The human gut and groundwater harbor non-photosynthetic bacteria belonging to a new candidate phylum sibling to Cyanobacteria.

abstract：:Genetic programming and neural activity drive synaptic remodeling in developing neural circuits, but the molecular components that link these pathways are poorly understood. Here we show that the C. elegans Degenerin/Epithelial Sodium Channel (DEG/ENaC) protein, UNC-8, is transcriptionally controlled to function as a ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Miller-Fleming TW,Petersen SC,Manning L,Matthewman C,Gornet M,Beers A,Hori S,Mitani S,Bianchi L,Richmond J,Miller DM

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohesin tethers together regions of DNA, thereby mediating higher order chromatin organization that is critical for sister chromatid cohesion, DNA repair and transcriptional regulation. Cohesin contains a heterodimeric ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) ATPase comprised of Smc1 and Smc3 ATPase active sites. These ATPases are ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Çamdere G,Guacci V,Stricklin J,Koshland D

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, we published a Registered Report (Blum et al., 2015), that described how we intended to replicate selected experiments from the paper 'Transcriptional amplification in tumor cells with elevated c-Myc' (Lin et al., 2012). Here we report the results. We found overe...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lewis LM,Edwards MC,Meyers ZR,Talbot CC Jr,Hao H,Blum D,Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology.

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR), the rate-limiting enzyme of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and the therapeutic target of statins, is post-transcriptionally regulated by sterol-accelerated degradation. Under cholesterol-replete conditions, HMGCR is ubiquitinated and degraded, but the identity of the E3 ubiqu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Menzies SA,Volkmar N,van den Boomen DJ,Timms RT,Dickson AS,Nathan JA,Lehner PJ

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Axons span extreme distances and are subject to significant stretch deformations during limb movements or sudden head movements, especially during impacts. Yet, axon biomechanics, and its relation to the ultrastructure that allows axons to withstand mechanical stress, is poorly understood. Using a custom developed for...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dubey S,Bhembre N,Bodas S,Veer S,Ghose A,Callan-Jones A,Pullarkat P

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We present in vivo single-cell FRET measurements in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis system that reveal pervasive signaling variability, both across cells in isogenic populations and within individual cells over time. We quantify cell-to-cell variability of adaptation, ligand response, as well as steady-state output le...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Keegstra JM,Kamino K,Anquez F,Lazova MD,Emonet T,Shimizu TS

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo-YAP pathway is a central regulator of cell contact inhibition, proliferation and death. There are conflicting reports regarding the role of Angiomotin (Amot) in regulating this pathway. While some studies suggest a YAP-inhibitory function other studies indicate Amot is required for YAP activity. Here, we des...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Moleirinho S,Hoxha S,Mandati V,Curtale G,Troutman S,Ehmer U,Kissil JL

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic oxygen restriction (SOR) is prevalent in numerous clinical conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is associated with increased susceptibility to viral infections. However, the influence of SOR on T cell immunity remains uncharacterized. Here we show the detrimental effect of h...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Saragovi A,Abramovich I,Omar I,Arbib E,Toker O,Gottlieb E,Berger M

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Heritable variation in gene expression forms a crucial bridge between genomic variation and the biology of many traits. However, most expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) remain unidentified. We mapped eQTLs by transcriptome sequencing in 1012 yeast segregants. The resulting eQTLs accounted for over 70% of the h...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Albert FW,Bloom JS,Siegel J,Day L,Kruglyak L

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent illness that can be precipitated by acute or chronic stress. Studies of patients with Wolfram syndrome and carriers have identified Wfs1 mutations as causative for MDD. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is known to be involved in depression and behavioral resilience, al...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Shrestha P,Mousa A,Heintz N

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine and striatal dysfunctions play a key role in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dystonia, but our understanding of the changes in the discharge rate and pattern of striatal projection neurons (SPNs) remains limited. Here, we recorded and examined multi-unit signals from the striatum of PD and...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Valsky D,Heiman Grosberg S,Israel Z,Boraud T,Bergman H,Deffains M

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Canonical transient receptor potential channels (TRPC) are involved in receptor-operated and/or store-operated Ca2+ signaling. Inhibition of TRPCs by small molecules was shown to be promising in treating renal diseases. In cells, the channels are regulated by calmodulin (CaM). Molecular details of both CaM and drug bi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Vinayagam D,Quentin D,Yu-Strzelczyk J,Sitsel O,Merino F,Stabrin M,Hofnagel O,Yu M,Ledeboer MW,Nagel G,Malojcic G,Raunser S

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation is a core cellular process carried out by a highly conserved macromolecular machine, the ribosome. There has been remarkable evolutionary adaptation of this machine through the addition of eukaryote-specific ribosomal proteins whose individual effects on ribosome function are largely unknown. Here we show ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Thompson MK,Rojas-Duran MF,Gangaramani P,Gilbert WV

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:AKT is implicated in neurological disorders. AKT has three isoforms, AKT1/AKT2/AKT3, with brain cell type-specific expression that may differentially influence behavior. Therefore, we examined single Akt isoform, conditional brain-specific Akt1, and double Akt1/3 mutant mice in behaviors relevant to neuropsychiatric d...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wong H,Levenga J,LaPlante L,Keller B,Cooper-Sansone A,Borski C,Milstead R,Ehringer M,Hoeffer C

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although activation/deactivation of specific brain regions has been shown to be predictive of successful memory encoding, the relationship between time-varying large-scale brain networks and fluctuations of memory encoding performance remains unclear. Here, we investigated time-varying functional connectivity patterns...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Keerativittayayut R,Aoki R,Sarabi MT,Jimura K,Nakahara K

