Functional dissociation in sweet taste receptor neurons between and within taste organs of Drosophila.

abstract：:Modelling of processes involving deep Earth liquids requires information on their structures and compression mechanisms. However, knowledge of the local structures of silicates and silica (SiO2) melts at deep mantle conditions and of their densification mechanisms is still limited. Here we report the synthesis and cha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bykova E,Bykov M,Černok A,Tidholm J,Simak SI,Hellman O,Belov MP,Abrikosov IA,Liermann HP,Hanfland M,Prakapenka VB,Prescher C,Dubrovinskaia N,Dubrovinsky L

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the many challenges in building a wireless network at terahertz frequencies, link discovery remains one of the most critical and least explored. In a network of mobile receivers using narrow directional beams, how do the nodes rapidly locate each other? This direction information is crucial for beam forming and ste...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ghasempour Y,Shrestha R,Charous A,Knightly E,Mittleman DM

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium ions (Ca(2+)) function as universal second messengers in eukaryotic cells, including immune cells. Ca(2+) is crucial for peripheral T-lymphocyte activation and effector functions, and influences thymocyte selection and motility in the developing thymus. However, the role of Ca(2+) signalling in early T-lymphoc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ouyang K,Leandro Gomez-Amaro R,Stachura DL,Tang H,Peng X,Fang X,Traver D,Evans SM,Chen J

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian female meiosis is error prone, with rates of meiotic chromosome missegregations strongly increasing towards the end of the reproductive lifespan. A strong reduction of BubR1 has been observed in oocytes of women approaching menopause and in ovaries of aged mice, which led to the hypothesis that a gradual dec...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Touati SA,Buffin E,Cladière D,Hached K,Rachez C,van Deursen JM,Wassmann K

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems-wide profiling of breast cancer has almost always entailed RNA and DNA analysis by microarray and sequencing techniques. Marked developments in proteomic technologies now enable very deep profiling of clinical samples, with high identification and quantification accuracy. We analysed 40 oestrogen receptor posi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tyanova S,Albrechtsen R,Kronqvist P,Cox J,Mann M,Geiger T

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Pachytene piRNAs are the most abundant piRNAs in mammalian adult testes. They are generated from long precursor transcripts by the primary piRNA biogenesis pathway but the factors involved in pachytene piRNA precursors processing are poorly understood. Here we show that the Tudor domain-containing 5 (TDRD5) protein is...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ding D,Liu J,Midic U,Wu Y,Dong K,Melnick A,Latham KE,Chen C

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the observation of the first brown dwarf in 1995, numerous studies have led to a better understanding of the structures of these objects. Here we present a method for studying material resistivity in warm dense plasmas in the laboratory, which we relate to the microphysics of brown dwarfs through viscosity and e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Booth N,Robinson AP,Hakel P,Clarke RJ,Dance RJ,Doria D,Gizzi LA,Gregori G,Koester P,Labate L,Levato T,Li B,Makita M,Mancini RC,Pasley J,Rajeev PP,Riley D,Wagenaars E,Waugh JN,Woolsey NC

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of DNA nanotubes is an important area in nanobiotechnology. Different methods to assemble DNA nanotubes have been reported, and control over the width of the nanotubes has been achieved by programmed subunits of DNA tiles. Here we report the self-assembly of DNA nanotubes with controllable diameters. The...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wilner OI,Orbach R,Henning A,Teller C,Yehezkeli O,Mertig M,Harries D,Willner I

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cascade reactions initiated by radical addition to alkynes are synthetically very attractive because they enable access to highly complex molecular skeletons in only few synthetic steps under usually mild conditions. Here we report a general radical cascade reaction of alkynes, N-fluoroarylsulfonimides and alcohols, e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zheng G,Li Y,Han J,Xiong T,Zhang Q

更新日期：2015-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The plausibility of any model in science comes from the extent of its interconnections to other models that are grounded in different premises and reasoning. Focusing research on paradoxes in those models, logic whereby they appear to generate unacceptable conclusions from seemingly indisputable premises, helps find t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Benner SA

