Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering.

abstract：:The formation of amyloid-like aggregates by expanded polyglutamine (polyGln) sequences is suspected to play a critical role in the neuropathology of Huntington's disease and other expanded CAG-repeat diseases. To probe the folding of the polyGln sequence in the aggregate, we replaced Gln-Gln pairs at different sequenc...

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

authors： Thakur AK,Wetzel R

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of the human genome draft has taken several years and is only the beginning of a period in which large amounts of DNA and RNA sequence information will be required from many individuals and species. Conventional sequencing technology has limitations in cost, speed, and sensitivity, with the result that ...

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

authors： Braslavsky I,Hebert B,Kartalov E,Quake SR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of bovine papillomavirus (BPV) DNA synthesis in vivo and in vitro depends on the interaction of the viral initiator protein E1 with the replication origin (ori+ DNA). The viral E2 protein assists this interaction, resulting in a cooperative assembly of both proteins on the replication origin. Using gel mobi...

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

authors： Lusky M,Hurwitz J,Seo YS

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:14-3-3 proteins are ubiquitously expressed regulators of various cellular functions, including proliferation, metabolism, and differentiation, and altered 14-3-3 expression is associated with development and progression of cancer. We report a transforming 14-3-3 oncoprotein, which we identified through conventional cy...

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

authors： Lee CH,Ou WB,Mariño-Enriquez A,Zhu M,Mayeda M,Wang Y,Guo X,Brunner AL,Amant F,French CA,West RB,McAlpine JN,Gilks CB,Yaffe MB,Prentice LM,McPherson A,Jones SJ,Marra MA,Shah SP,van de Rijn M,Huntsman DG,Dal Cin P

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cry proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis are selective biodegradable insecticides used increasingly in bacterial insecticides and transgenic plants as alternatives to synthetic chemical insecticides. However, the potential for development of resistance and cross-resistance in target insect populations to Cry pr...

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

authors： Wirth MC,Georghiou GP,Federici BA

更新日期：1997-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate how T cells recognize allogeneic class I proteins encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), we examined the human cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) elicited in a mixed lymphocyte reaction against a lymphoblastoid B-cell line (JY) whose MHC-class I proteins are HLA-A2 and -B7. By panning the res...

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

authors： Elliott TJ,Eisen HN

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethionamide (ETA) is an important component of second-line therapy for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Synthesis of radiolabeled ETA and an examination of drug metabolites formed by whole cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) have allowed us to demonstrate that ETA is activated by S-oxidation be...

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

authors： DeBarber AE,Mdluli K,Bosman M,Bekker LG,Barry CE 3rd

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the immunosuppressive and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) impairs Ca(2+)-dependent transmembrane signaling in human and murine lymphocytes. The purpose of the present studies was to analyze potential mechanisms of immunosuppression by ...

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

authors： Archuleta MM,Schieven GL,Ledbetter JA,Deanin GG,Burchiel SW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental lemurs either were infected orally with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or were maintained as uninfected control animals. Immunohistochemical examination for proteinase-resistant protein (prion protein or PrP) was performed on tissues from two infected but still asymptomatic lemurs, ki...

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

authors： Bons N,Mestre-Frances N,Belli P,Cathala F,Gajdusek DC,Brown P

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryopreservation is widely used to maintain backups of cells as it enables the semipermanent storage of cells. During the freezing process, ice crystals that are generated inside and outside the cells can lethally damage the cells. All conventional cryopreservation methods use at least one cryoprotective agent (CPA) t...

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

authors： Akiyama Y,Shinose M,Watanabe H,Yamada S,Kanda Y

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In photosynthesis, light is captured by antenna proteins. These proteins transfer the excitation energy with almost 100% quantum efficiency to the reaction centers, where charge separation takes place. The time scale and pathways of this transfer are controlled by the protein scaffold, which holds the pigments at opti...

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

authors： Müh F,Madjet Mel-A,Adolphs J,Abdurahman A,Rabenstein B,Ishikita H,Knapp EW,Renger T

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Explosions account for 79% of combat-related injuries, leading to multiorgan hemorrhage and uncontrolled bleeding. Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death in battlefield traumas as well as in civilian life. We need to stop the bleeding quickly to save lives, but, shockingly, there are no treatments to stop...

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

authors： Lashof-Sullivan MM,Shoffstall E,Atkins KT,Keane N,Bir C,VandeVord P,Lavik EB

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) is an autoimmune disease that affects mainly conjunctiva and other squamous epithelia. OCP is histologically characterized by a separation of the epithelium from underlying tissues within the basement membrane zone. Immunopathological studies demonstrate the deposition of anti-basem...

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

authors： Tyagi S,Bhol K,Natarajan K,Livir-Rallatos C,Foster CS,Ahmed AR

更新日期：1996-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We searched for germ-line mutations of the APC gene in 79 unrelated patients with familial adenomatous polyposis using a ribonuclease protection analysis coupled with polymerase chain reaction amplifications of genomic DNA. Mutations were found in 53 patients (67%); 28 of the mutations were small deletions and 2 were ...

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

authors： Miyoshi Y,Ando H,Nagase H,Nishisho I,Horii A,Miki Y,Mori T,Utsunomiya J,Baba S,Petersen G

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that mammary epithelial specific expression of the activated erbB2 allele under the control of the endogenous promoter in mice resulted in the formation of mammary adenocarcinomas. To assess whether mammary tumorigenesis in this model is influenced by the developmental window of expression, we...

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

authors： Andrechek ER,Hardy WR,Laing MA,Muller WJ

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertical occipital fasciculus (VOF) is the only major fiber bundle connecting dorsolateral and ventrolateral visual cortex. Only a handful of studies have examined the anatomy of the VOF or its role in cognition in the living human brain. Here, we trace the contentious history of the VOF, beginning with its origin...

