AgRP to Kiss1 neuron signaling links nutritional state and fertility.

abstract：:We evaluate the impact of anthropogenic and natural NO(x) sources over the contiguous United States on tropospheric NO(x) and O(3) levels by using a global 3D chemical transport model. The effects of major U.S. surface NO(x) emission sources (including anthropogenic, biomass burning, and soil emissions) are compared w...

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

authors： Zhang R,Tie X,Bond DW

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gentamicin C complex from Micromonospora echinospora remains a globally important antibiotic, and there is revived interest in the semisynthesis of analogs that might show improved therapeutic properties. The complex consists of five components differing in their methylation pattern at one or more sites in the molecul...

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

authors： Li S,Guo J,Reva A,Huang F,Xiong B,Liu Y,Deng Z,Leadlay PF,Sun Y

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure using ion exchange chromatography has been developed to detect alterations in a polysaccharide produced by Neurospora crassa. The polysaccharide, isolated from medium that has supported the growth of a culture, is highly responsive to the 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone assay, indicating a high hexo...

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

authors： Springer WD,Srb AM

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imbalances between proinflammatory and proresolving mediators can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases. The balance of arachidonic acid-derived mediators in leukocytes is thought to be achieved through intracellular localization of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX): nuclear 5-LOX favors the biosynthesis of proinflammatory leuko...

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

authors： Fredman G,Ozcan L,Spolitu S,Hellmann J,Spite M,Backs J,Tabas I

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart of the H+ conductance mechanism in the homotetrameric M2 H+ channel from influenza A is a set of four histidine side chains. Here, we show that protonation of the third of these imidazoles coincides with acid activation of this transmembrane channel and that, at physiological pH, the channel is closed by two...

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

authors： Hu J,Fu R,Nishimura K,Zhang L,Zhou HX,Busath DD,Vijayvergiya V,Cross TA

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK), known for controlling bone mass, has been recognized for its role in epithelial cell activation of the mammary gland. Because bone and the epidermo-pilosebaceous unit of the skin share a lifelong renewal activity where similar molecular players operate, and because mammary glands an...

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

authors： Duheron V,Hess E,Duval M,Decossas M,Castaneda B,Klöpper JE,Amoasii L,Barbaroux JB,Williams IR,Yagita H,Penninger J,Choi Y,Lézot F,Groves R,Paus R,Mueller CG

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a computational model for color coding that provides a functional explanation of how humans perceive colors in a homogeneous color space. Beginning with known properties of human cone photoreceptors, the model estimates the locations of the reflectance spectra of Munsell color chips in perceptual c...

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

authors： Romney AK,Chiao CC

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 50 years, the rising tree line along Jumpingpound Ridge in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, has reduced the area of alpine meadows and isolated populations that reside within them. By analyzing an 11-year data set of butterfly population sizes for 17 subpopulations along the ridge, we show that fo...

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

authors： Roland J,Matter SF

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptochromes are blue-light receptors mediating various light responses in plants and animals. The photochemical mechanism of cryptochromes is not well understood. It has been proposed that photoactivation of cryptochromes involves the blue-light-dependent photoreduction of flavin adenine dinucleotide via the electro...

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

authors： Li X,Wang Q,Yu X,Liu H,Yang H,Zhao C,Liu X,Tan C,Klejnot J,Zhong D,Lin C

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An RNA polymerase (nucleosidetriphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) has been purified from phage-SP01-infected Bacillus subtilis that copies RNA almost exclusively from the heavy strand of native SP01 DNA, the DNA strand from which "middle" and "late" classes of RNA are copied in vivo. Hybridization-com...

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

authors： Pero J,Nelson J,Fox TD

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total sequence of 365 amino acid residues in bovine prochymosin is presented. Alignment with the amino acid sequence of porcine pepsinogen shows that 204 amino acid residues are common to the two zymogens. Further comparison and alignment with the amino acid sequence of penicillopepsin shows that 66 residues are l...

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

authors： Foltmann B,Pedersen VB,Jacobsen H,Kauffman D,Wybrandt G

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular assembly based on derivatized polystyrene is described, which mimics both the light-harvesting and energy-conversion steps of photosynthesis. The system is unique in that the two key parts of a photosynthetic system are incorporated in a functional assembly constructed from polypyridine complexes of Ru(II)...

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

authors： Sykora M,Maxwell KA,DeSimone JM,Meyer TJ

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:PAX5 is a well-known haploinsufficient tumor suppressor gene in human B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and is involved in various chromosomal translocations that fuse a part of PAX5 with other partners. However, the role of PAX5 fusion proteins in B-ALL initiation and transformation is ill-known. ...

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

authors： Jamrog L,Chemin G,Fregona V,Coster L,Pasquet M,Oudinet C,Rouquié N,Prade N,Lagarde S,Cresson C,Hébrard S,Nguyen Huu NS,Bousquet M,Quelen C,Brousset P,Mancini SJC,Delabesse E,Khamlichi AA,Gerby B,Broccardo C

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A paradigm of evolutionary biology is that adaptation and reproductive isolation are caused by a nearly infinite number of mutations of individually small effect. Here, we test this hypothesis by investigating the genetic basis of pollinator discrimination in two closely related species of monkeyflowers that differ in...

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

authors： Schemske DW,Bradshaw HD Jr

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:CD2 (T11, sheep erythrocyte receptor) is a surface antigen of the human T-lymphocyte lineage. cDNA clones encoding CD2 have been isolated by using the purified, denatured CD2 to raise a rat antiserum. Positive clones were recognized in a phage lambda gt11 expression library prepared from the human leukemia T-cell line...

