A helical-dipole model describes the single-channel current rectification of an uncharged peptide ion channel.

abstract：:Recent advances in electrodes for noninvasive recording of electroencephalograms expand opportunities collecting such data for diagnosis of neurological disorders and brain-computer interfaces. Existing technologies, however, cannot be used effectively in continuous, uninterrupted modes for more than a few days due to...

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

authors： Norton JJ,Lee DS,Lee JW,Lee W,Kwon O,Won P,Jung SY,Cheng H,Jeong JW,Akce A,Umunna S,Na I,Kwon YH,Wang XQ,Liu Z,Paik U,Huang Y,Bretl T,Yeo WH,Rogers JA

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:An acetone extract of chloroplast particles, when layered on an aqueous surface, exhibited light-dependent phosphorylation. Studies with the firefly-tail enzyme assay, as well as with (32)P-labeled inorganic phosphate, show an initial release of adenosine triphosphate (a step that is apparently only light-triggered), ...

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

authors： McPhee J,Brody SS

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. One-third of the world's population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the etiological agent causing TB, and active disease kills nearly 2 million individuals worldwide every year. Several lines of evidence indicate that interindividua...

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

authors： Barreiro LB,Tailleux L,Pai AA,Gicquel B,Marioni JC,Gilad Y

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study challenges the paradigm that salt marsh plants prevent lateral wave-induced erosion along wetland edges by binding soil with live roots and clarifies the role of vegetation in protecting the coast. In both laboratory flume studies and controlled field experiments, we show that common salt marsh plants do no...

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

authors： Feagin RA,Lozada-Bernard SM,Ravens TM,Möller I,Yeager KM,Baird AH

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:One mechanism of silver resistance in microorganisms is accumulation of the metal ions in the cell. Here, we report on the phenomenon of biosynthesis of silver-based single crystals with well-defined compositions and shapes, such as equilateral triangles and hexagons, in Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259. The crystals were u...

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

authors： Klaus T,Joerger R,Olsson E,Granqvist CG

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:For almost a century the plant hormone auxin has been central to theories on apical dominance, whereby the growing shoot tip suppresses the growth of the axillary buds below. According to the classic model, the auxin indole-3-acetic acid is produced in the shoot tip and transported down the stem, where it inhibits bud...

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

authors： Mason MG,Ross JJ,Babst BA,Wienclaw BN,Beveridge CA

更新日期：2014-04-22 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 synthetic polymer has been prepared which contains dodecyl groups (to bind small substrate molecules) and methyleneimidazole side chains (as nucleophilic catalytic sites) linked to a polyethyleneimine framework. This macromolecule, with a high local concentration of binding and catalytic groups, catalyzes the hydrol...

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

authors： Klotz IM,Royer GP,Scarpa IS

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current models of the formation and distribution of gold deposits on Earth are based on the long-standing paradigm that hydrogen sulfide and chloride are the ligands responsible for gold mobilization and precipitation by fluids across the lithosphere. Here we challenge this view by demonstrating, using in situ X-ray a...

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

authors： Pokrovski GS,Kokh MA,Guillaume D,Borisova AY,Gisquet P,Hazemann JL,Lahera E,Del Net W,Proux O,Testemale D,Haigis V,Jonchière R,Seitsonen AP,Ferlat G,Vuilleumier R,Saitta AM,Boiron MC,Dubessy J

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous international bodies have advocated the development of strategies to achieve the sustainability of marine environments. Typically, such strategies are based on information from expert groups about causes of degradation and policy options to address them, but these strategies rarely take into account assessed ...

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

authors： Gelcich S,Buckley P,Pinnegar JK,Chilvers J,Lorenzoni I,Terry G,Guerrero M,Castilla JC,Valdebenito A,Duarte CM

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tregs are essential for maintaining peripheral tolerance, and thus targeting these cells may aid in the treatment of autoimmunity and cancer by enhancing or reducing suppressive functions, respectively. Before these cells can be harnessed for therapeutic purposes, it is necessary to understand how they maintain tolera...

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

authors： Pabbisetty SK,Rabacal W,Volanakis EJ,Parekh VV,Olivares-Villagómez D,Cendron D,Boyd KL,Van Kaer L,Sebzda E

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) is a transcriptional coactivator that controls expression of metabolic/energetic genes, programming cellular responses to nutrient and environmental adaptations such as fasting, cold, or exercise. Unlike other coactivators, PGC-1α contai...

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

authors： Tavares CDJ,Aigner S,Sharabi K,Sathe S,Mutlu B,Yeo GW,Puigserver P

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce Pathifier, an algorithm that infers pathway deregulation scores for each tumor sample on the basis of expression data. This score is determined, in a context-specific manner, for every particular dataset and type of cancer that is being investigated. The algorithm transforms gene-level information into pa...

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

authors： Drier Y,Sheffer M,Domany E

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A fraction of mouse RNA containing messenger RNA coding for mouse interferon was translated with high efficiency in a wheat germ system into a fully active product. This product fulfills the criteria for mouse interferon, namely: (1) it was active against vesicular stomatitis virus and herpes simplex virus in mouse ce...

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

authors： Thang MN,Thang DC,De Maeyer E,Montagnier L

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrae are derived from the sclerotomal moities of the somites. Sclerotomal cells migrate ventrally to surround the notochord, where they form the vertebral body, and dorsolaterally to form the neural arch, which is dorsally closed by the spinous process. Precursor cells of the spinous process as well as superficia...

