Cdc6 ATPase activity disengages Cdc6 from the pre-replicative complex to promote DNA replication.

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：:Understanding how genetic variation contributes to phenotypic differences is a fundamental question in biology. Combining high-throughput gene function assays with mechanistic models of the impact of genetic variants is a promising alternative to genome-wide association studies. Here we have assembled a large panel of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Galardini M,Koumoutsi A,Herrera-Dominguez L,Cordero Varela JA,Telzerow A,Wagih O,Wartel M,Clermont O,Denamur E,Typas A,Beltrao P

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) is associated with mood and motivation but the function of endogenous 5-HT remains controversial. Here, we studied the impact of phasic optogenetic activation of 5-HT neurons in mice over time scales from seconds to weeks. We found that activating dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) 5-HT neurons induced a stro...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Correia PA,Lottem E,Banerjee D,Machado AS,Carey MR,Mainen ZF

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) encodes information supporting mnemonic and cognitive processes. We show here that a rat's position can be decoded with high spatiotemporal resolution from ACC activity. ACC neurons encoded the current state of the animal and task, except for brief excursions that sometimes occurred...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mashhoori A,Hashemnia S,McNaughton BL,Euston DR,Gruber AJ

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work draws attention to community-community encounters ('coalescence') as likely an important factor shaping natural ecosystems. This work builds on MacArthur's classic model of competitive coexistence to investigate such community-level competition in a minimal theoretical setting. It is shown that the ability...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tikhonov M

更新日期：2016-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexin regulates spontaneous and activates Ca(2+)-triggered neurotransmitter release, yet the molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here we performed single molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments and uncovered two conformations of complexin-1 bound to the ternary SNARE complex. In the cis con...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Choi UB,Zhao M,Zhang Y,Lai Y,Brunger AT

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although individuals of many species inexorably age, a number of observations established that the rate of aging is modulated in response to a variety of mild stresses. Here, we investigated how heat stress promotes longevity in yeast. We show that upon growth at higher temperature, yeast cells relax the retention of ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Baldi S,Bolognesi A,Meinema AC,Barral Y

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:How does the skeleton detect and adapt to changes in the mechanical load it has to carry? ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Haelterman N,Lim J

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of selected experiments from a number of high-profile papers in the field of cancer biology. The papers, which were published between 2010 and 2012, were selected on the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Phelps M,Coss C,Wang H,Cook M,Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology.,Reproducibility Project Cancer Biology.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In complex biological systems, simple individual-level behavioral rules can give rise to emergent group-level behavior. While collective behavior has been well studied in cells and larger organisms, the mesoscopic scale is less understood, as it is unclear which sensory inputs and physical processes matter a priori. H...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ding SS,Schumacher LJ,Javer AE,Endres RG,Brown AE

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:R-loops are features of chromatin consisting of a strand of DNA hybridized to RNA, as well as the expelled complementary DNA strand. R-loops are enriched at promoters where they have recently been shown to have important roles in modifying gene expression. However, the location of promoter-associated R-loops and the g...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dumelie JG,Jaffrey SR

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Unrepaired DNA damage during embryonic development can be potentially inherited by a large population of cells. However, the quality control mechanisms that minimize the contribution of damaged cells to developing embryos remain poorly understood. Here, we uncovered an ATR- and CHK1-mediated transcriptional response t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Atashpaz S,Samadi Shams S,Gonzalez JM,Sebestyén E,Arghavanifard N,Gnocchi A,Albers E,Minardi S,Faga G,Soffientini P,Allievi E,Cancila V,Bachi A,Fernández-Capetillo Ó,Tripodo C,Ferrari F,López-Contreras AJ,Costanzo V

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and other animals base important decisions on estimates of number, and intraparietal cortex is thought to provide a crucial substrate of this ability. However, it remains debated whether an independent neuronal processing mechanism underlies this 'number sense', or whether number is instead judged indirectly on...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Castaldi E,Piazza M,Dehaene S,Vignaud A,Eger E

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:bicoid mRNA localises to the Drosophila oocyte anterior from stage 9 of oogenesis onwards to provide a local source for Bicoid protein for embryonic patterning. Live imaging at stage 9 reveals that bicoid mRNA particles undergo rapid Dynein-dependent movements near the oocyte anterior, but with no directional bias. Fu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Trovisco V,Belaya K,Nashchekin D,Irion U,Sirinakis G,Butler R,Lee JJ,Gavis ER,St Johnston D

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive control proactively configures information processing to suit expected task demands. Predictions of forthcoming demand can be driven by explicit external cues or be generated internally, based on past experience (cognitive history). However, it is not known whether and how the brain reconciles these two sour...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jiang J,Wagner AD,Egner T

