Dopamine neuron ensembles signal the content of sensory prediction errors.

abstract：:The fitness effects of synonymous mutations, nucleotide changes that do not alter the encoded amino acid, have often been assumed to be neutral, but a growing body of evidence suggests otherwise. We used site-directed mutagenesis coupled with direct measures of competitive fitness to estimate the distribution of fitne...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lebeuf-Taylor E,McCloskey N,Bailey SF,Hinz A,Kassen R

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Meiotic drive is the preferential transmission of a particular allele during sexual reproduction. The phenomenon is observed as spore killing in multiple fungi. In natural populations of Podospora anserina, seven spore killer types (Psks) have been identified through classical genetic analyses. Here we show that the S...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Vogan AA,Ament-Velásquez SL,Granger-Farbos A,Svedberg J,Bastiaans E,Debets AJ,Coustou V,Yvanne H,Clavé C,Saupe SJ,Johannesson H

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational modeling of behavior has revolutionized psychology and neuroscience. By fitting models to experimental data we can probe the algorithms underlying behavior, find neural correlates of computational variables and better understand the effects of drugs, illness and interventions. But with great power comes ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wilson RC,Collins AG

更新日期：2019-11-26 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：:Mitochondrial division, essential for survival in mammals, is enhanced by an inter-organellar process involving ER tubules encircling and constricting mitochondria. The force for constriction is thought to involve actin polymerization by the ER-anchored isoform of the formin protein inverted formin 2 (INF2). Unknown i...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Manor U,Bartholomew S,Golani G,Christenson E,Kozlov M,Higgs H,Spudich J,Lippincott-Schwartz J

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Propellers arise through the amplification of a supersecondary structure element called a blade. This process produces toroids of between four and twelve repeats, which are almost always arranged sequentially in a single polypeptide chain. We found that new propellers evolve continuously by amplification from single...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Afanasieva E,Chaudhuri I,Martin J,Hertle E,Ursinus A,Alva V,Hartmann MD,Lupas AN

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which cause urinary tract infections (UTI), utilize type 1 pili, a chaperone usher pathway (CUP) pilus, to cause UTI and colonize the gut. The pilus rod, comprised of repeating FimA subunits, provides a structural scaffold for displaying the tip adhesin, FimH. We solved the 4.2 Å resoluti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Spaulding CN,Schreiber HL 4th,Zheng W,Dodson KW,Hazen JE,Conover MS,Wang F,Svenmarker P,Luna-Rico A,Francetic O,Andersson M,Hultgren S,Egelman EH

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the development and in vivo application of a feedback-based tracking microscope to follow individual mitochondria in sensory neurons of zebrafish larvae with nanometer precision and millisecond temporal resolution. By combining various technical improvements, we tracked individual mitochondria with unpreced...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wehnekamp F,Plucińska G,Thong R,Misgeld T,Lamb DC

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect. Wt1-null mouse embryos develop CDH but the mechanisms regulated by WT1 are unknown. We have generated a murine model with conditional deletion of WT1 in the lateral plate mesoderm, using the G2 enhancer of the Gata4 gene as a driver. 80% of G2-Gata4(Cre);...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Carmona R,Cañete A,Cano E,Ariza L,Rojas A,Muñoz-Chápuli R

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct mechanisms for primordial germ cell (PGC) specification are observed within Bilatera: early determination by maternal factors or late induction by zygotic cues. Here we investigate the molecular basis for PGC specification in Nematostella, a representative pre-bilaterian animal where PGCs arise as paired ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chen CY,McKinney SA,Ellington LR,Gibson MC

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, tissue repair, and tumor growth, most blood vessel networks are generated through angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of this process and currently both VEGF and its receptors, VEGFR1, VEGFR2, and Neuropilin1 (NRP1), are targeted in therapeutic strategies for ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gelfand MV,Hagan N,Tata A,Oh WJ,Lacoste B,Kang KT,Kopycinska J,Bischoff J,Wang JH,Gu C

更新日期：2014-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of cultural processes to behavioural diversity in our closest living relatives is central to revealing the evolutionary origins of human culture. However, the bonobo is often overlooked as a candidate model. Further, a prominent critique to many examples of proposed animal cultures is premature exclusio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Samuni L,Wegdell F,Surbeck M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohesin tethers together regions of DNA, thereby mediating higher order chromatin organization that is critical for sister chromatid cohesion, DNA repair and transcriptional regulation. Cohesin contains a heterodimeric ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) ATPase comprised of Smc1 and Smc3 ATPase active sites. These ATPases are ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Çamdere G,Guacci V,Stricklin J,Koshland D

更新日期：2015-11-19 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：:Sex-specific synaptic connectivity is beginning to emerge as a remarkable, but little explored feature of animal brains. We describe here a novel mechanism that promotes sexually dimorphic neuronal function and synaptic connectivity in the nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We demonstrate that a ph...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bayer EA,Stecky RC,Neal L,Katsamba PS,Ahlsen G,Balaji V,Hoppe T,Shapiro L,Oren-Suissa M,Hobert O

