The making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory: the project scientist's perspective.

abstract：:Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is a newly recognized condition in children with recent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. These children and adult patients with severe hyperinflammation present with a constellation of symptoms that st...

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

authors： Cheng MH,Zhang S,Porritt RA,Noval Rivas M,Paschold L,Willscher E,Binder M,Arditi M,Bahar I

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental cues are transmitted to the interior of the cell via a complex network of signaling hubs. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and trimeric G proteins are two such major signaling hubs in eukaryotes. Conventionally, canonical signal transduction via trimeric G proteins is thought to be triggered exclusively ...

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

authors： Midde KK,Aznar N,Laederich MB,Ma GS,Kunkel MT,Newton AC,Ghosh P

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern Old World Monkeys (Superfamily Cercopithecoidea, Family Cercopithecidae) can be traced back into the late Miocene, but their origin and subsequent diversification is obscured by the scarcity of terrestrial fossil sites in Africa between 15 and 6 Ma. Here, we document the presence of cercopithecids at 12.5 M...

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

authors： Rossie JB,Gilbert CC,Hill A

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A change in the conformation of the active site of scallop myosin under the influence of regulatory amounts of Ca2+ has been identified by use of the ADP photoaffinity analog 2-[(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl)amino]ethyl diphosphate (NANDP). NANDP, trapped at the active site with Mn2+ and vanadate, photolabeled preferentially...

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

authors： Kerwin BA,Yount RG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse bone marrow-derived Lin(-)-Sca-1(+) endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) has pluripotent abilities such as supporting neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (VEGFR1) (Flt1) recognizes various VEGF isoforms and is critically implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathologic...

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

authors： Qi JW,Qin TT,Xu LX,Zhang K,Yang GL,Li J,Xiao HY,Zhang ZS,Li LY

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The ciliary epithelium in the eye consists of pigmented epithelial cells that express the α1β1 isoform of Na,K-ATPase and nonpigmented epithelial cells that express mainly the α2β3 isoform. In principle, a Na,K-ATPase inhibitor with selectivity for α2β3 that penetrates the cornea could effectively reduce intraocular p...

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

authors： Katz A,Tal DM,Heller D,Habeck M,Ben Zeev E,Rabah B,Bar Kana Y,Marcovich AL,Karlish SJ

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is a causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). To elucidate the role of HTLV-I in leukemogenesis, we examined the biological activity of a defective HTLV-I provirus with the env-pX 3' long terminal repeat region cloned from leukemic cells of an ATL patient. Transfectio...

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

authors： Tanaka A,Takahashi C,Yamaoka S,Nosaka T,Maki M,Hatanaka M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The S100A8/S100A9 heterodimer calprotectin (CP) functions in the host response to pathogens through a mechanism termed "nutritional immunity." CP binds Mn(2+) and Zn(2+) with high affinity and starves bacteria of these essential nutrients. Combining biophysical, structural, and microbiological analysis, we identified ...

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

authors： Damo SM,Kehl-Fie TE,Sugitani N,Holt ME,Rathi S,Murphy WJ,Zhang Y,Betz C,Hench L,Fritz G,Skaar EP,Chazin WJ

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with epithelial and lymphoid malignancies, establishes latent infection in memory B cells, and intermittently produces infectious virions through lytic replication. Released virions play a key role in latent reservoir maintenance and transmission. Lytic EBV transcription differs ...

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

authors： Verma D,Church TM,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Prey shifts in carnivorous predators are events that can initiate the accelerated generation of new biodiversity. However, it is seldom possible to reconstruct how the change in prey preference occurred. Here we describe an evolutionary "smoking gun" that illuminates the transition from worm hunting to fish hunting am...

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

authors： Aman JW,Imperial JS,Ueberheide B,Zhang MM,Aguilar M,Taylor D,Watkins M,Yoshikami D,Showers-Corneli P,Safavi-Hemami H,Biggs J,Teichert RW,Olivera BM

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCHL1), a neuron-specific de-ubiquitinating enzyme, is one of the most abundant proteins in the brain. We describe three siblings from a consanguineous union with a previously unreported early-onset progressive neurodegenerative syndrome featuring childhood onset blindness, cerebella...

