Prostaglandin F2 alpha stimulates phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis and mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ in bovine luteal cells.

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) are two mediators synthesized by immune cells, specially under inflammatory and antigen stimulation conditions. Reports have shown that neuropeptides attenuate the deleterious consequences of septic shock both by down-re...

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

authors： Martinez C,Abad C,Delgado M,Arranz A,Juarranz MG,Rodriguez-Henche N,Brabet P,Leceta J,Gomariz RP

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The amyloid beta-protein precursor (AbetaPP) is best known as the parent molecule to the amyloid beta-peptide that accumulates in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Secreted isoforms of AbetaPP that contain the Kunitz proteinase inhibitor domain are analogous to the previously identified cell-secreted pr...

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

authors： Xu F,Davis J,Miao J,Previti ML,Romanov G,Ziegler K,Van Nostrand WE

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom regarding mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis holds that pathogens arise by external acquisition of distinct virulence factors, whereas determinants shared by pathogens and commensals are considered to be functionally equivalent and have been ignored as genes that could become adapted specifically...

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

authors： Sokurenko EV,Chesnokova V,Dykhuizen DE,Ofek I,Wu XR,Krogfelt KA,Struve C,Schembri MA,Hasty DL

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABA-A) receptors are a major mediator of inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system, and the site of action of a number of clinically important drugs. These receptors exist as a family of subtypes with distinct temporal and spatial patterns of expression and d...

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

authors： Bonnert TP,McKernan RM,Farrar S,le Bourdellès B,Heavens RP,Smith DW,Hewson L,Rigby MR,Sirinathsinghji DJ,Brown N,Wafford KA,Whiting PJ

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 15 years several laboratories have attempted to generate rabbit monoclonal antibodies, mainly because rabbits recognize antigens and epitopes that are not immunogenic in mice or rats, two species from which monoclonal antibodies are usually generated. Monoclonal antibodies from rabbits could not be gen...

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

authors： Spieker-Polet H,Sethupathi P,Yam PC,Knight KL

更新日期：1995-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploidy, which results from whole genome duplication (WGD), has shaped the long-term evolution of eukaryotic genomes in all kingdoms. Polyploidy is also implicated in adaptation, domestication, and speciation. Yet when WGD newly occurs, the resulting neopolyploids face numerous challenges. A particularly pernicious...

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

authors： Morgan C,Zhang H,Henry CE,Franklin FCH,Bomblies K

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an inverse relationship is expected in ancient DNA samples between the number of surviving DNA fragments and their length, ancient DNA sequencing libraries are strikingly deficient in molecules shorter than 40 bp. We find that a loss of short molecules can occur during DNA extraction and present an improved s...

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

authors： Dabney J,Knapp M,Glocke I,Gansauge MT,Weihmann A,Nickel B,Valdiosera C,García N,Pääbo S,Arsuaga JL,Meyer M

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of additional promoter sites by production of an alternative sigma subunit for RNA polymerase is a common strategy for the coordinate regulation of gene expression. Many alternative sigma factors control genes for specialized, and often narrowly distributed, functions. For example, most of the alternati...

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

authors： Chen YF,Helmann JD

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been nearly 40 y since it was suggested that genomic methylation patterns could be transmitted via maintenance methylation during S phase and might play a role in the dynamic regulation of gene expression during development [Holliday R, Pugh JE (1975) Science 187(4173):226-232; Riggs AD (1975) Cytogenet Cell Ge...

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

authors： Bestor TH,Edwards JR,Boulard M

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A spherical harmonic analysis is made of the hydrodynamic equation governing the flow of an incompressible liquid in a rotating sphere in the presence of the magnetic Lorentz force. Nonlinear partial differential equations are derived for the functions S(n)(r,t) and T(n)(r,t) entering the spherical harmonic representa...

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

authors： Pekeris CL,Accad Y

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding a delayed-rectifier-type K+ channel were cloned from both neonatal rat heart and ovariectomized, diethylstilbestrol-primed rat uterus by using the polymerase chain reaction. Both clones have nucleotide sequences identical to that encoding the rat kidney IsK channel [Takumi, T., Ohkubo, H. & Nakanishi, S...

