Effects of intake of L-ascorbic acid on the incidence of dermal neoplasms induced in mice by ultraviolet light.

abstract：:Mineralogical processes taking place close to equilibrium, or with very slow kinetics, are difficult to quantify precisely. The determination of ultraslow dissolution/precipitation rates would reveal characteristic timing associated with these processes that are important at geological scale. We have designed an advan...

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

authors： Van Driessche AE,García-Ruíz JM,Tsukamoto K,Patiño-Lopez LD,Satoh H

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present throughout life in rodents and plays an important role in energy balance. However, whereas BAT is clearly recognizable in the neonates of larger mammals (including dogs, cats, sheep, cattle, and humans), it is undetectable or present in only small quantities in adults of these spe...

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

authors： Champigny O,Ricquier D,Blondel O,Mayers RM,Briscoe MG,Holloway BR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a growing number of ion channel genes implicated in hereditary ataxia, it remains unclear how ion channel mutations lead to loss-of-function or death of cerebellar neurons. Mutations in the gene KCNMA1, encoding the α-subunit of the BK channel have emerged as responsible for a variety of neurological phenotype...

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

authors： Du X,Carvalho-de-Souza JL,Wei C,Carrasquel-Ursulaez W,Lorenzo Y,Gonzalez N,Kubota T,Staisch J,Hain T,Petrossian N,Xu M,Latorre R,Bezanilla F,Gomez CM

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the integration of laser-scanning fluorometric cytometry and nonseparation ligand-binding techniques to provide new assay methods adaptable to miniaturization and high-throughput screening. Receptor-bound, cyanine dye-labeled ligands, [Cy]ligands, were discriminated from those free in solution by...

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

authors： Zuck P,Lao Z,Skwish S,Glickman JF,Yang K,Burbaum J,Inglese J

更新日期：1999-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of energy metabolism by external interventions or mutations in metabolic genes can extend lifespan in a wide range of species. We describe mutations in Drosophila melanogaster that confer resistance to oxidative stress and display a longevity phenotype. These phenotypes are associated with molecular lesio...

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

authors： Mourikis P,Hurlbut GD,Artavanis-Tsakonas S

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, spontaneous movements are often preceded by early brain signals. One such signal is the readiness potential (RP) that gradually arises within the last second preceding a movement. An important question is whether people are able to cancel movements after the elicitation of such RPs, and if so until which po...

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

authors： Schultze-Kraft M,Birman D,Rusconi M,Allefeld C,Görgen K,Dähne S,Blankertz B,Haynes JD

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquito midgut plays a central role in the sporogonic development of malaria parasites. We have found that polyclonal sera, produced against mosquito midguts, blocked the passage of Plasmodium falciparum ookinetes across the midgut, leading to a significant reduction of infections in mosquitoes. Anti-midgut mAbs ...

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

authors： Lal AA,Patterson PS,Sacci JB,Vaughan JA,Paul C,Collins WE,Wirtz RA,Azad AF

更新日期：2001-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the function of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) requires detailed knowledge of the structure of its primary protein, apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1). However, APOA1 flexibility and HDL heterogeneity have confounded decades of efforts to determine high-resolution structures and consistent models. Here, molecula...

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

authors： Pourmousa M,Song HD,He Y,Heinecke JW,Segrest JP,Pastor RW

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dematerialization, represented by declining consumption per GDP of energy or of goods, offers some hope for rising environmental quality with development. The declining proportion of income spent on staples as affluence grows, which income elasticity <1.0 measures, makes dematerialization widespread. Further, as learn...

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

authors： Ausubel JH,Waggoner PE

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypernociceptive effects of cytokines [TNF-alpha, keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), and IL-1beta] and their participation in carrageenan (Cg)-induced inflammatory hypernociception in mice were investigated. Nociceptor sensitization (hypernociception) was quantified with an electronic version of the von Frey fil...

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

authors： Cunha TM,Verri WA Jr,Silva JS,Poole S,Cunha FQ,Ferreira SH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for potent toxins that inhibit neuronal calcium channels in Drosophila melanogaster has resulted in the identification of a presynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the hunting spider Hololena curta. Using Drosophila neuromuscular junction as an assay, presynaptic inhibitory activity was purified using gel fi...

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

authors： Bowers CW,Phillips HS,Lee P,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unprecedented, spontaneous, and complete cleavage of the triple bond of N2 in the thermal reaction of 15N2 with Ta214N+ was observed experimentally by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry; mechanistic aspects of the degenerate ligand exchange were addressed by high-level quantum chemical calc...

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

authors： Geng C,Li J,Weiske T,Schwarz H

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical and gene mapping studies reveal that chloroplast DNA from geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) has sustained a number of extensive duplications and inversions, resulting in a genome arrangement radically unlike that of other plants. At 217 kilobases in size, the circular chromosome is about 50% larger than the typ...

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

authors： Palmer JD,Nugent JM,Herbon LA

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome translocations between Ig (Ig) and non-Ig genes are frequently associated with B-cell lymphomas in humans and mice. The best characterized of these is c-myc/IgH translocation, which is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma. These translocations are caused by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which p...

