Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds.

abstract：:The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements:"Satish Patil thanks Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for a Swarnajayanti fellowship."This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Roy P,Jha A,Yasarapudi VB,Ram T,Puttaraju B,Patil S,Dasgupta J

更新日期：2018-01-03 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：:Copper levels are known to be elevated in inflamed and malignant tissues. But the mechanism underlying this selective enrichment has been elusive. In this study, we report a axis by which inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-17, drive cellular copper uptake via the induction of a metalloreductase, STEAP4. IL-17-induced ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liao Y,Zhao J,Bulek K,Tang F,Chen X,Cai G,Jia S,Fox PL,Huang E,Pizarro TT,Kalady MF,Jackson MW,Bao S,Sen GC,Stark GR,Chang CJ,Li X

更新日期：2020-02-14 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：:The proliferative and functional heterogeneity among seemingly uniform cells is a universal phenomenon. Identifying the underlying factors requires single-cell analysis of function and proliferation. Here we show that the pancreatic beta-cells in zebrafish exhibit different growth-promoting and functional properties, ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Singh SP,Janjuha S,Hartmann T,Kayisoglu Ö,Konantz J,Birke S,Murawala P,Alfar EA,Murata K,Eugster A,Tsuji N,Morrissey ER,Brand M,Ninov N

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical neurons are often functionally heterogeneous even for molecularly defined subtypes. In sensory cortices, physiological responses to natural stimuli can be sparse and vary widely even for neighboring neurons. It is thus difficult to parse out circuits that encode specific stimuli for further experimentation. H...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tasaka GI,Guenthner CJ,Shalev A,Gilday O,Luo L,Mizrahi A

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:China has enacted a series of policies since 2015 to substitute electricity for in-home combustion for rural residential heating. The Electric Heating Policy (EHP) has contributed to significant improvements in air quality, benefiting hundreds of millions of people. This shift, however, has resulted in a sharp increas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang J,Zhong H,Yang Z,Wang M,Kammen DM,Liu Z,Ma Z,Xia Q,Kang C

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene is an ideal medium for long-distance spin communication in future spintronic technologies. So far, the prospect is limited by the smaller sizes of exfoliated graphene flakes and lower spin transport properties of large-area chemical vapour-deposited (CVD) graphene. Here we demonstrate a high spintronic perfor...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kamalakar MV,Groenveld C,Dankert A,Dash SP

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic mutations predispose the serine protease inhibitor α1-antitrypsin to misfolding and polymerisation within hepatocytes, causing liver disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This misfolding occurs via a transiently populated intermediate state, but our structural understanding of this process is limi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jagger AM,Waudby CA,Irving JA,Christodoulou J,Lomas DA

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) are clinically distinctive diseases that feature a common neuropathological hallmark of aggregated α-synuclein. Little is known about how differences in α-synuclein aggregate structure affect disease phenotype. Here, we amplified α-synuclein aggregates from PD...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Strohäker T,Jung BC,Liou SH,Fernandez CO,Riedel D,Becker S,Halliday GM,Bennati M,Kim WS,Lee SJ,Zweckstetter M

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion of Hevea brasiliensis rubber plantations is a resurgent driver of deforestation, carbon emissions, and biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian rubber extent is massive, equivalent to 67% of oil palm, with rapid further expansion predicted. Results-based carbon finance could dis-incentivise fores...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Warren-Thomas EM,Edwards DP,Bebber DP,Chhang P,Diment AN,Evans TD,Lambrick FH,Maxwell JF,Nut M,O'Kelly HJ,Theilade I,Dolman PM

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a common brain disorder throughout history. Epilepsy-related ligand-receptor complex, LGI1-ADAM22, regulates synaptic transmission and has emerged as a determinant of brain excitability, as their mutations and acquired LGI1 autoantibodies cause epileptic disorders in human. Here, we report the crystal stru...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamagata A,Miyazaki Y,Yokoi N,Shigematsu H,Sato Y,Goto-Ito S,Maeda A,Goto T,Sanbo M,Hirabayashi M,Shirouzu M,Fukata Y,Fukata M,Fukai S

