The endonuclease activity of Mili fuels piRNA amplification that silences LINE1 elements.

abstract：:The genes torso (tor) and torso-like (tsl) are two of the Drosophila maternal group genes implicated in a receptor tyrosine kinase signalling pathway that specifies terminal cell fate (reviewed in ref. 3). Loss-of-function mutations in these loci cause an identical phenotype in which pattern elements from the anterior...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Martin JR,Raibaud A,Ollo R

更新日期：1994-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface gravity is a basic stellar property, but it is difficult to measure accurately, with typical uncertainties of 25 to 50 per cent if measured spectroscopically and 90 to 150 per cent if measured photometrically. Asteroseismology measures gravity with an uncertainty of about 2 per cent but is restricted to relati...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bastien FA,Stassun KG,Basri G,Pepper J

更新日期：2013-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to ablate soft tissue with conventional lasers have been limited by collateral damage and by concern over potential photochemical effects. Motivated by the thermal-confinement model, past infrared investigations targeted the OH-stretch mode of water with fast pulses from lasers emitting near 3,000 nm (refs 1, ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Edwards G,Logan R,Copeland M,Reinisch L,Davidson J,Johnson B,Maciunas R,Mendenhall M,Ossoff R,Tribble J

更新日期：1994-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:At early stages of the mammalian visual cortex, neurons with similar stimulus selectivities are vertically arrayed through the thickness of the cortical sheet and clustered in patches or bands across the surface. This organization, referred to as a 'column', has been found with respect to one-dimensional stimulus para...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Fujita I,Tanaka K,Ito M,Cheng K

更新日期：1992-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A short exposure of primary cultures of mouse mammary tumour cells to glucocorticoids results in at least a three-fold stimulation of mammary tumour virus (MTV) production. Specific interaction of glucocorticoids with the cytoplasmic and nuclear receptors can also be demonstrated. The biological potency of various ste...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Shyamala G,Dickson C

更新日期：1976-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical maximum tensile strain--that is, elongation--of a single-walled carbon nanotube is almost 20%, but in practice only 6% is achieved. Here we show that, at high temperatures, individual single-walled carbon nanotubes can undergo superplastic deformation, becoming nearly 280% longer and 15 times narrower ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Huang JY,Chen S,Wang ZQ,Kempa K,Wang YM,Jo SH,Chen G,Dresselhaus MS,Ren ZF

更新日期：2006-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are the most abundant biological organisms of the world's oceans. Viral infections are a substantial source of mortality in a range of organisms-including autotrophic and heterotrophic plankton-but their impact on the deep ocean and benthic biosphere is completely unknown. Here we report that viral production ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Danovaro R,Dell'Anno A,Corinaldesi C,Magagnini M,Noble R,Tamburini C,Weinbauer M

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of years before we began to manipulate the flow of light using synthetic structures, biological systems were using nanometre-scale architectures to produce striking optical effects. An astonishing variety of natural photonic structures exists: a species of Brittlestar uses photonic elements composed of calcit...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vukusic P,Sambles JR

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundant nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase catalyses the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). This protein has an N-terminal DNA-binding domain containing two zinc-fingers, which is linked to the C-terminal NAD(+)-binding domain by a short region containing several ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Satoh MS,Lindahl T

更新日期：1992-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzodiazepines are a class of drugs used to alleviate anxiety. As such they constitute one of the most commonly prescribed compounds, due in part to their efficacy and safety. The physiological effect of these drugs is probably through interactions with a low affinity benzodiazepine binding site and two (types 1 ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Barr GA,Lithgow T

更新日期：1983-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature

authors：

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of autoimmune and infectious disease varies greatly, even between individuals with the same condition. An understanding of the molecular basis for this heterogeneity could lead to significant improvements in both monitoring and treatment. During chronic infection the process of T-cell exhaustion in...

journal_title：Nature

authors： McKinney EF,Lee JC,Jayne DR,Lyons PA,Smith KG

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA polymerase II general transcription factor TFIIH is composed of several polypeptides. The observation that the largest subunit of TFIIH is the excision-repair protein XPB/ERCC3 (ref. 1), a helicase implicated in the human DNA-repair disorders xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) and Cockayne's syndrome, suggests a funct...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Drapkin R,Reardon JT,Ansari A,Huang JC,Zawel L,Ahn K,Sancar A,Reinberg D

更新日期：1994-04-21 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：:Indirect reciprocity is a key mechanism for the evolution of human cooperation. Our behaviour towards other people depends not only on what they have done to us but also on what they have done to others. Indirect reciprocity works through reputation. The standard model of indirect reciprocity offers a binary choice: p...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ohtsuki H,Iwasa Y,Nowak MA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UK Farm-Scale Evaluations (FSE) compared the effects on biodiversity of management of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) spring-sown crops with conventional crop management. The FSE reported larger weed abundance under GMHT management for fodder maize, one of three crops studied. Increased seed product...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Perry JN,Firbank LG,Champion GT,Clark SJ,Heard MS,May MJ,Hawes C,Squire GR,Rothery P,Woiwod IP,Pidgeon JD

更新日期：2004-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism of muscular contraction and its regulation by Ca2+ (ref. 3), it is important to know the arrangement and configuration of the myosin heads in the space between thin and thick filaments in relaxed muscle. This information is still lacking, mainly because the myosin reflections in the X-ray d...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Maéda Y

