Entropy favors heterogeneous structures of networks near the rigidity threshold.

abstract：:Large reductions in the thermal conductivity of thin silicon membranes have been demonstrated in various porous structures. However, the role of coherent boundary scattering in such structures has become a matter of some debate. Here we report on the first experimental observation of coherent phonon boundary scatterin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Alaie S,Goettler DF,Su M,Leseman ZC,Reinke CM,El-Kady I

更新日期：2015-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family are important mediators of obesity and metabolic disease and have been described to often play opposing roles. Here we report that the interleukin-36 (IL-36) subfamily can play a protective role against the development of disease. Elevated IL-36 cytokine expression is found i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Giannoudaki E,Hernandez-Santana YE,Mulfaul K,Doyle SL,Hams E,Fallon PG,Mat A,O'Shea D,Kopf M,Hogan AE,Walsh PT

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by intracellular amyloid deposits of tau protein. Missense mutations in the tau gene (MAPT) correlate with aggregation propensity and cause dominantly inherited tauopathies, but their biophysical mechanism driving amyloid formation is poorly understood. Many dis...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen D,Drombosky KW,Hou Z,Sari L,Kashmer OM,Ryder BD,Perez VA,Woodard DR,Lin MM,Diamond MI,Joachimiak LA

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiquity and global abundance of the enzyme, RuBisCO, attests to the crucial and longstanding role it has played in the biogeochemical cycles of Earth over billions of years. The counterproductive oxygenase activity of RuBisCO has persisted over billions of years of evolution, despite its competition with the car...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shih PM,Occhialini A,Cameron JC,Andralojc PJ,Parry MA,Kerfeld CA

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we benchmark device-to-device variation in field-effect transistors (FETs) based on monolayer MoS2 and WS2 films grown using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition process. Our study involves 230 MoS2 FETs and 160 WS2 FETs with channel lengths ranging from 5 μm down to 100 nm. We use statistical measures to eval...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sebastian A,Pendurthi R,Choudhury TH,Redwing JM,Das S

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT1 is the most evolutionarily conserved mammalian sirtuin, and it plays a vital role in the regulation of metabolism, stress responses, genome stability, and ageing. As a stress sensor, SIRT1 deacetylase activity is significantly increased during stresses, but the molecular mechanisms are not yet fully clear. Here,...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Han C,Gu Y,Shan H,Mi W,Sun J,Shi M,Zhang X,Lu X,Han F,Gong Q,Yu W

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Diatoms, a major group of photosynthetic microalgae, have a high biotechnological potential that has not been fully exploited because of the paucity of available genetic tools. Here we demonstrate targeted and stable modifications of the genome of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, using both meganucleases a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Daboussi F,Leduc S,Maréchal A,Dubois G,Guyot V,Perez-Michaut C,Amato A,Falciatore A,Juillerat A,Beurdeley M,Voytas DF,Cavarec L,Duchateau P

更新日期：2014-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Layer-by-layer-stacked chemical vapour deposition (CVD) graphene films find applications as transparent and conductive electrodes in solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes and touch panels. Common to lamellar-type systems with anisotropic electron delocalization, the plane-to-plane (vertical) conductivity in such ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Yuan L,Yang M,Zheng Y,Li L,Gao L,Nerngchamnong N,Nai CT,Sangeeth CS,Feng YP,Nijhuis CA,Loh KP

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The interior of the neuronal cell nucleus is a highly organized three-dimensional (3D) structure where regions of the genome that are linearly millions of bases apart establish sub-structures with specialized functions. To investigate neuronal chromatin organization and dynamics in vivo, we generated bitransgenic mice...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ito S,Magalska A,Alcaraz-Iborra M,Lopez-Atalaya JP,Rovira V,Contreras-Moreira B,Lipinski M,Olivares R,Martinez-Hernandez J,Ruszczycki B,Lujan R,Geijo-Barrientos E,Wilczynski GM,Barco A

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-activated sodium channel ASIC1 belongs to the ENaC/Degenerins family of ion channels. Little is known about gating of the pore in any member of this class. Here we outline the shape of the ion pathway of ASIC1 in the open and closed conformations by measuring apparent rates of cysteine modification by thiol...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li T,Yang Y,Canessa CM

