Spatial landmarks regulate a Cdc42-dependent MAPK pathway to control differentiation and the response to positional compromise.

abstract：:Aptamers recognize their targets with extraordinary affinity and specificity. The aptamer-based therapeutic, Macugen, is derived from a modified 2'fluoro pyrimidine RNA inhibitor to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and is now being used to treat the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. This VEGF(165)...

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

authors： Lee JH,Canny MD,De Erkenez A,Krilleke D,Ng YS,Shima DT,Pardi A,Jucker F

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of the past tense of verbs in English has been the focus of the debate concerning connectionist vs. symbolic accounts of language. Brain-injured patients differ with respect to whether they are more impaired in generating irregular past tenses (TAKE-TOOK) or past tenses for nonce verbs (WUG-WUGGED). Such...

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

authors： Joanisse MF,Seidenberg MS

更新日期：1999-06-22 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：:The heterodimeric antimicrobial peptide distinctin is composed of 2 linear peptide chains of 22- and 25-aa residues that are connected by a single intermolecular S-S bond. This heterodimer has been considered to be a unique example of a previously unrecorded class of bioactive peptides. Here the 2 distinctin chains we...

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

authors： Resende JM,Moraes CM,Munhoz VH,Aisenbrey C,Verly RM,Bertani P,Cesar A,Piló-Veloso D,Bechinger B

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most small multicopy antibiotic-resistance plasmids of Staphylococcus aureus contain a major axis of hyphenated dyad symmetry (palA) that is required for normal replication and stability, although located outside of the minimal replicon. Rearrangements affecting palA cause plasmid instability, a marked reduction in co...

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

authors： Gruss AD,Ross HF,Novick RP

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdoor ozone transported indoors initiates oxidative chemistry, forming volatile organic products. The influence of ozone chemistry on indoor air composition has not been directly quantified in normally occupied residences. Here, we explore indoor ozone chemistry in a house in California with two adult inhabitants. W...

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

authors： Liu Y,Misztal PK,Arata C,Weschler CJ,Nazaroff WW,Goldstein AH

更新日期：2021-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of proton transfer from the bulk into the membrane protein interior was studied. The light-induced reduction of a bound ubiquinone molecule Q(B) by the photosynthetic reaction center is accompanied by proton trapping. We used kinetic spectroscopy to measure (i) the electron transfer to Q(B) (at 450 nm), ...

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

authors： Gopta OA,Cherepanov DA,Junge W,Mulkidjanian AY

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (POR) has been previously purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus, an organism that grows optimally at 100 degrees C by fermenting carbohydrates and peptides. The enzyme contains thiamine pyrophosphate and catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate ...

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

authors： Ma K,Hutchins A,Sung SJ,Adams MW

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We derive more than 80 embeddings of 2D hyperbolic honeycombs in Euclidean 3 space, forming 3-periodic infinite polyhedra with cubic symmetry. All embeddings are "minimally frustrated," formed by removing just enough isometries of the (regular, but unphysical) 2D hyperbolic honeycombs [Formula: see text], [Formula: se...

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

authors： Pedersen MC,Hyde ST

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary HIV-1 isolates were evaluated for their sensitivity to inhibition by beta-chemokines RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted), macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), and MIP-1 beta. Virus isolates of both nonsyncytium-inducing (NSI) and syncytium-inducing (SI) bi...

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

authors： Jansson M,Popovic M,Karlsson A,Cocchi F,Rossi P,Albert J,Wigzell H

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cancer cells that had had high (greater than 160) tissue culture passages, when transplanted into antithymocyte-treated F344 newborn rats, caused induction of rat sarcomas in the rats within 2 or 3 subcultures, whereas human cancer cells with low (5-33) passages in vitro did not cause overt induction of rat sarc...

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

authors： Huebner RJ,Fish DC,Djurickovic D,Trimmer RW,Bare AL,Bare RM,Smith GT

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and other primates are distinct among placental mammals in having exceptionally slow rates of growth, reproduction, and aging. Primates' slow life history schedules are generally thought to reflect an evolved strategy of allocating energy away from growth and reproduction and toward somatic investment, particul...

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

authors： Pontzer H,Raichlen DA,Gordon AD,Schroepfer-Walker KK,Hare B,O'Neill MC,Muldoon KM,Dunsworth HM,Wood BM,Isler K,Burkart J,Irwin M,Shumaker RW,Lonsdorf EV,Ross SR

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromophore-assisted light inactivation is a promising technique to inactivate selected proteins with high spatial and temporal resolution in living cells, but its use has been limited because of the lack of a methodology to prevent nonspecific photodamage in the cell owing to reactive oxygen species generated by the ...

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

authors： Yogo T,Urano Y,Mizushima A,Sunahara H,Inoue T,Hirose K,Iino M,Kikuchi K,Nagano T

更新日期：2008-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin is the most widely prescribed biopharmaceutical in production globally. Its potent anticoagulant activity and safety makes it the drug of choice for preventing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In 2008, adulterated material was introduced into the heparin supply chain, resulting in several hundred d...

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

authors： Weiss RJ,Spahn PN,Toledo AG,Chiang AWT,Kellman BP,Li J,Benner C,Glass CK,Gordts PLSM,Lewis NE,Esko JD

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been recognized that the renal proximal tubular epithelium of the hamster is a bona fide estrogen target tissue. The effect of estrogens on the growth of proximal tubule cell explants and dissociated single cells derived from these explant outgrowths has been studied in culture. Renal tubular cells were gr...

