A theory of distortion of the reaction zone.

abstract：:Vascular endothelial dysfunction underlies the genesis and progression of numerous diseases. Although the GATA transcription factor GATA-2 is expressed in endothelial cells and is implicated in coronary heart disease, it has been studied predominantly as a master regulator of hematopoiesis. Because many questions rega...

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

authors： Linnemann AK,O'Geen H,Keles S,Farnham PJ,Bresnick EH

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of a so-called male recombination (MR) chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster to generate mutations at 14 X-chromosome loci specifying visible phenotypes was investigated. Appreciable increases in mutation were found at three loci y, sn, and ras. Tests of represnetative mutants generated at each locus esta...

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

authors： Green MM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immature state of cellular differentiation--characterized by stem cell-like tendencies and impaired differentiation--is a hallmark of cancer. Using glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) as a model system, we sought to determine whether molecular determinants that drive cells toward terminal differentiation are also genetic...

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

authors： Hu J,Ho AL,Yuan L,Hu B,Hua S,Hwang SS,Zhang J,Hu T,Zheng H,Gan B,Wu G,Wang YA,Chin L,DePinho RA

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of depressive disorders and are unique potential targets for therapeutic intervention. The acetylating agent L-acetylcarnitine (LAC), a well-tolerated drug, behaves as an antidepressant by the epigenetic regulation of type 2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) recep...

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

authors： Nasca C,Xenos D,Barone Y,Caruso A,Scaccianoce S,Matrisciano F,Battaglia G,Mathé AA,Pittaluga A,Lionetto L,Simmaco M,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is an emerging therapeutic target in a number of diseases that have inflammation as a common underlying cause. sEH limits tissue levels of cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxides derived from omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) by converting these antiinflammatory mediators in...

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

authors： López-Vicario C,Alcaraz-Quiles J,García-Alonso V,Rius B,Hwang SH,Titos E,Lopategi A,Hammock BD,Arroyo V,Clària J

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short noncoding RNAs that regulate protein-coding genes posttranscriptionally. In animals, most known miRNA targeting occurs within the 3'UTR of mRNAs, but the extent of biologically relevant targeting in the ORF or 5'UTR of mRNAs remains unknown. Here, we develop an algorithm (MinoTa...

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

authors： Schnall-Levin M,Zhao Y,Perrimon N,Berger B

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In a subtropical gyre, the convergent Ekman layer forces water downward into the geostrophic flow below. The properties and depth of the mixed layer vary considerably during the course of the year, but this variability does not penetrate into the geostrophic region. Evidently there is some process at work that selects...

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

authors： Stommel H

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular clocks have been used to date the divergence of humans and chimpanzees for nearly four decades. Nonetheless, this date and its confidence interval remain to be firmly established. In an effort to generate a genomic view of the human-chimpanzee divergence, we have analyzed 167 nuclear protein-coding genes and...

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

authors： Kumar S,Filipski A,Swarna V,Walker A,Hedges SB

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Duplication of genomic segments provides a primary resource for the origin of evolutionary novelties. However, most previous studies have focused on duplications of complete protein-coding genes, whereas little is known about the significance of duplication segments that are entirely internal to genes. Our examination...

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

authors： Gao X,Lynch M

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfacial zones between tissues provide specialized, transitional junctions central to normal tissue function. Regenerative medicine strategies focused on multiple cell types and/or bi/tri-layered scaffolds do not provide continuously graded interfaces, severely limiting the integration and biological performance of...

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

authors： Phillips JE,Burns KL,Le Doux JM,Guldberg RE,García AJ

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal axes of inertia are eigenvectors that can be calculated for any rigid body. We report studies of the position of the principal axes in crystallographically solved protein molecules. We find with high frequency that at least one principal axis penetrates the surface of the respective protein in a region u...

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

authors： Foote J,Raman A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial function and ambulatory activity were monitored after feeding old rats acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR). Young (3-5 mo) and old (22-28 mo) rats were given a 1.5% (wt/vol) solution of ALCAR in their drinking water for 1 mo, were sacrificed, and their liver parenchymal cells were isolated. ALCAR supplementation ...

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

authors： Hagen TM,Ingersoll RT,Wehr CM,Lykkesfeldt J,Vinarsky V,Bartholomew JC,Song MH,Ames BN

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cells isolated from vitamin D-deficient chicks had an increased Na+-dependent phosphate uptake when preincubated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3]. Phosphate uptake in the absence of Na+ and methyl alpha-glucoside uptake dependent on Na+ were not affected. Phosphate uptake was stimulated 15% by 0...

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

authors： Liang CT,Barnes J,Balakir R,Cheng L,Sacktor B

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of selected heme analogues on heme oxygenase activity in tissues and on human and rabbit bone marrow hematopoietic colony growth were examined. Zinc protoporphyrin (ZnPP) and zinc mesoporphyrin (ZnMP), at concentrations ranging between 1 and 20 microM, produced significant inhibition of human and rabbit bo...

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

authors： Lutton JD,Abraham NG,Drummond GS,Levere RD,Kappas A

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are multidomain proteins responsible for the attachment of specific amino acids to their tRNA substrates. Prolyl-tRNA synthetases (ProRSs) are notable due to their particularly diverse architectures through evolution. For example, Saccharomyces cerevisiae ProRS possesses an N-terminal extens...

