Germ-cell deficient (gcd), an insertional mutation manifested as infertility in transgenic mice.

abstract：:Excellent electrophoretic separations of a variety of biological molecules can be accomplished by using uncharged, triblock copolymers as the "gel" media. These copolymers form uncrosslinked, lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of large micelles between which molecules must travel. Unlike crosslinked hydrogels in comm...

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

authors： Rill RL,Locke BR,Liu Y,Van Winkle DH

更新日期：1998-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal surfaces are a main entry point for pathogens and the principal sites of defense against infection. Both bacteria and phage are associated with this mucus. Here we show that phage-to-bacteria ratios were increased, relative to the adjacent environment, on all mucosal surfaces sampled, ranging from cnidarians t...

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

authors： Barr JJ,Auro R,Furlan M,Whiteson KL,Erb ML,Pogliano J,Stotland A,Wolkowicz R,Cutting AS,Doran KS,Salamon P,Youle M,Rohwer F

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the factors that shape macroevolutionary patterns in functional traits is a central goal of evolutionary biology. Alternative strategies of sexual reproduction (inbreeding vs. outcrossing) have divergent effects on population genetic structure and could thereby broadly influence trait evolution. However,...

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

authors： Campbell SA,Kessler A

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A landmark study published in PNAS [Côté S, House J, Willer R (2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112:15838-15843] showed that higher income individuals are less generous than poorer individuals only if they reside in a US state with comparatively large economic inequality. This finding might serve to reconcile inconsistent...

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

authors： Schmukle SC,Korndörfer M,Egloff B

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated from vaccinia virus cores an enzyme, 5'-phosphate-polyribonucleotide kinase, that in the presence of ATP and Mg2+ catalyzes the conversion of 5'-phosphate and 5'-diphosphate termini of RNA to the 5'-triphosphate species. With the exception of dATP, other nucleoside triphosphates were inactive as phosp...

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

authors： Spencer E,Loring D,Hurwitz J,Monroy G

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell clones nonproductively transformed by the replication-defective Abelson strain of murine leukemia virus (AbLV) were analyzed for type C viral antigen expression by competition immunoassay. AbLV-transformed mink non-producer lines were found to express a 110,000- to 130,000-molecular weight polyprotein containing ...

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

authors： Reynolds FH Jr,Sacks TL,Deobagkar DN,Stephenson JR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of epidermal growth factor (EGF) to neonatal mice resulted in rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of specific substrates in liver, kidney, lung, bladder, skin, and brain as detected by Western blot analysis of tissue homogenates with anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. In the liver, three prominent ...

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

authors： Donaldson RW,Cohen S

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome of a thermophilic fungus, Thermomyces lanuginosus, contains a tandemly arranged cluster of sequences that are approximately equal to 50% homologous with the cytoplasmic 5S RNA and that are selectable by hybridization techniques. Unlike typical pseudogenes, these sequences are not truncated; rather, they bea...

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

authors： Wong WM,Abrahamson JL,Nazar RN

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular response to ionizing radiation (IR) includes induction of the c-jun and EGR1 early response genes. The present work has examined potential cytoplasmic signaling cascades that transduce IR-induced signals to the nucleus. The results demonstrate activation of the 40S ribosomal protein S6 kinase, pp90rsk, in...

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

authors： Kharbanda S,Saleem A,Shafman T,Emoto Y,Weichselbaum R,Kufe D

更新日期：1994-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is an important second messenger in eukaryotes. It is formed by guanylyl cyclases (GCs), members of the nucleotidyl cyclases class III, which also comprises adenylyl cyclases (ACs) from most organisms. To date, no structures of eukaryotic GCs are available, and all bacterial class III proteins were f...

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

authors： Rauch A,Leipelt M,Russwurm M,Steegborn C

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A key energy-saving adaptation to chronic hypoxia that enables cardiomyocytes to withstand severe ischemic insults is hibernation, i.e., a reversible arrest of contractile function. Whereas hibernating cardiomyocytes represent the critical reserve of dysfunctional cells that can be potentially rescued, a lack of a sui...

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

authors： May D,Gilon D,Djonov V,Itin A,Lazarus A,Gordon O,Rosenberger C,Keshet E

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary photochemistry of Fe-depleted and Zn-reconstituted reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1 was studied by transient absorption spectroscopy and compared with native, Fe(2+)-containing reaction centers. Excitation of metal-free reaction centers with 30-ps flashes produced the initial charg...

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

authors： Kirmaier C,Holten D,Debus RJ,Feher G,Okamura MY

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a first step in assessing the efficacy of a gene transfer approach to the induction of transplantation tolerance in our miniature swine model, double-copy retroviral vectors engineered to express a drug-resistance marker (neomycin) and a swine class II DRB cDNA were constructed. Infectious particles containing thes...

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

authors： Shafer GE,Emery DW,Gustafsson K,Germana S,Anderson WF,Sachs DH,LeGuern C

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants adapt to alterations in light conditions by controlling their gene expression profiles. Expression of light-inducible genes is transcriptionally induced by transcription factors such as HY5. However, few detailed analyses have been carried out on the control of transcription start sites (TSSs). Of the various w...

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

authors： Kurihara Y,Makita Y,Kawashima M,Fujita T,Iwasaki S,Matsui M

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the turnover of triglycerides in adipose tissue requires the continuous provision of 3-glycerophosphate, which may be supplied by the metabolism of glucose or by glyceroneogenesis, the de novo synthesis of 3-glycerophosphate from sources other than hexoses or glycerol. The importance of glyceroneogenesis...