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

authors： Jankovic M,Robbiani DF,Dorsett Y,Eisenreich T,Xu Y,Tarakhovsky A,Nussenzweig A,Nussenzweig MC

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The multisubunit enzyme aspartate transcarbamylase consists of six copies of two types of polypeptide chains, catalytic (C) and regulatory (R). A complex formed by the partial dissociation of this enzyme has been isolated. This species, which has the structure C(6)R(4), is a likely intermediate in the stepwise dissoci...

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

authors： Evans DR,Pastra-Landis SC,Lipscomb WN

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human spliceosome is a large ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes pre-mRNA splicing. It consists of five snRNAs and more than 200 proteins. Because of this complexity, much work has focused on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosome, viewed as a highly simplified system with fewer than half as many splicing f...

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

authors： Stark MR,Dunn EA,Dunn WS,Grisdale CJ,Daniele AR,Halstead MR,Fast NM,Rader SD

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning theories hypothesize specific circuits encode essential information for performance. For simple tasks in invertebrates and mammals, the essential circuits are known, but for cognitive functions, the essential circuits remain unidentified. Here, we show that some essential information for performing a choice t...

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

authors： Zhang GR,Cao H,Kong L,O'Brien J,Baughns A,Jan M,Zhao H,Wang X,Lu XG,Cook RG,Geller AI

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this contribution, we consider the advancement of ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy to cover the attosecond time domain. The concept is centered on the compression of femtosecond electron packets to trains of 15-attosecond pulses by the use of the ponderomotive force in synthesized gratings of optical f...

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

authors： Baum P,Zewail AH

更新日期：2007-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that nuclei of young embryos (to gastrula stage) promote normal development when transplanted into enucleated eggs. As development proceeds to later stages, the nuclei become increasingly restricted in their capacity to promote normal cleavage and development, and the majority of the embryos th...

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

authors： Hennen S

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poison frogs (family Dendrobatidae) are terrestrial anuran amphibians displaying a wide range of coloration and toxicity. These frogs generally have been considered to be aposematic, but relatively little research has been carried out to test the predictions of this hypothesis. Here we use a comparative approach t...

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

authors： Summers K,Clough ME

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of any nonchromosomal genetic contribution to the heritability of a trait is often confounded by the inability to control both the chromosomal and nonchromosomal information in a population. We have designed a unique system in yeast where we can control both sources of information so that the phenotype...

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

authors： Edwards MD,Symbor-Nagrabska A,Dollard L,Gifford DK,Fink GR

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) is generated by cleavage of a membrane-anchored precursor protein, proTGF-alpha. ProTGF-alpha is cleaved at a slow rate and accumulates on the cell surface, thereby mediating cell-cell adhesion and mitogenic stimulation. We show here that cleavage of membrane proTGF-alpha b...

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

authors： Pandiella A,Massagué J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish in schooling formations navigate complex flow fields replete with mechanical energy in the vortex wakes of their companions. Their schooling behavior has been associated with evolutionary advantages including energy savings, yet the underlying physical mechanisms remain unknown. We show that fish can improve thei...

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

authors： Verma S,Novati G,Koumoutsakos P

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological organisms have evolved a wide range of immune mechanisms to defend themselves against pathogens. Beyond molecular details, these mechanisms differ in how protection is acquired, processed, and passed on to subsequent generations-differences that may be essential to long-term survival. Here, we introduce a m...

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

authors： Mayer A,Mora T,Rivoire O,Walczak AM

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus has a well-documented role for spatial navigation across species, but its role for spatial memory in nonnavigational tasks is uncertain. In particular, when monkeys are tested in tasks that do not require navigation, spatial memory seems unaffected by lesions of the hippocampus. However, the interpreta...

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

authors： Forcelli PA,Palchik G,Leath T,DesJardin JT,Gale K,Malkova L

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The virions of vesicular stomatitis virus contain an enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of ribonucleotides into RNA. The product of the reaction is mainly RNA complementary in base sequence to that of vesicular stomatitis virus RNA. ...

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

authors： Baltimore D,Huang AS,Stampfer M

更新日期：1970-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) is one of a class of lymphocyte-derived mediator substances (lymphokines) which plays a role in the mechanism of cellular immunity. A variety of other soluble factors produced by non-lymphoid cells have been shown to have effects on macrophage mobility similar to that of MI...

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

authors： Yoshida T,Bigazzi P,Cohen S

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human brain relies upon the dynamic formation and dissolution of a hierarchy of functional networks to support ongoing cognition. However, how functional connectivities underlying such networks are supported by cortical microstructure remains poorly understood. Recent animal work has demonstrated that electrical a...

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

authors： Hunt BA,Tewarie PK,Mougin OE,Geades N,Jones DK,Singh KD,Morris PG,Gowland PA,Brookes MJ

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-chromosome copy number alterations, also known as aneuploidy, are associated with adverse consequences in most cells and organisms. However, high frequencies of aneuploidy have been reported to occur naturally in the mammalian liver and brain, fueling speculation that aneuploidy provides a selective advantage in...

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

authors： Knouse KA,Wu J,Whittaker CA,Amon A

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Geckos can run rapidly on walls and ceilings, requiring high friction forces (on walls) and adhesion forces (on ceilings), with typical step intervals of approximately 20 ms. The rapid switching between gecko foot attachment and detachment is analyzed theoretically based on a tape model that incorporates the adhesion ...

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

authors： Tian Y,Pesika N,Zeng H,Rosenberg K,Zhao B,McGuiggan P,Autumn K,Israelachvili J

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00