Live-cell imaging of actin dynamics reveals mechanisms of stereocilia length regulation in the inner ear.

abstract：:Reliable prediction of seasonal precipitation in the southwestern US (SWUS) remains a challenge with significant implications for the economy, water security and ecosystem management of the region. Winter precipitation in the SWUS has been linked to several climate modes, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (EN...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mamalakis A,Yu JY,Randerson JT,AghaKouchak A,Foufoula-Georgiou E

更新日期：2018-06-13 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：:Graphene has an extremely high in-plane strength yet considerable out-of-plane softness. High crystalline order of graphene assemblies is desired to utilize their in-plane properties, however, challenged by the easy formation of chaotic wrinkles for the intrinsic softness. Here, we find an intercalation modulated plas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li P,Yang M,Liu Y,Qin H,Liu J,Xu Z,Liu Y,Meng F,Lin J,Wang F,Gao C

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is no comprehensive framework to evaluate the evolutionary forces acting on genomic regions associated with human complex traits and contextualize the relationship between evolution and molecular function. Here, we develop an approach to test for signatures of diverse evolutionary forces on trait-asso...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： LaBella AL,Abraham A,Pichkar Y,Fong SL,Zhang G,Muglia LJ,Abbot P,Rokas A,Capra JA

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial networks enlarge in response to increase in tissue metabolism to facilitate flow and nutrient delivery. Typically, the transition of a growing artery with a small diameter into a large caliber artery with a sizeable diameter occurs upon the blood flow driven change in number and shape of endothelial cells lin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Klems A,van Rijssel J,Ramms AS,Wild R,Hammer J,Merkel M,Derenbach L,Préau L,Hinkel R,Suarez-Martinez I,Schulte-Merker S,Vidal R,Sauer S,Kivelä R,Alitalo K,Kupatt C,van Buul JD,le Noble F

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantized dynamics is essential for natural processes and technological applications alike. The work of Thouless on quantized particle transport in slowly varying potentials (Thouless pumping) has played a key role in understanding that such quantization may be caused not only by discrete eigenvalues of a quantum syst...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fedorova Z,Qiu H,Linden S,Kroha J

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:TP53 mutations are the most frequent genetic alterations in breast cancer and are associated with more aggressive disease and worse overall survival. We have created two conditional mutant Trp53 alleles in the mouse that allow expression of Trp53R172H or Trp53R245W missense mutations in single cells surrounded by a no...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang Y,Xiong S,Liu B,Pant V,Celii F,Chau G,Elizondo-Fraire AC,Yang P,You MJ,El-Naggar AK,Navin NE,Lozano G

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission through disordered samples can be controlled by illuminating a sample with waveforms corresponding to the eigenchannels of the transmission matrix (TM). But can the TM be exploited to selectively excite quasi-normal modes and so control the spatial profile and dwell time inside the medium? We show in micr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davy M,Genack AZ

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Skill learning is instantiated by changes to functional connectivity within premotor circuits, but whether the specificity of learning depends on structured changes to inhibitory circuitry remains unclear. We used slice electrophysiology to measure connectivity changes associated with song learning in the avian analog...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miller MN,Cheung CYJ,Brainard MS

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomic layer deposition (ALD) enables the ultrathin high-quality oxide layers that are central to all modern metal-oxide-semiconductor circuits. Crucial to achieving superior device performance are the chemical reactions during the first deposition cycle, which could ultimately result in atomic-scale perfection of the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Timm R,Head AR,Yngman S,Knutsson JV,Hjort M,McKibbin SR,Troian A,Persson O,Urpelainen S,Knudsen J,Schnadt J,Mikkelsen A

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic ablation of endothelial focal adhesion kinase (FAK) can inhibit pathological angiogenesis, suggesting that loss of endothelial FAK is sufficient to reduce neovascularization. Here we show that reduced stromal FAK expression in FAK-heterozygous mice unexpectedly enhances both B16F0 and CMT19T tumour growth and ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kostourou V,Lechertier T,Reynolds LE,Lees DM,Baker M,Jones DT,Tavora B,Ramjaun AR,Birdsey GM,Robinson SD,Parsons M,Randi AM,Hart IR,Hodivala-Dilke K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic conjugated polymers demonstrate great potential in transistors, solar cells and light-emitting diodes, whose performances are fundamentally governed by charge transport. However, the morphology-property relationships and the underpinning charge transport mechanisms remain unclear. Particularly, whether the non...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang J,Niu J,Shao B,Yang G,Lu C,Li M,Zhou Z,Chuai X,Chen J,Lu N,Huang B,Wang Y,Li L,Liu M