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is the leading technology for genome-wide transcript quantification. However, publicly available RNA-seq data is currently provided mostly in raw form, a significant barrier for global and integrative retrospective analyses. ARCHS4 is a web resource that makes the majority of published RNA-seq...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lachmann A,Torre D,Keenan AB,Jagodnik KM,Lee HJ,Wang L,Silverstein MC,Ma'ayan A

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chirality and liquid crystals are both widely expressed in nature and biology. Helical assembly of mesophasic molecules and colloids may produce intriguing chiral liquid crystals. To date, chiral liquid crystals of 2D colloids have not been explored. As a typical 2D colloid, graphene is now receiving unprecedented att...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu Z,Gao C

更新日期：2011-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing high performance electrical nano-interconnects for micro-nano electronics that are robust in harsh environments is highly demanded. Today, electrical nano-interconnects based on metallic nanowires, e.g. Ag and Cu, are limited by their positive physicochemical reactivity and ductility under large strain (i.e....

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sun Y,Sun B,He J,Yang G,Wang C

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells recognise conserved microbial metabolites from riboflavin synthesis. Striking evolutionary conservation and pulmonary abundance implicate them in antibacterial host defence, yet their functions in protection against clinically important pathogens are unknown. Here we show th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang H,D'Souza C,Lim XY,Kostenko L,Pediongco TJ,Eckle SBG,Meehan BS,Shi M,Wang N,Li S,Liu L,Mak JYW,Fairlie DP,Iwakura Y,Gunnersen JM,Stent AW,Godfrey DI,Rossjohn J,Westall GP,Kjer-Nielsen L,Strugnell RA,McClusk

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent to which the impact of regulatory genetic variants may depend on other factors, such as the expression levels of upstream transcription factors, remains poorly understood. Here we report a framework in which regulatory variants are first aggregated into sets, and using these as estimates of the total cis-ge...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wragg D,Liu Q,Lin Z,Riggio V,Pugh CA,Beveridge AJ,Brown H,Hume DA,Harris SE,Deary IJ,Tenesa A,Prendergast JGD

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of domain walls in ferroelectrics is not energetically favourable in low-dimensional systems. Instead, vortex-type structures are formed that are driven by depolarization fields occurring in such systems. Consequently, polarization vortices have only been experimentally found in systems in which these fields...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Peters JJP,Apachitei G,Beanland R,Alexe M,Sanchez AM

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult cardiac tissue undergoes a rapid process of dedifferentiation when cultured outside the body. The in vivo environment, particularly constant electromechanical stimulation, is fundamental to the regulation of cardiac structure and function. We investigated the role of electromechanical stimulation in preventing c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Watson SA,Duff J,Bardi I,Zabielska M,Atanur SS,Jabbour RJ,Simon A,Tomas A,Smolenski RT,Harding SE,Perbellini F,Terracciano CM

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interband cascade laser differs from any other class of semiconductor laser, conventional or cascaded, in that most of the carriers producing population inversion are generated internally, at semimetallic interfaces within each stage of the active region. Here we present simulations demonstrating that all previous...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vurgaftman I,Bewley WW,Canedy CL,Kim CS,Kim M,Merritt CD,Abell J,Lindle JR,Meyer JR

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained errors in Figs. 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4b, in which the units on the scale bars incorrectly read 'µm' rather than the correct 'nm.' This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Babakhanova G,Turiv T,Guo Y,Hendrikx M,Wei QH,Schenning APHJ,Broer DJ,Lavrentovich OD