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

authors： Bilguvar K,Tyagi NK,Ozkara C,Tuysuz B,Bakircioglu M,Choi M,Delil S,Caglayan AO,Baranoski JF,Erturk O,Yalcinkaya C,Karacorlu M,Dincer A,Johnson MH,Mane S,Chandra SS,Louvi A,Boggon TJ,Lifton RP,Horwich AL,Gunel M

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Reptiles and fish have robust regenerative powers for tooth renewal. However, extant mammals can either renew their teeth one time (diphyodont dentition) or not at all (monophyodont dentition). Humans replace their milk teeth with permanent teeth and then lose their ability for tooth renewal. Here, we study tooth rene...

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

authors： Wu P,Wu X,Jiang TX,Elsey RM,Temple BL,Divers SJ,Glenn TC,Yuan K,Chen MH,Widelitz RB,Chuong CM

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical recording of membrane potential permits spatially resolved measurement of electrical activity in subcellular regions of single cells, which would be inaccessible to electrodes, and imaging of spatiotemporal patterns of action potential propagation in excitable tissues, such as the brain or heart. However, the ...

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

authors： Yan P,Acker CD,Zhou WL,Lee P,Bollensdorff C,Negrean A,Lotti J,Sacconi L,Antic SD,Kohl P,Mansvelder HD,Pavone FS,Loew LM

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons were made of the T1 ribonuclease digests of 32P-labeled nucleolar 45S RNA of intact Novikoff hepatoma cells and the RNA synthesized in vitro by isolated nucleoli. Approximately 200 oligonucleotide spots were found in the two-dimensional chromatogram of 45S nucleolar RNA labeled in vivo, which includes frag...

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

authors： Ballal NR,Choi YC,Mouche R,Busche H

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA fragment homologous to U6 small nuclear RNA was isolated from a human genomic library and sequenced. The immediate 5'-flanking region of the U6 DNA clone had significant homology with a potential mouse U6 gene, including a "TATA box" at a position 26-29 nucleotides upstream from the transcription start site. Alt...

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

authors： Kunkel GR,Maser RL,Calvet JP,Pederson T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome rearrangements, such as large deletions, inversions, or translocations, mediate migration of large DNA segments within or between chromosomes, which can have major effects on cellular genetic control. A method for chromosome manipulation would be very useful for studying the consequences of large-scale DNA ...

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

authors： Van Deursen J,Fornerod M,Van Rees B,Grosveld G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-idiotype antibodies (Ab2) were purified from a cancer patient treated with NP-4, a murine monoclonal antibody to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). These Ab2 were specific for NP-4 and inhibited the binding between NP-4 and CEA. BALB/c mice immunized with these human Ab2 produced anti-Ab2 antibodies that were also r...

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

authors： Losman MJ,Hansen HJ,Sharkey RM,Goldenberg DM,Monestier M

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-globin locus control region (LCR) consists of four erythroid-specific DNase I-hypersensitive sites, which are necessary for high-level expression of the beta-like globin genes in erythroid tissues. One of these sites, designated 5'HS-2, functions as an erythroid-specific enhancer element in transfection and t...

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

authors： Liu D,Chang JC,Moi P,Liu W,Kan YW,Curtin PT

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1A diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder the risk of which is increased by specific HLA DR/DQ alleles [e.g., DRB1*03-DQB1*0201 (DR3) or DRB1*04-DQB1*0302 (DR4)]. The genotype associated with the highest risk for T1D is the DR3/4-DQ8 (DQ8 is DQA1*0301, DQB1*0302) heterozygous genotype. We determined HLA-DR and ...

