Crystal structure of mammalian acid sphingomyelinase.

abstract：:In vivo electronic monitoring systems are promising technology to obtain biosignals with high spatiotemporal resolution and sensitivity. Here we demonstrate the fabrication of a biocompatible highly conductive gel composite comprising multi-walled carbon nanotube-dispersed sheet with an aqueous hydrogel. This gel comp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sekitani T,Yokota T,Kuribara K,Kaltenbrunner M,Fukushima T,Inoue Y,Sekino M,Isoyama T,Abe Y,Onodera H,Someya T

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:How are memories transferred from short-term to long-term storage? Systems-level memory consolidation is thought to be dependent on the coordinated interplay of cortical slow waves, thalamo-cortical sleep spindles and hippocampal ripple oscillations. However, it is currently unclear how the selective interaction of th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Helfrich RF,Lendner JD,Mander BA,Guillen H,Paff M,Mnatsakanyan L,Vadera S,Walker MP,Lin JJ,Knight RT

更新日期：2019-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle plumes are thought to play a key role in transferring heat from the core-mantle boundary to the lithosphere, where it can significantly influence plate tectonics. On impinging on the lithosphere at spreading ridges or in intra-plate settings, mantle plumes may generate hotspots, large igneous provinces and henc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chang SJ,Ferreira AM,Faccenda M

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human estrogen receptor alpha (hERα) is a hormone-responsive nuclear receptor (NR) involved in cell growth and survival that contains both a DNA-binding domain (DBD) and a ligand-binding domain (LBD). Functionally relevant inter-domain interactions between the DBD and LBD have been observed in several other NRs, but f...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang W,Peng Y,Kiselar J,Zhao X,Albaqami A,Mendez D,Chen Y,Chakravarthy S,Gupta S,Ralston C,Kao HY,Chance MR,Yang S

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria poses a serious threat to public health due to the limited therapeutic alternatives. Cationic peptides represent a large family of antibiotics and have attracted interest due to their diverse chemical structures and potential ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li YX,Zhong Z,Zhang WP,Qian PY

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription preinitiation complex assembly on the promoters of protein encoding genes is nucleated in vivo by TFIID composed of the TATA-box Binding Protein (TBP) and 13 TBP-associate factors (Tafs) providing regulatory and chromatin binding functions. Here we present the cryo-electron microscopy structure of promot...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kolesnikova O,Ben-Shem A,Luo J,Ranish J,Schultz P,Papai G

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal decision-making employs short-term rewards and abstract long-term information based on which of these is deemed relevant. Employing short- vs. long-term information is associated with different learning mechanisms, yet neural evidence showing that these two are dissociable is lacking. Here we demonstrate that ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fischer AG,Bourgeois-Gironde S,Ullsperger M

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Albedo-a primary control on surface melt-varies considerably across the Greenland Ice Sheet yet the specific surface types that comprise its dark zone remain unquantified. Here we use UAV imagery to attribute seven distinct surface types to observed albedo along a 25 km transect dissecting the western, ablating sector...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ryan JC,Hubbard A,Stibal M,Irvine-Fynn TD,Cook J,Smith LC,Cameron K,Box J

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Some bacteria can feed on fungi, a phenomenon known as mycophagy. Here we show that a prophage tail-like protein (Bg_9562) is essential for mycophagy in Burkholderia gladioli strain NGJ1. The purified protein causes hyphal disintegration and inhibits growth of several fungal species. Disruption of the Bg_9562 gene abo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Swain DM,Yadav SK,Tyagi I,Kumar R,Kumar R,Ghosh S,Das J,Jha G

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Zero-energy particles (such as Majorana fermions) are newly predicted quasiparticles and are expected to play an important role in fault-tolerant quantum computation. In conventional Hermitian quantum systems, however, such zero states are vulnerable and even become vanishing if couplings with surroundings are of the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pan M,Zhao H,Miao P,Longhi S,Feng L

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved measurement techniques are central to technological development and foundational scientific exploration. Quantum physics relies on detectors sensitive to non-classical features of systems, enabling precise tests of physical laws and quantum-enhanced technologies including precision measurement and secure comm...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cooper M,Karpiński M,Smith BJ

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful tool for studying gene function. Here, we describe a method that allows temporal control of CRISPR/Cas9 activity based on conditional Cas9 destabilization. We demonstrate that fusing an FKBP12-derived destabilizing domain to Cas9 (DD-Cas9) enables conditional Cas9 expression and te...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Senturk S,Shirole NH,Nowak DG,Corbo V,Pal D,Vaughan A,Tuveson DA,Trotman LC,Kinney JB,Sordella R

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding and reshaping cellular behaviors with synthetic gene networks requires the ability to sense and respond to changes in the intracellular environment. Intracellular proteins are involved in almost all cellular processes, and thus can provide important information about changes in cellular conditions such a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Siciliano V,DiAndreth B,Monel B,Beal J,Huh J,Clayton KL,Wroblewska L,McKeon A,Walker BD,Weiss R

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arctic marine biome, shrinking with increasing temperature and receding sea-ice cover, is tightly connected to lower latitudes through the North Atlantic. By flowing northward through the European Arctic Corridor (the main Arctic gateway where 80% of in- and outflow takes place), the North Atlantic Waters transpor...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Oziel L,Baudena A,Ardyna M,Massicotte P,Randelhoff A,Sallée JB,Ingvaldsen RB,Devred E,Babin M

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human activity has caused dramatic population declines in many wild species. The resulting bottlenecks have a profound impact on the genetic makeup of a species with unknown consequences for health. A key genetic factor for species survival is the evolution of deleterious mutation load, but how bottleneck strength and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Grossen C,Guillaume F,Keller LF,Croll D

