A genetically augmented future.

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Grishin E,Malamud U,Perets HB,Wandel O,Schäfer CM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomy of a parasite can be an important guide to its pathogenic characteristics. A wide range of anatomical, biochemical and behavioural tests is now being developed to define different strains and subspecies of the main tropical parasites. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Godfrey DG

更新日期：1978-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:High-pressure transitions are thought to modify hydrogen molecules to a molecular metallic solid and finally to an atomic metal1, which is predicted to have exotic physical properties and the topology of a two-component (electron and proton) superconducting superfluid condensate2,3. Therefore, understanding such trans...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ji C,Li B,Liu W,Smith JS,Majumdar A,Luo W,Ahuja R,Shu J,Wang J,Sinogeikin S,Meng Y,Prakapenka VB,Greenberg E,Xu R,Huang X,Yang W,Shen G,Mao WL,Mao HK

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA polymerase V (pol V) and RecA proteins are essential components of a mutagenic translesion synthesis pathway in Escherichia coli designed to cope with DNA damage. Previously, it has been assumed that RecA binds to the DNA template strand being copied. Here we show, however, that pol-V-catalysed translesion syn...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schlacher K,Cox MM,Woodgate R,Goodman MF

更新日期：2006-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In multinucleated heterokaryons formed from the fusion of differentiated muscle cells to either hepatocytes or fibroblasts, muscle-specific gene expression is activated, liver-specific gene expression is repressed, and there are changes in the location of the Golgi apparatus. An understanding of the regulatory mechani...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schäfer BW,Blakely BT,Darlington GJ,Blau HM

更新日期：1990-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of lectins with carbohydrate receptors on the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells results in a wide variety of biological effects. One effect which has been extensively studied is the stimulation of lymphocytes to blastogenesis and proliferation. High doses of concanavalin A (Con A) and phytohaemagglut...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hilgert I,Horejsí V,Angelisová P,Kristofová H

更新日期：1980-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual system analyses information by decomposing complex objects into simple components (visual features) that are widely distributed across the cortex. When several objects are present simultaneously in the visual field, a mechanism is required to group (bind) together visual features that belong to each object ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Usher M,Donnelly N

更新日期：1998-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins of religion and of complex societies represent evolutionary puzzles1-8. The 'moralizing gods' hypothesis offers a solution to both puzzles by proposing that belief in morally concerned supernatural agents culturally evolved to facilitate cooperation among strangers in large-scale societies9-13. Although pr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Whitehouse H,François P,Savage PE,Currie TE,Feeney KC,Cioni E,Purcell R,Ross RM,Larson J,Baines J,Ter Haar B,Covey A,Turchin P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of high-accuracy vector measurements of the Earth's magnetic field have recently become available from the satellite Oersted, complementing previous vector data from the satellite Magsat, which operated in 1979/80. These data can be used to infer the morphology of the magnetic field at the surface of th...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jackson A

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Features that were once considered exclusive to modern birds, such as feathers and a furcula, are now known to have first appeared in non-avian dinosaurs. However, relatively little is known of the early evolutionary history of the hyperinflated brain that distinguishes birds from other living reptiles and provides th...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Balanoff AM,Bever GS,Rowe TB,Norell MA

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly advancing knowledge of genome structure and sequence enables new means for the analysis of specific DNA changes associated with the differences between the human brain and that of other mammals. Recent studies implicate evolutionary changes in messenger RNA and protein expression levels, as well as DNA changes...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hill RS,Walsh CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) elicits multiple biological effects through two distinct cell surface receptors, TNF-R1 (p55) and TNF-R2 (p75). Most TNF-mediated biological responses, such as cell death, gene induction, antiviral activity and cytokine production, have been attributed to TNF-R1 (refs 1-5). Gene targeting ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Erickson SL,de Sauvage FJ,Kikly K,Carver-Moore K,Pitts-Meek S,Gillett N,Sheehan KC,Schreiber RD,Goeddel DV,Moore MW

更新日期：1994-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Protecting the world's freshwater resources requires diagnosing threats over a broad range of scales, from global to local. Here we present the first worldwide synthesis to jointly consider human and biodiversity perspectives on water security using a spatial framework that quantifies multiple stressors and accounts f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vörösmarty CJ,McIntyre PB,Gessner MO,Dudgeon D,Prusevich A,Green P,Glidden S,Bunn SE,Sullivan CA,Liermann CR,Davies PM

更新日期：2010-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the HTML version of this Letter, the affiliations for authors Andrew S. Azman, Dhirendra Kumar and Thandavarayan Ramamurthy were inverted (the PDF and print versions of the Letter were correct); the affiliations have been corrected online. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Weill FX,Domman D,Njamkepo E,Almesbahi AA,Naji M,Nasher SS,Rakesh A,Assiri AM,Sharma NC,Kariuki S,Pourshafie MR,Rauzier J,Abubakar A,Carter JY,Wamala JF,Seguin C,Bouchier C,Malliavin T,Bakhshi B,Abulmaali HHN,Kuma

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation of the mammals provides a 165-million-year test case for evolutionary theories of how species occupy and then fill ecological niches. It is widely assumed that species often diverge rapidly early in their evolution, and that this is followed by a longer, drawn-out period of slower evolutionary fine-tunin...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Venditti C,Meade A,Pagel M

