Molecular motors.

abstract：:The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but the region is not uniformly filled with asteroids. There are gaps, known as the Kirkwood gaps, in distinct locations that are associated with orbital resonances with the giant planets; asteroids placed in these locations will follow chaotic orbits...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Minton DA,Malhotra R

更新日期：2009-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Earth has distinctive convective behaviour, described by the plate tectonics model, in which lateral motion of the oceanic lithosphere of basaltic crust and peridotitic uppermost mantle is decoupled from the underlying mechanically weaker upper mantle (asthenosphere). The reason for differentiation at the lithosph...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Green DH,Hibberson WO,Kovács I,Rosenthal A

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoelectric energy harvesting-the transformation of waste heat into useful electricity-is of great interest for energy sustainability. The main obstacle is the low thermoelectric efficiency of materials for converting heat to electricity, quantified by the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT. The best available n-ty...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Rhyee JS,Lee KH,Lee SM,Cho E,Kim SI,Lee E,Kwon YS,Shim JH,Kotliar G

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of mass spectrometry to generate intact biomolecular ions efficiently in the gas phase has led to its widespread application in metabolomics, proteomics, biological imaging, biomarker discovery and clinical assays (namely neonatal screens). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Northen TR,Yanes O,Northen MT,Marrinucci D,Uritboonthai W,Apon J,Golledge SL,Nordström A,Siuzdak G

更新日期：2007-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is a mitogenically active polypeptide hormone produced by acutely proliferating neoplastic and embryonic tissues. Molecular cloning of TGF-alpha cDNA from human and rat has indicated that this factor is synthesized as part of a larger precursor, proTGF-alpha. An intriguing ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Teixidó J,Gilmore R,Lee DC,Massagué J

更新日期：1987-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to excise (repair) UV-induced pyrimidine dimers in Escherichia coli is not related to its ability to remove N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG)-induced O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG) from DNA. It was therefore surprising that certain xeroderma pigmentosum cell lines, deficient in dimer excision, were al...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sklar R,Strauss B

更新日期：1981-01-29 00:00:00

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journal_title：Nature

authors： Ainsworth C

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the operator-binding domain of the lambda repressor has been determined at 3.2 A resolution. This domain contains an extended N-terminal arm and five alpha-helices. Model-building studies of the repressor-operator complex suggest that alpha-helices, especially the N-terminal parts of these helices, ma...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pabo CO,Lewis M

更新日期：1982-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradation of crude oil by bacterial activity--which has occurred in the majority of the Earth's oil reserves--is known to reduce greatly the quality of petroleum in reservoirs. For economically successful prospecting for oil, it is therefore important to understand the processes and conditions in geological forma...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wilhelms A,Larter SR,Head I,Farrimond P,di-Primio R,Zwach C

更新日期：2001-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes, essential for the generation of a normal immune response, require the presence of the lymphokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) in order to proliferate. Cells that respond to IL-2 possess a surface receptor glycoprotein specific for this lymphokine. We have recently purified and chemically characterized the IL-2 ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cosman D,Cerretti DP,Larsen A,Park L,March C,Dower S,Gillis S,Urdal D

更新日期：1984-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS), an X-linked disorder, is characterized by severe psychomotor retardation, facial and digital dysmorphisms, and progressive skeletal deformations. Genetic linkage analysis mapped the CLS locus to an interval of 2-3 megabases at Xp22.2. The gene coding for Rsk-2, a member of the growth-f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Trivier E,De Cesare D,Jacquot S,Pannetier S,Zackai E,Young I,Mandel JL,Sassone-Corsi P,Hanauer A

更新日期：1996-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether DNA is able to transport electrons has attracted much interest, particularly as this ability may play a role as a repair mechanism after radiation damage to the DNA helix. Experiments addressing DNA conductivity have involved a large number of DNA strands doped with intercalated donor and accep...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Fink HW,Schönenberger C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules capable of mimicking the function of a wide range of mechanical devices have been fabricated, with motors that can induce mechanical movement attracting particular attention. Such molecular motors convert light or chemical energy into directional rotary or linear motion, and are usually prepared and operated...

journal_title：Nature

authors： van Delden RA,ter Wiel MK,Pollard MM,Vicario J,Koumura N,Feringa BL

更新日期：2005-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bottom trawling is a non-selective commercial fishing technique whereby heavy nets and gear are pulled along the sea floor. The direct impact of this technique on fish populations and benthic communities has received much attention, but trawling can also modify the physical properties of seafloor sediments, water–sedi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Puig P,Canals M,Company JB,Martín J,Amblas D,Lastras G,Palanques A

更新日期：2012-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA class II molecules are a highly polymorphic family of dimeric cell-surface proteins primarily involved in regulating T-cell responses to extrinsic antigens. To define regions of class II molecules involved in T-cell recognition, we have now compared sequences of three HLA DR beta cDNA clones obtained from cells th...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cairns JS,Curtsinger JM,Dahl CA,Freeman S,Alter BJ,Bach FH

更新日期：1985-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It is of fundamental importance to establish whether there is a limit to how thin a superconducting wire can be, while retaining its superconducting character--and if there is a limit, to determine what sets it. This issue may also be of practical importance in defining the limit to miniaturization of superconducting ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bezryadin A,Lau CN,Tinkham M

