Water transport in plants obeys Murray's law.

abstract：:Five new double-mutant haemoglobins composed of betaS chains and alpha chains with different substitutions, which are located at the surface of the tetramer, have been prepared. Although all the hybrids are more soluble than deoxyhaemoglobin S, the individual differences between these molecules make it possible to eva...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Benesch RE,Yung S,Benesch R,Mack J,Schneider RG

更新日期：1976-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Asexual reproduction by free-living invertebrate larvae is a rare and enigmatic phenomenon and, although it is known to occur in sea stars and brittle stars, it has not been detected in other echinoderms despite more than a century of intensive study. Here we describe spontaneous larval cloning in three species from t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Eaves AA,Palmer AR

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The architecture of trabecular bone, the porous bone found in the spine and at articulating joints, provides the requirements for optimal load transfer, by pairing suitable strength and stiffness to minimal weight according to rules of mathematical design. But, as it is unlikely that the architecture is fully pre-prog...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Huiskes R,Ruimerman R,van Lenthe GH,Janssen JD

更新日期：2000-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Supramolecular soft crystals are periodic structures that are formed by the hierarchical assembly of complex constituents, and occur in a broad variety of 'soft-matter' systems1. Such soft crystals exhibit many of the basic features (such as three-dimensional lattices and space groups) and properties (such as band str...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Feng X,Burke CJ,Zhuo M,Guo H,Yang K,Reddy A,Prasad I,Ho RM,Avgeropoulos A,Grason GM,Thomas EL

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is a chemoreceptive organ that is thought to transduce pheromones into electrical responses that regulate sexual, hormonal and reproductive function in mammals. The characteristics of pheromone signal detection by vomeronasal neurons remain unclear. Here we use a mouse VNO slice preparation...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Leinders-Zufall T,Lane AP,Puche AC,Ma W,Novotny MV,Shipley MT,Zufall F

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness with a typically chronic course affecting nearly 1% of the human population. It is generally accepted that genetic factors have an important pathogenic role in a substantial portion of schizophrenia cases; however, despite decades of family studies, there is no agreed-upon mode...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kennedy JL,Giuffra LA,Moises HW,Cavalli-Sforza LL,Pakstis AJ,Kidd JR,Castiglione CM,Sjogren B,Wetterberg L,Kidd KK

更新日期：1988-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrules are millimetre-sized spherules (mostly silicate) that dominate the texture of primitive meteorites. Their formation mechanism is debated, but their sheer abundance suggests that the mechanism was both energetic and ubiquitous in the early inner Solar System. The processes suggested--such as shock waves, sol...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cuzzi JN,Alexander CM

更新日期：2006-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino-acid radicals play key roles in many enzymatic reactions. Catalysis often involves transfer of a radical character within the protein, as in class I ribonucleotide reductase where radical transfer occurs over 35 A, from a tyrosyl radical to a cysteine. It is currently debated whether this kind of long-range tran...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Aubert C,Vos MH,Mathis P,Eker AP,Brettel K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As oligodendrocytes wrap axons of the central nervous system (CNS) with insulating myelin sheaths, sodium channels that are initially continuously distributed along axons become segregated into regularly spaced gaps in the myelin called nodes of Ranvier. It is not known whether the regular spacing of nodes results fro...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kaplan MR,Meyer-Franke A,Lambert S,Bennett V,Duncan ID,Levinson SR,Barres BA

更新日期：1997-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine secretion from mast cells may be inhibited by elevated intracellular levels of cyclic AMP and by several anti-allergic drugs. These compounds are claimed to act directly on the calcium-gating mechanism activated by the anaphylactic reaction, preventing influx of Ca2+ from the external environment and so bloc...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ennis M,Truneh A,White JR,Pearce FL

更新日期：1981-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroelectrics have recently attracted attention as a candidate class of materials for use in photovoltaic devices, and for the coupling of light absorption with other functional properties. In these materials, the strong inversion symmetry breaking that is due to spontaneous electric polarization promotes the desirab...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Grinberg I,West DV,Torres M,Gou G,Stein DM,Wu L,Chen G,Gallo EM,Akbashev AR,Davies PK,Spanier JE,Rappe AM