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

authors： Folander K,Smith JS,Antanavage J,Bennett C,Stein RB,Swanson R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and nutrients often induce genetic programs via signaling pathways that interface with gene-specific activators. Activation of the cAMP pathway, for example, stimulates cellular gene expression by means of the PKA-mediated phosphorylation of cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) at Ser-133. Here, we us...

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

authors： Zhang X,Odom DT,Koo SH,Conkright MD,Canettieri G,Best J,Chen H,Jenner R,Herbolsheimer E,Jacobsen E,Kadam S,Ecker JR,Emerson B,Hogenesch JB,Unterman T,Young RA,Montminy M

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Faithful transmission of genetic material to daughter cells involves a characteristic temporal order of DNA replication, which may play a significant role in the inheritance of epigenetic states. We developed a genome-scale approach--Repli Seq--to map temporally ordered replicating DNA using massively parallel sequenc...

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

authors： Hansen RS,Thomas S,Sandstrom R,Canfield TK,Thurman RE,Weaver M,Dorschner MO,Gartler SM,Stamatoyannopoulos JA

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports of a relatively air-stable soluble hydrogenase from the photosynthetic anaerobe, Chromatium vinosum, have been substantiated. The properties of this enzyme, as seen in highly purified samples prepared by procedures that permit improved yields, are described. A possible role for flavin mediation is not...

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

authors： Kakuno T,Kaplan NO,Kamen MD

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through use of a synthetic oligonucleotide probe, human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) cDNA clones were isolated from a liver library. Two types of cDNAs were defined by restriction enzyme analysis and DNA sequencing. Both encode IGF-I precursors of either 195 or 153 amino acids. The two predicted protein precur...

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

authors： Rotwein P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that is a serious global health problem. Evasion of IFN-mediated antiviral signaling is a common defense strategy that pathogenic viruses use to replicate and propagate in the...

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

authors： Miorin L,Kehrer T,Sanchez-Aparicio MT,Zhang K,Cohen P,Patel RS,Cupic A,Makio T,Mei M,Moreno E,Danziger O,White KM,Rathnasinghe R,Uccellini M,Gao S,Aydillo T,Mena I,Yin X,Martin-Sancho L,Krogan NJ,Chanda SK,Schot

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical forest degradation emits carbon at a rate of approximately 0.5 Pgxy(-1), reduces biodiversity, and facilitates forest clearance. Understanding degradation drivers and patterns is therefore crucial to managing forests to mitigate climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. Putative patterns of degradation aff...

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

authors： Ahrends A,Burgess ND,Milledge SA,Bulling MT,Fisher B,Smart JC,Clarke GP,Mhoro BE,Lewis SL

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The bottom-up design of protein-based signaling networks is a key goal of synthetic biology; yet, it remains elusive due to our inability to tailor-make signal transducers and receptors that can be readily compiled into defined signaling networks. Here, we report a generic approach for the construction of protein-base...

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

authors： Stein V,Alexandrov K

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here on the isolation and characterization of a serotonin (5HT) transporter from Drosophila melanogaster. A 3.1-kb complementary DNA clone (dSERT) was found to encode a protein of 622 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of approximately 69 kDa and a putative transmembrane topology characteris...

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

authors： Demchyshyn LL,Pristupa ZB,Sugamori KS,Barker EL,Blakely RD,Wolfgang WJ,Forte MA,Niznik HB

更新日期：1994-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Schaftoside and isoschaftoside are bioactive natural products widely distributed in higher plants including cereal crops and medicinal herbs. Their biosynthesis may be related with plant defense. However, little is known on the glycosylation biosynthetic pathway of these flavonoid di-C-glycosides with different sugar ...

