Large and persistent electrical currents enter the transected lamprey spinal cord.

abstract：:Bacteria have evolved the ability to produce a wide range of structurally complex natural products historically called "secondary" metabolites. Although some of these compounds have been identified as bacterial communication cues, more frequently natural products are scrutinized for antibiotic activities that are rele...

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

authors： Bleich R,Watrous JD,Dorrestein PC,Bowers AA,Shank EA

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used site-directed mutagenesis of cloned Moloney murine leukemia virus (MuLV) DNA to define a function encoded in the 3' region of the viral pol gene and required for efficient integration of viral DNA. One mutant, MuLV-SF1, contained a single base substitution (C to T at base 4950) that resulted in an arginin...

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

authors： Donehower LA,Varmus HE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allosteric regulation of oxygen delivery by RBCs may have significant effects on tumor growth. Indeed, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is induced in growing tumors by low oxygen partial pressure. Hypoxia-inducible genes are switched on, among which are the VEGF gene and its receptors. Most important,...

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

authors： Kieda C,Greferath R,Crola da Silva C,Fylaktakidou KC,Lehn JM,Nicolau C

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is very distinctive: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau selectively affect pyramidal neurons of the aging association cortex that interconnect extensively through glutamate synapses on dendritic spines. In contrast, primary se...

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

authors： Carlyle BC,Nairn AC,Wang M,Yang Y,Jin LE,Simen AA,Ramos BP,Bordner KA,Craft GE,Davies P,Pletikos M,Šestan N,Arnsten AF,Paspalas CD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene's expression pattern provides clues to its role in normal physiology and disease. To provide quantitative expression levels on a genome-wide scale, the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) uses serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Over 5 million transcript tags from more than 100 human cell types have bee...

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

authors： Boon K,Osorio EC,Greenhut SF,Schaefer CF,Shoemaker J,Polyak K,Morin PJ,Buetow KH,Strausberg RL,De Souza SJ,Riggins GJ

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured high-resolution x-ray absorption spectra of lanthanide (Ln) and heavy transition metal complexes that display prominent narrow absorption peaks near the L2 and L3 absorption edges. The anomalous scattering factors (f' and f"), which are mathematically related to the absorption cross section, have corr...

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

authors： Lye RC,Phillips JC,Kaplan D,Doniach S,Hodgson KO

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolerance and resistance provide hosts with two distinct defense strategies against parasitism. In resistance the hosts "fight" the parasite directly, whereas in tolerance the hosts fight the disease by ameliorating the damage that infection causes. There is increasing recognition that the two mechanisms may exhibit v...

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

authors： Best A,White A,Boots M

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible relationship between the susceptibility of cells to differentiation induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and the subcellular translocation of calcium- and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) activity from the cytosol to the membrane. These two events were a...

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

authors： Homma Y,Henning-Chubb CB,Huberman E

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The satellite RNA of tobacco ringspot virus depends upon tobacco ringspot virus for its replication and source of coat protein. The satellite RNA reduces virus accumulation and the severity of virus-induced symptoms. Repetitive sequence, dimeric, and higher forms of the satellite RNA are known to autolytically process...

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

authors： Buzayan JM,Gerlach WL,Bruening G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is highly expressed in mammalian skeletal muscle, but its functional role has not been defined. NO has been implicated in the local metabolic regulation of blood flow in contracting skeletal muscle in part by antagonizing sympathetic vasoconstriction. We therefore h...

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

authors： Thomas GD,Sander M,Lau KS,Huang PL,Stull JT,Victor RG

更新日期：1998-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of growth factors and cytokines has been implicated in a variety of physiological and developmental processes within the cardiovascular system. Smad proteins are a recently described family of intracellular signaling proteins that transduce signals in response...

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

authors： Topper JN,DiChiara MR,Brown JD,Williams AJ,Falb D,Collins T,Gimbrone MA Jr

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitotic (or spindle assembly) checkpoint system prevents premature separation of sister chromatids in mitosis. When the checkpoint is turned on, the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC) inhibits the ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). MCC is composed of the checkpoint proteins BubR1, Bub3, a...

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

authors： Eytan E,Sitry-Shevah D,Teichner A,Hershko A

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analyses of Na,K-ATPase abundance and alpha-subunit isoform distribution were performed to determine whether pump expression varies at different points through the thickness of the circular layer of colonic smooth muscle. The mRNA and polypeptides of Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 and beta subunits were twice as abunda...

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

authors： Burke EP,Sanders KM,Horowitz B

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative oxidation of hydroethidine (HE) has become a widely used fluorescent assay for the detection of superoxide in cultured cells. By covalently joining HE to a hexyl triphenylphosphonium cation (Mito-HE), the HE moiety can be targeted to mitochondria. However, the specificity of HE and Mito-HE for superoxide ...

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

authors： Robinson KM,Janes MS,Pehar M,Monette JS,Ross MF,Hagen TM,Murphy MP,Beckman JS

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the face of antibiotics, bacterial populations avoid extinction by harboring a subpopulation of dormant cells that are largely drug insensitive. This phenomenon, termed "persistence," is a major obstacle for the treatment of a number of infectious diseases. The mechanism that generates both actively growing as well...

