Active control of ultrasonic hearing in frogs.

abstract：:Neuropathy target esterase (NTE) is a neuronal membrane protein originally identified for its property to be modified by organo-phosphates (OPs), which in humans cause neuropathy characterized by axonal degeneration. Drosophila mutants for the homolog gene of NTE, swisscheese (sws), indicated a possible involvement of...

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

authors： Akassoglou K,Malester B,Xu J,Tessarollo L,Rosenbluth J,Chao MV

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:What determines the firing rate of cortical neurons in the absence of external sensory input or motor behavior, such as during sleep? Here we report that, in a familiar environment, the discharge frequency of simultaneously recorded individual CA1 pyramidal neurons and the coactivation of cell pairs remain highly corr...

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

authors： Hirase H,Leinekugel X,Czurkó A,Csicsvari J,Buzsáki G

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) most frequently occurs in southern China and southeast Asia. Epidemiology studies link NPC to genetic predisposition, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, and environmental factors. Genetic studies indicate that mutations in chromatin-modifying enzymes are the most frequent genetic altera...

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

authors： Ke L,Zhou H,Wang C,Xiong G,Xiang Y,Ling Y,Khabir A,Tsao GS,Zeng Y,Zeng M,Busson P,Kieff E,Guo X,Zhao B

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VII is a precursor to a serine protease that is present in mammalian plasma. In its activated form, it participates in blood coagulation by activating factor X and/or factor IX in the presence of tissue factor and calcium. Clones coding for factor VII were obtained from two cDNA libraries prepared from poly(A) ...

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

authors： Hagen FS,Gray CL,O'Hara P,Grant FJ,Saari GC,Woodbury RG,Hart CE,Insley M,Kisiel W,Kurachi K

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research and theory suggest that two stable personality dimensions, extroversion and neuroticism, differentially influence emotional reactivity to a variety of pleasurable phenomena. Here, we use event-related functional MRI to address the putative neural and behavioral associations between humor appreciation...

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

authors： Mobbs D,Hagan CC,Azim E,Menon V,Reiss AL

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of proteins that hydrolyze inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), very different in both amino acid sequence and structure, have been characterized to date: soluble and membrane-bound proton-pumping pyrophosphatases (sPPases and H(+)-PPases, respectively). sPPases are ubiquitous proteins that hydrolyze PPi releasing...

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

authors： Perez-Castineira JR,Lopez-Marques RL,Villalba JM,Losada M,Serrano A

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) associated with plasma membranes of lymphocytes differs in terminal sugar content and binding specificity from the cerebellar receptor, which is localized to endoplasmic reticulum. Lectin column chromatography reveals that 30% of IP3R in the thymus contains sialic acid,...

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

authors： Khan AA,Steiner JP,Snyder SH

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) uses the energy released by reduction of O2 to H2O to drive eight charges from the high pH to low pH side of the membrane, increasing the electrochemical gradient. Four electrons and protons are used for chemistry, while four more protons are pumped. Proton pumping requires that residues on ...

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

authors： Lu J,Gunner MR

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional molecular aggregate (2DMA), a thin sheet of strongly interacting dipole molecules self-assembled at close distance on an ordered lattice, is a fascinating fluorescent material. It is distinctively different from the conventional (single or colloidal) dye molecules and quantum dots. In this paper, we ve...

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

authors： Hu Q,Jin D,Xiao J,Nam SH,Liu X,Liu Y,Zhang X,Fang NX

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GH-RH) inhibit the growth of various tumors through mechanisms that involve the suppression of the insulin-like growth factor I and/or insulin-like growth factor II levels or secretion. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the tumor inhibition is associat...

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

authors： Kiaris H,Schally AV

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of proteasome inhibitors to target cancer's dependence on altered protein homeostasis has been greatly limited by intrinsic and acquired resistance. Analyzing data from thousands of cancer lines and tumors, we find that those with suppressed expression of one or more 19S proteasome subunits show intrinsic prot...

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

authors： Tsvetkov P,Sokol E,Jin D,Brune Z,Thiru P,Ghandi M,Garraway LA,Gupta PB,Santagata S,Whitesell L,Lindquist S

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The replisome, the multiprotein system responsible for genome duplication, is a highly dynamic complex displaying a large number of different enzyme activities. Recently, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae minimal replication reaction has been successfully reconstituted in vitro. This provided an opportunity to uncover the ...

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

authors： Lewis JS,Spenkelink LM,Schauer GD,Hill FR,Georgescu RE,O'Donnell ME,van Oijen AM

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between cells and nanostructured materials is attracting increasing interest, because of the possibility to open up novel concepts for the design of smart nanobiomaterials with active biological functionalities. In this frame we investigated the response of human neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) to go...

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

authors： Brunetti V,Maiorano G,Rizzello L,Sorce B,Sabella S,Cingolani R,Pompa PP

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway was recently shown to negatively regulate LPS-induced acute inflammatory responses. We previously observed that the metabolic thiol antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid (LA) inhibits LPS-induced expression of cellular adhesion molecules and adheren...

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

authors： Zhang WJ,Wei H,Hagen T,Frei B

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulated exocytosis requires tight coupling of the membrane fusion machinery to a triggering signal and a fast response time. Complexins are part of this regulation and, together with synaptotagmins, control calcium-dependent exocytosis. Stimulatory and inhibitory functions have been reported for complexins. To test ...

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

authors： Malsam J,Seiler F,Schollmeier Y,Rusu P,Krause JM,Söllner TH

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat thoracic aortic smooth muscle cells (line A10, ATCC CRL 1476) display a high density of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptors. ANF stimulated the accumulation of cGMP in these cells in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. These cells are known to display a high density of vasopressin receptors of the vascular V...

