Neurons sense nanoscale roughness with nanometer sensitivity.

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequences of the cDNAs encoding the heavy- and light-chain variable regions (VH and VL) of myeloma protein W3129, an anti-alpha(1----6)-dextran with a unique combining site, have been determined. The VH region is encoded by a germ-line gene highly homologous to VH441, which also appears to be u...

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

authors： Borden P,Kabat EA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How much free energy is irreversibly lost during a thermodynamic process? For deterministic protocols, lower bounds on energy dissipation arise from the thermodynamic friction associated with pushing a system out of equilibrium in finite time. Recent work has also bounded the cost of precisely moving a single degree o...

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

authors： Bryant SJ,Machta BB

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Preadipocytes can give rise to either white adipocytes or beige adipocytes. Owing to their distinct abilities in nutrient storage and energy expenditure, strategies that specifically promote "beiging" of adipocytes hold great promise for counterbalancing obesity and metabolic diseases. Yet, factors dictating the diffe...

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

authors： Liu K,Lin L,Li Q,Xue Y,Zheng F,Wang G,Zheng C,Du L,Hu M,Huang Y,Shao C,Kong X,Melino G,Shi Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom regarding mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis holds that pathogens arise by external acquisition of distinct virulence factors, whereas determinants shared by pathogens and commensals are considered to be functionally equivalent and have been ignored as genes that could become adapted specifically...

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

authors： Sokurenko EV,Chesnokova V,Dykhuizen DE,Ofek I,Wu XR,Krogfelt KA,Struve C,Schembri MA,Hasty DL

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We study atomic models of the thermodynamics of the structural transition of peptides that form alpha-helices. The effect of sequence variation on alpha-helix formation for alanine-rich peptides, Ac-Ala21-methyl amide (A21) and Ac-A5 (AAARA)3A-methyl amide (Fs peptide), is investigated by atomic simulation studies of ...

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

authors： García AE,Sanbonmatsu KY

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several polymorphisms of the transcription factor 4 (TCF4) have been shown to increase the risk for schizophrenia, particularly TCF4 rs9960767. This polymorphism is associated with impaired sensorimotor gating measured by prepulse inhibition--an established endophenotype of schizophrenia. We therefore investigated whe...

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

authors： Quednow BB,Brinkmeyer J,Mobascher A,Nothnagel M,Musso F,Gründer G,Savary N,Petrovsky N,Frommann I,Lennertz L,Spreckelmeyer KN,Wienker TF,Dahmen N,Thuerauf N,Clepce M,Kiefer F,Majic T,Mössner R,Maier W,Gallinat J,D

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The human major histocompatibility complex includes approximately 14 class II HLA genes within the HLA-D region, most of which exist in multiple allelic forms. One of these genes, the DQ3.2 beta gene, accounts for the well-documented association of HLA-DR4 with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and is the single all...

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

authors： Kwok WW,Lotshaw C,Milner EC,Knitter-Jack N,Nepom GT

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that a very simple semiempirical equation represents quite accurately the thermodynamic properties of aqueous sodium chloride from 373 to 823 K. The equation comprises one Margules term and a Debye-Hückel term. Just the one Margules parameter is freely adjustable because the Debye-Hückel parameter is deter...

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

authors： Pitzer KS,Li YG

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of human languages is driven both by primitive biases present in the human sensorimotor systems and by cultural transmission among speakers. However, whether the design of the language faculty is further shaped by linguistic biological biases remains controversial. To address this question, we used near-...

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

authors： Gómez DM,Berent I,Benavides-Varela S,Bion RA,Cattarossi L,Nespor M,Mehler J

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) production in cultured mononuclear cells from 36 seropositive homosexual males. Production was detected by using an HIV p24 antigen ELISA assay in blood mononuclear cells in 54% of asymptomatic, 71% of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related complex, and 100% of...

