Morphology of seahorse head hydrodynamically aids in capture of evasive prey.

abstract：:Isolated populations can empower the identification of rare variation associated with complex traits through next generation association studies, but the generalizability of such findings remains unknown. Here we genotype 1,267 individuals from a Greek population isolate on the Illumina HumanExome Beadchip, in search ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tachmazidou I,Dedoussis G,Southam L,Farmaki AE,Ritchie GR,Xifara DK,Matchan A,Hatzikotoulas K,Rayner NW,Chen Y,Pollin TI,O'Connell JR,Yerges-Armstrong LM,Kiagiadaki C,Panoutsopoulou K,Schwartzentruber J,Moutsianas L,UK1

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of transfer (t)RNA and ribosomal (r)RNA are critical and conserved steps of translational control for cells to overcome varied environmental stresses. However, enzymes that are responsible for this event have not been fully identified in high eukaryotes. Here, we report a mammalian tRNA/rRNA-targeting endorib...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang JY,Deng XY,Li YS,Ma XC,Feng JX,Yu B,Chen Y,Luo YL,Wang X,Chen ML,Fang ZX,Zheng FX,Li YP,Zhong Q,Kang TB,Song LB,Xu RH,Zeng MS,Chen W,Zhang H,Xie W,Gao S

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The poverty of disease resistance gene reservoirs limits the breeding of crops for durable resistance against evolutionary dynamic pathogens. Zymoseptoria tritici which causes Septoria tritici blotch (STB), represents one of the most genetically diverse and devastating wheat pathogens worldwide. No fully virulent Z. t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Saintenac C,Cambon F,Aouini L,Verstappen E,Ghaffary SMT,Poucet T,Marande W,Berges H,Xu S,Jaouannet M,Favery B,Alassimone J,Sánchez-Vallet A,Faris J,Kema G,Robert O,Langin T

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical spectroscopy is a fundamental tool in numerous areas of science and technology. Much effort has focused on miniaturizing spectrometers, but thus far at the cost of spectral resolution and broad operating range. Here we describe a compact spectrometer that achieves both high spectral resolution and broad bandwi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wan NH,Meng F,Schröder T,Shiue RJ,Chen EH,Englund D

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Oceanic mesoscale eddies contribute important horizontal heat and salt transports on a global scale. Here we show that eddy transports are mainly due to individual eddy movements. Theoretical and observational analyses indicate that cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies move westwards, and they also move polewards and equa...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dong C,McWilliams JC,Liu Y,Chen D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While plasmonic designs have dominated recent trends in structural color, schemes using localized surface plasmon resonances and surface plasmon polaritons that simultaneously achieve high color vibrancy at ultrahigh resolution have been elusive because of tradeoffs between size and performance. Herein we demonstrate ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee JS,Park JY,Kim YH,Jeon S,Ouellette O,Sargent EH,Kim DH,Hyun JK

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary function of the midbrain stimulus selection network is to compute the highest-priority location for attention and gaze. Here we report the contribution of a specific cholinergic circuit to this computation. We functionally disconnected the tegmental cholinergic nucleus isthmi pars parvocellularis (Ipc) from ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Asadollahi A,Knudsen EI

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigonal tellurium (Te) is a chiral semiconductor that lacks both mirror and inversion symmetries, resulting in complex band structures with Weyl crossings and unique spin textures. Detailed time-resolved polarized reflectance spectroscopy is used to investigate its band structure and carrier dynamics. The polarized t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jnawali G,Xiang Y,Linser SM,Shojaei IA,Wang R,Qiu G,Lian C,Wong BM,Wu W,Ye PD,Leng Y,Jackson HE,Smith LM

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large family of receptors that activate intracellular signaling pathways upon detecting specific extracellular ligands. While many aspects of GPCR signaling have been uncovered through decades of studies, some fundamental properties, like its channel capacity-a measure ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Keshelava A,Solis GP,Hersch M,Koval A,Kryuchkov M,Bergmann S,Katanaev VL

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Resident tissue macrophages (RTM) can fulfill various tasks during development, homeostasis, inflammation and repair. In the lung, non-alveolar RTM, called interstitial macrophages (IM), importantly contribute to tissue homeostasis but remain little characterized. Here we show, using single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Schyns J,Bai Q,Ruscitti C,Radermecker C,De Schepper S,Chakarov S,Farnir F,Pirottin D,Ginhoux F,Boeckxstaens G,Bureau F,Marichal T

