abstract：:Elucidation of the genetic control of rice architecture is crucial due to the global demand for high crop yields. Rice architecture is a complex trait affected by plant height, tillering, and panicle morphology. In this study, principal component analysis (PCA) on 8 typical traits related to plant architecture reveale...

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

authors： Yano K,Morinaka Y,Wang F,Huang P,Takehara S,Hirai T,Ito A,Koketsu E,Kawamura M,Kotake K,Yoshida S,Endo M,Tamiya G,Kitano H,Ueguchi-Tanaka M,Hirano K,Matsuoka M

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Droplet manipulation is playing an important role in various fields, including scientific research, industrial production, and daily life. Here, inspired by the microstructures and functions of Namib desert beetles, Nepenthes pitcher plants, and emergent aquatic plants, we present a multibioinspired slippery surface f...

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

authors： Zhang X,Sun L,Wang Y,Bian F,Wang Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human speech comprehension is remarkable for its immediacy and rapidity. The listener interprets an incrementally delivered auditory input, millisecond by millisecond as it is heard, in terms of complex multilevel representations of relevant linguistic and nonlinguistic knowledge. Central to this process are the neura...

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

authors： Lyu B,Choi HS,Marslen-Wilson WD,Clarke A,Randall B,Tyler LK

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuoles are essential organelles in plants, playing crucial roles, such as cellular material degradation, ion and metabolite storage, and turgor maintenance. Vacuoles receive material via the endocytic, secretory, and autophagic pathways. Membrane fusion is the last step during which prevacuolar compartments (PVCs) a...

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

authors： Rodriguez-Furlan C,Domozych D,Qian W,Enquist PA,Li X,Zhang C,Schenk R,Winbigler HS,Jackson W,Raikhel NV,Hicks GR

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei parasites successfully evade the host immune system by periodically switching the dense coat of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) at the cell surface. Each parasite expresses VSGs in a monoallelic fashion that is tightly regulated. The consequences of exposing multiple VSGs during an infection, in ...

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

authors： Aresta-Branco F,Sanches-Vaz M,Bento F,Rodrigues JA,Figueiredo LM

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin wound infections are a significant health problem, and antibiotic resistance is on the rise. Mast cells (MCs) have been shown to contribute to host-defense responses in certain bacterial infections, but their role in skin wound superinfection is unknown. We subjected 2 MC-deficient mouse strains to Pseudomonas ae...

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

authors： Zimmermann C,Troeltzsch D,Giménez-Rivera VA,Galli SJ,Metz M,Maurer M,Siebenhaar F

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to ionizing radiation (IR), which is a conventional treatment for osteosarcoma that cannot be resected, undermines the efficacy of this therapy. However, the mechanism by which IR induces radioresistance in osteosarcoma is not defined. Here, we report that CR6-interacting factor-1 (CRIF1) is highly expresse...

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

authors： Ran Q,Jin F,Xiang Y,Xiang L,Wang Q,Li F,Chen L,Zhang Y,Wu C,Zhou L,Xiao Y,Chen L,Wu J,Zhong JF,Li SC,Li Z

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastogenesis is a hierarchical process by which cells form functional elastic fibers, providing elasticity and the ability to regulate growth factor bioavailability in tissues, including blood vessels, lung, and skin. This process requires accessory proteins, including fibulin-4 and -5, and latent TGF binding protein...

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

authors： Kumra H,Nelea V,Hakami H,Pagliuzza A,Djokic J,Xu J,Yanagisawa H,Reinhardt DP

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the iPLA2-VIA/PLA2G6 gene are responsible for PARK14-linked Parkinson's disease (PD) with α-synucleinopathy. However, it is unclear how iPLA2-VIA mutations lead to α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and dopaminergic (DA) neurodegeneration. Here, we report that iPLA2-VIA-deficient Drosophila exhibits defects ...

