Expanding the genome-targeting scope and the site selectivity of high-precision base editors.

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 friction between two adjacent tectonic plates under shear loading may dictate seismic activities. To advance the understanding of mechanisms underlying fault strength, we investigate the frictional characteristics of calcite in an aqueous environment. By conducting single-asperity friction experiments using an ato...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Diao Y,Espinosa-Marzal RM

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A longstanding goal of synthetic biology has been the programmable control of cellular functions. Central to this is the creation of versatile regulatory toolsets that allow for programmable control of gene expression. Of the many regulatory molecules available, RNA regulators offer the intriguing possibility of de no...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chappell J,Westbrook A,Verosloff M,Lucks JB

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dadaev T,Saunders EJ,Newcombe PJ,Anokian E,Leongamornlert DA,Brook MN,Cieza-Borrella C,Mijuskovic M,Wakerell S,Olama AAA,Schumacher FR,Berndt SI,Benlloch S,Ahmed M,Goh C,Sheng X,Zhang Z,Muir K,Govindasami K,Lophatan

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA), primarily characterized by articular cartilage destruction, is the most common form of age-related degenerative whole-joint disease. No disease-modifying treatments for OA are currently available. Although OA is primarily characterized by cartilage destruction, our understanding of the processes c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Park DR,Kim J,Kim GM,Lee H,Kim M,Hwang D,Lee H,Kim HS,Kim W,Park MC,Shim H,Lee SY

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is implicated in more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Under pathological conditions, Tau dissociates from axonal microtubules and missorts to pre- and postsynaptic terminals. Patients suffer from early synaptic dysfunction prior to Tau aggregate formation, but the underlying mech...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou L,McInnes J,Wierda K,Holt M,Herrmann AG,Jackson RJ,Wang YC,Swerts J,Beyens J,Miskiewicz K,Vilain S,Dewachter I,Moechars D,De Strooper B,Spires-Jones TL,De Wit J,Verstreken P

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:No method exists to measure large-scale translation of genes in uncultured organisms in microbiomes. To overcome this limitation, we develop MetaRibo-Seq, a method for simultaneous ribosome profiling of tens to hundreds of organisms in microbiome samples. MetaRibo-Seq was benchmarked against gold-standard Ribo-Seq in ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fremin BJ,Sberro H,Bhatt AS

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range chromosomal interactions bring distal regulatory elements and promoters together to regulate gene expression in biological processes. By performing promoter capture Hi-C (PCHi-C) on human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs), we show that such promoter interactions are a key mechanism by wh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Choy MK,Javierre BM,Williams SG,Baross SL,Liu Y,Wingett SW,Akbarov A,Wallace C,Freire-Pritchett P,Rugg-Gunn PJ,Spivakov M,Fraser P,Keavney BD

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments have shown that local species richness promotes ecosystem functioning and stability. Whether this also applies under real-world conditions is still debated. Here, we focus on larger scales of space, time and ecological organization. We develop a quasi-experimental d...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Oehri J,Schmid B,Schaepman-Strub G,Niklaus PA

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Thanks to the nature of strong programmability, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have been playing a significant role in signal processing and control. With the explosive growth in digital data, big data analytics becomes an important emerging field, in which FPGAs are a major player. However, the computational ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang W,Yao J

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An effective way to improve polymer solar cell efficiency is to use a tandem structure, as a broader part of the spectrum of solar radiation is used and the thermalization loss of photon energy is minimized. In the past, the lack of high-performance low-bandgap polymers was the major limiting factor for achieving high...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： You J,Dou L,Yoshimura K,Kato T,Ohya K,Moriarty T,Emery K,Chen CC,Gao J,Li G,Yang Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird song has historically been considered an almost exclusively male trait, an observation fundamental to the formulation of Darwin's theory of sexual selection. Like other male ornaments, song is used by male songbirds to attract females and compete with rivals. Thus, bird song has become a textbook example of the p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Odom KJ,Hall ML,Riebel K,Omland KE,Langmore NE

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypsodonty, the occurrence of high-crowned teeth, is widespread among mammals with diets rich in abrasive material, such as plants or soil, because it increases the durability of dentitions against wear. Hypsodont postcanine teeth evolved independently in multiple mammalian lineages and in the closely related mammalia...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Melo TP,Ribeiro AM,Martinelli AG,Soares MB

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pressures on the ocean are thought to be increasing globally, yet we know little about their patterns of cumulative change, which pressures are most responsible for change, and which places are experiencing the greatest increases. Managers and policymakers require such information to make strategic decisions and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Halpern BS,Frazier M,Potapenko J,Casey KS,Koenig K,Longo C,Lowndes JS,Rockwood RC,Selig ER,Selkoe KA,Walbridge S

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted insertion of transgenes at pre-determined plant genomic safe harbors provides a desirable alternative to insertions at random sites achieved through conventional methods. Most existing cases of targeted gene insertion in plants have either relied on the presence of a selectable marker gene in the insertion ca...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dong OX,Yu S,Jain R,Zhang N,Duong PQ,Butler C,Li Y,Lipzen A,Martin JA,Barry KW,Schmutz J,Tian L,Ronald PC

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The preparation of α-functionalized organic acids can be greatly simplified by adopting a protocol involving the catalytic assembly of achiral building blocks. However, the enzymatic assembly of small amino acids and aldehydes to form numerous α-functionalized organic acids is highly desired and remains a significant ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Song W,Wang JH,Wu J,Liu J,Chen XL,Liu LM

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Global emergence of Gram-negative bacteria carrying the plasmid-borne resistance genes, blaMBL and mcr, raises a significant challenge to the treatment of life-threatening infections by the antibiotics, carbapenem and colistin (COL). Here, we identify an antirheumatic drug, auranofin (AUR) as a dual inhibitor of metal...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sun H,Zhang Q,Wang R,Wang H,Wong YT,Wang M,Hao Q,Yan A,Kao RY,Ho PL,Li H

