Detecting conserved regulatory elements with the model genome of the Japanese puffer fish, Fugu rubripes.

abstract：:The modern Old World Monkeys (Superfamily Cercopithecoidea, Family Cercopithecidae) can be traced back into the late Miocene, but their origin and subsequent diversification is obscured by the scarcity of terrestrial fossil sites in Africa between 15 and 6 Ma. Here, we document the presence of cercopithecids at 12.5 M...

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

authors： Rossie JB,Gilbert CC,Hill A

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Integral feedback control is a basic engineering strategy for ensuring that the output of a system robustly tracks its desired value independent of noise or variations in system parameters. In biological systems, it is common for the response to an extracellular stimulus to return to its prestimulus value even in the ...

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

authors： Yi TM,Huang Y,Simon MI,Doyle J

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It is found that the addition of hexamethylphosphoramide to the solution of an alkyne, Et(2)Zn, and (S)-1,1'-bi-2-naphthol in methylene chloride allows the generation of an alkynylzinc at room temperature and shows highly enantioselective additions to aldehydes. The mild condition for the formation of the alkynylzinc ...

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

authors： Gao G,Xie RG,Pu L

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Before they even speak, infants become attuned to the sounds of the language(s) they hear, processing native phonetic contrasts more easily than nonnative ones. For example, between 6 to 8 mo and 10 to 12 mo, infants learning American English get better at distinguishing English and [l], as in "rock" vs. "lock," relat...

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

authors： Schatz T,Feldman NH,Goldwater S,Cao XN,Dupoux E

更新日期：2021-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and taxonomic distances were computed for 3466 samples of human populations in Europe based on 97 allele frequencies and 10 cranial variables. Since the actual samples employed differed among the genetic systems studied, the genetic distances were computed separately for each system, as were matrices of geogra...

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

authors： Sokal RR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific [3H]retinoic acid (RA)-binding sites in nuclear and cytosolic extracts prepared from human myeloblastic leukemia HL-60 cells have been detected by sucrose density gradient sedimentation and size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses. This RA-binding activity migrated as a single pea...

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

authors： Nervi C,Grippo JF,Sherman MI,George MD,Jetten AM

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The covalent joining of topoisomerases to DNA is normally a transient step in the reaction cycle of these important enzymes. However, under a variety of circumstances, the covalent complex is converted to a long-lived or dead-end product that can result in chromosome breakage and cell death. We have discovered and par...

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

authors： Yang SW,Burgin AB Jr,Huizenga BN,Robertson CA,Yao KC,Nash HA

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A regeneration chamber was created in vivo by suturing a synthetic tube sealed at its distal end onto the proximal stump of a severed rat sciatic nerve. Nerves regenerated into tubes coated with laminin at a rate of 0.33 mm/day after a lag of about 2 days. At 25 days, regenerating nerves had extended 23% farther into ...

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

authors： Toyota B,Carbonetto S,David S

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cones show briefer light responses than rods and do not saturate even under very bright light. Using purified rod and cone homogenates, we measured the activity of guanylate cyclase (GC), an enzyme responsible for cGMP synthesis and therefore recovery of a light response. The basal GC activity was 36 times higher in c...

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

authors： Takemoto N,Tachibanaki S,Kawamura S

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to intercept uncooperative targets is key to many diverse flight behaviors, from courtship to predation. Previous research has looked for simple geometric rules describing the attack trajectories of animals, but the underlying feedback laws have remained obscure. Here, we use GPS loggers and onboard video ...

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

authors： Brighton CH,Thomas ALR,Taylor GK

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells in the brain act as components of extended networks. Therefore, to understand neurobiological processes in a physiological context, it is essential to study them in vivo. Super-resolution microscopy has spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit, thus promising to provide structural and functional insights ...

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

authors： Turcotte R,Liang Y,Tanimoto M,Zhang Q,Li Z,Koyama M,Betzig E,Ji N

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus encodes a multisubunit DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.6) that is packaged in the infectious virus particle. This polymerase was found to contain a submolar polypeptide of approximately 85 kDa in addition to the core subunits, which consist of two larger and several smaller polypeptides. The poly...

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

authors： Ahn BY,Moss B

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex prokaryote, Myxococcus xanthus, undergoes a program of multicellular development when starved for nutrients, culminating in sporulation. M. xanthus makes MglA, a 22-kDa, soluble protein that is required for both multicellular development and gliding motility. MglA is similar in sequence to the Saccharomyce...

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

authors： Hartzell PL

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte-elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) expression is increased in multiple cancers and plays a central role in Ha-ras-mediated oncogenesis through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway. Additionally, overexpression of AEG-1 protects primary and transformed human and rat cells from serum starvation-...

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

authors： Emdad L,Lee SG,Su ZZ,Jeon HY,Boukerche H,Sarkar D,Fisher PB

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To evade host immune mechanisms, many bacteria secrete immunomodulatory enzymes. Streptococcus pyogenes, one of the most common human pathogens, secretes a large endoglycosidase, EndoS, which removes carbohydrates in a highly specific manner from IgG antibodies. This modification renders antibodies incapable of elicit...

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

authors： Trastoy B,Lomino JV,Pierce BG,Carter LG,Günther S,Giddens JP,Snyder GA,Weiss TM,Weng Z,Wang LX,Sundberg EJ

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:As 3D culture has become central to investigation of tissue biology, mammary epithelial organoids have emerged as powerful tools for investigation of epithelial cell polarization and carcinogenesis. However, most current protocols start from single cells suspended in Matrigel, which can also restrict cell differentiat...