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

authors： Mori A,Hatano T,Inoshita T,Shiba-Fukushima K,Koinuma T,Meng H,Kubo SI,Spratt S,Cui C,Yamashita C,Miki Y,Yamamoto K,Hirabayashi T,Murakami M,Takahashi Y,Shindou H,Nonaka T,Hasegawa M,Okuzumi A,Imai Y,Hattori N

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cedar virus (CedV) is a bat-borne henipavirus related to Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV), zoonotic agents of fatal human disease. CedV receptor-binding protein (G) shares only ∼30% sequence identity with those of NiV and HeV, although they can all use ephrin-B2 as an entry receptor. We demonstrate that CedV a...

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

authors： Laing ED,Navaratnarajah CK,Cheliout Da Silva S,Petzing SR,Xu Y,Sterling SL,Marsh GA,Wang LF,Amaya M,Nikolov DB,Cattaneo R,Broder CC,Xu K

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals are associated with a microbiome that can affect their reproductive success. It is, therefore, important to understand how a host and its microbiome coevolve. According to the hologenome concept, hosts and their microbiome form an integrated evolutionary entity, a holobiont, on which selection can potentially ...

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

authors： van Vliet S,Doebeli M

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosomes are the fundamental structural unit of chromatin. In addition to stabilizing the DNA polymer, nucleosomes are modified in ways that reflect and affect gene expression in their vicinity. It has long been assumed that nucleosomes can transmit memory of gene expression through their covalent posttranslational...

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

authors： Schlissel G,Rine J

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of machine learning to high-stakes application domains such as medicine, finance, and criminal justice, where making informed decisions requires clear understanding of the model, has increased the interest in interpretable machine learning. The widely used Classification and Regression Trees (CART) have ...

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

authors： Luna JM,Gennatas ED,Ungar LH,Eaton E,Diffenderfer ES,Jensen ST,Simone CB 2nd,Friedman JH,Solberg TD,Valdes G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoskeleton provides structural integrity to cells and serves as a key component in mechanotransduction. Tensins are thought to provide a force-bearing linkage between integrins and the actin cytoskeleton; yet, direct evidence of tensin's role in mechanotransduction is lacking. We here report that local force app...

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

authors： Cheah JS,Jacobs KA,Heinrich V,Lo SH,Yamada S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of commercial catches reveals a serial depletion of some oceanic fish stocks over time, resulting in fisheries focusing on increasingly smaller species closer to the base of the food chain. This effect, described as fishing down the marine food web, is observed when the trophic level of the catch declines ove...

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

authors： Dunlop ES,Goto D,Jackson DA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon cytosolic viral DNA stimulation, cGMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) catalyzes synthesis of 2'3'cGMP-AMP (cGAMP), which binds to the adaptor protein MITA (mediator of IRF3 activation, also called STING, stimulator of IFN genes) and induces innate antiviral response. How the activity of MITA/STING is regulated to avoid exces...

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

authors： Xia T,Yi XM,Wu X,Shang J,Shu HB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite decades of declining crime rates, longstanding tensions between police and the public continue to frustrate the formation of cooperative relationships necessary for the function of the police and the provision of public safety. In response, policy makers continue to promote community-oriented policing (COP) an...

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

authors： Peyton K,Sierra-Arévalo M,Rand DG

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal infections during pregnancy are associated with increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, although the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Previously, we established a maternal immune activation (MIA) model using swine, which results in altered social behaviors of piglet offspring. These behavio...

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

authors： Antonson AM,Lawson MA,Caputo MP,Matt SM,Leyshon BJ,Johnson RW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock (HS) initiates rapid, extensive, and evolutionarily conserved changes in transcription that are accompanied by chromatin decondensation and nucleosome loss at HS loci. Here we have employed in situ Hi-C to determine how heat stress affects long-range chromatin conformation in human and Drosophila cells. We ...

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

authors： Ray J,Munn PR,Vihervaara A,Lewis JJ,Ozer A,Danko CG,Lis JT

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly expanded Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)-International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Expedition 364, provides an unprecedented window into the immediate aftermath of the impact. Site M0077 inclu...

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

authors： Gulick SPS,Bralower TJ,Ormö J,Hall B,Grice K,Schaefer B,Lyons S,Freeman KH,Morgan JV,Artemieva N,Kaskes P,de Graaff SJ,Whalen MT,Collins GS,Tikoo SM,Verhagen C,Christeson GL,Claeys P,Coolen MJL,Goderis S,Goto K,

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of embryo implantation accounts for a significant percentage of female infertility. Exquisitely coordinated molecular programs govern the interaction between the competent blastocyst and the receptive uterus. Decidualization, the rapid proliferation and differentiation of endometrial stromal cells into decidua...

