Unipolar assembly of zinc oxide rods manifesting polarity-driven collective luminescence.

abstract：:In vivo, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) for neurotransmitters undergo complex intracellular trafficking that contribute to regulate their abundance at the cell surface. Here, we report a previously undescribed alteration in the subcellular localization of D1 dopamine receptor (D1R) that occurs in vivo in striatal ...

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

authors： Dumartin B,Jaber M,Gonon F,Caron MG,Giros B,Bloch B

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The central questions of bacterial ecology and evolution require a method to consistently demarcate, from the vast and diverse set of bacterial cells within a natural community, the groups playing ecologically distinct roles (ecotypes). Because of a lack of theory-based guidelines, current methods in bacterial systema...

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

authors： Koeppel A,Perry EB,Sikorski J,Krizanc D,Warner A,Ward DM,Rooney AP,Brambilla E,Connor N,Ratcliff RM,Nevo E,Cohan FM

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been associated with a variety of human diseases, including Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease, whereas LRRK2 deficiency leads to accumulation of abnormal lysosomes in aged animals. However, the cellular roles and mechanisms of LRRK2-mediated lysosomal regulation have rema...

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

authors： Eguchi T,Kuwahara T,Sakurai M,Komori T,Fujimoto T,Ito G,Yoshimura SI,Harada A,Fukuda M,Koike M,Iwatsubo T

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) and its ligand, FGF10, are known to cause lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital (LADD) syndrome. Multiple gain-of-function mutations in FGF receptors have been implicated in a variety of severe skeletal disorders and in many cancers. We aimed to elucidate the mechanism...

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

authors： Lew ED,Bae JH,Rohmann E,Wollnik B,Schlessinger J

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The 23S twisted circular form of ColE(1) DNA has been isolated from Escherichia coli as a tightly associated DNA-protein complex with a sedimentation coefficient of approximately 24S. Treatment of this complex with pronase, trypsin, sodium dodecyl sulfate, Sarkosyl, or heat results in a conversion to a slower sediment...

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

authors： Clewell DB,Helinski DR

更新日期：1969-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loquacious-PD (Loqs-PD) is required for biogenesis of many endogenous siRNAs in Drosophila In vitro, Loqs-PD enhances the rate of dsRNA cleavage by Dicer-2 and also enables processing of substrates normally refractory to cleavage. Using purified components, and Loqs-PD truncations, we provide a mechanistic basis for L...

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

authors： Trettin KD,Sinha NK,Eckert DM,Apple SE,Bass BL

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-association of Toll/interleukin-1 receptor/resistance protein (TIR) domains has been implicated in signaling in plant and animal immunity receptors. Structure-based studies identified different TIR-domain dimerization interfaces required for signaling of the plant nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-lik...

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

authors： Zhang X,Bernoux M,Bentham AR,Newman TE,Ve T,Casey LW,Raaymakers TM,Hu J,Croll TI,Schreiber KJ,Staskawicz BJ,Anderson PA,Sohn KH,Williams SJ,Dodds PN,Kobe B

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobra venom factor (CVF) is the complement-activating protein in cobra venom. Like C3b, CVF forms with factor B and factor D in human and mammalian serum the bimolecular C3/C5 convertase. This functional similarity of CVF and C3 correlates with many structural similarities, which led to the suggestion that CVF is evol...

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

authors： Fritzinger DC,Bredehorst R,Vogel CW

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor hypoxia and the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) play a central role in the development of cancer. To study the relationship between tumor growth, tumor hypoxia, the stabilization of HIF-1alpha, and HIF transcriptional activity, we have established an in vivo imaging tool that allows longitudinal and noninvasive...

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

authors： Lehmann S,Stiehl DP,Honer M,Dominietto M,Keist R,Kotevic I,Wollenick K,Ametamey S,Wenger RH,Rudin M

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analyses of Na,K-ATPase abundance and alpha-subunit isoform distribution were performed to determine whether pump expression varies at different points through the thickness of the circular layer of colonic smooth muscle. The mRNA and polypeptides of Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 and beta subunits were twice as abunda...

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

authors： Burke EP,Sanders KM,Horowitz B

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Language is classically thought to be supported by perisylvian cortical regions. Here we provide intracranial evidence linking the hippocampal complex to linguistic processing. We used direct recordings from the hippocampal structures to investigate whether theta oscillations, pivotal in memory function, track the amo...

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

authors： Piai V,Anderson KL,Lin JJ,Dewar C,Parvizi J,Dronkers NF,Knight RT

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of proteins involved in cell cycle progression, DNA recombination, and the detection of DNA damage has been recently identified. One of the members of this family, human ATM, is defective in the cells of patients with ataxia telangiectasia and is involved in detection and response of cells to damaged DNA. Oth...

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

authors： Cimprich KA,Shin TB,Keith CT,Schreiber SL

更新日期：1996-04-02 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：:This article addresses the need for new data on indirect effects of natural and anthropogenic aerosol particles on atmospheric ice clouds. Simultaneous measurements of the concentration and composition of tropospheric aerosol particles capable of initiating ice in cold (cirrus) clouds are reported. Measurements suppor...

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

authors： DeMott PJ,Cziczo DJ,Prenni AJ,Murphy DM,Kreidenweis SM,Thomson DS,Borys R,Rogers DC

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major DNA double-strand break repair pathways exist in all eukaryotes, nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR). Although both pathways can function throughout the cell cycle, NHEJ predominates in G0/G1) (when a replicated sister chromatid is unavailable), whereas HR makes a more subs...

