Generating sparse and selective third-order responses in the olfactory system of the fly.

abstract：:Yeast to directly convert cellulose and, especially, the microcrystalline cellulose into bioethanol, was engineered through display of minicellulosomes on the cell surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The construction and cell surface attachment of cellulosomes were accomplished with two individual miniscaffoldins to ...

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

authors： Fan LH,Zhang ZJ,Yu XY,Xue YX,Tan TW

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute injury to the intestinal mucosa is a major dose-limiting complication of abdominal radiation therapy. We studied the role of the transcription factor NF-kappaB in protection against radiation-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelium in vivo. We use mice in which NF-kappaB signaling through IkappaB-kinase (...

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

authors： Egan LJ,Eckmann L,Greten FR,Chae S,Li ZW,Myhre GM,Robine S,Karin M,Kagnoff MF

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion protein consists of an ensemble of glycosylated variants or glycoforms. The enzymes that direct oligosaccharide processing, and hence control the glycan profile for any given glycoprotein, are often exquisitely sensitive to other events taking place within the cell in which the glycoprotein is expressed. Alterat...

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

authors： Rudd PM,Endo T,Colominas C,Groth D,Wheeler SF,Harvey DJ,Wormald MR,Serban H,Prusiner SB,Kobata A,Dwek RA

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear-cut inherited Mendelian traits, such as familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, account for <4% of colorectal cancers. Another 20% of all colorectal cancers are thought to occur in individuals with a significant inherited multifactorial susceptibility to colorectal cancer tha...

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

authors： Fearnhead NS,Wilding JL,Winney B,Tonks S,Bartlett S,Bicknell DC,Tomlinson IP,Mortensen NJ,Bodmer WF

更新日期：2004-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Color and black and white line stimulation produce qualitatively and quantitatively different 2-deoxy[14C]glucose column patterns in the striate cortex of macaque monkeys. Microdensitometry of these stimulus-dependent columns reveals interlaminar density differences that serve as a signature for the stimulus condition...

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

authors： Crawford ML,Meharg LS,Johnston DA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta subunits of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels are encoded in four genes and display additional molecular diversity because of alternative splicing. At the functional level, all forms are very similar except for beta2a, which differs in that it does not support prepulse facilitation of alpha1C Ca2+ channels, inhibits vo...

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

authors： Qin N,Platano D,Olcese R,Costantin JL,Stefani E,Birnbaumer L

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental issue in human development concerns how the young infant's ability to recognize emotional signals is acquired through both biological programming and learning factors. This issue is extremely difficult to investigate because of the variety of sensory experiences to which humans are exposed immediately af...

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

authors： Pollak SD,Kistler DJ

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The latent membrane protein (LMP1) of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is expressed in EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is notoriously metastatic. Although it is established that LMP1 represses E-cadherin expression and enhances the invasive ability of carcinoma cells, the mechanism underlying this repression re...

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

authors： Tsai CN,Tsai CL,Tse KP,Chang HY,Chang YS

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:2-[4-(3,4-Dichlorophenylureido)phenoxy]-2-methylpropionic acid, LR16, combines with two symmetrically related sites in the central cavity of deoxyhemoglobin, 20 A away from the binding site of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate, and acts as an allosteric effector synergistic with 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate. LR16 (1 mM) raises P50, ...

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

authors： Lalezari I,Rahbar S,Lalezari P,Fermi G,Perutz MF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine ecosystems are sensitive to stochastic environmental variability, with higher-amplitude, lower-frequency--i.e., "redder"--variability posing a greater threat of triggering large ecosystem changes. Here we show that fluctuations in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index have slowed down markedly over the ob...

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

authors： Boulton CA,Lenton TM

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recommended Daily Allowances (US RDA) of the Food and Drug Administration for ascorbic acid are higher than Recommended Dietary Allowances (set by the Food and Nutrition Board) for adults. There is a 6-fold margin between the requirement to prevent scurvy and the US RDA. The high requirement reported for the rhesus mo...

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

authors： Jukes TH

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of spontaneous suppressors to the temperature-sensitive phenotype of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein mutation ssb-1 were isolated. A genomic library of EcoRI fragments from one of these suppressor strains was prepared by using pBR325 as the cloning vector. A 10.0-kilobase class of inserts was identifi...

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

authors： Ruben SM,VanDenBrink-Webb SE,Rein DC,Meyer RR

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive studies have detailed the molecular regulation of individual components of the hemostatic system, including platelets, coagulation factors, and regulatory proteins. Questions remain, however, about how these elements are integrated at the systems level within a rapidly changing physical environment. To answe...

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

authors： Tomaiuolo M,Matzko CN,Poventud-Fuentes I,Weisel JW,Brass LF,Stalker TJ

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The sporulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of [2-13C]acetate was studied by 13C NMR spectroscopy. The fate of 13C label was analyzed in vivo and in cell extracts. During the first 4 hr of sporulation the major metabolite produced from [2-13C]acetate utilization was glutamate. From the labeling pattern...

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

authors： Dickinson JR,Dawes IW,Boyd AS,Baxter RL

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales. We deployed an airborne remote sensing system that mapped the location and impacts of five highly invasive plant species across 221,875 ha of Hawaiian ecosyste...

