An unusual type of polymorphism in a liquid crystal.

abstract：:Nanofabricated and nanopatterned surfaces have revealed the sensitivity of cell adhesion to nanoscale variations in the spacing of adhesive ligands such as the tripeptide arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD). To date, surface characterisation and cell adhesion are often examined in two separate experiments so that the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lu X,Nicovich PR,Zhao M,Nieves DJ,Mollazade M,Vivekchand SRC,Gaus K,Gooding JJ

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfluidic multipoles (MFMs) have been realized experimentally and hold promise for "open-space" biological and chemical surface processing. Whereas convective flow can readily be predicted using hydraulic-electrical analogies, the design of advanced microfluidic multipole is constrained by the lack of simple, accur...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Goyette PA,Boulais É,Normandeau F,Laberge G,Juncker D,Gervais T

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Topology has an increasingly important role in the physics of condensed matter, quantum systems, material science, photonics and biology, with spectacular realizations of topological concepts in liquid crystals. Here we report on long-lived hidden topological states in thermally quenched, chiral nematic droplets, form...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Posnjak G,Čopar S,Muševič I

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-binding protein Roquin is required to prevent autoimmunity. Roquin controls T-helper cell activation and differentiation by limiting the induced expression of costimulatory receptors such as tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily 4 (Tnfrs4 or Ox40). A constitutive decay element (CDE) with a characteristic ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Janowski R,Heinz GA,Schlundt A,Wommelsdorf N,Brenner S,Gruber AR,Blank M,Buch T,Buhmann R,Zavolan M,Niessing D,Heissmeyer V,Sattler M

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Large igneous province subduction is a rare process on Earth. A modern example is the subduction of the oceanic Hikurangi Plateau beneath the southern Kermadec arc, offshore New Zealand. This segment of the arc has the largest total lava volume erupted and the highest volcano density of the entire Kermadec arc. Here w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Timm C,Davy B,Haase K,Hoernle KA,Graham IJ,de Ronde CE,Woodhead J,Bassett D,Hauff F,Mortimer N,Seebeck HC,Wysoczanski RJ,Caratori-Tontini F,Gamble JA

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:ASXL1 mutations occur frequently in myeloid neoplasms and are associated with poor prognosis. However, the mechanisms by which mutant ASXL1 induces leukaemogenesis remain unclear. In this study, we report mutually reinforcing effects between a C-terminally truncated form of mutant ASXL1 (ASXL1-MT) and BAP1 in promotin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Asada S,Goyama S,Inoue D,Shikata S,Takeda R,Fukushima T,Yonezawa T,Fujino T,Hayashi Y,Kawabata KC,Fukuyama T,Tanaka Y,Yokoyama A,Yamazaki S,Kozuka-Hata H,Oyama M,Kojima S,Kawazu M,Mano H,Kitamura T

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Culturing microorganisms is a critical step in understanding and utilizing microbial life. Here we map the landscape of existing culture media by extracting natural-language media recipes into a Known Media Database (KOMODO), which includes >18,000 strain-media combinations, >3300 media variants and compound concentra...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Oberhardt MA,Zarecki R,Gronow S,Lang E,Klenk HP,Gophna U,Ruppin E

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell biologists generally consider that microtubules and actin play complementary roles in long- and short-distance transport in animal cells. On the contrary, using melanosomes of melanocytes as a model, we recently discovered that the motor protein myosin-Va works with dynamic actin tracks to drive long-range organe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Alzahofi N,Welz T,Robinson CL,Page EL,Briggs DA,Stainthorp AK,Reekes J,Elbe DA,Straub F,Kallemeijn WW,Tate EW,Goff PS,Sviderskaya EV,Cantero M,Montoliu L,Nedelec F,Miles AK,Bailly M,Kerkhoff E,Hume AN

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To overcome the fundamental challenge of the weak natural response of antiferromagnetic materials under a magnetic field, voltage manipulation of antiferromagnetic interaction is developed to realize ultrafast, high-density, and power efficient antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here, we report a low voltage modulation of...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang Q,Wang L,Zhou Z,Wang L,Zhang Y,Zhao S,Dong G,Cheng Y,Min T,Hu Z,Chen W,Xia K,Liu M

