Radiocarbon-based approach capable of subannual precision resolves the origins of the site of Por-Bajin.

abstract：:We propose a phylogeny for the evolution of tRNA that is based on the ubiquity and conservation of tRNA-like structures in the replication of contemporary genomes. This phylogeny is unique in suggesting that the function of tRNA in replication dates back to the very beginnings of life on earth, before the advent of te...

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

authors： Maizels N,Weiner AM

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:By harnessing the oxidative power of microorganisms, energy can be recovered from reservoirs of less-concentrated organic matter, such as marine sediment, wastewater, and waste biomass. Left unmanaged, these reservoirs can become eutrophic dead zones and sites of greenhouse gas generation. Here, we introduce a unique ...

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

authors： Xie X,Ye M,Hsu PC,Liu N,Criddle CS,Cui Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role played by oligodendrocytes (OLs), the myelinating cells of the CNS, during brain development has not been fully explored. We have addressed this question by inducing a temporal and reversible ablation of OLs on postnatal CNS development. OL ablation in newborn mice leads to a profound alteration in the struct...

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

authors： Collin L,Usiello A,Erbs E,Mathis C,Borrelli E

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose entry, as measured by 5-min uptake into the acid-soluble fraction, is enhanced 15-30 times by long-term (12-24 hr) hexose starvation of chick fibroblasts. The rate of galactose accumulation in the cells increases only 5 times under the same conditions of starvation. Several carbon and energy sources that were ...

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

authors： Martineau R,Kohlbacher M,Shaw SN,Amos H

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SLAM (signaling lymphocyte activation molecule)-associated protein (SAP) is a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing adaptor expressed in T cells and natural killer cells. Its essential role in immune responses is underscored by the recent finding that mutations in SAP result in a rare but fatal X-linked lymphoprolife...

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

authors： Gu C,Tangye SG,Sun X,Luo Y,Lin Z,Wu J

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort has been directed toward controlling tuberculosis, which kills almost two million people yearly. High on the research agenda is the discovery of biomarkers of active tuberculosis (TB) for diagnosis and for monitoring treatment outcome. Rational biomarker discovery requires understanding host-pathog...

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

authors： Kunnath-Velayudhan S,Salamon H,Wang HY,Davidow AL,Molina DM,Huynh VT,Cirillo DM,Michel G,Talbot EA,Perkins MD,Felgner PL,Liang X,Gennaro ML

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary HIV-1 isolates were evaluated for their sensitivity to inhibition by beta-chemokines RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted), macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), and MIP-1 beta. Virus isolates of both nonsyncytium-inducing (NSI) and syncytium-inducing (SI) bi...

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

authors： Jansson M,Popovic M,Karlsson A,Cocchi F,Rossi P,Albert J,Wigzell H

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse skeletal muscle acetylcholine receptor is regulated, at least in part, by transcriptional mechanisms. As a first step toward defining the cis- and trans-acting factors involved in acetylcholine receptor transcriptional regulation, we examined mouse muscle and fibroblast cells for the presence of DNase I-hype...

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

authors： Crowder CM,Merlie JP

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-binding specificity of HA, the major surface glycoprotein of influenza virus, primarily determines the host ranges that the virus can infect. Influenza type B virus almost exclusively infects humans and contributes to the annual "flu" sickness. Here we report the structures of influenza B virus HA in complex ...

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

authors： Wang Q,Tian X,Chen X,Ma J

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed gastric ulcer healing is a well recognized problem associated with the use of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. In contrast, NO-releasing COX inhibitors do not interfere with ulcer healing. These divergent effects may in part be due to differences in their effects on platelets, which are known to influence ulce...

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

authors： Ma L,del Soldato P,Wallace JL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors (VEGFRs) are key drivers of blood and lymph vessel formation in development, but also in several pathological processes. VEGF-C signaling through VEGFR-3 promotes lymphangiogenesis, which is a clinically relevant target for treating lymphatic insufficienc...

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

authors： Leppänen VM,Tvorogov D,Kisko K,Prota AE,Jeltsch M,Anisimov A,Markovic-Mueller S,Stuttfeld E,Goldie KN,Ballmer-Hofer K,Alitalo K

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Population growth rate is a fundamental ecological and evolutionary characteristic of living organisms, but individuals must balance the metabolism devoted to biosynthesis and reproduction against the maintenance of existing structure and other functionality. Here we present a mathematical model that relates metabolic...

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

authors： Kempes CP,Dutkiewicz S,Follows MJ

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the nucleotide sequence of about 1 kilobase of DNA 3' to the 5' long terminal repeat of three noninfectious ad one infectious proviral DNA clones of spleen necrosis virus, an avian retrovirus, to determine if the types of nucleic acid changes involved in retrovirus mutation shed light on special features...

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

authors： O'Rear JJ,Temin HM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are etiologically linked to cervical cancer. Their transforming capacity is encoded by a polycistronic premRNA, where alternative splicing leads to the translation of functional distinct proteins such as E6, E6*, and E7. Here we show that splicing of HPV16 E6/E7 ORF casse...

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

authors： Rosenberger S,De-Castro Arce J,Langbein L,Steenbergen RD,Rösl F

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicases are molecular motor enzymes that unwind and translocate nucleic acids. One of the central questions regarding helicase activity is whether the process of coupling ATP hydrolysis to DNA unwinding requires an oligomeric form of the enzyme. We have applied a pre-steady-state kinetics approach to address this qu...

