Augmentor α and β (FAM150) are ligands of the receptor tyrosine kinases ALK and LTK: Hierarchy and specificity of ligand-receptor interactions.

abstract：:Interactions between swimming cells and surfaces are essential to many microbiological processes, from bacterial biofilm formation to human fertilization. However, despite their fundamental importance, relatively little is known about the physical mechanisms that govern the scattering of flagellated or ciliated cells ...

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

authors： Kantsler V,Dunkel J,Polin M,Goldstein RE

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin-1 is a molecular motor protein that transports cargo along microtubules. Inside cells, the vast majority of kinesin-1 is regulated to conserve ATP and to ensure its proper intracellular distribution and coordination with other molecular motors. Regulated kinesin-1 folds in half at a hinge in its coiled-coil st...

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

authors： Dietrich KA,Sindelar CV,Brewer PD,Downing KH,Cremo CR,Rice SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the technique of DNA fingerprinting, we investigated the genetic structure within and among four wild-caught colonies (n = 50 individuals) of a eusocial mammal, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber; Rodentia: Bathyergidae). We found that DNA fingerprints of colony-mates were strikingly similar and that betw...

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

authors： Reeve HK,Westneat DF,Noon WA,Sherman PW,Aquadro CF

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：:Mineralogical processes taking place close to equilibrium, or with very slow kinetics, are difficult to quantify precisely. The determination of ultraslow dissolution/precipitation rates would reveal characteristic timing associated with these processes that are important at geological scale. We have designed an advan...

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

authors： Van Driessche AE,García-Ruíz JM,Tsukamoto K,Patiño-Lopez LD,Satoh H

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Type VI protein secretion system (T6SS) is important for bacterial competition through contact-dependent killing of competitors. T6SS delivers effectors to neighboring cells and corresponding antagonistic proteins confer immunity against effectors that are delivered by sister cells. Although T6SS has been found in mor...

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

authors： Dong TG,Ho BT,Yoder-Himes DR,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assayed carbonic anhydrase activity (carbonate dehydratase, carbonate hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.1) and bicarbonate permeability in suspensions of broken and intact guinea pig mitochondria by monitoring the disappearance of C16O18O. We found significant activity in preparations from liver and skeletal muscle, but n...

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

authors： Dodgson SJ,Forster RE 2nd,Storey BT,Mela L

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weakly oncogenic adenovirus 2 (Ad2)-transformed LSH hamster cells are sensitive to lysis by spontaneously cytolytic lymphoid cells and activated macrophages, whereas highly oncogenic simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed LSH cells are relatively resistant to these nonspecific effector cells. Somatic cell hybrids formed b...

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

authors： Cook JL,Hauser J,Patch CT,Lewis AM Jr,Levine AS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bryostatins are macrocyclic lactones, extracted from the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina, and have been reported to be potent antineoplastic agents. Results described here demonstrate that the bryostatins may also be useful as stimulators of normal human hematopoietic cells since they can (i) directly stimulate bo...

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

authors： May WS,Sharkis SJ,Esa AH,Gebbia V,Kraft AS,Pettit GR,Sensenbrenner LL

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Which network structures favor the rapid spread of new ideas, behaviors, or technologies? This question has been studied extensively using epidemic models. Here we consider a complementary point of view and consider scenarios where the individuals' behavior is the result of a strategic choice among competing alternati...

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

authors： Montanari A,Saberi A

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain growth under shear annealing is crucial for controlling the properties of polycrystalline materials. However, their microscopic kinetics are not well understood because individual atomic trajectories are difficult to track. Here, we study grain growth with single-particle kinetics in colloidal polycrystals using...

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

authors： Li W,Peng Y,Zhang Y,Still T,Yodh AG,Han Y

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae were monitored systematically by the induced expression of five RNA markers after infection challenge. One newly isolated marker encodes a homologue of the moth Gram-negative bacteria-binding protein (GNBP), and another corresponds to a serine protease-...

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

authors： Dimopoulos G,Richman A,Müller HM,Kafatos FC

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:C1q-like genes (C1ql1-C1ql4) encode small, secreted proteins that are expressed in differential patterns in the brain but whose receptors and functions remain unknown. BAI3 protein, in contrast, is a member of the cell-adhesion class of G protein-coupled receptors that are expressed at high levels in the brain but who...

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

authors： Bolliger MF,Martinelli DC,Südhof TC

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to determine whether prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) stimulates the production of "second messengers" derived from inositol phospholipid hydrolysis and increases intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in isolated bovine luteal cells. PGF2 alpha provoked rapid (10 sec) and sustained (u...

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

authors： Davis JS,Weakland LL,Weiland DA,Farese RV,West LA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-Cyclohexyl[3H]adenosine ([3H]CHA) and 1,3-diethyl-8-[3H]phenylxanthine ([3H]DPX) to bind to adenosine receptors in brain membranes. The agonist [3H]CHA has high affinity in both bovine and guinea pig brain (Kd, 0.7 nM and 6 nM, respectively). [3H]CHA binding kinetics are slow (dissociation t1/2;60 min); binding is ...

