Simultaneous mastering of two abstract concepts by the miniature brain of bees.

abstract：:The effects of epinephrine (as low as 0.1 muM) on guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in isolated fat cells were examined. Epinephrine increased both cGMP and cAMP levels, with the elevation of cAMP preceding the rise of cGMP. Maximal elevation was obtained with ...

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

authors： Asakawa T,Ruiz J,Ho RJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary method for studying cellular function is to examine cell morphology after a given manipulation. Fluorescent markers attached to proteins/intracellular structures of interest in conjunction with 3D fluorescent microscopy are frequently exploited for functional analysis. Despite the central role of morphology ...

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

authors： Duong T,Goud B,Schauer K

更新日期：2012-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a highly prevalent gynecological disease with severe negative impacts on life quality and financial burden. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease, which highlights the need for further investigation about the pathophysiology of this disease to provide clues for developing novel therapeutic ...

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

authors： Li WN,Hsiao KY,Wang CA,Chang N,Hsu PL,Sun CH,Wu SR,Wu MH,Tsai SJ

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The nerve growth factor protein was purified over 100-fold from adult mouse salivary glands. The first step was a gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 at pH 7.5 of the aqueous gland extract. After gel filtration, most of the NGF activity was eluted in the 80,000-90,000-molecular-weight region (G-100 pool). The G-100 pool ...

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

authors： Bocchini V,Angeletti PU

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study demonstrated that the translational inhibitor from lysates of heme-deficient rabbit reticulocytes is associated with a protein kinase activity. Chromatography of this inhibitor preparation on phosphocellulose yields two distinct protein kinase activities, PC1 and PC2. PC1, which consitutes about 90% o...

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

authors： Levin D,Ranu RS,Ernst V,London IM

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many substances in the plant kingdom and in man's diet occur as glycosides. Recent studies have indicated that many glycosides that are not mutagenic in tests such as the Salmonella test become mutagenic upon hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkages. The Salmonella test utilizes a liver homogenate to approximate mammalia...

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

authors： Tamura G,Gold C,Ferro-Luzzi A,Ames BN

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we identified and characterized a Ly49 family member, designated as Ly49Q. The Ly49q gene encodes a 273-aa protein with an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) at the N terminus of its cytoplasmic domain. We show that the ITIM of Ly49Q can recruit SHP-2 and SHP-1 in a tyrosine phosphorylation-de...

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

authors： Toyama-Sorimachi N,Tsujimura Y,Maruya M,Onoda A,Kubota T,Koyasu S,Inaba K,Karasuyama H

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes and various drug metabolizing enzymes by the prototypical inducer phenobarbital (PB) and many other drugs and chemicals is an adaptive response of the organism to exposure to xenobiotics. The response to PB is mediated by the nuclear receptor constitutive andro...

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

authors： Blättler SM,Rencurel F,Kaufmann MR,Meyer UA

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Okadaic acid is a non-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-type tumor promoter on mouse skin and known to be a potent inhibitor of serine/threonine protein phosphatases. Contrary to expectation from its tumor-promoting activity, okadaic acid was shown to have a potential to revert the phenotypes of cells transformed ...

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

authors： Sakai R,Ikeda I,Kitani H,Fujiki H,Takaku F,Rapp U,Sugimura T,Nagao M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of charge transfer depend crucially on the dielectric reorganization of the medium. In enzymatic reactions that involve charge transfer, atomic dielectric response of the active site and of its surroundings determines the efficiency of the protein as a catalyst. We report direct spectroscopic measurements...

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

authors： Mertz EL,Krishtalik LI

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Late Quaternary glacial-interglacial transitions represent the highest amplitude climate changes over the last million years. Unraveling the sequence of events and feedbacks at Termination III (T-III), including potential abrupt climate reversals similar to those of the last Termination, has been particularly chal...

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

authors： Pérez-Mejías C,Moreno A,Sancho C,Bartolomé M,Stoll H,Cacho I,Cheng H,Edwards RL

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insig-1 and -2 are closely related proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that block proteolytic activation of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), transcription factors that activate the synthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids in liver and other organs. When cellular cholesterol levels are high, ...

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

authors： Yabe D,Komuro R,Liang G,Goldstein JL,Brown MS

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xlim-1 gene is activated in the late blastula stage of Xenopus embryogenesis in the mesoderm, and its RNA product becomes concentrated in the Spemann organizer at early gastrula stage. A major regulator of early expression of Xlim-1 is activin or an activin-like signal. We report experiments aiming to identify the...

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

authors： Rebbert ML,Dawid IB

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, a number of quantitative epidemiological studies of specific diseases have been done in developing countries that for the first time allow estimation of the total burden of disease (mortality and morbidity) attributable to use of solid fuels in adult women and young children, who jointly receive th...

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

authors： Smith KR

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men but has highly variable outcomes, highlighting the need for biomarkers to determine which patients can be managed conservatively. Few large prostate oncogenome resources currently exist that combine the molecular and clinical outcome data necessary to discov...

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

authors： Hieronymus H,Schultz N,Gopalan A,Carver BS,Chang MT,Xiao Y,Heguy A,Huberman K,Bernstein M,Assel M,Murali R,Vickers A,Scardino PT,Sander C,Reuter V,Taylor BS,Sawyers CL

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic agriculture promotes sustainability compared to conventional agriculture. However, the multifunctional sustainability benefits of organic farms might be mediated by landscape context. Assessing how landscape context affects sustainability may aid in targeting organic production to landscapes that promote high ...

