Dynamic secretion during meiotic reentry integrates the function of the oocyte and cumulus cells.

abstract：:In a metabolic study of human and mouse preimplantation embryos (preembryos), we measured glucose uptake and phosphorylation with nonradioactive 2-deoxyglucose (DG) as tracer. Initial experiments indicated an active hexose transport capacity, a property thought to be restricted in mammals to intestinal villi and kidne...

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

authors： Chi MM,Manchester JK,Basuray R,Mahendra S,Strickler RC,McDougal DB Jr,Lowry OH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system for studying Z-DNA formation in the Escherichia coli chromosome was developed. Prior investigations in recombinant plasmids showed that alternating (Pur-Pyr) sequences can adopt a left-handed Z-DNA conformation both in vitro and in vivo. We constructed mobile, transposon-based cassettes carrying cloned (Pur-P...

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

authors： Lukomski S,Wells RD

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult repertoire of antibody specificities is acquired in a developmentally programmed fashion that, in mouse and man, parallels the ordered rearrangement of a limited number of germ-line heavy chain variable region (VH) gene segments during development. It has been hypothesized that this developmental bias is a c...

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

authors： Willems van Dijk K,Milner LA,Sasso EH,Milner EC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding protein-protein interactions is central to our understanding of almost all complex biological processes. Computational tools exploiting rapidly growing genomic databases to characterize protein-protein interactions are urgently needed. Such methods should connect multiple scales from evolutionary conserv...

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

authors： Gueudré T,Baldassi C,Zamparo M,Weigt M,Pagnani A

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the goldfish, the optic nerve decussation occurs without intermingling of fibers from the two eyes. In two-thirds of juvenile and adult specimens, the left optic nerve is dorsal at the midline. In about 60% of the specimens, the decussation of Mauthner's neuron also has a left-dorsal-to-right (L/R) configuration. C...

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

authors： Roth RL

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired wound closure is a growing medical problem associated with metabolic diseases and aging. Immune cells play important roles in wound healing by following instructions from the microenvironment. Here, we developed a technology to bioengineer the wound microenvironment and enhance healing abilities of the immune...

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

authors： Vågesjö E,Öhnstedt E,Mortier A,Lofton H,Huss F,Proost P,Roos S,Phillipson M

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a number of studies have highlighted the importance of offline processes for memory, how these mechanisms influence future learning remains unknown. Participants with established memories for a set of initial face-object associations were scanned during passive rest and during encoding of new related and unre...

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

authors： Schlichting ML,Preston AR

更新日期：2014-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA chip technology enables simultaneous examination of how approximately 6,200 Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene transcript levels, representing the entire genome, respond to environmental change. By using chips bearing oligonucleotide arrays, we show that, after exposure to the alkylating agent methyl methanesulfonate, ...

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

authors： Jelinsky SA,Samson LD

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrying premature termination codons in 1 allele of the ABCA7 gene is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). While the primary function of ABCA7 is to regulate the transport of phospholipids and cholesterol, ABCA7 is also involved in maintaining homeostasis of the immune system. Since inflamm...

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

authors： Aikawa T,Ren Y,Yamazaki Y,Tachibana M,Johnson MR,Anderson CT,Martens YA,Holm ML,Asmann YW,Saito T,Saido TC,Fitzgerald ML,Bu G,Kanekiyo T

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration, the adherence of infected erythrocytes containing late developmental stages of the parasite (trophozoites and schizonts) to the endothelium of capillaries and venules, is characteristic of Plasmodium falciparum infections. We have studied two host factors, the spleen and antibody, that influence sequest...

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

authors： David PH,Hommel M,Miller LH,Udeinya IJ,Oligino LD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte homeostasis is the result of a critical balance between cell proliferation and death. Disruption of this subtle equilibrium can lead to the onset of leukemia, an increase in the number of lymphocytes being potentially due to both of these parameters. The relative importance of cell proliferation vs. apoptos...

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

authors： Debacq C,Asquith B,Kerkhofs P,Portetelle D,Burny A,Kettmann R,Willems L

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has allowed the detection of proteins characteristic of inner cell mass and trophectoderm in mouse blastocyst. Certain of the proteins characterizing trophectoderm copurify with intermediate filaments from trophectoderm and a trophoblastoma cell line. A monoclonal antibody prepared ...

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

authors： Brûlet P,Babinet C,Kemler R,Jacob F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal distribution of the major extinctions over the past 250 million years has been investigated statistically using various forms of time series analysis. The analyzed record is based on variation in extinction intensity for fossil families of marine vertebrates, invertebrates, and protozoans and contains 12 ...

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

authors： Raup DM,Sepkoski JJ Jr

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal locations of members of the xenotropic-related env gene family in the mouse genome have been determined. Endonuclease restriction site polymorphisms detected by molecular hybridization were used to study the inheritance of mink cell-focus inducing and xenotropic env gene-related sequences in recombinant in...

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

authors： Blatt C,Mileham K,Haas M,Nesbitt MN,Harper ME,Simon MI

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectin chaperone calreticulin (CRT) assists the folding and quality control of newly synthesized glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It interacts with ERp57, a thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase that promotes the formation of disulfide bonds in glycoproteins bound by CRT. Here, we investigated the interac...

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

authors： Frickel EM,Riek R,Jelesarov I,Helenius A,Wuthrich K,Ellgaard L

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the CCAAT-binding transcription factor (CTF) family of proteins stimulate the initiation of adenovirus DNA replication and act as transcriptional activators. To investigate the mechanisms underlying CTF-mediated transactivation patterns, we expressed several natural CTF variants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...

