Ultrasensitive detection of malignant melanoma using PET molecular imaging probes.

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：:Chronic inflammation results in increased nitrogen monoxide (.NO) formation and the accumulation of nitrite (NO(2-)). Neutrophils stimulated by various inflammatory mediators release myeloperoxidase to produce the cytotoxic agent hypochlorous acid (HOCl). Exposure of chondrocytic SW1353 cells to HOCl resulted in a con...

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

authors： Whiteman M,Hooper DC,Scott GS,Koprowski H,Halliwell B

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A glnB gene is identified in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942, and its gene product is found to be covalently modified as a result of imbalance in electron transfer in photosynthesis, where photosystem II is favored over photosystem I. The gene was cloned and sequenced and found to encode a polypeptide of...

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

authors： Tsinoremas NF,Castets AM,Harrison MA,Allen JF,Tandeau de Marsac N

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine homologs are encoded by many large DNA viruses, suggesting that they contribute to control of host leukocyte transmigration and trafficking during viral infection. Murine cytomegalovirus carries a CC (beta) chemokine homolog gene giving rise to two related proteins, murine cytomegalovirus chemokine 1 and 2 (...

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

authors： Saederup N,Lin YC,Dairaghi DJ,Schall TJ,Mocarski ES

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand complex biological systems, such as the development of multicellular organisms, it is important to characterize the gene expression dynamics. However, there is currently no universal technique for targeted insertion of reporter genes and quantitative imaging in multicellular model systems. Recently, geno...

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

authors： Ochiai H,Sakamoto N,Fujita K,Nishikawa M,Suzuki K,Matsuura S,Miyamoto T,Sakuma T,Shibata T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive myoclonus epilepsy of Univerricht-Lundborg type is a clinically defined entity among the progressive myoclonus epilepsies. It is an autosomal recessive disorder. The underlying biochemical defect is unknown. We used linkage analysis to localize the gene in 12 families with the aid of polymorphic DNA marker...

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

authors： Lehesjoki AE,Koskiniemi M,Sistonen P,Miao J,Hästbacka J,Norio R,de la Chapelle A

更新日期：1991-05-01 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：:A technique for systematic peptide variation by a combination of rational and evolutionary approaches is presented. The design scheme consists of five consecutive steps: (i) identification of a "seed peptide" with a desired activity, (ii) generation of variants selected from a physicochemical space around the seed pep...

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

authors： Schneider G,Schrödl W,Wallukat G,Müller J,Nissen E,Rönspeck W,Wrede P,Kunze R

更新日期：1998-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) is a key effector of the innate immune system against viruses. Activation of TLR3 exerts an antitumoral effect through a mechanism of action still poorly understood. Here we show that TLR3 activation by polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid induces up-regulation of microRNA-29b, -29c, -148b, and ...

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

authors： Galli R,Paone A,Fabbri M,Zanesi N,Calore F,Cascione L,Acunzo M,Stoppacciaro A,Tubaro A,Lovat F,Gasparini P,Fadda P,Alder H,Volinia S,Filippini A,Ziparo E,Riccioli A,Croce CM

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant glycosylation and the overexpression of certain carbohydrate moieties is a consistent feature of cancers, and tumor-associated oligosaccharides are actively investigated as targets for immunotherapy. One of the most common aberrations in glycosylation patterns is the presentation of a single O-linked N-acetyl...

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

authors： Brooks CL,Schietinger A,Borisova SN,Kufer P,Okon M,Hirama T,Mackenzie CR,Wang LX,Schreiber H,Evans SV

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of Ca2+-dependent protein-protein interaction and enzyme activation by calmodulin was investigated with the phosphoprotein phosphatase, calcineurin. Dimethylaminonaphthalene (dansyl)-calmodulin, a fluorescent derivative used to monitor complex formation, produced similar maximal activation (10- to 12-fol...

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

authors： Kincaid RL,Vaughan M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) anion channel. Airway disease is the major source of morbidity and mortality. Successful implementation of gene- and cell-based therapies for CF airway disease requires knowledge of relations...

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

authors： Shah VS,Ernst S,Tang XX,Karp PH,Parker CP,Ostedgaard LS,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Of two closely related species of geese, one, the greylag goose, lives in the Indian plains all year round, while the other, the bar-headed goose, lives at the Tibetan lakes and migrates across the Himalayas to winter in India. Another species, the Andean goose, lives in the High Andes all year round. Possession of a ...

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

authors： Jessen TH,Weber RE,Fermi G,Tame J,Braunitzer G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity affects over 2 billion people worldwide and is accompanied by peripheral neuropathy (PN) and an associated poorer quality of life. Despite high prevalence, the molecular mechanisms underlying the painful manifestations of PN are poorly understood, and therapies are restricted to use of painkillers or other dru...

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

authors： Bonomo RR,Cook TM,Gavini CK,White CR,Jones JR,Bovo E,Zima AV,Brown IA,Dugas LR,Zakharian E,Aubert G,Alonzo F 3rd,Calcutt NA,Mansuy-Aubert V

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The sigma-N (sigmaN) subunit of the bacterial RNA polymerase is a sequence specific DNA-binding protein. The RNA polymerase holoenzyme formed with sigmaN binds to promoters in an inactive form and only initiates transcription when activated by enhancer-binding positive control proteins. We now provide evidence to show...

