Illuminating traffic control for cell-division planes.

abstract：:Experiments on Drosophila have shown that the histones that are normally bound to lipid droplets inside cells can be released to provide protection against infection. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kolter R

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible cancers, in which cancer cells themselves act as an infectious agent, have been identified in Tasmanian devils, dogs, and four bivalves. We investigated a disseminated neoplasia affecting geographically distant populations of two species of mussels (Mytilus chilensis in South America and M. edulis in Eur...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yonemitsu MA,Giersch RM,Polo-Prieto M,Hammel M,Simon A,Cremonte F,Avilés FT,Merino-Véliz N,Burioli EA,Muttray AF,Sherry J,Reinisch C,Baldwin SA,Goff SP,Houssin M,Arriagada G,Vázquez N,Bierne N,Metzger MJ

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Generating recombinant monoclonal antibodies (R-mAbs) from mAb-producing hybridomas offers numerous advantages that increase the effectiveness, reproducibility, and transparent reporting of research. We report here the generation of a novel resource in the form of a library of recombinant R-mAbs validated for neurosci...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Andrews NP,Boeckman JX,Manning CF,Nguyen JT,Bechtold H,Dumitras C,Gong B,Nguyen K,van der List D,Murray KD,Engebrecht J,Trimmer JS

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Jellyfish, with their tetraradial symmetry, offer a novel paradigm for addressing patterning mechanisms during regeneration. Here we show that an interplay between mechanical forces, cell migration and proliferation allows jellyfish fragments to regain shape and functionality rapidly, notably by efficient restoration ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sinigaglia C,Peron S,Eichelbrenner J,Chevalier S,Steger J,Barreau C,Houliston E,Leclère L

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief periods of sleep loss have long-lasting consequences such as impaired memory consolidation. Structural changes in synaptic connectivity have been proposed as a substrate of memory storage. Here, we examine the impact of brief periods of sleep deprivation on dendritic structure. In mice, we find that five hours o...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Havekes R,Park AJ,Tudor JC,Luczak VG,Hansen RT,Ferri SL,Bruinenberg VM,Poplawski SG,Day JP,Aton SJ,Radwańska K,Meerlo P,Houslay MD,Baillie GS,Abel T

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins harness mechanical force to control function is a significant biological question. Here we describe a human cell surface receptor that couples ligand binding and force to trigger a chemical event which controls the adhesive properties of the receptor. Our studies of the secreted platelet oxidoreductase, E...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Passam F,Chiu J,Ju L,Pijning A,Jahan Z,Mor-Cohen R,Yeheskel A,Kolšek K,Thärichen L,Aponte-Santamaría C,Gräter F,Hogg PJ

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Unresolved ER stress followed by cell death is recognized as the main cause of a multitude of pathologies including neonatal diabetes. A systematic analysis of the mechanisms of β-cell loss and dysfunction in Akita mice, in which a mutation in the proinsulin gene causes a severe form of permanent neonatal diabetes, sh...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Riahi Y,Israeli T,Yeroslaviz R,Chimenez S,Avrahami D,Stolovich-Rain M,Alter I,Sebag M,Polin N,Bernal-Mizrachi E,Dor Y,Cerasi E,Leibowitz G

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The immediate evolutionary space accessible to HIV is largely determined by how single amino acid mutations affect fitness. These mutational effects can shift as the virus evolves. However, the prevalence of such shifts in mutational effects remains unclear. Here, we quantify the effects on viral growth of all amino a...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Haddox HK,Dingens AS,Hilton SK,Overbaugh J,Bloom JD

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal DNA-/RNA-binding protein Pur-alpha is a transcription regulator and core factor for mRNA localization. Pur-alpha-deficient mice die after birth with pleiotropic neuronal defects. Here, we report the crystal structure of the DNA-/RNA-binding domain of Pur-alpha in complex with ssDNA. It reveals base-specif...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Weber J,Bao H,Hartlmüller C,Wang Z,Windhager A,Janowski R,Madl T,Jin P,Niessing D

