Communicating scientific uncertainty.

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize highly uniform intracellular magnetite nanoparticles through the action of several key biomineralization proteins. These proteins are present in a unique lipid-bound organelle (the magnetosome) that functions as a nanosized reactor in which the particle is formed. A master regulator p...

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

authors： Rawlings AE,Bramble JP,Walker R,Bain J,Galloway JM,Staniland SS

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase enriched in cerebellar granule cells (CaM kinase Gr) is a neuronal calmodulin-dependent protein kinase whose purification and partial cloning from rat brain has been described. A combination of the polymerase chain reaction and cDNA library screening was used to determine the D...

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

authors： Ohmstede CA,Bland MM,Merrill BM,Sahyoun N

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compute parameters characterizing many-body quantum chaos for a critical Fermi surface without quasiparticle excitations. We examine a theory of [Formula: see text] species of fermions at nonzero density coupled to a [Formula: see text] gauge field in two spatial dimensions and determine the Lyapunov rate and the b...

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

authors： Patel AA,Sachdev S

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Metazoan arrestins bind to seven-transmembrane (7TM) receptors to regulate function. Aspergillus nidulans PalF, a protein involved in the fungal ambient pH signaling pathway, contains arrestin N-terminal and C-terminal domains and binds strongly to two different regions within the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of the 7T...

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

authors： Herranz S,Rodríguez JM,Bussink HJ,Sánchez-Ferrero JC,Arst HN Jr,Peñalva MA,Vincent O

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-labeled glycopeptides from the surface of growing and nongrowing human diploid cells (KL-2) were separated into neutral glycopeptides and acidic glycopeptides by paper electrophoresis. Growth-dependent alterations occurred in oligomannosyl cores in the neutral glycopeptides; namely, the neutral glycopeptides f...

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

authors： Ceccarini C,Muramatsu T,Tsang J,Atkinson PH

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod-shaped "ghosts" that are free of murein have been isolated from E. coli. The shape of these "ghosts" is maintained by a unit membrane soluble in sodium dodecyl sulfate. Ghosts consist of about 20-30% phospholipid (almost exclusively phosphatidylethanolamine) and 50-60% protein; a large fraction of the remaining ma...

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

authors： Henning U,Rehn K,Hoehn B

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goblet cell metaplasia and mucus hypersecretion are observed in many pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis. However, the regulation of goblet cell differentiation remains unclear. Here, we identify a regulator of this process in an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea...

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

authors： Kim HT,Yin W,Nakamichi Y,Panza P,Grohmann B,Buettner C,Guenther S,Ruppert C,Kobayashi Y,Guenther A,Stainier DYR

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The lactose-H+ symport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus has a C-terminal hydrophilic domain that is homologous to IIA protein(s) domains of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS). C-terminal truncation mutants were constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli and their properties we...

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

authors： Poolman B,Knol J,Mollet B,Nieuwenhuis B,Sulter G

更新日期：1995-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Photochemical oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons leads to tropospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, with profound implications for air quality, human health, and climate. Toluene is the most abundant aromatic compound under urban environments, but its detailed chemical oxidation mechanism remai...

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

authors： Ji Y,Zhao J,Terazono H,Misawa K,Levitt NP,Li Y,Lin Y,Peng J,Wang Y,Duan L,Pan B,Zhang F,Feng X,An T,Marrero-Ortiz W,Secrest J,Zhang AL,Shibuya K,Molina MJ,Zhang R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron micrographs of replicating lambda DNA molecules, during the period of progeny-particle DNA formation, show single-tailed circular structures. The tails are, predominantly, shorter than one viral genome. ...

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

authors： Kiger JA Jr,Sinsheimer RL

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet transplantation offers a potential therapy to restore glucose homeostasis in type 1 diabetes patients. However, islet transplantation is not routinely successful because most islet recipients gradually lose graft function. Furthermore, serological markers of islet function are insensitive to islet loss until the...

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

authors： Lu Y,Dang H,Middleton B,Zhang Z,Washburn L,Stout DB,Campbell-Thompson M,Atkinson MA,Phelps M,Gambhir SS,Tian J,Kaufman DL

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations with the image tube scanner at the Shane 3-m telescope are combined with data obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer to assess the spectrum of the remarkable high-excitation planetary nebula NGC 6537. We have analyzed the spectrum of this nitrogen-rich object with the aid of the theoretical ...

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

authors： Feibelman W,Aller LH,Keyes CD,Czyzak SJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that human cells after neoplastic transformation in culture had acquired an increased susceptibility to chromatid damage induced by x-irradiation during the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Evidence suggested that this results from deficient DNA repair during G2 phase. Cells derived from human tumors...

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

authors： Parshad R,Sanford KK,Jones GM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleiotropic inflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in various inflammatory diseases. Chronic inflammation is a mainstay of liver fibrosis, a leading cause of morbidity worldwide, but the role of MIF in liver scarring has not yet been elucidated. Here we have un...

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

authors： Heinrichs D,Knauel M,Offermanns C,Berres ML,Nellen A,Leng L,Schmitz P,Bucala R,Trautwein C,Weber C,Bernhagen J,Wasmuth HE

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nitrogen metabolic circuit in enteric bacteria consists of three enzymes: glutamine synthetase, glutamate synthase (GOGAT), and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). With the carbon skeleton provided by 2-oxoglutarate, ammonia/ammonium (NH(4)(+)) is assimilated into two central nitrogen intermediates, glutamate a...

