Significance of some previously unrecognized apomorphies in the nasal region of Homo neanderthalensis.

abstract：:N-type Ca2+ channels mediate Ca2+ influx, which initiates fast exocytosis of neurotransmitters at synapses, and they interact directly with the SNARE proteins syntaxin and SNAP-25 (synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa) through a synaptic protein interaction (synprint) site in the intracellular loop connecting doma...

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

authors： Sheng ZH,Yokoyama CT,Catterall WA

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The gaseous phytohormone ethylene C(2)H(4) mediates numerous aspects of growth and development. Genetic analysis has identified a number of critical elements in ethylene signaling, but how these elements interact biochemically to transduce the signal from the ethylene receptor complex at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

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

authors： Ju C,Yoon GM,Shemansky JM,Lin DY,Ying ZI,Chang J,Garrett WM,Kessenbrock M,Groth G,Tucker ML,Cooper B,Kieber JJ,Chang C

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of myoblast cell lines with 3-deazaadenosine stimulates differentiation into myofibers. Myoblast clone L5/ 3B5 , which does not form myofibers after 6 days in fusion medium, was stimulated to form myofibers after 5 days of culture in fusion medium containing 50 microM 3-deazaadenosine. Myoblast clone L5/ 3C4...

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

authors： Scarpa S,Strom R,Bozzi A,Aksamit RR,Backlund PS Jr,Chen J,Cantoni GL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuroethological approach to human and nonhuman primate behavior and cognition predicts biological specializations for social life. Evidence reviewed here indicates that ancestral mechanisms are often duplicated, repurposed, and differentially regulated to support social behavior. Focusing on recent research from no...

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

authors： Chang SW,Brent LJ,Adams GK,Klein JT,Pearson JM,Watson KK,Platt ML

更新日期：2013-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusions of the lac operon to genes induced by treatment with sublethal levels of alkylating agents have been selected from random insertions of the Mu-dl(ApRlac) phage by screening for induction of beta-galactosidase activity in the presence of methyl methanesulfonate. Genetic analysis reveals that these fusions resul...

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

authors： Volkert MR,Nguyen DC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in parenting are common in species where both males and females provide care. Although there is a considerable body of game and optimality theory for why the sexes should differ in parental care, genetics can also play a role, and no study has examined how genetic influences might influence differences...

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

authors： Walling CA,Stamper CE,Smiseth PT,Moore AJ

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells with the morphological and biochemical properties of mucosal mast cells (MMC) appear and proliferate to form the predominant cell type in rat bone marrow cultures stimulated with factors from antigen- or mitogen-activated lymphocytes. Conditioned media causing a selective proliferation of MMC were derived f...

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

authors： Haig DM,McMenamin C,Gunneberg C,Woodbury R,Jarrett EE

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin kappa chain gene formation involves site-specific somatic recombination between one of several hundred germ-line variable region genes and a joining site (or "J segment") encoded close to the constant region gene. We have cloned and determined the nucleotide sequence of major portions of the recombinati...

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

authors： Max EE,Seidman JG,Leder P

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of a stromal cell-derived cytokine designated interleukin 11 (IL-11) on the proliferation of murine hemopoietic progenitors in methylcellulose culture. COS cell-conditioned medium containing IL-11 supported formation of granulocyte/macrophage colonies and a small number of multilineage col...

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

authors： Musashi M,Yang YC,Paul SR,Clark SC,Sudo T,Ogawa M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have identified lipid-poor high density lipoproteins with electrophoretic pre-beta mobility as the initial acceptors of cell-derived cholesterol in human plasma. These lipoproteins contain apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) as their sole apolipoprotein. In the present study, incubation of human plasma with ...

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

authors： Huang Y,von Eckardstein A,Wu S,Maeda N,Assmann G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of glucokinase in hepatocytes and pancreatic 6-cells is of major physiologic importance to mammalian glucose homeostasis. Liver glucokinase catalyzes the first committed step in the disposal of glucose, and beta-cell glucokinase catalyzes a rate-limiting step required for glucose-regulated insulin release. ...

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

authors： Heimberg H,De Vos A,Moens K,Quartier E,Bouwens L,Pipeleers D,Van Schaftingen E,Madsen O,Schuit F

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae translation initiation factor eIF-4A, an RNA helicase of the Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD) box protein family, was mutated in the putative ATP binding site and expressed in Escherichia coli. Mutant proteins with alanine at position 66 replaced by glycine [eIF-4A(A66G)] or valine [eIF-4A(A66V)] were p...

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

authors： Blum S,Schmid SR,Pause A,Buser P,Linder P,Sonenberg N,Trachsel H

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, we determined that most neotropical migrant bird species that breed in forests of the eastern United States and Canada have recently (1978-1987) declined in abundance after a period of stable or increasing populations. Most permanent residents and temperate-zone...

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

authors： Robbins CS,Sauer JR,Greenberg RS,Droege S

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The O(2)-reaction chemistry of 1:1 mixtures of (F(8))Fe(II) (1; F(8) = tetrakis(2,6-diflurorophenyl)porphyrinate) and [(L(Me(2))N)Cu(I)](+) (2; L(Me(2))N = N,N-bis(2-[2-(N',N'-4-dimethylamino)pyridyl]ethyl)methylamine) is described, to model aspects of the chemistry occurring in cytochrome c oxidase. Spectroscopic inv...

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

authors： Kim E,Helton ME,Wasser IM,Karlin KD,Lu S,Huang HW,Moenne-Loccoz P,Incarvito CD,Rheingold AL,Honecker M,Kaderli S,Zuberbuhler AD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-binding specificity of HA, the major surface glycoprotein of influenza virus, primarily determines the host ranges that the virus can infect. Influenza type B virus almost exclusively infects humans and contributes to the annual "flu" sickness. Here we report the structures of influenza B virus HA in complex ...

