Unilamellar vesicle formation and encapsulation by microfluidic jetting.

abstract：:Synthetic pheomelanins from enzymic oxidation of the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa) derivative 5-S-cysteinyldopa have been examined by ESR spectroscopy. These alkalisoluble polymers contain a novel kind of free radical that is spectroscopically distinct from that found in eumelanins. Delocalization of the unpaired ...

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

authors： Sealy RC,Hyde JS,Felix CC,Menon IA,Prota G,Swartz HM,Persad S,Haberman HF

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited retinal degeneration (RD) is a devastating and currently untreatable neurodegenerative condition that leads to loss of photoreceptor cells and blindness. The vast genetic heterogeneity of RD, the lack of "druggable" targets, and the access-limiting blood-retinal barrier (BRB) present major hurdles toward eff...

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

authors： Vighi E,Trifunović D,Veiga-Crespo P,Rentsch A,Hoffmann D,Sahaboglu A,Strasser T,Kulkarni M,Bertolotti E,van den Heuvel A,Peters T,Reijerkerk A,Euler T,Ueffing M,Schwede F,Genieser HG,Gaillard P,Marigo V,Ekström P,Pa

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:KcsA is a prokaryotic pH-dependent potassium (K) channel. Its activation, by a decrease in the intracellular pH, is coupled with its subsequent inactivation, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we have investigated the conformational changes and equilibrium of KcsA by using solution NMR spectroscopy. C...

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

authors： Imai S,Osawa M,Takeuchi K,Shimada I

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative elongation factor (NELF) and 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole sensitivity-inducing factor (DSIF) are involved in pausing RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) in the promoter-proximal region of the hsp70 gene in Drosophila, before heat shock induction. Such blocks in elongation are widespread in the Dros...

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

authors： Missra A,Gilmour DS

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BACE1 is the rate-limiting enzyme for amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) generation, a key event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). By an unknown mechanism, levels of BACE1 and a BACE1 mRNA-stabilizing antisense RNA (BACE1-AS) are elevated in the brains of AD patients, implicating that dysregulation of BACE1 expres...

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

authors： Bahn G,Park JS,Yun UJ,Lee YJ,Choi Y,Park JS,Baek SH,Choi BY,Cho YS,Kim HK,Han J,Sul JH,Baik SH,Lim J,Wakabayashi N,Bae SH,Han JW,Arumugam TV,Mattson MP,Jo DG

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously metal-ion sites have been used as structural and functional probes in seven transmembrane receptors (7TM), but as yet all the engineered sites have been inactivating. Based on presumed agonist interaction points in transmembrane III (TM-III) and -VII of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor, in this paper we cons...

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

authors： Elling CE,Thirstrup K,Holst B,Schwartz TW

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells obtained from normal human skin synthesize predominantly type I collogen in culture. Cells obtained from the skin of an infant with a severe form of osteogenesis imperfecta were found to synthesize as much type III as type I collagen. Decreased synthesis of type I collagen could explain the tissue fragility obse...

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

authors： Penttinen RP,Lichtenstein JR,Martin GR,McKusick VA

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt/β-catenin signaling controls development and adult tissue homeostasis by regulating cell proliferation and cell fate decisions. Wnt binding to its receptors Frizzled (FZD) and low-density lipoprotein-related 6 (LRP6) at the cell surface initiates a signaling cascade that leads to the transcription of Wnt target ge...

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

authors： Gerlach JP,Jordens I,Tauriello DVF,van 't Land-Kuper I,Bugter JM,Noordstra I,van der Kooij J,Low TY,Pimentel-Muiños FX,Xanthakis D,Fenderico N,Rabouille C,Heck AJR,Egan DA,Maurice MM

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies have revealed thousands of loci predisposing to hundreds of human diseases and traits, revealing important biological pathways and defining novel therapeutic hypotheses. However, the genes discovered to date typically explain less than half of the apparent heritability. Because efforts have largely foc...

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

authors： Zuk O,Schaffner SF,Samocha K,Do R,Hechter E,Kathiresan S,Daly MJ,Neale BM,Sunyaev SR,Lander ES

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoimmune dermatologic disease pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is associated with the HLA serotypes DR4 and DRw6. Susceptibility to PV could be conferred either by sequences shared between the DR4 and DRw6 haplotypes or by different sequences in these haplotypes. We have examined the distribution of DR and DQ beta-chain ...

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

authors： Scharf SJ,Friedmann A,Brautbar C,Szafer F,Steinman L,Horn G,Gyllensten U,Erlich HA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal trefoil factor (ITF) is an essential regulator of colonic epithelial restitution, the rapid migration of colonocytes over mucosal wounds. High levels of ITF are frequently present in colorectal cancers and derived cell lines. Mucosal restitution requires the detachment of epithelium from substrate, which wo...

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

authors： Taupin DR,Kinoshita K,Podolsky DK

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of adenovirus (Ad) vectors for gene transduction can be limited by receptor specificity. We developed a gene-delivery vehicle in which the potent Ad5 vector was genetically reengineered to display the mucosal-targeting sigma1 protein of reovirus type 3 Dearing (T3D). A sigma1 construct containing all but a...

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

authors： Mercier GT,Campbell JA,Chappell JD,Stehle T,Dermody TS,Barry MA

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary game dynamics describe not only frequency-dependent genetic evolution, but also cultural evolution in humans. In this context, successful strategies spread by imitation. It has been shown that the details of strategy update rules can have a crucial impact on evolutionary dynamics in theoretical models and...

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

authors： Traulsen A,Semmann D,Sommerfeld RD,Krambeck HJ,Milinski M

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA libraries were constructed from pathogenic (HM-1:IMSS) and nonpathogenic (SAW 1734) isolates of Entamoeba histolytica. A cDNA clone (cEH-P1) specific for pathogenic amoebae was identified by screening with a pool of sera from patients with invasive amoebiasis that had been absorbed with nonpathogenic amoebae. Thi...

