A simple structural feature is a major determinant of the identity of a transfer RNA.

abstract：:Skeletal muscles consist of motor units which may differ considerably in contractile properties and types of usage. Some units participate mainly in relatively rare, quick movements and contract rapidly and are easily fatigued (type FF); others contribute to the maintenance of posture and hence contract slowly and are...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hennig R,Lømo T

更新日期：1985-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Calnexin, an endoplasmic reticulum transmembrane protein, represents a new type of molecular chaperone that selectively associates in a transient fashion with newly synthesized monomeric glycoproteins in HepG2 cells. Calnexin only recognizes glycoproteins when they are incompletely folded. Dissociation of glycoprotein...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ou WJ,Cameron PH,Thomas DY,Bergeron JJ

更新日期：1993-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Rimicaris exoculata is a shrimp that swarms over high-temperature (350 degrees C) sulphide chimneys at Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fields (3,600 m). This shrimp lacks an externally differentiated eye, having instead a pair of large organs within the cephalothorax immediately beneath the dorsal surface of the trans...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Van Dover CL,Szuts EZ,Chamberlain SC,Cann JR

更新日期：1989-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system is mediated primarily by the release of glutamate from presynaptic terminals onto postsynaptic channels gated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptors. The myriad intracellular responses arisi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wang Y,Small DL,Stanimirovic DB,Morley P,Durkin JP

更新日期：1997-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal organization of eukaryotic cells into functionally specialized, membrane-delimited organelles of unique composition implies a need for active, regulated lipid transport. Phosphatidylserine (PS), for example, is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum and then preferentially associates--through mechanisms...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Maeda K,Anand K,Chiapparino A,Kumar A,Poletto M,Kaksonen M,Gavin AC

更新日期：2013-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate mechanism that cells use to ensure the quality of intracellular proteins is the selective destruction of misfolded or damaged polypeptides. In eukaryotic cells, the large ATP-dependent proteolytic machine, the 26S proteasome, prevents the accumulation of non-functional, potentially toxic proteins. This pr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Goldberg AL

更新日期：2003-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:At fertilization, an increase of cytosolic calcium ions (Ca2+) triggers various activation responses in animal eggs. In vertebrates, these responses include exit from metaphase arrest in meiosis II (MII exit) and cortical remodelling initiated by cortical granule exocytosis. Although the essential requirement of Ca2+/...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Nishiyama T,Yoshizaki N,Kishimoto T,Ohsumi K

更新日期：2007-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraplate magmatic provinces found away from plate boundaries provide direct sampling of the composition and heterogeneity of the Earth's mantle. The chemical heterogeneities that have been observed in the mantle are usually attributed to recycling during subduction1-3, which allows for the addition of volatiles and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mazza SE,Gazel E,Bizimis M,Moucha R,Béguelin P,Johnson EA,McAleer RJ,Sobolev AV

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recurrent patterns in the commonness and rarity of species in ecological communities--the relative species abundance--have puzzled ecologists for more than half a century. Here we show that the framework of the current neutral theory in ecology can easily be generalized to incorporate symmetric density dependence....

journal_title：Nature

authors： Volkov I,Banavar JR,He F,Hubbell SP,Maritan A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crab Xenograpsus testudinatus lives at enormously high densities around the sulphur-rich hydrothermal vents found in shallow waters off Taiwan, even though this acidic environment is low in nutrients. Here we show that these crabs swarm out of their crevices at slack water and feed on the vast numbers of zooplankt...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jeng MS,Ng NK,Ng PK

更新日期：2004-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum physics has remarkable distinguishing characteristics. For example, it gives only probabilistic predictions (non-determinism) and does not allow copying of unknown states (no-cloning). Quantum correlations may be stronger than any classical ones, but information cannot be transmitted faster than light (no-sign...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pawłowski M,Paterek T,Kaszlikowski D,Scarani V,Winter A,Zukowski M

更新日期：2009-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice of the C57BL/6 strain are resistant to the development of skin squamous carcinomas (SCCs) induced by an activated Ras oncogene, whereas FVB/N mice are highly susceptible. The genetic basis of this difference in phenotype is unknown. Here we show that susceptibility to SCC is under the control of a carboxy-termina...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Mao JH,Brown K,Girardi M,Balmain A

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no consensus on whether climate change has yet affected the statistics of tropical cyclones, owing to their large natural variability and the limited period of consistent observations. In addition, projections of future tropical cyclone activity are uncertain, because they often rely on coarse-resolution clim...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Patricola CM,Wehner MF

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural components involved in transduction of extracellular signals as diverse as a photon of light impinging on the retina or a hormone molecule impinging on a cell have been highly conserved. These components include a recognition unit or receptor (for example, the beta-adrenergic receptor (beta AR) for cate...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Benovic JL,Mayor F Jr,Somers RL,Caron MG,Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1986-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In lung diseases such as asthma, expiratory flow becomes limited, airways can collapse and the vital exchange of gases is compromised. Here we model the inflation of collapsed regions of the lung during inspiration in terms of avalanches propagating through a bifurcating network of airways, and find that the accompany...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Alencar AM,Arold SP,Buldyrev SV,Majumdar A,Stamenović D,Stanley HE,Suki B

更新日期：2002-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chameleons are arboral lizards that spot their prey visually and catch it by highly precise shots with their long sticky tongue. They scan their environment by large-amplitude independent saccadic eye movements; once an insect is detected, the head axis is aligned towards the target ('head tracking', both eyes come fo...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ott M,Schaeffel F

更新日期：1995-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapsin I is a neuron-specific phosphoprotein localized to the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles. This phosphoprotein is a major substrate for cyclic AMP-dependent and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases. Its state of phosphorylation can be altered both in vivo and in vitro by a variety of physiologic...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bähler M,Greengard P

