A bacterial riboswitch class for the thiamin precursor HMP-PP employs a terminator-embedded aptamer.

abstract：:Binary fission has been well studied in rod-shaped bacteria, but the mechanisms underlying cell division in spherical bacteria are poorly understood. Rod-shaped bacteria harbor regulatory proteins that place and remodel the division machinery during cytokinesis. In the spherical human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, w...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Eswara PJ,Brzozowski RS,Viola MG,Graham G,Spanoudis C,Trebino C,Jha J,Aubee JI,Thompson KM,Camberg JL,Ramamurthi KS

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Most funding agencies rely on peer review to evaluate grant applications and proposals, but research into the use of this process by funding agencies has been limited. Here we explore if two changes to the organization of peer review for proposals submitted to various funding actions by the European Union has an influ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Pina DG,Buljan I,Hren D,Marušić A

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We present in vivo single-cell FRET measurements in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis system that reveal pervasive signaling variability, both across cells in isogenic populations and within individual cells over time. We quantify cell-to-cell variability of adaptation, ligand response, as well as steady-state output le...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Keegstra JM,Kamino K,Anquez F,Lazova MD,Emonet T,Shimizu TS

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetic approaches are leading to a better understanding of the forces that determine the plane of cell division. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Serra-Marques A,Dumont S

更新日期：2018-07-09 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：:To restore vision for the blind, several prosthetic approaches have been explored that convey raw images to the brain. So far, these schemes all suffer from a lack of bandwidth. An alternate approach would restore vision at the cognitive level, bypassing the need to convey sensory data. A wearable computer captures vi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Liu Y,Stiles NR,Meister M

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral cortical architecture at birth encodes regionally differential dendritic arborization and synaptic formation. It underlies behavioral emergence of 2-year-olds. Brain changes in 0-2 years are most dynamic across the lifespan. Effective prediction of future behavior with brain microstructure at birth will revea...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ouyang M,Peng Q,Jeon T,Heyne R,Chalak L,Huang H

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:GPIHBP1, a GPI-anchored protein of capillary endothelial cells, binds lipoprotein lipase (LPL) within the subendothelial spaces and shuttles it to the capillary lumen. GPIHBP1-bound LPL is essential for the margination of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) along capillaries, allowing the lipolytic processing of TRL...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hu X,Matsumoto K,Jung RS,Weston TA,Heizer PJ,He C,Sandoval NP,Allan CM,Tu Y,Vinters HV,Liau LM,Ellison RM,Morales JE,Baufeld LJ,Bayley NA,He L,Betsholtz C,Beigneux AP,Nathanson DA,Gerhardt H,Young SG,Fong LG,J

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of goal-directed actions tend to resemble those of previously executed actions, but it is unclear whether such effects depend strictly on action history, or also reflect context-dependent processes related to predictive motor planning. Here we manipulated the time available to initiate movements af...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Marinovic W,Poh E,de Rugy A,Carroll TJ

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) such as p38 and the c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are activated during the cellular response to stress signals. Their activity is regulated by the MAPK-phosphatase 1 (DUSP1), a key component of the anti-inflammatory response. Stress kinases are well-described elements of the ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Celaya AM,Sánchez-Pérez I,Bermúdez-Muñoz JM,Rodríguez-de la Rosa L,Pintado-Berninches L,Perona R,Murillo-Cuesta S,Varela-Nieto I

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a common analysis pipeline to compare data from three major lineages of complex eukaryotes reveals that transcription seems to evolve at a common rate. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Odom DT

更新日期：2016-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterochromatin formed by the SUV39 histone methyltransferases represses transcription from repetitive DNA sequences and ensures genomic stability. How SUV39 enzymes localize to their target genomic loci remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that chromatin-associated RNA contributes to the stable association of SUV39H...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Johnson WL,Yewdell WT,Bell JC,McNulty SM,Duda Z,O'Neill RJ,Sullivan BA,Straight AF

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of previously adaptive traits is typically linked to relaxation in selection, yet the molecular steps leading to such repeated losses are rarely known. Molecular studies of loss have tended to focus on gene sequences alone, but overlooking other aspects of protein expression might underestimate phenotypic div...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sadier A,Davies KT,Yohe LR,Yun K,Donat P,Hedrick BP,Dumont ER,Dávalos LM,Rossiter SJ,Sears KE

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the genus Shigella cause shigellosis, a severe gastrointestinal disease that is a major cause of diarrhea-associated mortality in humans. Mice are highly resistant to Shigella and the lack of a tractable physiological model of shigellosis has impeded our understanding of this important human disease. Here,...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mitchell PS,Roncaioli JL,Turcotte EA,Goers L,Chavez RA,Lee AY,Lesser CF,Rauch I,Vance RE

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Overproduction of immunoglobulin light chains leads to systemic amyloidosis, a lethal disease characterized by the formation of amyloid fibrils in patients' tissues. Excess light chains are in equilibrium between dimers and less stable monomers which can undergo irreversible aggregation to the amyloid state. The dimer...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Brumshtein B,Esswein SR,Salwinski L,Phillips ML,Ly AT,Cascio D,Sawaya MR,Eisenberg DS