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

authors： Oberley TD,Lauchner LJ,Pugh TD,Gonzalez A,Goldfarb S,Li SA,Li JJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription initiation in eukaryotes is controlled by nucleoprotein complexes formed through cooperative interactions among multiple transcription regulatory proteins. These complexes may be assembled via stochastic collisions or defined pathways. We investigated the dynamics of Fos-Jun-NFAT1 complexes by using a mu...

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

authors： Ramirez-Carrozzi VR,Kerppola TK

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of contrast enhancement of tumors using magnetic resonance imaging was investigated in MCF7 human breast cancer implanted in nude mice. Dynamic contrast-enhanced images recorded at high spatial resolution were analyzed by an image analysis method based on a physiological model, which included the blood c...

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

authors： Furman-Haran E,Margalit R,Grobgeld D,Degani H

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have demonstrated that glia can express functional receptors for a variety of neurotransmitters. To determine whether similar neurotransmitter receptors are also expressed by glia in vivo, we examined the glial scar in the transected optic nerve of the albino rabbit by quantitative receptor autoradiog...

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

authors： Mantyh PW,Johnson DJ,Boehmer CG,Catton MD,Vinters HV,Maggio JE,Too HP,Vigna SR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring a GAL1 promoter-linked beta-galactosidase gene, the simultaneous expression of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I and inactivation of yeast DNA topoisomerases I and II reduces the cellular level of beta-galactosidase to an undetectable level. Analysis of intracellular mRNA...

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

authors： Gartenberg MR,Wang JC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Huntington's disease (HD), mutation of huntingtin causes selective neurodegeneration of dopaminoceptive striatal medium spiny neurons. Transgenic HD model mice that express a portion of the disease-causing form of human huntingtin develop a behavioral phenotype that suggests dysfunction of dopaminergic neurotransmi...

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

authors： Bibb JA,Yan Z,Svenningsson P,Snyder GL,Pieribone VA,Horiuchi A,Nairn AC,Messer A,Greengard P

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput gene expression data are one of the primary resources for exploring complex intracellular dynamics in modern biology. The integration of large amounts of public data may allow us to examine general dynamical relationships between regulators and target genes. However, obstacles for such analyses are stu...

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

authors： Vandenbon A,Dinh VH,Mikami N,Kitagawa Y,Teraguchi S,Ohkura N,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha-bungarotoxin-horseradish peroxidase conjugate, which binds specificity to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, was synthesized. This conjugate was bound by 5-7% of the synapses in the inner plexiform layer of the chicken retina. Bipolar ribbon synapses as well as amacrine synapses bound the conjugate. ...

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

authors： Vogel Z,Maloney GJ,Ling A,Daniels MP

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in a number of stress granule-associated proteins have been linked to various neurodegenerative diseases. Several of these mutations are found in aggregation-prone prion-like domains (PrLDs) within these proteins. In this work, we examine the sequence features governing PrLD localization to stress granules u...

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

authors： Boncella AE,Shattuck JE,Cascarina SM,Paul KR,Baer MH,Fomicheva A,Lamb AK,Ross ED

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a large body of research has demonstrated that judgments and behaviors can propagate from person to person. Phenomena as diverse as political mobilization, health practices, altruism, and emotional states exhibit similar dynamics of social contagion. The precise mechanisms of judgment propagation are ...

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

authors： Moussaïd M,Herzog SM,Kämmer JE,Hertwig R

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) regulates important bacterial behaviors, including biofilm formation and the production of virulence factors. Some bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, can quench the AI-2 signal produced by a variety of species present in the environment, and thus can influence AI-2-depen...

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

authors： Marques JC,Oh IK,Ly DC,Lamosa P,Ventura MR,Miller ST,Xavier KB

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:During cytokinesis, a cleavage furrow generated by actomyosin ring contraction is restructured into the midbody, a platform for the assembly of the abscission machinery that controls the final separation of daughter cells. The polymerization state of F-actin is important during assembly, ingression, disassembly, and c...

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

authors： Terry SJ,Donà F,Osenberg P,Carlton JG,Eggert US

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin boundaries or insulators modulate enhancer-promoter interactions in complex genetic loci. However, the mechanism underlying insulator activity is not known. Previous studies showed that the activity of the Drosophila suHw insulator is abolished by the tandem arrangement (pairing) of the insulator elements, s...

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

authors： Majumder P,Cai HN

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C disease (NP-C) is an inherited neurovisceral lipid storage disorder characterized by progressive neurodegeneration. Most cases of NP-C result from inactivating mutations of NPC1, a recently identified member of a family of genes encoding membrane-bound proteins containing putative sterol sensing do...

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

authors： Patel SC,Suresh S,Kumar U,Hu CY,Cooney A,Blanchette-Mackie EJ,Neufeld EB,Patel RC,Brady RO,Patel YC,Pentchev PG,Ong WY

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotiana tabacum cv. Turkish Samsun NN plants were transformed with a modified and truncated replicase gene encoded by RNA-2 of cucumber mosaic virus strain Fny. The replicase gene had been modified by deleting a 94-base-pair region spanning nucleotides 1857-1950; the deletion also caused a shift in the open reading ...

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

authors： Anderson JM,Palukaitis P,Zaitlin M

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:AAV is unique among eukaryotic viruses in the ability of its DNA to integrate preferentially into a specific region of the human genome. Understanding AAV integration may aid in developing gene therapy systems with predictable integration sites. Using a gel mobility-shift assay, we have identified a DNA sequence withi...

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

authors： Weitzman MD,Kyöstiö SR,Kotin RM,Owens RA

更新日期：1994-06-21 00:00:00