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

authors： Smith OM,Cohen AL,Reganold JP,Jones MS,Orpet RJ,Taylor JM,Thurman JH,Cornell KA,Olsson RL,Ge Y,Kennedy CM,Crowder DW

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to 3TC of HIV-1 mutant strains containing non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-specific mutations in their reverse transcriptase (RT) easily selected for double-mutant viruses that had acquired the characteristic 184-Ile mutation in their RT in addition to the NNRTI-specific mutations. Conve...

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

authors： Balzarini J,Pelemans H,Karlsson A,De ClercQ E,Kleim JP

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in T cell receptor (TCR) signaling initiated by interactions among TCRs, coreceptors, and self-peptide-MHC complexes determine the outcome of CD4 versus CD8 lineage of T cell differentiation. The H-2Ld and Kbm3 alloreactive 2C TCR is positively selected by MHC class I Kb and a yet-to-be identified nonclass...

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

authors： Ge Q,Holler PD,Mahajan VS,Nuygen T,Eisen HN,Chen J

更新日期：2006-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A tandemly repeated DNA sequence organized predominantly, if not entirely, in a specific manner on the human X chromosome has been cloned in pBR322 and characterized. The sequence was detected as a 2-kilobase band in ethidium bromide-stained agarose gels of BamHI-digested total human nuclear DNA. Although in situ hybr...

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

authors： Yang TP,Hansen SK,Oishi KK,Ryder OA,Hamkalo BA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified rat8 in the pathway involved in epithelial cell differentiation that occurs in the rat mammary gland at pregnancy when tubules and alveoli are formed. rat8, which encodes an IFN-inducible membrane protein, is the rat homologue of the mouse gene fragilis. By differential detergent extraction an...

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

authors： Zucchi I,Prinetti A,Scotti M,Valsecchi V,Valaperta R,Mento E,Reinbold R,Vezzoni P,Sonnino S,Albertini A,Dulbecco R

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (Epac1 and Epac2) have been recently recognized as key players in β-adrenergic-dependent cardiac arrhythmias. Whereas Epac1 overexpression can lead to cardiac hypertrophy and Epac2 activation can be arrhythmogenic, it is unknown whether distinct subcellular distribution of ...

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

authors： Pereira L,Rehmann H,Lao DH,Erickson JR,Bossuyt J,Chen J,Bers DM

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene (NBS1) plays crucial roles in DNA damage response through its association with many proteins, including MRE11 and RAD50. However, it remains to be determined exactly how NBS1 accumulates at or near DNA double-strand breaks. Here we report that MDC1 directly binds to N...

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

authors： Wu L,Luo K,Lou Z,Chen J

更新日期：2008-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the main treatment for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer classification because of its exclusive arterial blood supply. Although TACE achieves substantial necrosis of the tumor, complete tumor necrosis is uncommon, and the res...

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

authors： Lin WH,Yeh SH,Yeh KH,Chen KW,Cheng YW,Su TH,Jao P,Ni LC,Chen PJ,Chen DS

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat cortical astrocytes in pure culture are functionally coupled to neighboring cells via connexin (Cx) 43 gap junctions under ordinary conditions. Small fluorescent molecules such as Lucifer yellow (LY) pass between cell interiors via gap junctions, but do not enter the cells when externally applied. Subjecting rat a...

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

authors： Contreras JE,Sánchez HA,Eugenin EA,Speidel D,Theis M,Willecke K,Bukauskas FF,Bennett MV,Sáez JC

更新日期：2002-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusiform face area (FFA) is a region of human cortex that responds selectively to faces, but whether it supports a more general function relevant for perceptual expertise is debated. Although both faces and objects of expertise engage many brain areas, the FFA remains the focus of the strongest modular claims and ...

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

authors： McGugin RW,Gatenby JC,Gore JC,Gauthier I

更新日期：2012-10-16 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：:Surgical removal of one or both atrial appendages was employed in rats to reduce the intrinsic stores of atriopeptin (AP). In conscious rats (with intact baroreceptor reflexes), bilateral or unilateral atrial appendectomy suppressed the diuresis and natriuresis produced by acute volume expansion. Surprisingly, volume ...

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

authors： Sakata M,Greenwald JE,Needleman P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial cells are organized into either a single layer (simple epithelia) or multiple layers (stratified epithelia). Maintenance of these cellular organizations requires distinct adhesive mechanisms involving many cell surface molecules. One such molecule is a cell surface proteoglycan, named syndecan, that contain...

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

authors： Sanderson RD,Bernfield M

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep is recognized as a physiological state associated with learning, with studies showing that knowledge acquisition improves with naps. Little work has examined sleep-dependent learning in people with developmental disorders, for whom sleep quality is often impaired. We examined the effect of natural, in-home naps ...

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

authors： Spanò G,Gómez RL,Demara BI,Alt M,Cowen SL,Edgin JO

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Various proteins with different biological activities have been observed to be translocated from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in an energy- and signal-dependent manner in eukaryotic cells. This nuclear export is directed by nuclear export signals (NESs), typically characterized by hydrophobic, primarily leucine, amino...

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

authors： Elfgang C,Rosorius O,Hofer L,Jaksche H,Hauber J,Bevec D

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00