Wigner and Kondo physics in quantum point contacts revealed by scanning gate microscopy.

abstract：:The Spitzenkörper (SPK) constitutes a collection of secretory vesicles and polarity-related proteins intimately associated with polarized growth of fungal hyphae. Many SPK-localized proteins are known, but their assembly and dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we identify protein-protein interaction cascades lead...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zheng P,Nguyen TA,Wong JY,Lee M,Nguyen TA,Fan JS,Yang D,Jedd G

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful tool for studying gene function. Here, we describe a method that allows temporal control of CRISPR/Cas9 activity based on conditional Cas9 destabilization. We demonstrate that fusing an FKBP12-derived destabilizing domain to Cas9 (DD-Cas9) enables conditional Cas9 expression and te...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Senturk S,Shirole NH,Nowak DG,Corbo V,Pal D,Vaughan A,Tuveson DA,Trotman LC,Kinney JB,Sordella R

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence indicates that osteoclasts direct osteoblastic bone formation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have a crucial role in regulating osteoclast and osteoblast function. However, whether miRNAs mediate osteoclast-directed osteoblastic bone formation is mostly unknown. Here, we show that increased osteoclastic miR-214-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li D,Liu J,Guo B,Liang C,Dang L,Lu C,He X,Cheung HY,Xu L,Lu C,He B,Liu B,Shaikh AB,Li F,Wang L,Yang Z,Au DW,Peng S,Zhang Z,Zhang BT,Pan X,Qian A,Shang P,Xiao L,Jiang B,Wong CK,Xu J,Bian Z,Liang Z,

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of specific pathogen-free mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a widely used model to study antiviral T-cell immunity. Infections in the real world, however, are often accompanied by coinfections with unrelated pathogens. Here we show that in mice, systemic coinfection with E. coli suppress...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Straub T,Freudenberg MA,Schleicher U,Bogdan C,Gasteiger G,Pircher H

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An invisibility cloak should completely hide an object from an observer, ideally across the visible spectrum and for all angles of incidence and polarizations of light, in three dimensions. However, until now, all such devices have been limited to either small bandwidths or have disregarded the phase of the impinging ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tsakmakidis KL,Reshef O,Almpanis E,Zouros GP,Mohammadi E,Saadat D,Sohrabi F,Fahimi-Kashani N,Etezadi D,Boyd RW,Altug H

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, most synapses show a fast mode of neurotransmitter release known as synchronous release followed by a phase of asynchronous release, which extends over tens of milliseconds to seconds. Synapsin II (SYN2) is a member of the multigene synapsin family (SYN1/2/3) of synaptic vesicle phosphop...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Medrihan L,Cesca F,Raimondi A,Lignani G,Baldelli P,Benfenati F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of gut mucosal integrity and an aberrant gut microbiota are proposed mechanisms contributing to chronic inflammation and increased morbidity and mortality during antiretroviral-treated HIV disease. Sexual practice has recently been uncovered as a major source of microbiota variation, potentially confounding prior...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vujkovic-Cvijin I,Sortino O,Verheij E,Sklar J,Wit FW,Kootstra NA,Sellers B,Brenchley JM,Ananworanich J,Loeff MSV,Belkaid Y,Reiss P,Sereti I

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The trade-offs between photoelectrode efficiency and stability significantly hinder the practical application of silicon-based photoelectrochemical devices. Here, we report a facile approach to decouple the trade-offs of silicon-based photocathodes by employing crystalline TiO2 with graded oxygen defects as protection...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zheng J,Lyu Y,Wang R,Xie C,Zhou H,Jiang SP,Wang S

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common form of acute viral encephalitis in industrialized countries. Type I interferon (IFN) is important for control of herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) in the central nervous system (CNS). Here we show that microglia are the main source of HSV-induced type I IFN expression i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reinert LS,Lopušná K,Winther H,Sun C,Thomsen MK,Nandakumar R,Mogensen TH,Meyer M,Vægter C,Nyengaard JR,Fitzgerald KA,Paludan SR

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) is a mammalian homologue of EXC-4 whose mutation is associated with cystic excretory canals in nematodes. Here we show that CLIC4-null mouse embryos exhibit impaired renal tubulogenesis. In both developing and developed kidneys, CLIC4 is specifically enriched in the proximal tu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chou SY,Hsu KS,Otsu W,Hsu YC,Luo YC,Yeh C,Shehab SS,Chen J,Shieh V,He GA,Marean MB,Felsen D,Ding A,Poppas DP,Chuang JZ,Sung CH