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

authors： Rotem E,Loinger A,Ronin I,Levin-Reisman I,Gabay C,Shoresh N,Biham O,Balaban NQ

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes are conserved transcription factor-encoding genes that specify the identity of body regions in bilaterally symmetrical animals. In the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, a member of the hemimetabolous insect group Orthoptera, the induction of a subset of mesodermal cells to form the primordial germ cells (PGCs) is...

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

authors： Barnett AA,Nakamura T,Extavour CG

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Volumetric detection and accurate quantification of fluorescent proteins in entire animals would greatly enhance our ability to monitor biological processes in vivo. Here we present a quantitative tomographic technique for visualization of superficial and deep-seated (>2-3 mm) fluorescent protein activity in vivo. We ...

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

authors： Zacharakis G,Kambara H,Shih H,Ripoll J,Grimm J,Saeki Y,Weissleder R,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2005-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic analysis for group selection is developed for the case of a biallelic locus (A, a) undergoing group selection of founder populations only. By contrast to R. Levins"E = E(x) models, extinction now depends on genetics at the propagule stage but acts uniformly on larger populations. Biological evidence supports t...

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

authors： Boorman SA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three protein kinases (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37) were detected when the soluble fraction of rabbit kidney medulla was chromatographed on DEAE-cellulose with a linear NaC1 gradient. The first two kinases eluted (Peak 1 and Peak II) were cyclic-AMP-dependent, wheras Peak III was cyclic-AMP-independent...

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

authors： Schlender KK,Reimann EM

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermotaxis by individual amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum on a temperature gradient is described. These amoebae show positive thermotaxis at temperatures between 14 degrees C and 28 degrees C shortly (3 hr) after food depletion. Increasing time on the gradient reduces the positive thermotactic response at the lowe...

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

authors： Hong CB,Fontana DR,Poff KL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenopus laevis oocytes were injected with poly(A)+-mRNA isolated from chorionating follicular epithelium of the domesticated silk moth (Bombyx mori). On two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, the resultant translation products comigrated with authentic, secreted, chorion standards, demonstrating that the frog oocyte sys...

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

authors： Bock SC,Tiemeier DC,Mester K,Wu M,Goldsmith MR

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response is normally controlled by regulatory T cells (Tregs). However, Treg deficits are found in autoimmune diseases, and therefore the induction of functional Tregs is considered a potential therapeutic approach for autoimmune disorders. The activation of the ligand-activated transcription factor aryl hy...

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

authors： Yeste A,Nadeau M,Burns EJ,Weiner HL,Quintana FJ

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The harvest of wildlife for human consumption is valued at several billion dollars annually and provides an essential source of meat for hundreds of millions of rural people living in poverty. This harvest is also considered among the greatest threats to biodiversity throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Economi...

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

authors： Brashares JS,Golden CD,Weinbaum KZ,Barrett CB,Okello GV

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of boron neutron capture therapy to rheumatoid arthritis requires the selective delivery of the boron-10 isotope to the synovitic tissue. The use of liposomes as a boron delivery method has been explored through the measurement of the time course biodistribution of boron in rats with collagen-induced a...

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

authors： Watson-Clark RA,Banquerigo ML,Shelly K,Hawthorne MF,Brahn E

更新日期：1998-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual images in the eyes contain much more information than the brain can process. An important selection mechanism is feature-based attention (FBA). FBA is best described by attention filters that specify precisely the extent to which items containing attended features are selectively processed and the extent to...

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

authors： Sun P,Chubb C,Wright CE,Sperling G

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal deletion of the NESP55 differentially methylated region (DMR) (delNESP55/ASdel3-4(m), delNAS(m)) from the GNAS locus in humans causes autosomal dominant pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib (AD-PHP-Ib(delNASm)), a disorder of proximal tubular parathyroid hormone (PTH) resistance associated with loss of maternal G...

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

authors： Fernández-Rebollo E,Maeda A,Reyes M,Turan S,Fröhlich LF,Plagge A,Kelsey G,Jüppner H,Bastepe M

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferating-cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) mediates the replication of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA by reversing the effects of a protein that inhibits the elongation reaction. Two other protein fractions, activator I and activator II, were also shown to play important roles in this process. We report that activator II i...

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

authors： Lee SH,Eki T,Hurwitz J

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alzheimer A beta amyloid peptide (A beta) is the principal proteinaceous component of amyloid associated with Alzheimer disease (AD). We have determined the relative abundance of A beta structural variants present in amyloid from brains of 10 individuals with sporadic AD, 2 individuals with familial AD carrying sp...

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

authors： Näslund J,Schierhorn A,Hellman U,Lannfelt L,Roses AD,Tjernberg LO,Silberring J,Gandy SE,Winblad B,Greengard P

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP levels increase abruptly in the secondary palatal shelf (mesenchyme plus a two- to three-cell-layered epithelium) between day 15 and 16 of gestation in the rat embryo. The addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP to the media in which immature palatal shelves (day 14) are cultured causes a precocious decrease in DN...

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

authors： Pratt RM,Martin GR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge of the 21st century is to produce more food for a growing population without increasing humanity's agricultural footprint. Urban food production may help to solve this challenge; however, little research has examined the productivity of urban farming systems. We investigated inputs and produce yields...

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

authors： McDougall R,Kristiansen P,Rader R

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00