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

authors： McElrath MJ,Pruett JE,Cohn ZA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal cells of the carp retina possess dopamine receptors linked to adenylate cyclase. Isolated, intact horizontal cells respond to micromolar concentrations of dopamine, whereas nanomolar concentrations of haloperidol, (+)-butaclamol, and flupenthixol block the dopamine response. Preincubation in Ringer's soluti...

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

authors： Van Buskirk R,Dowling JE

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cancer DNA phenotype, identical to the DNA structure of tumors, has been identified in the prostate glands of certain healthy men over 55 years of age. We now show that the same DNA signature exists in normal tissues adjacent to tumors. This finding implies that the phenotype is maintained in normal prostate cells f...

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

authors： Malins DC,Gilman NK,Green VM,Wheeler TM,Barker EA,Anderson KM

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of basic/leucine zipper transcription factors to form homo- and heterodimers potentially increases the diversity of signaling pathways that can impinge upon a single genetic element. The capacity of these proteins to dimerize in various combinations complicates the analysis of their functional properties, ...

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

authors： Loriaux MM,Rehfuss RP,Brennan RG,Goodman RH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human activities have increased N availability dramatically in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Extensive research demonstrates that local plant species diversity generally declines in response to nutrient enrichment, yet the mechanisms for this decline remain unclear. Based on an analysis of >900 species responses...

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

authors： Suding KN,Collins SL,Gough L,Clark C,Cleland EE,Gross KL,Milchunas DG,Pennings S

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for selective and long-acting analogs of somatostatin, nearly 200 compounds were synthesized by solid-phase methods, purified, and tested biologically. Among these octapeptides, some contained N-terminal (Formula: see text) were 177 times and 113 times more potent, respectively, than somatostatin in test...

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

authors： Cai RZ,Szoke B,Lu R,Fu D,Redding TW,Schally AV

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simplified models of the protein-folding process have led to valuable insights into the generic properties of the folding of heteropolymers. On the basis of theoretical arguments, Shakhnovich and Gutin [(1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 7195-7199] have proposed a specific method to generate folding sequences for o...

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

authors： Ebeling M,Nadler W

更新日期：1995-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural cell adhesion molecule N-CAM is a sialic acid-rich, cell surface glycoprotein that mediates cell adhesion by a homophilic mechanism. Its binding function has been implicated in both morphogenesis and histogenesis; during development it changes in amount at the cell surface and perinatally it undergoes a dec...

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

authors： Hoffman S,Chuong CM,Edelman GM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ribosomal RNA-encoding DNA (rDNA) cloned sequence, consisting of a 0.8-kilobase fragment from the 26S/nontranscribed spacer region, was used to identify diagnostic restriction enzyme fragments that distinguish the Moreton and Torresian subspecies of the grasshopper Caledia captiva. These restriction fragments were t...

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

authors： Arnold ML,Shaw DD,Contreras N

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss or reduction in function of tumor suppressor genes contributes to tumorigenesis. Here, by allelic DNA copy number analysis using single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping array and mass spectrometry, we report homozygous deletion in glioblastoma multiformes at chromosome 13q21, where DACH1 gene is located. We fou...

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

authors： Watanabe A,Ogiwara H,Ehata S,Mukasa A,Ishikawa S,Maeda D,Ueki K,Ino Y,Todo T,Yamada Y,Fukayama M,Saito N,Miyazono K,Aburatani H

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational and biochemical studies implicate the blue-light sensor cryptochrome (CRY) as an endogenous light-dependent magnetosensor enabling migratory birds to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field. Validation of such a mechanism has been hampered by the absence of structures of vertebrate CRYs that have funct...

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

authors： Zoltowski BD,Chelliah Y,Wickramaratne A,Jarocha L,Karki N,Xu W,Mouritsen H,Hore PJ,Hibbs RE,Green CB,Takahashi JS

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate replication in the presence of DNA damage is essential to genome stability and viability in all cells. In Escherichia coli, DNA replication forks blocked by UV-induced damage undergo a partial resection and RecF-catalyzed regression before synthesis resumes. These processing events generate distinct structura...

