Calibrating the coevolution of Ediacaran life and environment.

abstract：:From an analysis of the distributions of measures of transmission rates among hosts, we identify an empirical relationship suggesting that, typically, 20% of the host population contributes at least 80% of the net transmission potential, as measured by the basic reproduction number, R0. This is an example of a statist...

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

authors： Woolhouse ME,Dye C,Etard JF,Smith T,Charlwood JD,Garnett GP,Hagan P,Hii JL,Ndhlovu PD,Quinnell RJ,Watts CH,Chandiwana SK,Anderson RM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial membranes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as well as other types of chronic destructive inflammatory arthritis contain infiltrates of activated T lymphocytes that probably contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. In an effort to elucidate the nature of these infiltrates, interleukin 2 (IL-2)-respo...

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

authors： Stamenkovic I,Stegagno M,Wright KA,Krane SM,Amento EP,Colvin RB,Duquesnoy RJ,Kurnick JT

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective blockade of gene expression by designed small molecules is a fundamental challenge at the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine. Transcription factors have been among the most elusive targets in genetics and drug discovery, but the fields of chemical biology and genetics have evolved to a point where...

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

authors： Kushal S,Lao BB,Henchey LK,Dubey R,Mesallati H,Traaseth NJ,Olenyuk BZ,Arora PS

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone that hybridizes to an mRNA (1A10) that accumulates to a substantial level in the axis of the germinating soybean seed was sequenced. The amino acid sequence of the clone indicates an almost perfect repeat of Pro-Pro-Val-Tyr-Lys resulting in a protein containing 40% proline and lacking serine and histidine...

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

authors： Averyhart-Fullard V,Datta K,Marcus A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified oat phytochrome was labeled with (125)I without altering the photoreversibility or absorbance properties of the pigment. The radiolabeled phytochrome was used in experiments in vitro to quantitate the binding of the pigment to both crude and purified membrane preparations from oat tissue. After the membranes ...

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

authors： Georgevich G,Cedel TE,Roux SJ

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disorder and is strongly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Currently, there is no approved pharmacological treatment for this disease, but improvement of insulin resistance using peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) ag...

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

authors： Liu W,Struik D,Nies VJ,Jurdzinski A,Harkema L,de Bruin A,Verkade HJ,Downes M,Evans RM,van Zutphen T,Jonker JW

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranes were purified from rat muscle by a differential centrifugation method that avoids the use of salt extraction or incubations at elevated temperature. Three populations of membrane-limited vesicles were defined having average densities of 1.112 (fraction I), 1.141 (fraction II), and 1.158 (fraction III) g/ml i...

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

authors： Barchi RL,Bonilla E,Wong M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase separation of multivalent protein and RNA molecules underlies the biogenesis of biomolecular condensates such as membraneless organelles. In vivo, these condensates encompass hundreds of distinct types of molecules that typically organize into multilayered structures supporting the differential partitioning of m...

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

authors： Boeynaems S,Holehouse AS,Weinhardt V,Kovacs D,Van Lindt J,Larabell C,Van Den Bosch L,Das R,Tompa PS,Pappu RV,Gitler AD

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomeruli in the olfactory bulb are anatomically discrete modules receiving input from idiotypic olfactory sensory neurons. To examine the functional organization of sensory inputs to individual glomeruli, we loaded olfactory sensory neurons with a Ca(2+) indicator and measured odorant-evoked presynaptic Ca(2+) signal...

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

authors： Wachowiak M,Denk W,Friedrich RW

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DsRed, a brilliantly red fluorescent protein, was recently cloned from Discosoma coral by homology to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea. A core question in the biochemistry of DsRed is the mechanism by which the GFP-like 475-nm excitation and 500-nm emission maxima of immature DsRed are r...

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

authors： Gross LA,Baird GS,Hoffman RC,Baldridge KK,Tsien RY

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, ubiquitination is an important posttranslational process achieved through a cascade of ubiquitin-activating (E1), conjugating (E2), and ligase (E3) enzymes. Many pathogenic bacteria deliver virulence factors into the host cell that function as E3 ligases. How these bacterial "Trojan horses" integrate in...

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

authors： Lin DY,Diao J,Chen J

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell membrane contact induces the de novo expression of choline O-acetyltransferase (CAT; acetyl-CoA: choline O-acetyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.6) activity in cultures of virtually pure neonatal rat dissociated sympathetic neurons. To identify molecular mechanisms underlying membrane-associated CAT induction, the responsi...

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

authors： Adler JE,Schleifer LS,Black IB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diabetogenic agent alloxan exerts a preferential cytotoxic effect on the pancreatic B cell. The determinants of such a tissue specificity were investigated. Alloxan accumulated rapidly in liver and pancreatic islets but much more slowly in muscle. The activity of glutathione peroxidase and the resistance to exogen...

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

authors： Malaisse WJ,Malaisse-Lagae F,Sener A,Pipeleers DG

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In feeding, aphids inject saliva into plant tissues, gaining access to phloem sap and eliciting (and sometimes overcoming) plant responses. We are examining the involvement, in this aphid-plant interaction, of individual aphid proteins and enzymes, as identified in a salivary gland cDNA library. Here, we focus on a sa...

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

authors： Mutti NS,Louis J,Pappan LK,Pappan K,Begum K,Chen MS,Park Y,Dittmer N,Marshall J,Reese JC,Reeck GR

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) adopt heterogeneous ensembles of conformations under physiological conditions. Understanding the relationship between amino acid sequence and conformational ensembles of IDPs can help clarify the role of disorder in physiological function. Recent studies revealed that polar IDP...