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) human skeletal muscle fiber cultures are ill-equipped to support the contractile properties of maturing muscle fibers. This limits their application to the study of adult human neuromuscular junction (NMJ) development, a process requiring maturation of muscle fibers in the presence of motor neuron...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Afshar Bakooshli M,Lippmann ES,Mulcahy B,Iyer N,Nguyen CT,Tung K,Stewart BA,van den Dorpel H,Fuehrmann T,Shoichet M,Bigot A,Pegoraro E,Ahn H,Ginsberg H,Zhen M,Ashton RS,Gilbert PM

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To efficiently navigate through the environment and avoid potential threats, an animal must quickly detect the motion of approaching objects. Current models of primate vision place the origins of this complex computation in the visual cortex. Here, we report that detection of approaching motion begins in the retina. S...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Appleby TR,Manookin MB

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodents are emerging as increasingly popular models of visual functions. Yet, evidence that rodent visual cortex is capable of advanced visual processing, such as object recognition, is limited. Here we investigate how neurons located along the progression of extrastriate areas that, in the rat brain, run laterally to...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tafazoli S,Safaai H,De Franceschi G,Rosselli FB,Vanzella W,Riggi M,Buffolo F,Panzeri S,Zoccolan D

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Axolotls are uniquely able to mobilize neural stem cells to regenerate all missing regions of the spinal cord. How a neural stem cell under homeostasis converts after injury to a highly regenerative cell remains unknown. Here, we show that during regeneration, axolotl neural stem cells repress neurogenic genes and rea...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Rodrigo Albors A,Tazaki A,Rost F,Nowoshilow S,Chara O,Tanaka EM

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:While the dynamin GTPase Drp1 plays a critical role during mitochondrial fission, mechanisms controlling its recruitment to fission sites are unclear. A current assumption is that cytosolic Drp1 is recruited directly to fission sites immediately prior to fission. Using live-cell microscopy, we find evidence for a diff...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ji WK,Hatch AL,Merrill RA,Strack S,Higgs HN

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Damaged mitochondria are selectively eliminated by mitophagy. Parkin and PINK1, gene products mutated in familial Parkinson's disease, play essential roles in mitophagy through ubiquitination of mitochondria. Cargo ubiquitination by E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin is important to trigger selective autophagy. Although autop...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yamano K,Wang C,Sarraf SA,Münch C,Kikuchi R,Noda NN,Hizukuri Y,Kanemaki MT,Harper W,Tanaka K,Matsuda N,Youle RJ

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The segregation of the trophectoderm (TE) from the inner cell mass (ICM) in the mouse blastocyst is determined by position-dependent Hippo signaling. However, the window of responsiveness to Hippo signaling, the exact timing of lineage commitment and the overall relationship between cell commitment and global gene exp...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Posfai E,Petropoulos S,de Barros FRO,Schell JP,Jurisica I,Sandberg R,Lanner F,Rossant J

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Proprioception, the sense of body position, movement, and associated forces, remains poorly understood, despite its critical role in movement. Most studies of area 2, a proprioceptive area of somatosensory cortex, have simply compared neurons' activities to the movement of the hand through space. Using motion tracking...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chowdhury RH,Glaser JI,Miller LE

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential activation of neurons has been observed in various areas of the brain, but in no case is the underlying network structure well understood. Here we examined the circuit anatomy of zebra finch HVC, a cortical region that generates sequences underlying the temporal progression of the song. We combined seri...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kornfeld J,Benezra SE,Narayanan RT,Svara F,Egger R,Oberlaender M,Denk W,Long MA

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic positions underlie precise circuit connectivity. Synaptic positions can be established during embryogenesis and sustained during growth. The mechanisms that sustain synaptic specificity during allometric growth are largely unknown. We performed forward genetic screens in C. elegans for regulators of this proc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fan J,Ji T,Wang K,Huang J,Wang M,Manning L,Dong X,Shi Y,Zhang X,Shao Z,Colón-Ramos DA

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model shows how the shape of early multicellular organisms may have helped cells evolve specialized roles. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Staps M,Tarnita C

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:How circuits assemble starting from stem cells is a fundamental question in developmental neurobiology. We test the hypothesis that, in neuronal stem cells, temporal transcription factors predictably control neuronal terminal features and circuit assembly. Using the Drosophila motor system, we manipulate expression of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Meng JL,Marshall ZD,Lobb-Rabe M,Heckscher ES

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:While traditional microbiological freshwater tests focus on the detection of specific bacterial indicator species, including pathogens, direct tracing of all aquatic DNA through metagenomics poses a profound alternative. Yet, in situ metagenomic water surveys face substantial challenges in cost and logistics. Here, we...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Urban L,Holzer A,Baronas JJ,Hall MB,Braeuninger-Weimer P,Scherm MJ,Kunz DJ,Perera SN,Martin-Herranz DE,Tipper ET,Salter SJ,Stammnitz MR

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the relationships between different properties of data, such as whether a genome or connectome has information about disease status, is increasingly important. While existing approaches can test whether two properties are related, they may require unfeasibly large sample sizes and often are not interpret...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Vogelstein JT,Bridgeford EW,Wang Q,Priebe CE,Maggioni M,Shen C

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:How mammalian tissues maintain their architecture and tissue-specificity is poorly understood. Previously, we documented both the indispensable role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, laminin-111 (LN1), in the formation of normal breast acini, and the phenotypic reversion of cancer cells to acini-like structur...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Furuta S,Ren G,Mao JH,Bissell MJ

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00