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Prp3 is an essential U4/U6 di-snRNP-associated protein whose functions and molecular mechanisms in pre-mRNA splicing are presently poorly understood. We show by structural and biochemical analyses that Prp3 contains a bipartite U4/U6 di-snRNA-binding region comprising an expanded ferredoxin-like fold, which recognizes...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Liu S,Mozaffari-Jovin S,Wollenhaupt J,Santos KF,Theuser M,Dunin-Horkawicz S,Fabrizio P,Bujnicki JM,Lührmann R,Wahl MC

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain remains notoriously difficult to treat despite numerous drug targets. Here, we offer a novel explanation for this intractability. Computer simulations predicted that qualitative changes in primary afferent excitability linked to neuropathic pain arise through a switch in spike initiation dynamics when...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ratté S,Zhu Y,Lee KY,Prescott SA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell form an immunological synapse, rapid dynein-driven translocation of the centrosome toward the contact site leads to reorganization of microtubules and associated organelles. Currently, little is known about how the regulation of microtubule dynamics contributes to this proc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hooikaas PJ,Damstra HG,Gros OJ,van Riel WE,Martin M,Smits YT,van Loosdregt J,Kapitein LC,Berger F,Akhmanova A

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics techniques have opened the door to the study of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) at the single-cell level. Here, we studied the GRNs controlling the emergence of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from mouse embryonic endothelium using a combination of single-cell tra...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bergiers I,Andrews T,Vargel Bölükbaşı Ö,Buness A,Janosz E,Lopez-Anguita N,Ganter K,Kosim K,Celen C,Itır Perçin G,Collier P,Baying B,Benes V,Hemberg M,Lancrin C

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using knowledge of the structure of the world to infer value is at the heart of model-based reasoning and relies on a circuit that includes the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). Some accounts link this to the representation of biological significance or value by neurons in OFC, while other models focus on the representation...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sadacca BF,Wied HM,Lopatina N,Saini GK,Nemirovsky D,Schoenbaum G

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of ocular dominance to regulation by monocular deprivation is the canonical model of plasticity confined to a critical period. However, we have previously shown that visual deprivation through dark exposure (DE) reactivates critical period plasticity in adults. Previous work assumed that the eliminatio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Murase S,Lantz CL,Quinlan EM

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-based homing gene drives have sparked both enthusiasm and deep concerns due to their potential for genetically altering entire species. This raises the question about our ability to prevent the unintended spread of such drives from the laboratory into a natural population. Here, we experimentally demonstrate th...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Champer J,Chung J,Lee YL,Liu C,Yang E,Wen Z,Clark AG,Messer PW

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to flexibly navigate an environment relies on a hippocampal-dependent cognitive map. External space can be internally mapped at different spatial resolutions. However, whether hippocampal spatial coding resolution can rapidly adapt to local features of an environment remains unclear. To explore this possib...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bourboulou R,Marti G,Michon FX,El Feghaly E,Nouguier M,Robbe D,Koenig J,Epsztein J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is believed to confer protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but the precise nature of the protective effecthas proved difficult to define as G6PD deficiency has multiple allelic variants with different effects in males and females, and it has heterogeneou...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Clarke GM,Rockett K,Kivinen K,Hubbart C,Jeffreys AE,Rowlands K,Jallow M,Conway DJ,Bojang KA,Pinder M,Usen S,Sisay-Joof F,Sirugo G,Toure O,Thera MA,Konate S,Sissoko S,Niangaly A,Poudiougou B,Mangano VD,Bougouma EC

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The knirps (kni) locus encodes transcription factors required for induction of the L2 wing vein in Drosophila. Here, we employ diverse CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools to generate a series of targeted lesions within the endogenous cis-regulatory module (CRM) required for kni expression in the L2 vein primordium. Pheno...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Xu XS,Gantz VM,Siomava N,Bier E

