The neural development and organization of letter recognition: evidence from functional neuroimaging, computational modeling, and behavioral studies.

abstract：:The supernatant fluid (conditioned medium) of cultured human vascular endothelial cells inhibits activation of Hageman factor (factor XII), whether by ellagic acid, bovine brain sulfatides, or bismuth subgallate; inhibition appears to be a property of one or more proteins in the culture supernates. This phenomenon may...

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

authors： Ratnoff OD,Everson B,Embury P,Ziats NP,Anderson JM,Emanuelson MM,Malemud CJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication through damaged sites in DNA requires in Escherichia coli the SOS stress-inducible DNA polymerase V (UmuC), which is specialized for lesion bypass. Homologs of the umuC gene were found on native conjugative plasmids, which often carry multiple antibiotic-resistant genes. MucB is a UmuC homolog present on p...

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

authors： Goldsmith M,Sarov-Blat L,Livneh Z

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The MoxR family of AAA+ ATPases is widespread throughout bacteria and archaea but remains poorly characterized. We recently found that the Escherichia coli MoxR protein, RavA (Regulatory ATPase variant A), tightly interacts with the inducible lysine decarboxylase, LdcI/CadA, to form a unique cage-like structure. Here,...

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

authors： El Bakkouri M,Gutsche I,Kanjee U,Zhao B,Yu M,Goret G,Schoehn G,Burmeister WP,Houry WA

更新日期：2010-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The progesterone receptor (PGR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor with key roles in the regulation of female fertility. Much has been learned of the actions of PGR signaling through the use of pharmacologic inhibitors and genetic manipulation, using mouse mutagenesis. Characterization of rats with a null muta...

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

authors： Kubota K,Cui W,Dhakal P,Wolfe MW,Rumi MA,Vivian JL,Roby KF,Soares MJ

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO), synthesized from L-arginine by NO synthases (NOS), plays an essential role in the regulation of cerebrovascular tone. Adenoviral vectors have been widely used to transfer recombinant genes to different vascular beds. To determine whether the recombinant endothelial NOS (eNOS) gene can be delivered i...

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

authors： Chen AF,Jiang SW,Crotty TB,Tsutsui M,Smith LA,O'Brien T,Katusic ZS

更新日期：1997-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have enhanced energy production but raised concerns about drinking-water contamination and other environmental impacts. Identifying the sources and mechanisms of contamination can help improve the environmental and economic sustainability of shale-gas extraction. We analyze...

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

authors： Darrah TH,Vengosh A,Jackson RB,Warner NR,Poreda RJ

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional "bulk" PCR often yields inefficient and nonuniform amplification of complex templates in DNA libraries, introducing unwanted biases. Amplification of single DNA molecules encapsulated in a myriad of emulsion droplets (emulsion PCR, ePCR) allows the mitigation of this problem. Different ePCR regimes were e...

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

authors： Terekhov SS,Eliseev IE,Ovchinnikova LA,Kabilov MR,Prjibelski AD,Tupikin AE,Smirnov IV,Belogurov AA Jr,Severinov KV,Lomakin YA,Altman S,Gabibov AG

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated RAS transforming genes that encode proteins (p21s) with amino acid substitutions at positions 12, 13, or 61 have been detected in 10-20% of human neoplasms. This report describes a monoclonal antibody (DWP) raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 5-16 of a mutated RAS gene encoding Va...

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

authors： Carney WP,Petit D,Hamer P,Der CJ,Finkel T,Cooper GM,Lefebvre M,Mobtaker H,Delellis R,Tischler AS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basophils are powerful mediators of Th2 immunity and are present in increased numbers during allergic inflammation and helminth infection. Despite their ability to potentiate Th2 immunity the mechanisms regulating basophil development remain largely unknown. We have found a unique role for isotype-switched antibodies ...

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

authors： Herbst T,Esser J,Prati M,Kulagin M,Stettler R,Zaiss MM,Hewitson JP,Merky P,Verbeek JS,Bourquin C,Camberis M,Prout M,Maizels RM,Le Gros G,Harris NL

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin/Insulin-like growth factor signaling regulates homeostasis and growth in mammals, and is implicated in diseases from diabetes to cancer. In Drosophila melanogaster, as in other invertebrates, multiple Insulin-Like Peptides (DILPs) are encoded by a family of related genes. To assess DILPs' physiological roles, ...

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

authors： Zhang H,Liu J,Li CR,Momen B,Kohanski RA,Pick L

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloidal and sol-gel procedures have been used to prepare heterogeneous catalysts consisting of platinum metal particles with narrow size distributions and well defined shapes dispersed on high-surface-area silica supports. The overall procedure was developed in three stages. First, tetrahedral and cubic colloidal me...

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

authors： Lee I,Morales R,Albiter MA,Zaera F

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial clock proteins KaiA and KaiC are proposed as positive and negative regulators in the autoregulatory circadian kaiBC expression, respectively. Here, we show that activation of kaiBC expression by kaiA requires KaiC, suggesting a positive feedback control in the cyanobacterial clockwork. We found that rob...

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

authors： Iwasaki H,Nishiwaki T,Kitayama Y,Nakajima M,Kondo T

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-zero-index (NZI) supercoupling, the transmission of electromagnetic waves inside a waveguide irrespective of its shape, is a counterintuitive wave effect that finds applications in optical interconnects and engineering light-matter interactions. However, there is a limited knowledge on the local properties of the...

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

authors： Liberal I,Lobet M,Li Y,Engheta N

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To initiate transcription from specific promoters, the bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) core enzyme must associate with the initiation factor sigma, which contains determinants that allow sequence-specific interactions with promoter DNA. Most bacteria contain several sigma factors, each of which directs recognition of ...