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

authors： SternJohn J,Hati S,Siliciano PG,Musier-Forsyth K

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Significantly above-chance detection of stimuli presented within the field defect of patients with postgeniculate lesions is termed "blindsight." It has been proposed that those with blindsight are more likely to benefit from visual rehabilitation by repeated stimulation, leading to increased visual sensitivity within...

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

authors： Sahraie A,Trevethan CT,MacLeod MJ,Urquhart J,Weiskrantz L

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus are the type species of the highly pathogenic paramyxovirus genus Henipavirus, which can cause severe respiratory disease and fatal encephalitis infections in humans, with case fatality rates approaching 75%. NiV contains two envelope glycoproteins, the receptor-binding G glycoprotei...

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

authors： Xu K,Rajashankar KR,Chan YP,Himanen JP,Broder CC,Nikolov DB

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and analyzed a cDNA from the central nervous system of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis encoding a putative receptor, which might be a natural hybrid between two different classes of receptor proteins. Preceded by a signal peptide, two types of repeated sequences are present in the N-terminal part of the...

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

authors： Tensen CP,Van Kesteren ER,Planta RJ,Cox KJ,Burke JF,van Heerikhuizen H,Vreugdenhil E

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle fibers are defined by patterned covariation of key traits that determine contractile and metabolic characteristics. Although the functional properties of most skeletal muscles result from their proportional content of a few conserved muscle fiber types, some, typically craniofacial, muscles exhibit fib...

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

authors： Porter JD,Khanna S,Kaminski HJ,Rao JS,Merriam AP,Richmonds CR,Leahy P,Li J,Andrade FH

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, the ATP-binding, ATP hydrolysis, mispair-binding, sliding clamp formation, and Mlh1-Pms1 complex interaction properties of dominant mutant Msh2-Msh6 complexes have been characterized. The results demonstrate two mechanisms for dominance. In one, seen with the Msh6-S1036P and Msh6-G1067D mutant complexes, the mut...

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

authors： Hess MT,Mendillo ML,Mazur DJ,Kolodner RD

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The amplitude of the CO(2) seasonal cycle at the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) increased from the early 1970s to the early 1990s but decreased thereafter despite continued warming over northern continents. Because of its location relative to the large-scale atmospheric circulation, the MLO receives mainly Eurasian air m...

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

authors： Buermann W,Lintner BR,Koven CD,Angert A,Pinzon JE,Tucker CJ,Fung IY

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) elements of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe contain multiple imperfect copies of the consensus sequence reported by Maundrell et al. [Maundrell K., Hutchison, A. & Shall, S. (1988) EMBO J. 7, 2203-2209]. When cell free extracts of S. pombe were incubated with a dimer...

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

authors： Murakami Y,Huberman JA,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1996-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroid hormones are critical for controlling metabolism, hydromineral balance, and the stress response in vertebrates. Although corticosteroid hormones have been well characterized in most vertebrate groups, the identity of the earliest vertebrate corticosteroid hormone has remained elusive. Here we provide ev...

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

authors： Close DA,Yun SS,McCormick SD,Wildbill AJ,Li W

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In early phases of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus I-induced adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), the malignant cell proliferation is associated with an autocrine process involving coordinate expression of interleukin (IL) 2 and its receptor. However, during late-phase ATL, leukemic cells no longer produce IL-2 yet continue ...

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

authors： Burton JD,Bamford RN,Peters C,Grant AJ,Kurys G,Goldman CK,Brennan J,Roessler E,Waldmann TA

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen exit is a key stage in the spread and propagation of infectious disease, with the fecal-oral route being a common mode of disease transmission. However, it is poorly understood which molecular pathways provide the major modes for intracellular pathogen exit and fecal-oral transmission in vivo. Here, we use th...

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

authors： Szumowski SC,Botts MR,Popovich JJ,Smelkinson MG,Troemel ER

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (decyclizing) [heme,hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (alpha-methene-oxidizing, hydroxylating), EC 1.14.99.3] is greatly induced in the kidney by the administration of nickel or tin. Manganese, when administered simultaneously with nickel or tin in an equimolar amount, substantially inhibited the ind...

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

authors： Drummond GS,Kappas A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generation of nanomechanical cantilever motion from biomolecular interactions can have wide applications, ranging from high-throughput biomolecular detection to bioactuation. Although it has been suggested that such motion is caused by changes in surface stress of a cantilever beam, the origin of the surface-stress ch...

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

authors： Wu G,Ji H,Hansen K,Thundat T,Datar R,Cote R,Hagan MF,Chakraborty AK,Majumdar A

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used DNase I as a probe to examine the chromatin structure of mouse immunoglobulin kappa light chain genes in rearranged and unrearranged chromosomes--i.e., in nuclei from myeloma cells and from brain and liver cells. Tissue-specific DNase I-hypersensitive sites are observed 0.7 and 1.7 kilobases upstream from...

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

authors： Chung SY,Folsom V,Wooley J

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Speciation involves the origin of trait differences that limit or prevent gene exchange and ultimately results in daughter populations that form monophyletic or exclusive genetic groups. However, for recently diverged populations or species between which reproductive isolation is often incomplete, gene genealogies wil...

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

authors： Dopman EB,Pérez L,Bogdanowicz SM,Harrison RG

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Small RNAs (sRNAs) are important components of posttranscriptional regulation. These molecules are prevalent in bacterial and eukaryotic organisms, and involved in a variety of responses to environmental stresses. The functional characterization of sRNAs is challenging and requires highly focused and extensive experim...

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

authors： Modi SR,Camacho DM,Kohanski MA,Walker GC,Collins JJ

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00