An experimental test on the probability of extinction of new genetic variants.

abstract：:Memory metamaterials are artificial media that sustain transformed electromagnetic properties without persistent external stimuli. Previous memory metamaterials were realized with phase-change materials, such as vanadium dioxide or chalcogenide glasses, which exhibit memory behaviour with respect to electrically/optic...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim WY,Kim HD,Kim TT,Park HS,Lee K,Choi HJ,Lee SH,Son J,Park N,Min B

更新日期：2016-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Several tolerance checkpoints exist throughout B cell development to control autoreactive B cells and prevent the generation of pathogenic autoantibodies. FcγRIIb is an Fc receptor that inhibits B cell activation and, if defective, is associated with autoimmune disease, yet its impact on specific B cell tolerance chec...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Espéli M,Bashford-Rogers R,Sowerby JM,Alouche N,Wong L,Denton AE,Linterman MA,Smith KGC

更新日期：2019-04-29 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 communications

authors： Hayes MG,Urbanek M,Ehrmann DA,Armstrong LL,Lee JY,Sisk R,Karaderi T,Barber TM,McCarthy MI,Franks S,Lindgren CM,Welt CK,Diamanti-Kandarakis E,Panidis D,Goodarzi MO,Azziz R,Zhang Y,James RG,Olivier M,Kissebah AH,Rep

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In the evolutionary arms race between microbes, their parasites, and their neighbours, the capacity for rapid protein diversification is a potent weapon. Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) use mutagenic reverse transcription and retrohoming to generate myriad variants of a target gene. Originally discovered in ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Paul BG,Bagby SC,Czornyj E,Arambula D,Handa S,Sczyrba A,Ghosh P,Miller JF,Valentine DL

更新日期：2015-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid engineering is an emerging approach to advance gene therapy. However, a systematic analysis on how each capsid amino acid contributes to multiple functions remains challenging. Here we show proof-of-principle and successful application of a novel approach, termed AAV Barcode-Seq, th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Adachi K,Enoki T,Kawano Y,Veraz M,Nakai H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human C-terminal binding protein (CtBP)-interacting protein (CtIP) is a central regulator to initiate DNA end resection and homologous recombination (HR). Several studies have shown that post-translational modifications control the activity or expression of CtIP. However, it remains unclear whether and how cells restr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gao M,Guo G,Huang J,Kloeber JA,Zhao F,Deng M,Tu X,Kim W,Zhou Q,Zhang C,Yin P,Luo K,Lou Z

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The shelterin protein TRF2 is essential for chromosome-end protection. Depletion of TRF2 causes chromosome end-to-end fusions, initiating genomic instability that can be cancer promoting. Paradoxically, significant increased levels of TRF2 are observed in a subset of human cancers. Experimental overexpression of TRF2 ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nera B,Huang HS,Lai T,Xu L

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal ions can serve as a centre of molecular motions due to their coordination geometry, reversible bonding nature and external stimuli responsiveness. Such essential features of metal ions have been utilized for metal-mediated molecular machines with the ability to motion switch via metallation/demetallation or coor...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ube H,Yasuda Y,Sato H,Shionoya M

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for sustainable catalysts for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction is of significant interest for modern society. Inspired by comparable structural properties of [FeNi]-hydrogenase, here we present the natural ore pentlandite (Fe4.5Ni4.5S8) as a direct 'rock' electrode material for hydrogen evolution unde...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Konkena B,Junge Puring K,Sinev I,Piontek S,Khavryuchenko O,Dürholt JP,Schmid R,Tüysüz H,Muhler M,Schuhmann W,Apfel UP

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Motile plant structures such as Mimosa pudica leaves, Impatiens glandulifera seedpods, and Dionaea muscipula leaves exhibit fast nastic movements in a few seconds or less. This motion is stimuli-independent mechanical movement following theorema egregium rules. Artificial analogs of tropistic motion in plants are exem...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tian Z,Xu B,Wan G,Han X,Di Z,Chen Z,Mei Y

