pleckstrin homology (PH), ADP ribosylation factor-GTPase-activating protein, and two ankyrin repeats domains, and C-terminal ADP ribosylation ...

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

authors： Hu Y,Liu Z,Ye K

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation of injected mRNA in oocytes of Xenopus laevis has been used as a highly sensitive and quantitative assay for interferon mRNA. Injection into oocytes of polyadenylylated RNA extracted from poly(I).poly(C)-induced human diploid fibroblasts (FS-4) leads to the synthesis of biologically active human fibroblast...

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

authors： Sehgal PB,Dobberstein B,Tamm I

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomically precise metal clusters have attracted increasing interest owing to their unique size-dependent properties; however, little has been known about the effect of size on the catalytic properties of metal clusters at the single-cluster level. Here, by real-time monitoring with single-molecule fluorescence micros...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Song P,Chen T,Liu X,Chen T,Wu Z,Wang Y,Xie J,Xu W

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible photoswitching of individual molecules has been demonstrated for a number of mutants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP). To date, however, a limited number of switching events with slow response to light have been achieved at the single-molecule level. Here, we report reversible photoswitching character...

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

authors： Habuchi S,Ando R,Dedecker P,Verheijen W,Mizuno H,Miyawaki A,Hofkens J

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor is a recently cloned member of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family that mediates the binding and uptake of VLDL when overexpressed in animal cells. Its sequence is 94% identical in humans and rabbits and 84% identical in humans and chickens, implying a con...

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

authors： Frykman PK,Brown MS,Yamamoto T,Goldstein JL,Herz J

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) produced by the kidney and the liver (in fetuses) stimulates erythropoiesis. In the central nervous system, neurons express EPO receptor (EPOR) and astrocytes produce EPO. EPO has been shown to protect primary cultured neurons from N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamate toxicity. ...

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

authors： Sakanaka M,Wen TC,Matsuda S,Masuda S,Morishita E,Nagao M,Sasaki R

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision-makers increasingly seek scientific guidance on investing in nature, but biodiversity remains difficult to estimate across diverse landscapes. Here, we develop empirically based models for quantifying biodiversity across space. We focus on agricultural lands in the tropical forest biome, wherein lies the grea...

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

authors： Mendenhall CD,Shields-Estrada A,Krishnaswami AJ,Daily GC

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (EC 5.4.99.2) is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme whose activity is deficient in the inherited disorder methylmalonic acidemia. Previous studies on primary fibroblast cell lines from patients with methylmalonic acidemia have delineated a variety of biochemical phenotypes underlying this disorder....

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

authors： Ledley FD,Jansen R,Nham SU,Fenton WA,Rosenberg LE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small 19- to 24-nt noncoding RNAs that have the capacity to regulate fundamental biological processes essential for cancer initiation and progression. In cancer, miRNAs may function as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. Here, we conducted global profiling for miRNAs in a cohort of stage 1 nonsmall ...

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

authors： Peng Y,Dai Y,Hitchcock C,Yang X,Kassis ES,Liu L,Luo Z,Sun HL,Cui R,Wei H,Kim T,Lee TJ,Jeon YJ,Nuovo GJ,Volinia S,He Q,Yu J,Nana-Sinkam P,Croce CM

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of life expectancy in 1963 reveals twin peaks in the empirical distribution across countries: one group of countries clustered around a life expectancy of 40 years and a second group clustered around a life expectancy of 65 years. By 2003, the mode of each cluster had moved up by approximately 10 years....

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

authors： Bloom DE,Canning D

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first part of a quantitative theory for the structure and dynamics of forests at demographic and resource steady state. The theory uses allometric scaling relations, based on metabolism and biomechanics, to quantify how trees use resources, fill space, and grow. These individual-level traits and propert...

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

authors： West GB,Enquist BJ,Brown JH

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyramidal cells in piriform cortex receive excitatory inputs from two different sources that are segregated onto adjacent segments of their apical dendrites. The present studies show that excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked by primary olfactory tract afferents that terminate on distal apical segments dis...

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

authors： Bower JM,Haberly LB

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of social attachments is a critical component of human relationships. Infants begin to bond to their caregivers from the moment of birth, and these social bonds continue to provide regulatory emotional functions throughout adulthood. It is difficult to examine the interactions between social experience a...

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

authors： Wismer Fries AB,Ziegler TE,Kurian JR,Jacoris S,Pollak SD

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of variations in the concentrations or structures of biomolecules (e.g., mRNAs, proteins, peptides, natural products) that occur either naturally or in response to environmental or genetic perturbations can provide important insight into complex biological processes. Many biological samples are mixtures that ...

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

authors： Yao S,Anex DS,Caldwell WB,Arnold DW,Smith KB,Schultz PG

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 60,000 y humans have expanded across the globe and now occupy a wider range than any other terrestrial species. Our ability to successfully adapt to such a diverse range of habitats is often explained in terms of our cognitive ability. Humans have relatively bigger brains and more computing power than othe...

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

authors： Boyd R,Richerson PJ,Henrich J

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of killer cell Ig-like Receptors (KIR) to their Class I MHC ligands was shown previously to be characterized by extremely rapid association and dissociation rate constants. During experiments to investigate the biochemistry of receptor-ligand binding in more detail, the kinetic parameters of the interactio...

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

authors： Valés-Gómez M,Erskine RA,Deacon MP,Strominger JL,Reyburn HT

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium are ubiquitous, interdependent second messengers that regulate a wide range of cellular processes. During development of neuronal networks they are critical for the first step of circuit formation, transducing signals required for axon pathfinding. Surprisingly, the spatial and temporal c...

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

authors： Nicol X,Hong KP,Spitzer NC

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The L-A double-stranded RNA virus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae makes a gag-pol fusion protein by a -1 ribosomal frameshift. The pol amino acid sequence includes consensus patterns typical of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (EC 2.7.7.48) of (+) strand and double-stranded RNA viruses of animals and plants. We have carr...

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

authors： Ribas JC,Wickner RB

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:p70 S6 kinase (p70(S6k)) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase that plays a central role in the control of mRNA translation. It physiologically phosphorylates the S6 protein of the 40s ribosomal subunit in response to mitogenic stimuli and is a downstream component of the rapamycin-sensitive pathway, which includes th...

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

authors： Burnett PE,Blackshaw S,Lai MM,Qureshi IA,Burnett AF,Sabatini DM,Snyder SH

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies indicate beneficial effects of moderate ethanol consumption in ischemic heart disease. Most studies, however, focus on the effect of long-term consumption of ethanol. In this study, we determined whether brief exposure to ethanol immediately before ischemia also produces cardioprotection...

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

authors： Chen CH,Gray MO,Mochly-Rosen D

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00