Structured clustering of the glycosphingolipid GM1 is required for membrane curvature induced by cholera toxin.

abstract：:The primitive neurohypophyseal nonapeptide oxytocin (OXT) has established functions in parturition, lactation, appetite, and social behavior. We have shown that OXT has direct actions on the mammalian skeleton, stimulating bone formation by osteoblasts and modulating the genesis and function of bone-resorbing osteocla...

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

authors： Sun L,Lizneva D,Ji Y,Colaianni G,Hadelia E,Gumerova A,Ievleva K,Kuo TC,Korkmaz F,Ryu V,Rahimova A,Gera S,Taneja C,Khan A,Ahmad N,Tamma R,Bian Z,Zallone A,Kim SM,New MI,Iqbal J,Yuen T,Zaidi M

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recombinant cowpox viruses were constructed and used to identify a viral gene that controls the production of hemorrhage in lesions caused by the Brighton Red strain of cowpox virus (CPV-BR). This gene is located in the KpnD fragment of CPV-BR DNA, between 31 and 32 kilobases from the end of the genome. This p...

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

authors： Pickup DJ,Ink BS,Hu W,Ray CA,Joklik WK

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human forkhead box O3A gene (FOXO3A) encodes an evolutionarily conserved key regulator of the insulin-IGF1 signaling pathway that is known to influence metabolism and lifespan in model organisms. A recent study described 3 SNPs in the FOXO3A gene that were statistically significantly associated with longevity in a...

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

authors： Flachsbart F,Caliebe A,Kleindorp R,Blanché H,von Eller-Eberstein H,Nikolaus S,Schreiber S,Nebel A

更新日期：2009-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sal-like 4 (SALL4) is a nuclear factor central to the maintenance of stem cell pluripotency and is a key component in hepatocellular carcinoma, a malignancy with no effective treatment. In cancer cells, SALL4 associates with nucleosome remodeling deacetylase (NuRD) to silence tumor-suppressor genes, such as PTEN. Here...

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

authors： Liu BH,Jobichen C,Chia CSB,Chan THM,Tang JP,Chung TXY,Li J,Poulsen A,Hung AW,Koh-Stenta X,Tan YS,Verma CS,Tan HK,Wu CS,Li F,Hill J,Joy J,Yang H,Chai L,Sivaraman J,Tenen DG

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell clones nonproductively transformed by the replication-defective Abelson strain of murine leukemia virus (AbLV) were analyzed for type C viral antigen expression by competition immunoassay. AbLV-transformed mink non-producer lines were found to express a 110,000- to 130,000-molecular weight polyprotein containing ...

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

authors： Reynolds FH Jr,Sacks TL,Deobagkar DN,Stephenson JR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between poor paternal diet, perturbed embryonic development, and adult offspring ill health represents a new focus for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis. However, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains ill-defined. We have developed a mouse paternal low-protein ...

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

authors： Watkins AJ,Dias I,Tsuro H,Allen D,Emes RD,Moreton J,Wilson R,Ingram RJM,Sinclair KD

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and partially sequenced a M(r) 160,000 glycoprotein whose rate of cycling to and from the adipocyte cell surface is enhanced by insulin in a manner apparently identical to the effect of insulin on GLUT4 cycling. Based on the protein sequence, we have prepared an antipeptide antibody against this prote...

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

authors： Kandror KV,Pilch PF

更新日期：1994-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the biogeochemical roles of microorganisms in the environment, it is important to determine when and under which conditions they are metabolically active. Bioorthogonal noncanonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) can reveal active cells by tracking the incorporation of synthetic amino acids into newly synth...

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

authors： Hatzenpichler R,Connon SA,Goudeau D,Malmstrom RR,Woyke T,Orphan VJ

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Light activates rod outer segment (ROS) phosphodiesterase (PDEase), as shown by previous biochemical and physiological studies. We have further investigated the role of PDEase in this system by injecting trypsin-activated PDEase, purified from bovine ROS, into single ROS of the isolated retina of the toad Bufo marinus...