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication and transcription of genomic DNA requires partial disassembly of nucleosomes to allow progression of polymerases. This presents both an opportunity to remodel the underlying chromatin and a danger of losing epigenetic information. Centromeric transcription is required for stable incorporation of the centro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bobkov GOM,Huang A,van den Berg SJW,Mitra S,Anselm E,Lazou V,Schunter S,Feederle R,Imhof A,Lusser A,Jansen LET,Heun P

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect vectors are required for the transmission of many species of parasitic nematodes, but the mechanisms by which the vectors and nematodes coordinate their life cycles are poorly understood. Here, we report that ascarosides, an evolutionarily conserved family of nematode pheromones, are produced not only by a plan...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao L,Zhang X,Wei Y,Zhou J,Zhang W,Qin P,Chinta S,Kong X,Liu Y,Yu H,Hu S,Zou Z,Butcher RA,Sun J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leads are a key feature of the Arctic ice pack during the winter owing to their substantial contribution to the surface energy balance. According to the present understanding, enhanced heat and moisture fluxes from high lead concentrations tend to produce more boundary layer clouds. However, described here in our comp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li X,Krueger SK,Strong C,Mace GG,Benson S

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer evolution is fueled by epigenetic as well as genetic diversity. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), intra-tumoral DNA methylation (DNAme) heterogeneity empowers evolution. Here, to comprehensively study the epigenetic dimension of cancer evolution, we integrate DNAme analysis with histone modification mappin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pastore A,Gaiti F,Lu SX,Brand RM,Kulm S,Chaligne R,Gu H,Huang KY,Stamenova EK,Béguelin W,Jiang Y,Schulman RC,Kim KT,Alonso A,Allan JN,Furman RR,Gnirke A,Wu CJ,Melnick AM,Meissner A,Bernstein BE,Abdel-Wahab O,L

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark matter-only simulations of galaxy formation predict many more subhalos around a Milky Way-like galaxy than the number of observed satellites. Proposed solutions require the satellites to inhabit dark matter halos with masses 10(9)-10(10 )Msun at the time they fell into the Milky Way. Here we use a modelling appro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ural U,Wilkinson MI,Read JI,Walker MG

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) allows spectroscopic imaging with spatial resolution below the diffraction limit. With suitable light sources, s-SNOM is instrumental in numerous discoveries at the nanoscale. So far, the light sources have been limited to continuous wave or high-repetiti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang H,Wang L,Xu XG

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Proactive, that is, unsolicited, prosociality is a key component of our hyper-cooperation, which in turn has enabled the emergence of various uniquely human traits, including complex cognition, morality and cumulative culture and technology. However, the evolutionary foundation of the human prosocial sentiment remains...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Burkart JM,Allon O,Amici F,Fichtel C,Finkenwirth C,Heschl A,Huber J,Isler K,Kosonen ZK,Martins E,Meulman EJ,Richiger R,Rueth K,Spillmann B,Wiesendanger S,van Schaik CP

更新日期：2014-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Coelacanths are known for their evolutionary conservatism, and the body plan seen in Latimeria can be traced to late Middle Devonian Diplocercides, Holopterygius and presumably Euporosteus. However, the group's early history is unclear because of an incomplete fossil record. Until now, the only Early Devonian coelacan...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu M,Yu X,Lu J,Qiao T,Zhao W,Jia L

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine low clouds play an important role in the climate system, and their properties are sensitive to cloud condensation nuclei concentrations. While new particle formation represents a major source of cloud condensation nuclei globally, the prevailing view is that new particle formation rarely occurs in remote marine...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zheng G,Wang Y,Wood R,Jensen MP,Kuang C,McCoy IL,Matthews A,Mei F,Tomlinson JM,Shilling JE,Zawadowicz MA,Crosbie E,Moore R,Ziemba L,Andreae MO,Wang J

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Most chemical vapor deposition methods for transition metal dichalcogenides use an extremely small amount of precursor to render large single-crystal flakes, which usually causes low coverage of the materials on the substrate. In this study, a self-capping vapor-liquid-solid reaction is proposed to fabricate large-gra...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chang MC,Ho PH,Tseng MF,Lin FY,Hou CH,Lin IK,Wang H,Huang PP,Chiang CH,Yang YC,Wang IT,Du HY,Wen CY,Shyue JJ,Chen CW,Chen KH,Chiu PW,Chen LC

