Indian annual ambient air quality standard is achievable by completely mitigating emissions from household sources.

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) thymidine kinase is currently used as a suicide agent in the gene therapy of cancer. This therapy is based on the preferential phosphorylation of nucleoside analogs by tumor cells expressing HSV-1 thymidine kinase. However, the use of HSV-1 thymidine kinase is limited in part by the...

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

authors： Black ME,Newcomb TG,Wilson HM,Loeb LA

更新日期：1996-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell migration into tissue depends on a cascade of rapid and selective adhesive interactions with endothelium. "Triggering" is a step in that cascade required to activate T-cell integrins. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) may be a physiologically relevant trigger, since we demonstrate that HGF can induce both adhesion...

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

authors： Adams DH,Harvath L,Bottaro DP,Interrante R,Catalano G,Tanaka Y,Strain A,Hubscher SG,Shaw S

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli strain, ts-rnp5, originally described in 1975 by G. D. Burdick and H. Berger, is shown to possess an RNA polymerase (RNA nucleotidyltransferase) sigma subunit with an activity 4--6 times less thermostable at 45 degrees than sigma from wild-type strains. This defect remains associated with the sigm...

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

authors： Gross C,Hoffman J,Ward C,Hager D,Burdick G,Berger H,Burgess R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme that reduces methionine sulfoxide [Met(O)] residues in proteins [peptide Met(O) reductase (MsrA), EC 1.8.4.6; originally identified in Escherichia coli] was purified from bovine liver, and the cDNA encoding this enzyme was cloned and sequenced. The mammalian homologue of E. coli msrA (also called pmsR) cDNA ...

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

authors： Moskovitz J,Weissbach H,Brot N

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that poly(dA-dT) can adopt two conformations in solution, with the relative proportions dependent on the nature and concentration of the counter ion and cationic ligands. The synthetic DNA exhibits a dinucleotide repeat conformation on addition of CsF and Me4NCl at molar concentrations, with the NMR spe...

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

authors： Patel DJ,Kozlowski SA,Suggs JW,Cox SD

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper I review the ways in which the glassy state is obtained both in nature and in materials science and highlight a "new twist"--the recent recognition of polymorphism within the glassy state. The formation of glass by continuous cooling (viscous slowdown) is then examined, the strong/fragile liquids classif...

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

authors： Angell CA

更新日期：1995-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Serpentine barrens represent extreme hazards for plant colonists. These sites are characterized by high porosity leading to drought, lack of essential mineral nutrients, and phytotoxic levels of metals. Nevertheless, nature forged populations adapted to these challenges. Here, we use a population-based evolutionary ge...

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

authors： Arnold BJ,Lahner B,DaCosta JM,Weisman CM,Hollister JD,Salt DE,Bomblies K,Yant L

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial expressions of emotion in humans are believed to be produced by contracting one's facial muscles, generally called action units. However, the surface of the face is also innervated with a large network of blood vessels. Blood flow variations in these vessels yield visible color changes on the face. Here, we stu...

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

authors： Benitez-Quiroz CF,Srinivasan R,Martinez AM

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To efficiently represent all of the possible rewards in the world, dopaminergic midbrain neurons dynamically adapt their coding range to the momentarily available rewards. Specifically, these neurons increase their activity for an outcome that is better than expected and decrease it for an outcome worse than expected,...

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

authors： Park SQ,Kahnt T,Talmi D,Rieskamp J,Dolan RJ,Heekeren HR

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Three naturally occurring dermorphin-like peptides from the skin of the frog Phyllomedusa bicolor, the related carboxyl-terminal amides, and some substituted analogs were synthesized, their binding profiles to opioid receptors were determined, and their biological activities were studied in isolated organ preparations...

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

authors： Negri L,Erspamer GF,Severini C,Potenza RL,Melchiorri P,Erspamer V

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bluetongue virus (BTV), a major threat to livestock, is a multilayered, nonturreted member of the Reoviridae, a family of segmented dsRNA viruses characterized by endogenous RNA transcription through an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). To date, the structure of BTV RdRp has been unknown, limiting our mechanistic u...

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

authors： He Y,Shivakoti S,Ding K,Cui Y,Roy P,Zhou ZH

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention allows animals to respond selectively to competing stimuli, enabling some stimuli to evoke a behavioral response while others are ignored. How the brain does this remains mysterious, although it is increasingly evident that even animals with the smallest brains display this capacity. For example, insects res...

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

authors： Paulk AC,Stacey JA,Pearson TW,Taylor GJ,Moore RJ,Srinivasan MV,van Swinderen B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAPVSIPQ (NAP), an active fragment of the glial-derived activity-dependent neuroprotective protein, is protective at femtomolar concentrations against a wide array of neural insults and prevents ethanol-induced fetal wastage and growth retardation in mice. NAP also antagonizes ethanol inhibition of L1-mediated cell ad...

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

authors： Wilkemeyer MF,Chen SY,Menkari CE,Brenneman DE,Sulik KK,Charness ME

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial dysfunction underlies the genesis and progression of numerous diseases. Although the GATA transcription factor GATA-2 is expressed in endothelial cells and is implicated in coronary heart disease, it has been studied predominantly as a master regulator of hematopoiesis. Because many questions rega...

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

authors： Linnemann AK,O'Geen H,Keles S,Farnham PJ,Bresnick EH

更新日期：2011-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR5 (R5)-tropic, but not CXCR4 (X4)-tropic, HIV-1 is associated with primary HIV-1 infection and transmission. Recent studies have shown that IFN-induced transmembrane (IFITM) proteins, including IFITM1, IFITM2, and IFITM3, restrict a broad range of viruses. Here, we demonstrate that an IFITM2 isoform (Δ20 IFITM2) la...

