A CD36 ectodomain mediates insect pheromone detection via a putative tunnelling mechanism.

abstract：:Manipulation of proteins by chemical modification is a powerful way to decipher their function. However, most ribosome-dependent and semi-synthetic methods have limitations in the number and type of modifications that can be introduced, especially in live cells. Here, we present an approach to incorporate single or mu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Khoo KK,Galleano I,Gasparri F,Wieneke R,Harms H,Poulsen MH,Chua HC,Wulf M,Tampé R,Pless SA

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes by forced expression of cardiomyogenic factors, GMT (GATA4, Mef2C, Tbx5) or GHMT (GATA4, Hand2, Mef2C, Tbx5), has recently been demonstrated, suggesting a novel therapeutic strategy for cardiac repair. However, current approaches are inefficient. Here we demonstr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao Y,Londono P,Cao Y,Sharpe EJ,Proenza C,O'Rourke R,Jones KL,Jeong MY,Walker LA,Buttrick PM,McKinsey TA,Song K

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The early diversification of animals (∼ 630 Ma), and their development into both motile and macroscopic forms (∼ 575-565 Ma), has been linked to stepwise increases in the oxygenation of Earth's surface environment. However, establishing such a linkage between oxygen and evolution for the later Cambrian 'explosion' (54...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen X,Ling HF,Vance D,Shields-Zhou GA,Zhu M,Poulton SW,Och LM,Jiang SY,Li D,Cremonese L,Archer C

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical functionalization is one of the most powerful and widely used strategies to control the properties of nanomaterials, particularly in the field of graphene. However, the ill-defined structure of the present functionalized graphene inhibits atomically precise structural characterization and structure-correlated...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tan YZ,Yang B,Parvez K,Narita A,Osella S,Beljonne D,Feng X,Müllen K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LNK (SH2B3) is a key negative regulator of JAK-STAT signaling which has been extensively studied in malignant hematopoietic diseases. We found that LNK is significantly elevated in cutaneous melanoma; this elevation is correlated with hyperactive signaling of the RAS-RAF-MEK pathway. Elevated LNK enhances cell growth ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ding LW,Sun QY,Edwards JJ,Fernández LT,Ran XB,Zhou SQ,Scolyer RA,Wilmott JS,Thompson JF,Doan N,Said JW,Venkatachalam N,Xiao JF,Loh XY,Pein M,Xu L,Mullins DW,Yang H,Lin DC,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining vapour sensors into arrays is an accepted compromise to mitigate poor selectivity of conventional sensors. Here we show individual nanofabricated sensors that not only selectively detect separate vapours in pristine conditions but also quantify these vapours in mixtures, and when blended with a variable mois...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Potyrailo RA,Bonam RK,Hartley JG,Starkey TA,Vukusic P,Vasudev M,Bunning T,Naik RR,Tang Z,Palacios MA,Larsen M,Le Tarte LA,Grande JC,Zhong S,Deng T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspired by mammalian skins, soft hybrids integrating the merits of elastomers and hydrogels have potential applications in diverse areas including stretchable and bio-integrated electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, soft robotics and biomedical devices. However, existing hydrogel-elastomer hybrids have limi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yuk H,Zhang T,Parada GA,Liu X,Zhao X

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The manipulation of crystal orientation from the thermodynamic equilibrium states is desired in layered hybrid perovskite films to direct charge transport and enhance the perovskite devices performance. Here we report a templated growth mechanism of layered perovskites from 3D-like perovskites which can be a general d...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang J,Luo S,Lin Y,Chen Y,Deng Y,Li Z,Meng K,Chen G,Huang T,Xiao S,Huang H,Zhou C,Ding L,He J,Huang J,Yuan Y

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas9 has led to great advances in gene editing for a broad spectrum of applications. To further the utility of Cas9 there have been efforts to achieve temporal control over its nuclease activity. While different approaches have focused on regulation of CRISPR interference or editing in mammalian cells, none of ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Iwasaki RS,Ozdilek BA,Garst AD,Choudhury A,Batey RT