更新日期：1983-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are the least understood tectonic feature on Earth, because they are completely hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Their high elevation and youthful Alpine topography, combined with their location on the East Antarctic craton, creates a paradox that has puzzled researchers...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ferraccioli F,Finn CA,Jordan TA,Bell RE,Anderson LM,Damaske D

更新日期：2011-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type p53 protein has many properties consistent with its being the product of a tumour suppressor gene. Although the normal roles of tumour suppressor genes are still largely unknown, it seems that they could be involved in promoting cell differentiation as well as in mediating growth arrest by growth-inhibitory ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yonish-Rouach E,Resnitzky D,Lotem J,Sachs L,Kimchi A,Oren M

更新日期：1991-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploring visual illusions reveals fundamental principles of cortical processing. Illusory motion perception of non-moving stimuli was described almost a century ago by Gestalt psychologists. However, the underlying neuronal mechanisms remain unknown. To explore cortical mechanisms underlying the 'line-motion' illusio...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jancke D,Chavane F,Naaman S,Grinvald A

更新日期：2004-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of the poliovirus genome has been determined. The RNA molecule is 7,433 nucleotides long, polyadenylated at the 3' terminus, and covalently linked to a small protein (VPg) at the 5' terminus. An open reading frame of 2,207 consecutive triplets spans over 89% of the nucleotide sequence and codes f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kitamura N,Semler BL,Rothberg PG,Larsen GR,Adler CJ,Dorner AJ,Emini EA,Hanecak R,Lee JJ,van der Werf S,Anderson CW,Wimmer E

更新日期：1981-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematopoietic stem cells drive blood production, but their population size and lifetime dynamics have not been quantified directly in humans. Here we identified 129,582 spontaneous, genome-wide somatic mutations in 140 single-cell-derived haematopoietic stem and progenitor colonies from a healthy 59-year-old man and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lee-Six H,Øbro NF,Shepherd MS,Grossmann S,Dawson K,Belmonte M,Osborne RJ,Huntly BJP,Martincorena I,Anderson E,O'Neill L,Stratton MR,Laurenti E,Green AR,Kent DG,Campbell PJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human myelomonocytic cell line, U937, produced an interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist protein (IRAP) which was purified and partially sequenced. A complementary DNA coding for IRAP was cloned and sequenced. The mature translation product of the cDNA has been expressed in Escherichia coli and was an active compe...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Carter DB,Deibel MR Jr,Dunn CJ,Tomich CS,Laborde AL,Slightom JL,Berger AE,Bienkowski MJ,Sun FF,McEwan RN

更新日期：1990-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is highly dynamic during mammalian embryogenesis. It is broadly accepted that the paternal genome is actively depleted of 5-methylcytosine at fertilization, followed by passive loss that reaches a minimum at the blastocyst stage. However, this model is based on limited data, and so far no base-resoluti...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Smith ZD,Chan MM,Mikkelsen TS,Gu H,Gnirke A,Regev A,Meissner A

更新日期：2012-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone has recently emerged as a pleiotropic endocrine organ that secretes at least two hormones, FGF23 and osteocalcin, which regulate kidney function and glucose homeostasis, respectively. These findings have raised the question of whether other bone-derived hormones exist and what their potential functions are. Here ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mosialou I,Shikhel S,Liu JM,Maurizi A,Luo N,He Z,Huang Y,Zong H,Friedman RA,Barasch J,Lanzano P,Deng L,Leibel RL,Rubin M,Nickolas T,Chung W,Zeltser LM,Williams KW,Pessin JE,Kousteni S

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamics predicts that transmembrane voltage modulates membrane tension and that this will cause movement. The magnitude and polarity of movement is governed by cell stiffness and surface potentials. Here we confirm these predictions using the atomic force microscope to dynamically follow the movement of voltage...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhang PC,Keleshian AM,Sachs F

更新日期：2001-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Galactose oxidase is an extracellular enzyme secreted by the fungus Dactylium dendroides. It is monomeric, with a relative molecular mass of 68,000, catalyses the stereospecific oxidation of a broad range of primary alcohol substrates and possesses a unique mononuclear copper site essential for catalysing a two-electr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ito N,Phillips SE,Stevens C,Ogel ZB,McPherson MJ,Keen JN,Yadav KD,Knowles PF

更新日期：1991-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant fraction of patients with advanced prostate cancer treated with androgen deprivation therapy experience relapse with relentless progression to lethal metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Immune checkpoint blockade using antibodies against cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (C...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lu X,Horner JW,Paul E,Shang X,Troncoso P,Deng P,Jiang S,Chang Q,Spring DJ,Sharma P,Zebala JA,Maeda DY,Wang YA,DePinho RA

更新日期：2017-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum states of mechanical motion can be important resources for quantum information, metrology and studies of fundamental physics. Recent demonstrations of superconducting qubits coupled to acoustic resonators have opened up the possibility of performing quantum operations on macroscale motional modes1-3, which can...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chu Y,Kharel P,Yoon T,Frunzio L,Rakich PT,Schoelkopf RJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive selection allows thymocytes that recognize an individual's own major histocompatibility complex (self-MHC) molecules to survive and differentiate, whereas negative selection removes overtly self-reactive thymocytes. Although both forms of thymic selection are mediated by the alphabeta T-cell receptor (TCR) an...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Werlen G,Hausmann B,Palmer E

更新日期：2000-07-27 00:00:00