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium ion channels utilize a highly selective filter to rapidly transport K+ ions across cellular membranes. This selectivity filter is composed of four binding sites which display almost equal electron density in crystal structures with high potassium ion concentrations. This electron density can be interpreted t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Langan PS,Vandavasi VG,Weiss KL,Afonine PV,El Omari K,Duman R,Wagner A,Coates L

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:With favourable error thresholds and requiring only nearest-neighbour interactions on a lattice, the surface code is an error-correcting code that has garnered considerable attention. At the heart of this code is the ability to perform a low-weight parity measurement of local code qubits. Here we demonstrate high-fide...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chow JM,Gambetta JM,Magesan E,Abraham DW,Cross AW,Johnson BR,Masluk NA,Ryan CA,Smolin JA,Srinivasan SJ,Steffen M

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-associated macrophages affect tumor progression and resistance to immune checkpoint therapy. Here, we identify the chemokine signal regulator FROUNT as a target to control tumor-associated macrophages. The low level FROUNT expression in patients with cancer correlates with better clinical outcomes. Frount-defici...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Terashima Y,Toda E,Itakura M,Otsuji M,Yoshinaga S,Okumura K,Shand FHW,Komohara Y,Takeda M,Kokubo K,Chen MC,Yokoi S,Rokutan H,Kofuku Y,Ohnishi K,Ohira M,Iizasa T,Nakano H,Okabe T,Kojima H,Shimizu A,Kanegasaki S,

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic digestion for protein sequencing usually requires much time, and does not always result in high sequence coverage. Here we report the use of aqueous microdroplets to accelerate enzymatic reactions and, in particular, to improve protein sequencing. When a room temperature aqueous solution containing 10 µM myo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhong X,Chen H,Zare RN

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original version of this Article, the affiliation details for Antoine Aze, Michalis Fragkos, Stéphane Bocquet, Julien Cau and Marcel Méchali incorrectly omitted 'CNRS and the University of Montpellier'. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Aze A,Fragkos M,Bocquet S,Cau J,Méchali M

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV Tat protein competes with the 7SK:HEXIM interaction to hijack pTEFb from 7SK snRNP and recruit it to the TAR motif on stalled viral transcripts. Here we solve structures of 7SK stemloop-1 and TAR in complex with Tat's RNA binding domain (RBD) to gain insights into this process. We find that 7SK is peppered wit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pham VV,Salguero C,Khan SN,Meagher JL,Brown WC,Humbert N,de Rocquigny H,Smith JL,D'Souza VM

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between proteins play an essential role in metabolic and signaling pathways, cellular processes and organismal systems. We report the development of splitFAST, a fluorescence complementation system for the visualization of transient protein-protein interactions in living cells. Engineered from the fluorog...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tebo AG,Gautier A

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide-modulated (CNM) ion channels perform various physiological roles by opening in response to cyclic nucleotides binding to a specialized cyclic nucleotide-binding domain. Despite progress in structure-function analysis, the conformational rearrangements underlying the gating of these channel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rangl M,Miyagi A,Kowal J,Stahlberg H,Nimigean CM,Scheuring S

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rather than targeting tumour cells directly, elements of the tumour microenvironment can be modulated to sensitize tumours to the effects of therapy. Here we report a unique mechanism by which ectopic microRNA-103 can manipulate tumour-associated endothelial cells to enhance tumour cell death. Using gain-and-loss of f...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wilson R,Espinosa-Diez C,Kanner N,Chatterjee N,Ruhl R,Hipfinger C,Advani SJ,Li J,Khan OF,Franovic A,Weis SM,Kumar S,Coussens LM,Anderson DG,Chen CC,Cheresh DA,Anand S

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the cryo-electron microscopic (cryo-EM) structures of two archaeal type IV pili (T4P), from Pyrobaculum arsenaticum and Saccharolobus solfataricus, at 3.8 Å and 3.4 Å resolution, respectively. This triples the number of high resolution archaeal T4P structures, and allows us to pinpoint the evolution...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang F,Baquero DP,Su Z,Beltran LC,Prangishvili D,Krupovic M,Egelman EH