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The piriform cortex (PCx) receives direct input from the olfactory bulb (OB) and is the brain's main station for odor recognition and memory. The transformation of the odor code from OB to PCx is profound: mitral and tufted cells in olfactory glomeruli respond to individual odorant molecules, whereas pyramidal neurons...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kumar A,Schiff O,Barkai E,Mel BW,Poleg-Polsky A,Schiller J

更新日期：2018-12-21 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：:More than half of long-term brain tumor survivors develop irreversible cognitive decline that severely affect their quality of life. However, there is no pre-clinical model that allows long-term assessment of cognition, and there is no treatment which ameliorates cognitive deficits in patients. Here, we report a novel...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Feng X,Liu S,Chen D,Rosi S,Gupta N

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory deprivation during the post-natal 'critical period' leads to structural reorganization of the developing visual cortex. In adulthood, the visual cortex retains some flexibility and adapts to sensory deprivation. Here we show that short-term (2 hr) monocular deprivation in adult humans boosts the BOLD response ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Binda P,Kurzawski JW,Lunghi C,Biagi L,Tosetti M,Morrone MC

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a reanalysis of the stochastic model of organelle production and show that the equilibrium distributions for the organelle numbers predicted by this model can be readily calculated in three different scenarios. These three distributions can be identified as standard distributions, and the corresponding exac...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Craven CJ

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:How are decisions made between different goods? One theory spanning several fields of neuroscience proposes that their values are distilled to a single common neural currency, the calculation of which allows for rational decisions. The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is thought to play a critical role in this process, base...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gardner MP,Conroy JC,Styer CV,Huynh T,Whitaker LR,Schoenbaum G

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bitter compounds elicit an aversive response. In Drosophila, bitter-sensitive taste neurons coexpress many members of the Gr family of taste receptors. However, the molecular logic of bitter signaling is unknown. We used an in vivo expression approach to analyze the logic of bitter taste signaling. Ectopic or overexpr...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Delventhal R,Carlson JR

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell growth and/or proliferation may require the reprogramming of metabolic pathways, whereby a switch from oxidative to glycolytic metabolism diverts glycolytic intermediates towards anabolic pathways. Herein, we identify a novel role for TRIM32 in the maintenance of glycolytic flux mediated by biochemical interactio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bawa S,Brooks DS,Neville KE,Tipping M,Sagar MA,Kollhoff JA,Chawla G,Geisbrecht BV,Tennessen JM,Eliceiri KW,Geisbrecht ER

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin is implicated in mood and affective disorders. However, growing evidence suggests that a core endogenous role is to promote flexible adaptation to changes in the causal structure of the environment, through behavioral inhibition and enhanced plasticity. We used long-term photometric recordings in mice to stu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Matias S,Lottem E,Dugué GP,Mainen ZF

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising and more variable global temperatures pose a challenge for biodiversity, with reproduction and fertility being especially sensitive to heat. Here, we assessed the potential for thermal adaptation in sperm and egg function using Tribolium flour beetles, a warm-temperate-tropical insect model. Following temperatu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Vasudeva R,Sutter A,Sales K,Dickinson ME,Lumley AJ,Gage MJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retromer, including Vps35, Vps26, and Vps29, is a protein complex responsible for recycling proteins within the endolysosomal pathway. Although implicated in both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, our understanding of retromer function in the adult brain remains limited, in part because Vps35 and Vps26 are essentia...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ye H,Ojelade SA,Li-Kroeger D,Zuo Z,Wang L,Li Y,Gu JY,Tepass U,Rodal AA,Bellen HJ,Shulman JM

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination is widespread and catalyzes evolution. Nonetheless, its existence in animal mitochondrial DNA is questioned. We designed selections for recombination between co-resident mitochondrial genomes in various heteroplasmic Drosophila lines. In four experimental settings, recombinant genomes became t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ma H,O'Farrell PH

更新日期：2015-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve chemical cross-linking of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry (CXMS), we developed a lysine-targeted enrichable cross-linker containing a biotin tag for affinity purification, a chemical cleavage site to separate cross-linked peptides away from biotin after enrichment, and a spacer arm that can be label...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tan D,Li Q,Zhang MJ,Liu C,Ma C,Zhang P,Ding YH,Fan SB,Tao L,Yang B,Li X,Ma S,Liu J,Feng B,Liu X,Wang HW,He SM,Gao N,Ye K,Dong MQ,Lei X

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms lose the capacity to regenerate damaged tissues as they mature. Damaged Drosophila imaginal discs regenerate efficiently early in the third larval instar (L3) but progressively lose this ability. This correlates with reduced damage-responsive expression of multiple genes, including the WNT genes wingles...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Harris RE,Setiawan L,Saul J,Hariharan IK

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal conduction velocity can change substantially during ongoing activity, thus modifying spike interval structures and, potentially, temporal coding. We used a biophysical model to unmask mechanisms underlying the history-dependence of conduction. The model replicates activity in the unmyelinated axon of the crusta...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhang Y,Bucher D,Nadim F

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00