High conductance values in π-folded molecular junctions.

abstract：:A topological insulator is the state of quantum matter possessing gapless spin-locking surface states across the bulk band gap, which has created new opportunities from novel electronics to energy conversion. However, the large concentration of bulk residual carriers has been a major challenge for revealing the proper...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hong SS,Cha JJ,Kong D,Cui Y

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous opioid peptides and prescription opioid drugs modulate pain, anxiety and stress by activating opioid receptors, currently classified into four subtypes. Here we demonstrate that ACKR3/CXCR7, hitherto known as an atypical scavenger receptor for chemokines, is a broad-spectrum scavenger of opioid peptides. Ph...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Meyrath M,Szpakowska M,Zeiner J,Massotte L,Merz MP,Benkel T,Simon K,Ohnmacht J,Turner JD,Krüger R,Seutin V,Ollert M,Kostenis E,Chevigné A

更新日期：2020-06-19 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：:Submarine channels are ubiquitous on the seafloor and their inception and evolution is a result of dynamic interaction between turbidity currents and the evolving seafloor. However, the morphodynamic links between channel inception and flow dynamics have not yet been monitored in experiments and only in one instance o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： de Leeuw J,Eggenhuisen JT,Cartigny MJ

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The clockwork of plant circadian oscillators has been resolved through investigations in Arabidopsis thaliana. The circadian oscillator is an important regulator of much of plant physiology, though many of the mechanisms are unclear. New findings demonstrate that the oscillator adjusts phase and period in response to ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Webb AAR,Seki M,Satake A,Caldana C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological insulators exhibit a metallic surface state in which the directions of the carriers' momentum and spin are locked together. This characteristic property, which lies at the heart of proposed applications of topological insulators, protects carriers in the surface state from back-scattering unless the scatte...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nam MS,Williams BH,Chen Y,Contera S,Yao S,Lu M,Chen YF,Timco GA,Muryn CA,Winpenny REP,Ardavan A

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma dynamics critically depends on density and temperature, thus well-controlled experimental realizations are essential benchmarks for theoretical models. The formation of an ultracold plasma can be triggered by ionizing a tunable number of atoms in a micrometer-sized volume of a 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kroker T,Großmann M,Sengstock K,Drescher M,Wessels-Staarmann P,Simonet J

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A major goal of synthetic biology is to reprogram living organisms to solve pressing challenges in manufacturing, environmental remediation, and healthcare. Recombinase devices can efficiently encode complex logic in many species, yet current designs are performed on a case-by-case basis, limiting their scalability an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Guiziou S,Mayonove P,Bonnet J

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic synthesis of linear α-olefins from ethylene is a technologically highly important reaction. A synthesis concept allowing the formation of selective products and various linear α-olefin product distributions with one catalyst system is highly desirable. Here, we describe a trimetallic catalyst system (Y-A...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gollwitzer A,Dietel T,Kretschmer WP,Kempe R

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacing sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) to produce hydrogen has been considered as a more energy-efficient strategy than water splitting. However, the relatively high cell voltage in two-electrode system and the required external electric power hinder its scalable ap...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Zhang J,Li Y,Qian Q,Li Z,Zhu Y,Zhang G

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:On-surface chemical reactions hold the potential for manufacturing nanoscale structures directly onto surfaces by linking carbon atoms in a single-step reaction. To fabricate more complex and functionalized structures, the control of the on-surface chemical reactions must be developed significantly. Here, we present a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kawai S,Haapasilta V,Lindner BD,Tahara K,Spijker P,Buitendijk JA,Pawlak R,Meier T,Tobe Y,Foster AS,Meyer E

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Toward the development of surface-sensitive analytical techniques for biosensors and diagnostic biochip assays, a local integration of low-concentration target materials into the sensing region of interest is essential to improve the sensitivity and reliability of the devices. As a result, the dynamic process of sorti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu ES,Lee H,Lee SM,Kim J,Kim T,Lee J,Kim C,Seo M,Kim JH,Byun YT,Park SC,Lee SY,Lee SD,Ryu YS

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting the vasculature remains a promising approach for treating solid tumours; however, the mechanisms of tumour neovascularization are diverse and complex. Here we uncover a new subpopulation of melanoma cells that express the vascular cell adhesion molecule PECAM1, but not VEGFR-2, and participate in a PECAM1-de...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dunleavey JM,Xiao L,Thompson J,Kim MM,Shields JM,Shelton SE,Irvin DM,Brings VE,Ollila DW,Brekken RA,Dayton PA,Melero-Martin JM,Dudley AC

更新日期：2014-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell adhesion molecule Neuroligin2 (NL2) is localized selectively at GABAergic synapses, where it interacts with the scaffolding protein gephyrin in the post-synaptic density. However, the role of this interaction for formation and plasticity of GABAergic synapses is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that endogenous N...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Antonelli R,Pizzarelli R,Pedroni A,Fritschy JM,Del Sal G,Cherubini E,Zacchi P

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite compelling antitumour activity of antibodies targeting the programmed death 1 (PD-1): programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint in lung cancer, resistance to these therapies has increasingly been observed. In this study, to elucidate mechanisms of adaptive resistance, we analyse the tumour immune mic...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Koyama S,Akbay EA,Li YY,Herter-Sprie GS,Buczkowski KA,Richards WG,Gandhi L,Redig AJ,Rodig SJ,Asahina H,Jones RE,Kulkarni MM,Kuraguchi M,Palakurthi S,Fecci PE,Johnson BE,Janne PA,Engelman JA,Gangadharan SP,Costa DB,