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

authors： Florian S,Iwamoto Y,Coughlin M,Weissleder R,Mitchison TJ

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-9 (AQP9) is an aquaglyceroporin membrane channel shown biophysically to conduct water, glycerol, and other small solutes. Because the physiological role/s of AQP9 remain undefined and the expression sites of AQP9 remain incomplete and conflicting, we generated AQP9 knockout mice. In the absence of physiologi...

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

authors： Rojek AM,Skowronski MT,Füchtbauer EM,Füchtbauer AC,Fenton RA,Agre P,Frøkiaer J,Nielsen S

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past several decades, numerous reports from disparate geographical areas have documented an increased frequency of "bleaching" in reef-forming corals. The phenomenon, triggered by increased sea surface temperatures, occurs when the cnidarian hosts digest and/or expel their intracellular, photosynthetic dino...

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

authors： Tchernov D,Kvitt H,Haramaty L,Bibby TS,Gorbunov MY,Rosenfeld H,Falkowski PG

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The RuvC protein of Escherichia coli catalyzes the resolution of recombination intermediates during genetic recombination and the recombinational repair of damaged DNA. Resolution involves specific recognition of the Holliday structure to form a complex that exhibits twofold symmetry with the DNA in an open configurat...

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

authors： Bennett RJ,West SC

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominant theories of human placebo effects rely on a notion that consciously perceptible cues, such as verbal information or distinct stimuli in classical conditioning, provide signals that activate placebo effects. However, growing evidence suggest that behavior can be triggered by stimuli presented outside of co...

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

authors： Jensen KB,Kaptchuk TJ,Kirsch I,Raicek J,Lindstrom KM,Berna C,Gollub RL,Ingvar M,Kong J

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The ribonucleotide reductase system of Escherichia coli B participates in the biosynthesis of DNA by reducing ribonucleoside diphosphates to the corresponding deoxyribonucleotides. The enzyme is regulated in a complicated way by allosteric modifiers. We now find that infection of E. coli with the bacteriophage T4 resu...

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

authors： Berglund O,Karlström O,Reichard P

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein sequences are often highly redundant and evolution can change them beyond recognition. It can therefore be difficult to identify proteins with functional or structural similarities by inspection of their sequences. Here we have used an experimental evolutionary approach to detect hidden similarities between th...

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

authors： Christ D,Winter G

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a general in situ method to grow a polymer conjugate solely from the C terminus of a recombinant protein. GFP was fused at its C terminus with an intein; cleavage of the intein provided a unique thioester moiety at the C terminus of GFP that was used to install an atom transfer radical polymerizatio...

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

authors： Gao W,Liu W,Christensen T,Zalutsky MR,Chilkoti A

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a multimeric glycoprotein that mediates the adhesion of platelets to the subendothelium by binding to platelet glycoprotein Ib. For human vWF, this interaction can be induced in vitro by the antibiotic ristocetin or the snake venom protein botrocetin. A missense mutation, Gly-561-->Ser, ...

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

authors： Rabinowitz I,Tuley EA,Mancuso DJ,Randi AM,Firkin BG,Howard MA,Sadler JE

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a diverse collection of small molecules we recently found that compound sets from different sources (commercial; academic; natural) have different protein-binding behaviors, and these behaviors correlate with trends in stereochemical complexity for these compound sets. These results lend insight into structural ...

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

authors： Clemons PA,Wilson JA,Dančík V,Muller S,Carrinski HA,Wagner BK,Koehler AN,Schreiber SL

更新日期：2011-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit articular chondrocytes synthesize type II collagen [3alpha(1)(II)] in vivo and type I collagen [2alpha(1)(I).alpha(2)] in monolayer cultures. In suspension culture the nature of phenotype depends on extracellular Ca(2+). The relationship of Ca(2+) and 3':5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP) in regulation of collagen synthesis ...

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

authors： Deshmukh K,Sawyer BD

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LINEs are transposable elements found in various eukaryotes such as plants, protists, insects, and mammals. Their transposition is usually difficult to study, particularly in humans, where some diseases have been shown to result from LINE insertion mutations. This is due to the fact that most copies of any particular ...

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

authors： Pélisson A,Finnegan DJ,Bucheton A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the angle-resolved transverse resistivity (ARTR), a sensitive indicator of electronic anisotropy, in high-quality thin films of the unconventional superconductor Sr2RuO4 grown on various substrates. The ARTR signal, heralding the electronic nematicity or a large nematic susceptibility, is present and ...

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

authors： Wu J,Nair HP,Bollinger AT,He X,Robinson I,Schreiber NJ,Shen KM,Schlom DG,Božović I

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance drives the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). In liver, diacylglycerol (DAG) is a key mediator of lipid-induced insulin resistance. DAG activates protein kinase C ε (PKCε), which phosphorylates and inhibits the insulin receptor. In rats, a 3-day high-fat diet produces hepatic insulin resistance t...

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

authors： Gassaway BM,Petersen MC,Surovtseva YV,Barber KW,Sheetz JB,Aerni HR,Merkel JS,Samuel VT,Shulman GI,Rinehart J

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Most mammalian cell types, including endothelial cells, respond to cell swelling by activating a Cl- current termed ICl,swell, but it is not known how the physical stimulus of cell swelling is transferred to the channels underlying ICl,swell. We have investigated the precise relation between cell volume and ICl,swell ...

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

authors： Voets T,Droogmans G,Raskin G,Eggermont J,Nilius B

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00