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

authors： Wang Q,Tian X,Chen X,Ma J

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In North America there are two generally recognized pathotypes (pathotypes 1 and 2) of the fungus Entomophaga grylli which show host-preferential infection of grasshopper subfamilies. Pathotype 3, discovered in Australia, has a broader grasshopper host range and was considered to be a good biocontrol agent. Between 19...

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

authors： Bidochka MJ,Walsh SR,Ramos ME,St Leger RJ,Silver JC,Roberts DW

更新日期：1996-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Anisotropic expansion of plant cells requires organized arrays of cortical microtubules. Mutations in microtubule-associated proteins and a particular mutation in alpha-tubulins were reported to cause abnormal microtubule arrays and result in helical growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, the way in which these muta...

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

authors： Ishida T,Kaneko Y,Iwano M,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of large intramembrane particles associated with sites of synaptic vesicle release at the squid giant synapse was determined and compared to the average maximal presynaptic calcium current in order to derive an estimate of the conductance each particle would have if it were a calcium channel. This value, 0....

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

authors： Pumplin DW,Reese TS,Llinás R

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a technique for transferring electrophoretically separated bands of RNA from an agarose gel to paper strips. The RNA is coupled covalently to diazobenzyloxymethyl groups on the paper. After transfer and appropriate treatment of the paper to destroy remaining diazo groups, specific RNA bands can be detected...

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

authors： Alwine JC,Kemp DJ,Stark GR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An earthquake of magnitude M and linear source dimension L(M) is preceded within a few years by certain patterns of seismicity in the magnitude range down to about (M - 3) in an area of linear dimension about 5L-10L. Prediction algorithms based on such patterns may allow one to predict approximately 80% of strong eart...

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

authors： Keilis-Borok VI

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones are an essential part of the machinery that avoids protein aggregation and misfolding in vivo. However, understanding the molecular basis of how chaperones prevent such undesirable interactions requires the conformational changes within substrate proteins to be probed during chaperone action. Here...

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

authors： Kellner R,Hofmann H,Barducci A,Wunderlich B,Nettels D,Schuler B

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Striga is a major biotic constraint to sorghum production in semiarid tropical Africa and Asia. Genetic resistance to this parasitic weed is the most economically feasible control measure. Mutant alleles at the LGS1 (LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1) locus drastically reduce Striga germination stimulant activity. We provid...

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

authors： Gobena D,Shimels M,Rich PJ,Ruyter-Spira C,Bouwmeester H,Kanuganti S,Mengiste T,Ejeta G

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of hairpin pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-fluorescein conjugates were synthesized and assayed for cellular localization. Thirteen cell lines, representing 11 human cancers, one human transformed kidney cell line, and one murine leukemia cell line, were treated with 5 microM polyamide-fluorescein conjugates for 1...

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

authors： Best TP,Edelson BS,Nickols NG,Dervan PB

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated eight mAbs (MW1-8) that bind the epitopes polyglutamine (polyQ), polyproline (polyP), or the C terminus of exon 1 in huntingtin (htt) protein. In the brains of Huntington's disease (HD) mouse models, the anti-polyQ mAbs bind to various cytoplasmic compartments, whereas the anti-polyP and anti-C termi...

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

authors： Khoshnan A,Ko J,Patterson PH

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium parasites must complete development in the mosquito vector for transmission to occur. The mosquito innate immune response is remarkably efficient in limiting parasite numbers. Previous work has identified a LPS-induced TNFα transcription factor (LITAF)-like transcription factor, LITAF-like 3 (LL3), which si...

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

authors： Smith RC,Barillas-Mury C,Jacobs-Lorena M

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed a combination of temperature-dependent UV absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism, and batch calorimetry to characterize the binding of actinomycin D to a series of oligomeric DNA duplexes. We find the duplex [d(CGTCGACG)]2 to be unique in its ability to bind actinomycin D strongly despite the abs...

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

authors： Snyder JG,Hartman NG,D'Estantoit BL,Kennard O,Remeta DP,Breslauer KJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GLQ223 is a highly purified, formulated preparation of trichosanthin, a 26-kDa plant-derived ribosome-inactivating protein with potent inhibitory activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro. The compound produced concentration-dependent inhibition of HIV replication in acutely infected cultures of T-l...

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

authors： McGrath MS,Hwang KM,Caldwell SE,Gaston I,Luk KC,Wu P,Ng VL,Crowe S,Daniels J,Marsh J

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We find that the transcription of various ribosomal proteins can be differentially affected by polyamines and by changes in growth rates. Using strain MG1655 of Escherichia coli K-12 (F-, lambda-), we have determined the effects of polyamines and changes in growth rate on the transcription of several ribosomal genes a...

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

authors： Huang SC,Panagiotidis CA,Canellakis ES

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the earliest detectable events during plant-pathogen interaction is a rapid increase in ethylene biosynthesis. This gaseous plant stress hormone may be a signal for plants to activate defense mechanisms against invading pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. The effect of ethylene on four plant genes i...

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

authors： Ecker JR,Davis RW

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils have been associated with fibrosis. To investigate their direct role in fibrosis, human peripheral blood eosinophil sonicate was added to human lung or dermal fibroblasts, and proliferation ([(3)H]thymidine) and collagen synthesis ([(3)H]proline) were evaluated. Proliferation was enhanced significantly in ...

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

authors： Levi-Schaffer F,Garbuzenko E,Rubin A,Reich R,Pickholz D,Gillery P,Emonard H,Nagler A,Maquart FA

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00