Unraveling quantum mechanical effects in water using isotopic fractionation.

abstract：:The analysis of human whole-genome sequencing data presents significant computational challenges. The sheer size of datasets places an enormous burden on computational, disk array, and network resources. Here, we present an integrated computational package, PEMapper/PECaller, that was designed specifically to minimize...

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

authors： Johnston HR,Chopra P,Wingo TS,Patel V,International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.,Epstein MP,Mulle JG,Warren ST,Zwick ME,Cutler DJ

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Unconventional myosin 15 is a molecular motor expressed in inner ear hair cells that transports protein cargos within developing mechanosensory stereocilia. Mutations of myosin 15 cause profound hearing loss in humans and mice; however, the properties of this motor and its regulation within the stereocilia organelle a...

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

authors： Bird JE,Takagi Y,Billington N,Strub MP,Sellers JR,Friedman TB

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutator activity associated with the common male recombination (MR) chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster appears to be suppressed in natural populations. Crosses between geographically separated populations, however, lead to the release of mutator activity as measured by a significant increase in visible mutations. ...

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

authors： Thompson JN Jr,Woodruff RC

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonicotinoid insecticides control crop pests based on their action as agonists at the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which accepts chloropyridinyl- and chlorothiazolyl-analogs almost equally well. In some cases, these compounds have also been reported to enhance plant vigor and (a)biotic stress tolerance, i...

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

authors： Ford KA,Casida JE,Chandran D,Gulevich AG,Okrent RA,Durkin KA,Sarpong R,Bunnelle EM,Wildermuth MC

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify proteins that regulate the transcriptional activity of c-Jun, we have used the yeast two-hybrid screen to detect mammalian polypeptides that might interact functionally with the N-terminal segment of c-Jun, a known regulatory region. Among the proteins identified is a short form of Stat3 (designated Stat3 ...

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

authors： Schaefer TS,Sanders LK,Nathans D

更新日期：1995-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In binocular rivalry, a subject views two incongruent stimuli through each eye but consciously perceives only one stimulus at a time, with a switch in perceptual dominance every few seconds. To investigate the neural correlates of perceptual dominance in humans, seven subjects were recorded with a 148-channel magnetoe...

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

authors： Tononi G,Srinivasan R,Russell DP,Edelman GM

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophils are known to be fundamental in controlling innate immune responses, their role in regulating adaptive immunity is just starting to be appreciated. We report that human neutrophils exposed to pregnancy hormones progesterone and estriol promote the establishment of maternal tolerance through the ind...

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

authors： Nadkarni S,Smith J,Sferruzzi-Perri AN,Ledwozyw A,Kishore M,Haas R,Mauro C,Williams DJ,Farsky SH,Marelli-Berg FM,Perretti M

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a genetic screen of available T-DNA-mutagenized Arabidopsis populations for loci potentially involved in phytochrome (phy) signaling, we identified a mutant that displayed reduced seedling deetiolation under continuous red light, but little if any change in responsiveness to continuous far-red light. This behavior ...

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

authors： Huq E,Tepperman JM,Quail PH

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet photosensitivity of the single-stranded forms of poly(A) and poly(dA) is compared. In contrast to poly(A), poly(dA) is rather sensitive to ultraviolet irradiation. Relatively low doses of ultraviolet light lead to characteristic changes of the ultraviolet and circular dichroism spectra of poly(dA), suggest...

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

authors： Pörschke D

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated a transgenic mouse line by microinjection of a chimeric DNA fragment (KER-CAT) containing a hair-specific, murine ultra-high-sulfur keratin promoter (KER) fused to the coding region of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. A 671-base pair (bp) stretch of the 5' promoter region w...

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

authors： McNab AR,Andrus P,Wagner TE,Buhl AE,Waldon DJ,Kawabe TT,Rea TJ,Groppi V,Vogeli G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host factor protein Cyclophilin A (CypA) regulates HIV-1 viral infectivity through direct interactions with the viral capsid, by an unknown mechanism. CypA can either promote or inhibit viral infection, depending on host cell type and HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein sequence. We have examined the role of conformational dyna...

