Heterogeneity of long-history migration explains cultural differences in reports of emotional expressivity and the functions of smiles.

abstract：:Members of the ras gene family are activated as oncogenes in many different human cancers. To systematically determine the frequency at which such genes might be involved in the neoplastic process affecting a specific target tissue, urothelial cells, we surveyed a large series of urinary tract tumors for ras oncogenes...

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

authors： Fujita J,Srivastava SK,Kraus MH,Rhim JS,Tronick SR,Aaronson SA

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optical transitions of a chiral, three-substituted polythiophene with an amino acid function can be tuned by interactions with synthetic peptides. The addition of a positively charged peptide with a random-coil formation will force the polymer to adopt a nonplanar conformation, and the intensity of the emitted lig...

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

authors： Nilsson KP,Rydberg J,Baltzer L,Inganäs O

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:How truth wins in social groups is an important open problem. Classic experiments on social groups dealing with truth statement issues present mixed findings on the conditions of truth abandonment and reaching a consensus on the truth. No theory has been developed and evaluated that might integrate these findings with...

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

authors： Friedkin NE,Bullo F

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmons, the collective oscillations of interacting electrons, possess emergent properties that dramatically alter the optical response of metals. We predict the existence of a new class of plasmons-chiral Berry plasmons (CBPs)-for a wide range of 2D metallic systems including gapped Dirac materials. As we show, in t...

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

authors： Song JC,Rudner MS

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes encoding thymidylate synthetase from Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages were cloned in Escherichia coli. Chimeric plasmids pCD1 and pCD3 were constructed from site-specific endonuclease digests of bacteriophage phi3T DNA cloned in pMB9 in E. coli. Similar cloning techniques with bacteriophage beta22 DNA yielded ch...

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

authors： Duncan CH,Wilson GA,Young FE

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influential role of Wnt5a in tumor progression underscores the requirement for developing molecules that can target Wnt5a-mediated cellular responses. In the aggressive skin cancer, melanoma, elevated Wnt5a expression promotes cell motility and drives metastasis. Two approaches can be used to counteract these effe...

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

authors： Jenei V,Sherwood V,Howlin J,Linnskog R,Säfholm A,Axelsson L,Andersson T

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We present ab initio calculations of the phase diagram of liquid CO(2) and its melting curve over a wide range of pressure and temperature conditions, including those relevant to the Earth. Several distinct liquid phases are predicted up to 200 GPa and 10,000 K based on their structural and electronic characteristics....

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

authors： Boates B,Teweldeberhan AM,Bonev SA

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of nanoscale-sized supramolecular cage compounds with a polyhedral framework is prepared by self-assembly from tritopic building blocks and rectangular corner units via noncovalent coordination interactions. These highly symmetrical cage compounds are described as face-directed, self-assembled truncated tetra...

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

authors： Leininger S,Fan J,Schmitz M,Stang PJ

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently discovered that cationic cholesterol derivatives characterized by guanidinium polar headgroups are very efficient for gene transfection in vitro and in vivo. In spite of being based on some rationale at the molecular level, the development of these new synthetic vectors was nevertheless empirical. Ind...

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

authors： Pitard B,Oudrhiri N,Vigneron JP,Hauchecorne M,Aguerre O,Toury R,Airiau M,Ramasawmy R,Scherman D,Crouzet J,Lehn JM,Lehn P

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Most evidence supports the view that ER alpha is responsible for estrogen (ovarian estradiol, E(2))-induced proliferation in the epithelial cells of the mammary gland, but despite this, proliferating epithelial cells do not express ER alpha. We have examined this apparent paradox by studying the role of ER alpha and E...

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

authors： Cheng G,Weihua Z,Warner M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：2004-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulent properties of the common human and livestock pathogen Clostridium perfringens are attributable to a formidable battery of toxins. Among these are a number of large and highly modular carbohydrate-active enzymes, including the mu-toxin and sialidases, whose catalytic properties are consistent with degradat...

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

authors： Adams JJ,Gregg K,Bayer EA,Boraston AB,Smith SP

更新日期：2008-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-activated K(+) channel KCa3.1 plays an important role in T lymphocyte Ca(2+) signaling by helping to maintain a negative membrane potential, which provides an electrochemical gradient to drive Ca(2+) influx. To assess the role of KCa3.1 channels in lymphocyte activation in vivo, we studied T cell function ...

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

authors： Di L,Srivastava S,Zhdanova O,Ding Y,Li Z,Wulff H,Lafaille M,Skolnik EY

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural pathway that governs an escape response of Drosophila to sudden changes in light intensity can be artificially induced by electrical stimulation of the brain and monitored by electrical recording from the effector muscles. We have refined previous work in this system to permit reliable ascertainment of two ...

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

authors： Lin M,Nash HA

更新日期：1996-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the principles that has emerged from experimental evolutionary studies of microorganisms is that polymorphic alleles or new mutations can sometimes possess a latent potential to respond to selection in different environments, although the alleles may be functionally equivalent or disfavored under typical condit...

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

authors： Stebbins GL,Hartl DL

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a machine-learning strategy for design of organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) for zeolite beta. We use machine learning to replace a computationally expensive molecular dynamics evaluation of the stabilization energy of the OSDA inside zeolite beta with a neural network prediction. We train the neural...

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

authors： Daeyaert F,Ye F,Deem MW

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of specific ligands of the receptor for the IgG Fc fragment (FcR) on the membrane potential (delta psi) of the macrophage cell line J774 by the [3H]tetraphenylphosphonium ion equilibration technique. We observe a membrane depolarization with binding of FcR ligands that is dependent on the d...