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

authors： Convery E,Shin EK,Ding Q,Wang W,Douglas P,Davis LS,Nickoloff JA,Lees-Miller SP,Meek K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most higher eukaryotic tubulins are separated into alpha- and beta-tubulin when electrophoresed in NaDodSO4- denaturing gels, while many lower eukaryotic tubulins are poorly resolved under these conditions, which include a stacking gel (pH 6.80) and a separating gel (pH 8.80). By lowering the pH of the separating gel ...

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

authors： Suprenant KA,Hays E,LeCluyse E,Dentler WL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the expression of Hox genes have been widely linked to the evolution of animal body plans, but functional demonstrations of this relationship have been impeded by the lack of suitable model organisms. A classic case study involves the repeated evolution of specialized feeding appendages, called maxillipeds,...

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

authors： Pavlopoulos A,Kontarakis Z,Liubicich DM,Serano JM,Akam M,Patel NH,Averof M

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The HER2 gene encodes a cell-surface glycoprotein with extensive homology to the epidermal growth factor receptor. Recently it was found to be amplified in about 30% of primary human breast malignancies. In experiments designed to assess the role of the HER2 gene in oncogenesis, we found that overexpression of unalter...

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

authors： Hudziak RM,Schlessinger J,Ullrich A

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of anticodon loop replacement has been used to make derivatives of yeast tRNAPhe. By constructing tRNAs with a CUA anticodon, complementary to the amber (UAG) terminator, functional amber suppressor tRNAs were produced. The activity of these tRNAs was assayed in a mammalian cell-free protein synthesizing sy...

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

authors： Bruce AG,Atkins JF,Wills N,Uhlenbeck O,Gesteland RF

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei parasites successfully evade the host immune system by periodically switching the dense coat of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) at the cell surface. Each parasite expresses VSGs in a monoallelic fashion that is tightly regulated. The consequences of exposing multiple VSGs during an infection, in ...

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

authors： Aresta-Branco F,Sanches-Vaz M,Bento F,Rodrigues JA,Figueiredo LM

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The antagonists of gamma-aminobutyric acid, bicuculline and picrotoxin, were found to narrow the receptive field profile of the large field horizontal cell (L1HC) in the turtle retina when added to the perfusion medium in micromolar concentrations. The coupling resistance between neighboring L1HCs was increased by bic...

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

authors： Piccolino M,Neyton J,Witkovsky P,Gerschenfeld HM

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid rafts are important signaling platforms in T cells. Little is known about their properties in human CD8(+) T cells. We studied polarization of lipid rafts by digital immunofluorescence microscopy in primary human T cells, using beads coated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 mAbs (CD3/28 beads). Unlike CD4(+) T cells, ...

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

authors： Kovacs B,Maus MV,Riley JL,Derimanov GS,Koretzky GA,June CH,Finkel TH

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapsin I is a neuron-specific phosphoprotein associated with the membranes of small synaptic vesicles. Its function is not entirely clear, but evidence points to a possible role in the regulation of neurotransmitter release. Its biosynthesis is under developmental control. Assignment of the human synapsin I gene to ...

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

authors： Yang-Feng TL,DeGennaro LJ,Francke U

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：:Accumulating evidence suggests that α-synuclein (α-syn) occurs physiologically as a helically folded tetramer that resists aggregation. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of formation of α-syn tetramers are still mostly unknown. Cellular membrane lipids are thought to play an important role in the regul...

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

authors： Kim S,Yun SP,Lee S,Umanah GE,Bandaru VVR,Yin X,Rhee P,Karuppagounder SS,Kwon SH,Lee H,Mao X,Kim D,Pandey A,Lee G,Dawson VL,Dawson TM,Ko HS

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Karrikins are a class of seed germination stimulants identified in smoke from wildfires. Microarray analysis of imbibed Arabidopsis thaliana seeds was performed to identify transcriptional responses to KAR(1) before germination. A small set of genes that are regulated by KAR(1), even when germination is prevented by t...

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

authors： Nelson DC,Flematti GR,Riseborough JA,Ghisalberti EL,Dixon KW,Smith SM

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The G12 subfamily of heterotrimeric G proteins, comprised of the alpha-subunits Galpha12 and Galpha13, has been implicated as a signaling component in cellular processes ranging from cytoskeletal changes to cell growth and oncogenesis. In an attempt to elucidate specific roles of this subfamily in cell regulation, we ...

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

authors： Meigs TE,Fields TA,McKee DD,Casey PJ

更新日期：2001-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To create a universal system for the control of gene expression, we have studied methods for the construction of novel polydactyl zinc finger proteins that recognize extended DNA sequences. Elsewhere we have described the generation of zinc finger domains recognizing sequences of the 5'-GNN-3' subset of a 64-member zi...

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

authors： Beerli RR,Segal DJ,Dreier B,Barbas CF 3rd

更新日期：1998-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects living in the temperate zone enter a physiological state of arrested or slowed development to overcome an adverse season, such as winter. Developmental arrest, called diapause, occurs at a species-specific developmental stage, and embryonic and pupal diapauses have been extensively studied in mostly holometabo...

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

authors： Miki T,Shinohara T,Chafino S,Noji S,Tomioka K

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a signal-on, electronic DNA (E-DNA) sensor that is label-free and achieves a subpicomolar detection limit. The sensor, which is based on a target-induced strand displacement mechanism, is composed of a "capture probe" attached by its 5' terminus to a gold electrode and a 5' methylene blue-modified "signaling...

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

authors： Xiao Y,Lubin AA,Baker BR,Plaxco KW,Heeger AJ

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00