Optoelectronic crystal of artificial atoms in strain-textured molybdenum disulphide.

abstract：:The mammalian neocortex is subdivided into cytoarchitectural areas with distinct connectivity, gene expression and neural functions. Areal identity is initially specified by rostrocaudal and mediolateral gene expression gradients in neuroepithelial and radial glial progenitors (the 'protomap'). On further differentiat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Alfano C,Magrinelli E,Harb K,Hevner RF,Studer M

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt signaling is critical for directing epithelial gland development within the uterine lining to ensure successful gestation in adults. Wnt-dependent, Lgr5-expressing stem/progenitor cells are essential for the development of glandular epithelia in the intestine and stomach, but their existence in the developing repr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Seishima R,Leung C,Yada S,Murad KBA,Tan LT,Hajamohideen A,Tan SH,Itoh H,Murakami K,Ishida Y,Nakamizo S,Yoshikawa Y,Wong E,Barker N

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Eumelanin is a ubiquitous biological pigment, and the origin of its broadband absorption spectrum has long been a topic of scientific debate. Here, we report a first-principles computational investigation to explain its broadband absorption feature. These computations are complemented by experimental results showing a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen CT,Chuang C,Cao J,Ball V,Ruch D,Buehler MJ

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranes with nano-apertures are versatile templates that possess a wide range of electronic, optical and biomedical applications. However, such membranes have been limited to silicon-based inorganic materials to utilize standard semiconductor processes. Here we report a new type of flexible and free-standing polymer...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cho H,Kim J,Park H,Won Bang J,Seop Hyun M,Bae Y,Ha L,Yoon Kim D,Min Kang S,Jung Park T,Seo S,Choi M,Suh KY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation maintenance by DNMT1 is an essential process in mammals but molecular mechanisms connecting DNA methylation patterns and enzyme activity remain elusive. Here, we systematically analyzed the specificity of DNMT1, revealing a pronounced influence of the DNA sequences flanking the target CpG site on DNMT1...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Adam S,Anteneh H,Hornisch M,Wagner V,Lu J,Radde NE,Bashtrykov P,Song J,Jeltsch A

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Though miR-205 function has been largely characterized, the nature of its host gene, MIR205HG, is still completely unknown. Here, we show that only lowly expressed alternatively spliced MIR205HG transcripts act as de facto pri-miRNAs, through a process that involves Drosha to prevent unfavorable splicing and directly ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Profumo V,Forte B,Percio S,Rotundo F,Doldi V,Ferrari E,Fenderico N,Dugo M,Romagnoli D,Benelli M,Valdagni R,Dolfini D,Zaffaroni N,Gandellini P

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene deletion-induced autophagy deficiency leads to neural tube defects (NTDs), similar to those in diabetic pregnancy. Here we report the key autophagy regulators modulated by diabetes in the murine developing neuroepithelium. Diabetes predominantly leads to exencephaly, induces neuroepithelial cell apoptosis and sup...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang F,Xu C,Reece EA,Li X,Wu Y,Harman C,Yu J,Dong D,Wang C,Yang P,Zhong J,Yang P

更新日期：2017-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One prominent hallmark of topological semimetals is the existence of unusual topological surface states known as Fermi arcs. Nevertheless, the Fermi-arc superconductivity remains elusive. Here, we report the critical current oscillations from surface Fermi arcs in Nb-Dirac semimetal Cd3As2-Nb Josephson junctions. The ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li CZ,Wang AQ,Li C,Zheng WZ,Brinkman A,Yu DP,Liao ZM

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, telomeres cap chromosome ends to maintain genomic stability. Failure to maintain telomeres leads to their progressive erosion and eventually triggers replicative senescence, a pathway that protects against unrestricted cell proliferation. However, the mechanisms underlying the variability and dynamics o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu Z,Fallet E,Paoletti C,Fehrmann S,Charvin G,Teixeira MT

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome editing critically relies on selective recognition of target sites. However, despite recent progress, the underlying search mechanism of genome-editing proteins is not fully understood in the context of cellular chromatin environments. Here, we use single-molecule imaging in live cells to directly study the beh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jain S,Shukla S,Yang C,Zhang M,Fatma Z,Lingamaneni M,Abesteh S,Lane ST,Xiong X,Wang Y,Schroeder CM,Selvin PR,Zhao H