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

authors： Young JD,Unkeless JC,Kaback HR,Cohn ZA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma treatment of cells leads to tyrosine phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 followed by dimerization through a reciprocal Src homology 2-phosphotyrosine interaction near the -COOH end of each monomer, forming a parallel structure that accumulates in the nucleus to drive ...

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

authors： Zhong M,Henriksen MA,Takeuchi K,Schaefer O,Liu B,ten Hoeve J,Ren Z,Mao X,Chen X,Shuai K,Darnell JE Jr

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With the completion of genome sequences of major model organisms, increasingly sophisticated genetic tools are necessary for investigating the complex and coordinated functions of genes. Here we describe a genetic manipulation system termed "genomic engineering" in Drosophila. Genomic engineering is a 2-step process t...

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

authors： Huang J,Zhou W,Dong W,Watson AM,Hong Y

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 enzymes are monooxygenases that contain a functional heme b group linked to a conserved cysteine with a thiolate bond. In the native state, the central iron atom is hexacoordinated with a covalently bound water molecule. The exclusion of solvent molecules from the active site is essential for efficient...

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

authors： Oprea TI,Hummer G,Garcia AE

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the cellular context, BCL2-like proteins promote mitochondrial fusion or fission. What determines which of these two opposing processes they promote has so far been unknown. Furthermore, the mechanisms through which BCL2-like proteins affect mitochondrial dynamics remain to be fully understood. The BCL2-l...

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

authors： Lu Y,Rolland SG,Conradt B

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed 26-amino acid transmembrane proteins that specifically transform cells but consist of only two different amino acids. Most proteins are long polymers of amino acids with 20 or more chemically distinct side-chains. The artificial transmembrane proteins reported here are the simplest known proteins w...

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

authors： Heim EN,Marston JL,Federman RS,Edwards AP,Karabadzhak AG,Petti LM,Engelman DM,DiMaio D

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Skp1-Cullin1 F-box protein-Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase regulates phosphorylation-dependent cyclin E degradation, and disruption of this pathway is associated with genetic instability and tumorigenesis. Fbw7 is a human tumor suppressor that is targeted for mutation in primary cancers. However, mechanisms other than mutat...

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

authors： Minella AC,Welcker M,Clurman BE

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted disruption of the pp60(src) (Src) gene has implicated this tyrosine kinase in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and as a therapeutic target for the treatment of osteoporosis and other bone-related diseases. Herein we describe the discovery of a nonpeptide inhibitor (AP22408) of Src that demonstrates in vivo...

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

authors： Shakespeare W,Yang M,Bohacek R,Cerasoli F,Stebbins K,Sundaramoorthi R,Azimioara M,Vu C,Pradeepan S,Metcalf C 3rd,Haraldson C,Merry T,Dalgarno D,Narula S,Hatada M,Lu X,van Schravendijk MR,Adams S,Violette S,Smith J,

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor-mediated increases in intracellular calcium are thought to play a critical role in synaptic plasticity. The mechanisms by which changes in cytoplasmic calcium transmit the glutamate signal to the nucleus, which is ultimately important for long-lasting neuronal responses, ...

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

authors： Yun HY,Gonzalez-Zulueta M,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：1998-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphocytes obtained from fasted adult subjects and cultured human tumor lymphocytes were investigated for specific insulin receptors. By use of monoiodoinsulin, specific insulin binding sites were demonstrated in peripheral human lymphocytes, cultured human lymphocytes, and in other types of human circulating c...

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

authors： Gavin JR 3rd,Roth J,Jen P,Freychet P

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinorhizobium meliloti is an alpha-proteobacterium that forms agronomically important N(2)-fixing root nodules in legumes. We report here the complete sequence of the largest constituent of its genome, a 62.7% GC-rich 3,654,135-bp circular chromosome. Annotation allowed assignment of a function to 59% of the 3,341 pre...

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

authors： Capela D,Barloy-Hubler F,Gouzy J,Bothe G,Ampe F,Batut J,Boistard P,Becker A,Boutry M,Cadieu E,Dréano S,Gloux S,Godrie T,Goffeau A,Kahn D,Kiss E,Lelaure V,Masuy D,Pohl T,Portetelle D,Pühler A,Purnelle B,Ramsper

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficiently regenerated single colonies from mixed multiply auxotrophic Bacillus subtilis protoplasts, fused with polyethylene glycol, reveal colonies carrying each of the parent types (biparentals) and recombinant colonies. The latter appear in high yields (up to 1% of certain recombinant classes); the yield of bipar...

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

authors： Hotchkiss RD,Gabor MH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global warming is intensifying interest in the mechanisms enabling ectothermic animals to adjust physiological performance and cope with temperature change. Here we show that embryonic temperature can have dramatic and persistent effects on thermal acclimation capacity at multiple levels of biological organization. Ze...

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

authors： Scott GR,Johnston IA

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment strategies for severe cases of pandemic influenza have focused on antiviral therapies. In contrast, passive immunotherapy with convalescent blood products has received limited attention. We consider the hypothesis that a passive-immunotherapy program that collects plasma from a small percentage of recovered ...

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

authors： Wu JT,Lee CK,Cowling BJ,Yuen KY

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine exposure diminishes the protective breathing and arousal responses to stress (hypoxia). By exacerbating sleep-disordered breathing, this disturbance could underpin the well established association between smoking and the increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. We show here that the protective response...

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

authors： Cohen G,Han ZY,Grailhe R,Gallego J,Gaultier C,Changeux JP,Lagercrantz H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00