Genetic specification of left-right asymmetry in the diaphragm muscles and their motor innervation.

abstract：:As the equipment needed to perform state-of-the-art research in many areas of biology becomes ever more expensive, Eve Marder worries that researchers in less wealthy institutions might be left behind. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Marder E

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine and striatal dysfunctions play a key role in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dystonia, but our understanding of the changes in the discharge rate and pattern of striatal projection neurons (SPNs) remains limited. Here, we recorded and examined multi-unit signals from the striatum of PD and...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Valsky D,Heiman Grosberg S,Israel Z,Boraud T,Bergman H,Deffains M

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell lineages provide the framework for understanding how cell fates are decided during development. Describing cell lineages in most organisms is challenging; even a fruit fly larva has ~50,000 cells and a small mammal has >1 billion cells. Recently, the idea of applying CRISPR to induce mutations during development,...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Salvador-Martínez I,Grillo M,Averof M,Telford MJ

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transcription can be activated by decreasing the duration of RNA polymerase II pausing in the promoter-proximal region, but how this is achieved remains unclear. Here we use a 'multi-omics' approach to demonstrate that the duration of polymerase pausing generally limits the productive frequency of transcription i...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gressel S,Schwalb B,Decker TM,Qin W,Leonhardt H,Eick D,Cramer P

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of the neural circuits that guide mating decisions in male flies are becoming clearer. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Campetella F,Sachse S

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor cortex (M1) has lateralized outputs, yet neurons can be active during movements of either arm. What is the nature and role of activity across the two hemispheres? We recorded muscles and neurons bilaterally while monkeys cycled with each arm. Most neurons were active during movement of either arm. Responses were...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ames KC,Churchland MM

更新日期：2019-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:WW domain tandem-containing proteins such as KIBRA, YAP, and MAGI play critical roles in cell growth and polarity via binding to and positioning target proteins in specific subcellular regions. An immense disparity exists between promiscuity of WW domain-mediated target bindings and specific roles of WW domain protein...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lin Z,Yang Z,Xie R,Ji Z,Guan K,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Unrepaired DNA damage during embryonic development can be potentially inherited by a large population of cells. However, the quality control mechanisms that minimize the contribution of damaged cells to developing embryos remain poorly understood. Here, we uncovered an ATR- and CHK1-mediated transcriptional response t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Atashpaz S,Samadi Shams S,Gonzalez JM,Sebestyén E,Arghavanifard N,Gnocchi A,Albers E,Minardi S,Faga G,Soffientini P,Allievi E,Cancila V,Bachi A,Fernández-Capetillo Ó,Tripodo C,Ferrari F,López-Contreras AJ,Costanzo V

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent imaging technique called fastFISH has been used to track the various steps involved in the transcription of a single DNA molecule. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Monnet J,Strick TR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that must precisely control their protein composition according to cellular energy demand. Although nuclear-encoded mRNAs can be localized to the mitochondrial surface, the importance of this localization is unclear. As yeast switch to respiratory metabolism, there is an increase in...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tsuboi T,Viana MP,Xu F,Yu J,Chanchani R,Arceo XG,Tutucci E,Choi J,Chen YS,Singer RH,Rafelski SM,Zid BM

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Baboons, members of the genus Papio, comprise six closely related species distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa and southwest Arabia. The species exhibit more ecological flexibility and a wider range of social systems than many other primates. This article summarizes our current knowledge of the natural history of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fischer J,Higham JP,Alberts SC,Barrett L,Beehner JC,Bergman TJ,Carter AJ,Collins A,Elton S,Fagot J,Ferreira da Silva MJ,Hammerschmidt K,Henzi P,Jolly CJ,Knauf S,Kopp GH,Rogers J,Roos C,Ross C,Seyfarth RM,Silk J,

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin has well established functions in cellular morphogenesis. However, it is not well understood how the various actin assemblies in a cell are kept in a dynamic equilibrium, in particular when cells have to respond to acute signals. Here, we characterize a rapid and transient actin reset in response to increased in...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wales P,Schuberth CE,Aufschnaiter R,Fels J,García-Aguilar I,Janning A,Dlugos CP,Schäfer-Herte M,Klingner C,Wälte M,Kuhlmann J,Menis E,Hockaday Kang L,Maier KC,Hou W,Russo A,Higgs HN,Pavenstädt H,Vogl T,Roth J,Qual

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Early mouse development is accompanied by dynamic changes in chromatin modifications, including G9a-mediated histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2), which is essential for embryonic development. Here we show that genome-wide accumulation of H3K9me2 is crucial for postimplantation development, and coincides with r...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zylicz JJ,Dietmann S,Günesdogan U,Hackett JA,Cougot D,Lee C,Surani MA

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhythm generating network for breathing must continuously adjust to changing metabolic and behavioral demands. Here, we examined network-based mechanisms in the mouse preBötzinger complex using substance P, a potent excitatory modulator of breathing frequency and stability, as a tool to dissect network properties ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Baertsch NA,Ramirez JM

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological metabolic conditions such as ischemia induce the rupture of the mitochondrial envelope and the release of pro-apoptotic proteins, leading to cell death. At the onset of this process, the inner mitochondrial membrane becomes depolarized and permeable to osmolytes, proposedly due to the opening of a non-sel...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhou W,Marinelli F,Nief C,Faraldo-Gómez JD

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Holliday junctions (HJs) are key DNA intermediates in homologous recombination. They link homologous DNA strands and have to be faithfully removed for proper DNA segregation and genome integrity. Here, we present the crystal structure of human HJ resolvase GEN1 complexed with DNA at 3.0 Å resolution. The GEN1 core is ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lee SH,Princz LN,Klügel MF,Habermann B,Pfander B,Biertümpfel C