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has developed striking light-powered proteins such as bacteriorhodopsin, which can convert light energy into conformational changes for biological functions. Such natural machines are a great source of inspiration for creation of their synthetic analogues. However, synthetic molecular machines typically operate...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kuzyk A,Yang Y,Duan X,Stoll S,Govorov AO,Sugiyama H,Endo M,Liu N

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional atomic crystals, such as two-dimensional oxides, have attracted much attention in energy storage because nearly all of the atoms can be exposed to the electrolyte and involved in redox reactions. However, current strategies are largely limited to intrinsically layered compounds. Here we report a genera...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xiao X,Song H,Lin S,Zhou Y,Zhan X,Hu Z,Zhang Q,Sun J,Yang B,Li T,Jiao L,Zhou J,Tang J,Gogotsi Y

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of liquid drops on solid surfaces is ubiquitous in nature, and of practical importance in many industrial processes. A drop hitting a flat surface retains a circular symmetry throughout the impact process. Here we show that a drop impinging on Echevaria leaves exhibits asymmetric bouncing dynamics with dist...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Andrew M,Li J,Yeomans JM,Wang Z

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of an order parameter's amplitude and phase determines the collective behaviour of novel states emerging in complex materials. Time- and momentum-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, by virtue of measuring material properties at atomic and electronic time scales out of equilibrium, can decouple entangled deg...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee WS,Chuang YD,Moore RG,Zhu Y,Patthey L,Trigo M,Lu DH,Kirchmann PS,Krupin O,Yi M,Langner M,Huse N,Robinson JS,Chen Y,Zhou SY,Coslovich G,Huber B,Reis DA,Kaindl RA,Schoenlein RW,Doering D,Denes P,Schlotter WF

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Roifman Syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by growth retardation, cognitive delay, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and antibody deficiency. Here we utilize whole-genome sequencing of Roifman Syndrome patients to reveal compound heterozygous rare variants that disrupt highly conserved positions of the RN...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Merico D,Roifman M,Braunschweig U,Yuen RK,Alexandrova R,Bates A,Reid B,Nalpathamkalam T,Wang Z,Thiruvahindrapuram B,Gray P,Kakakios A,Peake J,Hogarth S,Manson D,Buncic R,Pereira SL,Herbrick JA,Blencowe BJ,Roifman CM

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases with age. Cellular senescence refers to a state of irreversible cell-cycle arrest combined with the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and mitochondrial dysfunction. Senescent cells contribute to age-related tissue degeneration. Here we show that...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ogrodnik M,Miwa S,Tchkonia T,Tiniakos D,Wilson CL,Lahat A,Day CP,Burt A,Palmer A,Anstee QM,Grellscheid SN,Hoeijmakers JHJ,Barnhoorn S,Mann DA,Bird TG,Vermeij WP,Kirkland JL,Passos JF,von Zglinicki T,Jurk D

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial nanoparticles accumulate a protein corona layer in biological fluids, which significantly influences their bioactivity. As nanosized obligate intracellular parasites, viruses share many biophysical properties with artificial nanoparticles in extracellular environments and here we show that respiratory syncy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ezzat K,Pernemalm M,Pålsson S,Roberts TC,Järver P,Dondalska A,Bestas B,Sobkowiak MJ,Levänen B,Sköld M,Thompson EA,Saher O,Kari OK,Lajunen T,Sverremark Ekström E,Nilsson C,Ishchenko Y,Malm T,Wood MJA,Power UF,Masic

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are co-translationally inserted into the bacterial plasma membrane via the SecYEG translocon by lateral release of hydrophobic transmembrane segments into the phospholipid bilayer. The trigger for lateral opening of the translocon is not known. Here we monitor lateral opening by photo-induced electron transfe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ge Y,Draycheva A,Bornemann T,Rodnina MV,Wintermeyer W

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pools of carbon dioxide are found in natural geological accumulations and in engineered storage in saline aquifers. It has been thought that once this CO2 dissolves in the formation water, making it denser, convection streams will transport it efficiently to depth, but this may not be so. Here, we assess theoretically...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cardoso SS,Andres JT

