The stochastic nature of larval connectivity among nearshore marine populations.

abstract：:An association of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene located on chromosome 11p15.5 and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been demonstrated and replicated by multiple investigators. A specific allele [the 7-repeat of a 48-bp variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in exon 3] has been proposed as an...

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

authors： Swanson J,Oosterlaan J,Murias M,Schuck S,Flodman P,Spence MA,Wasdell M,Ding Y,Chi HC,Smith M,Mann M,Carlson C,Kennedy JL,Sergeant JA,Leung P,Zhang YP,Sadeh A,Chen C,Whalen CK,Babb KA,Moyzis R,Posner MI

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies that modulate receptor function have great untapped potential in the control of stem cell differentiation. In contrast to many natural ligands, antibodies are stable, exquisitely specific, and are unaffected by the regulatory mechanisms that act on natural ligands. Here we describe an innovative system for ...

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

authors： Melidoni AN,Dyson MR,Wormald S,McCafferty J

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the most important impacts of global climate change will be felt among the populations, predominantly in developing countries, referred to as "subsistence" or "smallholder" farmers. Their vulnerability to climate change comes both from being predominantly located in the tropics, and from various socioeconomic,...

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

authors： Morton JF

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now abundant evidence to substantiate an important role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein in cellular gene expression as well as in the viral cycle. Thus the subcellular localization of this protein has important implications. However, several studies have shown controversial results: the HCV core has b...

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

authors： Barba G,Harper F,Harada T,Kohara M,Goulinet S,Matsuura Y,Eder G,Schaff Z,Chapman MJ,Miyamura T,Bréchot C

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of primary petite (rho-) clones were isolated after ethidium bromide mutagenesis of various grande (rho+) strains of S. cerevisiae that contained the mitochondrial genetic markers, CR, ER, OIR (or OIIR), and PR. From the frequency of coretention of markers in the petites, we have deduced a probable circ...

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

authors： Boltin-Fukuhara M,Fukuhara H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the CCAAT-binding transcription factor (CTF) family of proteins stimulate the initiation of adenovirus DNA replication and act as transcriptional activators. To investigate the mechanisms underlying CTF-mediated transactivation patterns, we expressed several natural CTF variants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...

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

authors： Altmann H,Wendler W,Winnacker EL

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of gene expression is usually separated into cis and trans components. The separation may become artificial if much of the variation in expression is under multigenic and epistatic (e.g., cis-by-trans) control. There is hence a need to quantify the relative contribution of cis, trans, and cis-by-trans effec...

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

authors： Wang HY,Fu Y,McPeek MS,Lu X,Nuzhdin S,Xu A,Lu J,Wu ML,Wu CI

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligands of the endothelial-enriched tunica interna endothelial cell kinase 2 (Tie2) are markedly imbalanced in severe infections associated with vascular leakage, yet regulation of the receptor itself has been understudied in this context. Here, we show that TIE2 gene expression may constitute a novel vascular barrier...

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

authors： Ghosh CC,David S,Zhang R,Berghelli A,Milam K,Higgins SJ,Hunter J,Mukherjee A,Wei Y,Tran M,Suber F,Kobzik L,Kain KC,Lu S,Santel A,Yano K,Guha P,Dumont DJ,Christiani DC,Parikh SM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we investigated the role of natural killer (NK) cells in combination therapy with oncolytic virus (OV) and bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor. NK cells display rapid and potent immunity to metastatic and hematological cancers, and they overcome immunosuppressive effects of tumor microenvironment. ...

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

authors： Kim Y,Yoo JY,Lee TJ,Liu J,Yu J,Caligiuri MA,Kaur B,Friedman A

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspended aqueous aerosol droplets (<50 µm) are microreactors for many important atmospheric reactions. In droplets and other aquatic environments, pH is arguably the key parameter dictating chemical and biological processes. The nature of the droplet air/water interface has the potential to significantly alter drople...