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

authors： Bruns RF,Daly JW,Snyder SH

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanding behavioral repertoire of the developing brain during childhood and adolescence is shaped by complex brain-environment interactions and flavored by unique life experiences. The transition into young adulthood offers opportunities for adaptation and growth but also increased susceptibility to environmental...

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

authors： Alnæs D,Kaufmann T,Marquand AF,Smith SM,Westlye LT

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Several of the best-studied sex differences in the mammalian brain are ascribed to the hormonal control of cell death. This conclusion is based primarily on correlations between pyknotic cell counts in development and counts of mature neurons in adulthood; the molecular mechanisms of hormone-regulated, sexually dimorp...

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

authors： Forger NG,Rosen GJ,Waters EM,Jacob D,Simerly RB,de Vries GJ

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:I describe the self-splicing of an RNA that consists of exon sequences flanked by group II intron sequences. I find that this RNA undergoes accurate splicing in vitro, yielding an excised exon circle. This splicing reaction involves the joining of the 5' splice site at the end of an exon to the 3' splice site at the b...

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

authors： Jarrell KA

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Illumination of a system consisting of a vertical tube containing an unstirred homogeneous suspension of thylakoids in an imposed linear concentration gradient of an electron acceptor, 2,6-dichloroindophenol, gave rise to a one-dimensional banded pattern of the acceptor that evolved in a time-dependent manner. The spa...

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

authors： Aon M,Thomas D,Hervagault JF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SRC gene is the prototype for a family of closely related genes whose products have protein-tyrosine kinase activity. We recently described another member of this family, designated FYN, whose cDNA was isolated from normal human fibroblasts. To examine the possible role of FYN as an oncogene, we investigated the e...

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

authors： Kawakami T,Kawakami Y,Aaronson SA,Robbins KC

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been controversial whether the cytochrome oxidase (CO)-dense blobs in primate primary visual cortex (V1) and CO-dense thin stripes in visual area 2 (V2) are parts of a cortical color-processing stream that is segregated from other functional streams. One of the key pieces of evidence for the segregated color st...

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

authors： Xiao Y,Felleman DJ

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:By using harmonic radar, we report the complete flight paths of displaced bees. Test bees forage at a feeder or are recruited by a waggle dance indicating the feeder. The flights are recorded after the bees are captured when leaving the hive or the feeder and are released at an unexpected release site. A sequence of b...

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

authors： Menzel R,Greggers U,Smith A,Berger S,Brandt R,Brunke S,Bundrock G,Hülse S,Plümpe T,Schaupp F,Schüttler E,Stach S,Stindt J,Stollhoff N,Watzl S

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

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：:Differences in T cell receptor (TCR) signaling initiated by interactions among TCRs, coreceptors, and self-peptide-MHC complexes determine the outcome of CD4 versus CD8 lineage of T cell differentiation. The H-2Ld and Kbm3 alloreactive 2C TCR is positively selected by MHC class I Kb and a yet-to-be identified nonclass...

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

authors： Ge Q,Holler PD,Mahajan VS,Nuygen T,Eisen HN,Chen J

更新日期：2006-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Methane emissions in the Arctic are important, and may be contributing to global warming. While methane emission rates from Arctic lakes are well documented, methods are needed to quantify the relative contribution of active layer groundwater to the overall lake methane budget. Here we report measurements of natural t...

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

authors： Paytan A,Lecher AL,Dimova N,Sparrow KJ,Kodovska FG,Murray J,Tulaczyk S,Kessler JD

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the end of World War II, much evidence has accrued of the primary phase of village-farming community life in Southwestern Asia, which began about 7000 B.C. The remains of (usually) several of the positively domesticated animals (dog, sheep, goat, pig) and plants (wheat, barley, legumes such as peas and lentils) ...

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

authors： Braidwood RJ,Cambel H,Redman CL,Watson PJ

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of cultured cells with lytic animal viruses often results in the selective inhibition of host protein synthesis, whereas viral mRNA is efficiently translated under these circumstances. This phenomenon, known as "shut off," has been well described at the molecular level for some viruses, but there is not yet ...

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

authors： Toribio R,Ventoso I

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:4"'-Diazomalonyldigitoxin and its isomer, 3"'-diazomalonyldigitoxin, have been synthesized at high specific radioactivity and used as photolabels for the Na,K-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) purified from Electrophorus electricus. Photoaffinity labeling experiments using both type I and type II complexes of ...

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

authors： Hall C,Ruoho A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p21 region of human chromosome 9 is thought to contain a gene (MLM) involved in genetic susceptibility to melanoma and a gene or genes that influence progression of certain other tumors. Genomic clones that span a large region in 9p21 surrounding the presumptive tumor suppressor gene(s) have been isolated. A set o...

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

authors： Weaver-Feldhaus J,Gruis NA,Neuhausen S,Le Paslier D,Stockert E,Skolnick MH,Kamb A

更新日期：1994-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the kinetics of vitellogenin mRNA accumulation in rooster liver after a primary injection of 17beta-estradiol. The levels of vitellogenin mRNA have been determined both by hybridization of total cellular RNA to vitellogenin cDNA and by translation of vitellogenin mRNA in a wheat germ cell-free system. ...

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

authors： Burns AT,Deeley RG,Gordon JI,Udell DS,Mullinix KP,Goldberger RF

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00