The transcription factor Pitx2 positions the embryonic axis and regulates twinning.

abstract：:Some DNA viruses overcome plant defenses by producing a suppressor protein that blocks the silencing of viral genes. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ré DA,Manavella PA

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major unanswered questions in evolutionary biology is when and how the transition between diderm (two membranes) and monoderm (one membrane) cell envelopes occurred in Bacteria. The Negativicutes and the Halanaerobiales belong to the classically monoderm Firmicutes, but possess outer membranes with lipopoly...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Antunes LC,Poppleton D,Klingl A,Criscuolo A,Dupuy B,Brochier-Armanet C,Beloin C,Gribaldo S

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria support synaptic transmission through production of ATP, sequestration of calcium, synthesis of glutamate, and other vital functions. Surprisingly, less than 50% of hippocampal CA1 presynaptic boutons contain mitochondria, raising the question of whether synapses without mitochondria can sustain changes i...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Smith HL,Bourne JN,Cao G,Chirillo MA,Ostroff LE,Watson DJ,Harris KM

更新日期：2016-12-19 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：:A new source of progenitor cells can now be used to study hidden aspects of human lung development and pediatric lung disease. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Waghray A,Rajagopal J

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metabolism can profoundly influence neuronal excitability. Mice with genetic deletion or alteration of Bad (BCL-2 agonist of cell death) exhibit altered brain-cell fuel metabolism, accompanied by resistance to acutely induced epileptic seizures; this seizure protection is mediated by ATP-sensitive potassium (KAT...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Martínez-François JR,Fernández-Agüera MC,Nathwani N,Lahmann C,Burnham VL,Danial NN,Yellen G

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:INAD assembles key enzymes of the Drosophila compound eye photo-transduction pathway into a supramolecular complex, supporting efficient and fast light signaling. However, the molecular mechanism that governs the interaction between INAD and NORPA (phospholipase Cβ, PLCβ), a key step for the fast kinetics of the light...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ye F,Huang Y,Li J,Ma Y,Xie C,Liu Z,Deng X,Wan J,Xue T,Liu W,Zhang M

更新日期：2018-12-10 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：:The growth of preprints in the life sciences has been reported widely and is driving policy changes for journals and funders, but little quantitative information has been published about preprint usage. Here, we report how we collected and analyzed data on all 37,648 preprints uploaded to bioRxiv.org, the largest biol...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Abdill RJ,Blekhman R

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Faithful chromosome segregation in all eukaryotes relies on centromeres, the chromosomal sites that recruit kinetochore proteins and mediate spindle attachment during cell division. The centromeric histone H3 variant, CenH3, is the defining chromatin component of centromeres in most eukaryotes, including animals, fung...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Drinnenberg IA,deYoung D,Henikoff S,Malik HS

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to dogma, evolutionarily young and dynamic genes can encode essential functions. We find that evolutionarily dynamic ZAD-ZNF genes, which encode the most abundant class of insect transcription factors, are more likely to encode essential functions in Drosophila melanogaster than ancient, conserved ZAD-ZNF gen...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kasinathan B,Colmenares SU 3rd,McConnell H,Young JM,Karpen GH,Malik HS

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer prevention is predicted to result in more positive therapeutic outcomes than post-diagnostic interventions, and so may be a viable option for future personalized medicine. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Komarova NL

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of direct bottom-up inputs with contextual information is a core feature of neocortical circuits. In area V1, neurons may reduce their firing rates when their receptive field input can be predicted by spatial context. Gamma-synchronized (30-80 Hz) firing may provide a complementary signal to rates, ref...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Peter A,Uran C,Klon-Lipok J,Roese R,van Stijn S,Barnes W,Dowdall JR,Singer W,Fries P,Vinck M

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:When an individual makes a judgement about the actions of another individual, taking the latter's viewpoint into consideration enhances cooperation in society at large. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Masuda N,Santos FC

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM16A is a ligand-gated anion channel that is activated by intracellular Ca2+. This channel comprises two independent pores and closely apposed Ca2+ binding sites that are contained within each subunit of a homodimeric protein. Previously we characterized the influence of positively charged pore-lining residues on a...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lam AK,Dutzler R

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pattern completion, or the ability to retrieve stable neural activity patterns from noisy or partial cues, is a fundamental feature of memory. Theoretical studies indicate that recurrently connected auto-associative or discrete attractor networks can perform this process. Although pattern completion and attractor dyna...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bolding KA,Nagappan S,Han BX,Wang F,Franks KM