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Regaining the function of an impaired limb is highly desirable in paralyzed individuals. One possible avenue to achieve this goal is to bridge the interrupted pathway between preserved neural structures and muscles using a brain-computer interface. Here, we demonstrate that monkeys with subcortical stroke were able to...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kato K,Sawada M,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the limited availability of serological testing to date, the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in different populations has remained unclear. Here, we report very low SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in two San Francisco Bay Area populations. Seroreactivity was 0.26% in 387 hospitalized patients admitted...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ng DL,Goldgof GM,Shy BR,Levine AG,Balcerek J,Bapat SP,Prostko J,Rodgers M,Coller K,Pearce S,Franz S,Du L,Stone M,Pillai SK,Sotomayor-Gonzalez A,Servellita V,Martin CSS,Granados A,Glasner DR,Han LM,Truong K,Akagi

更新日期：2020-09-17 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：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) results from the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors on multiple tissues over time. Of the >100 variants associated with T2D and related traits in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), >90% occur in non-coding regions, suggesting a strong regulatory component to T2D risk. Here...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Scott LJ,Erdos MR,Huyghe JR,Welch RP,Beck AT,Wolford BN,Chines PS,Didion JP,Narisu N,Stringham HM,Taylor DL,Jackson AU,Vadlamudi S,Bonnycastle LL,Kinnunen L,Saramies J,Sundvall J,Albanus RD,Kiseleva A,Hensley J,Cr

更新日期：2016-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The NASA MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft entered orbital phase around Mercury on 18 March 2011. A surprising consistent feature in the data returned is large-scale vortices that form exclusively on the dusk side of the magnetosphere. Here we present global kinetic hy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Paral J,Rankin R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crosstalk between inflammatory signalling pathways and receptor tyrosine kinases has been revealed as an indicator of cancer malignant progression. In the present study, we focus on EphA2 receptor tyrosine kinase, which is overexpressed in many human cancers. It has been reported that ligand-independent phosphorylatio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou Y,Yamada N,Tanaka T,Hori T,Yokoyama S,Hayakawa Y,Yano S,Fukuoka J,Koizumi K,Saiki I,Sakurai H

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut-derived orexigenic peptide hormone ghrelin enhances neuronal firing in the substantia nigra pars compacta, where dopaminergic neurons modulate the function of the nigrostriatal system for motor coordination. Here we describe a novel mechanism by which ghrelin enhances firing of nigral dopaminergic neurons by i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shi L,Bian X,Qu Z,Ma Z,Zhou Y,Wang K,Jiang H,Xie J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered proteins, such as those central to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are particularly intractable for structure-targeted therapeutic design. Here we demonstrate the capacity of a synthetic foldamer to capture structure in a disease relevant peptide. Oligoquinoline amides have a defined fold with a solvent-exclud...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kumar S,Birol M,Schlamadinger DE,Wojcik SP,Rhoades E,Miranker AD

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold- and β3-adrenoceptor agonist-induced sympathetic activation leads to angiogenesis and UCP1-dependent thermogenesis in mouse brown and white adipose tissues. Here we show that endothelial production of PDGF-CC during white adipose tissue (WAT) angiogenesis regulates WAT browning. We find that genetic deletion of e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Seki T,Hosaka K,Lim S,Fischer C,Honek J,Yang Y,Andersson P,Nakamura M,Näslund E,Ylä-Herttuala S,Sun M,Iwamoto H,Li X,Liu Y,Samani NJ,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:MCR-1 is a lipid A modifying enzyme that confers resistance to the antibiotic colistin. Here, we analyse the impact of MCR-1 expression on E. coli morphology, fitness, competitiveness, immune stimulation and virulence. Increased expression of mcr-1 results in decreased growth rate, cell viability, competitive ability ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang Q,Li M,Spiller OB,Andrey DO,Hinchliffe P,Li H,MacLean C,Niumsup P,Powell L,Pritchard M,Papkou A,Shen Y,Portal E,Sands K,Spencer J,Tansawai U,Thomas D,Wang S,Wang Y,Shen J,Walsh T

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A platform for highly parallel direct sequencing of native RNA strands was recently described by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, but despite initial efforts it remains crucial to further investigate the technology for quantification of complex transcriptomes. Here we undertake native RNA sequencing of polyA + RNA from t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Soneson C,Yao Y,Bratus-Neuenschwander A,Patrignani A,Robinson MD,Hussain S