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

authors： Lu M,Hou G,Zhang H,Suiter CL,Ahn J,Byeon IJ,Perilla JR,Langmead CJ,Hung I,Gor'kov PL,Gan Z,Brey W,Aiken C,Zhang P,Schulten K,Gronenborn AM,Polenova T

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin is an immunosuppressive immunophilin ligand reported as having neurotrophic activity. We show that modification of rapamycin at the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) binding region yields immunophilin ligands, WYE-592 and ILS-920, with potent neurotrophic activities in cortical neuronal cultures, efficacy...

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

authors： Ruan B,Pong K,Jow F,Bowlby M,Crozier RA,Liu D,Liang S,Chen Y,Mercado ML,Feng X,Bennett F,von Schack D,McDonald L,Zaleska MM,Wood A,Reinhart PH,Magolda RL,Skotnicki J,Pangalos MN,Koehn FE,Carter GT,Abou-Gharbia M

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A promoterless trp-lac fusion fragment was inserted near one end of the bacterial transposon Tn5 in the correct orientation to fuse lacZ gene expression to promoters outside Tn5. The resulting transposon, Tn5 lac, retains the kanamycin-resistance gene of Tn5 and transposes in Escherichia coli at 6% the frequency of Tn...

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

authors： Kroos L,Kaiser D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine adrenal medullary cells, cultured on quartz plates, were superfused with buffer to which pulses of stimulant were added. Cytosolic Ca2+ was measured by the fura-2 fluorescence method and the simultaneously released catecholamine was measured electrochemically. When stimulant concentrations were adjusted to give...

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

authors： Kim KT,Westhead EW

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TrkC neurotrophin receptor belongs to the functional dependence receptor family, members of which share the ability to induce apoptosis in the absence of their ligands. Such a trait has been hypothesized to confer tumor-suppressor activity. Indeed, cells that express these receptors are thought to be dependent on ...

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

authors： Genevois AL,Ichim G,Coissieux MM,Lambert MP,Lavial F,Goldschneider D,Jarrosson-Wuilleme L,Lepinasse F,Gouysse G,Herceg Z,Scoazec JY,Tauszig-Delamasure S,Mehlen P

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are important effector cells in immunity to microorganisms, particularly bacteria. Here, we show that the process of neutrophil apoptosis is delayed in several inflammatory diseases, suggesting that this phenomenon may represent a general feature contributing to the development of neutrophilia, and, theref...

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

authors： Dibbert B,Weber M,Nikolaizik WH,Vogt P,Schöni MH,Blaser K,Simon HU

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Profilin2 (PFN2) is a target of the embryonic stem cell (ESC)-enriched miR-290 family of microRNAs (miRNAs) and an actin/dynamin-binding protein implicated in endocytosis. Here we show that the miR-290-PFN2 pathway regulates many aspects of ESC biology. In the absence of miRNAs, PFN2 is up-regulated in ESCs, with a re...

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

authors： Sangokoya C,Blelloch R

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:After five decades of largely serendipitous (albeit formidable) progress, catalyst design in Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization, i.e., the rational implementation of new active species to target predetermined polyolefin architectures, has ultimately become a realistic ambition, thanks to a much deeper fundamental und...

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

authors： Busico V,Cipullo R,Pellecchia R,Ronca S,Roviello G,Talarico G

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of acetylcholine receptors during differentiation of a clonal myoblast cell line was monitored with a neurotoxin isolated from venom of the Indian Cobra Naja naja. Toxin bound specifically and reversibly to acetylcholine receptors of the differentiated cells. Specificity of the binding reaction was assayed...

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

authors： Patrick J,Heinemann SF,Lindstrom J,Schubert D,Steinbach JH

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data indicate that sustained elevations in plasma insulin suppress the mRNA for IRS-2, a component of the insulin signaling pathway in liver, and that this deficiency contributes to hepatic insulin resistance and inappropriate gluconeogenesis. Here, we use nuclear run-on assays to show that insulin inhibits tra...