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

authors： Tannich E,Horstmann RD,Knobloch J,Arnold HH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclotides are plant defense peptides that have been extensively investigated for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications, but key details of their posttranslational biosynthesis have remained elusive. Asparaginyl endopeptidases are crucial in the final stage of the head-to-tail cyclization reaction, but the enzy...

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

authors： Rehm FBH,Jackson MA,De Geyter E,Yap K,Gilding EK,Durek T,Craik DJ

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of previously published sets of DNA microarray gene expression data by singular value decomposition has uncovered underlying patterns or "characteristic modes" in their temporal profiles. These patterns contribute unequally to the structure of the expression profiles. Moreover, the essential features of a giv...

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

authors： Holter NS,Mitra M,Maritan A,Cieplak M,Banavar JR,Fedoroff NV

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine T-cell surface molecules Lyt-2 and L3T4 play a role in the activation of antigen-specific T cells. The currently accepted model for the function of these molecules proposes that Lyt-2 and L3T4 increase the overall avidity of the interaction between the T-cell antigen receptor and antigen in association with...

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

authors： Fazekas de St Groth B,Gallagher PF,Miller JF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three lines of evidence indicate that RNA-dependent RNA synthesis occurs in mouse erythroleukemia cells. The first involves labeling studies with [3H]uridine and shows a greater initial labeling rate of globin RNA in the cytoplasm than in the nucleus. Labeled globin RNA found in the cytoplasm after a very short pulse ...

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

authors： Volloch V

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate, activates N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors to induce long-lasting synaptic changes through alterations in gene expression. It is believed that these long-lasting changes contribute to learning and memory, drug tolerance, and ischemic preconditioning. To identify NMDA-in...

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

authors： Hong SJ,Li H,Becker KG,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma is a chronic systemic disease that leads to fibrosis of affected organs. Transforming growth factor (TGF) beta has been implicated in the pathogenesis of scleroderma. Smad proteins are signaling transducers downstream from TGF-beta receptors. Three families of Smads have been identified: (i) receptor-regul...

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

authors： Dong C,Zhu S,Wang T,Yoon W,Li Z,Alvarez RJ,ten Dijke P,White B,Wigley FM,Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and sequelae of disorders that lead to hypoxic spells such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibit daily variance. This prompted us to examine the interaction between the hypoxic response and the circadian clock in vivo. We found that the global transc...

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

authors： Manella G,Aviram R,Bolshette N,Muvkadi S,Golik M,Smith DF,Asher G

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rad51 is a highly conserved eukaryotic homolog of the prokaryotic recombination protein RecA, which has been shown to function in both recombinational repair of DNA damage and meiotic recombination in yeast. In primary murine B cells cultured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to stimulate heavy chain class switch recombin...

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

authors： Li MJ,Peakman MC,Golub EI,Reddy G,Ward DC,Radding CM,Maizels N

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallophilicity is defined as the interaction among closed-shell metal centers, the origin of which remains controversial, particularly for the roles of spd orbital hybridization (mixing of the spd atomic orbitals of the metal atom in the molecular orbitals of metal complex) and the relativistic effect. Our studies r...

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

authors： Wan Q,Yang J,To WP,Che CM

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dense granular materials display a complicated set of flow properties, which differentiate them from ordinary fluids. Despite their ubiquity, no model has been developed that captures or predicts the complexities of granular flow, posing an obstacle in industrial and geophysical applications. Here we propose a 3D cons...

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

authors： Henann DL,Kamrin K

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of tropical palaeoclimates is crucial for understanding global climate change, because it is a test bench for general circulation models that are ultimately used to predict future global warming. A longstanding issue concerning the last glacial maximum in the tropics is the discrepancy between the decrea...

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

authors： Wu H,Guiot J,Brewer S,Guo Z,Peng C

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes have a synthetically lethal relationship when the silencing or inhibiting of 1 gene is only lethal in the context of a mutation or activation of the second gene. This situation offers an attractive therapeutic strategy, as inhibition of such a gene will only trigger cell death in tumor cells with an activate...

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

authors： Molenaar JJ,Ebus ME,Geerts D,Koster J,Lamers F,Valentijn LJ,Westerhout EM,Versteeg R,Caron HN

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change is increasing fire activity in the western United States, which has the potential to accelerate climate-induced shifts in vegetation communities. Wildfire can catalyze vegetation change by killing adult trees that could otherwise persist in climate conditions no longer suitable for seedling establishmen...

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

authors： Davis KT,Dobrowski SZ,Higuera PE,Holden ZA,Veblen TT,Rother MT,Parks SA,Sala A,Maneta MP

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaperone oligomerization is often a key aspect of their function. Irrespective of whether chaperone oligomers act as reservoirs for active monomers or exhibit a chaperoning function themselves, understanding the mechanism of oligomerization will further our understanding of how chaperones maintain the proteome. Here,...

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

authors： Karamanos TK,Tugarinov V,Clore GM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective therapies for most solid cancers, especially those that have progressed to metastasis, remain elusive because of inherent and acquired resistance of tumor cells to conventional treatments. Additionally, the effective therapeutic window for many protocols can be very narrow, frequently resulting in toxicity. ...

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

authors： Lebedeva IV,Washington I,Sarkar D,Clark JA,Fine RL,Dent P,Curiel DT,Turro NJ,Fisher PB

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that defective virus vectors (amplicons) derived from herpes simplex viruses could be efficiently propagated in virus stocks in the presence of trans-acting helper virus functions. The present study established that two separate cis-acting functions--a DNA replication origin and a cleavage/...

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

authors： Spaete RR,Frenkel N

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00