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

authors： Nambi P,Whitman M,Gessner G,Aiyar N,Crooke ST

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variants of A/PR/8/34 (HON1) influenza virus, having hemagglutinin molecules with probably a single altered antigenic determinant, were isolated by growing the virus in the presence of the monoclonal hybridoma antibody PEG-1. The variants were analyzed by peptide mapping and characterized antigenically by using PEG-1 ...

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

authors： Laver WG,Gerhard W,Webster RG,Frankel ME,Air GM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the principal circadian pacemaker of mammals, coordinating daily rhythms of behavior and metabolism. Circadian timekeeping in SCN neurons revolves around transcriptional/posttranslational feedback loops, in which Period (Per) and Cryptochrome (Cry) genes are negatively regulated by...

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

authors： Maywood ES,Chesham JE,O'Brien JA,Hastings MH

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) code encrypted within the Y1S2P3T4S5P6S7 heptad repeats of RNA polymerase II (Pol2) is deeply rooted in eukaryal biology. Key steps to deciphering the code are identifying the events in gene expression that are governed by individual "letters" and then defining a vocabulary of multile...

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

authors： Sanchez AM,Shuman S,Schwer B

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study identifies CCR8+ regulatory T cells (Treg cells) as drivers of immunosuppression. We show that in human peripheral blood cells, more than 30% of Treg up-regulate CCR8 following activation in the presence of CCL1. This interaction induces STAT3-dependent up-regulation of FOXp3, CD39, IL-10, and granzy...

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

authors： Barsheshet Y,Wildbaum G,Levy E,Vitenshtein A,Akinseye C,Griggs J,Lira SA,Karin N

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA origami method permits folding of long single-stranded DNA into complex 3D structures with subnanometer precision. Transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and recently cryo-EM tomography have been used to characterize the properties of such DNA origami objects, however their microscopic stru...

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

authors： Yoo J,Aksimentiev A

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidification of the extracellular milieu of malignant tumors is reported to increase the invasive behavior of cancer cells. In normal tissues, production of acid is catalyzed by carbonic anhydrases (CAs), some of which are known to be overexpressed in certain cancers. To investigate the functional role of CA activity...

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

authors： Parkkila S,Rajaniemi H,Parkkila AK,Kivela J,Waheed A,Pastorekova S,Pastorek J,Sly WS

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fbw7 (F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7) ubiquitin ligase targets multiple oncoproteins for degradation and is commonly mutated in cancers. Like other pleiotropic tumor suppressors, Fbw7's complex biology has impeded our understanding of how Fbw7 mutations promote tumorigenesis and hindered the development of t...

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

authors： Davis RJ,Gönen M,Margineantu DH,Handeli S,Swanger J,Hoellerbauer P,Paddison PJ,Gu H,Raftery D,Grim JE,Hockenbery DM,Margolin AA,Clurman BE

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The S(N)2 displacement of Cl(-) from 1,2-dichloroethane by acetate (CH(3)CO(2)(-)) in water and by the carboxylate of the active site aspartate in the haloalkane dehalogenase of Xanthobacter autothropicus have been compared by using molecular dynamics simulations. In aqueous solution, six families of contact-pair stru...

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

authors： Hur S,Kahn K,Bruice TC

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a conserved meiotic structure that regulates the repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) into crossovers or gene conversions. The removal of any central-region SC component, such as the Drosophila melanogaster transverse filament protein C(3)G, causes a complete loss of SC structure and ...

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

authors： Billmyre KK,Cahoon CK,Heenan GM,Wesley ER,Yu Z,Unruh JR,Takeo S,Hawley RS

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Reelin is a key mediator of ordered neuronal alignment in the brain. Here, we demonstrate that Reelin molecules assemble with each other to form a huge protein complex both in vitro and in vivo. The Reelin-Reelin interaction clearly is inhibited by the function-blocking anti-Reelin antibody, CR-50, at a concentration ...

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

authors： Utsunomiya-Tate N,Kubo K,Tate S,Kainosho M,Katayama E,Nakajima K,Mikoshiba K

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high mortality in patients with diabetes and severe pressure ulcers. For example, chronic pressure sores of the heels often lead to limb loss in diabetic patients. A major factor underlying this is reduced neovascularization caused by impaired activity of the transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor-1 ...

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

authors： Duscher D,Neofytou E,Wong VW,Maan ZN,Rennert RC,Inayathullah M,Januszyk M,Rodrigues M,Malkovskiy AV,Whitmore AJ,Walmsley GG,Galvez MG,Whittam AJ,Brownlee M,Rajadas J,Gurtner GC

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The primate visual motion system performs numerous functions essential for survival in a dynamic visual world. Prominent among these functions is the ability to recover and represent the trajectories of objects in a form that facilitates behavioral responses to those movements. The first step toward this goal, which c...

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

authors： Albright TD,Stoner GR

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:O-GlcNAc is an intracellular posttranslational modification that governs myriad cell biological processes and is dysregulated in human diseases. Despite this broad pathophysiological significance, the biochemical effects of most O-GlcNAcylation events remain uncharacterized. One prevalent hypothesis is that O-GlcNAc m...

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

authors： Toleman CA,Schumacher MA,Yu SH,Zeng W,Cox NJ,Smith TJ,Soderblom EJ,Wands AM,Kohler JJ,Boyce M

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal mucosa exists in dynamic balance with trillions of luminal microbes. Disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier, commonly observed in mucosal inflammation and diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), is often associated with dysbiosis, particularly decreases in species producing short-c...

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

authors： Wang RX,Lee JS,Campbell EL,Colgan SP

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00