Coarse-grained analysis of stochasticity-induced switching between collective motion states.

abstract：:A combined genetic, biochemical, and immunological approach has clarified structural relationships involving the first three enzymes of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. A procedure involving antibody and protein A-Sepharose was used to isolate the enzymes carbamoyl-phosphate synthase [ATP:carbamate phosphotransferase ...

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

authors： Davidson JN,Patterson D

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a growing number of ion channel genes implicated in hereditary ataxia, it remains unclear how ion channel mutations lead to loss-of-function or death of cerebellar neurons. Mutations in the gene KCNMA1, encoding the α-subunit of the BK channel have emerged as responsible for a variety of neurological phenotype...

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

authors： Du X,Carvalho-de-Souza JL,Wei C,Carrasquel-Ursulaez W,Lorenzo Y,Gonzalez N,Kubota T,Staisch J,Hain T,Petrossian N,Xu M,Latorre R,Bezanilla F,Gomez CM

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide B (NPB) and neuropeptide W (NPW) are endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors NPBWR1 and NPBWR2. Here we report that the majority of NPW neurons in the mesolimbic region possess tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity, indicating that a small subset of dopaminergic neurons coexpre...

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

authors： Motoike T,Long JM,Tanaka H,Sinton CM,Skach A,Williams SC,Hammer RE,Sakurai T,Yanagisawa M

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat insulin-like growth factor II gene, encoding a fetal somatomedin, expresses a multitranscript family in embryonic/fetal tissues and in the adult brain and spinal cord. By performing in situ hybridization on tissue sections of adult brain and spinal cord, we have found that these transcripts are not expressed i...

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

authors： Stylianopoulou F,Herbert J,Soares MB,Efstratiadis A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the majority of human tumors, expression of the c-MYC oncogene becomes constitutive. Here, we report that c-MYC directly regulates the expression of AP4 via CACGTG motifs in the first intron of the AP4 gene. Induction of AP4 was required for c-MYC-mediated cell cycle reentry of anti-estrogen arrested breast cancer ...

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

authors： Jung P,Menssen A,Mayr D,Hermeking H

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital droplet assays-in which biological samples are compartmentalized into millions of femtoliter-volume droplets and interrogated individually-have generated enormous enthusiasm for their ability to detect biomarkers with single-molecule sensitivity. These assays have untapped potential for point-of-care diagnosti...

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

authors： Yelleswarapu V,Buser JR,Haber M,Baron J,Inapuri E,Issadore D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking advantage of a fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator selectively targeted to the trans-Golgi lumen, we here demonstrate that its Ca(2+) homeostatic mechanisms are distinct from those of the other Golgi subcompartments: (i) Ca(2+) uptake depends exclusively on the activity of the secretory pathway Ca(2+) ATPase1 (SPCA1),...

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

authors： Lissandron V,Podini P,Pizzo P,Pozzan T

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are fundamental components of marine microbial communities that significantly influence oceanic productivity, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem processes. Despite their importance, the temporal activities and dynamics of viral assemblages in natural settings remain largely unexplored. Here we report the transcrip...

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

authors： Aylward FO,Boeuf D,Mende DR,Wood-Charlson EM,Vislova A,Eppley JM,Romano AE,DeLong EF

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Helodermin is a vasoactive intestinal peptide-like peptide in the salivary gland venom of the lizard Heloderma suspectum. Helodermin-like immunofluorescence was observed in the parafollicular (C) cells in several mammals and in the C cell homologues of the chicken ultimobranchial gland. Thus, helodermin-like peptides ...

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

authors： Grunditz T,Persson P,Håkanson R,Absood A,Böttcher G,Rerup C,Sundler F

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive test for kinetic unfolding intermediates in ribonuclease A (EC 3.1.27.5) is performed under conditions where the enzyme unfolds slowly (10 degrees C, pH 8.0, 4.5 M guanidinium chloride). Exchange of peptide NH protons (2H-1H) is used to monitor structural opening of individual hydrogen bonds during unfoldi...

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

authors： Kiefhaber T,Baldwin RL

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the importance of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species toxicity in aging and senescence, we analyzed changes in mitochondrial function with age in mice with partial or complete deficiencies in the mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). Liver mitochondria from homozygous ...

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

authors： Kokoszka JE,Coskun P,Esposito LA,Wallace DC

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Notch signaling in cartilage differentiation and maturation in vivo was examined. Conditional Notch pathway gain and loss of function was achieved using a Cre/loxP approach to manipulate Notch signaling in cartilage precursors and chondrocytes of the developing mouse embryo. Conditional overexpression of a...

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

authors： Mead TJ,Yutzey KE

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic nematicity, a correlated state that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry, is observed in several layered quantum materials. In contrast to their liquid-crystal counterparts, the nematic director cannot usually point in an arbitrary direction (XY nematics), but is locked by the crystal to discrete direct...

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

authors： Ishida K,Tsujii M,Hosoi S,Mizukami Y,Ishida S,Iyo A,Eisaki H,Wolf T,Grube K,V Löhneysen H,Fernandes RM,Shibauchi T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular and molecular signals involved in axon elongation versus collateral and arbor formation may be intrinsic to developing neurons, or they may derive from targets. To identify signals regulating axon growth modes, we have developed a culture system in which trigeminal ganglion cells are challenged by various tar...

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

authors： Erzurumlu RS,Jhaveri S,Takahashi H,McKay RD

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleus accumbens (NAc) serves as a key neural substrate that controls acute and adaptive behavioral responses to cocaine administration. In this circuit, inputs from the NAc are transmitted through two parallel pathways, named the direct and indirect pathways, and converge at the substantia nigra pars reticulata ...