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

authors： Zhang J,Ou J,Bashmakov Y,Horton JD,Brown MS,Goldstein JL

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify sequences in a randomly encoded polypeptide library that are capable of acquiring unique and stably folded structures would be valuable in the examination of protein-folding issues. The quality control system of the yeast secretory pathway prevents the release of incompletely folded polypeptide...

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

authors： Hagihara Y,Kim PS

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of development has been studied through the lens of gene regulation by examining either closely related species or extremely distant animals of different phyla. In nematodes, detailed cell- and stage-specific expression analyses are focused on the model Caenorhabditis elegans, in part leading to the view...

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

authors： Schiffer PH,Polsky AL,Cole AG,Camps JIR,Kroiher M,Silver DH,Grishkevich V,Anavy L,Koutsovoulos G,Hashimshony T,Yanai I

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination regulates, via different modes of modifications, a variety of biological processes, and aberrations in the process have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. However, our ability to dissect the pathophysiological relevance of the ubiquitination code has been hampered...

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

authors： Haj-Yahya M,Fauvet B,Herman-Bachinsky Y,Hejjaoui M,Bavikar SN,Karthikeyan SV,Ciechanover A,Lashuel HA,Brik A

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A short, highly stereoselective (over 97%) synthesis of all-trans squalene is described. Starting with succinaldehyde, a tetraenedichlorodione having the complete squalene skeleton with the four internal trans olefinic bonds has been developed in four steps involving a sequence of two double Claisen rearrangements. Th...

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

authors： Werthemann L,Johnson WS

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin polymerization and assembly into stress fibers (SFs) is central to many cellular processes. However, how SFs form in response to the mechanical interaction of cells with their environment is not fully understood. Here we have identified Piezo2 mechanosensitive cationic channel as a transducer of environmental ph...

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

authors： Pardo-Pastor C,Rubio-Moscardo F,Vogel-González M,Serra SA,Afthinos A,Mrkonjic S,Destaing O,Abenza JF,Fernández-Fernández JM,Trepat X,Albiges-Rizo C,Konstantopoulos K,Valverde MA

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:What can be done to reduce unhealthy eating among adolescents? It was hypothesized that aligning healthy eating with important and widely shared adolescent values would produce the needed motivation. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled experiment with eighth graders (total n = 536) evaluated the impact of a...

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

authors： Bryan CJ,Yeager DS,Hinojosa CP,Chabot A,Bergen H,Kawamura M,Steubing F

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The basolateral membranes of Aplysia californica foregut absorptive cells contain both Cl(-)-stimulated ATPase and ATP-dependent Cl- transport activities, and each was inhibited by orthovanadate. Both of these orthovanadate-sensitive activities were reconstituted into proteoliposomes. The reaction sequence kinetics we...

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

authors： Gerencser GA,Zelezna B

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deficit in early clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is crucial in nosocomial pneumonia and in chronic lung infections. Few studies have addressed the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are early pathogen associated molecular pattern receptors, in pathogen uptake and clearance by alveolar macr...

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

authors： Descamps D,Le Gars M,Balloy V,Barbier D,Maschalidi S,Tohme M,Chignard M,Ramphal R,Manoury B,Sallenave JM

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human capabilities in manipulating many different tools with dexterity suggest modular neural organization at functional levels, but anatomical modularity underlying the capabilities has yet to be demonstrated. Although modularity in phylogenetically older parts of the cerebellum is well known, comparable modularity i...

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

authors： Imamizu H,Kuroda T,Miyauchi S,Yoshioka T,Kawato M

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of guanosine 5'-triphosphate,3'-diphosphate (pppGpp) in protein synthesis by Escherichia coli ribosomes and protein factors was examined. Although pppGpp could effectively substitute for GTP in reactions catalyzed by initiation factor 2 (ribosomal binding of fMet-tRNA and formation of N-formylmethion...

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

authors： Hamel E,Cashel M

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00