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication and transcription of genomic DNA requires partial disassembly of nucleosomes to allow progression of polymerases. This presents both an opportunity to remodel the underlying chromatin and a danger of losing epigenetic information. Centromeric transcription is required for stable incorporation of the centro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bobkov GOM,Huang A,van den Berg SJW,Mitra S,Anselm E,Lazou V,Schunter S,Feederle R,Imhof A,Lusser A,Jansen LET,Heun P

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of chemical probes into proteomic workflows enables the interrogation of protein activity, rather than abundance. Current methods limit the biological contexts that can be addressed due to sample homogenization, signal-averaging, and bias toward abundant proteins. Here we report a platform that integrates ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li G,Montgomery JE,Eckert MA,Chang JW,Tienda SM,Lengyel E,Moellering RE

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptochrome (Cry) 1 and Cry2 are regarded as critical components for circadian rhythm generation in mammals. Nevertheless, cultured suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of neonatal Cry double deficient (Cry1(-/-)/Cry2(-/-)) mice exhibit circadian rhythms that damp out in several cycles. Here, by combining bioluminescence im...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ono D,Honma S,Honma K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) form hormones and signaling molecules. Here we show that a member of an overlooked plant CCD subfamily from rice, that we name Zaxinone Synthase (ZAS), can produce zaxinone, a novel apocarotenoid metabolite in vitro. Loss-of-function mutants (zas) contain less zaxinone, exhibit ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang JY,Haider I,Jamil M,Fiorilli V,Saito Y,Mi J,Baz L,Kountche BA,Jia KP,Guo X,Balakrishna A,Ntui VO,Reinke B,Volpe V,Gojobori T,Blilou I,Lanfranco L,Bonfante P,Al-Babili S

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision making in dynamic environments requires discounting old evidence that may no longer inform the current state of the world. Previous work found that humans discount old evidence in a dynamic environment, but do not discount at the optimal rate. Here we investigated whether rats can optimally discount evidence ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Piet AT,El Hady A,Brody CD

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles was established in single-phase solutions by controlling growth directions of crystalline facets on seed nanocrystals kinetically; however, it was difficult to rationally predict and design nanoparticle shapes. Here we introduce a methodology to fabricate nanoparticles i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wei Z,Matsui H

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 1 (PNPLA1) cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, but the mechanism involved remains unclear. Here we show that PNPLA1, an enzyme expressed in differentiated keratinocytes, plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of ω-O-acylceramide, a lipid componen...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hirabayashi T,Anjo T,Kaneko A,Senoo Y,Shibata A,Takama H,Yokoyama K,Nishito Y,Ono T,Taya C,Muramatsu K,Fukami K,Muñoz-Garcia A,Brash AR,Ikeda K,Arita M,Akiyama M,Murakami M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the significant difference in the numbers of simulated and experimentally feasible zeolite structures, several alternative strategies have been developed for zeolite synthesis. Despite their rationality and originality, most of these techniques are based on trial-and-error, which makes it difficult to predict...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kasneryk V,Shamzhy M,Zhou J,Yue Q,Mazur M,Mayoral A,Luo Z,Morris RE,Čejka J,Opanasenko M

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate is known to be present in the mammalian brain at micromolar concentrations. Here we show that polyphosphate may act as a gliotransmitter, mediating communication between astrocytes. It is released by astrocytes in a calcium-dependent manner and signals to neighbouring astrocytes through P2Y(1) ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Holmström KM,Marina N,Baev AY,Wood NW,Gourine AV,Abramov AY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most metazoan nuclei, heterochromatin is located at the nuclear periphery in contact with the nuclear lamina, which provides mechanical stability to the nucleus. We show that in cultured cells, chromatin decompaction by the nucleosome binding protein HMGN5 decreases the sturdiness, elasticity and rigidity of the nu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Furusawa T,Rochman M,Taher L,Dimitriadis EK,Nagashima K,Anderson S,Bustin M

