Additional component in the cellular mechanism of presynaptic facilitation contributes to behavioral dishabituation in Aplysia.

abstract：:Apis mellifera originated in Africa and extended its range into Eurasia in two or more ancient expansions. In 1956, honey bees of African origin were introduced into South America, their descendents admixing with previously introduced European bees, giving rise to the highly invasive and economically devastating "Afri...

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

authors： Zayed A,Whitfield CW

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the isolated perfused rat liver to differentiate between chylomicrons and remnants with either high or low apoprotein E:C ratios was investigated. Remnants were prepared in hepatectomized rats injected with chylomicrons double-labeled with [3H]cholesterol and 14C-labeled fatty acids. By densitometric sc...

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

authors： Borensztajn J,Kotlar TJ

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Song syntax, defined as orderly temporal arrangements of acoustic units within a bird song, is a conspicuous feature of the songs of many species of passerine birds. While syntactical features play a role in interspecific song recognition by males of many bird species, syntax variation within species and female respon...

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

authors： Balaban E

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A readily accessible new class of near infrared (NIR) molecular probes has been synthesized and evaluated. Specific fluorophores in this unique xanthene based regioisomeric seminaphthofluorone dye series exhibit a combination of desirable characteristics including (i) low molecular weight (339 amu), (ii) aqueous solub...

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

authors： Yang Y,Lowry M,Xu X,Escobedo JO,Sibrian-Vazquez M,Wong L,Schowalter CM,Jensen TJ,Fronczek FR,Warner IM,Strongin RM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximum likelihood analysis for linkage between autosomal dominant aniridia and 12 biochemical and serological markers in a single large family showed a probable linkage between autosomal dominant aniridia and the enzyme acid phosphatase-1. The presence of an autosomal dominant aniridia gene linked to acid phosphatase...

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

authors： Ferrell RE,Chakravarti A,Hittner HM,Riccardi VM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From endonuclease EcoRI partial libraries of DNAs from mouse embryo and MOPC 141, a gamma 2b-producing myeloma, clones were isolated by using a DNA fragment carrying the gamma 2b constant (C) region gene as a hybridization probe. One clone from MOPC 141 contained a heavy chain variable (V) gene and the C gamma 2b gene...

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

authors： Maki R,Traunecker A,Sakano H,Roeder W,Tonegawa S

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "false thumb" of pandas is a carpal bone, the radial sesamoid, which has been enlarged and functions as an opposable thumb. If the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) are not closely related, their sharing of this adaptation implies a remarkable convergence. The discovery of pr...

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

authors： Salesa MJ,Antón M,Peigné S,Morales J

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorbance changes in untreated intact leaf discs, produced upon excitation with high-intensity red light, were shown to be due to the photooxidation of cytochrome b-559. At low intensities (<100 W/m2), photooxidation was almost undetectable. Photooxidation occurred with a half-time of 4.3 sec and an extent of 0.64 mo...

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

authors： Canaani O,Havaux M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the origin, nature, and functional significance of complex patterns of neural activity, as recorded by diverse electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, is a central challenge in neuroscience. Such patterns include collective oscillations emerging out of neural synchronization as well as highly h...

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

authors： di Santo S,Villegas P,Burioni R,Muñoz MA

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor monomers and noncovalently associated dimers were isolated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and their respective binding and autophosphorylation activities were determined. We find that monomers are low-affinity receptors and dimers are high-affinity receptors. In the ...

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

authors： Böni-Schnetzler M,Pilch PF

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feeling of being observed or merely participating in an experiment can affect individuals' behavior. Referred to as the Hawthorne effect, this inconsistently observed phenomenon can both provide insight into individuals' behavior and confound the interpretation of experimental manipulations. Here, we pursue both t...

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

authors： Schwartz D,Fischhoff B,Krishnamurti T,Sowell F

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem I (PSI) reaction centers (RCs) of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus were purified and characterized. The PSI RC was obtained in two forms, monomeric and trimeric. The two forms contained the same number of pigments per P700 and displayed similar photochemical activities. The two forms...

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

authors： Almog O,Shoham G,Michaeli D,Nechushtai R

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:gC1qR is one of the C1q receptors implicated in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity. We found that gC1qR inhibits RIG-I and MDA5-dependent antiviral signaling. Double stranded RNA and virus trigger the translocation of gC1qR to the mitochondrial outer membrane leading to the interaction of gC1qR with the RI...

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

authors： Xu L,Xiao N,Liu F,Ren H,Gu J

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bt toxins derived from the arthropod bacterial pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis are widely used for insect control as insecticides or in transgenic crops. Bt resistance has been found in field populations of several lepidopteran pests and in laboratory strains selected with Bt toxin. Widespread planting of crops expres...

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

authors： Atsumi S,Miyamoto K,Yamamoto K,Narukawa J,Kawai S,Sezutsu H,Kobayashi I,Uchino K,Tamura T,Mita K,Kadono-Okuda K,Wada S,Kanda K,Goldsmith MR,Noda H

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the proline-specific aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.9) from Escherichia coli has been solved and refined for crystals of the native enzyme at a 2.0-A resolution, for a dipeptide-inhibited complex at 2.3-A resolution, and for a low-pH inactive form at 2.7-A resolution. The protein crystallizes as a tetramer...