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The naked mole-rat (NMR, Heterocephalus glaber), which is the longest-lived rodent species, exhibits extraordinary resistance to cancer. Here we report that NMR somatic cells exhibit a unique tumour-suppressor response to reprogramming induction. In this study, we generate NMR-induced pluripotent stem cells (NMR-iPSCs...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miyawaki S,Kawamura Y,Oiwa Y,Shimizu A,Hachiya T,Bono H,Koya I,Okada Y,Kimura T,Tsuchiya Y,Suzuki S,Onishi N,Kuzumaki N,Matsuzaki Y,Narita M,Ikeda E,Okanoya K,Seino K,Saya H,Okano H,Miura K

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:xrRNAs from flaviviruses survive in host cells because of their exceptional dichotomic response to the unfolding action of different enzymes. They can be unwound, and hence copied, by replicases, and yet can resist degradation by exonucleases. How the same stretch of xrRNA can encode such diverse responses is an open ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Suma A,Coronel L,Bussi G,Micheletti C

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomeric near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent proteins (FPs) are in high demand as protein tags and components of biosensors for deep-tissue imaging and multicolour microscopy. We report three bright and spectrally distinct monomeric NIR FPs, termed miRFPs, engineered from bacterial phytochrome, which can be used as easil...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shcherbakova DM,Baloban M,Emelyanov AV,Brenowitz M,Guo P,Verkhusha VV

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Many physical phenomena can be understood by single-particle physics; that is, treating particles as non-interacting entities. When this fails, many-body interactions lead to spontaneous symmetry breaking and phenomena such as fundamental particles' mass generation, superconductivity and magnetism. Competition between...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee Y,Tran D,Myhro K,Velasco J,Gillgren N,Lau CN,Barlas Y,Poumirol JM,Smirnov D,Guinea F

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:New exotic phenomena have recently been discovered in oxides of paramagnetic Ir(4+) ions, widely known as 'iridates'. Their remarkable properties originate from concerted effects of the crystal field, magnetic interactions and strong spin-orbit coupling, characteristic of 5d metal ions. Despite numerous experimental r...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pedersen KS,Bendix J,Tressaud A,Durand E,Weihe H,Salman Z,Morsing TJ,Woodruff DN,Lan Y,Wernsdorfer W,Mathonière C,Piligkos S,Klokishner SI,Ostrovsky S,Ollefs K,Wilhelm F,Rogalev A,Clérac R

更新日期：2016-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A key element enabling the microelectronic technology advances of the past decades has been the conceptualization of complex circuits with versatile functionalities as being composed of the proper combination of basic 'lumped' circuit elements (for example, inductors and capacitors). In contrast, modern nanophotonic s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shi J,Monticone F,Elias S,Wu Y,Ratchford D,Li X,Alù A

更新日期：2014-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder due to selective loss of motor neurons (MNs). Mutations in the fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene can cause both juvenile and late onset ALS. We generated and characterized induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from ALS patients with dif...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Guo W,Naujock M,Fumagalli L,Vandoorne T,Baatsen P,Boon R,Ordovás L,Patel A,Welters M,Vanwelden T,Geens N,Tricot T,Benoy V,Steyaert J,Lefebvre-Omar C,Boesmans W,Jarpe M,Sterneckert J,Wegner F,Petri S,Bohl D,Vande

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult cardiac tissue undergoes a rapid process of dedifferentiation when cultured outside the body. The in vivo environment, particularly constant electromechanical stimulation, is fundamental to the regulation of cardiac structure and function. We investigated the role of electromechanical stimulation in preventing c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Watson SA,Duff J,Bardi I,Zabielska M,Atanur SS,Jabbour RJ,Simon A,Tomas A,Smolenski RT,Harding SE,Perbellini F,Terracciano CM

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thin films of several microns in thickness are ubiquitously used in packaging, electronics, and acoustic sensors. Here we demonstrate that natural wood can be directly converted into an ultrathin film with a record-small thickness of less than 10 μm through partial delignification followed by densification. Benefiting...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gan W,Chen C,Kim HT,Lin Z,Dai J,Dong Z,Zhou Z,Ping W,He S,Xiao S,Yu M,Hu L