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal-halide perovskites have been widely investigated in the photovoltaic sector due to their promising optoelectronic properties and inexpensive fabrication techniques based on solution processing. Here we report the development of inorganic CsPbBr3-based photoanodes for direct photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Poli I,Hintermair U,Regue M,Kumar S,Sackville EV,Baker J,Watson TM,Eslava S,Cameron PJ

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Theory predicts a trade-off between investments in precopulatory (ornaments and armaments) and postcopulatory (testes and ejaculates) sexual traits due to the costs associated with their growth and maintenance within the finite energy resources available. Empirical studies, however, have revealed considerable inconsis...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lüpold S,Tomkins JL,Simmons LW,Fitzpatrick JL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel methods for information processing are highly desired in our information-driven society. Inspired by the brain's ability to process information, the recently introduced paradigm known as 'reservoir computing' shows that complex networks can efficiently perform computation. Here we introduce a novel architecture ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Appeltant L,Soriano MC,Van der Sande G,Danckaert J,Massar S,Dambre J,Schrauwen B,Mirasso CR,Fischer I

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) have considerably changed the treatment for melanoma. However, many patients do not display therapeutic response or eventually relapse. Moreover, patients treated with anti-PD-1 develop immune-related adverse events that can be cured with anti-tumor necrosis factor α (...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bertrand F,Montfort A,Marcheteau E,Imbert C,Gilhodes J,Filleron T,Rochaix P,Andrieu-Abadie N,Levade T,Meyer N,Colacios C,Ségui B

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using genome-wide association study summary statistics across six cancer types based on a total of 296,215 cases and 301,319 controls of European ancestry, here we estimate the pair-wise gene...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jiang X,Finucane HK,Schumacher FR,Schmit SL,Tyrer JP,Han Y,Michailidou K,Lesseur C,Kuchenbaecker KB,Dennis J,Conti DV,Casey G,Gaudet MM,Huyghe JR,Albanes D,Aldrich MC,Andrew AS,Andrulis IL,Anton-Culver H,Antoniou AC

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Woochul Song, which was incorrectly given as Woochul C. Song. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shen YX,Song W,Barden DR,Ren T,Lang C,Feroz H,Henderson CB,Saboe PO,Tsai D,Yan H,Butler PJ,Bazan GC,Phillip WA,Hickey RJ,Cremer PS,Vashisth H,Kumar M

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporating oxophilic metals into noble metal-based catalysts represents an emerging strategy to improve the catalytic performance of electrocatalysts in fuel cells. However, effects of the distance between the noble metal and oxophilic metal active sites on the catalytic performance have rarely been investigated. H...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen L,Lu L,Zhu H,Chen Y,Huang Y,Li Y,Wang L

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) has important roles in maintaining bile acid and cholesterol homeostasis. Here we report that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin is a ligand for nuclear FXR. We identify ivermectin using a high-throughput compound library screening and show that it induces the transcriptional activity of the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jin L,Feng X,Rong H,Pan Z,Inaba Y,Qiu L,Zheng W,Lin S,Wang R,Wang Z,Wang S,Liu H,Li S,Xie W,Li Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scalable, integrative methods to understand mechanisms that link genetic variants with phenotypes are needed. Here we derive a mathematical expression to compute PrediXcan (a gene mapping approach) results using summary data (S-PrediXcan) and show its accuracy and general robustness to misspecified reference sets. We ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barbeira AN,Dickinson SP,Bonazzola R,Zheng J,Wheeler HE,Torres JM,Torstenson ES,Shah KP,Garcia T,Edwards TL,Stahl EA,Huckins LM,GTEx Consortium.,Nicolae DL,Cox NJ,Im HK

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding catalysts strain dynamic behaviours is crucial for the development of cost-effective, efficient, stable and long-lasting catalysts. Here, we reveal in situ three-dimensional strain evolution of single gold nanocrystals during a catalytic CO oxidation reaction under operando conditions with coherent X-ray...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Passos AR,Rochet A,Manente LM,Suzana AF,Harder R,Cha W,Meneau F

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00