Explaining the excess of rare species in natural species abundance distributions.

abstract：:The structure of poly(dA).poly(dT) currently arouses great interest, mainly because dAn.dTn stretches are associated with considerable DNA bending. Until recently the heteronomous DNA described by Arnott et al., with the poly(dA) and poly(dT) chains in A and B conformations respectively, was the only detailed model of...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Alexeev DG,Lipanov AA,Skuratovskii IYa

更新日期：1987-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the latter half of this century, the development and spread of resistance to most front-line antimalarial compounds used in the prevention and treatment of the most severe form of human malaria has given cause for grave clinical concern. Polymorphisms in pfmdr1, the gene encoding the P-glycoprotein homologu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Reed MB,Saliba KJ,Caruana SR,Kirk K,Cowman AF

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Witze A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-chromosome inactivation results in the strictly cis-limited inactivation of many but not all genes on one of the two X chromosomes during early development in somatic cells of mammalian females. One feature of virtually all models of X inactivation is the existence of an X-inactivation centre (XIC) required in cis f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Brown CJ,Lafreniere RG,Powers VE,Sebastio G,Ballabio A,Pettigrew AL,Ledbetter DH,Levy E,Craig IW,Willard HF

更新日期：1991-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, cells become progressively restricted, until they reach their final phenotype. Differentiation was originally thought to be irreversible, but phenotypic plasticity has been observed in a variety of cell types, for example sympathetic neurones, the limb blastema and some glial cell types. A detailed...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Coulombe JN,Bronner-Fraser M

更新日期：1986-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of tyrosine residues of proteins has attracted great interest. Although phosphorylation has received most attention, tyrosine-O-sulphation is also common and has been closely investigated in the hormones gastrin and cholecystokinin (CCK). CCK regulates pancreatic enzyme secretion. It is always sulphated a...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Brand SJ,Andersen BN,Rehfeld JF

更新日期：1984-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a recently developed formalism called topological quantum chemistry, we perform a high-throughput search of 'high-quality' materials (for which the atomic positions and structure have been measured very accurately) in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database in order to identify new topological phases. We develo...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vergniory MG,Elcoro L,Felser C,Regnault N,Bernevig BA,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual feature of the cerebellar cortex is that its output neurons, Purkinje cells, release GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid). Their high intrinsic firing rates (50 Hz) and extensive convergence predict that their target neurons in the cerebellar nuclei would be largely inhibited unless Purkinje cells pause their spiking...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Person AL,Raman IM

更新日期：2011-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate limb formation is an evolutionarily conserved process programmed by an array of morphogenetic genes. As a result of transgene insertion, we previously identified a mutation at the mouse limb deformity (ld) locus that disrupts embryonic pattern formation, resulting in a reduction and fusion of the distal bon...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Woychik RP,Maas RL,Zeller R,Vogt TF,Leder P

更新日期：1990-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30S ribosomal subunit binds messenger RNA and the anticodon stem-loop of transfer RNA during protein synthesis. A crystallographic analysis of the structure of the subunit from the bacterium Thermus thermophilus is presented. At a resolution of 5.5 A, the phosphate backbone of the ribosomal RNA is visible, as are ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Clemons WM Jr,May JL,Wimberly BT,McCutcheon JP,Capel MS,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：1999-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeasts, which have been a component of the human diet for at least 7,000 years, possess an elaborate cell wall α-mannan. The influence of yeast mannan on the ecology of the human microbiota is unknown. Here we show that yeast α-mannan is a viable food source for the Gram-negative bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cuskin F,Lowe EC,Temple MJ,Zhu Y,Cameron E,Pudlo NA,Porter NT,Urs K,Thompson AJ,Cartmell A,Rogowski A,Hamilton BS,Chen R,Tolbert TJ,Piens K,Bracke D,Vervecken W,Hakki Z,Speciale G,Munōz-Munōz JL,Day A,Peña MJ,

更新日期：2015-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans senses environmental signals through ciliated sensory neurons located primarily in sensory organs in the head and tail. Cilia function as sensory receptors, and mutants with defective sensory cilia have impaired sensory perception. Cilia are membrane-bound microtubule-based structures and in C. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Apfeld J,Kenyon C

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Octopamine is highly concentrated in neurones of several invertebrate species. Unlike in mammals, octopaminergic neurones in invertebrates are spatially separated from catecholaminergic neurons. In identified nerve cells of Aplysia, however, this amine coexists with other putative neurotransmitters. Octopamine is synt...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Axelrod J,Saavedra JM

更新日期：1977-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, entanglement was considered to be a quirk of microscopic objects that defied a common-sense explanation. Now, however, entanglement is recognized to be ubiquitous and robust. With the realization that entanglement can occur in macroscopic systems - and with the development of experiments aimed at exploi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vedral V

更新日期：2008-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine proteases are present in virtually all organisms and function both inside and outside the cell; they exist as two families, the 'trypsin-like' and the 'subtilisin-like', that have independently evolved a similar catalytic device characterized by the Ser, His, Asp triad, an oxyanion binding site, and possibly ot...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Carter P,Wells JA