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

authors： Yuan AH,Nickels BE,Hochschild A

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The x-ray crystal structure of an oligomeric miniprotein has been determined to a 1.2-A resolution by means of multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing with selenomethionine analogs that retain the biophysical characteristics of the native peptide. Peptide 1, comprising alpha and beta secondary structure elements...

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

authors： Ali MH,Peisach E,Allen KN,Imperiali B

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, using further optimized 3D culture that allows highly selective induction and long-term growth of human ES cell (hESC)-derived cortical neuroepithelium, we demonstrate unique aspects of self-organization in human neocorticogenesis. Self-organized cortical tissue spontaneously forms a polarity along the dorsocaud...

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

authors： Kadoshima T,Sakaguchi H,Nakano T,Soen M,Ando S,Eiraku M,Sasai Y

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been controversial whether the cytochrome oxidase (CO)-dense blobs in primate primary visual cortex (V1) and CO-dense thin stripes in visual area 2 (V2) are parts of a cortical color-processing stream that is segregated from other functional streams. One of the key pieces of evidence for the segregated color st...

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

authors： Xiao Y,Felleman DJ

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phonoangiography, the quantitative analysis of sounds produced by blood flow, has been used to investigate local fluid motion in arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis. The sound spectra measured in vivo were found to be identical to those obtained in laboratory investigations of turbulent pipe flow. A theoretical model...

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

authors： Lees RS,Dewey CF Jr

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2005 four outstanding multiple burials were discovered near Eulau, Germany. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other. Skeletal and artifactual evidence and the simultaneous interment of the individuals suggest the supposed families fell victim to a violent event. In...

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

authors： Haak W,Brandt G,de Jong HN,Meyer C,Ganslmeier R,Heyd V,Hawkesworth C,Pike AW,Meller H,Alt KW

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive studies, the structural basis for the mechanochemical coupling in the rotary molecular motor F1-ATPase (F1) is still incomplete. We performed single-molecule FRET measurements to monitor conformational changes in the stator ring-α3β3, while simultaneously monitoring rotations of the central shaft-γ. ...

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

authors： Sugawa M,Okazaki K,Kobayashi M,Matsui T,Hummer G,Masaike T,Nishizaka T

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the chemical relationships between rat liver lysosomal and microsomal beta-D-glucuronidases (EC 3.2.1.31), which are essentially identical catalytically and in reactivity with antibody and similar in molecular weight, the two enzymes were isolated by procedures in which modifications of the proteins wer...

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

authors： Tulsiani DR,Six H,Touster O

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiperone, a dopamine antagonist widely used as a specific ligand for dopamine and serotonin receptors, is actively accumulated into the F4C1 strain of rat pituitary tumor cells. The accumulation of 10 nM [3H]spiperone was linear for 3 min and reached a steady state after 10 min. Spiperone accumulation was reduced 50%...

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

authors： Dannies PS,Rudnick MS,Fishkes H,Rudnick G

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic 67-nt RNA substrate, containing a 32P-labeled cap-1 structure (m7G32pppGm) was specifically cleaved by the influenza virus RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.48) to yield a single capped 11-nt fragment capable of directly priming transcription. An analysis of systematic truncations of this RNA substrate demonstrated...

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

authors： Chung TD,Cianci C,Hagen M,Terry B,Matthews JT,Krystal M,Colonno RJ

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex class-I (MHC-I) peptide-loading complex (PLC) is a cornerstone of the human adaptive immune system, being responsible for processing antigens that allow killer T cells to distinguish between healthy and compromised cells. Based on a recent low-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (c...

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

authors： Fisette O,Schröder GF,Schäfer LV

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During exercise, increased energy demands are met by increased glucose production that occurs simultaneously with the increased glucose uptake. We had previously observed that, during exercise, metabolic clearance rate of glucose (MCR) increases markedly in normal, but only marginally in poorly controlled diabetic dog...

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

authors： Miles PD,Yamatani K,Lickley HL,Vranic M

更新日期：1991-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When human genome was fractionated by thermal elution chromatography, repetitious DNA was found in every arbitrary temperature segment. When these repetitious DNA families were used for in situ hybridization, the following conclusions were evident: (a) Unlike the case of mouse, where essentially all centromeric hetero...

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

authors： Hsu TC,Arrighi FE,Saunders GF

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative diseases associated with pathological tau. Despite many advances in our understanding of these diseases, the direct mechanism through which tau contributes to neurodegeneration remains poorly understood. Previously, our laboratory implicated the histone demethylase LSD1 in ...

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

authors： Engstrom AK,Walker AC,Moudgal RA,Myrick DA,Kyle SM,Bai Y,Rowley MJ,Katz DJ

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bonds have only rarely been found in intracellular proteins. That pattern is consistent with the chemically reducing environment inside the cells of well-studied organisms. However, recent experiments and new calculations based on genomic data of archaea provide striking contradictions to this pattern. Our r...

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

authors： Mallick P,Boutz DR,Eisenberg D,Yeates TO

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Friction is caused by dissipative lateral forces that act between macroscopic objects. An improved understanding of friction is therefore expected from measurements of dissipative lateral forces acting between individual atoms. Here we establish atomic resolution of both conservative and dissipative forces by lateral ...

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

authors： Giessibl FJ,Herz M,Mannhart J

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis provides a powerful means of investigating human migration, social organization, and a plethora of other crucial questions about humanity's past. Recently, specialists have suggested that the ideal research design involving aDNA would include multiple independent lines of evidence. In this ...

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

authors： Bongers JL,Nakatsuka N,O'Shea C,Harper TK,Tantaleán H,Stanish C,Fehren-Schmitz L

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00