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

authors： Wei H,Vejerano EP,Leng W,Huang Q,Willner MR,Marr LC,Vikesland PJ

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella dermonecrotizing toxin causes assembly of actin stress fibers and focal adhesions in some cultured cells and induces mobility shifts of the small GTP-binding protein Rho on electrophoresis. We attempted to clarify the molecular basis of the toxin action on Rho. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of toxin-t...

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

authors： Horiguchi Y,Inoue N,Masuda M,Kashimoto T,Katahira J,Sugimoto N,Matsuda M

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 40 y the dominant theory of stomatal behavior has been that plants should open stomates until the carbon gained by an infinitesimal additional opening balances the additional water lost times a water price that is constant at least over short periods. This theory has persisted because of its remarkable succes...

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

authors： Wolf A,Anderegg WR,Pacala SW

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-dependent RNA ligases are agents of RNA repair that join 3'-OH and 5'-PO4 RNA ends. Naegleria gruberi RNA ligase (NgrRnl) exemplifies a family of RNA nick-sealing enzymes found in bacteria, viruses, and eukarya. Crystal structures of NgrRnl at three discrete steps along the reaction pathway-covalent ligase-(lysyl-...

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

authors： Unciuleac MC,Goldgur Y,Shuman S

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cells express thousands of different surface proteins that can be used for cell classification, or to distinguish healthy and disease conditions. A method capable of profiling a substantial fraction of the surface proteome simultaneously and inexpensively would enable more accurate and complete classification of...

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

authors： Pollock SB,Hu A,Mou Y,Martinko AJ,Julien O,Hornsby M,Ploder L,Adams JJ,Geng H,Müschen M,Sidhu SS,Moffat J,Wells JA

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the cerebellar cortex in motor learning was investigated by comparing the paramedian lobule of adult rats given difficult acrobatic training to that of rats that had been given extensive physical exercise or had been inactive. The paramedian lobule is activated during limb movements used in both acrobatic ...

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

authors： Black JE,Isaacs KR,Anderson BJ,Alcantara AA,Greenough WT

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of sickle cells with cystamine, a thiol reagnet, resulted in the formation of an intracellular S-ethylamine derivative. The rate of the reaction was dependent upon the cystamine concentration, the temperature, and the duration of the incubation. The cystamine-treated cells demonstrated a marked inhibition o...

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

authors： Hassan W,Beuzard Y,Rosa J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cultures of spleen cells from normal mice, recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) supported the formation of multipotential blast cell colonies. Serial replating of the blast cell colonies in the presence of G-CSF, however, failed to demonstrate any direct effect of G-CSF on murine multipot...

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

authors： Ikebuchi K,Clark SC,Ihle JN,Souza LM,Ogawa M

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider many-body problems in classical mechanics where a wide range of time scales limits what can be computed. We apply the method of optimal prediction to obtain equations that are easier to solve numerically. We demonstrate by examples that optimal prediction can reduce the amount of computation needed to obta...

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

authors： Kast AP

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present throughout life in rodents and plays an important role in energy balance. However, whereas BAT is clearly recognizable in the neonates of larger mammals (including dogs, cats, sheep, cattle, and humans), it is undetectable or present in only small quantities in adults of these spe...

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

authors： Champigny O,Ricquier D,Blondel O,Mayers RM,Briscoe MG,Holloway BR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a method for introducing mtDNA mutations into the mouse female germ line by means of embryonic stem (ES) cell cybrids. Mitochondria were recovered from the brain of a NZB mouse by fusion of synaptosomes to a mtDNA-deficient (rho degrees ) cell line. These cybrids were enucleated and the cytoplasts were elect...

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

authors： Sligh JE,Levy SE,Waymire KG,Allard P,Dillehay DL,Nusinowitz S,Heckenlively JR,MacGregor GR,Wallace DC

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant RHO GTPases (RAC/ROPs) mediate multiple extracellular signals ranging from hormone to stress and regulate diverse cellular processes important for polarized cell growth, differentiation, development, reproduction, and responses to the environment. They shuttle between the GDP-bound inactive state and the GTP-bou...

