Bacterial growth laws reflect the evolutionary importance of energy efficiency.

abstract：:Tumor hypoxia reduces the effectiveness of radiation therapy by limiting the biologically effective dose. An acute increase in tumor oxygenation before radiation treatment should therefore significantly improve the tumor cell kill after radiation. Efforts to increase oxygen delivery to the tumor have not shown positiv...

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

authors： Benej M,Hong X,Vibhute S,Scott S,Wu J,Graves E,Le QT,Koong AC,Giaccia AJ,Yu B,Chen CS,Papandreou I,Denko NC

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella sonnei is a human-adapted pathogen that is emerging globally as the dominant agent of bacterial dysentery. To investigate local establishment, we sequenced the genomes of 263 Vietnamese S. sonnei isolated over 15 y. Our data show that S. sonnei was introduced into Vietnam in the 1980s and has undergone locali...

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

authors： Holt KE,Thieu Nga TV,Thanh DP,Vinh H,Kim DW,Vu Tra MP,Campbell JI,Hoang NV,Vinh NT,Minh PV,Thuy CT,Nga TT,Thompson C,Dung TT,Nhu NT,Vinh PV,Tuyet PT,Phuc HL,Lien NT,Phu BD,Ai NT,Tien NM,Dong N,Parry CM,Hie

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways that allow quiescent disseminated cancer cells to survive during prolonged dormancy periods are unknown. Here, we identify the transcription factor ATF6alpha as a pivotal survival factor for quiescent but not proliferative squamous carcinoma cells. ATF6alpha is essential for the adaptation of dormant cell...

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

authors： Schewe DM,Aguirre-Ghiso JA

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:During natural fertilization, mammalian spermatozoa must pass through the zona pellucida before reaching the plasma membrane of the oocyte. It is assumed that this step involves partial lysis of the zona by sperm acrosomal enzymes, but there has been no unequivocal evidence to support this view. Here we present eviden...

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

authors： Hirose M,Honda A,Fulka H,Tamura-Nakano M,Matoba S,Tomishima T,Mochida K,Hasegawa A,Nagashima K,Inoue K,Ohtsuka M,Baba T,Yanagimachi R,Ogura A

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Agents that act as anion channel blockers (ACBs) and do not permeate cells appear to inhibit exocytosis in platelets, parathyroid cells, and neutrophils. Based in large part on these observations, anion influx through plasma membrane channels has been considered a factor controlling cellular secretion, but there have ...

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

authors： Vostal JG,Reid DM,Jones CE,Shulman NR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV envelope (Env) protein mediates entry into cells by binding CD4 and an appropriate coreceptor, which triggers structural changes in Env that lead to fusion between the viral and cellular membranes. The major HIV-1 coreceptors are the seven transmembrane domain chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4. The type of co...

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

authors： Hoffman TL,Canziani G,Jia L,Rucker J,Doms RW

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental events in metamorphosis in insects is the replacement of larval tissues by imaginal tissues. Shortly after pupariation the imaginal discs evaginate to assume their positions at the surface of the prepupal animal. This is a very precise process that is only beginning to be understood. In Drosophi...

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

authors： Martin-Blanco E,Pastor-Pareja JC,Garcia-Bellido A

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of dollars annually. Although local evidence suggests that kelp forests are increasingly threatened by a variety of stressors, no comprehe...

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

authors： Krumhansl KA,Okamoto DK,Rassweiler A,Novak M,Bolton JJ,Cavanaugh KC,Connell SD,Johnson CR,Konar B,Ling SD,Micheli F,Norderhaug KM,Pérez-Matus A,Sousa-Pinto I,Reed DC,Salomon AK,Shears NT,Wernberg T,Anderson RJ,Barre

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrophoretically slow albumin variant was detected with a phenotype frequency of about 1:1000 in Sweden and was also found in a family of Scottish descent from Kaikoura, New Zealand, and in five families in Tradate, Italy. Structural study established that the major variant component was arginyl-albumin, in whic...

