Tracking footprints of maize domestication and evidence for a massive selective sweep on chromosome 10.

abstract：:We have developed Differential Specificity and Energy Landscape (DiSEL) analysis to comprehensively compare DNA-protein interactomes (DPIs) obtained by high-throughput experimental platforms and cutting edge computational methods. While high-affinity DNA binding sites are identified by most methods, DiSEL uncovered nu...

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

authors： Bhimsaria D,Rodríguez-Martínez JA,Pan J,Roston D,Korkmaz EN,Cui Q,Ramanathan P,Ansari AZ

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The sperm receptors of the ascidian oocyte are located at the outer surface of the vitelline coat (formerly called the chorion). The fucose residues are the receptor's most important components for sperm recognition and binding. We asked whether the fucosyl-containing glycoproteins of the vitelline coat are a product ...

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

authors： Rosati F,Cotelli F,De Santis R,Monroy A,Pinto MR

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess whether DNA rearrangement occurs with equal frequency at each of the several J (joining region) elements in the mouse kappa light chain locus, we set out to determine the relative frequency of usage of J kappa segments in populations of B lymphocytes unperturbed by antigenic selection or cloning. To...

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

authors： Wood DL,Coleclough C

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A G to T mutation has been observed at the third position of codon 249 of the p53 tumor-suppressor gene in over 50% of the hepatocellular carcinoma cases associated with high exposure to aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)). Hypotheses have been put forth that AFB(1), in concert with hepatitis B virus (HBV), may play a role in the...

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

authors： Smela ME,Hamm ML,Henderson PT,Harris CM,Harris TM,Essigmann JM

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned four lambda light chain constant region (C) genes from mouse embryo DNA. Each carries its own joining (J) segment approximately 1.3 kilobases to its 5' side. The four C genes occur in two clusters, 5' J3C3J1C13' and 5' J2C2J4C43', with C4 being a new C lambda gene. We have also shown that V lambda 1 is ...

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

authors： Blomberg B,Traunecker A,Eisen H,Tonegawa S

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of a rapid radioautographic screening procedure, two mutants of Bacillus brevis ATCC 8185 that have lost the ability to produce gramicidin have been isolated. These mutants produced normal levels of tyrocidine and sporulated at the same frequency as the parent strain. Their spores, however, were more heat-s...

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

authors： Mukherjee PK,Paulus H

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of body ownership represents a fundamental aspect of our self-awareness, but is disrupted in many neurological, psychiatric, and psychological conditions that are also characterized by disruption of skin temperature regulation, sometimes in a single limb. We hypothesized that skin temperature in a specific l...

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

authors： Moseley GL,Olthof N,Venema A,Don S,Wijers M,Gallace A,Spence C

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult naive T cells, which are at rest in normal conditions, proliferate strongly when transferred to lymphopenic hosts. In neonates, the first mature thymocytes to migrate to the periphery reach a compartment devoid of preexisting T cells. We have extensively analyzed the proliferation rate and phenotype of periphera...

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

authors： Le Campion A,Bourgeois C,Lambolez F,Martin B,Léaument S,Dautigny N,Tanchot C,Pénit C,Lucas B

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established empirical limits for the circular dichroism spectra appropriate for aqueous solutions of the B, C, and A forms of calf-thymus DNA and have analyzed DNA conformations in biological structures. The circular dichroism spectrum above 250 nm of purified calf-thymus chromatin can be satisfactorily accoun...

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

authors： Hanlon S,Johnson RS,Wolf B,Chan A

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G proteins are activated when they associate with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), often in response to agonist-mediated receptor activation. It is generally thought that agonist-induced receptor-G protein association necessarily promotes G protein activation and, conversely, that activated GPCRs do not interact w...

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

authors： Okashah N,Wright SC,Kawakami K,Mathiasen S,Zhou J,Lu S,Javitch JA,Inoue A,Bouvier M,Lambert NA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA 3'-phosphate cyclase (RtcA) synthesizes RNA 2',3' cyclic phosphate ends via three steps: reaction with ATP to form a covalent RtcA-(histidinyl-Nε)-AMP intermediate; transfer of adenylate to an RNA 3'-phosphate to form RNA(3')pp(5')A; and attack of the vicinal O2' on the 3'-phosphorus to form a 2',3' cyclic phospha...

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

authors： Chakravarty AK,Smith P,Shuman S

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes and various drug metabolizing enzymes by the prototypical inducer phenobarbital (PB) and many other drugs and chemicals is an adaptive response of the organism to exposure to xenobiotics. The response to PB is mediated by the nuclear receptor constitutive andro...

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

authors： Blättler SM,Rencurel F,Kaufmann MR,Meyer UA

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about stem cell biology or the specialized environments or niches believed to control stem cell renewal and differentiation in self-renewing tissues of the body. Functional assays for stem cells are available only for hematopoiesis and spermatogenesis, and the microenvironment, or niche, for hematopoie...

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

authors： Shinohara T,Orwig KE,Avarbock MR,Brinster RL

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is used to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India, but it is poorly quality assured. Quality assurance was performed in eight VL endemic districts in Bihar State, India, in 2014. Residual dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was sampled from walls using Bostik tape discs, and DDT ...

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

authors： Coleman M,Foster GM,Deb R,Pratap Singh R,Ismail HM,Shivam P,Ghosh AK,Dunkley S,Kumar V,Coleman M,Hemingway J,Paine MJ,Das P

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified a family of rhesus monkeys with members exhibiting a spontaneous hypercholesterolemia associated with a low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) deficiency. By using the polymerase chain reaction, we now show that the affected monkeys are heterozygous for a nonsense mutation in exon 6 of the...