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

authors： Jeiranian HA,Schalow BJ,Courcelle CT,Courcelle J

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor corepressor, silencing mediator of retinoid and thyroid hormone receptors (SMRT), is recruited by a plethora of transcription factors to mediate lineage and signal-dependent transcriptional repression. We generated a knockin mutation in the receptor interaction domain (RID) of SMRT (SMRT(mRID)) th...

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

authors： Nofsinger RR,Li P,Hong SH,Jonker JW,Barish GD,Ying H,Cheng SY,Leblanc M,Xu W,Pei L,Kang YJ,Nelson M,Downes M,Yu RT,Olefsky JM,Lee CH,Evans RM

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxazolidinones represent the first new class of antibiotics to enter into clinical usage within the past 30 years, but their binding site and mechanism of action has not been fully characterized. We have determined the crystal structure of the oxazolidinone linezolid bound to the Deinococcus radiodurans 50S riboso...

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

authors： Wilson DN,Schluenzen F,Harms JM,Starosta AL,Connell SR,Fucini P

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified diphtheria toxin is shown to inhibit protein synthesis in Ehrlich-Lettré ascites carcinoma cells in vitro. Protein synthesis in Ehrlich-Lettré cells is at least 10,000 times more sensitive to toxin than protein synthesis in normal mouse spleen or thymus cells. This sensitivity correlates with the observation ...

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

authors： Iglewski BH,Rittenberg MB

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfection of cells with the H-2Kk gene lacking the transmembrane and cytoplasmic segments resulted in secretion of the H-2Kk protein, as determined by immunoprecipitation with monoclonal anti-H-2Kk antibodies. Transgenic (H-2b X H-2d)F1 mice were established carrying integrated copies of the modified H-2Kk gene. Ex...

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

authors： Arnold B,Dill O,Küblbeck G,Jatsch L,Simon MM,Tucker J,Hämmerling GJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is considered a rare tumor, but recent estimations indicate that one-quarter million people will die of this neoplasm in Europe in the next three decades. The mineral asbestos is considered the main causative agent of this neoplasm. MPM is largely unresponsive to conventional...

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

authors： Mazzoni E,Corallini A,Cristaudo A,Taronna A,Tassi G,Manfrini M,Comar M,Bovenzi M,Guaschino R,Vaniglia F,Magnani C,Casali F,Rezza G,Barbanti-Brodano G,Martini F,Tognon MG

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle by neurotransmitters generates diacylglycerol, an activator of protein kinase C, which may regulate some forms of neurotransmission. Phorbol esters, potent inflammatory and tumor-promoting compounds, also activate protein kinase C. We demonstrate potent and selective effec...

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

authors： Baraban JM,Gould RJ,Peroutka SJ,Snyder SH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin (PG) D2 has been shown to be transformed by human 11-ketoreductase to 9 alpha,11 beta-PGF2, a biologically active metabolite that is produced in vivo. During the course of developing a mass spectrometric assay for 9 alpha,11 beta-PGF2, several compounds with characteristics similar to PGF2 were detected ...

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

authors： Wendelborn DF,Seibert K,Roberts LJ 2nd

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational processes of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in complex genomes are poorly understood. We examined these processes by introducing a two-phase mutation model. In this model, most mutations are single-step changes, but infrequent large jumps in repeat number also occur. We used computer simulations to determin...

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

authors： Di Rienzo A,Peterson AC,Garza JC,Valdes AM,Slatkin M,Freimer NB

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:P transposable elements in Drosophila are mobilized via a cut-and-paste mechanism. The broken DNA ends generated during transposition can be repaired via the homology-directed synthesis-dependent strand annealing or by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). Genetic studies have demonstrated an interaction between the gene ...

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

authors： Min B,Weinert BT,Rio DC

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00