更新日期：2000-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The flow of terrestrial groundwater to the sea is an important natural component of the hydrological cycle. This process, however, does not explain the large volumes of low-salinity groundwater that are found below continental shelves. There is mounting evidence for the global occurrence of offshore fresh and brackish...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Post VE,Groen J,Kooi H,Person M,Ge S,Edmunds WM

更新日期：2013-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The folding of newly synthesized proteins to the native state is a major challenge within the crowded cellular environment, as non-productive interactions can lead to misfolding, aggregation and degradation1. Cells cope with this challenge by coupling synthesis with polypeptide folding and by using molecular chaperone...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Shiber A,Döring K,Friedrich U,Klann K,Merker D,Zedan M,Tippmann F,Kramer G,Bukau B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best spectrographs are limited in stability by their calibration light source. Laser frequency combs are the ideal calibrators for astronomical spectrographs. They emit a spectrum of lines that are equally spaced in frequency and that are as accurate and stable as the atomic clock relative to which the comb is sta...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wilken T,Curto GL,Probst RA,Steinmetz T,Manescau A,Pasquini L,González Hernández JI,Rebolo R,Hänsch TW,Udem T,Holzwarth R

更新日期：2012-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:One of us has previously reported that treatment of the Keilin and Hartree heart-muscle preparation with 2,3-dimercaptopropanol (BAL), in the presence of air, leads to the complete inactivation of the succinate oxidase system with little if any effect on the activities of succinate dehydrogenase (until more than half ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Slater EC,de Vries S

更新日期：1980-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax toxin, comprising protective antigen, lethal factor, and oedema factor, is the major virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis, an agent that causes high mortality in humans and animals. Protective antigen forms oligomeric prepores that undergo conversion to membrane-spanning pores by endosomal acidification, and...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jiang J,Pentelute BL,Collier RJ,Zhou ZH

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequences containing the 5'-flanking regions of the insulin and chymotrypsin genes were linked to the coding sequence of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. The insulin gene recombinant elicits preferential expression of CAT activity when introduced into cells producing insulin; similarly, the chymot...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Walker MD,Edlund T,Boulet AM,Rutter WJ

更新日期：1983-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of a visual pigment molecule to initiate phototransduction requires a minimum energy, Ea, that need not be wholly derived from a photon, but may be supplemented by heat. Theory predicts that absorbance at very long wavelengths declines with the fraction of molecules that have a sufficient complement of ther...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Koskelainen A,Ala-Laurila P,Fyhrquist N,Donner K

更新日期：2000-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Null mutations of glass specifically remove photoreceptor cells, leaving other cell types intact. We have isolated the glass gene and have shown that its transcript encodes a putative protein of 604 amino acids with five zinc-fingers. The glass product may be a transcription factor required for the development of a si...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Moses K,Ellis MC,Rubin GM

更新日期：1989-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:During embryogenesis, body pattern is established in a stepwise process. After specification of the body axis, the embryo is subdivided into smaller units. Within these units, a diverse array of cell types is then generated. The subdivisions of the Drosophila embryo, called parasegments, are defined by the interface b...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Dougan S,DiNardo S

更新日期：1992-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined analyses of gene networks and DNA sequence variation can provide new insights into the aetiology of common diseases that may not be apparent from genome-wide association studies alone. Recent advances in rat genomics are facilitating systems-genetics approaches. Here we report the use of integrated genome-wid...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Heinig M,Petretto E,Wallace C,Bottolo L,Rotival M,Lu H,Li Y,Sarwar R,Langley SR,Bauerfeind A,Hummel O,Lee YA,Paskas S,Rintisch C,Saar K,Cooper J,Buchan R,Gray EE,Cyster JG,Cardiogenics Consortium.,Erdmann J,Heng

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a disorder of energy balance, indicating a chronic disequilibrium between energy intake and expenditure. Recently, the mouse ob gene, and subsequently its human and rat homologues, have been cloned. The ob gene product, leptin, is expressed exclusively in adipose tissue, and appears to be a signalling facto...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Saladin R,De Vos P,Guerre-Millo M,Leturque A,Girard J,Staels B,Auwerx J

更新日期：1995-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-conductance (BK type) Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels are essential for modulating muscle contraction and neuronal activities such as synaptic transmission and hearing. BK channels are activated by membrane depolarization and intracellular Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) (refs 6-10). The energy provided by voltage, Ca(2+) and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Shi J,Krishnamoorthy G,Yang Y,Hu L,Chaturvedi N,Harilal D,Qin J,Cui J

更新日期：2002-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant neovascularization contributes to diseases such as cancer, blindness and atherosclerosis, and is the consequence of inappropriate angiogenic signalling. Although many regulators of pathogenic angiogenesis have been identified, our understanding of this process is incomplete. Here we explore the transcriptome ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wang X,Abraham S,McKenzie JAG,Jeffs N,Swire M,Tripathi VB,Luhmann UFO,Lange CAK,Zhai Z,Arthur HM,Bainbridge J,Moss SE,Greenwood J

更新日期：2013-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery of CD4(+) T cells characterized by secretion of interleukin (IL)-17 (T(H)17 cells) and the naturally occurring regulatory FOXP3(+) CD4 T cell (nT(reg)) has had a major impact on our understanding of immune processes not readily explained by the T(H)1/T(H)2 paradigm. T(H)17 and nT(reg) cells have b...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yang L,Anderson DE,Baecher-Allan C,Hastings WD,Bettelli E,Oukka M,Kuchroo VK,Hafler DA

更新日期：2008-07-17 00:00:00