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

authors： Shimoda Y,Hurley JB,Miller WH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human 12-lipoxygenase enzyme (arachidonate:oxygen 12-oxidoreductase, EC 1.13.11.31)-related genes were characterized from 13 distinct clones isolated from three genomic bacteriophage and cosmid libraries. A complete gene (12-lipoxygenase gene 1) spanning approximately 17 kilobases and consisting of 14 exons with s...

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

authors： Funk CD,Funk LB,FitzGerald GA,Samuelsson B

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In free-viewing experiments, primates orient preferentially toward faces and face-like stimuli. To investigate the neural basis of this behavior, we measured the spontaneous viewing preferences of monkeys with selective bilateral amygdala lesions. The results revealed that when faces and nonface objects were presented...

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

authors： Taubert J,Flessert M,Wardle SG,Basile BM,Murphy AP,Murray EA,Ungerleider LG

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic variation of infectious organisms is a major factor in evasion of the host immune response. However, there has been no definitive demonstration of this phenomenon in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In this study, cloned parasites were examined serologically and biochemically for the expression of...

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

authors： Biggs BA,Goozé L,Wycherley K,Wollish W,Southwell B,Leech JH,Brown GV

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) is a recessive disorder characterized by congenital abnormalities, progressive bone-marrow failure, and cancer susceptibility. Cells from FA patients are hypersensitive to agents that produce DNA crosslinks and, after treatment with these agents, have pronounced chromosome breakage and other cytoge...

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

authors： Nakanishi K,Yang YG,Pierce AJ,Taniguchi T,Digweed M,D'Andrea AD,Wang ZQ,Jasin M

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and convenient method has been devised to determine the binding sites for proteins on RNA. The procedure is an adaptation of one used to map DNA-protein complexes by protection against nuclease digestion. The method uses the cytotoxic ribonuclease alpha-sarcin, which hydrolyzes purines in both single- and doub...

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

authors： Huber PW,Wool IG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of two-dimensional (2D) vibrational spectroscopy, which uses two ultrafast IR laser pulses, is used to examine the structure of a cyclic penta-peptide in solution. Spectrally resolved cross peaks occur in the off-diagonal region of the 2D IR spectrum of the amide I region, analogous to those in 2D NMR spectrosc...

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

authors： Hamm P,Lim M,DeGrado WF,Hochstrasser RM

更新日期：1999-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation is an innate defense mechanism intended to limit blood loss and trap invading pathogens during infection. However, Staphylococcus aureus has the ability to hijack the coagulation cascade and generate clots via secretion of coagulases. Although many S. aureus have this characteristic, some do not. The popul...

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

authors： Trivedi U,Madsen JS,Everett J,Fell C,Russel J,Haaber J,Crosby HA,Horswill AR,Burmølle M,Rumbaugh KP,Sørensen SJ

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:English and Russian color terms divide the color spectrum differently. Unlike English, Russian makes an obligatory distinction between lighter blues ("goluboy") and darker blues ("siniy"). We investigated whether this linguistic difference leads to differences in color discrimination. We tested English and Russian spe...

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

authors： Winawer J,Witthoft N,Frank MC,Wu L,Wade AR,Boroditsky L

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Proactive policing, the strategic targeting of people or places to prevent crimes, is a well-studied tactic that is ubiquitous in modern law enforcement. A 2017 National Academies of Sciences report reviewed existing literature, entrenched in deterrence theory, and found evidence that proactive policing strategies can...

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

authors： Del Toro J,Lloyd T,Buchanan KS,Robins SJ,Bencharit LZ,Smiedt MG,Reddy KS,Pouget ER,Kerrison EM,Goff PA

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Global supply chains play a critical role in many of the most pressing environmental stresses and social struggles identified by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Responding to calls from the global community, companies are adopting a variety of voluntary practices to improve the environmental ...

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

authors： Thorlakson T,de Zegher JF,Lambin EF

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface topography profoundly influences cell adhesion, differentiation, and stem cell fate control. Numerous studies using a variety of materials demonstrate that nanoscale topographies change the intracellular organization of actin cytoskeleton and therefore a broad range of cellular dynamics in live cells. However,...