更新日期：1988-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cai W,Ng B,Geng T,Wu L,Santoso A,McPhaden MJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-level analyses often use average quantities to describe heterogeneous systems, particularly when variation does not arise from identifiable groups. A prominent example, central to our current understanding of epidemic spread, is the basic reproductive number, R(0), which is defined as the mean number of inf...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lloyd-Smith JO,Schreiber SJ,Kopp PE,Getz WM

更新日期：2005-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasticity in neural circuits can result from alterations in synaptic strength or connectivity, as well as from changes in the excitability of the neurons themselves. To better understand the role of plasticity in the brain, we need to establish how brain circuits work and the kinds of computations that different circ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Destexhe A,Marder E

更新日期：2004-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The surfaces of Earth and Mars contain large bedrock canyons that were carved by catastrophic outburst floods. Reconstructing the magnitude of these canyon-forming floods is essential for understanding the ways in which floods modify planetary surfaces, the hydrology of early Mars and abrupt changes in climate. Flood ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Larsen IJ,Lamb MP

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycorrhizae, the symbiotic associations of plant roots and fungal hyphae, are classic examples of mutualisms. In these ecologically important associations, the fungi derive photosynthetic sugars from their plant hosts, which in turn benefit from fungus-mediated uptake of mineral nutrients. Early views on the evolution...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hibbett DS,Gilbert LB,Donoghue MJ

更新日期：2000-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Indian Ocean dipole is a prominent mode of coupled ocean-atmosphere variability, affecting the lives of millions of people in Indian Ocean rim countries. In its positive phase, sea surface temperatures are lower than normal off the Sumatra-Java coast, but higher in the western tropical Indian Ocean. During the ext...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cai W,Santoso A,Wang G,Weller E,Wu L,Ashok K,Masumoto Y,Yamagata T

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity is rapidly declining, and this may negatively affect ecosystem processes, including economically important ecosystem services. Previous studies have shown that biodiversity has positive effects on organisms and processes across trophic levels. However, only a few studies have so far incorporated an explic...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Scherber C,Eisenhauer N,Weisser WW,Schmid B,Voigt W,Fischer M,Schulze ED,Roscher C,Weigelt A,Allan E,Bessler H,Bonkowski M,Buchmann N,Buscot F,Clement LW,Ebeling A,Engels C,Halle S,Kertscher I,Klein AM,Koller R,

更新日期：2010-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectacular fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of northeastern China have greatly expanded our knowledge of the diversity and palaeobiology of dinosaurs and early birds, and contributed to our understanding of the origin of birds, of flight, and of feathers. Pennaceous (vaned) feathers and integumentary fil...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhang F,Kearns SL,Orr PJ,Benton MJ,Zhou Z,Johnson D,Xu X,Wang X

更新日期：2010-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc8 gene impair cytokinesis. Here we clone cdc8+ and find that it encodes a novel tropomyosin. Gene disruption results in lethal arrest of the cell cycle, but spore germination, cell growth, DNA replication and mitosis are all unaffected. Haploid cdc8 gene disruptants are re...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Balasubramanian MK,Helfman DM,Hemmingsen SM

更新日期：1992-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells are organized on length scales ranging from ångström to micrometres. However, the mechanisms by which ångström-scale molecular properties are translated to micrometre-scale macroscopic properties are not well understood. Here we show that interactions between diverse synthetic, multivalent macromolecules (includ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Li P,Banjade S,Cheng HC,Kim S,Chen B,Guo L,Llaguno M,Hollingsworth JV,King DS,Banani SF,Russo PS,Jiang QX,Nixon BT,Rosen MK

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Planetary aurorae are formed by energetic charged particles streaming along the planet's magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere from the surrounding space environment. Earth's main auroral oval is formed through interactions with the solar wind, whereas that at Jupiter is formed through interactions with plasm...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Stallard T,Miller S,Melin H,Lystrup M,Cowley SW,Bunce EJ,Achilleos N,Dougherty M

更新日期：2008-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral integration is catalysed by a tetramer of integrase (IN) assembled on viral DNA ends in a stable complex, known as the intasome. How the intasome interfaces with chromosomal DNA, which exists in the form of nucleosomal arrays, is currently unknown. Here we show that the prototype foamy virus (PFV) intasome ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Maskell DP,Renault L,Serrao E,Lesbats P,Matadeen R,Hare S,Lindemann D,Engelman AN,Costa A,Cherepanov P

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The colonization of a new habitat is a fundamental process in metapopulation biology, but it is difficult to study. The emigration of colonists from established populations might be induced by resource competition owing to high local population density. Migration distances are also important because they determine the...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Gaggiotti OE,Jones F,Lee WM,Amos W,Harwood J,Nichols RA

更新日期：2002-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion chromatography is a technique based on fluid dynamics for reducing stagnant mobile phase mass transfer in liquid chromatography. This is achieved by using supports with large pores that allow mobile phase to flow through particles. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Regnier FE

更新日期：1991-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this Letter, the statement 'I.I. and A.B. performed computations at the NCI Australia' was missing from the Acknowledgements section. This has been corrected online. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sainadh US,Xu H,Wang X,Atia-Tul-Noor A,Wallace WC,Douguet N,Bray A,Ivanov I,Bartschat K,Kheifets A,Sang RT,Litvinyuk IV

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00