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene oxide membranes-partially oxidized, stacked sheets of graphene-can provide ultrathin, high-flux and energy-efficient membranes for precise ionic and molecular sieving in aqueous solution. These materials have shown potential in a variety of applications, including water desalination and purification, gas and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chen L,Shi G,Shen J,Peng B,Zhang B,Wang Y,Bian F,Wang J,Li D,Qian Z,Xu G,Liu G,Zeng J,Zhang L,Yang Y,Zhou G,Wu M,Jin W,Li J,Fang H

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present-day climate, surface water salinities are low in the western tropical Pacific Ocean and increase towards the eastern part of the basin. The salinity of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean is thought to be controlled by a combination of atmospheric convection, precipitation, evaporation and ocea...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Stott L,Cannariato K,Thunell R,Haug GH,Koutavas A,Lund S

更新日期：2004-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An inductor, one of the most fundamental circuit elements in modern electronic devices, generates a voltage proportional to the time derivative of the input current1. Conventional inductors typically consist of a helical coil and induce a voltage as a counteraction to time-varying magnetic flux penetrating the coil, f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yokouchi T,Kagawa F,Hirschberger M,Otani Y,Nagaosa N,Tokura Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) can initiate calcium release into the cytoplasm in a variety of cells. From experiments using permeabilized cells, membrane vesicles, and patch-clamp techniques, it has been suggested that InsP3 acts by directly opening calcium channels. Here, we show that InsP3 induced openings of...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ehrlich BE,Watras J

更新日期：1988-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the human retrovirus associated with AIDS in West Africa, HIV-2, shows that it is evolutionarily distant from the previously characterized HIV-1. We suggest that these viruses existed long before the current AIDS epidemics. Their biological properties are conserved in spite of li...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Guyader M,Emerman M,Sonigo P,Clavel F,Montagnier L,Alizon M

更新日期：1987-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional underpinnings of brain development remain poorly understood, particularly in humans and closely related non-human primates. We describe a high-resolution transcriptional atlas of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) brain development that combines dense temporal sampling of prenatal and postnatal periods...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bakken TE,Miller JA,Ding SL,Sunkin SM,Smith KA,Ng L,Szafer A,Dalley RA,Royall JJ,Lemon T,Shapouri S,Aiona K,Arnold J,Bennett JL,Bertagnolli D,Bickley K,Boe A,Brouner K,Butler S,Byrnes E,Caldejon S,Carey A,Cate

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-mediated inflammation exacerbates the tissue injury of ischaemic necrosis in heart attacks and strokes, the most common causes of death in developed countries. Large infarct size increases immediate morbidity and mortality and, in survivors of the acute event, larger non-functional scars adversely affect lo...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pepys MB,Hirschfield GM,Tennent GA,Gallimore JR,Kahan MC,Bellotti V,Hawkins PN,Myers RM,Smith MD,Polara A,Cobb AJ,Ley SV,Aquilina JA,Robinson CV,Sharif I,Gray GA,Sabin CA,Jenvey MC,Kolstoe SE,Thompson D,Wood SP

更新日期：2006-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota influences development1-3 and homeostasis4-7 of the mammalian immune system, and is associated with human inflammatory8 and immune diseases9,10 as well as responses to immunotherapy11-14. Nevertheless, our understanding of how gut bacteria modulate the immune system remains limited, particularly in ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schluter J,Peled JU,Taylor BP,Markey KA,Smith M,Taur Y,Niehus R,Staffas A,Dai A,Fontana E,Amoretti LA,Wright RJ,Morjaria S,Fenelus M,Pessin MS,Chao NJ,Lew M,Bohannon L,Bush A,Sung AD,Hohl TM,Perales MA,van den

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The additional author support information was erroneously omitted from the Supplementary Information. This has been corrected online. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hilf N,Kuttruff-Coqui S,Frenzel K,Bukur V,Stevanović S,Gouttefangeas C,Platten M,Tabatabai G,Dutoit V,van der Burg SH,Straten PT,Martinez-Ricarte F,Ponsati B,Okada H,Lassen U,Admon A,Ottensmeier CH,Ulges A,Kreiter S,