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

authors： Brennan SO,Arai K,Madison J,Laurell CB,Galliano M,Watkins S,Peach R,Myles T,George P,Putnam FW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean plants and Rhizobium japonicum 122 DES, a hydrogen uptake-positive strain, were cultured in media purified to remove Ni. Supplemental Ni had no significant effect on the dry matter or total N content of plants. However, the addition of Ni to both nitrate-grown and symbiotically grown plants resulted in a 7- to...

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

authors： Klucas RV,Hanus FJ,Russell SA,Evans HJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a major health concern even though numerous analgesic agents are available. Side effects and lack of wide-spectrum efficacy of current drugs justify efforts to better understand pain mechanisms. Stabilization of natural epoxy-fatty acids (EFAs) through inhibition of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) reduces ...

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

authors： Inceoglu B,Wagner K,Schebb NH,Morisseau C,Jinks SL,Ulu A,Hegedus C,Rose T,Brosnan R,Hammock BD

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective alteration of the cellular genome by laser microbeam irradiation has been extensively applied in cell biology. We report here the use of the third harmonic (355 nm) of an yttrium-aluminum garnet laser to facilitate the direct transfer of the neo gene into cultured human HT1080-6TG cells. The resultant tr...

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

authors： Tao W,Wilkinson J,Stanbridge EJ,Berns MW

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein δ (C/EBPδ) recently emerged as an essential player in the inflammatory response to bacterial infections. C/EBPδ levels increase rapidly after a proinflammatory stimulus, and increasing C/EBPδ levels seem to be indispensable for amplification of the inflammatory response. Here we aimed to...

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

authors： Duitman J,Schouten M,Groot AP,Borensztajn KS,Daalhuisen JB,Florquin S,van der Poll T,Spek CA

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The output of the cerebellar cortex is controlled by two main inputs, (i.e., the climbing fiber and mossy fiber-parallel fiber pathway) and activations of these inputs elicit characteristic effects in its Purkinje cells: that is, the so-called complex spikes and simple spikes. Target neurons of the Purkinje cells in t...

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

authors： Hoebeek FE,Witter L,Ruigrok TJ,De Zeeuw CI

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the CB2 receptor is apparently an endogenous protective mechanism. Thus, it restrains inflammation and protects the skeleton against age-related bone loss. However, the endogenous cannabinoids, as well as Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main plant psychoactive constituent, activate both cannabinoid recept...

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

authors： Smoum R,Baraghithy S,Chourasia M,Breuer A,Mussai N,Attar-Namdar M,Kogan NM,Raphael B,Bolognini D,Cascio MG,Marini P,Pertwee RG,Shurki A,Mechoulam R,Bab I

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The dilute (d) coat color mutation on chromosome 9 is closely associated with an ecotropic murine leukemia virus (MuLV) genome [Jenkins, N.A., Copeland, N.G., Taylor, B.A. & Lee, B.K. (1981) Nature 293, 370-374]. DBA/2J mice homozygous for the reverse mutation to wild type at the dilute locus (d+2J) lack ecotropic vir...

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

authors： Copeland NG,Jenkins NA,Lee BK

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) preparations contain activity against HIV type 1 (HIV-1). However, there has been controversy about whether some biological activities of hCG beta-subunit (hCGbeta) preparations are caused by the beta-subunit itself or other proteins present in the preparations. We report here the pu...

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

authors： Lee-Huang S,Huang PL,Sun Y,Huang PL,Kung HF,Blithe DL,Chen HC

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed development in plants involves the coordinated growth of the embryo, endosperm, and maternal tissue. Several genes have been identified that influence seed size by acting maternally, such as AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR2, APETALA2, and DA1. However, given the lack of gain-of-function effects of these genes on seed size,...

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

authors： Adamski NM,Anastasiou E,Eriksson S,O'Neill CM,Lenhard M

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple protocol for the rescue of a synthetic genome into a paramyxovirus has been developed. First, a synthetic Sendai virus-like RNA, containing the antisense coding region of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene replacing the coding region of the Sendai virus genome, was transcribed from a cDNA. When introd...

