Vaccinology in the post-COVID-19 era.

abstract：:A long (20-30 micrometer), wide (3-5 micrometer) microbial-mat bacterium from the Ebro Delta (Tarragona, Spain) was grown in mixed culture and videographed live. Intracellular elemental sulfur globules and unique cell termini were observed in scanning-electron-microprobe and transmission-electron micrographs. A polar ...

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

authors： Guerrero R,Haselton A,Solé M,Wier A,Margulis L

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenogeneic monoclonal antibodies were prepared to the murine interleukin 2 (IL-2)-dependent HT2 cell line. One rat IgM monoclonal antibody (7D4) was identified that inhibited proliferation of the HT2 cells and of IL-2-dependent CTLL cells in the presence of crude rat IL-2 as well as of purified human IL-2. The level o...

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

authors： Malek TR,Robb RJ,Shevach EM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe two mammalian transcription factors selectively expressed in the central nervous system. Both proteins, neuronal PAS domain protein (NPAS) 1 and NPAS2, are members of the basic helix-loop-helix-PAS family of transcription factors. cDNAs encoding mouse and human forms of NPAS1 and NPAS2 have been isola...

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

authors： Zhou YD,Barnard M,Tian H,Li X,Ring HZ,Francke U,Shelton J,Richardson J,Russell DW,McKnight SL

更新日期：1997-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasponia, a woody member of the elm family, is the only nonlegume genus whose members are known to form an effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with a Rhizobium species. The bacterial strain RP501 is a slow-growing strain of Rhizobium isolated from Parasponia nodules. Strain RP501 also nodulates the legumes siratro (...

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

authors： Marvel DJ,Kuldau G,Hirsch A,Richards E,Torrey JG,Ausubel FM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the reconstitution of a pathway that leads to the apoptotic changes in nuclei by using recombinant DNA fragmentation factor (DFF), a heterodimeric protein of 40 and 45 kDa. Coexpression of DFF40 and DFF45 is required to generate recombinant DFF, which becomes activated when DFF45 is cleaved by caspase-3...

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

authors： Liu X,Li P,Widlak P,Zou H,Luo X,Garrard WT,Wang X

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the analysis of genomic DNA from single healthy animals of each of five primate species, nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of the infectious amyloid precursor gene of higher apes (Gorilla and Pan) and Old World (Macaca) and New World (Ateles, Saimiri) monkeys showed 95-99% homology to the human se...

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

authors： Cervenáková L,Brown P,Goldfarb LG,Nagle J,Pettrone K,Rubenstein R,Dubnick M,Gibbs CJ Jr,Gajdusek DC

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional crystal structure of variant-3 toxin from the scorpion Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing has been determined at 3 A resolution. Phases were obtained by use of K2PtCl4 and K2IrCl6 derivatives. The most prominent secondary structural features are two and a half turns of alpha-helix and a three-strand...

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

authors： Fontecilla-Camps JC,Almassy RJ,Suddath FL,Watt DD,Bugg CE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common monogenic cause of small-vessel disease leading to ischemic stroke and vascular dementia is the neurodegenerative syndrome cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), which is associated with mutations in the Notch 3 receptor. CADASIL pathology ...

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

authors： Arboleda-Velasquez JF,Manent J,Lee JH,Tikka S,Ospina C,Vanderburg CR,Frosch MP,Rodríguez-Falcón M,Villen J,Gygi S,Lopera F,Kalimo H,Moskowitz MA,Ayata C,Louvi A,Artavanis-Tsakonas S

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast mutants in which genes encoding subunits of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase were interrupted were assayed for their vacuolar ATPase and proton-uptake activities. The vacuoles from the mutants lacking subunits A (72 kDa), B (57 kDa), or c (proteolipid, 16 kDa) were completely inactive in these reactions. Immunological s...

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

authors： Noumi T,Beltrán C,Nelson H,Nelson N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA from tumors of Nicotiana glauca initiated by strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes was shown to contain sequences that are homologous to the root-inducing (Ri) plasmid of the bacterium. Two independently established tumor lines contained a similar portion of the Ri-plasmid. The Ri-plasmid also hybridized to DNA ...

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

authors： White FF,Ghidossi G,Gordon MP,Nester EW

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2012-2015 drought has left California with severely reduced snowpack, soil moisture, ground water, and reservoir stocks, but the impact of this estimated millennial-scale event on forest health is unknown. We used airborne laser-guided spectroscopy and satellite-based models to assess losses in canopy water conten...

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

authors： Asner GP,Brodrick PG,Anderson CB,Vaughn N,Knapp DE,Martin RE

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The C4B isotype of the fourth component of human complement (C4) displays 3- to 4-fold greater hemolytic activity than does its other isotype C4A. This correlates with differences in their covalent binding efficiencies to erythrocytes coated with antibody and complement C1. C4A binds to a greater extent when C1 is on ...

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

authors： Carroll MC,Fathallah DM,Bergamaschini L,Alicot EM,Isenman DE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretical distributions of genetic distance between reproductively isolated taxa are derived by means of computer simulation, taking into account mutation and random genetic drift. The distributions obtained are in good agreement with the observed distributions of interracial and interspecific genetic distances for ...

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

authors： Nei M,Tateno Y

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical step in the induction of apoptosis is the activation of the apoptotic initiator caspase 9. We show that at its normal physiological concentration, caspase 9 is primarily an inactive monomer (zymogen), and that activity is associated with a dimeric species. At the high concentrations used for crystal formati...