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor ASCIZ (ATMIN, ZNF822) has an unusually high number of recognition motifs for the product of its main target gene, the hub protein LC8 (DYNLL1). Using a combination of biophysical methods, structural analysis by NMR and electron microscopy, and cellular transcription assays, we developed a mode...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Clark S,Myers JB,King A,Fiala R,Novacek J,Pearce G,Heierhorst J,Reichow SL,Barbar EJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delineating the basic cellular components of cortical inhibitory circuits remains a fundamental issue in order to understand their specific contributions to microcircuit function. It is still unclear how current classifications of cortical interneuron subtypes relate to biological processes such as their developmental...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Niquille M,Limoni G,Markopoulos F,Cadilhac C,Prados J,Holtmaat A,Dayer A

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Massed synchronised neuronal firing is detrimental to information processing. When networks of task-irrelevant neurons fire in unison, they mask the signal generated by task-critical neurons. On a macroscopic level, such synchronisation can contribute to alpha/beta (8-30 Hz) oscillations. Reducing the amplitude of the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Griffiths BJ,Mayhew SD,Mullinger KJ,Jorge J,Charest I,Wimber M,Hanslmayr S

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-initiating stem cells (SCs) exhibit distinct patterns of transcription factors and gene expression compared to healthy counterparts. Here, we show that dramatic shifts in large open-chromatin domain (super-enhancer) landscapes underlie these differences and reflect tumor microenvironment. By in vivo super-enhanc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yang H,Schramek D,Adam RC,Keyes BE,Wang P,Zheng D,Fuchs E

更新日期：2015-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is critical for associating initially neutral cues with appetitive and aversive stimuli and receives dense neuromodulatory acetylcholine (ACh) projections. We measured BLA ACh signaling and activity of neurons expressing CaMKIIα (a marker for glutamatergic principal cells) in mice during...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Crouse RB,Kim K,Batchelor HM,Girardi EM,Kamaletdinova R,Chan J,Rajebhosale P,Pittenger ST,Role LW,Talmage DA,Jing M,Li Y,Gao XB,Mineur YS,Picciotto MR

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin filaments assemble inside the nucleus in response to multiple cellular perturbations, including heat shock, protein misfolding, integrin engagement, and serum stimulation. We find that DNA damage also generates nuclear actin filaments-detectable by phalloidin and live-cell actin probes-with three characteristic ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Belin BJ,Lee T,Mullins RD

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The dendritic cell receptor Clec9A facilitates processing of dead cell-derived antigens for cross-presentation and the induction of effective CD8+ T cell immune responses. Here, we show that this process is regulated by E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF41 and define a new ubiquitin-mediated mechanism for regulation of Clec9A, r...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tullett KM,Tan PS,Park HY,Schittenhelm RB,Michael N,Li R,Policheni AN,Gruber E,Huang C,Fulcher AJ,Danne JC,Czabotar PE,Wakim LM,Mintern JD,Ramm G,Radford KJ,Caminschi I,O'Keeffe M,Villadangos JA,Wright MD,Blewitt

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) human skeletal muscle fiber cultures are ill-equipped to support the contractile properties of maturing muscle fibers. This limits their application to the study of adult human neuromuscular junction (NMJ) development, a process requiring maturation of muscle fibers in the presence of motor neuron...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Afshar Bakooshli M,Lippmann ES,Mulcahy B,Iyer N,Nguyen CT,Tung K,Stewart BA,van den Dorpel H,Fuehrmann T,Shoichet M,Bigot A,Pegoraro E,Ahn H,Ginsberg H,Zhen M,Ashton RS,Gilbert PM

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings indicate a high level of specialization at the level of microcircuits and cell populations within brain structures with regards to the control of fear and anxiety. The hippocampus, however, has been treated as a unitary structure in anxiety and fear research despite mounting evidence that different hip...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Engin E,Smith KS,Gao Y,Nagy D,Foster RA,Tsvetkov E,Keist R,Crestani F,Fritschy JM,Bolshakov VY,Hajos M,Heldt SA,Rudolph U

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Organisms possessing genetic codes with unassigned codons raise the question of how cellular machinery resolves such codons and how this could impact horizontal gene transfer. Here, we use a genomically recoded Escherichia coli to examine how organisms address translation at unassigned UAG codons, which obstruct propa...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ma NJ,Hemez CF,Barber KW,Rinehart J,Isaacs FJ

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the polycystin genes, PKD1 or PKD2, results in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Although a genetic basis of ADPKD is established, we lack a clear understanding of polycystin proteins' functions as ion channels. This question remains unsolved largely because polycystins localize to the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Liu X,Vien T,Duan J,Sheu SH,DeCaen PG,Clapham DE

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin dynamics generate forces to deform the membrane and overcome the cell's high turgor pressure during clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in yeast, but precise molecular details are still unresolved. Our previous models predicted that actin filaments of the endocytic meshwork continually polymerize and disassemble...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lacy MM,Baddeley D,Berro J

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Axons span extreme distances and are subject to significant stretch deformations during limb movements or sudden head movements, especially during impacts. Yet, axon biomechanics, and its relation to the ultrastructure that allows axons to withstand mechanical stress, is poorly understood. Using a custom developed for...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dubey S,Bhembre N,Bodas S,Veer S,Ghose A,Callan-Jones A,Pullarkat P

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac conduction defects decrease life expectancy in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a CTG repeat disorder involving misbalance between two RNA binding factors, MBNL1 and CELF1. However, how DM1 condition translates into conduction disorders remains poorly understood. Here we simulated MBNL1 and CELF1 misbalance in...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Auxerre-Plantié E,Nakamori M,Renaud Y,Huguet A,Choquet C,Dondi C,Miquerol L,Takahashi MP,Gourdon G,Junion G,Jagla T,Zmojdzian M,Jagla K

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00