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

authors： Yan D

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparinase I from Flavobacterium heparinum has important uses for elucidating the complex sequence heterogeneity of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs). Understanding the biological function of HLGAGs has been impaired by the limited methods for analysis of pure or mixed oligosaccharide fragments. Here, we use me...

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

authors： Ernst S,Rhomberg AJ,Biemann K,Sasisekharan R

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A duplex 21 nucleotide small interfering RNA (siRNA) against human Keap1 is described that represents a unique class of cancer chemopreventive agent. This siRNA can knockdown Keap1 mRNA and thereby relieve negative regulation of nuclear factor erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-mediated gene expression. The siRNA...

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

authors： Devling TW,Lindsay CD,McLellan LI,McMahon M,Hayes JD

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The repeatability of evolutionary change is difficult to quantify because only a single outcome can usually be observed for any precise set of circumstances. In this study, however, we have quantified the frequency of parallel and divergent genetic changes in 12 initially identical populations of Escherichia coli that...

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

authors： Woods R,Schneider D,Winkworth CL,Riley MA,Lenski RE

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which is endemic to Latin America, is much more common in men than women, suggesting a role for hormonal factors. We recently showed that two other yeasts possess steroid binding proteins and postulated that these receptor-like molecules repres...

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

authors： Loose DS,Stover EP,Restrepo A,Stevens DA,Feldman D

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midbrain dopamine neurons play central roles in reward processing. It is widely assumed that all dopamine neurons encode the same information. Some evidence, however, suggests functional differences between subgroups of dopamine neurons, particularly with respect to processing nonrewarding, aversive stimuli. To direct...

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

authors： Brischoux F,Chakraborty S,Brierley DI,Ungless MA

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The substance P (SP)-preferring receptor neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) has two forms: a full-length receptor consisting of 407 aa and a truncated receptor consisting of 311 aa. These two receptors differ in the length of the C terminus of NK-1R. We studied the undifferentiated and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-diffe...

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

authors： Lai JP,Ho WZ,Kilpatrick LE,Wang X,Tuluc F,Korchak HM,Douglas SD

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a coevolutionary method for the computational design of HIV-1 protease inhibitors selected for their ability to retain efficacy in the face of protease mutation. For HIV-1 protease, typical drug design techniques are shown to be ineffective for the design of resistance-evading inhibitors: An inhibito...

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

authors： Rosin CD,Belew RK,Morris GM,Olson AJ,Goodsell DS

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the world's around 6,000 languages are in danger of disappearing as people give up use of a minority language in favor of the majority language in a process called language shift. Language shift can be monitored on a large scale through the use of mathematical models by way of differential equations, for examp...

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

authors： Prochazka K,Vogl G

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) possess the potentials of self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation toward different lineages of blood cells. These cells not only play a primordial role in hematopoietic development but also have important clinical application. Characterization of the gene expression...

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

authors： Mao M,Fu G,Wu JS,Zhang QH,Zhou J,Kan LX,Huang QH,He KL,Gu BW,Han ZG,Shen Y,Gu J,Yu YP,Xu SH,Wang YX,Chen SJ,Chen Z

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic pathways serve important functions in learning and memory processes, and deficits in cholinergic transmission occur in Alzheimer disease (AD). A subset of muscarinic cholinergic receptors are linked to G-proteins that activate phospholipase C, resulting in the liberation of inositol trisphosphate and Ca2+ ...

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

authors： Kelly JF,Furukawa K,Barger SW,Rengen MR,Mark RJ,Blanc EM,Roth GS,Mattson MP

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies by several investigators have shown that 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is an extraordinarily potent stimulator of differentiation of cultured human promyelocytic leukemia cells in vitro. In the present study, TPA was administered to humans by i.v. infusion without irreversible toxicity, and it was...

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

authors： Han ZT,Zhu XX,Yang RY,Sun JZ,Tian GF,Liu XJ,Cao GS,Newmark HL,Conney AH,Chang RL

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the sterol-synthesizing mevalonate pathway occurs in part through feedback-regulated endoplasmic reticulum degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-R). In yeast, the Hmg2p isozyme of HMG-R is regulated in this manner. We have tested the involvement of ubiquitination in the regulated d...

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

authors： Hampton RY,Bhakta H

更新日期：1997-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Total nuclear proteins extracted from cell lines representing various stages of differentiation of mouse B lymphocytes were studied by computer analysis of two-dimensional gels. Of the 1438 spots present on the gels, 55 varied significantly in intensity during differentiation. The variations occurred most often in ste...

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

authors： Rabilloud T,Pennetier JL,Hibner U,Vincens P,Tarroux P,Rougeon F

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cat tongue is covered in sharp, rear-facing spines called papillae, the precise function of which is a mystery. In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we use high-speed film, grooming force measurements, and computed tomography (CT) scanning to elucidate the mechanism by which papillae are used to gr...

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

authors： Noel AC,Hu DL

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA extracted from Dane particles has been characterized by gel electrophoresis and restriction enzyme cleavage with endonuclease R-HaeIII (from Hemophilus aegyptius). Dane particle DNA is proposed to be a double-stranded circular DNA approximately 3600 nucleotides in length containing a single-stranded gap of 600-210...

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

authors： Summers J,O'Connell A,Millman I

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00