Dominant-negative cyclin-selective ubiquitin carrier protein E2-C/UbcH10 blocks cells in metaphase.

abstract：:Pollen tubes are highly polarized plant cells specialized in delivering sperm for fertilization. Pollen tube growth is rapid, occurs exclusively at the tip, and can reach distances thousands of times the diameter of the pollen grain without cell division, thus representing an excellent model system for studying asymme...

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

authors： Cheung AY,Niroomand S,Zou Y,Wu HM

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox5 genes (Hoxa5, Hoxb5, Hoxc5) are exclusively expressed in the lung mesenchyme during embryogenesis, and the most severe phenotypes result from constitutive loss of function of all three genes. Because Hox5 triple null mutants exhibit perinatal lethality, the contribution of this paralogous group to postembryonic l...

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

authors： Hrycaj SM,Marty-Santos L,Cebrian C,Rasky AJ,Ptaschinski C,Lukacs NW,Wellik DM

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination junctions of several Neurospora mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutants and their revertants were identified. Their nucleotide sequences and putative secondary structures were determined in order to understand the nature of the elements involved in intramolecular recombination. Multiple deletions, involving th...

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

authors： Almasan A,Mishra NC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria form colonies and secrete extracellular polymeric substances that surround the individual cells. These spatial structures are often associated with collaboration and quorum sensing between the bacteria. Here we investigate the mutual protection provided by spherical growth of a monoclonal colony during exposu...

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

authors： Eriksen RS,Svenningsen SL,Sneppen K,Mitarai N

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) is the dominant mode of variability in the tropical atmosphere on intraseasonal timescales and planetary spatial scales. Despite the primary importance of the MJO and the decades of research progress since its original discovery, a generally accepted theory for its essential mechani...

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

authors： Majda AJ,Stechmann SN

更新日期：2009-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the organization of the kappa light chain genes in germ-line (sperm) and somatic (embryo) tissues. We constructed a plasmid containing a DNA insert coding for the kappa chain MOPC 167 and used the Southern blotting technique to determine the organization of kappa variable and constant region genes. In the h...

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

authors： Joho R,Weissman IL,Early P,Cole J,Hood L

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybridomas producing human monoclonal IgM antibodies (mAbs) against bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were generated by fusion of B lymphocytes from sensitized human spleen with heteromyeloma cells. The splenocytes were from patients undergoing splenectomy during staging for Hodgkin disease after vaccination with the...

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

authors： Teng NN,Kaplan HS,Hebert JM,Moore C,Douglas H,Wunderlich A,Braude AI

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal tubulofilamentous structures have been identified in electron micrographs of thin sections and negatively stained impression grids prepared from brains of animals with scrapie and other spongiform encephalopathies, and we showed that such tubules contain a core of filamentous structures resembling scrapie-ass...

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

authors： Narang HK,Asher DM,Gajdusek DC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental origin of dendritic cells, a specialized system of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-rich antigen-presenting cells for T-cell immunity and tolerance, is not well characterized. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is known to stimulate dendritic cells, including gro...

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

authors： Inaba K,Inaba M,Deguchi M,Hagi K,Yasumizu R,Ikehara S,Muramatsu S,Steinman RM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of a 0.5 M KCl wash fraction from rabbit reticulocyte ribosomes causes a 3- to 10-fold increase in the extent of translation of natural mRNAs by Krebs-cell lysates. In the presence of the wash fraction, 1 pmol of rabbit or mouse 10S RNA directs the incorporation of 80 pmol of leucine into rabbit globin. The a...

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

authors： Metafora S,Terada M,Dow LW,Marks PA,Bank A

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinct phosphodiesterasic activity (EC 3.1.4) was found in both mono- and dicotyledonous plants that catalyzes the hydrolytic breakdown of ADPglucose (ADPG) to produce equimolar amounts of glucose-1-phosphate and AMP. The enzyme responsible for this activity, referred to as ADPG pyrophosphatase (AGPPase), was puri...

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

authors： Rodriguez-López M,Baroja-Fernández E,Zandueta-Criado A,Pozueta-Romero J

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary transcripts made in vitro on bacteriophage T4 DNA by RNA polymerase isolated from normal or T4-infected Escherichia coli were compared by gel electrophoresis. Bacteriophage-modified RNA polymerase fails to initiate transcription at certain promoters recognized by unmodified enzyme. In the T4tRNA gene region, o...

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

authors： Goldfarb A

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast gene has been identified by screening for DNA replication mutants using a permeabilized cell replication assay. The mutant is temperature sensitive for growth and shows a cell cycle phenotype typical of DNA replication mutants. RNA synthesis is normal in the mutant but DNA synthesis ceases upon shift to the no...

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

authors： Budd ME,Campbell JL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The E6 protein of the high-risk human papillomaviruses inactivates the tumor suppressor protein p53 by stimulating its ubiquitinylation and subsequent degradation. Ubiquitinylation is a multistep process involving a ubiquitin-activating enzyme, one of many distinct ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, and in certain cases, ...

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

authors： Rolfe M,Beer-Romero P,Glass S,Eckstein J,Berdo I,Theodoras A,Pagano M,Draetta G

更新日期：1995-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eemian (last interglacial, 130-115 ka) was likely the warmest of all interglacials of the last 800 ka, with summer Arctic temperatures 3-5 °C above present. Here, we present improved Eemian climate records from central Greenland, reconstructed from the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core. Ou...

