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Many types of experiments have been recognized in the literature. One important type we discuss in this article is the orientation experiment. While orientation experiments are like other types of experiments in that they are tests for causal relevance, they also have other qualities. One important (but not the only) goal of these experiments is to offer a rough, qualitative characterization of the mechanism responsible for a capacity of interest, effectively constraining future research. This makes them particularly useful during the early stages of investigation, when an explanandum-phenomenon has just been identified and several (often competing) hypotheses as to the qualitative character of the mechanism responsible for it are proposed. We illustrate our claims, and explicate a number of additional aims that orientation experiments can sometimes serve, by considering three case studies from different era's, namely the discovery of the mechanisms responsible for i) the capacity of eels to produce numbing sensations (17th and 18th century), ii) puerperal fever in Semmelweis' Vienna Maternity Hospital (19th century), and iii) the capacity of pigeons to home (20th century). 相似文献
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Rooryck C Diaz-Font A Osborn DP Chabchoub E Hernandez-Hernandez V Shamseldin H Kenny J Waters A Jenkins D Kaissi AA Leal GF Dallapiccola B Carnevale F Bitner-Glindzicz M Lees M Hennekam R Stanier P Burns AJ Peeters H Alkuraya FS Beales PL 《Nature genetics》2011,43(3):197-203
3MC syndrome has been proposed as a unifying term encompassing the overlapping Carnevale, Mingarelli, Malpuech and Michels syndromes. These rare autosomal recessive disorders exhibit a spectrum of developmental features, including characteristic facial dysmorphism, cleft lip and/or palate, craniosynostosis, learning disability and genital, limb and vesicorenal anomalies. Here we studied 11 families with 3MC syndrome and identified two mutated genes, COLEC11 and MASP1, both of which encode proteins in the lectin complement pathway (collectin kidney 1 (CL-K1) and MASP-1 and MASP-3, respectively). CL-K1 is highly expressed in embryonic murine craniofacial cartilage, heart, bronchi, kidney and vertebral bodies. Zebrafish morphants for either gene develop pigmentary defects and severe craniofacial abnormalities. Finally, we show that CL-K1 serves as a guidance cue for neural crest cell migration. Together, these findings demonstrate a role for complement pathway factors in fundamental developmental processes and in the etiology of 3MC syndrome. 相似文献
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Mutations in kelch-like 3 and cullin 3 cause hypertension and electrolyte abnormalities 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Boyden LM Choi M Choate KA Nelson-Williams CJ Farhi A Toka HR Tikhonova IR Bjornson R Mane SM Colussi G Lebel M Gordon RD Semmekrot BA Poujol A Välimäki MJ De Ferrari ME Sanjad SA Gutkin M Karet FE Tucci JR Stockigt JR Keppler-Noreuil KM Porter CC Anand SK Whiteford ML Davis ID Dewar SB Bettinelli A Fadrowski JJ Belsha CW Hunley TE Nelson RD Trachtman H Cole TR Pinsk M Bockenhauer D Shenoy M Vaidyanathan P Foreman JW Rasoulpour M Thameem F Al-Shahrouri HZ Radhakrishnan J Gharavi AG Goilav B 《Nature》2012,482(7383):98-102
Hypertension affects one billion people and is a principal reversible risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII), a rare Mendelian syndrome featuring hypertension, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis, has revealed previously unrecognized physiology orchestrating the balance between renal salt reabsorption and K(+) and H(+) excretion. Here we used exome sequencing to identify mutations in kelch-like 3 (KLHL3) or cullin 3 (CUL3) in PHAII patients from 41 unrelated families. KLHL3 mutations are either recessive or dominant, whereas CUL3 mutations are dominant and predominantly de novo. CUL3 and BTB-domain-containing kelch proteins such as KLHL3 are components of cullin-RING E3 ligase complexes that ubiquitinate substrates bound to kelch propeller domains. Dominant KLHL3 mutations are clustered in short segments within the kelch propeller and BTB domains implicated in substrate and cullin binding, respectively. Diverse CUL3 mutations all result in skipping of exon 9, producing an in-frame deletion. Because dominant KLHL3 and CUL3 mutations both phenocopy recessive loss-of-function KLHL3 mutations, they may abrogate ubiquitination of KLHL3 substrates. Disease features are reversed by thiazide diuretics, which inhibit the Na-Cl cotransporter in the distal nephron of the kidney; KLHL3 and CUL3 are expressed in this location, suggesting a mechanistic link between KLHL3 and CUL3 mutations, increased Na-Cl reabsorption, and disease pathogenesis. These findings demonstrate the utility of exome sequencing in disease gene identification despite the combined complexities of locus heterogeneity, mixed models of transmission and frequent de novo mutation, and establish a fundamental role for KLHL3 and CUL3 in blood pressure, K(+) and pH homeostasis. 相似文献
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From the kinetic study of the effects of one single growth hormone (GH) injection on the phosphate metabolism, it appears that the influence of GH on the serum phosphate level is biphasic: a decrease is followed by an increase. Conversely GH leads to an early decrease of the urinary phosphate excretion. 相似文献
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Bahatyrova S Frese RN Siebert CA Olsen JD Van Der Werf KO Van Grondelle R Niederman RA Bullough PA Otto C Hunter CN 《Nature》2004,430(7003):1058-1062
In photosynthesis, the harvesting of solar energy and its subsequent conversion into a stable charge separation are dependent upon an interconnected macromolecular network of membrane-associated chlorophyll-protein complexes. Although the detailed structure of each complex has been determined, the size and organization of this network are unknown. Here we show the use of atomic force microscopy to directly reveal a native bacterial photosynthetic membrane. This first view of any multi-component membrane shows the relative positions and associations of the photosynthetic complexes and reveals crucial new features of the organization of the network: we found that the membrane is divided into specialized domains each with a different network organization and in which one type of complex predominates. Two types of organization were found for the peripheral light-harvesting LH2 complex. In the first, groups of 10-20 molecules of LH2 form light-capture domains that interconnect linear arrays of dimers of core reaction centre (RC)-light-harvesting 1 (RC-LH1-PufX) complexes; in the second they were found outside these arrays in larger clusters. The LH1 complex is ideally positioned to function as an energy collection hub, temporarily storing it before transfer to the RC where photochemistry occurs: the elegant economy of the photosynthetic membrane is demonstrated by the close packing of these linear arrays, which are often only separated by narrow 'energy conduits' of LH2 just two or three complexes wide. 相似文献
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Ludwig Heesen Michael Peitz Laura Torres-Benito Irmgard Hölker Kristina Hupperich Kristina Dobrindt Johannes Jungverdorben Swetlana Ritzenhofen Beatrice Weykopf Daniela Eckert Seyyed Mohsen Hosseini-Barkooie Markus Storbeck Noemi Fusaki Renata Lonigro Raoul Heller Min Jeong Kye Oliver Brüstle Brunhilde Wirth 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2016,73(10):2089-2104
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