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

authors： Olswang Y,Cohen H,Papo O,Cassuto H,Croniger CM,Hakimi P,Tilghman SM,Hanson RW,Reshef L

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we identified and characterized a Ly49 family member, designated as Ly49Q. The Ly49q gene encodes a 273-aa protein with an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) at the N terminus of its cytoplasmic domain. We show that the ITIM of Ly49Q can recruit SHP-2 and SHP-1 in a tyrosine phosphorylation-de...

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

authors： Toyama-Sorimachi N,Tsujimura Y,Maruya M,Onoda A,Kubota T,Koyasu S,Inaba K,Karasuyama H

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory stretches over a lifetime. In controlled laboratory settings, the hippocampus and other medial temporal lobe brain structures have been shown to represent space and time on the scale of meters and seconds. It remains unclear whether the hippocampus also represents space and time over the longer scales necessary...

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

authors： Nielson DM,Smith TA,Sreekumar V,Dennis S,Sederberg PB

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis secretes a calmodulin-activated adenylate cyclase toxin, CyaA, that is able to deliver its N-terminal catalytic domain (400-aa residues) into the cytosol of eukaryotic target cells, directly through the cytoplasmic membrane. We have previously shown that CyaA can be used as a vehicle to deliver T ...

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

authors： Karimova G,Fayolle C,Gmira S,Ullmann A,Leclerc C,Ladant D

更新日期：1998-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem II (PSII) is an intrinsic membrane protein complex that functions as a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase in oxygenic photosynthesis. Electron transport in PSII is associated with formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsible for oxidative modifications of PSII proteins. In this study...

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

authors： Kumar A,Prasad A,Sedlářová M,Kale R,Frankel LK,Sallans L,Bricker TM,Pospíšil P

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Most marine organisms disperse via ocean currents as larvae, so it is often assumed that larval-stage duration is the primary determinant of geographic range size. However, empirical tests of this relationship have yielded mixed results, and alternative hypotheses have rarely been considered. Here we assess the relati...

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

authors： Luiz OJ,Allen AP,Robertson DR,Floeter SR,Kulbicki M,Vigliola L,Becheler R,Madin JS

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron/sulfur cluster (ISC)-containing proteins are essential components of cells. In most eukaryotes, Fe/S clusters are synthesized by the mitochondrial ISC machinery, the cytosolic iron/sulfur assembly system, and, in photosynthetic species, a plastid sulfur-mobilization (SUF) system. Here we show that the anaerobic h...

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

authors： Tsaousis AD,Ollagnier de Choudens S,Gentekaki E,Long S,Gaston D,Stechmann A,Vinella D,Py B,Fontecave M,Barras F,Lukeš J,Roger AJ

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that an insulin 2 gene knockout, when bred onto nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, accelerates diabetes. We produced insulin 1 gene knockout congenic NOD mice. In contrast to insulin 2, diabetes and insulitis were markedly reduced in insulin 1 knockout mice, with decreased and delayed diabetes in heter...

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

authors： Moriyama H,Abiru N,Paronen J,Sikora K,Liu E,Miao D,Devendra D,Beilke J,Gianani R,Gill RG,Eisenbarth GS

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodical cicadas are well known for their prime-numbered life cycles (17 and 13 years) and their mass periodical emergences. The origination and persistence of prime-numbered cycles are explained by the hybridization hypothesis on the basis of their lower likelihood of hybridization with other cycles. Recently, we s...

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

authors： Tanaka Y,Yoshimura J,Simon C,Cooley JR,Tainaka K

更新日期：2009-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation is a hallmark of apoptosis (programmed cell death). However, the biological function of apoptotic DNA fragmentation remains unclear. Here, we show that DNA fragmentation factor plays an important role for maintaining genomic stability. Inhibition or loss of the DNA fragmentation factor (DFF)/caspase-...

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

authors： Yan B,Wang H,Peng Y,Hu Y,Wang H,Zhang X,Chen Q,Bedford JS,Dewhirst MW,Li CY

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:P201 is a short (eight-residue) nonacidic peptide that comprises a strong transcriptional activating region when tethered to DNA in yeast. Here we identify the mediator protein Gal11 as an essential target of P201. Deletion of Gal11, which modestly decreases activation elicited by the typical acidic yeast activator, a...

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

authors： Lu Z,Ansari AZ,Lu X,Ogirala A,Ptashne M

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sea urchins are a major component of recent marine communities where they exert a key role as grazers and benthic predators. However, their impact on past marine organisms, such as crinoids, is hard to infer in the fossil record. Analysis of bite mark frequencies on crinoid columnals and comprehensive genus-level dive...

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

authors： Gorzelak P,Salamon MA,Baumiller TK

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of the photosynthetic genes by DNA supercoiling in Rhodobacter capsulatus has been studied by using gyrase inhibitors in vivo and by measurement of mRNA levels of more than a dozen genes. The results demonstrate that the levels of mRNA for light-harvesting (I, II) and reaction center (L, M, H) proteins,...

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

authors： Zhu YS,Hearst JE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We image macroscopic transient pores in mechanically stretched giant vesicles. Holes open above a critical radius r(c1), grow up to a radius r(c2), and close. We interpret the upper limit r(c2) by a relaxation of the membrane tension as the holes expand. The closing of the holes is caused by a further relaxation of th...

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

authors： Sandre O,Moreaux L,Brochard-Wyart F

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the enduring problems in the study of social evolution has been to understand how cooperation can be maintained in the presence of freeloaders, individuals that take advantage of the more cooperative members of groups they are eager to join. The freeloader problem has been particularly troublesome when groups c...

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

authors： Avilés L

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes future needs in information and tools, technology, infrastructure, training, funding, and bioinformatics, to provide the genomic knowledge and tools for breeding and biotechnological goals in maize. The National Corn Genome Initiative (NCGA) has developed through actions taken by the Natio...

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

authors： Coe EH

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00