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-induced insulin secretion is an essential function of pancreatic β-cells that is partially lost in individuals affected by Type 2 diabetes. This unique property of β-cells is acquired through a poorly understood postnatal maturation process involving major modifications in gene expression programs. Here we sho...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jacovetti C,Matkovich SJ,Rodriguez-Trejo A,Guay C,Regazzi R

更新日期：2015-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how immune challenges elicit different responses is critical for diagnosing and deciphering immune regulation. Using a modular strategy to interpret the complex transcriptional host response in mouse models of infection and inflammation, we show a breadth of immune responses in the lung. Lung immune sign...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Singhania A,Graham CM,Gabryšová L,Moreira-Teixeira L,Stavropoulos E,Pitt JM,Chakravarty P,Warnatsch A,Branchett WJ,Conejero L,Lin JW,Davidson S,Wilson MS,Bancroft G,Langhorne J,Frickel E,Sesay AK,Priestnall SL,Herbert

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-specific isotope labeling is a powerful tool to study the structure, dynamics and interactions of large proteins and protein complexes by solution-state NMR. However, widespread applications of this methodology have been limited by challenges in obtaining confident resonance assignments. Here, we present Methyl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nerli S,De Paula VS,McShan AC,Sgourakis NG

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy induces and promotes innate and adaptive immunity in which host STING plays an important role. However, radioresistance in irradiated tumors can also develop, resulting in relapse. Here we report a mechanism by which extrinsic resistance develops after local ablative radiation that relies on the immunosup...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liang H,Deng L,Hou Y,Meng X,Huang X,Rao E,Zheng W,Mauceri H,Mack M,Xu M,Fu YX,Weichselbaum RR

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenuazonic acid (TeA) is a well-known mycotoxin produced by various plant pathogenic fungi. However, its biosynthetic gene has been unknown to date. Here we identify the TeA biosynthetic gene from Magnaporthe oryzae by finding two TeA-inducing conditions of a low-producing strain. We demonstrate that TeA is synthesize...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yun CS,Motoyama T,Osada H

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen in a magnetic flux density of 10(5) T (1 gigagauss), the maximum observed on high-field magnetic white dwarfs, is impossible because practically available fields are about a thousand times less. In this regime, the cyclotron and binding energies become equal. Here we demonstr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Murdin BN,Li J,Pang ML,Bowyer ET,Litvinenko KL,Clowes SK,Engelkamp H,Pidgeon CR,Galbraith I,Abrosimov NV,Riemann H,Pavlov SG,Hübers HW,Murdin PG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystalline phase transitions caused by external stimuli have been used to detect physical changes in the solid-state properties. This study presents the mechanical switching of crystals of ferrocene-containing rotaxane controlled by focused laser light. The expansion and contraction of the crystals can be driven by t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen KJ,Tsai YC,Suzaki Y,Osakada K,Miura A,Horie M

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent levelling of global mean temperatures after the late 1990s, the so-called global warming hiatus or slowdown, ignited a surge of scientific interest into natural global mean surface temperature variability, observed temperature biases, and climate communication, but many questions remain about how these find...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Johnson NC,Xie SP,Kosaka Y,Li X

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial Type III Secretion Systems deliver effectors into host cells to manipulate cellular processes to the advantage of the pathogen. Many host targets of these effectors are found on membranes. Therefore, to identify their targets, effectors often use specialized membrane-localization domains to localize to appro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Salomon D,Guo Y,Kinch LN,Grishin NV,Gardner KH,Orth K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pineoblastoma is a rare pediatric cancer induced by germline mutations in the tumor suppressors RB1 or DICER1. Presence of leptomeningeal metastases is indicative of poor prognosis. Here we report that inactivation of Rb plus p53 via a WAP-Cre transgene, commonly used to target the mammary gland during pregnancy, indu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chung PED,Gendoo DMA,Ghanbari-Azarnier R,Liu JC,Jiang Z,Tsui J,Wang DY,Xiao X,Li B,Dubuc A,Shih D,Remke M,Ho B,Garzia L,Ben-David Y,Kang SG,Croul S,Haibe-Kains B,Huang A,Taylor MD,Zacksenhaus E

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As children grow, they gradually learn how to make decisions independently. However, decisions like choosing healthy but less-tasty foods can be challenging for children whose self-regulation and executive cognitive functions are still maturing. We propose a computational decision-making process in which children esti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lim SL,Cherry JB,Davis AM,Balakrishnan SN,Ha OR,Bruce JM,Bruce AS

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher plants, the hormone auxin orchestrates a diverse array of developmental and environmental responses mainly exerted via transcriptional control. In its absence, auxin-mediated transcription is postulated to be repressed by histone deacetylases, which convert chromatin into a highly packed inactive state. Here...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Weiste C,Dröge-Laser W

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The hallmark of Salmonella Typhimurium infection is an acute intestinal inflammatory response, which is mediated through the action of secreted bacterial effector proteins. The pro-inflammatory Salmonella effector SopA is a HECT-like E3 ligase, which was previously proposed to activate host RING ligases TRIM56 and TRI...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fiskin E,Bhogaraju S,Herhaus L,Kalayil S,Hahn M,Dikic I

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Diguetoxin-Dc1a (Dc1a) is a toxin from the desert bush spider Diguetia canities that incapacitates insects at concentrations that are non-toxic to mammals. Dc1a promotes opening of German cockroach voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels (BgNav1), whereas human Nav channels are insensitive. Here, by transplanting common...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bende NS,Dziemborowicz S,Mobli M,Herzig V,Gilchrist J,Wagner J,Nicholson GM,King GF,Bosmans F

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00