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion of anthropogenic noise and night lighting across our planet1,2 is of increasing conservation concern3-6. Despite growing knowledge of physiological and behavioural responses to these stimuli from single-species and local-scale studies, whether these pollutants affect fitness is less clear, as is how and why ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Senzaki M,Barber JR,Phillips JN,Carter NH,Cooper CB,Ditmer MA,Fristrup KM,McClure CJW,Mennitt DJ,Tyrrell LP,Vukomanovic J,Wilson AA,Francis CD

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single base-pair mutation (beta s) in codon 6 of the human beta-globin gene, causing a single amino-acid substitution, is the cause of sickle cell anaemia. The mutant haemoglobin molecule, HbS, polymerizes when deoxygenated and causes deformation of the erythrocytes to a characteristic 'sickled' shape. Sickling of c...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Greaves DR,Fraser P,Vidal MA,Hedges MJ,Ropers D,Luzzatto L,Grosveld F

更新日期：1990-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the semantic processing of words and of pictures is a matter of debate among cognitive scientists. We studied the functional anatomy of such processing by using positron-emission tomography (PET). We contrasted activity during two semantic tasks (probing knowledge of associations between conce...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vandenberghe R,Price C,Wise R,Josephs O,Frackowiak RS

更新日期：1996-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteries and veins are morphologically, functionally and molecularly very different, but how this distinction is established during vasculogenesis is unknown. Here we show, by lineage tracking in zebrafish embryos, that angioblast precursors for the trunk artery and vein are spatially mixed in the lateral posterior me...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhong TP,Childs S,Leu JP,Fishman MC

更新日期：2001-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluids and melts liberated from subducting oceanic crust recycle lithophile elements back into the mantle wedge, facilitate melting and ultimately lead to prolific subduction-zone arc volcanism. The nature and composition of the mobile phases generated in the subducting slab at high pressures have, however, remained l...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kessel R,Schmidt MW,Ulmer P,Pettke T

更新日期：2005-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In this Letter, the top structure of the right panel of Fig. 1a should be that of cis-9-octadecenoic acid, not trans-9-octadecenoic acid. Please see the accompanying Author Correction. This error has not been corrected online. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yang Z,Wei J,Sobolev YI,Grzybowski BA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Identifier' or ID sequences are present in 62% of the RNA polymerase II and III transcripts made in vitro from brain nuclei but in fewer than 4% of the transcripts made from the nuclei of other tissues. An homologous 160-nucleotide cytoplasmic poly(A)+ RNA species, BC1, and a smaller species, BC2, are located in vivo...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sutcliffe JG,Milner RJ,Gottesfeld JM,Lerner RA

更新日期：1984-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A short, 14-amino-acid segment called SP1, located in the Gag structural protein1, has a critical role during the formation of the HIV-1 virus particle. During virus assembly, the SP1 peptide and seven preceding residues fold into a six-helix bundle, which holds together the Gag hexamer and facilitates the formation o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Dick RA,Zadrozny KK,Xu C,Schur FKM,Lyddon TD,Ricana CL,Wagner JM,Perilla JR,Ganser-Pornillos BK,Johnson MC,Pornillos O,Vogt VM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conserved heterotrimeric membrane protein complex, the Sec61 or SecY complex, forms a protein-conducting channel, allowing polypeptides to be transferred across or integrated into membranes. We report the crystal structure of the complex from Methanococcus jannaschii at a resolution of 3.2 A. The structure suggests ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Van den Berg B,Clemons WM Jr,Collinson I,Modis Y,Hartmann E,Harrison SC,Rapoport TA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the bacteriophage Mu gene mom modifies adenine residues of DNA within the consensus sequence CGAGCNPy, providing protection against various restriction endonucleases (ref. 1 and D. Kamp, personal communication cited in ref. 2). The mom gene is only expressed during lytic development of the phage. It is ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Plasterk RH,Vrieling H,Van de Putte P

更新日期：1983-01-27 00:00:00