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

authors： Wilce MC,Bond CS,Dixon NE,Freeman HC,Guss JM,Lilley PE,Wilce JA

更新日期：1998-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, advertisers and magazine editors have been widely criticized for taking digital photo retouching to an extreme. Impossibly thin, tall, and wrinkle- and blemish-free models are routinely splashed onto billboards, advertisements, and magazine covers. The ubiquity of these unrealistic and highly idealize...

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

authors： Kee E,Farid H

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural and linguistic groups are often expected to represent genetic populations. In this article, we tested the hypothesis that the hierarchical classification of languages proposed by J. Greenberg [(1987) Language in the Americas (Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA)] also represents the genetic structure of Native...

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

authors： Hunley K,Long JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral stimulation of human peripheral nerves activates the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) contralaterally and the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) bilaterally. We aimed at characterizing phase locking between SI and SII in response to electric stimuli applied once every 3 s to the right median nerve at the...

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

authors： Simões C,Jensen O,Parkkonen L,Hari R

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:An AU rich element (ARE) in the 3' noncoding region promotes the rapid degradation of mammalian cytokine and proto-oncogene mRNAs, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and c-fos. Destabilization of ARE-mRNAs involves the association of ARE-binding proteins tris...

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

authors： Laroia G,Sarkar B,Schneider RJ

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is a biological computer integrating the body's reflex and voluntary environmental interactions (behavior) with a relatively constant internal state (homeostasis)-- promoting survival of the individual and species. The wiring diagram of the nervous system's structural connectivity provides an obliga...

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

authors： Swanson LW,Bota M

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Confronted with an object of perception, an individual will spontaneously try to identify unambiguously and consistently all its parts; except in rare instances of "illusory phenomena," he will immediately succeed. This elementary fact is formalized in a law of visual perception. It is used to define sets of stable st...

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

authors： Shiman LG

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental aspect of climate change is the potential shifts in flowering phenology and pollen initiation associated with milder winters and warmer seasonal air temperature. Earlier floral anthesis has been suggested, in turn, to have a role in human disease by increasing time of exposure to pollen that causes aller...

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

authors： Ziska L,Knowlton K,Rogers C,Dalan D,Tierney N,Elder MA,Filley W,Shropshire J,Ford LB,Hedberg C,Fleetwood P,Hovanky KT,Kavanaugh T,Fulford G,Vrtis RF,Patz JA,Portnoy J,Coates F,Bielory L,Frenz D

更新日期：2011-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether the vascular smooth muscle contractile effect of NG-methyl-L-arginine (NMA) is endothelium dependent and attributed to a decline in smooth muscle levels of cyclic GMP. Vascular smooth muscle levels of cyclic GMP are severalfold greater in endothelium-intact than in ...

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

authors： Gold ME,Wood KS,Byrns RE,Fukuto J,Ignarro LJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that geographic differences in cancer mortalities in Europe are related to (in order of importance): geographic distances (reflecting environmental differences), ethnohistoric distances (encompassing cultural and genetic attributes), and genetic distances of the populations in the areas studie...

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

authors： Sokal RR,Oden NL,Rosenberg MS,Thomson BA

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA for tryptophan hydroxylase was cloned from rabbit pineal body by screening an expression library with antibody against rat phenylalanine hydroxylase, which crossreacts with rabbit tryptophan hydroxylase. Clones producing immunoreactive material contain sequences homologous to, yet distinct from, phe...

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

authors： Grenett HE,Ledley FD,Reed LL,Woo SL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first definitive/adult-type hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the mouse aorta-gonad-mesonephros region emerge between embryonic days 10.5 and 11.5. The discovery of clusters of hematopoietic cells on the ventral luminal surface of the dorsal aorta in various vertebrate species has led to speculation that the floo...

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

authors： Taoudi S,Medvinsky A

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations are subject to complex processes of diversification that involve mutation and horizontal DNA transfer mediated by transformation, transduction, or conjugation. Tracing the evolutionary events leading to genetic changes allows us to infer the history of a microbe. Here, we combine experimental and...

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

authors： Brochet M,Rusniok C,Couvé E,Dramsi S,Poyart C,Trieu-Cuot P,Kunst F,Glaser P

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of the human genome project and the development of high-throughput approaches herald a dramatic acceleration in the pace of biological research. One of the most compelling next steps will be learning the functional roles of all proteins. Achievement of this goal depends in part on the rapid expression a...

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

authors： Braun P,Hu Y,Shen B,Halleck A,Koundinya M,Harlow E,LaBaer J

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses evolved from long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons by acquisition of envelope functions, and subsequently reinvaded host genomes. Together, endogenous retroviruses and LTR retrotransposons represent major components of animal, plant, and fungal genomes. Sequences from these elements have been exapte...

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

authors： Dodonova SO,Prinz S,Bilanchone V,Sandmeyer S,Briggs JAG

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic islands, large potentially mobile regions of bacterial chromosomes, are a major contributor to bacteria evolution. Here, we investigated the fitness cost and phenotypic differences between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and a derivative carrying one integrated copy of the clc element, a 103-kb genom...

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

authors： Gaillard M,Pernet N,Vogne C,Hagenbüchle O,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00