更新日期：2011-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralocorticoid secretion is predominantly controlled by the octapeptide angiotensin II, which exerts trophic actions on the adrenal glomerulosa and acute regulatory effects on aldosterone biosynthesis. The trophic actions include stimulation of angiotensin II receptors and enzymes of the aldosterone biosynthetic pa...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Aguilera G,Schirar A,Baukal A,Catt KJ

更新日期：1981-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta-protein (AP) is a peptide of relative molecular mass (Mr) 42,000 found in the senile plaques, cerebrovascular amyloid deposits, and neurofibrillary tangles of patients with Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome (trisomy 21). Recent molecular genetic evidence has indicated that AP is encoded as part of a...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Tanzi RE,St George-Hyslop PH,Haines JL,Polinsky RJ,Nee L,Foncin JF,Neve RL,McClatchey AI,Conneally PM,Gusella JF

更新日期：1987-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromorphic computing draws inspiration from the brain to provide computing technology and architecture with the potential to drive the next wave of computer engineering1-13. Such brain-inspired computing also provides a promising platform for the development of artificial general intelligence14,15. However, unlike c...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhang Y,Qu P,Ji Y,Zhang W,Gao G,Wang G,Song S,Li G,Chen W,Zheng W,Chen F,Pei J,Zhao R,Zhao M,Shi L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information--be it classical or quantum--is measured by the amount of communication needed to convey it. In the classical case, if the receiver has some prior information about the messages being conveyed, less communication is needed. Here we explore the concept of prior quantum information: given an unknown quantum ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Horodecki M,Oppenheim J,Winter A

更新日期：2005-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA synthetic (S) phase of cell division is about twice as long in human basal cell carcinoma (BCC) as the normal epidermis and several non-malignant skin diseases. A similar increase in S phase duration seems to occur in tumours of the human oesophagus, larynx and recto-colon. At the molecular level, the overall ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Heenen M,Galand P

更新日期：1980-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A timescale is necessary for estimating rates of molecular and morphological change in organisms and for interpreting patterns of macroevolution and biogeography. Traditionally, these times have been obtained from the fossil record, where the earliest representatives of two lineages establish a minimum time of diverge...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kumar S,Hedges SB

更新日期：1998-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutron superfluid in most neutron stars should be in a highly turbulent state. If so, this turbulence drastically alters its rotational properties. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Greenstein G

更新日期：1970-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific fraud, much in the news recently, is not a new phenomenon. What follows is a personal account of a particular case. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Rossiter EJ

更新日期：1992-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Functioning and processing of membrane proteins critically depend on the way their transmembrane segments are embedded in the membrane. Sphingolipids are structural components of membranes and can also act as intracellular second messengers. Not much is known of sphingolipids binding to transmembrane domains (TMDs) of...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Contreras FX,Ernst AM,Haberkant P,Björkholm P,Lindahl E,Gönen B,Tischer C,Elofsson A,von Heijne G,Thiele C,Pepperkok R,Wieland F,Brügger B

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haldane model on a honeycomb lattice is a paradigmatic example of a Hamiltonian featuring topologically distinct phases of matter. It describes a mechanism through which a quantum Hall effect can appear as an intrinsic property of a band structure, rather than being caused by an external magnetic field. Although p...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jotzu G,Messer M,Desbuquois R,Lebrat M,Uehlinger T,Greif D,Esslinger T

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscarinic receptors of cardiac pacemaker and atrial cells are linked to a potassium channel (IK.ACh) by a pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein. The dissociation of G-proteins leads to the generation of two potential transducing elements, alpha-GTP and beta gamma. IK.ACh is activated by G-protein alpha- and b...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kim D,Lewis DL,Graziadei L,Neer EJ,Bar-Sagi D,Clapham DE

更新日期：1989-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein G is a cell-surface protein from Streptococcus which binds to IgG molecules from a wide range of species with an affinity comparable to that of antigen. The high affinity of protein G for the Fab portion of IgG poses a particular challenge in molecular recognition, given the variability of heavy chain subclass...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Derrick JP,Wigley DB

更新日期：1992-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein HLA-E is a non-classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule of limited sequence variability. Its expression on the cell surface is regulated by the binding of peptides derived from the signal sequence of some other MHC class I molecules. Here we report the identification of ligands for HLA-E. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Braud VM,Allan DS,O'Callaghan CA,Söderström K,D'Andrea A,Ogg GS,Lazetic S,Young NT,Bell JI,Phillips JH,Lanier LL,McMichael AJ

更新日期：1998-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamics predicts that transmembrane voltage modulates membrane tension and that this will cause movement. The magnitude and polarity of movement is governed by cell stiffness and surface potentials. Here we confirm these predictions using the atomic force microscope to dynamically follow the movement of voltage...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhang PC,Keleshian AM,Sachs F

更新日期：2001-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult brain, new synapses are formed and pre-existing ones are lost, but the function of this structural plasticity has remained unclear. Learning of new skills is correlated with formation of new synapses. These may directly encode new memories, but they may also have more general roles in memory encoding and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ruediger S,Vittori C,Bednarek E,Genoud C,Strata P,Sacchetti B,Caroni P

更新日期：2011-05-26 00:00:00