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and stabilization of recombinant proteins is fundamental to basic and applied biology. Here we have engineered a thermostable protein nanoparticle (tES) to improve both expression and stabilization of recombinant proteins using this technology. tES provides steric accommodation and charge complementatio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Deshpande S,Masurkar ND,Girish VM,Desai M,Chakraborty G,Chan JM,Drum CL

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attracting great attention due to their efficient and narrow emission. Quasi-two-dimensional perovskites with Ruddlesden-Popper-type layered structures can enlarge exciton binding energy and confine charge carriers and are considered good candidate materials for efficient LE...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang X,Zhang X,Deng J,Chu Z,Jiang Q,Meng J,Wang P,Zhang L,Yin Z,You J

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors and mechanisms underlying food allergy are largely unknown. Due to heterogeneity of symptoms a reliable diagnosis is often difficult to make. Here, we report a genome-wide association study on food allergy diagnosed by oral food challenge in 497 cases and 2387 controls. We identify five loci at genome-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Marenholz I,Grosche S,Kalb B,Rüschendorf F,Blümchen K,Schlags R,Harandi N,Price M,Hansen G,Seidenberg J,Röblitz H,Yürek S,Tschirner S,Hong X,Wang X,Homuth G,Schmidt CO,Nöthen MM,Hübner N,Niggemann B,Beyer K,Lee

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Amontons' law defines the friction coefficient as the ratio between friction force and normal force, and assumes that both these forces depend linearly on the real contact area between the two sliding surfaces. However, experimental testing of frictional contact models has proven difficult, because few in situ experim...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Weber B,Suhina T,Junge T,Pastewka L,Brouwer AM,Bonn D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of detritus shed from mountain ranges along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau heralds the Cenozoic development of high topography. Current estimates of the age of the basal conglomerate in the Qaidam basin place this event in Paleocene-Eocene. Here we present new magnetostratigraphy and mammali...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang W,Zheng W,Zhang P,Li Q,Kirby E,Yuan D,Zheng D,Liu C,Wang Z,Zhang H,Pang J

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Palaeo data suggest that Greenland must have been largely ice free during Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS-11). However, regional summer insolation anomalies were modest during this time compared to MIS-5e, when the Greenland ice sheet likely lost less volume. Thus it remains unclear how such conditions led to an almost c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Robinson A,Alvarez-Solas J,Calov R,Ganopolski A,Montoya M

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanostructured silicon has generated a lot of interest in the past decades as a key material for silicon-based photonics. The low absorption coefficient makes silicon nanocrystals attractive as an active medium in waveguide structures, and their third-order nonlinear optical properties are crucial for the development ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sirleto L,Ferrara MA,Nikitin T,Novikov S,Khriachtchev L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nano-sized metal particles are attracting much interest in industrial and biomedical applications due to the recent progress and development of nanotechnology, and the surface-modifications by appropriate polymers are key techniques to stably express their characteristics. Herein, we applied cyclic poly(ethylene glyco...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Quinsaat JEQ,Ono T,Maeki M,Tokeshi M,Isono T,Tajima K,Satoh T,Sato SI,Miura Y,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusters of enhancers, referred as to super-enhancers (SEs), control the expression of cell identity genes. The organisation of these clusters, and how they are remodelled upon developmental transitions remain poorly understood. Here, we report the existence of two types of enhancer units within SEs typified by distin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bell E,Curry EW,Megchelenbrink W,Jouneau L,Brochard V,Tomaz RA,Mau KHT,Atlasi Y,de Souza RA,Marks H,Stunnenberg HG,Jouneau A,Azuara V

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel expansion is driven by sprouting angiogenesis of endothelial cells, and is essential for development, wound healing and disease. Membrane-localized vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (mVEGFR1) is an endothelial cell-intrinsic decoy receptor that negatively modulates blood vessel morphogenesis. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Boucher JM,Clark RP,Chong DC,Citrin KM,Wylie LA,Bautch VL

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells often display altered cell-surface glycans compared to their nontransformed counterparts. However, functional contributions of glycans to cancer initiation and progression remain poorly understood. Here, from expression-based analyses across cancer lineages, we found that melanomas exhibit significant tra...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sweeney JG,Liang J,Antonopoulos A,Giovannone N,Kang S,Mondala TS,Head SR,King SL,Tani Y,Brackett D,Dell A,Murphy GF,Haslam SM,Widlund HR,Dimitroff CJ

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00