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Occurrence of agonistic behavior patterns in Spermophilus beecheyi at a concentrated artificial food source was studied. Our data from 851 encounters are compared with previously published information from unmanipulated populations. Eight new behavior patterns (rump block, kick, forward shove, pounce, displacement grooming, circle fight, roll fight, and boxing fight) are described. 相似文献
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The Baire metric induces an ultrametric on a dataset and is of linear computational complexity, contrasted with the standard quadratic time agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithm. In this work we evaluate empirically this new approach to hierarchical clustering. We compare hierarchical clustering based on the Baire metric with (i) agglomerative hierarchical clustering, in terms of algorithm properties; (ii) generalized ultrametrics, in terms of definition; and (iii) fast clustering through k-means partitioning, in terms of quality of results. For the latter, we carry out an in depth astronomical study. We apply the Baire distance to spectrometric and photometric redshifts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using, in this work, about half a million astronomical objects. We want to know how well the (more costly to determine) spectrometric redshifts can predict the (more easily obtained) photometric redshifts, i.e. we seek to regress the spectrometric on the photometric redshifts, and we use clusterwise regression for this. 相似文献
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Pérez-Mancera PA Rust AG van der Weyden L Kristiansen G Li A Sarver AL Silverstein KA Grützmann R Aust D Rümmele P Knösel T Herd C Stemple DL Kettleborough R Brosnan JA Li A Morgan R Knight S Yu J Stegeman S Collier LS ten Hoeve JJ de Ridder J Klein AP Goggins M Hruban RH Chang DK Biankin AV Grimmond SM;Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative Wessels LF Wood SA Iacobuzio-Donahue CA Pilarsky C Largaespada DA Adams DJ Tuveson DA 《Nature》2012,486(7402):266-270
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains a lethal malignancy despite much progress concerning its molecular characterization. PDA tumours harbour four signature somatic mutations in addition to numerous lower frequency genetic events of uncertain significance. Here we use Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon-mediated insertional mutagenesis in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal preneoplasia to identify genes that cooperate with oncogenic Kras(G12D) to accelerate tumorigenesis and promote progression. Our screen revealed new candidate genes for PDA and confirmed the importance of many genes and pathways previously implicated in human PDA. The most commonly mutated gene was the X-linked deubiquitinase Usp9x, which was inactivated in over 50% of the tumours. Although previous work had attributed a pro-survival role to USP9X in human neoplasia, we found instead that loss of Usp9x enhances transformation and protects pancreatic cancer cells from anoikis. Clinically, low USP9X protein and messenger RNA expression in PDA correlates with poor survival after surgery, and USP9X levels are inversely associated with metastatic burden in advanced disease. Furthermore, chromatin modulation with trichostatin A or 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine elevates USP9X expression in human PDA cell lines, indicating a clinical approach for certain patients. The conditional deletion of Usp9x cooperated with Kras(G12D) to accelerate pancreatic tumorigenesis in mice, validating their genetic interaction. We propose that USP9X is a major tumour suppressor gene with prognostic and therapeutic relevance in PDA. 相似文献
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Verjovski-Almeida S DeMarco R Martins EA Guimarães PE Ojopi EP Paquola AC Piazza JP Nishiyama MY Kitajima JP Adamson RE Ashton PD Bonaldo MF Coulson PS Dillon GP Farias LP Gregorio SP Ho PL Leite RA Malaquias LC Marques RC Miyasato PA Nascimento AL Ohlweiler FP Reis EM Ribeiro MA Sá RG Stukart GC Soares MB Gargioni C Kawano T Rodrigues V Madeira AM Wilson RA Menck CF Setubal JC Leite LC Dias-Neto E 《Nature genetics》2003,35(2):148-157
Schistosoma mansoni is the primary causative agent of schistosomiasis, which affects 200 million individuals in 74 countries. We generated 163,000 expressed-sequence tags (ESTs) from normalized cDNA libraries from six selected developmental stages of the parasite, resulting in 31,000 assembled sequences and 92% sampling of an estimated 14,000 gene complement. By analyzing automated Gene Ontology assignments, we provide a detailed view of important S. mansoni biological systems, including characterization of metazoa-specific and eukarya-conserved genes. Phylogenetic analysis suggests an early divergence from other metazoa. The data set provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of tissue organization, development, signaling, sexual dimorphism, host interactions and immune evasion and identifies novel proteins to be investigated as vaccine candidates and potential drug targets. 相似文献
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David S. Moura Ignacio Campillo-Marcos Marta Vázquez-Cedeira Pedro A. Lazo 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2018,75(14):2591-2611