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance for skills such as a sequence of finger movements improves during sleep. This has widely been interpreted as evidence for a role of sleep in strengthening skill learning. Here we propose a different interpretation. We propose that practice and sleep form different aspects of skill. To show this, we train 8...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Song S,Cohen LG

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The gyrotropic rotation around the equilibrium position constitutes the fundamental excitation of magnetic vortices in nanostructures. The frequency of this mode varies with material and sample geometry, but is independent of the vortex handedness and its core direction. Here, we demonstrate that this degeneracy is li...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sluka V,Kákay A,Deac AM,Bürgler DE,Schneider CM,Hertel R

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is thought to enhance marine productivity by adding bioessential iron and silicic acid to coastal waters. However, experimental data suggest nitrate is the main summertime growth-limiting resource in regions affected by meltwater around Greenland. While meltwater contains low...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hopwood MJ,Carroll D,Browning TJ,Meire L,Mortensen J,Krisch S,Achterberg EP

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologists have long been fascinated by the amazing diversity of animal colour patterns. Despite much interest, the underlying evolutionary and developmental mechanisms contributing to their rich variety remain largely unknown, especially the vivid and complex colour patterns seen in vertebrates. Here, we show that co...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miyazawa S,Okamoto M,Kondo S

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Itch, in particular chronic forms, has been widely recognized as an important clinical problem, but much less is known about the mechanisms of itch in comparison with other sensory modalities such as pain. Recently, considerable progress has been made in dissecting the circuit mechanisms of itch at both the spinal and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen XJ,Sun YG

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Problematic microfossils dominate the palaeontological record between the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ago (Ga) and the last Palaeoproterozoic iron formations, deposited 500-600 million years later. These fossils are often associated with iron-rich sedimentary rocks, but their affinities, metabolism, and, h...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lepot K,Addad A,Knoll AH,Wang J,Troadec D,Béché A,Javaux EJ

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressor of Fused (SuFu), a tumour suppressor mutated in medulloblastoma, is a central player of Hh signalling, a pathway crucial for development and deregulated in cancer. Although the control of Gli transcription factors by SuFu is critical in Hh signalling, our understanding of the mechanism regulating this key e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Infante P,Faedda R,Bernardi F,Bufalieri F,Lospinoso Severini L,Alfonsi R,Mazzà D,Siler M,Coni S,Po A,Petroni M,Ferretti E,Mori M,De Smaele E,Canettieri G,Capalbo C,Maroder M,Screpanti I,Kool M,Pfister SM,Guardavac

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomes are essential intracellular machines composed of proteins and RNA molecules. The DNA sequences (rDNA) encoding ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are tandemly repeated and give origin to the nucleolus. Here we develop a computational method for estimating rDNA dosage (copy number) and mitochondrial DNA abundance using w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gibbons JG,Branco AT,Yu S,Lemos B

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The downstream consequences of inflammation in the adult mammalian heart are formation of a non-functional scar, pathological remodelling and heart failure. In zebrafish, hydrogen peroxide released from a wound is the initial instructive chemotactic cue for the infiltration of inflammatory cells, however, the identity...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Evans MA,Smart N,Dubé KN,Bollini S,Clark JE,Evans HG,Taams LS,Richardson R,Lévesque M,Martin P,Mills K,Riegler J,Price AN,Lythgoe MF,Riley PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimode entanglement is an essential resource for quantum information processing and quantum metrology. However, multimode entangled states are generally constructed by targeting a specific graph configuration. This yields to a fixed experimental setup that therefore exhibits reduced versatility and scalability. Her...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cai Y,Roslund J,Ferrini G,Arzani F,Xu X,Fabre C,Treps N

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Superchiral light, generated by the interference of two counter-propagating circularly polarized light (CPL) with same frequency, opposite handedness and different intensity, exhibits enhanced dissymmetry in its interaction with chiral molecules, and has the potential for ultrasensitive detection and characterization ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： He C,Yang G,Kuai Y,Shan S,Yang L,Hu J,Zhang D,Zhang Q,Zou G