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

authors： Asner GP,Hughes RF,Vitousek PM,Knapp DE,Kennedy-Bowdoin T,Boardman J,Martin RE,Eastwood M,Green RO

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of 3':5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP) into larvae of the fly Sarcophaga bullata 3-4 hr before the beginning of puparium formation (red-spiracle stage) greatly accelerates the onset of tanning without affecting initiation of puparium formation (anterior retraction). Accelerated tanning resembles real tanning in two impo...

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

authors： Fraenkel G,Blechl A,Blechl J,Herman P,Seligman MI

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), which degrades transcripts harboring a premature termination codon (PTC), depends on the helicase up-frameshift 1 (UPF1). However, mRNAs that are not NMD targets also bind UPF1. What governs the timing, position, and function of UPF1 binding to mRNAs remains unclear. We provide evid...

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

authors： Kurosaki T,Maquat LE

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Local changes in conformation between the calcium-saturated and calcium-free forms of calmodulin were monitored using antisera to four peptides corresponding to three helical regions of the calcium-saturated protein. The N-terminal helix was monitored using antiserum to residues 9-19, calmodulin-(9-19); the C-terminal...

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

authors： Gariépy J,Mietzner TA,Schoolnik GK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed two solid-phase reagent systems for microscopic visualization and characterization of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) receptors of melanoma cells. Multiple copies of [Nle-4,D-Phe-7]-alpha-MSH, a potent analog of alpha-MSH, were conjugated to microspheres (latex beads) or macrospheres (polyamide beads...

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

authors： Sharma SD,Jiang J,Hadley ME,Bentley DL,Hruby VJ

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Competing interpretations of human origins and evolution have recently proliferated despite the accelerated pace of fossil discovery. These controversies parallel those involving other vertebrate families and result from the difficulty of studying evolution among closely related species. Recent advances in development...

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

authors： Hlusko LJ

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature dependence of migration rate and of the thermotactic sensitivity of pseudoplasmodia of Dictyostelium discoideum has been measured. Migration rate increases with temperature to 20 degrees, is temperature insensitive from 20 degrees to 27.5 degrees, and decreases with temperature to 29 degrees, above whi...

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

authors： Poff KL,Skokut M

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-strand breaks (DSBs) in DNA are lethal unless repaired. Faithful repair requires processing of the DSB ends and interaction with intact homologous DNA, which can produce genetic recombinants. To determine the role of nucleases in DSB end-processing and joint molecule resolution, we studied recombination at the ...

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

authors： Farah JA,Cromie GA,Smith GR

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:GTP-tubulin forms a cap on microtubule ends during aggregation. The bulk of the microtubule is GDP-tubulin. This complicates the usual simple kinetic theory of subunit exchange at microtubule ends to such an extent that Monte Carlo calculations are needed to handle the complications, except in special cases. The Monte...

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

authors： Chen Y,Hill TL

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gecko and many insects have adopted nanoscale fibrillar structures on their feet as adhesion devices. Here, we consider adhesion between a single fiber and a substrate by van der Waals or electrostatic interactions. For a given contact area A, the theoretical pull-off force of the fiber is sigma(th)A where sigma(th) i...

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

authors： Gao H,Yao H

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive potentials of carcinomas greatly contribute to their metastasis, which is a major threat in most cancers. We have recently shown that Arf6 plays a pivotal role in breast cancer invasive activities and identified AMAP1 as an effector of GTP-Arf6 in invasion. Expression of AMAP1 correlates well with invasive ph...

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

authors： Hashimoto S,Hirose M,Hashimoto A,Morishige M,Yamada A,Hosaka H,Akagi K,Ogawa E,Oneyama C,Agatsuma T,Okada M,Kobayashi H,Wada H,Nakano H,Ikegami T,Nakagawa A,Sabe H

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain function depends on adaptive self-organization of large-scale neural assemblies, but little is known about quantitative network parameters governing these processes in humans. Here, we describe the topology and synchronizability of frequency-specific brain functional networks using wavelet decomposition of magne...

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

authors： Bassett DS,Meyer-Lindenberg A,Achard S,Duke T,Bullmore E

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It was proved that the protoplasts prepared from mesophyll of Nicotiana tabacum are infected by tobacco mosaic virus. The infection occurred when purified tobacco mosaic virus particles were added to a protoplast suspension in the presence of poly-L-ornithine. The virus multiplied in these protoplasts to a level of 10...

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

authors： Takebe I,Otsuki Y

更新日期：1969-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care is a crucial factor in US economic growth, because growing health care costs have made US corporations less competitive than their counterparts in countries where central governments assume most of those costs. In this paper we illustrate a second, possibly more powerful, effect of health care expenditures...

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

authors： Manton KG,Gu XL,Ullian A,Tolley HD,Headen AE Jr,Lowrimore G

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ganglioside pattern of both SV40- and polyoma virus-transformed mouse cell lines differs from that of the parent cell lines or of cell lines that have transformed spontaneously in tissue culture. This is manifested by a dramatic decrease of gangliosides with an oligosaccharide chain larger than sialyllactose. Pres...

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

authors： Cumar FA,Brady RO,Kolodny EH,McFarland VW,Mora PT

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of long-term information storage by brain type II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase molecules is explored. Recent evidence indicates that this protein has switch-like properties. Equations are derived showing that a single kinase holoenzyme could form a bistable switch having the stability neces...

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

authors： Lisman JE,Goldring MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00