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

authors： Hummel M,Li ZG,Pfaffinger D,Neven L,Scanu AM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bam complex assembles β-barrel proteins into the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. These proteins comprise cylindrical β-sheets with long extracellular loops and create pores to allow passage of nutrients and waste products across the membrane. Despite their functional importance, several questions re...

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

authors： Wzorek JS,Lee J,Tomasek D,Hagan CL,Kahne DE

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:If RNA editing could be rationally directed to mutated RNA sequences, genetic diseases caused by certain base substitutions could be treated. Here we use a synthetic complementary RNA oligonucleotide to direct the correction of a premature stop codon mutation in dystrophin RNA. The complementary RNA oligonucleotide wa...

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

authors： Woolf TM,Chase JM,Stinchcomb DT

更新日期：1995-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a set of regulatory mutants defective in transcription termination at the attenuator in the leader region of the Escherichia coli tryptophan (trp) operon. In vivo the mutants have 2- to 4-fold increased levels of expression of the trp operon above the level of the trpR parental strain. These levels ar...

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

authors： Stauffer GV,Zurawski G,Yanofsky C

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "supermarket revolution" has occurred in developing countries in the past 2 decades. We focus on three specific issues that reflect the impact of this revolution, particularly in Asia: continuity in transformation, innovation in transformation, and unique development strategies. First, the record shows that the rapi...

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

authors： Reardon T,Timmer CP,Minten B

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, originating in the Tropical Pacific, is the strongest natural interannual climate signal and has widespread effects on the global climate system and the ecology of the Tropical Pacific. Any strong change in ENSO statistics will therefore have serious climatic and eco...

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

authors： Latif M,Keenlyside NS

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily that act as ligand-dependent transcription factors. Here we identified the ten-eleven translocation protein 3 (TET3) as a TR interacting protein increasing cell sensitivity to T3. The interaction between TET3 and TRs is independent...

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

authors： Guan W,Guyot R,Samarut J,Flamant F,Wong J,Gauthier KC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement membrane attack complexes (MACs) promote inflammatory functions in endothelial cells (ECs) by stabilizing NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) and activating noncanonical NF-κB signaling. Here we report a novel endosome-based signaling complex induced by MACs to stabilize NIK. We found that, in contrast to cytokine-...

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

authors： Jane-wit D,Surovtseva YV,Qin L,Li G,Liu R,Clark P,Manes TD,Wang C,Kashgarian M,Kirkiles-Smith NC,Tellides G,Pober JS

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450IIC5 (rabbit liver 21-hydroxylase) is unusual among hepatic forms of cytochromes P450 because it catalyzes the conversion of one active steroid hormone (progesterone) to another active hormone (deoxycorticosterone). Another interesting aspect of this steroid-hydroxylating enzyme is the ability to conver...

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

authors： Trant JM,Lorence MC,Johnson EF,Shackleton CH,Mason JI,Estabrook RW

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurophysiology is increasingly focused on identifying coincident activity among neurons. Strong inferences about neural computation are made from the results of such studies, so it is important that these results be accurate. However, the preliminary step in the analysis of such data, the assignment of spike waveform...

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

authors： Ventura V,Gerkin RC

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Death of pancreatic β cells is a pathological hallmark of type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, the molecular mechanisms of β cell death and its regulation are poorly understood. Here we describe a unique regulatory pathway of β cell death that comprises microRNA-21, its target tumor suppressor PDCD4, and its upstream trans...

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

authors： Ruan Q,Wang T,Kameswaran V,Wei Q,Johnson DS,Matschinsky F,Shi W,Chen YH

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of antisense oligonucleotides was used to investigate the function of c-mos in murine oocytes. Oocytes injected with antisense c-mos oligonucleotides completed the first meiotic division but failed to initiate meiosis II. Instead, loss of c-mos function led to chromosome decondensation, reformation of a nucl...

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

authors： O'Keefe SJ,Wolfes H,Kiessling AA,Cooper GM

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans shift their gaze to a new location several times per second. It is still unclear what determines where they look next. Fixation behavior is influenced by the low-level salience of the visual stimulus, such as luminance, contrast, and color, but also by high-level task demands and prior knowledge. Under natural ...

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

authors： Schütz AC,Trommershäuser J,Gegenfurtner KR

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (amino acid-tRNA ligases, EC 6.1.1.-) catalyze the aminoacylation of specific amino acids onto their cognate tRNAs with extraordinary accuracy. Recent reports, however, indicate that this class of enzymes may play other roles in cellular metabolism. Several aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are her...

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

authors： Rapaport E,Remy P,Kleinkauf H,Vater J,Zamecnik PC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental work in animals has shown that memory formation depends on a cascade of molecular events. Here we show that variability of human memory performance is related to variability in genes encoding proteins of this signaling cascade, including the NMDA and metabotrobic glutamate receptors, adenylyl cyclase, CAM...

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

authors： de Quervain DJ,Papassotiropoulos A

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of unknown cause that afflicts the central nervous system. MS is typified by a highly clonally restricted antigen-driven antibody response that is confined largely to the central nervous system. The major antigenic targets of this response and the...

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

authors： Williamson RA,Burgoon MP,Owens GP,Ghausi O,Leclerc E,Firme L,Carlson S,Corboy J,Parren PW,Sanna PP,Gilden DH,Burton DR

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00