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between proteins play an essential role in metabolic and signaling pathways, cellular processes and organismal systems. We report the development of splitFAST, a fluorescence complementation system for the visualization of transient protein-protein interactions in living cells. Engineered from the fluorog...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tebo AG,Gautier A

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:As an in-plane charge current flows in a heavy metal film with spin-orbit coupling, it produces a torque on and thereby switches the magnetization in a neighbouring ferromagnetic metal film. Such spin-orbit torque (SOT)-induced switching has been studied extensively in recent years and has shown higher efficiency than...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li P,Liu T,Chang H,Kalitsov A,Zhang W,Csaba G,Li W,Richardson D,DeMann A,Rimal G,Dey H,Jiang JS,Porod W,Field SB,Tang J,Marconi MC,Hoffmann A,Mryasov O,Wu M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phonons are the main source of relaxation in molecular nanomagnets, and different mechanisms have been proposed in order to explain the wealth of experimental findings. However, very limited experimental investigations on phonons in these systems have been performed so far, yielding no information about their dispersi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Garlatti E,Tesi L,Lunghi A,Atzori M,Voneshen DJ,Santini P,Sanvito S,Guidi T,Sessoli R,Carretta S

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 envelope (Env) mimetics are candidate components of prophylactic vaccines and potential therapeutics. Here we use a synthetic V3-glycopeptide ("Man9-V3") for structural studies of an HIV Env third variable loop (V3)-glycan directed, broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) lineage ("DH270"), to visualize the epitope...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fera D,Lee MS,Wiehe K,Meyerhoff RR,Piai A,Bonsignori M,Aussedat B,Walkowicz WE,Ton T,Zhou JO,Danishefsky S,Haynes BF,Harrison SC

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomolecular X-ray structures typically provide a static, time- and ensemble-averaged view of molecular ensembles in crystals. In the absence of rigid-body motions and lattice defects, B-factors are thought to accurately reflect the structural heterogeneity of such ensembles. In order to study the effects of averaging...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kuzmanic A,Pannu NS,Zagrovic B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantum network combines the benefits of quantum systems regarding secure information transmission and calculational speed-up by employing quantum coherence and entanglement to store, transmit and process information. A promising platform for implementing such a network are atom-based quantum memories and processors...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kurz C,Schug M,Eich P,Huwer J,Müller P,Eschner J

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the recent decades there has been tremendous progress in understanding and controlling friction between surfaces in relative motion. However the complex nature of the involved processes has forced most of this work to be of rather empirical nature. Two very distinctive physical systems, hard two-dimensional layer...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vanossi A,Bechinger C,Urbakh M

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of the enormous amount of reactive nitrogen released to the environment by human activities in India is unknown. Here we show occurrence of seasonal stratification and generally low concentrations of dissolved inorganic combined nitrogen, and high molecular nitrogen (N2) to argon ratio, thus suggesting season...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Naqvi SWA,Lam P,Narvenkar G,Sarkar A,Naik H,Pratihary A,Shenoy DM,Gauns M,Kurian S,Damare S,Duret M,Lavik G,Kuypers MMM

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of water-intake behavior is critical for life because an excessive water intake induces pathological conditions, such as hyponatremia or water intoxication. However, the brain mechanisms controlling water intake currently remain unclear. We previously reported that thirst-driving neurons (water neurons) in...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsuda T,Hiyama TY,Kobayashi K,Kobayashi K,Noda M

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomical atlases in standard coordinates are necessary for the interpretation and integration of research findings in a common spatial context. However, the two most-used mouse brain atlases, the Franklin-Paxinos (FP) and the common coordinate framework (CCF) from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, have accumula...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chon U,Vanselow DJ,Cheng KC,Kim Y

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand functional consequences of genetic and transcriptional aberrations in prostate cancer, the proteomic changes during disease formation and progression need to be revealed. Here we report high-throughput mass spectrometry on clinical tissue samples of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), untreated primary p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Latonen L,Afyounian E,Jylhä A,Nättinen J,Aapola U,Annala M,Kivinummi KK,Tammela TTL,Beuerman RW,Uusitalo H,Nykter M,Visakorpi T

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00