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The quiescent centre (QC) in the Arabidopsis root apical meristem is essential for stem cell organization. Here we show that the loss of REPRESSOR OF WUSCHEL1 (ROW1), a PHD domain-containing protein, leads to QC failure, defects in cell differentiation and ectopic expression of WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 5 (WOX5) in cel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang Y,Jiao Y,Liu Z,Zhu YX

更新日期：2015-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Charge transfer states play a crucial role in organic photovoltaics, mediating both photocurrent generation and recombination losses. In this work, we examine recombination losses as a function of the electron-hole spacing in fluorescent charge transfer states, including direct monitoring of both singlet and triplet c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chang W,Congreve DN,Hontz E,Bahlke ME,McMahon DP,Reineke S,Wu TC,Bulović V,Van Voorhis T,Baldo MA

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity are two primary forms of innate immunity in land plants. The molecular components and connecting nodes of pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity are not fully understood. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinase...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lu YJ,Li P,Shimono M,Corrion A,Higaki T,He SY,Day B

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Triboelectrification is a well-known phenomenon that commonly occurs in nature and in our lives at any time and any place. Although each and every material exhibits triboelectrification, its quantification has not been standardized. A triboelectric series has been qualitatively ranked with regards to triboelectric pol...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zou H,Zhang Y,Guo L,Wang P,He X,Dai G,Zheng H,Chen C,Wang AC,Xu C,Wang ZL

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of graphene in electronic devices requires a band gap, which can be achieved by creating nanostructures such as graphene nanoribbons. A wide variety of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons can be prepared through on-surface synthesis, bringing the concept of graphene nanoribbon electronics closer to reality...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jacobse PH,Kimouche A,Gebraad T,Ervasti MM,Thijssen JM,Liljeroth P,Swart I

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Under hypoxia, most of glucose is converted to secretory lactate, which leads to the overuse of glutamine-carbon. However, under such a condition how glutamine nitrogen is disposed to avoid over-accumulating ammonia remains to be determined. Here we identify a metabolic flux of glutamine to secretory dihydroorotate, w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Bai C,Ruan Y,Liu M,Chu Q,Qiu L,Yang C,Li B

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In November 2013, a series of earthquakes began along a mapped ancient fault system near Azle, Texas. Here we assess whether it is plausible that human activity caused these earthquakes. Analysis of both lake and groundwater variations near Azle shows that no significant stress changes were associated with the shallow...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hornbach MJ,DeShon HR,Ellsworth WL,Stump BW,Hayward C,Frohlich C,Oldham HR,Olson JE,Magnani MB,Brokaw C,Luetgert JH

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The caudal-related homeobox transcription factor CDX2 is expressed in leukemic cells but not during normal blood formation. Retroviral overexpression of Cdx2 induces AML in mice, however the developmental stage at which CDX2 exerts its effect is unknown. We developed a conditionally inducible Cdx2 mouse model to deter...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vu T,Straube J,Porter AH,Bywater M,Song A,Ling V,Cooper L,Pali G,Bruedigam C,Jacquelin S,Green J,Magor G,Perkins A,Chalk AM,Walkley CR,Heidel FH,Mukhopadhyay P,Cloonan N,Gröschel S,Mallm JP,Fröhling S,Scholl C,

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evasion of the host phagocyte response by Staphylococcus aureus is crucial to successful infection with the pathogen. γ-haemolysin AB and CB (HlgAB, HlgCB) are bicomponent pore-forming toxins present in almost all human S. aureus isolates. Cellular tropism and contribution of the toxins to S. aureus pathophysiology ar...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Spaan AN,Vrieling M,Wallet P,Badiou C,Reyes-Robles T,Ohneck EA,Benito Y,de Haas CJ,Day CJ,Jennings MP,Lina G,Vandenesch F,van Kessel KP,Torres VJ,van Strijp JA,Henry T

