Floral determination in internode tissues of day-neutral tobacco first occurs many nodes below the apex.

abstract：:Massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS) generates millions of short sequence tags corresponding to transcripts from a single RNA preparation. Most MPSS tags can be unambiguously assigned to genes, thereby generating a comprehensive expression profile of the tissue of origin. From the comparison of MPSS data fro...

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

authors： Chen YT,Scanlan MJ,Venditti CA,Chua R,Theiler G,Stevenson BJ,Iseli C,Gure AO,Vasicek T,Strausberg RL,Jongeneel CV,Old LJ,Simpson AJ

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial expressions of emotion in humans are believed to be produced by contracting one's facial muscles, generally called action units. However, the surface of the face is also innervated with a large network of blood vessels. Blood flow variations in these vessels yield visible color changes on the face. Here, we stu...

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

authors： Benitez-Quiroz CF,Srinivasan R,Martinez AM

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined population genetic and reproductive analysis was undertaken to compare free-ranging cheetahs from east Africa (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi) with the genetically impoverished and reproductively impaired south African subspecies (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus). Like that of their south African counterparts, the quali...

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

authors： O'Brien SJ,Wildt DE,Bush M,Caro TM,FitzGibbon C,Aggundey I,Leakey RE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibodies (mAb) DA6.147, DA6.164, and HIG.48 against human Ia antigens, but not the W6/32 mAb against human class I major histocompatibility complex antigens or the anti-monocyte OKM1 and 63D3 mAb, stimulated monocytes to secrete interleukin 1 (IL-1). IL-1 was measured by its property of promoting the ...

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

authors： Palacios R

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here a brief review of direct force measurements between hydrophobic surfaces in aqueous solutions. For almost 70 years, researchers have attempted to understand the hydrophobic effect (the low solubility of hydrophobic solutes in water) and the hydrophobic interaction or force (the unusually strong attract...

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

authors： Meyer EE,Rosenberg KJ,Israelachvili J

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have carried out free energy perturbation calculations on DNA double-stranded hexanucleotides. The sequence d(CGCGCG)2 has been "mutated" into d(CGTGCG).d(CGCACG) with the oligonucleotide in the A, B, and Z structural forms, both in vacuo and in aqueous solution. In addition, model free energy calculations have bee...

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

authors： Dang LX,Pearlman DA,Kollman PA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism, a heritable form of Parkinson's disease (PD). To determine whether mutations in the mouse parkin gene (Park2) also result in a parkinsonian phenotype, we generated mice with a targeted deletion of parkin exon 2. Using an extensive beha...

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

authors： Perez FA,Palmiter RD

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier papers demonstrated an extensive genetic exchange among fluorescent Pseudomonads; this one documents for genes specifying enzymes of peripheral dissimilation an extrachromosomal array, segregation, and frequent interstrain transfer. An hypothesis is presented of a general mechanism for the formation and mainte...

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

authors： Rheinwald JG,Chakrabarty AM,Gunsalus IC

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We created a high-throughput modality of photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) that enables automated 3D PALM imaging of hundreds of synchronized bacteria during all stages of the cell cycle. We used high-throughput PALM to investigate the nanoscale organization of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ in l...

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

authors： Holden SJ,Pengo T,Meibom KL,Fernandez Fernandez C,Collier J,Manley S

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:There is great interest in understanding the mechanisms of expression underlying long-term potentiation (LTP). They are agreed to involve an increase in synaptic efficacy, which is described by three multiplicative parameters: p, the probability of neurotransmitter release; n, the number of active release sites; and q...

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

authors： Schulz PE

更新日期：1997-05-27 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：:Proteins containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD) play pivotal roles in signal transduction leading to apoptosis and NF-kappaB activation and inflammation. Here we identify and characterize human and mouse CARD protein 6 (CARD6), CARD-containing proteins of unique structure. CARD6 associates with microtubules an...

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

authors： Dufner A,Pownall S,Mak TW

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal microchimerism (MMc) has been associated with development of allospecific transplant tolerance, antitumor immunity, and cross-generational reproductive fitness, but its mode of action is unknown. We found in a murine model that MMc caused exposure to the noninherited maternal antigens in all offspring, but in...

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

authors： Bracamonte-Baran W,Florentin J,Zhou Y,Jankowska-Gan E,Haynes WJ,Zhong W,Brennan TV,Dutta P,Claas FH,van Rood JJ,Burlingham WJ

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:For the emergence of early life, the formation of biopolymers such as RNA is essential. However, the addition of nucleotide monomers to existing oligonucleotides requires millimolar concentrations. Even in such optimistic settings, no polymerization of RNA longer than about 20 bases could be demonstrated. How then cou...

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

authors： Mast CB,Schink S,Gerland U,Braun D

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) and Arabidopsis thaliana differ greatly in form, ecological niche, evolutionary history, and genome size. Arabidopsis is a small, herbaceous, annual dicotyledon, whereas pines are large, long-lived, coniferous forest trees. Such diverse plants might be expected to differ in a large numbe...

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

authors： Kirst M,Johnson AF,Baucom C,Ulrich E,Hubbard K,Staggs R,Paule C,Retzel E,Whetten R,Sederoff R

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms for controlling symbiont populations are critical for maintaining the associations that exist between a host and its microbial partners. We describe here the transcriptional, metabolic, and ultrastructural characteristics of a diel rhythm that occurs in the symbiosis between the squid Euprymna scolopes and ...