Regulation of cell division requires the integration of signals implicated in chromatin reorganization and coordination of its sequential changes in mitosis. Vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) and Aurora B (AURKB) are two nuclear kinases involved in different steps of cell division. We have studied whether there is any functional connection between these two nuclear kinases, which phosphorylate histone H3 in Thr3 and Ser10, respectively. VRK1 and AURKB are able to form a stable protein complex, which represents only a minor subpopulation of each kinase within the cell and is detected following nocodazole release. Each kinase is able to inhibit the kinase activity of the other kinase, as well as inhibit their specific phosphorylation of histone H3. In locations where the two kinases interact, there is a different pattern of histone modifications, indicating that there is a local difference in chromatin during mitosis because of the local complexes formed by these kinases and their asymmetric intracellular distribution. Depletion of VRK1 downregulates the gene expression of BIRC5 (survivin) that recognizes H3-T3ph, both are dependent on the activity of VRK1, and is recovered with kinase active murine VRK1, but not with a kinase-dead protein. The H3–Thr3ph–survivin complex is required for AURB recruitment, and their loss prevents the localization of ACA and AURKB in centromeres. The cross inhibition of the kinases at the end of mitosis might facilitate the formation of daughter cells. A sequential role for VRK1, AURKB, and haspin in the progression of mitosis is proposed. 相似文献
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Torgerson DG Ampleford EJ Chiu GY Gauderman WJ Gignoux CR Graves PE Himes BE Levin AM Mathias RA Hancock DB Baurley JW Eng C Stern DA Celedón JC Rafaels N Capurso D Conti DV Roth LA Soto-Quiros M Togias A Li X Myers RA Romieu I Van Den Berg DJ Hu D Hansel NN Hernandez RD Israel E Salam MT Galanter J Avila PC Avila L Rodriquez-Santana JR Chapela R Rodriguez-Cintron W Diette GB Adkinson NF Abel RA Ross KD Shi M Faruque MU Dunston GM Watson HR Mantese VJ Ezurum SC Liang L Ruczinski I Ford JG 《Nature genetics》2011,43(9):887-892
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including individuals of European American, African American or African Caribbean, and Latino ancestry, with replication in an additional 12,649 individuals from the same ethnic groups. We identified five susceptibility loci. Four were at previously reported loci on 17q21, near IL1RL1, TSLP and IL33, but we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that these loci are associated with asthma risk in three ethnic groups. In addition, we identified a new asthma susceptibility locus at PYHIN1, with the association being specific to individuals of African descent (P = 3.9 × 10(-9)). These results suggest that some asthma susceptibility loci are robust to differences in ancestry when sufficiently large samples sizes are investigated, and that ancestry-specific associations also contribute to the complex genetic architecture of asthma. 相似文献
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Davis EE Zhang Q Liu Q Diplas BH Davey LM Hartley J Stoetzel C Szymanska K Ramaswami G Logan CV Muzny DM Young AC Wheeler DA Cruz P Morgan M Lewis LR Cherukuri P Maskeri B Hansen NF Mullikin JC Blakesley RW Bouffard GG;NISC Comparative Sequencing Program Gyapay G Rieger S Tönshoff B Kern I Soliman NA Neuhaus TJ Swoboda KJ Kayserili H Gallagher TE Lewis RA Bergmann C Otto EA Saunier S Scambler PJ Beales PL Gleeson JG Maher ER Attié-Bitach T Dollfus H Johnson CA Green ED Gibbs RA Hildebrandt F 《Nature genetics》2011,43(3):189-196
Ciliary dysfunction leads to a broad range of overlapping phenotypes, collectively termed ciliopathies. This grouping is underscored by genetic overlap, where causal genes can also contribute modifier alleles to clinically distinct disorders. Here we show that mutations in TTC21B, which encodes the retrograde intraflagellar transport protein IFT139, cause both isolated nephronophthisis and syndromic Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy. Moreover, although resequencing of TTC21B in a large, clinically diverse ciliopathy cohort and matched controls showed a similar frequency of rare changes, in vivo and in vitro evaluations showed a significant enrichment of pathogenic alleles in cases (P < 0.003), suggesting that TTC21B contributes pathogenic alleles to ~5% of ciliopathy cases. Our data illustrate how genetic lesions can be both causally associated with diverse ciliopathies and interact in trans with other disease-causing genes and highlight how saturated resequencing followed by functional analysis of all variants informs the genetic architecture of inherited disorders. 相似文献
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Witt H Sahin-Tóth M Landt O Chen JM Kähne T Drenth JP Kukor Z Szepessy E Halangk W Dahm S Rohde K Schulz HU Le Maréchal C Akar N Ammann RW Truninger K Bargetzi M Bhatia E Castellani C Cavestro GM Cerny M Destro-Bisol G Spedini G Eiberg H Jansen JB Koudova M Rausova E Macek M Malats N Real FX Menzel HJ Moral P Galavotti R Pignatti PF Rickards O Spicak J Zarnescu NO Böck W Gress TM Friess H Ockenga J Schmidt H Pfützer R Löhr M Simon P Weiss FU Lerch MM Teich N Keim V Berg T Wiedenmann B Luck W 《Nature genetics》2006,38(6):668-673
Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Mutations in the genes encoding cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) and the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) are associated with chronic pancreatitis. Because increased proteolytic activity owing to mutated PRSS1 enhances the risk for chronic pancreatitis, mutations in the gene encoding anionic trypsinogen (PRSS2) may also predispose to disease. Here we analyzed PRSS2 in individuals with chronic pancreatitis and controls and found, to our surprise, that a variant of codon 191 (G191R) is overrepresented in control subjects: G191R was present in 220/6,459 (3.4%) controls but in only 32/2,466 (1.3%) affected individuals (odds ratio 0.37; P = 1.1 x 10(-8)). Upon activation by enterokinase or trypsin, purified recombinant G191R protein showed a complete loss of trypsin activity owing to the introduction of a new tryptic cleavage site that renders the enzyme hypersensitive to autocatalytic proteolysis. In conclusion, the G191R variant of PRSS2 mitigates intrapancreatic trypsin activity and thereby protects against chronic pancreatitis. 相似文献