Autonomous model protocell division driven by molecular replication.

abstract：:Imaging the atomic structure of a single biomolecule is an important challenge in the physical biosciences. Whilst existing techniques all rely on averaging over large ensembles of molecules, the single-molecule realm remains unsolved. Here we present a protocol for 3D magnetic resonance imaging of a single molecule u...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Perunicic VS,Hill CD,Hall LT,Hollenberg LC

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing chiral materials to manipulate the biological activities of cells has been an important area not only in chemistry and material science, but also in cell biology and biomedicine. Here, we introduce monolayer plasmonic chiral Au nanoparticle (NP) films modified with L- or D-penicillamine (Pen) to be developed...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao X,Xu L,Sun M,Ma W,Wu X,Xu C,Kuang H

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides have provided an unprecedented material platform for miniaturized opto-electronic devices with integrated functionalities. Although excitonic light-matter interactions associated with their direct bandgaps have received tremendous research efforts, wavefront engi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Qin F,Liu B,Zhu L,Lei J,Fang W,Hu D,Zhu Y,Ma W,Wang B,Shi T,Cao Y,Guan BO,Qiu CW,Lu Y,Li X

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain oscillations reflect pattern formation of cell assemblies' activity, which is often disturbed in neurological and psychiatric diseases like depression, schizophrenia and stroke. In the neurobiological analysis and treatment of these conditions, transcranial electric currents applied to the brain proved beneficia...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Soekadar SR,Witkowski M,Cossio EG,Birbaumer N,Robinson SE,Cohen LG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron sequestration by host proteins contributes to the defence against bacterial pathogens, which need iron for their metabolism and virulence. A Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant lacking all three known iron acquisition systems retains the ability to grow in media containing iron chelators, suggesting the presence of add...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lin J,Zhang W,Cheng J,Yang X,Zhu K,Wang Y,Wei G,Qian PY,Luo ZQ,Shen X

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins containing a Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain regulate membrane curvature in the cell. Recent simulations have revealed that BAR proteins assemble into linear aggregates, strongly affecting membrane curvature and its in-plane stress profile. Here, we explore the opposite question: do mechanical properties of ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Simunovic M,Voth GA

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The fields of soft polymers and macromolecular sciences have enjoyed a unique combination of metals and organic frameworks in the name of metallopolymers or organometallic polymers. When metallopolymers carry charged groups, they form a class of metal-containing polyelectrolytes or metallo-polyelectrolytes. This revie...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu T,Sha Y,Yan J,Pageni P,Rahman MA,Yan Y,Tang C

更新日期：2018-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, coherent control of the optical response of thin films in standing waves has attracted considerable attention, ranging from applications in excitation-selective spectroscopy and nonlinear optics to all-optical image processing. Here, we show that integration of metamaterial and optical fibre technologies all...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xomalis A,Demirtzioglou I,Plum E,Jung Y,Nalla V,Lacava C,MacDonald KF,Petropoulos P,Richardson DJ,Zheludev NI

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination between osteoblasts and osteoclasts is required for bone health and homeostasis. Here we show that mice deficient in SMURF2 have severe osteoporosis in vivo. This low bone mass phenotype is accompanied by a pronounced increase in osteoclast numbers, although Smurf2-deficient osteoclasts have no intrinsic ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu Z,Greenblatt MB,Yan G,Feng H,Sun J,Lotinun S,Brady N,Baron R,Glimcher LH,Zou W

更新日期：2017-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron deficiency and strong bonding capacity of boron have led to a vast variety of molecular structures in chemistry and materials science. Here we report the observation of highly symmetric cobalt-centered boron drum-like structures of CoB16(-), characterized by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calcul...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Popov IA,Jian T,Lopez GV,Boldyrev AI,Wang LS

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:MAVS and MITA are essential adaptor proteins mediating innate antiviral immune responses against RNA and DNA viruses, respectively. Here we show that RNF115 plays dual roles in response to RNA or DNA virus infections by catalyzing distinct types of ubiquitination of MAVS and MITA at different phases of viral infection...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang ZD,Xiong TC,Yao SQ,Wei MC,Chen M,Lin D,Zhong B

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Purely organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) has attracted wide attention recently due to its various application potentials. However, ultralong RTP (URTP) with high efficiency is still rarely achieved. Herein, by dissolving 1,8-naphthalic anhydride in certain organic solid hosts, URTP with a lifetime of over...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang X,Du L,Zhao W,Zhao Z,Xiong Y,He X,Gao PF,Alam P,Wang C,Li Z,Leng J,Liu J,Zhou C,Lam JWY,Phillips DL,Zhang G,Tang BZ

更新日期：2019-11-14 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：:N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play critical roles in the central nervous system. Their heterotetrameric composition generates subtypes with distinct functional properties and spatio-temporal distribution in the brain, raising the possibility for subtype-specific targeting by pharmacological means for treatme...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang JX,Irvine MW,Burnell ES,Sapkota K,Thatcher RJ,Li M,Simorowski N,Volianskis A,Collingridge GL,Monaghan DT,Jane DE,Furukawa H

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective delivery of therapeutics to disease sites significantly contributes to drug efficacy, toxicity and clearance. Here we demonstrate that clinically approved iron oxide nanoparticles (Ferumoxytol) can be utilized to carry one or multiple drugs. These so called 'nanophores' retain their cargo within their po...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kaittanis C,Shaffer TM,Ogirala A,Santra S,Perez JM,Chiosis G,Li Y,Josephson L,Grimm J

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Generous behaviour is known to increase happiness, which could thereby motivate generosity. In this study, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging and a public pledge for future generosity to investigate the brain mechanisms that link generous behaviour with increases in happiness. Participants promised to spend ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Park SQ,Kahnt T,Dogan A,Strang S,Fehr E,Tobler PN