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

authors： Wier AM,Nyholm SV,Mandel MJ,Massengo-Tiassé RP,Schaefer AL,Koroleva I,Splinter-Bondurant S,Brown B,Manzella L,Snir E,Almabrazi H,Scheetz TE,Bonaldo Mde F,Casavant TL,Soares MB,Cronan JE,Reed JL,Ruby EG,McFall-Ngai MJ

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), also known as cachectin, was demonstrated to induce the expression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a chronically infected T-cell clone (ACH-2). Concentrations of recombinant TNF-alpha as low as 50 pg/ml induced a significant increase over background of HIV expression i...

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

authors： Folks TM,Clouse KA,Justement J,Rabson A,Duh E,Kehrl JH,Fauci AS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that the expression of nestin, the neural stem cell marker protein, is expressed in bulge-area stem cells of the hair follicle. We used transgenic mice with GFP expression driven by the nestin regulatory element [nestin-driven GFP (ND-GFP)]. The ND-GFP stem cells give rise to the outer-root shea...

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

authors： Amoh Y,Li L,Katsuoka K,Penman S,Hoffman RM

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell aggregates are a tool for in vitro studies of morphogenesis, cancer invasion, and tissue engineering. They respond to mechanical forces as a complex rather than simple liquid. To change an aggregate's shape, cells have to overcome energy barriers. If cell shape fluctuations are active enough, the aggregate sponta...

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

authors： Marmottant P,Mgharbel A,Käfer J,Audren B,Rieu JP,Vial JC,van der Sanden B,Marée AF,Graner F,Delanoë-Ayari H

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical forces have key roles in regulating activation of T cells and coordination of the adaptive immune response. A recent example is the ability of T cells to sense the rigidity of an underlying substrate through the T-cell receptor (TCR) coreceptor CD3 and CD28, a costimulation signal essential for cell activat...

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

authors： Bashour KT,Gondarenko A,Chen H,Shen K,Liu X,Huse M,Hone JC,Kam LC

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent theoretical and experimental results point to the existence of small barriers to protein folding. These barriers can even be absent altogether, resulting in a continuous folding transition (i.e., downhill folding). With small barriers, the detailed properties of folding ensembles may become accessible to equili...

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

authors： Muñoz V,Sanchez-Ruiz JM

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases are central components of signal transduction pathways for cell proliferation, stress responses, and differentiation. Signaling efficiency and specificity are modulated in large part by docking interactions between individual MAP kinase and the kinase interaction motif (KIM), (R...

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

authors： Liu S,Sun JP,Zhou B,Zhang ZY

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive studies of memory processes demonstrate that memory for stimuli is a function of how they are encoded; stimuli processed semantically are better remembered than those processed in a perceptual or shallow fashion. This study investigates the neural correlates of this cognitive phenomenon. Twelve subjects perf...

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

authors： Kapur S,Craik FI,Tulving E,Wilson AA,Houle S,Brown GM

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for isolation of plasmid DNA in closed and open circular double-stranded forms from bacterial cells, by use of ATP-dependent deoxyribonuclease purified from Micrococcus luteus. This DNase, acting only upon linear DNA molecules, degrades all bacterial chromosomal DNA extracted in the linear for...

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

authors： Mukai T,Matsubara K,Takagi Y

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in understanding the role of neurotrophins on activity-dependent plasticity have provided insight into how behavior can affect specific aspects of neuronal biology. We present evidence that voluntary exercise can prime adult dorsal root ganglion neurons for increased axonal regeneration through a neuro...

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

authors： Molteni R,Zheng JQ,Ying Z,Gómez-Pinilla F,Twiss JL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is an RNA-directed DNA polymerase, composed of RNA and protein subunits, that replicates the telomere ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes. Using a genetic strategy described here, we identify the product of the EST2 gene, Est2p, as a subunit of telomerase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Est2p is re...

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

authors： Counter CM,Meyerson M,Eaton EN,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and order of rearrangements in the gene complex encoding T-cell-receptor beta chains were studied by Southern blot hybridization in a collection of hybridomas derived from fetal thymocytes at various stages of ontogeny (day 14 to day 17). Our results show a steady increase in the frequency of rearranged b...

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

authors： Born W,Yagüe J,Palmer E,Kappler J,Marrack P

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I discuss two exotic objects that must be experimentally identified in chiral superfluids and superconductors. These are (i) the vortex with a fractional quantum number (N = 1/2 in chiral superfluids, and N = 1/2 and N = 1/4 in chiral superconductors), which plays the part of the Alice string in relativistic theories ...

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

authors： Volovik GE

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural activity and neurotrophins induce synaptic remodeling in part by altering gene expression. A cDNA encoding a glycosylphoshatidylinositol-anchored protein was identified by screening for hippocampal genes that are induced by neural activity. This molecule, named neuritin, is expressed in postmitotic-differentiat...

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

authors： Naeve GS,Ramakrishnan M,Kramer R,Hevroni D,Citri Y,Theill LE

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An isoform of the mammalian renal type II Na/Pi-cotransporter is described. Homology of this isoform to described mammalian and nonmammalian type II cotransporters is between 57 and 75%. Based on major diversities at the C terminus, the new isoform is designed as type IIb Na/Pi-cotransporter. Na/Pi-cotransport mediate...

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

authors： Hilfiker H,Hattenhauer O,Traebert M,Forster I,Murer H,Biber J

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00