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate determination requires the cooperation between extrinsic signals and intrinsic molecules including transcription factors as well as epigenetic regulators. Nevertheless, how neural fate commitment is regulated by epigenetic modifications remains largely unclear. Here we show that transient histone deacetylati...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu P,Dou X,Liu C,Wang L,Xing C,Peng G,Chen J,Yu F,Qiao Y,Song L,Wu Y,Yue C,Li J,Han JD,Tang K,Jing N

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pre-implantation embryonic development involves extensive changes in chromatin structure and transcriptional activity. Here, we report on LiCAT-seq, a technique that enables simultaneous profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression with ultra-low input of cells, and map the chromatin accessibility an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu L,Leng L,Liu C,Lu C,Yuan Y,Wu L,Gong F,Zhang S,Wei X,Wang M,Zhao L,Hu L,Wang J,Yang H,Zhu S,Chen F,Lu G,Shang Z,Lin G

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cells have a distinct developmental pathway from conventional αβ T cells. Here we demonstrate that the transcriptional repressor NKAP is required for invariant natural killer T cell but not conventional T cell development. In CD4-cre NKAP conditional knockout mice, invariant natural killer T...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Thapa P,Das J,McWilliams D,Shapiro M,Sundsbak R,Nelson-Holte M,Tangen S,Anderson J,Desiderio S,Hiebert S,Sant'angelo DB,Shapiro VS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low-energy electronic excitations in graphene are described by massless Dirac fermions that have a linear dispersion relation. Taking advantage of this 'optics-like' electron dynamics, generic optical elements like lenses and wave guides have been proposed for electrons in graphene. Tuning of these elements relies...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rickhaus P,Maurand R,Liu MH,Weiss M,Richter K,Schönenberger C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver parenchyma is composed of hepatocytes and bile duct epithelial cells (BECs). Controversy exists regarding the cellular origin of human liver parenchymal tissue generation during embryonic development, homeostasis or repair. Here we report the existence of a hepatobiliary hybrid progenitor (HHyP) population i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Segal JM,Kent D,Wesche DJ,Ng SS,Serra M,Oulès B,Kar G,Emerton G,Blackford SJI,Darmanis S,Miquel R,Luong TV,Yamamoto R,Bonham A,Jassem W,Heaton N,Vigilante A,King A,Sancho R,Teichmann S,Quake SR,Nakauchi H,Rash

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Timescales of magma ascent in conduit models are typically assumed to be much longer than crystallization and gas exsolution for basaltic eruptions. However, it is now recognized that basaltic magmas may rise fast enough for disequilibrium processes to play a key role on the ascent dynamics. The quantification of the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： La Spina G,Burton M,De' Michieli Vitturi M,Arzilli F

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome that elevates the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although alteration of lipid metabolism has been increasingly recognized as a hallmark of cancer cells, the deregulated metabolic modulation of HCC cells in the NAF...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tian Y,Yang B,Qiu W,Hao Y,Zhang Z,Yang B,Li N,Cheng S,Lin Z,Rui YC,Cheung OKW,Yang W,Wu WKK,Cheung YS,Lai PBS,Luo J,Sung JJY,Chen R,Wang HY,Cheng ASL,Yang P

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15533. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ye L,Zhou X,Huang F,Wang W,Qi Y,Xu H,Shu Y,Shen L,Fei X,Xie J,Cao M,Zhou Y,Zhu W,Wang S,Ning G,Wang W

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As children grow, they gradually learn how to make decisions independently. However, decisions like choosing healthy but less-tasty foods can be challenging for children whose self-regulation and executive cognitive functions are still maturing. We propose a computational decision-making process in which children esti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lim SL,Cherry JB,Davis AM,Balakrishnan SN,Ha OR,Bruce JM,Bruce AS

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Doping is a primary tool for the modification of the properties of materials. Occlusion of guest molecules in crystals generally reduces their symmetry by the creation of polar domains, which engender polarization and pyroelectricity in the doped crystals. Here we describe a molecular-level determination of the struct...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Meirzadeh E,Azuri I,Qi Y,Ehre D,Rappe AM,Lahav M,Kronik L,Lubomirsky I

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00