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in the third sentence of the penultimate paragraph of the 'Definition of the harmonic phase' section of the Results, which incorrectly read 'In the Coulomb phase the tensor S αβ (q) has one zero and two degenerate eigenvalues and it may be represented by an infin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bramwell ST

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Arctic warming can influence tundra ecosystem function with consequences for climate feedbacks, wildlife and human communities. Yet ecological change across the Arctic tundra biome remains poorly quantified due to field measurement limitations and reliance on coarse-resolution satellite data. Here, we assess decadal c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Berner LT,Massey R,Jantz P,Forbes BC,Macias-Fauria M,Myers-Smith I,Kumpula T,Gauthier G,Andreu-Hayles L,Gaglioti BV,Burns P,Zetterberg P,D'Arrigo R,Goetz SJ

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetostructural coupling between the structural and the magnetic transition has a crucial role in magnetoresponsive effects in a martensitic-transition system. A combination of various magnetoresponsive effects based on this coupling may facilitate the multifunctional applications of a host material. Here we dem...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu E,Wang W,Feng L,Zhu W,Li G,Chen J,Zhang H,Wu G,Jiang C,Xu H,de Boer F

更新日期：2012-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathogenesis of salivary gland acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) is poorly understood. The secretory Ca-binding phosphoprotein (SCPP) gene cluster at 4q13 encodes structurally related phosphoproteins of which some are specifically expressed at high levels in the salivary glands and constitute major component...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Haller F,Bieg M,Will R,Körner C,Weichenhan D,Bott A,Ishaque N,Lutsik P,Moskalev EA,Mueller SK,Bähr M,Woerner A,Kaiser B,Scherl C,Haderlein M,Kleinheinz K,Fietkau R,Iro H,Eils R,Hartmann A,Plass C,Wiemann S,Aga

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrally-selective monitoring of ultraviolet radiations (UVR) is of paramount importance across diverse fields, including effective monitoring of excessive solar exposure. Current UV sensors cannot differentiate between UVA, B, and C, each of which has a remarkably different impact on human health. Here we show spec...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zou W,González A,Jampaiah D,Ramanathan R,Taha M,Walia S,Sriram S,Bhaskaran M,Dominguez-Vera JM,Bansal V

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Many low-thermal-conductivity (κL) crystals show intriguing temperature (T) dependence of κL: κL ∝ T-1 (crystal-like) at intermediate temperatures whereas weak T-dependence (glass-like) at high temperatures. It has been in debate whether thermal transport can still be described by phonons at the Ioffe-Regel limit. In ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Luo Y,Yang X,Feng T,Wang J,Ruan X

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling and microRNAs (miRNAs) are important gene regulatory components in cancer. Usually in advanced malignant stages, TGF-β signaling is elevated but global miRNA expression is suppressed. Such a gene expression signature is well illustrated in a fibrosis (or mesenchymal) subt...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ahn JH,Lee HS,Lee JS,Lee YS,Park JL,Kim SY,Hwang JA,Kunkeaw N,Jung SY,Kim TJ,Lee KS,Jeon SH,Lee I,Johnson BH,Choi JH,Lee YS

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Knots are natural topologies of chains. Yet, little is known about spontaneous knot formation in a polypeptide chain-an event that can potentially impair its folding-and about the effect of a knot on the stability and folding kinetics of a protein. Here we used optical tweezers to show that the free energy cost to for...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bustamante A,Sotelo-Campos J,Guerra DG,Floor M,Wilson CAM,Bustamante C,Báez M

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent expansion of croplands in the United States has caused widespread conversion of grasslands and other ecosystems with largely unknown consequences for agricultural production and the environment. Here we assess annual land use change 2008-16 and its impacts on crop yields and wildlife habitat. We find that cropl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lark TJ,Spawn SA,Bougie M,Gibbs HK

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00