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

authors： Monsoro-Burq AH,Bontoux M,Teillet MA,Le Douarin NM

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcalcifications geographically target the location of abnormalities within the breast and are of critical importance in breast cancer diagnosis. However, despite stereotactic guidance, core needle biopsy fails to retrieve microcalcifications in up to 15% of patients. Here, we introduce an approach based on diffuse...

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

authors： Soares JS,Barman I,Dingari NC,Volynskaya Z,Liu W,Klein N,Plecha D,Dasari RR,Fitzmaurice M

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural-abundance (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of ten common nucleotides in neutral, aqueous solutions have been determined and interpreted. The spectra of two of these substances were also determined in acidic solutions, and several of the carbon chemical shifts were found to depend markedly on pH. Within...

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

authors： Dorman DE,Roberts JD

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) elevations are early events in plant signaling pathways including those related to abiotic stress. The restoration of [Ca(2+)](cyt) to prestimulus levels involves ATP-driven Ca(2+) pumps, but direct evidence for an essential role of a plant Ca(2+)-ATPase in abiotic stress ada...

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

authors： Qudeimat E,Faltusz AM,Wheeler G,Lang D,Holtorf H,Brownlee C,Reski R,Frank W

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABA-A) receptors are a major mediator of inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system, and the site of action of a number of clinically important drugs. These receptors exist as a family of subtypes with distinct temporal and spatial patterns of expression and d...

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

authors： Bonnert TP,McKernan RM,Farrar S,le Bourdellès B,Heavens RP,Smith DW,Hewson L,Rigby MR,Sirinathsinghji DJ,Brown N,Wafford KA,Whiting PJ

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS), one of the most common human sarcomas, is poorly responsive to radiation and chemotherapy, and the lack of animal models suitable for experimental analysis has seriously impeded functional investigation of its pathobiology and development of effective targeted therapies. Here, ...

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

authors： Gutierrez A,Snyder EL,Marino-Enriquez A,Zhang YX,Sioletic S,Kozakewich E,Grebliunaite R,Ou WB,Sicinska E,Raut CP,Demetri GD,Perez-Atayde AR,Wagner AJ,Fletcher JA,Fletcher CD,Look AT

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Our main goal is to analyze the geometric and spectral properties of the Picard modular group with Gaussian integer entries acting on the two-dimensional complex hyperbolic space. ...

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

authors： Francsics G,Lax PD

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The live cold-adapted (ca) A/AA/6/60 influenza vaccine is being commercially developed for worldwide use in children and is being used as a model for other live vaccines. Although it has been proven safe and immunogenic, the molecular basis of cold adaptation has never been determined. To identify sequence changes res...

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

authors： Herlocher ML,Maassab HF,Webster RG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rev-Erbβ is a nuclear receptor that couples circadian rhythm, metabolism, and inflammation. Heme binding to the protein modulates its function as a repressor, its stability, its ability to bind other proteins, and its activity in gas sensing. Rev-Erbβ binds Fe3+-heme more tightly than Fe2+-heme, suggesting its activit...

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

authors： Sarkar A,Carter EL,Harland JB,Speelman AL,Lehnert N,Ragsdale SW

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether mitotic structures like the centrosome can self-organize from the regulated mobility of their dynamic protein components remains unclear. Here, we combine fluorescence spectroscopy and chemical genetics to study in living cells the diffusion of polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), an enzyme critical for centrosome matur...

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

authors： Mahen R,Jeyasekharan AD,Barry NP,Venkitaraman AR

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a "continual engagement" model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation in 4 pastoral ecosystems of East Africa. The model involved the creation of a core boundar...

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

authors： Reid RS,Nkedianye D,Said MY,Kaelo D,Neselle M,Makui O,Onetu L,Kiruswa S,Kamuaro NO,Kristjanson P,Ogutu J,BurnSilver SB,Goldman MJ,Boone RB,Galvin KA,Dickson NM,Clark WC

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, glycogen-derived bioenergetic resources in astrocytes help promote tissue survival in response to focal neuronal stress. However, our understanding of the extent to which these resources are mobilized and utilized during neurodegeneration, especially in nearby regions that are not active...

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

authors： Cooper ML,Pasini S,Lambert WS,D'Alessandro KB,Yao V,Risner ML,Calkins DJ

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mumps virus (MuV) is a highly contagious pathogen, and despite extensive vaccination campaigns, outbreaks continue to occur worldwide. The virus has a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA genome that is encapsidated by the nucleocapsid protein (N) to form the nucleocapsid (NC). NC serves as the template for both transc...

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

authors： Cox R,Pickar A,Qiu S,Tsao J,Rodenburg C,Dokland T,Elson A,He B,Luo M

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that the Alzheimer disease 40-residue amyloid beta-protein [A beta P-(1-40)] can form cation-selective channels when incorporated into planar lipid bilayers by fusion of liposomes containing the peptide. Since A beta P-(1-40) comprises portions of the putative extracellular and membrane-spanning...

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

authors： Arispe N,Pollard HB,Rojas E

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Point mutations in either of the two nucleotide-binding domains (NBD) of Hsp104 (NBD1 and NBD2) eliminate its thermotolerance function in vivo. In vitro, NBD1 mutations virtually eliminate ATP hydrolysis with little effect on hexamerization; analogous NBD2 mutations reduce ATPase activity and severely impair hexameriz...

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

authors： Schirmer EC,Ware DM,Queitsch C,Kowal AS,Lindquist SL

更新日期：2001-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The rotational strengths of the four longer wavelength transitions, B(2u), B(1u), and the two E(1u), of adenosine derivatives constrained in the syn form have been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The theory combines a complete neglect of differential overlap version S (CNDO/S) description of the base wi...

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

authors： Miles DW,Farmer M,Eyring H

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00