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

authors： Kimura K,Hikida T,Yawata S,Yamaguchi T,Nakanishi S

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many paleoredox proxies indicate low-level and dynamic incipient oxygenation of Earth's surface environments during the Neoarchean (2.8-2.5 Ga) before the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) at ∼2.4 Ga. The mode, tempo, and scale of these redox changes are poorly understood, because data from various locations and ages sugges...

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

authors： Koehler MC,Buick R,Kipp MA,Stüeken EE,Zaloumis J

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous aquaporin channels are able to conduct water across cell membranes, combining the seemingly antagonist functions of a very high selectivity with a remarkable permeability. Whereas molecular details are obvious keys to perform these tasks, the overall efficiency of transport in such nanopores is also str...

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

authors： Gravelle S,Joly L,Detcheverry F,Ybert C,Cottin-Bizonne C,Bocquet L

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboring the tumor-inducing Ti plasmid incites crown gall tumor on dicotyledonous species. Upon infection of these plants, Ti plasmid DNA sequence is stably transferred (T-DNA) by unknown mechanisms to plant cells to be integrated into nuclear DNA. The T-DNA processing and transfer require t...

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

authors： Usami S,Okamoto S,Takebe I,Machida Y

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstream placement of a strong transcriptional termination signal has made possible the cloning of bacteriophage T5 promoters known to exhibit high signal strength. The cloning system constructed contains two easily assayable indicator functions whose expression is controlled by the integration of promoters and term...

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

authors： Gentz R,Langner A,Chang AC,Cohen SN,Bujard H

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flow orientation of anisotropic particles through narrow channels is of importance in many fields, ranging from the spinning and molding of fibers to the flow of cells and proteins through thin capillaries. It is commonly assumed that anisotropic particles align parallel to the flow direction. When flowing through...

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

authors： Trebbin M,Steinhauser D,Perlich J,Buffet A,Roth SV,Zimmermann W,Thiele J,Förster S

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA end-joining protein Ku70 is one of several proteins that inhibit apoptosis by sequestering the proapoptotic factor Bax from the mitochondria. However, the molecular mechanism underlying Ku70-dependent inhibition of Bax is not fully understood. Here, we show that the absence of Ku70 results in the accumulation ...

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

authors： Amsel AD,Rathaus M,Kronman N,Cohen HY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual organisms are complex in a special way. The organization and function of their parts seem directed toward a purpose: the survival and reproduction of that individual. Groups of organisms are different. They may also be complex, but that is usually because their parts, the individual organisms, are working a...

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

authors： Strassmann JE,Queller DC

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In over 90% of cervical cancers and cancer-derived cell lines, the p53 tumor suppressor pathway is disrupted by human papillomavirus (HPV). The HPV E6 protein promotes the degradation of p53 and thus inhibits the stabilization and activation of p53 that would normally occur in response to HPV E7 oncogene expression. R...

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

authors： Hietanen S,Lain S,Krausz E,Blattner C,Lane DP

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) sustain tumor growth through their ability to self-renew and to generate differentiated progeny. These functions endow CSCs with the potential to initiate secondary tumors bearing characteristics similar to those of the parent. Recently the hair follicle stem cell marker CD34 was used to purif...

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

authors： Schober M,Fuchs E

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma growth hormone (GH) profiles are sexually differentiated in many species and regulate the sex-dependence of peripubescent growth rates and liver function, including steroid hydroxylase cytochrome P450 expression, by mechanisms that are poorly understood. By use of an external pump to deliver to hypophysectomize...

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

authors： Waxman DJ,Pampori NA,Ram PA,Agrawal AK,Shapiro BH

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) is a recently recognized illness characterized by debilitating fatigue as well as immunological and neurological abnormalities [Straus, S.E. (1988) J. Inf. Dis. 157, 405-412]. Once thought to be caused by Epstein-Barr virus, it is now thought to have a different but ...

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

authors： DeFreitas E,Hilliard B,Cheney PR,Bell DS,Kiggundu E,Sankey D,Wroblewska Z,Palladino M,Woodward JP,Koprowski H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for monitoring the enzyme-mediated unwinding of duplex DNA spectrophotometrically. The assay employs a partially duplex oligonucleotide substrate modified at the complementary end with coumarin and fluorescein moieties. When in close proximity the fluorescein quenches the fluorescence of coumarin...

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

authors： Houston P,Kodadek T

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two 1,4-benzoquinone derivatives, found in the venom of the scorpion Diplocentrus melici following exposure to air, have been isolated, characterized, synthesized, and assessed for antimicrobial activities. Initially a white, viscous liquid, the extracted venom colors within minutes under ambient conditions. From this...

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

authors： Carcamo-Noriega EN,Sathyamoorthi S,Banerjee S,Gnanamani E,Mendoza-Trujillo M,Mata-Espinosa D,Hernández-Pando R,Veytia-Bucheli JI,Possani LD,Zare RN

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A discussion of the expected mechanism of radical reduction of carbonyl compounds by dihydroflavin as it relates to the structure of the carbonyl compound is provided. Factors which must be taken into account are the free energies of formation of the radical anions (CR2O), THE ACIDITY OF THE CONJUGATE ACID OF THE CARB...

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

authors： Williams RF,Shinkai S,Bruice TC

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The refractoriness of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with t(11;17)(q23;q21) to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-based therapy concerns clinicians and intrigues basic researchers. By using a murine leukemic model carrying both promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger/retinoic acid receptor-α (PLZF/RARα) and RARα/PLZF fusio...

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

authors： Jiao B,Ren ZH,Liu P,Chen LJ,Shi JY,Dong Y,Ablain J,Shi L,Gao L,Hu JP,Ren RB,de Thé H,Chen Z,Chen SJ

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00