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary multidrug transporters use ion concentration gradients to energize the removal from cells of various antibiotics. The Escherichia coli multidrug transporter MdfA exchanges a single proton with a single monovalent cationic drug molecule. This stoichiometry renders the efflux of divalent cationic drugs energet...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fluman N,Adler J,Rotenberg SA,Brown MH,Bibi E

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:CrAss-like phages are double-stranded DNA viruses that are prevalent in human gut microbiomes. Here, we analyze gut metagenomic data from mother-infant pairs and patients undergoing fecal microbiota transplantation to evaluate the patterns of acquisition, transmission and strain diversity of crAss-like phages. We find...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Siranosian BA,Tamburini FB,Sherlock G,Bhatt AS

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamics of molecules in the solid state holds promise for connecting molecular behaviors with properties of bulk materials. Solid-state dynamics of [60]fullerene (C60) is controlled by intimate intermolecular contacts and results in restricted motions of a ratchet phase at low temperatures. Manipulation of the solid-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsuno T,Nakai Y,Sato S,Maniwa Y,Isobe H

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RNAs contain post-transcriptional modifications, which fulfill a variety of functions in translation, secondary structure stabilization and cellular stress survival. Here, 2-methylthiocytidine (ms2C) is identified in tRNA of E. coli and P. aeruginosa using NAIL-MS (nucleic acid isotope labeling coupled mass spectromet...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reichle VF,Petrov DP,Weber V,Jung K,Kellner S

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollinators tend to be preferentially attracted to large floral displays that may comprise more than one plant in a patch. Attracting pollinators thus not only benefits individuals investing in advertising, but also other plants in a patch through a 'magnet' effect. Accordingly, there could be an indirect fitness adva...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Torices R,Gómez JM,Pannell JR

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine O-sulfation (PTS) plays a crucial role in extracellular biomolecular interactions that dictate various cellular processes. It also involves in the development of many human diseases. Regardless of recent progress, our current understanding of PTS is still in its infancy. To promote and facilitate rele...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： He X,Chen Y,Beltran DG,Kelly M,Ma B,Lawrie J,Wang F,Dodds E,Zhang L,Guo J,Niu W

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) functions as a neurotransmitter for non-histaminergic itch, but its site of action (sensory neurons vs spinal cord) remains controversial. To determine the role of GRP in sensory neurons, we generated a floxed Grp mouse line. We found that conditional knockout of Grp in sensory neurons ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barry DM,Liu XT,Liu B,Liu XY,Gao F,Zeng X,Liu J,Yang Q,Wilhelm S,Yin J,Tao A,Chen ZF

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The actin cytoskeleton is an active semi-flexible polymer network whose non-equilibrium properties coordinate both stable and contractile behaviors to maintain or change cell shape. While myosin motors drive the actin cytoskeleton out-of-equilibrium, the role of myosin-driven active stresses in the accumulation and di...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Seara DS,Yadav V,Linsmeier I,Tabatabai AP,Oakes PW,Tabei SMA,Banerjee S,Murrell MP

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary retinal degenerations (HRDs) are Mendelian diseases characterized by progressive blindness and caused by ultra-rare mutations. In a genomic screen of 331 unrelated Japanese patients, we identify a disruptive Alu insertion and a nonsense variant (p.Arg1933*) in the ciliary gene RP1, neither of which are rare...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nikopoulos K,Cisarova K,Quinodoz M,Koskiniemi-Kuendig H,Miyake N,Farinelli P,Rehman AU,Khan MI,Prunotto A,Akiyama M,Kamatani Y,Terao C,Miya F,Ikeda Y,Ueno S,Fuse N,Murakami A,Wada Y,Terasaki H,Sonoda KH,Ishibashi

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human-machine interfaces have benefited from the advent of wireless sensor networks and the internet of things, but rely on wearable/attachable electronics exhibiting stretchability, biocompatibility, and transmittance. Limited by weight and volume, wearable devices should be energy efficient and even self-powered. He...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee Y,Cha SH,Kim YW,Choi D,Sun JY

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered mechanical systems, when strongly deformed, have complex configuration spaces with multiple stable states and pathways connecting them. The topology of such pathways determines which states are smoothly accessible from any part of configuration space. Controlling this topology would allow us to limit access...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Stern M,Jayaram V,Murugan A

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria reduces host fitness and survival by pathogen-mediated damage and inflammation. Disease tolerance mechanisms counter these negative effects without decreasing pathogen load. Here, we demonstrate that in four different mouse models of malaria, adrenal hormones confer disease tolerance and protect against early ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vandermosten L,Pham TT,Knoops S,De Geest C,Lays N,Van der Molen K,Kenyon CJ,Verma M,Chapman KE,Schuit F,De Bosscher K,Opdenakker G,Van den Steen PE

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of genome integrity via repair of DNA damage is a key biological process required to suppress diseases, including Fanconi anemia (FA). We generated loss-of-function human haploid cells for FA complementation group C (FANCC), a gene encoding a component of the FA core complex, and used genome-wide CRISPR li...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Moder M,Velimezi G,Owusu M,Mazouzi A,Wiedner M,Ferreira da Silva J,Robinson-Garcia L,Schischlik F,Slavkovsky R,Kralovics R,Schuster M,Bock C,Ideker T,Jackson SP,Menche J,Loizou JI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cancer cells display enhanced glycolysis and suppressed mitochondrial metabolism. This phenomenon, known as the Warburg effect, is critical for tumor development. However, how cancer cells coordinate glucose metabolism through glycolysis and the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is largely unknown. We ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nie H,Ju H,Fan J,Shi X,Cheng Y,Cang X,Zheng Z,Duan X,Yi W

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00