Transforming neural computations and representing time.

abstract：:The formation of several acyl groups and an amide group of Taxol is catalyzed by regioselective CoA thioester-dependent acyltransferases. Several full-length acyltransferase sequences, obtained from a cDNA library constructed from mRNA isolated from Taxus cuspidata cells induced for Taxol production with methyl jasmon...

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

authors： Walker K,Long R,Croteau R

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:(2'-5')Oligoadenylate synthetase [(2'-5')A synthetase], which synthesizes a series of oligoadenylates ppp-(A2'p)n5'A [collectively referred to as (2'-5')A], has been described previously in rat liver cells, where its concentration varied with the growth status of this organ--i.e., it decreased during the early phase o...

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

authors： Etienne-Smekens M,Vandenbussche P,Content J,Dumont JE

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation studied the influence of the blastocyst's state of activity on the "window" of implantation in the receptive uterus in the mouse. The receptive state of the uterus is defined as the limited time when the uterine milieu is favorable to blastocyst acceptance and implantation. In the mouse, impl...

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

authors： Paria BC,Huet-Hudson YM,Dey SK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impossibility theorems that abound in the theory of social choice show that there can be no satisfactory method for electing and ranking in the context of the traditional, 700-year-old model. A more realistic model, whose antecedents may be traced to Laplace and Galton, leads to a new theory that avoids all imposs...

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

authors： Balinski M,Laraki R

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using both heterologous rabbit antisera and mouse monoclonal antibody to RNA.DNA hybrids, we have mapped the in situ hybridization locus of the 18/28S ribosomal RNA fraction to a single large band on polytene autosome 3 in Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophila silvestris. This portion of the chromosome is not physical...

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

authors： Stuart WD,Bishop JG,Carson HL,Frank MB

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis restores blood flow to healing tissues, a process that is inhibited by high doses of glucocorticoids. However, the role of endogenous glucocorticoids and the potential for antiglucocorticoid therapy to enhance angiogenesis is unknown. Using in vitro and in vivo models of angiogenesis in mice, we examined ...

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

authors： Small GR,Hadoke PW,Sharif I,Dover AR,Armour D,Kenyon CJ,Gray GA,Walker BR

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:On a planet experiencing global environmental change, the governance of natural resources depends on sustained collective action by diverse populations. Engaging in such collective action can only build upon the foundation of human cognition in social-ecological settings. To help understand this foundation, we assess ...

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

authors： Freeman J,Baggio JA,Coyle TR

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive prenatal testing using fetal DNA in maternal plasma is an actively researched area. The current generation of tests using massively parallel sequencing is based on counting plasma DNA sequences originating from different genomic regions. In this study, we explored a different approach that is based on the ...

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

authors： Yu SC,Chan KC,Zheng YW,Jiang P,Liao GJ,Sun H,Akolekar R,Leung TY,Go AT,van Vugt JM,Minekawa R,Oudejans CB,Nicolaides KH,Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection is widely accepted as the principal force shaping phenotypic variation within populations. Its importance in speciation and macroevolution has been questioned, however, because phenotypic differences between species or higher taxa sometimes appear to be nonadaptive. Here, we use the quantitative trait locus ...

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

authors： Rieseberg LH,Widmer A,Arntz AM,Burke JM

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rev protein of HIV-1, which facilitates the nuclear export of HIV-1 pre-mRNAs, has been a target for antiviral therapy. Here we describe a new strategy for inhibiting Rev function and HIV-1 replication. In contrast to previous approaches, we use a wild-type rather than a mutant Rev protein and covalently link this...

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

authors： Qian XY,Chen ZY,Zhang J,Rabson AB,Krug RM

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The members of the chimaerin family of Rac-GTPase-activating proteins possess a single C1 domain with high homology to those present in protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes. This domain in PKCs is involved in phorbol ester and diacylglycerol (DAG) binding. We previously have demonstrated that one of the chimaerin isoforms,...

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

authors： Caloca MJ,Garcia-Bermejo ML,Blumberg PM,Lewin NE,Kremmer E,Mischak H,Wang S,Nacro K,Bienfait B,Marquez VE,Kazanietz MG

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the cell-surface molecules involved in T-cell immune responses are N-linked glycoproteins. We have investigated the effects of inhibitors of glycoprotein processing on specific T-cell functions, with the dual aims of examining the functional role of carbohydrate and of testing the usefulness of such compounds ...

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

authors： Wall KA,Pierce JD,Elbein AD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, organisms acquire three-dimensional (3D) shapes with important physiological consequences. While basic mechanisms underlying morphogenesis are known in eukaryotes, it is often difficult to manipulate them in vivo. To circumvent this issue, here we present a study of developing Vibrio cholerae biofi...

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

authors： Fei C,Mao S,Yan J,Alert R,Stone HA,Bassler BL,Wingreen NS,Košmrlj A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity responses to ongoing climate and atmospheric changes will affect both ecosystem processes and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. Combined effects of co-occurring global changes on diversity, however, are poorly understood. We examined plant diversity responses in a California annual grassland t...