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) are co-endemic in many parts of the world, but the impact of ZIKV infection on subsequent DENV infection is not well understood. Here we show in rhesus macaques that the time elapsed after ZIKV infection affects the immune response to DENV infection. We show that previous ZIKV...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pérez-Guzmán EX,Pantoja P,Serrano-Collazo C,Hassert MA,Ortiz-Rosa A,Rodríguez IV,Giavedoni L,Hodara V,Parodi L,Cruz L,Arana T,White LJ,Martínez MI,Weiskopf D,Brien JD,de Silva A,Pinto AK,Sariol CA

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:When two periodic potentials compete in materials, one may adopt the other, which straightforwardly generates topological defects. Of particular interest are domain walls in charge-, dipole-, and spin-ordered systems, which govern macroscopic properties and important functionality. However, detailed atomic and electro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Park JW,Cho GY,Lee J,Yeom HW

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Purkinje cells (PCs) in Crus 1 represent whisker movement via linear changes in firing rate, but the circuit mechanisms underlying this coding scheme are unknown. Here we examine the role of upstream inputs to PCs-excitatory granule cells (GCs) and inhibitory molecular layer interneurons-in processing of whisking sign...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen S,Augustine GJ,Chadderton P

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine coastal ecosystems are among the most exposed to global environmental change, with reported effects on species biomass, species richness and length of trophic chains. By combining a biologically informed food-web model with information on anthropogenic influences in 701 sites across the Caribbean region, we sho...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gilarranz LJ,Mora C,Bascompte J

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive immunotherapy using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) expressing T cells targeting the CD19 B lineage receptor has demonstrated marked success in relapsed pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Persisting CAR-T cells generate sustained pressure against CD19 that may drive unique mechanisms of resistanc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jacoby E,Nguyen SM,Fountaine TJ,Welp K,Gryder B,Qin H,Yang Y,Chien CD,Seif AE,Lei H,Song YK,Khan J,Lee DW,Mackall CL,Gardner RA,Jensen MC,Shern JF,Fry TJ

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:For a cell to move forward it must convert chemical energy into mechanical propulsion. Force produced by actin polymerization can generate traction across the plasma membrane by transmission through integrins to their ligands. However, the role this force plays in integrin activation is unknown. Here we show that inte...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nordenfelt P,Elliott HL,Springer TA

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that temperature estimates of macroscopic systems in equilibrium are most precise when their energy fluctuations are large. However, for nanoscale systems deviations from standard thermodynamics arise due to their interactions with the environment. Here we include such interactions and, using quantum estim...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miller HJD,Anders J

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:TorsinA is an ER-resident AAA + ATPase, whose deletion of glutamate E303 results in the genetic neuromuscular disease primary dystonia. TorsinA is an unusual AAA + ATPase that needs an external activator. Also, it likely does not thread a peptide substrate through a narrow central channel, in contrast to its closest s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Demircioglu FE,Zheng W,McQuown AJ,Maier NK,Watson N,Cheeseman IM,Denic V,Egelman EH,Schwartz TU

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion distribution in aqueous electrolytes near the interface plays a critical role in electrochemical, biological and colloidal systems, and is expected to be particularly significant inside nanoconfined regions. Electroneutrality of the total charge inside nanoconfined regions is commonly assumed a priori in solving i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Luo ZX,Xing YZ,Ling YC,Kleinhammes A,Wu Y

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum technologies promise a variety of exciting applications. Even though impressive progress has been achieved recently, a major bottleneck currently is the lack of practical certification techniques. The challenge consists of ensuring that classically intractable quantum devices perform as expected. Here we prese...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Aolita L,Gogolin C,Kliesch M,Eisert J

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic evolution, transmission and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae, an opportunistic human-adapted pathogen, is driven principally by nasopharyngeal carriage. However, little is known about genomic changes during natural colonisation. Here, we use whole-genome sequencing to investigate within-host microevolu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chaguza C,Senghore M,Bojang E,Gladstone RA,Lo SW,Tientcheu PE,Bancroft RE,Worwui A,Foster-Nyarko E,Ceesay F,Okoi C,McGee L,Klugman KP,Breiman RF,Barer MR,Adegbola RA,Antonio M,Bentley SD,Kwambana-Adams BA

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00