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

authors： Nanduri B,Byrd AK,Eoff RL,Tackett AJ,Raney KD

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric models generally assume that aerosol particles are in equilibrium with the surrounding gas phase. However, recent observations that secondary organic aerosols can exist in a glassy state have highlighted the need to more fully understand the kinetic limitations that may control water partitioning in ambien...

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

authors： Bones DL,Reid JP,Lienhard DM,Krieger UK

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been recognized to play a crucial role in human health. Using cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE)-deficient mice, we demonstrate an unexpected role of H2S in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) pathogenesis. We showed that Mtb-infected CSE-/- mice survive longer than WT m...

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

authors： Rahman MA,Cumming BM,Addicott KW,Pacl HT,Russell SL,Nargan K,Naidoo T,Ramdial PK,Adamson JH,Wang R,Steyn AJC

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is proposed for rapidly, quantitatively comparing protein structures of arbitrary sizes, based on the differential geometric representation. The method is applied to a group of 22 protein x-ray structures, and the resulting network of closest relationships is delineated. Several well-known fold types are auto...

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

authors： Rackovsky S,Goldstein DA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of hydride transfer (HT) catalysts to enhance rates and selectivities of (photo)electroreduction reactions could be a crucial component of a sustainable chemical industry. Here, we analyze how ring functionalization of the adsorbed transient intermediate 2-pyridinide (2-PyH-*)-predicted to form in situ fr...

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

authors： Xu S,Carter EA

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of macromolecular structures requires weighting of experimental evidence relative to prior physical information. Although it can critically affect the quality of the calculated structures, experimental data are routinely weighted on an empirical basis. At present, cross-validation is the most rigorou...

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

authors： Habeck M,Rieping W,Nilges M

更新日期：2006-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The day we understand the time evolution of subcellular events at a level of detail comparable to physical systems governed by Newton's laws of motion seems far away. Even so, quantitative approaches to cellular dynamics add to our understanding of cell biology. With data-guided frameworks we can develop better predic...

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

authors： Ronquist S,Patterson G,Muir LA,Lindsly S,Chen H,Brown M,Wicha MS,Bloch A,Brockett R,Rajapakse I

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is a newly recognized condition in children with recent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. These children and adult patients with severe hyperinflammation present with a constellation of symptoms that st...

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

authors： Cheng MH,Zhang S,Porritt RA,Noval Rivas M,Paschold L,Willscher E,Binder M,Arditi M,Bahar I

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies can be developed to directly inhibit almost any protein, but their inability to enter the cytosol limits inhibitory antibodies to membrane-associated or extracellular targets. Developing a cytosolic antibody delivery system would offer unique opportunities to directly inhibit and study intracellular protein...

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

authors： Wang HH,Tsourkas A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the compositions of the Earth and chondritic meteorites is at the center of many important debates. A basic assumption in most models for the Earth's composition is that the refractory elements are present in chondritic proportions relative to each other. This assumption is now challenged by r...

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

authors： Huang S,Jacobsen SB,Mukhopadhyay S

更新日期：2013-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are key modulators of immune tolerance, capable of suppressing inflammatory immune responses and promoting nonlymphoid tissue homeostasis. Helios, a transcription factor (TF) that is selectively expressed by Tregs, has been shown to be essential for the maintenance of Treg lineage stability ...

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

authors： Yates K,Bi K,Haining WN,Cantor H,Kim HJ

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA adducts formed during incubation of the hepatocarcinogen N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene with Salmonella typhimurium tester strain TA1538 were investigated to determine if the covalently bound products were identical to those adducts found in rat liver DNA and to establish the biological significance of the ad...

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

authors： Beranek DT,White GL,Heflich RH,Beland FA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crossed strand-exchange form (Holliday structure, half chiasma) has been predicted as an intermediate in the genetic recombination of eukaryotes. We report here the detection of this form in the yeast plasmid, 2-micron DNA, isolated during meiosis. Physical mapping has previously suggested that two forms of 2-micr...

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

authors： Bell L,Byers B

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem II (PSII), the light-driven water/plastoquinone photooxidoreductase, is of central importance in the planetary energy cycle. The product of the reaction, plastohydroquinone (PQH2), is released into the membrane from the QB site, where it is formed. A plastoquinone (PQ) from the membrane pool then binds int...

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

authors： De Causmaecker S,Douglass JS,Fantuzzi A,Nitschke W,Rutherford AW

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The second critical endpoint in the basalt-H(2)O system was directly determined by a high-pressure and high-temperature X-ray radiography technique. We found that the second critical endpoint occurs at around 3.4 GPa and 770 °C (corresponding to a depth of approximately 100 km in a subducting slab), which is much shal...

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

authors： Mibe K,Kawamoto T,Matsukage KN,Fei Y,Ono S

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of human purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) stops growth of activated T-cells and the formation of 6-oxypurine bases, making it a target for leukemia, autoimmune disorders, and gout. Four generations of ribocation transition-state mimics bound to PNP are structurally characterized. Immucillin-H (K*i(1/4)...

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

authors： Ho MC,Shi W,Rinaldo-Matthis A,Tyler PC,Evans GB,Clinch K,Almo SC,Schramm VL

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00