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar spindle assembly is a critical control point for initiation of mitosis through nucleation and organization of spindle microtubules and is regulated by kinesin-like proteins. In fission yeast, the kinesin-14 Pkl1 binds the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) microtubule-organizing centre at spindle poles and can al...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Olmsted ZT,Colliver AG,Riehlman TD,Paluh JL

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant Huntingtin (mtHtt) causes neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease (HD) by evoking defects in the mitochondria, but the underlying mechanisms remains elusive. Our proteomic analysis identifies valosin-containing protein (VCP) as an mtHtt-binding protein on the mitochondria. Here we show that VCP is selectively...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Guo X,Sun X,Hu D,Wang YJ,Fujioka H,Vyas R,Chakrapani S,Joshi AU,Luo Y,Mochly-Rosen D,Qi X

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 is well known for its function in double-strand break (DSB) DNA repair. While BRCA1 is also implicated in transcriptional regulation, the physiological significance remains unclear. COBRA1 (also known as NELF-B) is a BRCA1-binding protein that regulates RNA polymerase II (RN...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nair SJ,Zhang X,Chiang HC,Jahid MJ,Wang Y,Garza P,April C,Salathia N,Banerjee T,Alenazi FS,Ruan J,Fan JB,Parvin JD,Jin VX,Hu Y,Li R

更新日期：2016-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:SecB chaperones assist protein export by binding both unfolded proteins and the SecA motor. Certain SecB homologs can also control toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems known to modulate bacterial growth in response to stress. In such TA-chaperone (TAC) systems, SecB assists the folding and prevents degradation of the antitoxi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Guillet V,Bordes P,Bon C,Marcoux J,Gervais V,Sala AJ,Dos Reis S,Slama N,Mares-Mejía I,Cirinesi AM,Maveyraud L,Genevaux P,Mourey L

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Black silicon is a synthetic nanomaterial that contains high aspect ratio nanoprotrusions on its surface, produced through a simple reactive-ion etching technique for use in photovoltaic applications. Surfaces with high aspect-ratio nanofeatures are also common in the natural world, for example, the wings of the drago...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ivanova EP,Hasan J,Webb HK,Gervinskas G,Juodkazis S,Truong VK,Wu AH,Lamb RN,Baulin VA,Watson GS,Watson JA,Mainwaring DE,Crawford RJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal decision-making employs short-term rewards and abstract long-term information based on which of these is deemed relevant. Employing short- vs. long-term information is associated with different learning mechanisms, yet neural evidence showing that these two are dissociable is lacking. Here we demonstrate that ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fischer AG,Bourgeois-Gironde S,Ullsperger M

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Helitrons are eukaryotic DNA transposons that have profoundly affected genome variability via capture and mobilization of host genomic sequences. Defining their mode of action is therefore important for understanding how genome landscapes evolve. Sequence similarities with certain prokaryotic mobile elements suggest a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Grabundzija I,Hickman AB,Dyda F

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) is at the heart of tropical climate prediction. Despite enormous progress having been made in predicting ISMR since 1886, the operational forecasts during recent decades (1989-2012) have little skill. Here we show, with both dynamical and physical-empirical models, t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang B,Xiang B,Li J,Webster PJ,Rajeevan MN,Liu J,Ha KJ

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in establishing an oncogenic cascade that drives prostate cancer progression. Some prostate cancers escape androgen dependence and are often associated with an aggressive phenotype. The oestrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is expressed in prostate cancers, independent of AR st...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chakravarty D,Sboner A,Nair SS,Giannopoulou E,Li R,Hennig S,Mosquera JM,Pauwels J,Park K,Kossai M,MacDonald TY,Fontugne J,Erho N,Vergara IA,Ghadessi M,Davicioni E,Jenkins RB,Palanisamy N,Chen Z,Nakagawa S,Hirose T

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dead Sea is one of the most hypersaline habitats on Earth. The fungus Eurotium rubrum (Eurotiomycetes) is among the few species able to survive there. Here we highlight its adaptive strategies, based on genome analysis and transcriptome profiling. The 26.2 Mb genome of E. rubrum shows, for example, gains in gene f...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kis-Papo T,Weig AR,Riley R,Peršoh D,Salamov A,Sun H,Lipzen A,Wasser SP,Rambold G,Grigoriev IV,Nevo E

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have traditionally been rich sources for drug discovery. In order to clear the road toward the discovery of unknown natural products, biologists need dereplication strategies that identify known ones. Here we report DEREPLICATOR+, an algorithm that improves on the previous approaches for identifying p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mohimani H,Gurevich A,Shlemov A,Mikheenko A,Korobeynikov A,Cao L,Shcherbin E,Nothias LF,Dorrestein PC,Pevzner PA

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensors using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are a promising tool for small-volume nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, but the limited sensitivity remains a challenge. Here we show nearly two orders of magnitude improvement in concentration sensitivity over previous nitrogen-vacancy and picoliter NMR s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kehayias P,Jarmola A,Mosavian N,Fescenko I,Benito FM,Laraoui A,Smits J,Bougas L,Budker D,Neumann A,Brueck SRJ,Acosta VM

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:High-harmonic generation (HHG) in gases has been the main enabling technology of attosecond science since its discovery. Recently, HHG from solids has been demonstrated, opening a lively area of research. In contrast, harmonic generation from liquids has so far remained restricted to low harmonics in the visible regim...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Luu TT,Yin Z,Jain A,Gaumnitz T,Pertot Y,Ma J,Wörner HJ

更新日期：2018-09-13 00:00:00