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

authors： Renatus M,Stennicke HR,Scott FL,Liddington RC,Salvesen GS

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A human beta-globin gene derived from an established human lymphoblast cell line was introduced into murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells by cell fusion. The globin genes in MEL cells are inducible by dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO); induction leads to the accumulation of mouse globin mRNA and hemoglobin. Globin mRNA was not...

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

authors： Pyati J,Kucherlapati RS,Skoultchi AI

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have identified human breast tumor particles possessing many of the features characteristic of RNA tumor viruses. In addition to the expected size (600 S) and density (1.16 g/ml) these include possession of an outer membrane and an inner one surrounding a "core" containing a DNA polymerase and a large...

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

authors： Ohno T,Sweet RW,Dejak D,Spiegelman S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions are specialized membrane regions that seem to mediate intercellular communication. They appear to contain closely packed arrays of equally sized particles all of which, upon freeze-cleaving, remain attached to one membrane leaflet and not to the other. One gap junction cleavage face, therefore, always ex...

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

authors： Staehelin LA

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo isoforms (Nogo-A and -B) have been implicated in regulating neural and cardiovascular functions, such as cell spreading and chemotaxis. Unlike the loop domain (Nogo-66) found in all Nogo isoforms that can interact with a neural-specific Nogo-66 receptor, the receptor for the amino terminus of Nogo-B that mediates...

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

authors： Miao RQ,Gao Y,Harrison KD,Prendergast J,Acevedo LM,Yu J,Hu F,Strittmatter SM,Sessa WC

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1,000-1,700 nm) features deep tissue penetration, reduced tissue scattering, and diminishing tissue autofluorescence. Here, NIR-II fluorescent probes, including down-conversion nanoparticles, quantum dots, single-walled carbon nanotubes, and organic dyes...

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

authors： Dang X,Gu L,Qi J,Correa S,Zhang G,Belcher AM,Hammond PT

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyber conflict is now a common and potentially dangerous occurrence. The target typically faces a strategic choice based on its ability to attribute the attack to a specific perpetrator and whether it has a viable punishment at its disposal. We present a game-theoretic model, in which the best strategic choice for the...

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

authors： Edwards B,Furnas A,Forrest S,Axelrod R

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) dysfunction and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been widely exploited for its therapeutic potential. The effects of chronic nicotine exposure on Abeta accumulation have been studied in both humans and animal models, but its therapeutic ...

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

authors： Oddo S,Caccamo A,Green KN,Liang K,Tran L,Chen Y,Leslie FM,LaFerla FM

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a theoretical description of sperm chemotaxis. Sperm cells of many species are guided to the egg by chemoattractants, a process called chemotaxis. Motor proteins in the flagellum of the sperm generate a regular beat of the flagellum, which propels the sperm in a fluid. In the absence of a chemoattractant, s...

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

authors： Friedrich BM,Jülicher F

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes regulate synaptic transmission through controlling neurotransmitter concentrations around synapses. Little is known, however, about their roles in neural circuit development. Here we report that Bergmann glia (BG), specialized cerebellar astrocytes that thoroughly enwrap Purkinje cells (PCs), are essential ...

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

authors： Miyazaki T,Yamasaki M,Hashimoto K,Kohda K,Yuzaki M,Shimamoto K,Tanaka K,Kano M,Watanabe M

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod and cone opsin genes are expressed in a mutually exclusive manner in their respective photoreceptor subtypes in the mammalian retina. Previous transgenic mouse studies showed that functional interactions between the distal enhancer and proximal promoter of rhodopsin and long/medium-wavelength (L/M) opsin genes are...

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

authors： Peng GH,Chen S

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine reserve theory suggests that where large, productive populations are protected within no-take marine reserves, fished areas outside reserves will benefit through the spillover of larvae produced in the reserves. However, empirical evidence for larval export has been sparse. Here we use a simple idealized coastl...

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

authors： Pelc RA,Warner RR,Gaines SD,Paris CB

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of the estrogen receptor/ligand complex with a DNA estrogen response element is known to regulate gene transcription. In turn, specific conformations of the receptor-ligand complex have been postulated to influence unique subsets of estrogen-responsive genes resulting in differential modulation and, ultima...

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

authors： Grese TA,Sluka JP,Bryant HU,Cullinan GJ,Glasebrook AL,Jones CD,Matsumoto K,Palkowitz AD,Sato M,Termine JD,Winter MA,Yang NN,Dodge JA

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) signaling has been shown to play a role in cardiac development as well as in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Prior studies have suggested a relationship between cholesterol metabolism and TGFbeta signaling. Here we demonstrate that induction of the cholesterol meta...

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

authors： Park HJ,Galper JB

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) and DNA were assembled into nucleosome-like particles at physiological ionic strengths either by an extract of chromatin rich in nicking-closing activity or by the purified nicking-closing enzyme itself. When histone-DNA complexes were assembled in vitro from relaxed circu...

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

authors： Germond JE,Rouvière-Yaniv J,Yaniv M,Brutlag D

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of structural differences between the brains of men and women, heterosexual and homosexual men, and male-to-female transsexuals and other men have been offered as evidence that the behavioral differences between these groups are likely caused by differences in the early development of the brain. However, a pos...

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

authors： Cooke BM,Tabibnia G,Breedlove SM

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of relative rates of molecular evolution from a DNA-hybridization phylogeny for 26 hummingbird species provide evidence for a negative association between elevation and rate of single-copy genome evolution. This effect of elevation on rate remains significant even after taking into account a significant nega...

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

authors： Bleiweiss R

更新日期：1998-01-20 00:00:00