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

authors： Park KH,Huang T,Correia FF,Krystal M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of two closely related species of geese, one, the greylag goose, lives in the Indian plains all year round, while the other, the bar-headed goose, lives at the Tibetan lakes and migrates across the Himalayas to winter in India. Another species, the Andean goose, lives in the High Andes all year round. Possession of a ...

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

authors： Jessen TH,Weber RE,Fermi G,Tame J,Braunitzer G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploidy, which results from whole genome duplication (WGD), has shaped the long-term evolution of eukaryotic genomes in all kingdoms. Polyploidy is also implicated in adaptation, domestication, and speciation. Yet when WGD newly occurs, the resulting neopolyploids face numerous challenges. A particularly pernicious...

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

authors： Morgan C,Zhang H,Henry CE,Franklin FCH,Bomblies K

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant replacement therapy (SRT) involves instillation of a liquid-surfactant mixture directly into the lung airway tree. It is widely successful for treating surfactant deficiency in premature neonates who develop neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS). However, when applied to adults with acute respirator...

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

authors： Filoche M,Tai CF,Grotberg JB

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine erythroleukemia cells (MELC) are transformed cells that can be induced to differentiate by a variety of agents, such as hexamethylenebisacetamide (HMBA) and dimethyl sulfoxide. Dexamethasone suppresses HMBA-mediated MELC differentiation, but MELC retain a memory for their exposure to HMBA since, on transfer fro...

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

authors： Murate T,Kaneda T,Rifkind RA,Marks PA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms linking glucose metabolism with active transcription remain undercharacterized in mammalian cells. Using nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) as a glucose-responsive transcription factor, we show that cells use the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway and O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase ...

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

authors： Allison DF,Wamsley JJ,Kumar M,Li D,Gray LG,Hart GW,Jones DR,Mayo MW

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There are large amounts of histone mRNA present in mouse eggs. These RNAs are rapidly degraded, as are other mRNAs, after fertilization and prior to the second cleavage. During cleavage, the histone mRNA accumulates as the embryo divides. The same sets of histone genes are expressed in eggs and embryos, although there...

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

authors： Graves RA,Marzluff WF,Giebelhaus DH,Schultz GA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Siderophores are essential factors for iron (Fe) acquisition in bacteria during colonization and infection of eukaryotic hosts, which restrain iron access through iron-binding protein, such as lactoferrin and transferrin. The synthesis of siderophores by Escherichia coli is considered to be fully regulated at the tran...

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

authors： Salvail H,Lanthier-Bourbonnais P,Sobota JM,Caza M,Benjamin JA,Mendieta ME,Lépine F,Dozois CM,Imlay J,Massé E

更新日期：2010-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a multifactorial illness and genetic factors play a role in its etiology. The understanding of its physiopathology relies on the availability of experimental models potentially mimicking the disease. Here we describe a model built up by selective breeding of mice with strikingly different responses in th...

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

authors： El Yacoubi M,Bouali S,Popa D,Naudon L,Leroux-Nicollet I,Hamon M,Costentin J,Adrien J,Vaugeois JM

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom regarding mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis holds that pathogens arise by external acquisition of distinct virulence factors, whereas determinants shared by pathogens and commensals are considered to be functionally equivalent and have been ignored as genes that could become adapted specifically...

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

authors： Sokurenko EV,Chesnokova V,Dykhuizen DE,Ofek I,Wu XR,Krogfelt KA,Struve C,Schembri MA,Hasty DL

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although biological cells are mostly transparent, they are phase objects that differ in shape and refractive index. Any image that is projected through layers of randomly oriented cells will normally be distorted by refraction, reflection, and scattering. Counterintuitively, the retina of the vertebrate eye is inverte...

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

authors： Franze K,Grosche J,Skatchkov SN,Schinkinger S,Foja C,Schild D,Uckermann O,Travis K,Reichenbach A,Guck J

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical injury to the adult mammalian spinal cord results in permanent loss of structural integrity at the lesion site and of the brain-controlled function distal to the lesion. Some of these consequences were permanently averted by altering the cellular constituents at the lesion site with x-irradiation delivered ...

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

authors： Kalderon N,Fuks Z

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00