Responses to pup vocalizations in subordinate naked mole-rats are induced by estradiol ingested through coprophagy of queen's feces.

abstract：:A 900-base-pair (bp) sequence from a cDNA clone of the rye endosperm-storage-protein gene Sec-1 was labeled with biotin and hybridized to Secale cereale 'Blanco' chromosomes. Hybridization was seen on the satellite part of the short arm of chromosome 1R, where the Sec-1 gene has been genetically mapped, in approximate...

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

authors： Gustafson JP,Butler E,McIntyre CL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early forms of the genetic code likely generated "statistical" proteins, with similar side chains occupying the same sequence positions at different ratios. In this scenario, groups of related side chains were treated by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as a single molecular species until a discrimination mechanism develope...

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

authors： Yang XL,Otero FJ,Skene RJ,McRee DE,Schimmel P,Ribas de Pouplana L

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Zea mays plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (ZmPIPs) fall into two groups, ZmPIP1s and ZmPIP2s, that exhibit different water channel activities when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. ZmPIP1s are inactive, whereas ZmPIP2s induce a marked increase in the membrane osmotic water permeability coefficient, P(f). We previously s...

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

authors： Zelazny E,Borst JW,Muylaert M,Batoko H,Hemminga MA,Chaumont F

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The POU-IV or "Brn-3" class of POU-domain transcription factors is represented in Drosophila by I-POU and twin-of-I-POU, alternative splice products of the I-POU gene. I-POU has been previously reported to inhibit DNA binding by the POU-III class factor drifter/Cf1a via the formation of heterodimeric complexes. Here w...

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

authors： Turner EE

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenies describe the origins and history of species. However, they can also help to predict species' fates and so can be useful tools for managing the future of biodiversity. This article starts by sketching how phylogenetic, geographic, and trait information can be combined to elucidate present mammalian diversit...

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

authors： Davies TJ,Fritz SA,Grenyer R,Orme CD,Bielby J,Bininda-Emonds OR,Cardillo M,Jones KE,Gittleman JL,Mace GM,Purvis A

更新日期：2008-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) deletion mutant, HR-1, cannot immortalize lymphocytes. HR-1 was derived from a virus strain, Jijoye, that is immortalization competent. Using human antiserum from certain patients with chronic active EBV infection, we have identified in Jijoye cells a protein of apparent mass of 78-80 kDa t...

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

authors： Rowe D,Heston L,Metlay J,Miller G

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have indicated that mammalian cells contain a cytosolic protein disaggregation machinery comprised of Hsc70, DnaJ homologs, and Hsp110 proteins, the last of which acts to accelerate a rate-limiting step of nucleotide exchange of Hsc70. We tested the ability of transgenic overexpression of a Thy1 promote...

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

authors： Nagy M,Fenton WA,Li D,Furtak K,Horwich AL

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of physiological and pathological processes, including cancer. In prostate cancer, prostate cancer gene expression marker 1 (PCGEM1) is an androgen-induced prostate-specific lncRNA whose overexpression is highly associated with prostate tumors. PCGEM1's t...

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

authors： Hung CL,Wang LY,Yu YL,Chen HW,Srivastava S,Petrovics G,Kung HJ

更新日期：2014-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we described a recurrent variant translocation, t(11;17)(q23;q21), in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) which juxtaposes PLZF, a gene encoding a zinc finger protein, to RARA, encoding retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR alpha). We have now cloned cDNAs encoding PLZF-RAR alpha chimeric proteins and studied the...

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

authors： Chen Z,Guidez F,Rousselot P,Agadir A,Chen SJ,Wang ZY,Degos L,Zelent A,Waxman S,Chomienne C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loquacious-PD (Loqs-PD) is required for biogenesis of many endogenous siRNAs in Drosophila In vitro, Loqs-PD enhances the rate of dsRNA cleavage by Dicer-2 and also enables processing of substrates normally refractory to cleavage. Using purified components, and Loqs-PD truncations, we provide a mechanistic basis for L...

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

authors： Trettin KD,Sinha NK,Eckert DM,Apple SE,Bass BL

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of autoimmunity in experimental rodent models and patients frequently correlates with a lymphopenic state. In this condition, the immune system has evolved compensatory homeostatic mechanisms that induce quiescent naive T cells to proliferate and differentiate into memory-like lymphocytes even in the apparen...

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

authors： Le Saout C,Mennechet S,Taylor N,Hernandez J

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) provide prototypes for the design of unconventional antimicrobial agents. Existing bulk assays measure AMP activity but do not provide details of the growth-halting mechanism. We use fluorescence microscopy to directly observe the attack of the human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 on...

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

authors： Sochacki KA,Barns KJ,Bucki R,Weisshaar JC

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human fibroblast cells with human fibroblast (beta)interferon for up to 8 hr resulted in the accumulation of at least four mRNAs. The mRNAs were isolated from cellular polysomes and characterized by stimulation of translation in a wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system. The mRNAs appear as early as...

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

authors： Colonno RJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiregulin (AR) and cripto are proteins that are structurally related to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha). AR is also functionally related to this family of growth regulatory molecules and is able to bind and activate the 170-kDa EGF receptor (EGFR). Human EGFR-3 (HER3)/...

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

authors： Ciardiello F,Kim N,Saeki T,Dono R,Persico MG,Plowman GD,Garrigues J,Radke S,Todaro GJ,Salomon DS

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmunity often involves the abnormal targeting of self-antigens by antibodies, leading to tissue destruction and other pathologies. This process could potentially be disrupted by small ligands that bind specifically to autoantibodies and inhibit their interaction with the target antigen. Here we report the identif...

