Growing optic nerve fibers follow neighbors during embryogenesis.

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM; grade IV astrocytoma) is the most prevalent and aggressive form of primary brain cancer. A subpopulation of multipotent cells termed GBM cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a critical role in tumor initiation, tumor maintenance, metastasis, drug resistance, and recurrence following surgery. Her...

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

authors： Lucki NC,Villa GR,Vergani N,Bollong MJ,Beyer BA,Lee JW,Anglin JL,Spangenberg SH,Chin EN,Sharma A,Johnson K,Sander PN,Gordon P,Skirboll SL,Wurdak H,Schultz PG,Mischel PS,Lairson LL

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian thalamus is a critical site where early perception of sensorimotor signals is dynamically regulated by acetylcholine in a behavioral state-dependent manner. In this study, we examined how synaptic transmission is modulated by acetylcholine in auditory thalamus where sensory relay neurons form parallel lemnis...

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

authors： Mooney DM,Zhang L,Basile C,Senatorov VV,Ngsee J,Omar A,Hu B

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand molecular interactions that organize developing myofibrils, we examined the biosynthesis and interaction of titin and myosin heavy chain in cultures of developing muscle. Use of pulse-labeling, immunoprecipitation, and a reversible cross-linking procedure demonstrates that within minutes of synthesis, ti...

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

authors： Isaacs WB,Kim IS,Struve A,Fulton AB

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to be synchronized by light-dark cycles is a fundamental property of circadian clocks. Although there are indications that circadian clocks are extremely light-sensitive and that they can be set by the low irradiances that occur at dawn and dusk, this has not been shown on the cellular level. Here, we demo...

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

authors： Bachleitner W,Kempinger L,Wülbeck C,Rieger D,Helfrich-Förster C

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the downstream targets of microRNAs (miRNAs) is essential to understanding cellular regulatory networks. We devised a direct biochemical method for miRNA target discovery that combined RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) purification with microarray analysis of bound mRNAs. Because targets of miR-124a hav...

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

authors： Karginov FV,Conaco C,Xuan Z,Schmidt BH,Parker JS,Mandel G,Hannon GJ

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA delivery of IL-12 has shown promise in reducing the toxic side effects associated with administration of recombinant human (h)IL-12 protein while maintaining the ability to inhibit tumor growth and abolish tumor metastases in animal models. We have developed a more potent version of IL-12 by using DNA shuffling an...

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

authors： Leong SR,Chang JC,Ong R,Dawes G,Stemmer WP,Punnonen J

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We induced an essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells by culture in medium with 20% (vol/vol) delipidated fetal calf serum. EFAD, reflected by decreased cellular linoleic acid (18:2 omega 6) and arachidonic acid (20:4 omega 6) and emergence of the oleic acid derivative 5,8,11-e...

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

authors： Lerner R,Lindström P,Berg A,Johansson E,Rosendahl K,Palmblad J

更新日期：1995-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertonicity-induced binding of the transcription factor TonEBP/OREBP to its cognate DNA element, ORE/TonE, is associated with increased transcription of several osmotically regulated genes. Previously, it was found that hypertonicity rapidly causes nuclear translocation and phosphorylation of TonEBP/OREBP and, more ...

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

authors： Ferraris JD,Williams CK,Persaud P,Zhang Z,Chen Y,Burg MB

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We show in climate model experiments that large-scale afforestation in northern mid-latitudes warms the Northern Hemisphere and alters global circulation patterns. An expansion of dark forests increases the absorption of solar energy and increases surface temperature, particularly in regions where the land surface is ...

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

authors： Swann AL,Fung IY,Chiang JC

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-positive (DP) thymocytes respond to intrathymic T-cell receptor (TCR) signals by undergoing positive selection and lineage differentiation into single-positive (SP) mature cells. Concomitant with these well-characterized events is the acquisition of a mature T-cell gene expression program characterized by the i...

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

authors： Shi LZ,Saravia J,Zeng H,Kalupahana NS,Guy CS,Neale G,Chi H

更新日期：2017-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNA (cDNA) clones encoding the adult human liver flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO; dimethylaniline N-oxidase, EC 1.14.13.8) were isolated from lambda gt10 and lambda gt11 libraries. The cDNA libraries were screened with three synthetic 36-mer oligonucleotide probes derived from the nucleic acid seque...

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

authors： Lomri N,Gu Q,Cashman JR

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional disciplines of science are grounded in the observation and measurement of object properties. Recent advances in digital computer technology have spawned numerous computer-based imaging systems that extend the range of observation and measurement into realms that would otherwise be inaccessible. More im...

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

authors： Beck RN

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin VI is a molecular motor implicated in many processes, and it likely associates with a variety of cargoes that specify its functions. Although it is critical to Drosophila development, little is known about its cellular roles. To reveal its involvement in specific pathways, we sought to identify the binding part...

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

authors： Finan D,Hartman MA,Spudich JA

更新日期：2011-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone biosynthetic pathways of lepidopterans require the concerted actions of multiple gene products. A number of pheromone gland (PG)-specific genes have been cloned in recent years and, whereas in vitro characterizations have indicated functions consistent with roles in pheromone production, there have b...

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

authors： Ohnishi A,Hull JJ,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis relies on the delicate interplay between a specific set of membrane-bound pigment-protein complexes that harvest and transport solar energy, execute charge separation, and conserve the energy. We have investigated the organization of the light-harvesting (LH) and reaction-center (RC) complexes in native...