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic amebiasis, predominantly occurring in men, is a focal destruction of the liver due to the invading protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. Classical monocytes as well as testosterone are identified to have important functions for the development of hepatic amebiasis in mice, but a link between testosterone and monocy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sellau J,Groneberg M,Fehling H,Thye T,Hoenow S,Marggraff C,Weskamm M,Hansen C,Stanelle-Bertram S,Kuehl S,Noll J,Wolf V,Metwally NG,Hagen SH,Dorn C,Wernecke J,Ittrich H,Tannich E,Jacobs T,Bruchhaus I,Altfeld M,Lo

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Amongst the many spectacular properties of hybrid lead halide perovskites, their defect tolerance is regarded as the key enabler for a spectrum of high-performance optoelectronic devices that propel perovskites to prominence. However, the plateauing efficiency enhancement of perovskite devices calls into question the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Righetto M,Lim SS,Giovanni D,Lim JWM,Zhang Q,Ramesh S,Tay YKE,Sum TC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome stability relies on proper coordination of mitosis and cytokinesis, where dynamic microtubules capture and faithfully segregate chromosomes into daughter cells. With a high-content RNAi imaging screen targeting more than 2,000 human lncRNAs, we identify numerous lncRNAs involved in key steps of cell division su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Stojic L,Lun ATL,Mascalchi P,Ernst C,Redmond AM,Mangei J,Barr AR,Bousgouni V,Bakal C,Marioni JC,Odom DT,Gergely F

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Scalable, integrative methods to understand mechanisms that link genetic variants with phenotypes are needed. Here we derive a mathematical expression to compute PrediXcan (a gene mapping approach) results using summary data (S-PrediXcan) and show its accuracy and general robustness to misspecified reference sets. We ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barbeira AN,Dickinson SP,Bonazzola R,Zheng J,Wheeler HE,Torres JM,Torstenson ES,Shah KP,Garcia T,Edwards TL,Stahl EA,Huckins LM,GTEx Consortium.,Nicolae DL,Cox NJ,Im HK

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent efforts to evaluate the contribution of neonicotinoid insecticides to worldwide pollinator declines have focused on honey bees and the chronic levels of exposure experienced when foraging on crops grown from neonicotinoid-treated seeds. However, few studies address non-crop plants as a potential route of pollin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Long EY,Krupke CH

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that gut microbiomes of urban-industrialized societies are different from those of traditional peoples. Here we examine the relationship between lifeways and gut microbiota through taxonomic and functional potential characterization of faecal samples from hunter-gatherer and traditional agricult...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Obregon-Tito AJ,Tito RY,Metcalf J,Sankaranarayanan K,Clemente JC,Ursell LK,Zech Xu Z,Van Treuren W,Knight R,Gaffney PM,Spicer P,Lawson P,Marin-Reyes L,Trujillo-Villarroel O,Foster M,Guija-Poma E,Troncoso-Corzo L,Warinne

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the complete set of translated genes of viruses is important to understand viral replication and pathogenesis as well as for therapeutic approaches to control viral infection. Here, we use chemical proteomics, integrating bio-orthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging and high-resolution mass spectr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kato A,Adachi S,Kawano S,Takeshima K,Watanabe M,Kitazume S,Sato R,Kusano H,Koyanagi N,Maruzuru Y,Arii J,Hatta T,Natsume T,Kawaguchi Y

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A reliable description of any spatial pattern in species richness requires accurate knowledge about species geographical distribution. However, sampling bias may generate artefactual absences within species range and compromise our capacity to describe biodiversity patterns. Here, we analysed the spatial distribution ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Menegotto A,Rangel TF

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dead Sea is one of the most hypersaline habitats on Earth. The fungus Eurotium rubrum (Eurotiomycetes) is among the few species able to survive there. Here we highlight its adaptive strategies, based on genome analysis and transcriptome profiling. The 26.2 Mb genome of E. rubrum shows, for example, gains in gene f...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kis-Papo T,Weig AR,Riley R,Peršoh D,Salamov A,Sun H,Lipzen A,Wasser SP,Rambold G,Grigoriev IV,Nevo E

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00