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying how cells subjected to genotoxic stress reestablish reduction-oxidation (redox) homeostasis to scavenge genotoxic stress-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS), which maintains the physiological function of cellular processes and cell survival, remain unclear. Herein, we report that, via a TCF...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cao L,Wu G,Zhu J,Tan Z,Shi D,Wu X,Tang M,Li Z,Hu Y,Zhang S,Yu R,Mo S,Wu J,Song E,Li M,Song L,Li J

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:While many tools exist for identifying and quantifying individual cell types, few methods are available to assess the relationships between cell types in organs and tissues and how these relationships change during aging or disease states. We present a quantitative method for evaluating cellular organization, using th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sornborger A,Li J,Timmons C,Lupu F,Eggenschwiler J,Takahama Y,Manley NR

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition metal reagents and catalysts are generally effective to cleave all three bonds (one σ and two π) in a triple bond despite its high bonding energy. Recently, chemistry of single-bond cleavage by using main-group element compounds is rapidly being developed in the absence of transition metals. However, the cl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Asakawa H,Lee KH,Lin Z,Yamashita M

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that beta II protein kinase C (βIIPKC) activity is elevated in failing hearts and contributes to this pathology. Here we report that βIIPKC accumulates on the mitochondrial outer membrane and phosphorylates mitofusin 1 (Mfn1) at serine 86. Mfn1 phosphorylation results in partial loss of its ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ferreira JCB,Campos JC,Qvit N,Qi X,Bozi LHM,Bechara LRG,Lima VM,Queliconi BB,Disatnik MH,Dourado PMM,Kowaltowski AJ,Mochly-Rosen D

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant splicing is frequently found in cancer, yet the biological consequences of such alterations are mostly undefined. Here we report that the Hippo-YAP signalling, a key pathway that regulates cell proliferation and organ size, is under control of a splicing switch. We show that TEAD4, the transcription factor th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Qi Y,Yu J,Han W,Fan X,Qian H,Wei H,Tsai YH,Zhao J,Zhang W,Liu Q,Meng S,Wang Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning are mediated by mycorrhizas, plant-fungal associations formed by most plant species. Ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal types differ strongly in their biogeochemistry. Quantitative analyses of mycorrhizal impacts on ecosystem functioning are hindered by the scarcit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Soudzilovskaia NA,van Bodegom PM,Terrer C,Zelfde MV,McCallum I,Luke McCormack M,Fisher JB,Brundrett MC,de Sá NC,Tedersoo L

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have attractive optoelectronic properties including exceptional solar cell performance. The improved properties of perovskites have been attributed to polaronic effects involving stabilization of localized charge character by structural deformations and polarizations. Here we exami...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Park M,Neukirch AJ,Reyes-Lillo SE,Lai M,Ellis SR,Dietze D,Neaton JB,Yang P,Tretiak S,Mathies RA

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent crystal structures of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have revealed ordered internal water molecules, raising questions about the functional role of those waters for receptor activation that could not be answered by the static structures. Here, we used molecular dynamics simulations to monitor--at atomic an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yuan S,Filipek S,Palczewski K,Vogel H

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic bacterial infections on medical devices, including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), are associated with bacterial biofilm communities that are refractory to antibiotic therapy and resistant to host immunity. Previously, we have shown that Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause CAUTI by forming a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cole SJ,Hall CL,Schniederberend M,Farrow Iii JM,Goodson JR,Pesci EC,Kazmierczak BI,Lee VT

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The capsaicin receptor TRPV1 has been intensively studied by cryo-electron microscopy and functional tests. However, though the apo and capsaicin-bound structural models are available, the dynamic process of capsaicin activation remains intangible, largely due to the lack of a capsaicin-induced open structural model a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang F,Xiao X,Lee BH,Vu S,Yang W,Yarov-Yarovoy V,Zheng J

更新日期：2018-07-23 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：:The RNA exosome provides eukaryotic cells with an essential 3'-5' exoribonucleolytic activity, which processes or eliminates many classes of RNAs. Its nine-subunit core (Exo9) is structurally related to prokaryotic phosphorolytic exoribonucleases. Yet, yeast and animal Exo9s have lost the primordial phosphorolytic cap...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sikorska N,Zuber H,Gobert A,Lange H,Gagliardi D

更新日期：2017-12-18 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：:Recently, it has been shown that animals such as jumping spiders, birds, and butterflies have evolved ultra-black coloration comparable to the blackest synthetic materials. Of these, certain papilionid butterflies have reflectances approaching 0.2%, resulting from a polydisperse honeycomb structure. It is unknown if o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davis AL,Nijhout HF,Johnsen S

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-drug strategies have been attempted to prolong the efficacy of existing antibiotics, but with limited success. Here we show that the evolution of multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli can be manipulated in vitro by administering pairs of antibiotics and switching between them in ON/OFF manner. Using a multiplexe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yoshida M,Reyes SG,Tsuda S,Horinouchi T,Furusawa C,Cronin L

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00