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

authors： Aly TA,Ide A,Jahromi MM,Barker JM,Fernando MS,Babu SR,Yu L,Miao D,Erlich HA,Fain PR,Barriga KJ,Norris JM,Rewers MJ,Eisenbarth GS

更新日期：2006-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a defective herpes simplex virus (HSV) vector system that permits the introduction of virtually any gene into mammalian central nervous system neurons. The prototype vector, pHSVlac, contains a transcription unit that places the Escherichia coli lacZ gene under the control of the HSV-1 immediate earl...

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

authors： Geller AI,Freese A

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants have evolved adaptive strategies that involve transcriptional networks to cope with and survive environmental challenges. Key transcriptional regulators that mediate responses to environmental fluctuations in nitrate have been identified; however, little is known about how these regulators interact to orchestra...

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

authors： Guan P,Ripoll JJ,Wang R,Vuong L,Bailey-Steinitz LJ,Ye D,Crawford NM

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae cause considerable morbidity and mortality, with persistent neurological sequelae, particularly in young children and the elderly. It is widely assumed that carriage occurs through direct mucosal colonization from the environment whereas meningitis results from invasion from the blood. However...

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

authors： van Ginkel FW,McGhee JR,Watt JM,Campos-Torres A,Parish LA,Briles DE

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high structural homology between NO reductases (NORs) and heme-copper oxidases (HCOs), factors governing their reaction specificity remain to be understood. Using a myoglobin-based model of NOR (FeBMb) and tuning its heme redox potentials (E°') to cover the native NOR range, through manipulating hydrogen bondi...

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

authors： Bhagi-Damodaran A,Reed JH,Zhu Q,Shi Y,Hosseinzadeh P,Sandoval BA,Harnden KA,Wang S,Sponholtz MR,Mirts EN,Dwaraknath S,Zhang Y,Moënne-Loccoz P,Lu Y

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we established that satellite III (TGGAA)n tandem repeats, which occur at the centromeres of human chromosomes, pair with themselves to form an unusual "self-complementary" antiparallel duplex containing (GGA)2 motifs in which two unpaired guanines from opposite strands intercalate between sheared G.A base p...

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

authors： Zhu L,Chou SH,Reid BR

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the function of the two nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors, p75NGFR and p140trk, chimeric molecules were constructed of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and NGF receptors. Rat PC12 pheochromocytoma cells transiently transfected with TNF-p140trk chimeras, which contain the extracellular domain of TNF receptor ...

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

authors： Rovelli G,Heller RA,Canossa M,Shooter EM

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary base sequence of the protein coding regions of the four small heat shock genes of Drosophila melanogaster present at cytological locus 67B has been determined. A single open reading frame large enough to encode a small heat shock protein is found for each gene. The molecular weights of the predicted protei...

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

authors： Ingolia TD,Craig EA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult rat testes, the blood-testis barrier (BTB) in the seminiferous epithelium must "open" (or "disassemble") to accommodate the migration of preleptotene spermatocytes from the basal to the adluminal compartment that occurs at stage VIII of the epithelial cycle. However, the molecule(s) and/or mechanism(s) that r...

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

authors： Xia W,Mruk DD,Cheng CY

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthophyll pigments have critical structural and functional roles in the photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes of algae and vascular plants. Genetic dissection of xanthophyll metabolism in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed functions for specific xanthophylls in the nonradiative dissipation of exce...

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

authors： Niyogi KK,Björkman O,Grossman AR

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tol2 element of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes belongs to the hAT family of transposons (hobo/Ac/Tam3). We report here identification of a functional transposase of Tol2 that is capable of catalyzing its transposition in the germ line of zebrafish Danio rerio. A transcript produced from Tol2 encodes a putative tr...

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

authors： Kawakami K,Shima A,Kawakami N

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen is known to influence pain, but the specific roles of the two estrogen receptors (ERs) in the spinal cord are unknown. In the present study, we have examined the expression of ERalpha and ERbeta in the spinal cord and have looked for defects in pain pathways in ERbeta knockout (ERbeta(-/-)) mice. In the spina...

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

authors： Fan X,Kim HJ,Warner M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00