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

authors： Duan Q,Kita D,Li C,Cheung AY,Wu HM

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with a targeted mutation of the gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptor gene (GIPR) were generated to determine the role of GIP as a mediator of signals from the gut to pancreatic beta cells. GIPR-/- mice have higher blood glucose levels with impaired initial insulin response after oral glucose load. Althou...

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

authors： Miyawaki K,Yamada Y,Yano H,Niwa H,Ban N,Ihara Y,Kubota A,Fujimoto S,Kajikawa M,Kuroe A,Tsuda K,Hashimoto H,Yamashita T,Jomori T,Tashiro F,Miyazaki J,Seino Y

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy provides a unique molecular fingerprint of tissue from endogenous sources of light absorption; however, specific molecular components of the overall FTIR signature of precancer have not been characterized. In attenuated total reflectance mode, infrared light penetrates on...

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

authors： Wang TD,Triadafilopoulos G,Crawford JM,Dixon LR,Bhandari T,Sahbaie P,Friedland S,Soetikno R,Contag CH

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Allosteric regulation of oxygen delivery by RBCs may have significant effects on tumor growth. Indeed, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is induced in growing tumors by low oxygen partial pressure. Hypoxia-inducible genes are switched on, among which are the VEGF gene and its receptors. Most important,...

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

authors： Kieda C,Greferath R,Crola da Silva C,Fylaktakidou KC,Lehn JM,Nicolau C

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Interbacterial interaction pathways play an important role in defining the structure and complexity of bacterial associations. A quantitative description of such pathways offers promise for understanding the forces that contribute to community composition. We developed time-lapse fluorescence microscopy methods for qu...

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

authors： LeRoux M,De Leon JA,Kuwada NJ,Russell AB,Pinto-Santini D,Hood RD,Agnello DM,Robertson SM,Wiggins PA,Mougous JD

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinopathy of prematurity is a blinding disease, initiated by lack of retinal vascular growth after premature birth. We show that lack of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in knockout mice prevents normal retinal vascular growth, despite the presence of vascular endothelial growth factor, important to vessel devel...

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

authors： Hellstrom A,Perruzzi C,Ju M,Engstrom E,Hard AL,Liu JL,Albertsson-Wikland K,Carlsson B,Niklasson A,Sjodell L,LeRoith D,Senger DR,Smith LE

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well accepted that the induction of endothelial cell (EC) adhesion molecules is a critical component in acute inflammatory responses as well as allogeneic interactions in vascularized allografts and, possibly, atherogenesis. The "inflammatory triad" of interleukin 1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis factor, and lipopolysac...

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

authors： Bender JR,Sadeghi MM,Watson C,Pfau S,Pardi R

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem gene duplication is an important mutational process in evolutionary adaptation and human disease. Hypothetically, two tandem gene copies should produce twice the output of a single gene, but this expectation has not been rigorously investigated. Here, we show that tandem duplication often results in more than d...

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

authors： Loehlin DW,Carroll SB

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A high proportion of lymphocytes from F/St mice produce infectious xenotropic murine leukemia virus (X-MuLV) and express high levels of cell surface antigens, termed XenCSA, related to the major glycoprotein of X-MuLV. In crosses of F/St with AKR, the high-virus phenotype of F/St was found to be recessive and was show...

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

authors： Yetter RA,Hartley JW,Morse HC 3rd

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) is a 130-kDa transmembrane receptor for semaphorins, mediators of neuronal guidance, and for vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF(165)), an angiogenesis factor. A 2.2-kb truncated NRP1 cDNA was cloned that encodes a 644-aa soluble NRP1 (sNRP1) isoform containing just the a/CUB and b/coagula...

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

authors： Gagnon ML,Bielenberg DR,Gechtman Z,Miao HQ,Takashima S,Soker S,Klagsbrun M

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00