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

authors： Doudna JA,Cech TR,Sullenger BA

更新日期：1995-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of UV irradiation on the incorporation of [3H]uridine in HeLa (human) cell mRNA, rRNA, heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) and early mRNA from adenovirus type 2 have been compared. The UV target size of cell mRNA is at least 3 times larger than the average size of the mRNA itself and larger than the adenovir...

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

authors： Goldberg S,Schwartz H,Darnell JE Jr

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned four lambda light chain constant region (C) genes from mouse embryo DNA. Each carries its own joining (J) segment approximately 1.3 kilobases to its 5' side. The four C genes occur in two clusters, 5' J3C3J1C13' and 5' J2C2J4C43', with C4 being a new C lambda gene. We have also shown that V lambda 1 is ...

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

authors： Blomberg B,Traunecker A,Eisen H,Tonegawa S

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of depressive disorders and are unique potential targets for therapeutic intervention. The acetylating agent L-acetylcarnitine (LAC), a well-tolerated drug, behaves as an antidepressant by the epigenetic regulation of type 2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) recep...

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

authors： Nasca C,Xenos D,Barone Y,Caruso A,Scaccianoce S,Matrisciano F,Battaglia G,Mathé AA,Pittaluga A,Lionetto L,Simmaco M,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Geckos can run rapidly on walls and ceilings, requiring high friction forces (on walls) and adhesion forces (on ceilings), with typical step intervals of approximately 20 ms. The rapid switching between gecko foot attachment and detachment is analyzed theoretically based on a tape model that incorporates the adhesion ...

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

authors： Tian Y,Pesika N,Zeng H,Rosenberg K,Zhao B,McGuiggan P,Autumn K,Israelachvili J

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the explanations for, and consequences of, the early appearance of food production outside the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia, where it originated in the 10th/9th millennia cal BC. We present evidence that cultivation appeared in Central Anatolia through adoption by indigenous foragers in the m...

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

authors： Baird D,Fairbairn A,Jenkins E,Martin L,Middleton C,Pearson J,Asouti E,Edwards Y,Kabukcu C,Mustafaoğlu G,Russell N,Bar-Yosef O,Jacobsen G,Wu X,Baker A,Elliott S

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Different strains of Newcastle disease virus vary in their ability to induce cell fusion. When administered to cells at high multiplicities of infection some strains induce cell fusion within three hours. This type of fusion is apparently caused by the virus particles in the inoculum, since it can be induced by noninf...

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

authors： Bratt MA,Gallaher WR

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale biogeographical shifts in vegetation are predicted in response to the altered precipitation and temperature regimes associated with global climate change. Vegetation shifts have profound ecological impacts and are an important climate-ecosystem feedback through their alteration of carbon, water, and energy...

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

authors： Adams HD,Guardiola-Claramonte M,Barron-Gafford GA,Villegas JC,Breshears DD,Zou CB,Troch PA,Huxman TE

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyopathy (CM) is a primary degenerative disease of myocardium and is traditionally categorized into hypertrophic and dilated CMs (HCM and DCM) according to its gross appearance. Cardiomyopathic hamster (CM hamster), a representative model of human hereditary CM, has HCM and DCM inbred sublines, both of which des...

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

authors： Sakamoto A,Ono K,Abe M,Jasmin G,Eki T,Murakami Y,Masaki T,Toyo-oka T,Hanaoka F

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has established stargazin and its related family of transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins (TARPs) as auxiliary subunits of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) that control synaptic strength both by targeting AMPARs to synapses through an intracellular PDZ-binding motif and by modulating their gating throug...

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

authors： Milstein AD,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the binding domain for dihydropyridine Ca2+ antagonists, skeletal muscle Ca2+ channels were photolabeled with [3H](+)-PN200-110 and [3H]azidopine. Regions of alpha 1 photolabeled by these ligands were then identified by antibody mapping of proteolytic fragments. Approximately 50% of the specific labeling b...

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

authors： Striessnig J,Murphy BJ,Catterall WA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although biological cells are mostly transparent, they are phase objects that differ in shape and refractive index. Any image that is projected through layers of randomly oriented cells will normally be distorted by refraction, reflection, and scattering. Counterintuitively, the retina of the vertebrate eye is inverte...

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

authors： Franze K,Grosche J,Skatchkov SN,Schinkinger S,Foja C,Schild D,Uckermann O,Travis K,Reichenbach A,Guck J

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we study the effects of many-body interactions on rate and mechanism in protein folding by using the results of molecular dynamics simulations on numerous coarse-grained Calpha-model single-domain proteins. After adding three-body interactions explicitly as a perturbation to a Gō-like Hamiltonian with native pair...

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

authors： Ejtehadi MR,Avall SP,Plotkin SS

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural gene for plasmid-mediated ampicillin resistance resides upon a 3.2 X 10(6) dalton transposable sequence (TnA) flanked by short inverted repeated sequences that accompany its insertion. TnA was transposed to pMB8, a 1.8 X 10(6) dalton derivative of the colicingenic plasmid ColE1. Random deletions were in...

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

authors： Heffron F,Bedinger P,Champoux JJ,Falkow S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutases (SODs; superoxide: superoxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.15.1.1) play a key role in protection against oxygen radicals, and SOD gene expression is highly induced during environmental stress. To determine the conditions of SOD induction, the promoter of the cytosolic copper/zinc SOD (Cu/ZnSODcyt) gene w...

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

authors： Hérouart D,Van Montagu M,Inzé D

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of cultured human leukemic tissues increased the spleen focus-forming activity of Friend leukemia virus preparations in BALB/c and other partially resistant mice. Such mice carry the Fv-1(b) gene, which inhibits the expression of helper virus indigenous to the Friend virus complex, and allows co-infecting leu...

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

authors： Steeves RA,Fjelde A,Mirand EA

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00