更新日期：2017-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of fitness landscapes is critical for understanding adaptive protein evolution. Previous empirical studies on fitness landscapes were confined to either the neighborhood around the wild type sequence, involving mostly single and double mutants, or a combinatorially complete subgraph involving only two am...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wu NC,Dai L,Olson CA,Lloyd-Smith JO,Sun R

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMO1-conjugation of proteins at neuronal synapses is considered to be a major post-translational regulatory process in nerve cell and synapse function, but the published evidence for SUMO1-conjugation at synapses is contradictory. We employed multiple genetic mouse models for stringently controlled biochemical and im...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Daniel JA,Cooper BH,Palvimo JJ,Zhang FP,Brose N,Tirard M

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR), found in strictly anaerobic methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea, catalyzes the reversible production and consumption of the potent greenhouse gas methane. The α subunit of MCR (McrA) contains several unusual post-translational modifications, including a rare thioamidation of glyc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Nayak DD,Mahanta N,Mitchell DA,Metcalf WW

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the peer review process, overcoming the limitations of print journals and providing open access to the very best work in the life and biomedical sciences are three highlights of our first year. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Schekman R,Watt FM,Weigel D

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed dormancy is a complex life history trait that determines the timing of germination and is crucial for local adaptation. Genetic studies of dormancy are challenging, because the trait is highly plastic and strongly influenced by the maternal environment. Using a combination of statistical and experimental approach...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kerdaffrec E,Filiault DL,Korte A,Sasaki E,Nizhynska V,Seren Ü,Nordborg M

更新日期：2016-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin super family protein 2A (KIF2A), an ATP-dependent microtubule (MT) destabilizer, regulates cell migration, axon elongation, and pruning in the developing nervous system. KIF2A mutations have recently been identified in patients with malformed cortical development. However, postnatal KIF2A is continuously expre...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Homma N,Zhou R,Naseer MI,Chaudhary AG,Al-Qahtani MH,Hirokawa N

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Some cortical neurons receive highly selective thalamocortical (TC) input, but others do not. Here, we examine connectivity of single thalamic neurons (lateral geniculate nucleus, LGN) onto putative fast-spike inhibitory interneurons in layer 4 of rabbit visual cortex. We show that three 'rules' regulate this connecti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bereshpolova Y,Hei X,Alonso JM,Swadlow HA

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple lines of evidence suggest that functionally intact cerebello-hippocampal interactions are required for appropriate spatial processing. However, how the cerebellum anatomically and physiologically engages with the hippocampus to sustain such communication remains unknown. Using rabies virus as a retrograde tra...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Watson TC,Obiang P,Torres-Herraez A,Watilliaux A,Coulon P,Rochefort C,Rondi-Reig L

更新日期：2019-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in which monkeys have to select or estimate the location of a target are revealing more about the role of the dorsal premotor cortex in decision making. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Stuphorn V

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 infection cannot be cured because the virus persists as integrated proviral DNA in long-lived cells despite years of suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). In a previous paper (Zanini et al, 2015) we documented HIV-1 evolution in 10 untreated patients. Here we characterize establishment, turnover, and evoluti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Brodin J,Zanini F,Thebo L,Lanz C,Bratt G,Neher RA,Albert J

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in the presentation of hereditary immunodeficiencies may be explained by genetic or environmental factors. Patients with mutations in HOIL1 (RBCK1) present with amylopectinosis-associated myopathy with or without hyper-inflammation and immunodeficiency. We report that barrier-raised HOIL-1-deficient mice exh...

journal_title：eLife

authors： MacDuff DA,Reese TA,Kimmey JM,Weiss LA,Song C,Zhang X,Kambal A,Duan E,Carrero JA,Boisson B,Laplantine E,Israel A,Picard C,Colonna M,Edelson BT,Sibley LD,Stallings CL,Casanova JL,Iwai K,Virgin HW

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00