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

authors： Wu WL,Grotefend CR,Tsai MT,Wang YL,Radic V,Eoh H,Huang IC

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms by which the extracellular domain of Notch1 controls Notch1 signaling are not well defined. Here, we show that the O-fucose glycan in the Notch1 ligand-binding domain regulates the strength of Notch1 signaling during embryogenesis, postweaning growth, and T cell development in the mouse. Heterozygotes carry...

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

authors： Ge C,Stanley P

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An effective metabolism is essential to all living organisms, including the important human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. To establish successful infection, S. aureus must scavenge nutrients and coordinate its metabolism for proliferation. Meanwhile, it also must produce an array of virulence factors to interfere wi...

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

authors： Ding Y,Liu X,Chen F,Di H,Xu B,Zhou L,Deng X,Wu M,Yang CG,Lan L

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton tyrosine kinase (EC 2.7.1.112) [Btk, encoded by Btk in mice and BTK in humans (formerly known as atk, BPK, or emb)], which is variously mutated in chromosome X-linked agammaglobulinemia patients and X-linked immunodeficient (xid) mice, has the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain at its amino terminus. The PH domain...

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

authors： Yao L,Kawakami Y,Kawakami T

更新日期：1994-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanidinium group of arginine-166 has been postulated to act as an electrophilic species during phosphorylation of alkaline phosphatase. Its role could be either to stabilize the developing negative charge on the oxygen of the leaving group or the pentacoordinate transition state or to help bind the -PO2-3 group. ...

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

authors： Butler-Ransohoff JE,Kendall DA,Kaiser ET

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global loss of DNA methylation has been known for decades as an epigenomic aberration associated with carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Loss of DNA methylation affects predominantly repetitive elements, which encompass >50% of the CpG dinucleotides present in the human genome. Because of the lack of an effective ...

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

authors： Xie H,Wang M,Bonaldo Mde F,Rajaram V,Stellpflug W,Smith C,Arndt K,Goldman S,Tomita T,Soares MB

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:d-alanine-d-lactate ligase from Enterococcus faecium BM4147 is directly responsible for the biosynthesis of alternate cell-wall precursors in bacteria, which are resistant to the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin. The crystal structure has been determined with data extending to 2.5-A resolution. This structure shows ...

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

authors： Roper DI,Huyton T,Vagin A,Dodson G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis is a series of poorly understood morphological, physiological and biochemical processes that occur during the transition of immotile spermatids into motile, fertilization-competent spermatozoa. Here, we identified a Serpin (serine protease inhibitor) family protein (As_SRP-1) that is secreted from sperm...

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

authors： Zhao Y,Sun W,Zhang P,Chi H,Zhang MJ,Song CQ,Ma X,Shang Y,Wang B,Hu Y,Hao Z,Hühmer AF,Meng F,L'hernault SW,He SM,Dong MQ,Miao L

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleoclimate studies suggest that increased global warmth during the Eocene epoch was greatly amplified at high latitudes, a state that climate models cannot fully reproduce. However, proxy estimates of Eocene near-Antarctic sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have produced widely divergent results at similar latitudes, w...

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

authors： Douglas PM,Affek HP,Ivany LC,Houben AJ,Sijp WP,Sluijs A,Schouten S,Pagani M

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral Gag polyproteins have specific regions, commonly referred to as late assembly (L) domains, which are required for the efficient separation of assembled virions from the host cell. The L domain of HIV-1 is in the C-terminal p6(gag) domain and contains an essential P(T/S)AP core motif that is widely conserved...

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

authors： Strack B,Calistri A,Accola MA,Palu G,Gottlinger HG

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the general constraints that govern sequence divergence in proteins that retain entirely, or very largely, the same structure and function. To do this we collected data from three different groups of orthologous sequences: those found in humans and mice, in humans and chickens, and in Escherichia co...

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

authors： Sasidharan R,Chothia C

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins and consequences of a regulatory T cell (Treg) disorder in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are poorly understood. In the (NZBxNZW) F(1) mouse model of lupus, we found that CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Treg failed to maintain a competitive pool size in the peripheral lymphoid organs resulting in a progressive homeosta...

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

authors： Humrich JY,Morbach H,Undeutsch R,Enghard P,Rosenberger S,Weigert O,Kloke L,Heimann J,Gaber T,Brandenburg S,Scheffold A,Huehn J,Radbruch A,Burmester GR,Riemekasten G

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fas/APO-1 cytotoxic pathway plays an important role in the regulation of peripheral immunity. Recent evidence indicates that this regulatory function operates through deletion of activated T and B lymphocytes by CD4+ T cells expressing the Fas ligand. Because macrophages play a key role in peripheral immunity, we ...

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

authors： Ashany D,Song X,Lacy E,Nikolic-Zugic J,Friedman SM,Elkon KB

更新日期：1995-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the basal ganglia, inputs from the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are transmitted through both direct and indirect pathways and control reward-based learning. In the NAc, dopamine (DA) serves as a key neurotransmitter, modulating these two parallel pathways. This study explored how reward learning and its flexibility are ...

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

authors： Yawata S,Yamaguchi T,Danjo T,Hikida T,Nakanishi S

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much evidence suggests that the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is not homogenous, the precise architecture of this important structure has not been clear. Here we use transmission electron microscopy of plasma membrane sheets and specific probes to show that most or all plasma membrane-associated protein...

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

authors： Lillemeier BF,Pfeiffer JR,Surviladze Z,Wilson BS,Davis MM

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:By considering temperature effects on the mechanical unfolding rates of proteins and RNA, whose energy landscape is rugged, the question posed in the title is answered in the affirmative. Adopting a theory by Zwanzig [Zwanzig, R. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 2029-2030], we show that, because of roughness char...

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

authors： Hyeon C,Thirumalai D

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00