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

authors： Yau AM,Bender ML,Robinson A,Brook EJ

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium is a unique model system as well as a major biotechnological tool for genetic manipulation of plant cells. It is still unknown, however, whether host cellular factors exist that are limiting for infection, and whether their overexpression in plant cells can increase the efficiency of the infection. Here,...

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

authors： Tzfira T,Vaidya M,Citovsky V

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteolysis is a new paradigm in biology that controls signaling events throughout evolution. Hydrolysis of peptide bonds is thought to occur within the normally hydrophobic membrane environment, but insights into this unusual activity have been lacking because of difficulty in recapitulating activity in...

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

authors： Urban S,Wolfe MS

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:From an analysis of the distributions of measures of transmission rates among hosts, we identify an empirical relationship suggesting that, typically, 20% of the host population contributes at least 80% of the net transmission potential, as measured by the basic reproduction number, R0. This is an example of a statist...

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

authors： Woolhouse ME,Dye C,Etard JF,Smith T,Charlwood JD,Garnett GP,Hagan P,Hii JL,Ndhlovu PD,Quinnell RJ,Watts CH,Chandiwana SK,Anderson RM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) patients carry a missense mutation in ACVR1 [617G > A (R206H)] that leads to hyperactivation of BMP-SMAD signaling. Contrary to a previous study, here we show that FOP fibroblasts showed an increased efficiency of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) generation. This positiv...

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

authors： Hayashi Y,Hsiao EC,Sami S,Lancero M,Schlieve CR,Nguyen T,Yano K,Nagahashi A,Ikeya M,Matsumoto Y,Nishimura K,Fukuda A,Hisatake K,Tomoda K,Asaka I,Toguchida J,Conklin BR,Yamanaka S

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain growth under shear annealing is crucial for controlling the properties of polycrystalline materials. However, their microscopic kinetics are not well understood because individual atomic trajectories are difficult to track. Here, we study grain growth with single-particle kinetics in colloidal polycrystals using...

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

authors： Li W,Peng Y,Zhang Y,Still T,Yodh AG,Han Y

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(2+) signaling regulates cell function. This is subject to modulation by H(+) ions that are universal end-products of metabolism. Due to slow diffusion and common buffers, changes in cytoplasmic [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)]i) or [H(+)] ([H(+)]i) can become compartmentalized, leading potentially to complex spatial Ca(2+)/H(+) ...

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

authors： Swietach P,Youm JB,Saegusa N,Leem CH,Spitzer KW,Vaughan-Jones RD

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms underlying age-related obesity and insulin resistance are generally unknown. Here, we report age-related adipose vascular changes markedly modulated fat mass, adipocyte functions, blood lipid composition, and insulin sensitivity. Notably, VEGF expression levels in various white adipose tissues (WATs) underw...

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

authors： Honek J,Seki T,Iwamoto H,Fischer C,Li J,Lim S,Samani NJ,Zang J,Cao Y

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymic activity of crystalline mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (L-aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.1) was determined in suspensions of noncrosslinked microcrystals in 30% (wt/vol) polyethylene glycol. The crystals (average dimensions, 22 x 5 x 0.8 micron) were small enough to preclude ...

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

authors： Kirsten H,Gehring H,Christen P

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most climate models are large dynamical systems involving a million (or more) variables on big computers. Given that they are nonlinear and not perfect, what can we expect to learn from them about the earth's climate? How can we determine which aspects of their output might be useful and which are noise? And how shoul...

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

authors： Smith LA

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions of neurotransmitters in fetal development are poorly understood. Genetic observations have suggested a role for the inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the normal development of the mouse palate. Mice homozygous for mutations in the beta-3 GABAA receptor subunit devel...

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

authors： Condie BG,Bain G,Gottlieb DI,Capecchi MR

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many discoveries in cell biology rely on making specific proteins visible within their native cellular environment. There are various genetically encoded tags, such as fluorescent proteins, developed for fluorescence microscopy (FM). However, there are almost no genetically encoded tags that enable cellular proteins t...

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

authors： Doh JK,White JD,Zane HK,Chang YH,López CS,Enns CA,Beatty KE

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of variations in fisheries time series are known to result from a complex combination of species and fisheries dynamics all coupled with environmental forcing (including climate, trophic interactions, etc.). Disentangling the relative effects of these factors has been a major goal of fisheries science for...

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

authors： Rouyer T,Fromentin JM,Ménard F,Cazelles B,Briand K,Pianet R,Planque B,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Focally evoked calcium waves in astrocyte cultures have been thought to propagate by gap-junction-mediated intercellular passage of chemical signal(s). In contrast to this mechanism we observed isolated astrocytes, which had no physical contact with other astrocytes in the culture, participating in a calcium wave. Thi...

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

authors： Hassinger TD,Guthrie PB,Atkinson PB,Bennett MV,Kater SB

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:"Evolution behaves like a tinkerer" (François Jacob, Science, 1977). Software systems provide a singular opportunity to understand biological processes using concepts from network theory. The Debian GNU/Linux operating system allows us to explore the evolution of a complex network in a unique way. The modular design d...

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

authors： Fortuna MA,Bonachela JA,Levin SA

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The environments we humans encounter daily are sources of exposure to diverse microbial communities, some of potential concern to human health. In this study, we used culture-independent technology to investigate the microbial composition of biofilms inside showerheads as ecological assemblages in the human indoor env...

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

authors： Feazel LM,Baumgartner LK,Peterson KL,Frank DN,Harris JK,Pace NR

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00