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a good candidate for gate-insulating materials by minimizing interaction from substrate, further applications to electronic devices with available two-dimensional semiconductors continue to be limited by flake size. While monolayer h-BN has been synthesized on Pt and Cu foil ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim SM,Hsu A,Park MH,Chae SH,Yun SJ,Lee JS,Cho DH,Fang W,Lee C,Palacios T,Dresselhaus M,Kim KK,Lee YH,Kong J

更新日期：2015-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Body temperature homoeostasis in mammals is governed centrally through the regulation of shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis and cutaneous vasomotion. Non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) is mediated by sympathetic activation, followed by PGC-1α induction, which drives UCP1. Here we identify...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hiraoka Y,Matsuoka T,Ohno M,Nakamura K,Saijo S,Matsumura S,Nishi K,Sakamoto J,Chen PM,Inoue K,Fushiki T,Kita T,Kimura T,Nishi E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geranyl-CoA carboxylase (GCC) is essential for the growth of Pseudomonas organisms with geranic acid as the sole carbon source. GCC has the same domain organization and shares strong sequence conservation with the related biotin-dependent carboxylases 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC) and propionyl-CoA carboxylas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jurado AR,Huang CS,Zhang X,Zhou ZH,Tong L

更新日期：2015-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the human hematopoietic system, rare self-renewing multipotent long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) are responsible for the lifelong production of mature blood cells and are the rational target for clinical regenerative therapies. However, the heterogeneity in the hematopoietic stem cell compartment and var...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wagenblast E,Azkanaz M,Smith SA,Shakib L,McLeod JL,Krivdova G,Araújo J,Shultz LD,Gan OI,Dick JE,Lechman ER

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) has long been studied in heterogonous catalysis on account of its importance in stabilizing active metals and tuning catalytic performance. As a dynamic process taking place at the metal-support interface, the SMSI is closely related to the metal surface properties which are...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Du X,Huang Y,Pan X,Han B,Su Y,Jiang Q,Li M,Tang H,Li G,Qiao B

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The vimentin network displays remarkable plasticity to support basic cellular functions and reorganizes during cell division. Here, we show that in several cell types vimentin filaments redistribute to the cell cortex during mitosis, forming a robust framework interwoven with cortical actin and affecting its organizat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Duarte S,Viedma-Poyatos Á,Navarro-Carrasco E,Martínez AE,Pajares MA,Pérez-Sala D

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-binding protein Roquin is required to prevent autoimmunity. Roquin controls T-helper cell activation and differentiation by limiting the induced expression of costimulatory receptors such as tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily 4 (Tnfrs4 or Ox40). A constitutive decay element (CDE) with a characteristic ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Janowski R,Heinz GA,Schlundt A,Wommelsdorf N,Brenner S,Gruber AR,Blank M,Buch T,Buhmann R,Zavolan M,Niessing D,Heissmeyer V,Sattler M

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin/IGF-1 signalling pathway is a key regulator of metabolism and the rate of ageing. We previously documented that systemic inactivation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) p110α, the principal PI3K isoform that positively regulates insulin signalling, results in a beneficial metabolic effect in aged mice. He...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Araiz C,Yan A,Bettedi L,Samuelson I,Virtue S,McGavigan AK,Dani C,Vidal-Puig A,Foukas LC

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination (HR) mediates the error-free repair of DNA double-strand breaks to maintain genomic stability. Here we characterize C17orf53/MCM8IP, an OB-fold containing protein that binds ssDNA, as a DNA repair factor involved in HR. MCM8IP-deficient cells exhibit HR defects, especially in long-tract gene c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang JW,Acharya A,Taglialatela A,Nambiar TS,Cuella-Martin R,Leuzzi G,Hayward SB,Joseph SA,Brunette GJ,Anand R,Soni RK,Clark NL,Bernstein KA,Cejka P,Ciccia A

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise manipulation and control of coherent lattice oscillations via nanostructuring and phonon-wave interference has the potential to significantly impact a broad array of technologies and research areas. Resolving the dynamics of individual phonons in defect-laden materials presents an enormous challenge, however, ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cremons DR,Plemmons DA,Flannigan DJ

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00