更新日期：1987-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperative binding, whereby an initial binding event facilitates the uptake of additional substrate molecules, is common in biological systems such as haemoglobin. It was recently shown that porous solids that exhibit cooperative binding have substantial energetic benefits over traditional adsorbents, but few guideli...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Reed DA,Keitz BK,Oktawiec J,Mason JA,Runčevski T,Xiao DJ,Darago LE,Crocellà V,Bordiga S,Long JR

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid precursors can be grown in vitro in the presence of specific growth factors; however, their expansion is limited by a competing process of terminal differentiation. Proto-oncogenes seem to be involved in cellular proliferation and/or differentiation and may also play a role in the myelopoietic process. Murine ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Blasi E,Mathieson BJ,Varesio L,Cleveland JL,Borchert PA,Rapp UR

更新日期：1985-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients1,2 of unknown origin. Two possible mechanisms that could generate extremely coherent emission from FRBs invoke neutron star magnetospheres3-5 or relativistic shocks far from the central energy source6-8. Detailed polarization observations may help us t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Luo R,Wang BJ,Men YP,Zhang CF,Jiang JC,Xu H,Wang WY,Lee KJ,Han JL,Zhang B,Caballero RN,Chen MZ,Chen XL,Gan HQ,Guo YJ,Hao LF,Huang YX,Jiang P,Li H,Li J,Li ZX,Luo JT,Pan J,Pei X,Qian L,Sun JH,Wang M,Wa

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optimal search theory, the so-called Lévy-flight foraging hypothesis, predicts that predators should adopt search strategies known as Lévy flights where prey is sparse and distributed unpredictably, but that Brownian movement is sufficiently efficient for locating abundant prey. Empirical studies have generated con...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Humphries NE,Queiroz N,Dyer JR,Pade NG,Musyl MK,Schaefer KM,Fuller DW,Brunnschweiler JM,Doyle TK,Houghton JD,Hays GC,Jones CS,Noble LR,Wearmouth VJ,Southall EJ,Sims DW

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is characterized by abnormally high blood glucose resulting from a relative deficiency of insulin. It affects about 2% of the world's population and treatment of diabetes and its complications are an increasing health-care burden. Genetic factors are...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yamagata K,Oda N,Kaisaki PJ,Menzel S,Furuta H,Vaxillaire M,Southam L,Cox RD,Lathrop GM,Boriraj VV,Chen X,Cox NJ,Oda Y,Yano H,Le Beau MM,Yamada S,Nishigori H,Takeda J,Fajans SS,Hattersley AT,Iwasaki N,Hansen T,

更新日期：1996-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the composition of the Earth's core is important for understanding its melting point and therefore the temperature at the inner-core boundary and the temperature profile of the core and mantle. In addition, the partitioning of light elements between solid and liquid, as the outer core freezes at the inner...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Alfe D,Gillan MJ,Price GD

更新日期：2000-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrating urine is mandatory for most mammals to prevent water loss from the body. Concentrated urine is produced in response to vasopressin by the transepithelial recovery of water from the lumen of the kidney collecting tubule through highly water-permeable membranes. In this nephron segment, vasopressin regulat...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Fushimi K,Uchida S,Hara Y,Hirata Y,Marumo F,Sasaki S

更新日期：1993-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate measurement of the lifetime of the neutron (which is unstable to beta decay) is important for understanding the weak nuclear force and the creation of matter during the Big Bang. Previous measurements of the neutron lifetime have mainly been limited by certain systematic errors; however, these could in princi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Huffman PR,Brome CR,Butterworth JS,Coakley KJ,Dewey MS,Dzhosyuk SN,Golub R,Greene GL,Habicht K,Lamoreaux SK,Mattoni CE,McKinsey DN,Wietfeldt FE,Doyle JM

更新日期：2000-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Precipitation and atmospheric circulation are the coupled processes through which tropical ocean surface temperatures drive global weather and climate1-5. Local sea surface warming tends to increase precipitation, but this local control is difficult to disentangle from remote effects of conditions elsewhere. As an exa...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Good P,Chadwick R,Holloway CE,Kennedy J,Lowe JA,Roehrig R,Rushley SS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of homoeo box sequences in the genomes of vertebrates has suggested that these metazoans possess the equivalent of the homoeotic genes that have a key role in regulating the development of the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. We report here that a novel murine homoeo box-containing gene is expressed in e...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Colberg-Poley AM,Voss SD,Chowdhury K,Gruss P

更新日期：1985-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:RNAs that contain specific high-affinity binding sites for small molecule ligands immobilized on a solid support are present at a frequency of roughly one in 10(10)-10(11) in pools of random sequence RNA molecules. Here we describe a new in vitro selection procedure designed to ensure the isolation of RNAs that bind t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sassanfar M,Szostak JW

更新日期：1993-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The main function of postural nervous mechanisms in different species, from mollusc to man, is to counteract the force of gravity and stabilize body orientation in space. Here we investigate the basic principles of postural control in a simple animal model, the marine mollusc Clione limacina. When swimming, C. limacin...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Deliagina TG,Arshavsky YI,Orlovsky GN

更新日期：1998-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a leading cause of death due to disease in young people, but the biological determinants of treatment failure remain poorly understood. Recent genome-wide profiling of structural DNA alterations in ALL have identified multiple submicroscopic somatic mutations targeting k...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mullighan CG,Zhang J,Kasper LH,Lerach S,Payne-Turner D,Phillips LA,Heatley SL,Holmfeldt L,Collins-Underwood JR,Ma J,Buetow KH,Pui CH,Baker SD,Brindle PK,Downing JR

更新日期：2011-03-10 00:00:00