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling the structure of catalysts at the atomic level provides an opportunity to establish detailed understanding of the catalytic form-to-function and realize new, non-equilibrium catalytic structures. Here, advanced thin-film deposition is used to control the atomic structure of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3, a well-known cat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Eom CJ,Kuo DY,Adamo C,Moon EJ,May SJ,Crumlin EJ,Schlom DG,Suntivich J

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatments that stimulate neuronal excitability enhance motor performance after stroke. cAMP-response-element binding protein (CREB) is a transcription factor that plays a key role in neuronal excitability. Increasing the levels of CREB with a viral vector in a small pool of motor neurons enhances motor recovery after...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Caracciolo L,Marosi M,Mazzitelli J,Latifi S,Sano Y,Galvan L,Kawaguchi R,Holley S,Levine MS,Coppola G,Portera-Cailliau C,Silva AJ,Carmichael ST

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum triangular-lattice antiferromagnets are important prototype systems to investigate numerous phenomena of the geometrical frustration in condensed matter. Apart from highly unusual magnetic properties, they possess a rich phase diagram (ranging from an unfrustrated square lattice to a quantum spin liquid), yet ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zvyagin SA,Graf D,Sakurai T,Kimura S,Nojiri H,Wosnitza J,Ohta H,Ono T,Tanaka H

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal ions at the active site of an enzyme act as cofactors, and their dynamic fluctuations can potentially influence enzyme activity. Here, we use λ-exonuclease as a model enzyme with two Mg2+ binding sites and probe activity at various concentrations of magnesium by single-molecule-FRET. We find that while MgA2+ and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hwang W,Yoo J,Lee Y,Park S,Hoang PL,Cho H,Yu J,Hoa Vo TM,Shin M,Jin MS,Park D,Hyeon C,Lee G

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus causes chronic infections in 250 million people worldwide. Chronic hepatitis B virus carriers are at risk of developing fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. A prophylactic vaccine exists and currently available antivirals can suppress but rarely cure chronic infections. The study of hep...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Winer BY,Huang TS,Pludwinski E,Heller B,Wojcik F,Lipkowitz GE,Parekh A,Cho C,Shrirao A,Muir TW,Novik E,Ploss A

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Woody (lignocellulosic) plant biomass is an abundant renewable feedstock, rich in polysaccharides that are bound into an insoluble fiber composite with lignin. Marine crustacean woodborers of the genus Limnoria are among the few animals that can survive on a diet of this recalcitrant material without relying on gut re...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Besser K,Malyon GP,Eborall WS,Paro da Cunha G,Filgueiras JG,Dowle A,Cruz Garcia L,Page SJ,Dupree R,Kern M,Gomez LD,Li Y,Elias L,Sabbadin F,Mohamad SE,Pesante G,Steele-King C,Ribeiro de Azevedo E,Polikarpov I,Dupree

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a central role in synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and are implicated in various neuronal disorders. We synthesized a diffusible photochromic glutamate analogue, azobenzene-triazole-glutamate (ATG), which is specific for NMDARs and functions as a photoswitchable ag...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Laprell L,Repak E,Franckevicius V,Hartrampf F,Terhag J,Hollmann M,Sumser M,Rebola N,DiGregorio DA,Trauner D

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfacial water constitutes a formidable barrier to strong surface bonding, hampering the development of water-resistant synthetic adhesives. Notwithstanding this obstacle, the Asian green mussel Perna viridis attaches firmly to underwater surfaces via a proteinaceous secretion (byssus). Extending beyond the current...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Petrone L,Kumar A,Sutanto CN,Patil NJ,Kannan S,Palaniappan A,Amini S,Zappone B,Verma C,Miserez A

更新日期：2015-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Quasicrystals, materials with aperiodic long-range order, have been found in intermetallics, soft materials such as colloids and supermolecules, and also in two-dimensional monolayer films. Here we present the first example of three-dimensional growth of a single-element quasicrystalline film. Using a hitherto unexplo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sharma HR,Nozawa K,Smerdon JA,Nugent PJ,McLeod I,Dhanak VR,Shimoda M,Ishii Y,Tsai AP,McGrath R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein biopharmaceuticals are highly successful, but their utility is compromised by their propensity to aggregate during manufacture and storage. As aggregation can be triggered by non-native states, whose population is not necessarily related to thermodynamic stability, prediction of poorly-behaving biologics is di...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ebo JS,Saunders JC,Devine PWA,Gordon AM,Warwick AS,Schiffrin B,Chin SE,England E,Button JD,Lloyd C,Bond NJ,Ashcroft AE,Radford SE,Lowe DC,Brockwell DJ

