Pericentrin, a conserved centrosomal component, provides the structural scaffold to anchor numerous centrosomal proteins, and thus plays an essential role in the organization and function of the centrosome and the mit...Pericentrin, a conserved centrosomal component, provides the structural scaffold to anchor numerous centrosomal proteins, and thus plays an essential role in the organization and function of the centrosome and the mitotic spindle. Although pericentrin was shown to localize in the cytoplasm and reported to be sensitive to leptomycin B (LMB), a specific inhibitor of Crml, the regions within pericentrin that serve as signals for transporting in and out of the nucleus have not yet been identified. In this study, we identified five novel nuclear export signals (NESs) in pericentrin with diverse export activities. All of the five NESs could bind to Crml in a LMB-sensitive way when mediating the nuclear export of pericentrin. We also demonstrated that the region of amino acids 8-42 in pericentrin contains a tripartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) consisting of three clusters of basic amino acids. The NLS of pericentrin binds to importin β directly or via the adaptor importin α to form the import complex, which could be disrupted by RanQ69L, a dominant-negative Ran GTPase possessing high affinity for importin β. Furthermore, we found that mutation of the NESs in full-length pericentrin results in both nuclear and cytoplasmic localization, and mutation of the NLS abolishes the nuclear import of pericentrin. On the basis of these results, we suggest that the NESs and NLS of pericentrin are essential for its subcellular localization and nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during the cell cycle.展开更多
In recent years, a number of organisations have implemented Executive Information Systems (EIS) including Computer-Based Information Systems (CBIS) in order to improve the performance of their executives' jobs th...In recent years, a number of organisations have implemented Executive Information Systems (EIS) including Computer-Based Information Systems (CBIS) in order to improve the performance of their executives' jobs though the majority of executives are unwilling to use EIS applications because of their design defects. Present researches on Executive Information Systems (EIS) are limited and less focused on the factors associated with EIS successful usage. This research adopts an extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to derive useful variables to address the problem of the low usage of EIS by executives due to social factors, habits and facilitation conditions variables in Triandis' Framework. It reports on the adoption and usage of EIS by the executives in Organizations. The results show that experience in EIS usage was high with most respondents having used EIS for between 0 to 4 years (72.41%), followed by the 5-9 years group with 25.86%. However, in terms of ability to use EIS, most executives were at the expert (knowledgeable), casual user with 37.93%, followed by novice frequent user group with 31.03%. From this research, the authors propose a model that incorporates the habits, social factors and facilitating conditions in an Executive Information Systems.展开更多
A novel acceptor material,9-(4′-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-9H-carbazole(o-DTPPC)was developed to form interface exciplex with commonly used donors,to maximize the performances of red pho...A novel acceptor material,9-(4′-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-9H-carbazole(o-DTPPC)was developed to form interface exciplex with commonly used donors,to maximize the performances of red phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes(PHOLEDs).It is found that the exciplex involving 4,4′-(cyclohexane-1,1-diyl)bis(N,N-di-p-tolylaniline)(TAPC)exhibits the most significant thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property,derived from the high triplet energy level as well as strong hole-transporting ability of TAPC.Intriguingly,it is the same donor-acceptor combination which achieved the highest device efficiency when adopted as the host for red PHOLEDs.Maximum efficiencies as high as31.36 cd A^(-1),17.95 lm W^(-1),and 21.01%for the current efficiency,power efficiency and external quantum efficiency,respectively with low efficiency roll-off were realized.The improved performance can be attributed to the efficient TADF properties of the interface exciplex-forming host constituting TAPC,benefiting the F?rster energy transfer.The article first underlines the importance of the constituting molecules in the interface exciplex-forming hosts,shedding new insight about the choice of interface exciplex as the host for PHOLEDs,which may lead to even higher performances,paving their ways towards practical applications.展开更多
文摘Pericentrin, a conserved centrosomal component, provides the structural scaffold to anchor numerous centrosomal proteins, and thus plays an essential role in the organization and function of the centrosome and the mitotic spindle. Although pericentrin was shown to localize in the cytoplasm and reported to be sensitive to leptomycin B (LMB), a specific inhibitor of Crml, the regions within pericentrin that serve as signals for transporting in and out of the nucleus have not yet been identified. In this study, we identified five novel nuclear export signals (NESs) in pericentrin with diverse export activities. All of the five NESs could bind to Crml in a LMB-sensitive way when mediating the nuclear export of pericentrin. We also demonstrated that the region of amino acids 8-42 in pericentrin contains a tripartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) consisting of three clusters of basic amino acids. The NLS of pericentrin binds to importin β directly or via the adaptor importin α to form the import complex, which could be disrupted by RanQ69L, a dominant-negative Ran GTPase possessing high affinity for importin β. Furthermore, we found that mutation of the NESs in full-length pericentrin results in both nuclear and cytoplasmic localization, and mutation of the NLS abolishes the nuclear import of pericentrin. On the basis of these results, we suggest that the NESs and NLS of pericentrin are essential for its subcellular localization and nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during the cell cycle.
文摘In recent years, a number of organisations have implemented Executive Information Systems (EIS) including Computer-Based Information Systems (CBIS) in order to improve the performance of their executives' jobs though the majority of executives are unwilling to use EIS applications because of their design defects. Present researches on Executive Information Systems (EIS) are limited and less focused on the factors associated with EIS successful usage. This research adopts an extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to derive useful variables to address the problem of the low usage of EIS by executives due to social factors, habits and facilitation conditions variables in Triandis' Framework. It reports on the adoption and usage of EIS by the executives in Organizations. The results show that experience in EIS usage was high with most respondents having used EIS for between 0 to 4 years (72.41%), followed by the 5-9 years group with 25.86%. However, in terms of ability to use EIS, most executives were at the expert (knowledgeable), casual user with 37.93%, followed by novice frequent user group with 31.03%. From this research, the authors propose a model that incorporates the habits, social factors and facilitating conditions in an Executive Information Systems.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB041003, 2016YFB0400702)the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB655002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51525304, U1601651)
文摘A novel acceptor material,9-(4′-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-9H-carbazole(o-DTPPC)was developed to form interface exciplex with commonly used donors,to maximize the performances of red phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes(PHOLEDs).It is found that the exciplex involving 4,4′-(cyclohexane-1,1-diyl)bis(N,N-di-p-tolylaniline)(TAPC)exhibits the most significant thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property,derived from the high triplet energy level as well as strong hole-transporting ability of TAPC.Intriguingly,it is the same donor-acceptor combination which achieved the highest device efficiency when adopted as the host for red PHOLEDs.Maximum efficiencies as high as31.36 cd A^(-1),17.95 lm W^(-1),and 21.01%for the current efficiency,power efficiency and external quantum efficiency,respectively with low efficiency roll-off were realized.The improved performance can be attributed to the efficient TADF properties of the interface exciplex-forming host constituting TAPC,benefiting the F?rster energy transfer.The article first underlines the importance of the constituting molecules in the interface exciplex-forming hosts,shedding new insight about the choice of interface exciplex as the host for PHOLEDs,which may lead to even higher performances,paving their ways towards practical applications.