DNA twisting and the affinity of bacteriophage 434 operator for bacteriophage 434 repressor.

abstract：:Global demand for agricultural products such as food, feed, and fuel is now a major driver of cropland and pasture expansion across much of the developing world. Whether these new agricultural lands replace forests, degraded forests, or grasslands greatly influences the environmental consequences of expansion. Althoug...

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

authors： Gibbs HK,Ruesch AS,Achard F,Clayton MK,Holmgren P,Ramankutty N,Foley JA

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are characterized by an accumulation of PrP(Sc), a misfolded isoform of the normal cellular prion protein, PrP(C). We previously reported the bioactivity of acridine-based compounds against PrP(Sc) replication in scrapie-infected neuroblastoma cells and now report the improved potency of bis-acridine co...

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

authors： May BC,Fafarman AT,Hong SB,Rogers M,Deady LW,Prusiner SB,Cohen FE

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A perversion in an otherwise uniform helical structure, such as a climbing plant tendril, refers to a kink that connects two helices with opposite chiralities. Such singularity structures are widely seen in natural and artificial mechanical systems, and they provide the fundamental mechanism of helical symmetry breaki...

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

authors： Liu S,Yao Z,Chiou K,Stupp SI,Olvera de la Cruz M

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The time-dependent Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics and governs all phenomena of the microscopic world. However, despite its importance, its origin is still not widely appreciated and properly understood. We obtain the Schrödinger equation from a mathematical identity by a slight generalization...

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

authors： Schleich WP,Greenberger DM,Kobe DH,Scully MO

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Domesticated animals formed an important element of farming practices in prehistoric Britain, a fact revealed through the quantity and variety of animal bone typically found at archaeological sites. However, it is not known whether the ruminant animals were raised purely for their tissues (e.g., meat) or alternatively...

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

authors： Copley MS,Berstan R,Dudd SN,Docherty G,Mukherjee AJ,Straker V,Payne S,Evershed RP

更新日期：2003-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive datasets that capture human movements and social interactions have catalyzed rapid advances in our quantitative understanding of human behavior during the past years. One important aspect affecting both areas is the critical role space plays. Indeed, growing evidence suggests both our movements and communicati...

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

authors： Deville P,Song C,Eagle N,Blondel VD,Barabási AL,Wang D

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of human languages is driven both by primitive biases present in the human sensorimotor systems and by cultural transmission among speakers. However, whether the design of the language faculty is further shaped by linguistic biological biases remains controversial. To address this question, we used near-...

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

authors： Gómez DM,Berent I,Benavides-Varela S,Bion RA,Cattarossi L,Nespor M,Mehler J

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have been shown to participate in the recognition of pathogens by the innate immune system, but it is not clear how a restricted family of receptors has the capacity to recognize the wide spectrum of TLR stimuli known to exist. We report here that two members of the TLR family, TLR2 and TLR6...

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

authors： Ozinsky A,Underhill DM,Fontenot JD,Hajjar AM,Smith KD,Wilson CB,Schroeder L,Aderem A

更新日期：2000-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a coarse-grained model for atomic glass formers. Its elements are physically motivated local microscopic dynamical rules parameterized by observables. Results of the model are established and used to interpret the measured behaviors of supercooled fluids approaching glass transitions. The model predicts t...

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

authors： Garrahan JP,Chandler D

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The NMR spectra at 220 MHz of lysinevasopressin and its precursors were measured in dimethyl sulfoxide, and the peaks were assigned to specific protons. Information about hydrogen bonding was obtained from the temperature coefficients of the chemical shifts. With these data, and with several chemical-shift positions a...

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

authors： Von Dreele PH,Brewster AI,Scheraga HA,Ferger MF,Du Vigneaud V

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of antimicrobials is critical in this time of increasing antibiotic resistance of most clinically relevant bacteria. To date, all current antibiotics focus on inhibiting crucial enzymatic activities of their protein targets (i.e., trimethoprim for dihydrofolate reductase), thus disrupting in vitro esse...

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

authors： Shakhnovich EA,Hung DT,Pierson E,Lee K,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of recombination between the G gamma-globin (HBG2) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) loci on the short arm of human chromosome 11 was estimated by typing greater than 700 single-sperm samples from two males. The sperm-typing technique employed involves the polymerase chain reaction and allele-specific oligon...

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

authors： Cui XF,Li HH,Goradia TM,Lange K,Kazazian HH Jr,Galas D,Arnheim N

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomosis, or sleeping sickness, is a major disease constraint on livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling resistance to trypanosomosis in cattle, an experimental cross was made between trypanotolerant African N'Dama (Bos taurus) and trypanosusceptible im...

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

authors： Hanotte O,Ronin Y,Agaba M,Nilsson P,Gelhaus A,Horstmann R,Sugimoto Y,Kemp S,Gibson J,Korol A,Soller M,Teale A

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in ecology is to define species' niches on the basis of functional traits. Size and shape are important determinants of a species' niche but their causal role is often difficult to interpret. For endotherms, size and shape define the thermal niche through their interaction with core temperature, insula...

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

authors： Porter WP,Kearney M

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of toxic oligomers during the aggregation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide Aβ42 into amyloid fibrils and plaques has emerged as a central feature of the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease, but the molecular pathways that control pathological aggregation have proved challenging to identify. Here, ...

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

authors： Cohen SI,Linse S,Luheshi LM,Hellstrand E,White DA,Rajah L,Otzen DE,Vendruscolo M,Dobson CM,Knowles TP

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A translocation involving human chromosome 10, band q24, in a subset of T-cell acute leukemias disrupts a region surrounding the putative oncogene HOX11, which encodes a protein with a homeodomain. The HOX11 protein binds to a specific DNA sequence, it localizes to the cell nucleus, and it transactivates transcription...