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

authors： Wang ZL,Gao HM,Wang S,Zhang M,Chen K,Zhang YQ,Wang HD,Han BY,Xu LL,Song TQ,Yun CH,Qiao X,Ye M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixing genomes of different species by hybridization can disrupt species-specific genetic interactions that were adapted and fixed within each species population. Such disruption can predispose the hybrids to abnormalities and disease that decrease the overall fitness of the hybrids and is therefore named as hybrid in...

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

authors： Lu Y,Sandoval A,Voss S,Lai Z,Kneitz S,Boswell W,Boswell M,Savage M,Walter C,Warren W,Schartl M,Walter R

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the p53 network has been intensively studied, genetic analyses long hinted at the existence of components that remained elusive. Recent studies have shown regulation of p53 at the mRNA level mediated via both the 5' and the 3' untranslated regions and affecting the stability and translation efficiency of the ...

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

authors： Devany E,Zhang X,Park JY,Tian B,Kleiman FE

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The MAK16 gene was first defined as a gene whose mutation resulted in loss of M1 double-stranded RNA virus-like particles. The mak16-1 mutation also produces temperature-sensitive cell growth. We report here that mak16-1 cells arrest at the nonpermissive temperature in G1 phase, such that they are mating competent. We...

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

authors： Wickner RB

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tephritid fruit flies belonging to the Rhagoletis pomonella sibling species complex are controversial because they have been proposed to diverge in sympatry (in the absence of geographic isolation) by shifting and adapting to new host plants. Here, we report evidence suggesting a surprising source of genetic variation...

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

authors： Feder JL,Berlocher SH,Roethele JB,Dambroski H,Smith JJ,Perry WL,Gavrilovic V,Filchak KE,Rull J,Aluja M

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness for individuals age 50 and above in the developed world. Abnormal growth of choroidal blood vessels, or choroidal neovascularization (CNV), is a hallmark of the neovascular (wet) form of advanced AMD and leads to significant vision loss. A gr...

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

authors： Hasegawa E,Inafuku S,Mulki L,Okunuki Y,Yanai R,Smith KE,Kim CB,Klokman G,Bielenberg DR,Puli N,Falck JR,Husain D,Miller JW,Edin ML,Zeldin DC,Lee KSS,Hammock BD,Schunck WH,Connor KM

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported in previous studies that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has central effects of augmenting wakefulness and suppressing slow-wave sleep (SWS) and paradoxical sleep (PS) in rats. In the present study, we tested the effect of AH 6809, an antagonist of PGE2 receptors, on sleep-wake activities. AH 6809 in saline was in...

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

authors： Matsumura H,Honda K,Choi WS,Inoué S,Sakai T,Hayaishi O

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) has been used to determine the atomic coordinates (models) from density maps of biological assemblies. These models can be assessed by their overall fit to the experimental data and stereochemical information. However, these models do not annotate the actual density values of the atom...

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

authors： Hryc CF,Chen DH,Afonine PV,Jakana J,Wang Z,Haase-Pettingell C,Jiang W,Adams PD,King JA,Schmid MF,Chiu W

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of a particular individual occurs when we reactivate links between current perceptual inputs and the previously formed representation of that person. This recognition can be achieved by identifying, separately or simultaneously, distinct elements such as the face, silhouette, or voice as belonging to one i...

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

authors： Sliwa J,Duhamel JR,Pascalis O,Wirth S

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Many animals employ sex pheromones to find mating partners during their reproductive seasons. However, most sex pheromones of vertebrates remain to be identified. Over the past 20 years, steroids and prostaglandins have been identified as sex pheromones in several fishes. These pheromones are broadly termed "hormonal ...

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

authors： Yambe H,Kitamura S,Kamio M,Yamada M,Matsunaga S,Fusetani N,Yamazaki F

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the expression of simian virus 40 (SV40) specific tumor antigen (T-antigen) and viral RNA in SV40-transformed mouse 3T3 cells that are temperature-sensitive for the expression of the transformed phenotype (ts SV3T3). Although transformed by wild-type SV40, ts SV3T3 cells at 32 degrees behave like stand...

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

authors： Basilico C,Zouzias D

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00