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

authors： Frese RN,Siebert CA,Niederman RA,Hunter CN,Otto C,van Grondelle R

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited single gene defects have been identified in both humans and mice that lead to loss of developmental control over the left-right asymmetry of the heart and viscera. In mice the recessively inherited mutation iv leads to such apparent loss of control over situs: 50% of iv/iv mice exhibit situs inversus and 50%...

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

authors： Brueckner M,D'Eustachio P,Horwich AL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Notch signaling in cartilage differentiation and maturation in vivo was examined. Conditional Notch pathway gain and loss of function was achieved using a Cre/loxP approach to manipulate Notch signaling in cartilage precursors and chondrocytes of the developing mouse embryo. Conditional overexpression of a...

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

authors： Mead TJ,Yutzey KE

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdoor ozone transported indoors initiates oxidative chemistry, forming volatile organic products. The influence of ozone chemistry on indoor air composition has not been directly quantified in normally occupied residences. Here, we explore indoor ozone chemistry in a house in California with two adult inhabitants. W...

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

authors： Liu Y,Misztal PK,Arata C,Weschler CJ,Nazaroff WW,Goldstein AH

更新日期：2021-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The extinction of a species is inevitably preceded by the extirpation of a series of local populations. Ecological theory predicts that vulnerability to extirpation varies between populations and is ultimately linked to environmental heterogeneity. If populations of a species are present in multiple regions separated ...

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

authors： Yackulic CB,Sanderson EW,Uriarte M

更新日期：2011-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons, a protein family of multiple IFNalphas and a single IFNbeta, initially identified on the basis of their antiviral activities have recently been attributed important roles in bacterial and parasitic infections. To assess the cellular sources of IFNbeta, the IFN produced first in most situations, we ...

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

authors： Scheu S,Dresing P,Locksley RM

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is known to bud from the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope. The structural gene for the glycoprotein gB, which is essential for virus entry and cell fusion induced by HSV type 1, has been cloned in a transient expression vector containing the adenovirus major late promoter, tripartite l...

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

authors： Ali MA,Butcher M,Ghosh HP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show that plant organ positioning may be mediated by localized concentrations of the plant hormone auxin. Auxin patterning in the shoot apical meristem is in turn brought about by the subcellular polar distribution of the putative auxin efflux mediator, PIN1. However, the question of what signals determ...

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

authors： Jönsson H,Heisler MG,Shapiro BE,Meyerowitz EM,Mjolsness E

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed variability in outer surface protein B (OspB) from Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the causative agent of Lyme disease, to determine how Bb escapes immune destruction. We have shown that vaccination with OspB from Bb strain B31 protected mice from infection with Bb B31 but not against Bb N40. The present study ...

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

authors： Fikrig E,Tao H,Kantor FS,Barthold SW,Flavell RA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP 1375, a ubiquitous and ecologically important marine prochlorophyte, was bound to possess functional genes coding for the alpha and beta subunits of a phycobiliprotein. The latter is similar to phycoerythrins (PE) from marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria and bind a phycourobilin-like pigmen...

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

authors： Hess WR,Partensky F,van der Staay GW,Garcia-Fernandez JM,Börner T,Vaulot D

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a new genetic distance for microsatellite loci, incorporating features of the stepwise mutation model, and test its performance on microsatellite polymorphisms in humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas. We find that it performs well in determining the relations among the primates, but less well than other dist...

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

authors： Goldstein DB,Ruiz Linares A,Cavalli-Sforza LL,Feldman MW

更新日期：1995-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A key feature of immune evasion for African trypanosomes is the functional specialization of their surface membrane in an invagination known as the flagellar pocket (FP), the cell's sole site of endocytosis and exocytosis. The FP membrane is biochemically distinct yet continuous with those of the cell body and the fla...

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

authors： Gadelha C,Rothery S,Morphew M,McIntosh JR,Severs NJ,Gull K

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neither the structure nor the function of alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha Bgtx) binding molecules in the nervous system have yet been completely defined, although it is known that some of these molecules are related to cation channels and some are not. Using an improved method of affinity chromatography, we have isolated a ...

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

authors： Gotti C,Ogando AE,Hanke W,Schlue R,Moretti M,Clementi F

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrroline-carboxy-lysine (Pcl) is a demethylated form of pyrrolysine that is generated by the pyrrolysine biosynthetic enzymes when the growth media is supplemented with D-ornithine. Pcl is readily incorporated by the unmodified pyrrolysyl-tRNA/tRNA synthetase pair into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli and in ma...

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

authors： Ou W,Uno T,Chiu HP,Grünewald J,Cellitti SE,Crossgrove T,Hao X,Fan Q,Quinn LL,Patterson P,Okach L,Jones DH,Lesley SA,Brock A,Geierstanger BH

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five years ago this month, Thomas Gold published a seminal manuscript suggesting the presence of a "deep, hot biosphere" in the Earth's crust. Since this publication, a considerable amount of attention has been given to the study of deep biospheres, their role in geochemical cycles, and their potential to infor...

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

authors： Colman DR,Poudel S,Stamps BW,Boyd ES,Spear JR

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:E2A helix-loop-helix proteins are involved in the control of various developmental pathways. We show here by in situ hybridization that E2A transcripts are present in most embryonic and adult tissues. However, no E2A expression is detectable in heart and nonproliferative regions of the brain and spinal cord. Highest l...

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

authors： Roberts VJ,Steenbergen R,Murre C

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00