The RNA-binding protein CsrA plays a central role in positively regulating virulence factors in Erwinia amylovora.

abstract：:Clouds play a major role in the climate system, but large uncertainties remain about their decadal variations. Here we report a widespread decrease in cloud cover since the 1970 s over the Mediterranean region, in particular during the 1970 s-1980 s, especially in the central and eastern areas and during springtime. C...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sanchez-Lorenzo A,Enriquez-Alonso A,Calbó J,González JA,Wild M,Folini D,Norris JR,Vicente-Serrano SM

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. However, it remains unproven whether psychological factors have an influence on breast cancer incidence. In our earlier study, subjects possessing two personality traits, decisiveness and "ikigai" (a Japanese word meaning something that makes one's life worth living), ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sawada T,Nishiyama T,Kikuchi N,Wang C,Lin Y,Mori M,Tanno K,Tamakoshi A,Kikuchi S

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:R-loops are RNA-DNA hybrid sequences that are emerging players in various biological processes, occurring in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In viruses, R-loop investigation is limited and functional importance is poorly understood. Here, we performed a computational approach to investigate prevalence, distribu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wongsurawat T,Gupta A,Jenjaroenpun P,Owens S,Forrest JC,Nookaew I

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide-band and tunable Q-switched erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser operating at 1560.5 nm with a tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) saturable absorber (SA) is demonstrated. The semi-metallic nature of WTe2 as well as its small band gap and excellent nonlinear optical properties make it an excellent SA material. The laser cavi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ahmad H,Albaqawi HS,Yusoff N,Yi CW

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available on chemical forms of heavy metals on integrate plant roots. KNO3 (1 M), 0.05M EDTA at pH6 and 0.01 M HCl were used sequentially to extract the exchangeable, complexed and precipitated forms of Cu(II) and Cd(II) from soybean roots and then to investigate chemical form distribution of Cu(...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou Q,Liu ZD,Liu Y,Jiang J,Xu RK

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) is known as an important microbial by-product which is crucial for preserving or accumulating soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the chemical structures of GRSP and its relationship with SOC using 13...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang J,Tang X,Zhong S,Yin G,Gao Y,He X

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present the first report of a carbon-γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticle composite of mesoporous carbon, bearing COOH- and phenolic OH- functional groups on its surface, a remarkable and magnetically separable adsorbent, for the radioactive material emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Contaminated ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamaguchi D,Furukawa K,Takasuga M,Watanabe K

更新日期：2014-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A tribochemistry-assisted method has been developed for nondestructive surface nanofabrication on GaAs. Without any applied electric field and post etching, hollow nanostructures can be directly fabricated on GaAs surfaces by sliding a SiO2 microsphere under an ultralow contact pressure in humid air. TEM observation o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song C,Li X,Dong H,Yu B,Wang Z,Qian L

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes/macrophages have been found to be an important component of colitis. However, the key chemokine that initiates the CCR2+ monocytes migration from circulation to colitis tissue remains to be undiscovered. PC3-secreted microprotein (PSMP) is a novel chemokine whose receptor is CCR2. The physiological and patho...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pei X,Zheng D,She S,Ma J,Guo C,Mo X,Zhang Y,Song Q,Zhang Y,Ma D,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine is an important neurotransmitter that contributes to various processes, including the sleep-wake cycle, learning, memory, and stress responses. Its actions are mediated through histamine H1-H4 receptors. Gene knockout and pharmacological studies have revealed the importance of H1 receptors in learning and me...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kárpáti A,Yoshikawa T,Naganuma F,Matsuzawa T,Kitano H,Yamada Y,Yokoyama M,Futatsugi A,Mikoshiba K,Yanai K

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs all over the Indo-Pacific suffer from substantial damage caused by the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci, a voracious predator that moves on and between reefs to seek out its coral prey. Chemoreception is thought to guide A. planci. As vision was recently introduced as another sense involved in se...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sigl R,Steibl S,Laforsch C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the feasibility of 3D-printed navigation template in proximal femoral varus rotation and shortening osteotomy for older children with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Between June 2014 and May 2015, navigation templates were designed and used for 12 DDH patients. Surgical information and outcomes w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng P,Xu P,Yao Q,Tang K,Lou Y

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion pumps and channels are responsible for a wide variety of biological functions. Ion pumps transport only one ion during each stimulus-dependent reaction cycle, whereas ion channels conduct a large number of ions during each cycle. Ion pumping rhodopsins such as archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch) are often utilized as light-d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamanashi T,Maki M,Kojima K,Shibukawa A,Tsukamoto T,Chowdhury S,Yamanaka A,Takagi S,Sudo Y

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid approximately 9 km in diameter hit the hydrocarbon- and sulfur-rich sedimentary rocks in what is now Mexico. Recent studies have shown that this impact at the Yucatan Peninsula heated the hydrocarbon and sulfur in these rocks, forming stratospheric soot and sulfate aerosols and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kaiho K,Oshima N

更新日期：2017-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though a number of different in vitro fusion assays have been developed to analyze protein mediated fusion, they still only partially capture the essential features of the in vivo situation. Here we established an in vitro fusion assay that mimics the fluidity and planar geometry of the cellular plasma membrane t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Schwenen LL,Hubrich R,Milovanovic D,Geil B,Yang J,Kros A,Jahn R,Steinem C

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) can significantly boost the inherently weak Raman scattering signal and provide detailed structural information and binding nature of the molecules on the surface. Despite the long history of this technology, SERS has yet to become a sophisticated analytical tool in practical a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu X,Wang J,Wu Y,Fan T,Xu Y,Tang L,Ying Y