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

authors： Haller M,Yin Y,Ma L

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating exosomal microRNA (miR) represents a new class of blood-based biomarkers for cancer liquid biopsy. The detection of miR at a very low concentration and with single-base discrimination without the need for sophisticated equipment, large volumes, or elaborate sample processing is a challenge. To address this...

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

authors： Canady TD,Li N,Smith LD,Lu Y,Kohli M,Smith AM,Cunningham BT

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem II (PSII), the light-driven water/plastoquinone photooxidoreductase, is of central importance in the planetary energy cycle. The product of the reaction, plastohydroquinone (PQH2), is released into the membrane from the QB site, where it is formed. A plastoquinone (PQ) from the membrane pool then binds int...

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

authors： De Causmaecker S,Douglass JS,Fantuzzi A,Nitschke W,Rutherford AW

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the amount, intensity, and timing of precipitation are increasing hydrologic variability in many regions, but we have little understanding of how these changes are affecting freshwater species. Stream-breeding amphibians-a diverse group in North America-may be particularly sensitive to hydrologic variabilit...

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

authors： Lowe WH,Swartz LK,Addis BR,Likens GE

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational and biochemical studies implicate the blue-light sensor cryptochrome (CRY) as an endogenous light-dependent magnetosensor enabling migratory birds to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field. Validation of such a mechanism has been hampered by the absence of structures of vertebrate CRYs that have funct...

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

authors： Zoltowski BD,Chelliah Y,Wickramaratne A,Jarocha L,Karki N,Xu W,Mouritsen H,Hore PJ,Hibbs RE,Green CB,Takahashi JS

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared students' self-reported perception of learning with their actual learning under controlled conditions in large-enrollment introductory college physics courses taught using 1) active instruction (following best practices in the discipline) and 2) passive instruction (lectures by experienced and highly rated...

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

authors： Deslauriers L,McCarty LS,Miller K,Callaghan K,Kestin G

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulative aggregation of mutant Huntingtin (Htt) is a primary neuropathological hallmark of Huntington's disease (HD). Currently, mechanistic understanding of the cytotoxicity of mutant Htt aggregates remains limited, and neuroprotective strategies combating mutant Htt-induced neurodegeneration are lacking. Here, w...

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

authors： Zhu Y,Li C,Tao X,Brazill JM,Park J,Diaz-Perez Z,Zhai RG

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The UV photodissociation kinetics of tryptophan amino acid, Trp, attached to the membrane of bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, have been studied by means of normal and synchronous fluorescence. Our experimental data suggest that the fluorescence intensity of Trp increases during the first minute of irr...

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

authors： Li R,Dhankhar D,Chen J,Cesario TC,Rentzepis PM

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Queuosine (Q) is a complex tRNA modification widespread in eukaryotes and bacteria that contributes to the efficiency and accuracy of protein synthesis. Eukaryotes are not capable of Q synthesis and rely on salvage of the queuine base (q) as a Q precursor. While many bacteria are capable of Q de novo synthesis, salvag...

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

authors： Yuan Y,Zallot R,Grove TL,Payan DJ,Martin-Verstraete I,Šepić S,Balamkundu S,Neelakandan R,Gadi VK,Liu CF,Swairjo MA,Dedon PC,Almo SC,Gerlt JA,de Crécy-Lagard V

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Egg activation is the process in which mature oocytes are released from developmental arrest and gain competency for embryonic development. In Drosophila and other arthropods, eggs are activated by mechanical pressure in the female reproductive tract, whereas in most other species, eggs are activated by fertilization....

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

authors： Hu Q,Wolfner MF

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural transformation (i.e., the uptake of DNA and its stable integration in the chromosome) is a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Although the vast majority of bacterial genomes carry the genes involved in natural transformation, close relatives of naturally transformable species often appear...