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

authors： Mao AH,Crick SL,Vitalis A,Chicoine CL,Pappu RV

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse sperm receptor, a glycoprotein called ZP3, is synthesized and secreted by growing oocytes. It is present in more than a billion copies in the unfertilized egg's extracellular coat, or zona pellucida. We have cloned and characterized a region of the mouse (CD-1) genome that spans 10 kilobases of the ZP3 locus...

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

authors： Kinloch RA,Roller RJ,Fimiani CM,Wassarman DA,Wassarman PM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy, a disease characterized by abnormal brain activity, is a disabling and potentially life-threatening condition for nearly 1% of the world population. Unfortunately, modulation of brain excitability using available antiepileptic drugs can have serious side effects, especially in the developing brain, and some ...

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

authors： Baraban SC,Southwell DG,Estrada RC,Jones DL,Sebe JY,Alfaro-Cervello C,García-Verdugo JM,Rubenstein JL,Alvarez-Buylla A

更新日期：2009-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombospondin, a 450-kDa multinodular glycoprotein with lectin-type activity, is found in human platelets, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, monocytes, and granular pneumocytes. Thrombospondin interacts with heparin, fibrinogen, fibronectin, collagen, histidine-rich glycoprotein, and plasminogen. R...

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

authors： Asch AS,Leung LL,Shapiro J,Nachman RL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids leads to numerous products, including 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE). That 4-hydroxy-2-alkenal compounds react with sulfhydryl groups of proteins to form thioether adducts possessing a carbonyl function has been established [Schauenstein, E. & Esterbauer, H. (1979) Ciba Found. S...

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

authors： Uchida K,Stadtman ER

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex continues to mature after puberty and into early adulthood, mirroring the time course of maturation of cognitive abilities. However, the way in which prefrontal activity changes during peri- and postpubertal cortical maturation is largely unknown. To address this question, we evaluated the develo...

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

authors： Zhou X,Zhu D,Katsuki F,Qi XL,Lees CJ,Bennett AJ,Salinas E,Stanford TR,Constantinidis C

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccades are rapid eye movements that orient the visual axis toward objects of interest to allow their processing by the central, high-acuity retina. Our ability to collect visual information efficiently relies on saccadic accuracy, which is limited by a combination of uncertainty in the location of the target and mot...

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

authors： Lisi M,Solomon JA,Morgan MJ

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains that overproduce endonuclease III were found in a colony bank containing hybrid ColE1-Escherichia coli plasmids. The enzyme was identified in crude extracts by the degradation of partially depyrimidinated DNA in the presence of EDTA, by its sedimentation velocity, and by its associated thymine glycol-DNA g...

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

authors： Cunningham RP,Weiss B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein is the primary surface antigen targeted by the host immune response and a focus for development of novel vaccines, broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), and therapeutics. HA enables viral entry into host cells via receptor binding and membrane fusion and is a validated targ...

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

authors： Yao Y,Kadam RU,Lee CD,Woehl JL,Wu NC,Zhu X,Kitamura S,Wilson IA,Wolan DW

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing tools for investigating the cellular activity of glycans will help to delineate the molecular basis for aberrant glycosylation in pathological processes such as cancer. Metabolic oligosaccharide engineering, which inserts sugar-reporting groups into cellular glycoconjugates, represents a powerful method for...

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

authors： Hsu TL,Hanson SR,Kishikawa K,Wang SK,Sawa M,Wong CH

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of acetylcholine to growing cultures of mouse neuroblastoma cells induced a 37-fold increase in the specific activity of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7). Morphological changes, consisting of neurite-extensions, were also observed during the logarithmic phase of growth of cells stimulated with acetylcholine....

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

authors： Harkins J,Arsenault M,Schlesinger K,Kates J

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450IIC5 (rabbit liver 21-hydroxylase) is unusual among hepatic forms of cytochromes P450 because it catalyzes the conversion of one active steroid hormone (progesterone) to another active hormone (deoxycorticosterone). Another interesting aspect of this steroid-hydroxylating enzyme is the ability to conver...

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

authors： Trant JM,Lorence MC,Johnson EF,Shackleton CH,Mason JI,Estabrook RW

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an autosomal recessive phenotype consistent with impaired transport of cationic amino acids at the basolateral membrane of intestinal and renal epithelia. On the assumption that the basolateral membrane of epithelial cells and plasma membrane of parenchymal cells are functional a...

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

authors： Smith DW,Scriver CR,Tenenhouse HS,Simell O

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered systems like liquids, gels, glasses, or granular materials are not only ubiquitous in daily life and in industrial applications, but they are also crucial for the mechanical stability of cells or the transport of chemical and biological agents in living organisms. Despite the importance of these systems, th...

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

authors： Zhang Z,Kob W

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in nuclear K+ electrochemical activity and total nuclear K+ content in salivary glands of Chironomus tentans were measured with ion-selective microelectrodes based on valinomycin and with flameless atomic absorption spectrometry, respectively. The K+ activity increased by a factor of 2.6 and the total K+, by a...

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

authors： Wuhrmann P,Ineichen H,Riesen-Willi U,Lezzi M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta-activated kinase-1 (TAK1), also known as MAPKK kinase-7 (MAP3K7), is a candidate effector of multiple circuits in cardiac biology and disease. Here, we show that inhibition of TAK1 in mice by a cardiac-specific dominant-negative mutation evokes electrophysiological and biochemical properties reminiscent of hu...

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

authors： Xie M,Zhang D,Dyck JR,Li Y,Zhang H,Morishima M,Mann DL,Taffet GE,Baldini A,Khoury DS,Schneider MD

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00