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immunity has been extended to respond environmental pathogen other than microbial components. Here we explore a novel pollen/TLR4 innate immunity in allergic inflammation. In experimental allergic conjunctivitis induced by short ragweed (SRW) pollen, typical allergic signs, stimulated IL-33/ST2 signaling and ov...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Zhang L,Chen X,Chen D,Hua X,Bian F,Deng R,Lu F,Li Z,Pflugfelder SC,Li DQ

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercontinuum generation in Kerr media has become a staple of nonlinear optics. It has been celebrated for advancing the understanding of soliton propagation as well as its many applications in a broad range of fields. Coherent spectral broadening of laser light is now commonly performed in laboratories and used in c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ciret C,Gorza SP,Husko C,Roelkens G,Kuyken B,Leo F

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of past human-landscape interactions rely upon the integration of archaeological, biological and geological information within their geographical context. However, detecting the often ephemeral traces of human activities at a landscape scale remains difficult with conventional archaeological field survey. Geop...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Smedt P,Van Meirvenne M,Herremans D,De Reu J,Saey T,Meerschman E,Crombé P,De Clercq W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In day-to-day life, humans usually perceive the location of sound sources as outside their heads. This externalized auditory spatial perception can be reproduced through headphones by recreating the sound pressure generated by the source at the listener's eardrums. This requires the acoustical features of the recordin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gil-Carvajal JC,Cubick J,Santurette S,Dau T

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:ATM is an important cancer susceptibility gene that encodes a critical apical kinase of the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway. We show that a key nonsense-mediated RNA decay switch exon (NSE) in ATM is repressed by U2AF, PUF60 and hnRNPA1. The NSE activation was haplotype-specific and was most promoted by cytosine at ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kralovicova J,Knut M,Cross NC,Vorechovsky I

更新日期：2016-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that ionic direct current (iDC) can modulate the vestibular system in-vivo, with potential benefits over conventional pulsed stimulation. In this study, the effects of iDC stimulation on vestibular nerve fiber firing rate was investigated using loose-patch nerve fiber recordings in the acutel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Manca M,Glowatzki E,Roberts DC,Fridman GY,Aplin FP

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although copy number variation (CNV) and presence-absence variation (PAV) have been discovered in selected gene families in most crop species, the global prevalence of these polymorphisms in most complex genomes is still unclear and their influence on quantitatively inherited agronomic traits is still largely unknown....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gabur I,Chawla HS,Lopisso DT,von Tiedemann A,Snowdon RJ,Obermeier C

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact roles of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) in synaptic plasticity remain elusive. Here, we address the contribution of ASIC1a to five forms of synaptic plasticity in the mouse hippocampus using an in vitro multi-electrode array recording system. We found that genetic deletion or pharmacological blockade of A...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu MG,Li HS,Li WG,Wu YJ,Deng SN,Huang C,Maximyuk O,Sukach V,Krishtal O,Zhu MX,Xu TL

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturn rings are most beautiful and dynamic places in the solar system, consisting of ice particles in a constant battle between the gravitational forces of Saturn and its many moons. Fan, spiral, propellers, moonlets and streamer-channels observed by CASSINI in the F-ring have been attributed to encounters by Prometh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sutton PJ,Kusmartsev FV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined regulation of a network of inhibitory and activating T cell receptors may be a critical step in the development of chronic HCV infection. Ex vivo HCV MHC class I + II tetramer staining and bead-enrichment was performed with baseline and longitudinal PBMC samples of a cohort of patients with acute, chronic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ackermann C,Smits M,Woost R,Eberhard JM,Peine S,Kummer S,Marget M,Kuntzen T,Kwok WW,Lohse AW,Jacobs T,Boettler T,Schulze Zur Wiesch J

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of key regulators and regulatory pathways is an important step in the discovery of genes involved in cancer. Here, we propose a method to identify key regulators in prostate cancer (PCa) from a network constructed from gene expression datasets of PCa patients. Overexpressed genes were identified using B...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mangangcha IR,Malik MZ,Küçük Ö,Ali S,Singh RKB

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of human and animal in vitro or in vivo studies have investigated the relationship between dietary choline and betaine and cancer risk, suggesting that choline and betaine consumption may be protective for cancer. There are also a few epidemiologic studies exploring this relationship, however, with inconsiste...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun S,Li X,Ren A,Du M,Du H,Shu Y,Zhu L,Wang W

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout/hyperuricemia is a common multifactorial disease having typical environmental risks. Recently, common dysfunctional variants of ABCG2, a urate exporter gene also known as BCRP, are revealed to be a major cause of gout/hyperuricemia. Here, we compared the influence of ABCG2 dysfunction on serum uric acid (SUA) lev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakayama A,Matsuo H,Nakaoka H,Nakamura T,Nakashima H,Takada Y,Oikawa Y,Takada T,Sakiyama M,Shimizu S,Kawamura Y,Chiba T,Abe J,Wakai K,Kawai S,Okada R,Tamura T,Shichijo Y,Akashi A,Suzuki H,Hosoya T,Sakurai Y,Ic

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation on CpG sites is the most common epigenetic modification. Recently, methylation in a non-CpG context was found to occur widely on genomic DNA. Moreover, methylation of non-CpG sites is a highly controlled process, and its level may vary during cellular development. To study non-CpG methylation effects o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jin J,Lian T,Gu C,Yu K,Gao YQ,Su XD

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00