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

authors： Durieux I,Ginevra C,Attaiech L,Picq K,Juan PA,Jarraud S,Charpentier X

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:How pathogenic cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) T cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develop remains poorly understood. We used Nur77-a marker of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling-to identify antigen-activated CD4 T cells in the SKG mouse model of autoimmune arthritis and in patients with RA. Using a fluoresce...

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

authors： Ashouri JF,Hsu LY,Yu S,Rychkov D,Chen Y,Cheng DA,Sirota M,Hansen E,Lattanza L,Zikherman J,Weiss A

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad negative consequences of habitat degradation on biodiversity have been studied, but the complex effects of natural-agricultural landscape matrices remain poorly understood. Here we used stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to detect changes in mammal resource and habitat use and trophic structure between pres...

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

authors： Magioli M,Moreira MZ,Fonseca RCB,Ribeiro MC,Rodrigues MG,Ferraz KMPMB

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput metagenomic sequencing offers an unbiased approach to identify pathogens in clinical samples. Conventional metagenomic sequencing, however, does not integrate information about the host, which is often critical to distinguish infection from infectious disease, and to assess the severity of disease. Her...

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

authors： Cheng AP,Burnham P,Lee JR,Cheng MP,Suthanthiran M,Dadhania D,De Vlaminck I

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionary process that occurs when a species colonizes a new environment provides an opportunity to explore the mechanisms underlying genetic adaptation, which is essential knowledge for understanding evolution and the maintenance of biodiversity. Atlantic herring has an estimated total breeding stock of about ...

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

authors： Hill J,Enbody ED,Pettersson ME,Sprehn CG,Bekkevold D,Folkvord A,Laikre L,Kleinau G,Scheerer P,Andersson L

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play important roles in aging, inflammation, and cancer. Mitochondria are an important source of ROS; however, the spatiotemporal ROS events underlying oxidative cellular damage from dysfunctional mitochondria remain unresolved. To this end, we have developed and validated a chemoptogenet...

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

authors： Qian W,Kumar N,Roginskaya V,Fouquerel E,Opresko PL,Shiva S,Watkins SC,Kolodieznyi D,Bruchez MP,Van Houten B

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocompatible gold nanoparticles designed to absorb light at wavelengths of high tissue transparency have been of particular interest for biomedical applications. The ability of such nanoparticles to convert absorbed near-infrared light to heat and induce highly localized hyperthermia has been shown to be highly effec...

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

authors： Rastinehad AR,Anastos H,Wajswol E,Winoker JS,Sfakianos JP,Doppalapudi SK,Carrick MR,Knauer CJ,Taouli B,Lewis SC,Tewari AK,Schwartz JA,Canfield SE,George AK,West JL,Halas NJ

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Photonic materials with positionally ordered structure can interact strongly with light to produce brilliant structural colors. Here, we found that the nonperiodic nematic liquid crystals of nanoplates can also display structural color with only significant orientational order. Owing to the loose stacking of the nemat...

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

authors： Zeng M,King D,Huang D,Do C,Wang L,Chen M,Lei S,Lin P,Chen Y,Cheng Z

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage (phage) have attractive advantages as delivery systems compared with mammalian viruses, but have been considered poor vectors because they lack evolved strategies to confront and overcome mammalian cell barriers to infective agents. We reasoned that improved efficacy of delivery might be achieved through...

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

authors： Suwan K,Yata T,Waramit S,Przystal JM,Stoneham CA,Bentayebi K,Asavarut P,Chongchai A,Pothachareon P,Lee KY,Topanurak S,Smith TL,Gelovani JG,Sidman RL,Pasqualini R,Arap W,Hajitou A

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors are an established treatment in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer and are currently in clinical development in melanoma, a tumor that exhibits high rates of CDK4 activation. We analyzed melanoma cells with acquired resistance to the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib an...

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

authors： AbuHammad S,Cullinane C,Martin C,Bacolas Z,Ward T,Chen H,Slater A,Ardley K,Kirby L,Chan KT,Brajanovski N,Smith LK,Rao AD,Lelliott EJ,Kleinschmidt M,Vergara IA,Papenfuss AT,Lau P,Ghosh P,Haupt S,Haupt Y,Sanij E,

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00