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

authors： Sewell WA,Brown MH,Dunne J,Owen MJ,Crumpton MJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in the replication of the adenovirus genome is the covalent attachment of the 5'-terminal nucleotide, dCMP, to the virus-encoded terminal protein precursor (pTP). This reaction can be observed in vitro and has been previously shown to be dependent upon either viral DNA or linearized plasmid DNA containi...

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

authors： Challberg MD,Rawlins DR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In organisms from insects to vertebrates, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are primary pathogen detectors that activate downstream pathways, specifically those that direct expression of innate immune effector genes. TLRs also have roles in development in many species. The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is a useful cnida...

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

authors： Brennan JJ,Messerschmidt JL,Williams LM,Matthews BJ,Reynoso M,Gilmore TD

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying causal effects in nonexperimental data is an enduring challenge. One proposed solution that recently gained popularity is the idea to use genes as instrumental variables [i.e., Mendelian randomization (MR)]. However, this approach is problematic because many variables of interest are genetically correlated...

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

authors： DiPrete TA,Burik CAP,Koellinger PD

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Current issues pertaining to theoretical simulations of materials, with a focus on systems of nanometer-scale dimensions, are discussed. The use of atomistic simulations as high-resolution numerical experiments, enabling and guiding formulation and testing of analytic theoretical descriptions, is demonstrated through ...

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

authors： Landman U

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of hybridomas between immunologically activated T cells and malignant T-cell lines offers a potentially unlimited source of soluble T-cell-derived products. Recently, human T-T hybrids have been described; however, their use has been hampered by slow growth and chromosomal instability due at least in pa...

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

authors： Foung SK,Sasaki DT,Grumet FC,Engleman EG

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian retina contains an autonomous circadian clock system that controls many physiological functions within this tissue. Previous studies on young mice have reported that removal of the key circadian clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects the circadian regulation of visual function, but does not affect phot...

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

authors： Baba K,Piano I,Lyuboslavsky P,Chrenek MA,Sellers JT,Zhang S,Gargini C,He L,Tosini G,Iuvone PM

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase (L-gulono-gamma-lactone:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.3.8) is the enzyme that catalyzes the terminal step of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis in mammalian liver. The absence of the oxidase activity in primates and guinea pigs is the reason why these animals are subject to scurvy, which mus...

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

authors： Nishikimi M,Udenfriend S

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coatomer, the major component of the coat of COPI transport vesicles, binds both to the dilysine motif of resident membrane proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum and to the cytoplasmic domain of p23, a major type I membrane protein of COPI vesicles. Using a photocrosslinking approach, we find that under native conditi...

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

authors： Harter C,Wieland FT

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) signaling in vascular cells can have antiatherogenic consequences, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. TNFalpha is released by free cholesterol-loaded apoptotic macrophages, and the clearance of these cells by phagocytic macrophages may help to...

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

authors： Gerbod-Giannone MC,Li Y,Holleboom A,Han S,Hsu LC,Tabas I,Tall AR

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairs, feathers, and scales normally exhibit precise orientations with respect to the body axes. In Frizzled6 (Fz6)(-/-) mice, the global orientation of hair follicles is disrupted, leading to waves, whorls, and tufts, each comprising many hundreds of hairs. By analyzing the orientation of developing hair follicles, w...

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

authors： Wang Y,Badea T,Nathans J

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:When encountering unexpected event changes, memories of relevant past experiences must be updated to form new representations. Current models of memory updating propose that people must first generate memory-based predictions to detect and register that features of the environment have changed, then encode the new eve...

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

authors： Stawarczyk D,Wahlheim CN,Etzel JA,Snyder AZ,Zacks JM

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrinogen binding to receptors on stimulated platelets is a prerequisite for platelet aggregation. To gain further insight into the role of fibrinogen in platelet aggregation and to identify the platelet fibrinogen receptor, we developed a monoclonal anti-platelet antibody that inhibited platelet aggregation. The pur...

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

authors： Bennett JS,Hoxie JA,Leitman SF,Vilaire G,Cines DB

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delta-subspecies of protein kinase C (delta PKC) was purified to near homogeneity from the Triton X-100 extract of the rat brain particulate fraction by successive chromatographies on S-Sepharose fast flow, phenyl 5PW, heparin 5PW, hydroxyapatite, and Mono Q columns. The purified enzyme was a doublet with molecula...

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

authors： Ogita K,Miyamoto S,Yamaguchi K,Koide H,Fujisawa N,Kikkawa U,Sahara S,Fukami Y,Nishizuka Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DR2 is associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). A peptide from human myelin basic protein (MBP, residues 85-99) was previously found to bind to purified HLA-DR2 (DRA, DRB1*1501) and to be recognized by human MBP-specific T cell clones. Soluble HLA-DR2 was expressed in the baculovirus system by re...

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

authors： Gauthier L,Smith KJ,Pyrdol J,Kalandadze A,Strominger JL,Wiley DC,Wucherpfennig KW

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the formation and removal of (+-)-3 alpha,4 beta-dihydroxy-1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxy-1,2,3,4- tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthrene (BcPHDE)-DNA adducts in two Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. One line of repair-proficient cells (MK42) carries a stable 150-fold amplification of the dihydrofolate reductase (DH...

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

authors： Carothers AM,Zhen W,Mucha J,Zhang YJ,Santella RM,Grunberger D,Bohr VA

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00