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience-dependent modifications of synaptic connections are thought to change patterns of network activities and stimulus tuning with learning. However, only a few studies explored how synaptic plasticity shapes the response dynamics of cortical circuits. Here, we investigated the mechanism underlying sharpening of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lim S

更新日期：2019-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase (MELK) has been identified as a promising therapeutic target in multiple cancer types. MELK over-expression is associated with aggressive disease, and MELK has been implicated in numerous cancer-related processes, including chemotherapy resistance, stem cell renewal, and tu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Giuliano CJ,Lin A,Smith JC,Palladino AC,Sheltzer JM

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of ocular dominance to regulation by monocular deprivation is the canonical model of plasticity confined to a critical period. However, we have previously shown that visual deprivation through dark exposure (DE) reactivates critical period plasticity in adults. Previous work assumed that the eliminatio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Murase S,Lantz CL,Quinlan EM

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas systems provide sequence-specific immunity against phages and mobile genetic elements using CRISPR-associated nucleases guided by short CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs). Type III systems exhibit a robust immune response that can lead to the extinction of a phage population, a feat coordinated by a multi-subunit effecto...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chou-Zheng L,Hatoum-Aslan A

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin is responsible for mediating a wide variety of cellular processes in response to dynamic calcium (Ca(2+)) signals, yet the precise mechanisms involved in the spatiotemporal control of calcineurin signaling are poorly understood. Here, we use genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors to directly probe the ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mehta S,Aye-Han NN,Ganesan A,Oldach L,Gorshkov K,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain has an impressive ability to withstand neural damage. Diseases that kill neurons can go unnoticed for years, and incomplete brain lesions or silencing of neurons often fail to produce any behavioral effect. How does the brain compensate for such damage, and what are the limits of this compensation? We propos...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Barrett DG,Denève S,Machens CK

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual recognition (IR) is essential for maintaining various social interactions in a group, and face recognition is one of the most specialised cognitive abilities in IR. We used both a mating preference system and an electric shock conditioning experiment to test IR ability in medaka, and found that signals near...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wang MY,Takeuchi H

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmitotic tissues are incapable of replacing damaged cells through proliferation, but need to rely on buffering mechanisms to prevent tissue disintegration. By constitutively activating the Ras/MAPK-pathway via RasV12-overexpression in the postmitotic salivary glands of Drosophila larvae, we overrode the glands adap...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Krautz R,Khalili D,Theopold U

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cells are encased in a peptidoglycan (PG) exoskeleton that protects them from osmotic lysis and specifies their distinct shapes. Cell wall hydrolases are required to enlarge this covalently closed macromolecule during growth, but how these autolytic enzymes are regulated remains poorly understood. Bacillus s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dobihal GS,Brunet YR,Flores-Kim J,Rudner DZ

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Dsc E3 ligase complex has long been recognized as a Golgi-specific protein ubquitination system. It shares a striking sequence similarity to the Hrd1 complex that plays critical roles in the ER-associated degradation pathway. Using biochemical purification and mass spectrometry, we identified two novel Dsc s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yang X,Arines FM,Zhang W,Li M

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo-YAP pathway is a central regulator of cell contact inhibition, proliferation and death. There are conflicting reports regarding the role of Angiomotin (Amot) in regulating this pathway. While some studies suggest a YAP-inhibitory function other studies indicate Amot is required for YAP activity. Here, we des...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Moleirinho S,Hoxha S,Mandati V,Curtale G,Troutman S,Ehmer U,Kissil JL

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Unrepaired DNA damage during embryonic development can be potentially inherited by a large population of cells. However, the quality control mechanisms that minimize the contribution of damaged cells to developing embryos remain poorly understood. Here, we uncovered an ATR- and CHK1-mediated transcriptional response t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Atashpaz S,Samadi Shams S,Gonzalez JM,Sebestyén E,Arghavanifard N,Gnocchi A,Albers E,Minardi S,Faga G,Soffientini P,Allievi E,Cancila V,Bachi A,Fernández-Capetillo Ó,Tripodo C,Ferrari F,López-Contreras AJ,Costanzo V

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is clear that trisomy 21 causes Down syndrome, the molecular events acting downstream of the trisomy remain ill defined. Using complementary genomics analyses, we identified the interferon pathway as the major signaling cascade consistently activated by trisomy 21 in human cells. Transcriptome analysis rev...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sullivan KD,Lewis HC,Hill AA,Pandey A,Jackson LP,Cabral JM,Smith KP,Liggett LA,Gomez EB,Galbraith MD,DeGregori J,Espinosa JM

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior relies on the ability of sensory systems to infer properties of the environment from incoming stimuli. The accuracy of inference depends on the fidelity with which behaviorally relevant properties of stimuli are encoded in neural responses. High-fidelity encodings can be metabolically costly, but low-fidelity...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Młynarski WF,Hermundstad AM

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:When an individual makes a judgement about the actions of another individual, taking the latter's viewpoint into consideration enhances cooperation in society at large. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Masuda N,Santos FC

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00