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Uromodulin is the most abundant protein in the urine. It is exclusively produced by renal epithelial cells and it plays key roles in kidney function and disease. Uromodulin mainly exerts its function as an extracellular matrix whose assembly depends on a conserved, specific proteolytic cleavage leading to conformation...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Brunati M,Perucca S,Han L,Cattaneo A,Consolato F,Andolfo A,Schaeffer C,Olinger E,Peng J,Santambrogio S,Perrier R,Li S,Bokhove M,Bachi A,Hummler E,Devuyst O,Wu Q,Jovine L,Rampoldi L

更新日期：2015-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of bacterial swarms and the spreading of biofilms can be described by a unified biophysical theory that involves both active and passive processes. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jeckel H,Matthey N,Drescher K

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep oscillations in the neocortex and hippocampus are critical for the integration of new memories into stable generalized representations in neocortex. However, the role of the thalamus in this process is poorly understood. To determine the thalamic contribution to non-REM oscillations (sharp-wave ripples, SWRs; sl...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Varela C,Wilson MA

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is the most complex B-type vitamin and is synthetized exclusively in a limited number of prokaryotes. Its biologically active variants contain rare organometallic bonds, which are used by enzymes in a variety of central metabolic pathways such as L-methionine synthesis and ribonucleotide reduct...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Santos JA,Rempel S,Mous ST,Pereira CT,Ter Beek J,de Gier JW,Guskov A,Slotboom DJ

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In most vertebrate neurons, action potentials are triggered at the distal end of the axon initial segment (AIS). Both position and length of the AIS vary across and within neuron types, with activity, development and pathology. What is the impact of AIS geometry on excitability? Direct empirical assessment has proven ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Goethals S,Brette R

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which cause urinary tract infections (UTI), utilize type 1 pili, a chaperone usher pathway (CUP) pilus, to cause UTI and colonize the gut. The pilus rod, comprised of repeating FimA subunits, provides a structural scaffold for displaying the tip adhesin, FimH. We solved the 4.2 Å resoluti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Spaulding CN,Schreiber HL 4th,Zheng W,Dodson KW,Hazen JE,Conover MS,Wang F,Svenmarker P,Luna-Rico A,Francetic O,Andersson M,Hultgren S,Egelman EH

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cells are encased in a peptidoglycan (PG) exoskeleton that protects them from osmotic lysis and specifies their distinct shapes. Cell wall hydrolases are required to enlarge this covalently closed macromolecule during growth, but how these autolytic enzymes are regulated remains poorly understood. Bacillus s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dobihal GS,Brunet YR,Flores-Kim J,Rudner DZ

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A heat exchange mechanism in the head of kissing bugs helps to prevent stress and regulate their temperature while they feed on warm blood. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Benoit JB,Denlinger DL

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila larvae and adults possess a potent innate immune response, but the response of Drosophila eggs is poor. In contrast to Drosophila, eggs of the beetle Tribolium are protected by a serosa, an extraembryonic epithelium that is present in all insects except higher flies. In this study, we test a possible immune...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jacobs CG,Spaink HP,van der Zee M

更新日期：2014-12-09 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：:Context-dependent memories may guide adaptive behavior relaying in previous experience while updating stored information through reconsolidation. Retrieval can be triggered by partial and shared cues. When the cue is presented, the most relevant memory should be updated. In a contextual version of the object recogniti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Morici JF,Miranda M,Gallo FT,Zanoni B,Bekinschtein P,Weisstaub NV

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal/ventral (DV) patterning of the sea urchin embryo relies on a ventrally-localized organizer expressing Nodal, a pivotal regulator of the DV gene regulatory network. However, the inceptive mechanisms imposing the symmetry-breaking are incompletely understood. In Paracentrotus lividus, the Hbox12 homeodomain-conta...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cavalieri V,Spinelli G

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar climbing fiber activity encodes performance errors during many motor learning tasks, but the role of these error signals in learning has been controversial. We compared two motor learning paradigms that elicited equally robust putative error signals in the same climbing fibers: learned increases and decreas...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kimpo RR,Rinaldi JM,Kim CK,Payne HL,Raymond JL

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The TP53 tumor-suppressor gene is mutated in >50% of human tumors and Li-Fraumeni patients with germ line inactivation are predisposed to developing cancer. Here, we generated tp53 deleted zebrafish that spontaneously develop malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumors, angiosarcomas, germ cell tumors, and an aggressive ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ignatius MS,Hayes MN,Moore FE,Tang Q,Garcia SP,Blackburn PR,Baxi K,Wang L,Jin A,Ramakrishnan A,Reeder S,Chen Y,Nielsen GP,Chen EY,Hasserjian RP,Tirode F,Ekker SC,Langenau DM

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00