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

authors： Lou HY,Zhao W,Li X,Duan L,Powers A,Akamatsu M,Santoro F,McGuire AF,Cui Y,Drubin DG,Cui B

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lakes are considered the second largest natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4). However, current estimates are still uncertain and do not account for diel variability of CH4 emissions. In this study, we performed high-resolution measurements of CH4 flux from several lakes, using an automated and sensor-based flux...

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

authors： Sieczko AK,Duc NT,Schenk J,Pajala G,Rudberg D,Sawakuchi HO,Bastviken D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that causes malignant and inflammatory diseases in ∼10% of infected people. A typical host has between 10(4) and 10(5) clones of HTLV-1-infected T lymphocytes, each clone distinguished by the genomic integration site of the single-copy HTLV-1 provirus. The HTL...

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

authors： Satou Y,Miyazato P,Ishihara K,Yaguchi H,Melamed A,Miura M,Fukuda A,Nosaka K,Watanabe T,Rowan AG,Nakao M,Bangham CR

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:New advances in polarized light microscopy were used to image Congo red-stained cerebral amyloidosis in sharp relief. The rotating-polarizer method was used to separate the optical effects of transmission, linear birefringence, extinction, linear dichroism, and orientation of the electric dipole transition moments and...

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

authors： Jin LW,Claborn KA,Kurimoto M,Geday MA,Maezawa I,Sohraby F,Estrada M,Kaminksy W,Kahr B

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes are located in highly conserved clusters. The significance of this organization is unclear, but one possibility is that regulatory regions for individual genes are dispersed throughout the cluster and shared with other Hox genes. This hypothesis is supported by studies on several Hox genes in which even larg...

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

authors： Bradshaw MS,Shashikant CS,Belting HG,Bollekens JA,Ruddle FH

更新日期：1996-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a "continual engagement" model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation in 4 pastoral ecosystems of East Africa. The model involved the creation of a core boundar...

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

authors： Reid RS,Nkedianye D,Said MY,Kaelo D,Neselle M,Makui O,Onetu L,Kiruswa S,Kamuaro NO,Kristjanson P,Ogutu J,BurnSilver SB,Goldman MJ,Boone RB,Galvin KA,Dickson NM,Clark WC

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between mitochondrial fusion and fission influences the reticular shape of mitochondria in yeasts. Little is known about whether mitochondria fusion occurs in plants. Plant mitochondria are usually more numerous and more grain-shaped than animal mitochondria. BLAST searches of the nuclear and mitochondrial...

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

authors： Arimura S,Yamamoto J,Aida GP,Nakazono M,Tsutsumi N

更新日期：2004-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research addresses the relationship between subnuclear localization and gene expression in fission yeast. We observed the relocalization of a heterochromatic region, the mating-type region, from its natural location at the spindle-pole body to the immediate vicinity of the nucleolus. Relocalization occurred in res...

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

authors： Jakociunas T,Domange Jordö M,Aït Mebarek M,Bünner CM,Verhein-Hansen J,Oddershede LB,Thon G

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells in the brain act as components of extended networks. Therefore, to understand neurobiological processes in a physiological context, it is essential to study them in vivo. Super-resolution microscopy has spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit, thus promising to provide structural and functional insights ...

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

authors： Turcotte R,Liang Y,Tanimoto M,Zhang Q,Li Z,Koyama M,Betzig E,Ji N

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a nuclear body (matrix-associated deacetylase body) whose formation and integrity depend on deacetylase activity. Typically, there are 20-40 0.5-microM bodies per nucleus, although the size and number can vary substantially. The structure appears to contain ...

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

authors： Downes M,Ordentlich P,Kao HY,Alvarez JG,Evans RM

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no theoretical limit in using molecular networks to harvest diffusive sun photons on large areas and funnel them onto much smaller areas of highly efficient but also precious energy-converting materials. The most effective concept reported so far is based on a pool of randomly oriented, light-harvesting donor...

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

authors： Willich MM,Wegener L,Vornweg J,Hohgardt M,Nowak J,Wolter M,Jacob CR,Walla PJ

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00