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

authors： Yeatman JD,Weiner KS,Pestilli F,Rokem A,Mezer A,Wandell BA

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal remains of a diminutive small-brained hominin found in Late Pleistocene cave deposits on the island of Flores, Indonesia were assigned to a new species, Homo floresiensis [Brown P, et al. (2004) A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 431: 1055-1061]. A dramatical...

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

authors： Gordon AD,Nevell L,Wood B

更新日期：2008-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil spontaneous death plays essential roles in neutrophil homeostasis and resolution of inflammation, whereas the underlying molecular mechanisms are still ill-defined. Neutrophils die because of programmed cell death or apoptosis. However, treatment with inhibitor of caspases, which are responsible for the maj...

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

authors： Zhu D,Hattori H,Jo H,Jia Y,Subramanian KK,Loison F,You J,Le Y,Honczarenko M,Silberstein L,Luo HR

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum thymic factor (FTS) utilized in its synthetic or natural form loses its biological activity in a rosette assay after treatment with a metal ion-chelating agent, Chelex 100. This activity is restored by the addition of Zn salts and, to a lesser extent, certain other metal salts. FTS activation is secondary to...

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

authors： Dardenne M,Pléau JM,Nabarra B,Lefrancier P,Derrien M,Choay J,Bach JF

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HeLa cells grown in the presence of [methyl-3H]thymidine contained large amounts of 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (HMdU) in their DNA. When the cells were grown in [6-3H]thymidine and their DNA was labeled to the same specific activity, no HMdU was present. When such [6-3H]thymidine-labeled cells were exposed to inc...

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

authors： Teebor GW,Frenkel K,Goldstein MS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The helicity in water has been determined for several series of alanine-rich peptides that contain single lysine residues and that are N-terminally linked to a helix-inducing and reporting template termed Ac-Hel1. The helix-propagating constant for alanine (sAla value) that best fits the properties of these peptides l...

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

authors： Groebke K,Renold P,Tsang KY,Allen TJ,McClure KF,Kemp DS

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophilic neurite outgrowth-promoting prostaglandin (NEPP) compounds protect neurons from oxidative insults. At least part of the neuroprotective action of NEPPs lies in induction of hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1), which, along with other phase II enzymes, serve as a defense system against oxidative stress. Here, we found...

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

authors： Satoh T,Okamoto SI,Cui J,Watanabe Y,Furuta K,Suzuki M,Tohyama K,Lipton SA

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:At the synapse, presynaptic membranes specialized for vesicular traffic are linked to postsynaptic membranes specialized for signal transduction. The mechanisms that connect pre- and postsynaptic membranes into synaptic junctions are unknown. Neuroligins and beta-neurexins are neuronal cell-surface proteins that bind ...

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

authors： Song JY,Ichtchenko K,Südhof TC,Brose N

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecology of microbes in the gut has been shown to play important roles in the health of the host. To better understand microbial growth and population dynamics in the proximal colon, the primary region of bacterial growth in the gut, we built and applied a fluidic channel that we call the "minigut." This is a chann...

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

authors： Cremer J,Segota I,Yang CY,Arnoldini M,Sauls JT,Zhang Z,Gutierrez E,Groisman A,Hwa T

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet factor 4 is shown to be a chemotactic protein for human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes at concentrations found in human serum and reached locally in injured tissue. The maximum chemotactic response to platelet factor 4 nearly equals that achieved with saturating concentrations of the chemotactic a...

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

authors： Deuel TF,Senior RM,Chang D,Griffin GL,Heinrikson RL,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete sequences for the intergenic regions of the genome of human respiratory syncytial virus were obtained by dideoxynucleotide sequencing using synthetic oligonucleotides. These experiments established that the 10 respiratory syncytial viral genes are arranged, without additional intervening genes, in the order 3...

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

authors： Collins PL,Dickens LE,Buckler-White A,Olmsted RA,Spriggs MK,Camargo E,Coelingh KV

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of transforming growth factor beta 1 on the skin in vivo, we have targeted its expression to the epidermis of transgenic mice. To ensure that active TGF-beta 1 was expressed, we used a porcine TGF-beta 1 cDNA with mutations of Cys-223-->Ser and Cys-225-->Ser, which allow constitutive activation. M...

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

authors： Sellheyer K,Bickenbach JR,Rothnagel JA,Bundman D,Longley MA,Krieg T,Roche NS,Roberts AB,Roop DR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardioviruses comprise a genus of picornaviruses that cause severe illnesses in rodents, but little is known about the prevalence, diversity, or spectrum of disease of such agents among humans. A single cardiovirus isolate, Saffold virus, was cultured in 1981 in stool from an infant with fever. Here, we describe the i...

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

authors： Chiu CY,Greninger AL,Kanada K,Kwok T,Fischer KF,Runckel C,Louie JK,Glaser CA,Yagi S,Schnurr DP,Haggerty TD,Parsonnet J,Ganem D,DeRisi JL

更新日期：2008-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpretation of empirical results based on a taxa's lifetime distribution shows apparently conflicting results. Species' lifetime is reported to be exponentially distributed, whereas higher-order taxa, such as families or genera, follow a broader distribution, compatible with power-law decay. We show that both forms...

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

authors： Pigolotti S,Flammini A,Marsili M,Maritan A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antiserum was prepared in rabbits against an antigen obtained by density gradient sedimentation of centrifuged medium from monolayer cultures of spleens involved by Hodgkin's disease. The antiserum was tested by isotopic antibody techniques with cells from each of eight cultures derived from spleens involved by Hod...

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

authors： Long JC,Aisenberg AC,Zamecnik PC

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00