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

authors： Dear TN,Sanchez-Garcia I,Rabbitts TH

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenging problem of ultra-high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and small-scale portable power generation is addressed here using a distinctive thermophotovoltaic energy conversion mechanism and chip-based system design, which we name the microthermophotovoltaic (μTPV) generator. The approach is predicted to be...

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

authors： Chan WR,Bermel P,Pilawa-Podgurski RC,Marton CH,Jensen KF,Senkevich JJ,Joannopoulos JD,Soljacic M,Celanovic I

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with an antisense insertion of a SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA)-type retrotransposon within an intron of TAF1 This unique insertion coincides with six additional noncoding sequence changes in TAF1, the gene that encodes TATA-binding protein-associated...

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

authors： Bragg DC,Mangkalaphiban K,Vaine CA,Kulkarni NJ,Shin D,Yadav R,Dhakal J,Ton ML,Cheng A,Russo CT,Ang M,Acuña P,Go C,Franceour TN,Multhaupt-Buell T,Ito N,Müller U,Hendriks WT,Breakefield XO,Sharma N,Ozelius LJ

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of Mg(2+) for numerous cellular activities, the mechanisms underlying its import and homeostasis are poorly understood. The CorA family is ubiquitous and is primarily responsible for Mg(2+) transport. However, the key questions-such as, the ion selectivity, the transport pathway, and the gating ...

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

authors： Guskov A,Nordin N,Reynaud A,Engman H,Lundbäck AK,Jong AJ,Cornvik T,Phua T,Eshaghi S

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A major function of innate immune receptors is to recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns and then evoke immune responses appropriate to the nature of the invading pathogen(s). Because innate immune cells express various types of these receptors, distinct combinations of signaling pathways are activated in re...

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

authors： Negishi H,Matsuki K,Endo N,Sarashina H,Miki S,Matsuda A,Fukazawa K,Taguchi-Atarashi N,Ikushima H,Yanai H,Nishio J,Honda K,Fujioka Y,Ohba Y,Noda T,Taniguchi S,Nishida E,Zhang Y,Chi H,Flavell RA,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the world, efforts are under way to restore watersheds, but restoration planning rarely accounts for future climate change. Using a series of linked models of climate, land cover, hydrology, and salmon population dynamics, we investigated the impacts of climate change on the effectiveness of proposed habita...

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

authors： Battin J,Wiley MW,Ruckelshaus MH,Palmer RN,Korb E,Bartz KK,Imaki H

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Social separation early in life can lead to the development of impaired interpersonal relationships and profound social disorders. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are largely unknown. Here, we found that isolation of neonatal rats induced glucocorticoid-dependent social dominance ove...

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

authors： Tada H,Miyazaki T,Takemoto K,Takase K,Jitsuki S,Nakajima W,Koide M,Yamamoto N,Komiya K,Suyama K,Sano A,Taguchi A,Takahashi T

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral genome packaging into capsids is powered by high-force-generating motor proteins. In the presence of all packaging components, ATP-powered translocation in vitro expels all detectable tightly bound YOYO-1 dye from packaged short dsDNA substrates and removes all aminoacridine dye from packaged genomic DNA in vivo...

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

authors： Dixit AB,Ray K,Black LW

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An electron microscopic study of somatic hybrids resulting from a cross between hamster melanoma cells harboring R-type particles and mouse fibroblasts harboring intracisternal A-type and (mostly) immature C-type particles was performed. The major findings are: (a) hybrid cells that retain a large fraction of both ham...

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

authors： Yotsuyanagi Y,Ephrussi B

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even in the absence of sensory stimulation, the neocortex shows complex spontaneous activity patterns, often consisting of alternating "DOWN" states of generalized neural silence and "UP" states of massive, persistent network activity. To investigate how this spontaneous activity propagates through neuronal assemblies...

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

authors： Luczak A,Barthó P,Marguet SL,Buzsáki G,Harris KD

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial expressions of emotion in humans are believed to be produced by contracting one's facial muscles, generally called action units. However, the surface of the face is also innervated with a large network of blood vessels. Blood flow variations in these vessels yield visible color changes on the face. Here, we stu...

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

authors： Benitez-Quiroz CF,Srinivasan R,Martinez AM

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies directed against a synthetic peptide (src-c) containing the six carboxyl-terminal amino acids of p60src, the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus, recognize p60src. However, when used at sufficiently high concentrations they also react with a number of constituents of untransformed cells. These reacti...

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

authors： Nigg EA,Walter G,Singer SJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system can integrate foreign sequences of DNA in the genome of mouse somatic cells eliciting long-term expression in vivo. This technology holds great promise for human gene therapy as a nonviral technology to deliver therapeutic genes. SB also provides a means to study the effects ...

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

authors： Carlson CM,Frandsen JL,Kirchhof N,McIvor RS,Largaespada DA

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of amyloid fibrils is a common biochemical characteristic that occurs in Alzheimer's disease and several other amyloidoses. The unifying structural feature of amyloid fibrils is their specific type of beta-sheet conformation that differentiates these fibrils from the products of normal protein folding re...

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

authors： Habicht G,Haupt C,Friedrich RP,Hortschansky P,Sachse C,Meinhardt J,Wieligmann K,Gellermann GP,Brodhun M,Götz J,Halbhuber KJ,Röcken C,Horn U,Fändrich M

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe preliminary studies of the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and excretion of an oligodeoxy-nucleotide phosphorothioate ([S]oligonucleotide) in mice. After either intravenous or intraperitoneal administration of a single dose (30 mg/kg of body weight), [S]oligonucleotide (35S-labeled at each internucleoti...

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

authors： Agrawal S,Temsamani J,Tang JY

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00