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytosis is present in more than 30% of patients with solid malignancies and correlates with worsened patient survival. Tumor cell interaction with various cellular components of the tumor microenvironment including platelets is crucial for tumor growth and metastasis. Although it is known that platelets can inf...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Haemmerle M,Taylor ML,Gutschner T,Pradeep S,Cho MS,Sheng J,Lyons YM,Nagaraja AS,Dood RL,Wen Y,Mangala LS,Hansen JM,Rupaimoole R,Gharpure KM,Rodriguez-Aguayo C,Yim SY,Lee JS,Ivan C,Hu W,Lopez-Berestein G,Wong ST,

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Layer-by-layer-stacked chemical vapour deposition (CVD) graphene films find applications as transparent and conductive electrodes in solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes and touch panels. Common to lamellar-type systems with anisotropic electron delocalization, the plane-to-plane (vertical) conductivity in such ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Yuan L,Yang M,Zheng Y,Li L,Gao L,Nerngchamnong N,Nai CT,Sangeeth CS,Feng YP,Nijhuis CA,Loh KP

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate estimates of the BOLD hemodynamic response function (HRF) are crucial for the interpretation and analysis of event-related functional MRI data. To date, however, there have been no comprehensive measurements of the HRF in white matter (WM) despite increasing evidence that BOLD signals in WM change after a sti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li M,Newton AT,Anderson AW,Ding Z,Gore JC

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in manipulating the magnetic order by ultrashort laser pulses has thrived since it was observed that such pulses can be used to alter the magnetization on a sub-picosecond timescale. Usually this involves demagnetization by laser heating or, in rare cases, a transient increase of magnetization. Here we demons...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsubara M,Schroer A,Schmehl A,Melville A,Becher C,Trujillo-Martinez M,Schlom DG,Mannhart J,Kroha J,Fiebig M

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects that use ephemeral resources must rapidly digest nutrients and simultaneously protect them from competitors. Here we use burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides), which feed their offspring on vertebrate carrion, to investigate the digestive and defensive basis of carrion utilization. We characterize gene ex...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vogel H,Shukla SP,Engl T,Weiss B,Fischer R,Steiger S,Heckel DG,Kaltenpoth M,Vilcinskas A

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient selection and isolation of individual cells of interest from a mixed population is desired in many biomedical and clinical applications. Here we show the concept of using photoswitchable semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) as an optical 'painting' tool, which enables the selection of certain adherent cel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kuo CT,Thompson AM,Gallina ME,Ye F,Johnson ES,Sun W,Zhao M,Yu J,Wu IC,Fujimoto B,DuFort CC,Carlson MA,Hingorani SR,Paguirigan AL,Radich JP,Chiu DT

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria release membrane vesicles (MVs) that play important roles in various biological processes. However, the mechanisms of MV formation in Gram-positive bacteria are unclear, as these cells possess a single cytoplasmic membrane that is surrounded by a thick cell wall. Here we use live cell imaging and electron cry...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Toyofuku M,Cárcamo-Oyarce G,Yamamoto T,Eisenstein F,Hsiao CC,Kurosawa M,Gademann K,Pilhofer M,Nomura N,Eberl L

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultralow threshold nanolasers have been sought after as power efficient light sources in photonic integrated circuits. Here a single-cell nanobeam laser with a nanoisland quantum well is proposed and demonstrated. Continuous operation at 1.5 μm is achieved at room temperature with an ultralow lasing threshold of 210 n...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jang H,Karnadi I,Pramudita P,Song JH,Kim KS,Lee YH

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Forebrain neurons have weak intrinsic antioxidant defences compared with astrocytes, but the molecular basis and purpose of this is poorly understood. We show that early in mouse cortical neuronal development in vitro and in vivo, expression of the master-regulator of antioxidant genes, transcription factor NF-E2-rela...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bell KF,Al-Mubarak B,Martel MA,McKay S,Wheelan N,Hasel P,Márkus NM,Baxter P,Deighton RF,Serio A,Bilican B,Chowdhry S,Meakin PJ,Ashford ML,Wyllie DJ,Scannevin RH,Chandran S,Hayes JD,Hardingham GE

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00