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

authors： Zavaleta ES,Shaw MR,Chiariello NR,Mooney HA,Field CB

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain function depends on adaptive self-organization of large-scale neural assemblies, but little is known about quantitative network parameters governing these processes in humans. Here, we describe the topology and synchronizability of frequency-specific brain functional networks using wavelet decomposition of magne...

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

authors： Bassett DS,Meyer-Lindenberg A,Achard S,Duke T,Bullmore E

更新日期：2006-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Freezing avoidance conferred by different types of antifreeze proteins in various polar and subpolar fishes represents a remarkable example of cold adaptation, but how these unique proteins arose is unknown. We have found that the antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) of the predominant Antarctic fish taxon, the notothenio...

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

authors： Chen L,DeVries AL,Cheng CH

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The homotypic fusion of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes is mediated by atlastin (ATL), which consists of an N-terminal cytosolic domain containing a GTPase module and a three-helix bundle followed by two transmembrane (TM) segments and a C-terminal tail (CT). Fusion depends on a GTP hydrolysis-induced conformatio...

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

authors： Liu TY,Bian X,Sun S,Hu X,Klemm RW,Prinz WA,Rapoport TA,Hu J

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We outline a theory to quantify the interplay of entropic and selective forces on nucleotide organization and apply it to the genomes of single-stranded RNA viruses. We quantify these forces as intensive variables that can easily be compared between sequences, outline a computationally efficient transfer-matrix method...

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

authors： Greenbaum BD,Cocco S,Levine AJ,Monasson R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody raised against the purified human erythrocyte glucose transporter specifically precipitated four proteins from normal and Rous sarcoma virus-transformed chicken embryo cells: a major protein of Mr 41,000 and minor proteins of Mr 68,000, 73,000, and 82,000. The Mr 41,000 and 82,000 proteins were found only in ...

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

authors： Salter DW,Baldwin SA,Lienhard GE,Weber MJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a series of different proteins, including a structural protein, enzyme, inhibitor, protein marker, and a charge-transfer system, we have quantified the higher affinity of Na+ over K+ to the protein surface by means of molecular dynamics simulations and conductivity measurements. Both approaches show that sodium bi...

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

authors： Vrbka L,Vondrásek J,Jagoda-Cwiklik B,Vácha R,Jungwirth P

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral gene expression is inhibited in embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells. We have constructed a recombinant retroviral vector that is capable of expressing the neomycin-resistance (neo) gene in EC cells. The critical modification that permits expression of the neo gene is the insertion of a composite simian virus 40 ...

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

authors： Rubenstein JL,Nicolas JF,Jacob F

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradual buildup of neuronal activity known as the "readiness potential" reliably precedes voluntary self-initiated movements, in the average time locked to movement onset. This buildup is presumed to reflect the final stages of planning and preparation for movement. Here we present a different interpretation of the ...

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

authors： Schurger A,Sitt JD,Dehaene S

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular hybridization with (125)I-labeled citrus exocortis viroid RNA has been used to survey nucleic acid preparations from Gynura aurantiaca for viroid complementary molecules. A differential hybridization effect was detected between nucleic acid extracts from healthy and infected tissue in which significant RNase...

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

authors： Grill LK,Semancik JS

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell and single-channel recording techniques were used to study the action of the anticonvulsant drug MK-801 [(+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]- cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate) on responses to excitatory amino acids in rat neocortical neurons in cell culture. MK-801 caused a progressive, long-lasting bl...

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

authors： Huettner JE,Bean BP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural mechanisms used by the human brain to identify phonemes remain unclear. We recorded the EEG signals evoked by repeated presentation of 12 American English phonemes. A support vector machine model correctly recognized a high percentage of the EEG brain wave recordings represented by their phases, which were ...

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

authors： Wang R,Perreau-Guimaraes M,Carvalhaes C,Suppes P

更新日期：2012-12-11 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：:The DNA binding activity of p53 is crucial for its tumor suppressor function and is subject to tight regulation. Previous studies revealed that the inhibitory function of the p53 C terminus is implicated in the latent, low affinity sequence-specific DNA binding activity of p53 in the uninduced state. Sequence-specific...

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

authors： Müller-Tiemann BF,Halazonetis TD,Elting JJ

更新日期：1998-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin states can be distinguished by differential covalent modifications of histones or by utilization of histone variants. Chromatin associated with transcriptionally active loci becomes enriched for histones with particular lysine modifications and accumulates the H3.3 histone variant, the substrate for replicat...

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

authors： McKittrick E,Gafken PR,Ahmad K,Henikoff S

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical severity of the neurodegenerative disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is dependent on the levels of functional Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein. Consequently, current strategies for developing treatments for SMA generally focus on augmenting SMN levels. To identify additional potential therapeutic a...

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

authors： Sen A,Dimlich DN,Guruharsha KG,Kankel MW,Hori K,Yokokura T,Brachat S,Richardson D,Loureiro J,Sivasankaran R,Curtis D,Davidow LS,Rubin LL,Hart AC,Van Vactor D,Artavanis-Tsakonas S

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such as size and shape. Here, we show that both the size and shape of the amphibian oocyte nucleolus ultimately arise because nucleoli beha...

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

authors： Brangwynne CP,Mitchison TJ,Hyman AA

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00