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

authors： Cannon WV,Chaney MK,Wang X,Buck M

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of genome stability is carried out by a suite of DNA repair pathways that ensure the repair of damaged DNA and faithful replication of the genome. Of particular importance are the repair pathways, which respond to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), and how the efficiency of repair is influenced by sequence h...

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

authors： Meyer D,Fu BX,Heyer WD

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal genome regulates maternal physiology and behavior via its placenta, which produces hormones that act on the maternal hypothalamus. At the same time, the fetus itself develops a hypothalamus. In this study we show that many of the genes that regulate placental development also regulate the developing hypothal...

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

authors： Broad KD,Keverne EB

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The rpoS gene of Escherichia coli encodes a putative RNA polymerase sigma factor that is considered to be the central regulator of gene expression in stationary phase. The gene product (sigma 38) was overproduced using the cloned rpoS gene and purified to homogeneity. Reconstituted RNA polymerase holoenzyme (E sigma 3...

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

authors： Tanaka K,Takayanagi Y,Fujita N,Ishihama A,Takahashi H

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma treatment of cells leads to tyrosine phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 followed by dimerization through a reciprocal Src homology 2-phosphotyrosine interaction near the -COOH end of each monomer, forming a parallel structure that accumulates in the nucleus to drive ...

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

authors： Zhong M,Henriksen MA,Takeuchi K,Schaefer O,Liu B,ten Hoeve J,Ren Z,Mao X,Chen X,Shuai K,Darnell JE Jr

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both laboratory and field data suggest that people punish noncooperators even in one-shot interactions. Although such "altruistic punishment" may explain the high levels of cooperation in human societies, it creates an evolutionary puzzle: existing models suggest that altruistic cooperation among nonrelatives is evolu...

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

authors： Boyd R,Gintis H,Bowles S,Richerson PJ

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which cells select one of several specific programs of genetic information in development was examined in homoeotic mutant Antennapedia of Rappaport in Drosophila melanogaster. The results show that the alteration of determination from antenna to leg induced by this homoeotic mutation occurs in a popula...

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

authors： Postlethwait JH,Schneiderman HA

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of systemic inflammation and sepsis involves peripheral organs, causing gastrointestinal, renal, and cardiovascular alterations, as well as the central nervous system (CNS), affecting sleep, temperature regulation, behavior, and neuroendocrine function. The molecular basis of the CNS effects of sys...

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

authors： Wong ML,Bongiorno PB,Rettori V,McCann SM,Licinio J

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We use stable isotope ratios in feces of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) to test the hypothesis that diet shifts within a single year, as measured by dry mass intake, can be recovered. Isotopic separation of staple foods indicates that intraannual changes in the isotopic composition of feces reflect shifts i...

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

authors： Blumenthal SA,Chritz KL,Rothman JM,Cerling TE

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid residues that are critical in maintaining the framework structure of immunoglobulin heavy- and light-chain variable (V) regions are strongly conserved in the V alpha and V beta proteins of the alpha beta T-cell antigen receptor (TCR alpha beta). Consequently, it has been proposed that TCR alpha beta has a c...

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

authors： Gahm SJ,Fowlkes BJ,Jameson SC,Gascoigne NR,Cotterman MM,Kanagawa O,Schwartz RH,Matis LA

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a comprehensive transcriptome analysis, a Z chromosome-linked chicken homolog of hemogen (cHEMGN) was identified and shown to be specifically involved in testis differentiation in early chicken embryos. Hemogen [Hemgn in mice, EDAG (erythroid differentiation-associated gene protein) in humans] was recently chara...

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

authors： Nakata T,Ishiguro M,Aduma N,Izumi H,Kuroiwa A

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) mediates several biological actions, including relaxation of blood vessels, cytotoxicity of activated macrophages, and formation of cGMP by activation of glutamate receptors in cerebellar slices. Nitric oxide synthase (EC 1.14.23.-) immunoreactivity is colocalized with nicotinamide adenine di-nucleot...

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

authors： Dawson VL,Dawson TM,London ED,Bredt DS,Snyder SH

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Much discussion has occurred in recent years on whether observed patterns of structure in island bird communities are the result of competitive interactions among species or independent rates of colonization and extinction. Here two patterns of structure are presented for birds on 12 West Indian islands. Each of four ...

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

authors： Faaborg J

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classic anthropological hypothesis known as the "obstetrical dilemma" is a well-known explanation for human altriciality, a condition that has significant implications for human social and behavioral evolution. The hypothesis holds that antagonistic selection for a large neonatal brain and a narrow, bipedal-adapte...

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

authors： Dunsworth HM,Warrener AG,Deacon T,Ellison PT,Pontzer H

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling topological defects in 3D liquid crystal phases is a crucial element in the development of novel devices, from blue-phase displays to passive biochemical sensors. However, it remains challenging to realize the 3D topological conditions necessary to robustly and arbitrarily direct the formation of defects. ...

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

authors： Honglawan A,Beller DA,Cavallaro M Jr,Kamien RD,Stebe KJ,Yang S

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently it has become apparent that N = 2 supersymmetric quantum field theory has something to do with cluster algebras. I review one aspect of the connection: supersymmetric quantum field theories have associated hyperkähler moduli spaces, and these moduli spaces carry a structure that looks like an extension of the...

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

authors： Neitzke A

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00