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of mitochondrial network in terminally differentiated cells contributes to a broad spectrum of disorders. Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is one of the most common inherited metabolic disorders, due to deficiency of the mitochondrial methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase (MMUT). How MMUT deficiency triggers cell d...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Luciani A,Schumann A,Berquez M,Chen Z,Nieri D,Failli M,Debaix H,Festa BP,Tokonami N,Raimondi A,Cremonesi A,Carrella D,Forny P,Kölker S,Diomedi Camassei F,Diaz F,Moraes CT,Di Bernardo D,Baumgartner MR,Devuyst O

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dadaev T,Saunders EJ,Newcombe PJ,Anokian E,Leongamornlert DA,Brook MN,Cieza-Borrella C,Mijuskovic M,Wakerell S,Olama AAA,Schumacher FR,Berndt SI,Benlloch S,Ahmed M,Goh C,Sheng X,Zhang Z,Muir K,Govindasami K,Lophatan

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonbiaryl N-C atropisomer is an important structural scaffold, which is present in natural products, medicines and chiral ligands. However the direct enantioselective C-H amination to access optically pure N-C atropisomer is still difficult and rare. Here we report a π-π interaction and dual H-bond concerted control s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bai HY,Tan FX,Liu TQ,Zhu GD,Tian JM,Ding TM,Chen ZM,Zhang SY

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanosensitive ion channels transduce physical force into electrochemical signaling that underlies an array of fundamental physiological processes, including hearing, touch, proprioception, osmoregulation, and morphogenesis. The mechanosensitive channels of small conductance (MscS) constitute a remarkably diverse su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Deng Z,Maksaev G,Schlegel AM,Zhang J,Rau M,Fitzpatrick JAJ,Haswell ES,Yuan P

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosemary extracts containing the phenolic diterpenes carnosic acid and its derivative carnosol are approved food additives used in an increasingly wide range of products to enhance shelf-life, thanks to their high anti-oxidant activity. We describe here the elucidation of the complete biosynthetic pathway of carnosic ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Scheler U,Brandt W,Porzel A,Rothe K,Manzano D,Božić D,Papaefthimiou D,Balcke GU,Henning A,Lohse S,Marillonnet S,Kanellis AK,Ferrer A,Tissier A

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcareous microplankton shells form the dominant components of ancient and modern pelagic sea-floor carbonates and are widely used in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The efficacy of these applications, however, is dependent upon minimal geochemical alteration during diagenesis, but these modifying processes are ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wendler JE,Bown P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of cell type composition in disease relevant tissues is an important step towards the identification of cellular targets of disease. We present MuSiC, a method that utilizes cell-type specific gene expression from single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data to characterize cell type compositions from bulk RNA-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang X,Park J,Susztak K,Zhang NR,Li M

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is characterized by epilepsy, intellectual disability, and autistic features, and CDKL5-deficient mice exhibit a constellation of behavioral phenotypes reminiscent of the human disorder. We previously found that CDKL5 dysfunction in forebrain glutamatergic neurons results in deficits in...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tang S,Terzic B,Wang IJ,Sarmiento N,Sizov K,Cui Y,Takano H,Marsh ED,Zhou Z,Coulter DA

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The liquid and glass states of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently become of interest due to the potential for liquid-phase separations and ion transport, alongside the fundamental nature of the latter as a new, fourth category of melt-quenched glass. Here we show that the MOF liquid state can be blended wit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Longley L,Collins SM,Zhou C,Smales GJ,Norman SE,Brownbill NJ,Ashling CW,Chater PA,Tovey R,Schönlieb CB,Headen TF,Terrill NJ,Yue Y,Smith AJ,Blanc F,Keen DA,Midgley PA,Bennett TD

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In all of the diverse areas of science where waves play an important role, one of the most fundamental solutions of the corresponding wave equation is a stationary wave with constant intensity. The most familiar example is that of a plane wave propagating in free space. In the presence of any Hermitian potential, a wa...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Makris KG,Musslimani ZH,Christodoulides DN,Rotter S

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00