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising and more variable global temperatures pose a challenge for biodiversity, with reproduction and fertility being especially sensitive to heat. Here, we assessed the potential for thermal adaptation in sperm and egg function using Tribolium flour beetles, a warm-temperate-tropical insect model. Following temperatu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Vasudeva R,Sutter A,Sales K,Dickinson ME,Lumley AJ,Gage MJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging sperm as they travel through the female reproductive tract has revealed new details about fertilization at the molecular level. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Komondor KM,Carlson AE

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of fitness landscapes is critical for understanding adaptive protein evolution. Previous empirical studies on fitness landscapes were confined to either the neighborhood around the wild type sequence, involving mostly single and double mutants, or a combinatorially complete subgraph involving only two am...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wu NC,Dai L,Olson CA,Lloyd-Smith JO,Sun R

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their importance in sexual differentiation and reproduction, Y chromosome genes are rarely described because they reside in repeat-rich regions that are difficult to study. Here, we show that Guy1, a unique Y chromosome gene of a major urban malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi, confers 100% female lethality w...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Criscione F,Qi Y,Tu Z

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The clone size distribution of the human naive T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is an important determinant of adaptive immunity. We estimated the abundance of TCR sequences in samples of naive T cells from blood using an accurate quantitative sequencing protocol. We observe most TCR sequences only once, consistent wi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： de Greef PC,Oakes T,Gerritsen B,Ismail M,Heather JM,Hermsen R,Chain B,de Boer RJ

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal influenza virus A/H3N2 is a major cause of death globally. Vaccination remains the most effective preventative. Rapid mutation of hemagglutinin allows viruses to escape adaptive immunity. This antigenic drift necessitates regular vaccine updates. Effective vaccine strains need to represent H3N2 populations ci...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Huddleston J,Barnes JR,Rowe T,Xu X,Kondor R,Wentworth DE,Whittaker L,Ermetal B,Daniels RS,McCauley JW,Fujisaki S,Nakamura K,Kishida N,Watanabe S,Hasegawa H,Barr I,Subbarao K,Barrat-Charlaix P,Neher RA,Bedford T

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Being exposed to cannabinoids in the womb has different consequences for male and female rats. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Musardo S,Bellone C

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of biologically active molecules across tight epithelial barriers is a major challenge preventing therapeutic peptides from oral drug delivery. Here, we identify a set of synthetic glycosphingolipids that harness the endogenous process of intracellular lipid-sorting to enable mucosal absorption of the incret...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Garcia-Castillo MD,Chinnapen DJ,Te Welscher YM,Gonzalez RJ,Softic S,Pacheco M,Mrsny RJ,Kahn CR,von Andrian UH,Lau J,Pentelute BL,Lencer WI

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play important roles in cellular processes and disease, yet little is known about how the transcriptional regime of the mitochondrial genome varies across individuals and tissues. By analyzing >11,000 RNA-sequencing libraries across 36 tissue/cell types, we find considerable variation in mitochondrial-enc...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ali AT,Boehme L,Carbajosa G,Seitan VC,Small KS,Hodgkinson A

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins harness mechanical force to control function is a significant biological question. Here we describe a human cell surface receptor that couples ligand binding and force to trigger a chemical event which controls the adhesive properties of the receptor. Our studies of the secreted platelet oxidoreductase, E...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Passam F,Chiu J,Ju L,Pijning A,Jahan Z,Mor-Cohen R,Yeheskel A,Kolšek K,Thärichen L,Aponte-Santamaría C,Gräter F,Hogg PJ

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Even when we are at rest, our spinal cords show spontaneous, yet well organised, fluctuations of activity that might reflect sensory and motor networks. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Eippert F,Tracey I

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:mTOR inhibition is beneficial in neurodegenerative disease models and its effects are often attributable to the modulation of autophagy and anti-apoptosis. Here, we report a neglected but important bioenergetic effect of mTOR inhibition in neurons. mTOR inhibition by rapamycin significantly preserves neuronal ATP leve...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zheng X,Boyer L,Jin M,Kim Y,Fan W,Bardy C,Berggren T,Evans RM,Gage FH,Hunter T

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemosensory neurons extract information about chemical cues from the environment. How is the activity in these sensory neurons transformed into behavior? Using Caenorhabditis elegans, we map a novel sensory neuron circuit motif that encodes odor concentration. Primary neurons, AWC(ON) and AWA, directly detect the foo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Leinwand SG,Yang CJ,Bazopoulou D,Chronis N,Srinivasan J,Chalasani SH

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in precise genome editing is the low efficiency of homology-directed repair (HDR). Here we describe a strategy for increasing the efficiency of HDR in cells by using a chromatin donor template instead of a naked DNA donor template. The use of chromatin, which is the natural form of DNA in the nucleus, ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cruz-Becerra G,Kadonaga JT

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroligins (NLGNs) are postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules that interact trans-synaptically with neurexins to mediate synapse development and function. NLGN2 is only at inhibitory synapses while NLGN3 is at both excitatory and inhibitory synapses. We found that NLGN3 function at inhibitory synapses in rat CA1 depend...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Nguyen QA,Horn ME,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00