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

authors： Altmann H,Wendler W,Winnacker EL

更新日期：1994-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike αβ-T lineage cells, where the role of ligand in intrathymic selection is well established, the role of ligand in the development of γδ-T cells remains controversial. Here we provide evidence for the role of a bona fide selecting ligand in shaping the γδ-T cell-receptor (TCR) repertoire. Reactivity of the γδ-TCR...

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

authors： Fahl SP,Coffey F,Kain L,Zarin P,Dunbrack RL Jr,Teyton L,Zúñiga-Pflücker JC,Kappes DJ,Wiest DL

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural environments typically contain multiple sound sources. The sounds from these sources frequently overlap in time and often mask each other. Masking could potentially distort the representation of a sound's spectrum, altering its timbre and impairing object recognition. Here, we report that the auditory system p...

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

authors： McDermott JH,Oxenham AJ

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules are heterodimeric glycoproteins with one alpha and one beta polypeptide chain of similar molecular size. In this report, we describe the binding of an acetylated N-terminal peptide of myelin basic protein, [Ala4]MBP-(1-14), to purified individual alpha and beta...

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

authors： Nag B,Wada HG,Deshpande SV,Passmore D,Kendrick T,Sharma SD,Clark BR,McConnell HM

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most kinases are capable of recognizing and phosphorylating peptides containing short, linear sequence motifs. To measure the activation state of many kinases from the same cell lysate, we created a multiplexed, mass-spectrometry-based in vitro kinase assay. Ninety chemically synthesized peptides derived from well-cha...

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

authors： Yu Y,Anjum R,Kubota K,Rush J,Villen J,Gygi SP

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations of the BRCA2 tumor suppressor gene greatly increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. Here, we show that wild-type BRCA2, but not a tumor-specific truncated mutant BRCA2, synergizes with the nuclear receptor coactivator p160 GRIP1 to enhance transcriptional activation by androgen r...

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

authors： Shin S,Verma IM

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies imply that the intracellular domain of Notch1 must translocate to the nucleus for its activity. In this study, we demonstrate that a mNotch1 mutant protein that lacks its extracellular domain but retains its membrane-spanning region becomes proteolytically processed on its intracellular surface and, a...

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

authors： Kopan R,Schroeter EH,Weintraub H,Nye JS

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that modern humans originated in sub-Saharan Africa approximately 150-200 thousand years ago (ka), but their route of dispersal across the currently hyperarid Sahara remains controversial. Given that the first modern humans north of the Sahara are found in the Levant approximately 120-90 ka, nort...

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

authors： Osborne AH,Vance D,Rohling EJ,Barton N,Rogerson M,Fello N

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptors (IP(3)Rs) are IP(3)-gated Ca(2+) channels that are located on intracellular Ca(2+) stores. We previously identified an IP(3)R binding protein, termed IP(3)R binding protein released with IP(3) (IRBIT). Because IRBIT is released from IP(3)R by physiological concentrations ...

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

authors： Shirakabe K,Priori G,Yamada H,Ando H,Horita S,Fujita T,Fujimoto I,Mizutani A,Seki G,Mikoshiba K

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA synthesized in vitro by the virion-associated RNA-instructed RNA polymerase of purified vesicular stomatitis virus contains polyadenylate sequences. These have been demonstrated by their partial resistance to pancreatic and T(1) ribonucleases and their capacity to bind to poly(U) filters and oligo(dT)-cellulos...

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

authors： Banerjee AK,Rhodes DP

更新日期：1973-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral organization during sentence processing in English and in American Sign Language (ASL) was characterized by employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 4 T. Effects of deafness, age of language acquisition, and bilingualism were assessed by comparing results from (i) normally hearing, monolingua...

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

authors： Neville HJ,Bavelier D,Corina D,Rauschecker J,Karni A,Lalwani A,Braun A,Clark V,Jezzard P,Turner R

更新日期：1998-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin/catenin-based adhesions coordinate cellular growth, survival, migration, and differentiation within a tissue by mechanically anchoring cells to their neighbors. They also intersect with diverse signaling pathways in development and cancer. Although the adhesive functions of adherens junction proteins are well...

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

authors： Livshits G,Kobielak A,Fuchs E

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaseous HCl generated from a variety of sources is ubiquitous in both outdoor and indoor air. Oxides of nitrogen (NO(y)) are also globally distributed, because NO formed in combustion processes is oxidized to NO(2), HNO(3), N(2)O(5) and a variety of other nitrogen oxides during transport. Deposition of HCl and NO(y) o...

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

authors： Raff JD,Njegic B,Chang WL,Gordon MS,Dabdub D,Gerber RB,Finlayson-Pitts BJ

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to electrolectin, a lectin endogenous to embryonic skeletal muscle, have been used to study the distribution of electrolectin during myogenesis in L6 cells and rat primary muscle cultures. Antibody binding is highest to mononucleated cells and is low to myotubes in both systems. Binding is much lower to fib...

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

authors： Podleski TR,Greenberg I

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FMS gene encodes the functional cell surface receptor for colony-stimulating factor 1, the macrophage- and monocyte-specific growth factor. Codons 969 and 301 have been identified as potentially involved in promoting the transforming activity of FMS. Mutations at codon 301 are believed to lead to neoplastic transf...

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

authors： Ridge SA,Worwood M,Oscier D,Jacobs A,Padua RA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00