Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila.

abstract：:As the equipment needed to perform state-of-the-art research in many areas of biology becomes ever more expensive, Eve Marder worries that researchers in less wealthy institutions might be left behind. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Marder E

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent transcriptional profiling technologies are uncovering previously-undefined cell populations and molecular markers at an unprecedented pace. While single cell RNA (scRNA) sequencing is an attractive approach for unbiased transcriptional profiling of all cell types, a complementary method to isolate and sequence ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Amamoto R,Garcia MD,West ER,Choi J,Lapan SW,Lane EA,Perrimon N,Cepko CL

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Oomycete pathogens secrete host cell-entering effector proteins to manipulate host immunity during infection. We previously showed that PsAvh52, an early-induced RxLR effector secreted from the soybean root rot pathogen, Phytophthora sojae, could suppress plant immunity. Here, we found that PsAvh52 is required for ful...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Li H,Wang H,Jing M,Zhu J,Guo B,Wang Y,Lin Y,Chen H,Kong L,Ma Z,Wang Y,Ye W,Dong S,Tyler B,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:During early embryogenesis, cells must exit pluripotency and commit to multiple lineages in all germ-layers. How this transition is operated in vivo is poorly understood. Here, we report that MEK1 and the Nanog-related transcription factor Ventx2 coordinate this transition. MEK1 was required to make Xenopus pluripoten...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Scerbo P,Marchal L,Kodjabachian L

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional Ly6Chi monocytes have developmental plasticity for a spectrum of differentiated phagocytes. Here we show, using conditional deletion strategies in a mouse model of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7-induced inflammation, that the spectrum of developmental cell fates of Ly6Chi monocytes, and the resultant inflamma...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gamrekelashvili J,Kapanadze T,Sablotny S,Ratiu C,Dastagir K,Lochner M,Karbach S,Wenzel P,Sitnow A,Fleig S,Sparwasser T,Kalinke U,Holzmann B,Haller H,Limbourg FP

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hawaiian isolates of the nematode species Caenorhabditis elegans have long been known to harbor genetic diversity greater than the rest of the worldwide population, but this observation was supported by only a small number of wild strains. To better characterize the niche and genetic diversity of Hawaiian C. elegans a...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Crombie TA,Zdraljevic S,Cook DE,Tanny RE,Brady SC,Wang Y,Evans KS,Hahnel S,Lee D,Rodriguez BC,Zhang G,van der Zwagg J,Kiontke K,Andersen EC

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a longstanding debate on whether original fear memory is inhibited or erased after extinction. One possibility that reconciles this uncertainty is that the inhibition and erasure mechanisms are engaged in different phases (early or late) of extinction. In this study, using single-session extinction trai...

journal_title：eLife

authors： An B,Kim J,Park K,Lee S,Song S,Choi S

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons exhibit pulse and surge modes of activity to control fertility. They also exhibit an unusual bipolar morphology comprised of a classical soma-proximal dendritic zone and an elongated secretory process that can operate as both a dendrite and an axon, termed a 'dendron'....

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wang L,Guo W,Shen X,Yeo S,Long H,Wang Z,Lyu Q,Herbison AE,Kuang Y

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma Membrane is the primary structure for adjusting to ever changing conditions. PM sub-compartmentalization in domains is thought to orchestrate signaling. Yet, mechanisms governing membrane organization are mostly uncharacterized. The plant-specific REMORINs are proteins regulating hormonal crosstalk and host inv...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gronnier J,Crowet JM,Habenstein B,Nasir MN,Bayle V,Hosy E,Platre MP,Gouguet P,Raffaele S,Martinez D,Grelard A,Loquet A,Simon-Plas F,Gerbeau-Pissot P,Der C,Bayer EM,Jaillais Y,Deleu M,Germain V,Lins L,Mongrand S

更新日期：2017-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon-inducible transmembrane (IFITM) proteins belong to the Dispanin/CD225 family and inhibit diverse virus infections. IFITM3 reduces membrane fusion between cells and virions through a poorly characterized mechanism. Mutation of proline-rich transmembrane protein 2 (PRRT2), a regulator of neurotransmitter ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Rahman K,Coomer CA,Majdoul S,Ding SY,Padilla-Parra S,Compton AA

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt plays important role during development and in various diseases. Because Wnts are lipidated and highly hydrophobic, they can only be purified in the presence of detergents, limiting their use in various in vitro and in vivo assays. We purified N-terminally tagged recombinant Wnt3a secreted from cells and accidenta...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mihara E,Hirai H,Yamamoto H,Tamura-Kawakami K,Matano M,Kikuchi A,Sato T,Takagi J

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain needs to predict how the body reacts to motor commands, but how a network of spiking neurons can learn non-linear body dynamics using local, online and stable learning rules is unclear. Here, we present a supervised learning scheme for the feedforward and recurrent connections in a network of heterogeneous s...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Gilra A,Gerstner W

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, functional genomics approaches combining genetic information with bulk RNA-sequencing data have identified the downstream expression effects of disease-associated genetic risk factors through so-called expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis. Single-cell RNA-sequencing creates enormous opp...

journal_title：eLife

authors： van der Wijst M,de Vries DH,Groot HE,Trynka G,Hon CC,Bonder MJ,Stegle O,Nawijn MC,Idaghdour Y,van der Harst P,Ye CJ,Powell J,Theis FJ,Mahfouz A,Heinig M,Franke L

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived neural organoids display unprecedented emergent properties. Yet in contrast to the singular neuroepithelial tube from which the entire central nervous system (CNS) develops in vivo, current organoid protocols yield tissues with multiple neuroepithelial units, a.k.a. neural ro...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Knight GT,Lundin BF,Iyer N,Ashton LM,Sethares WA,Willett RM,Ashton RS

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:During sleep, the brain experiences large fluctuations in blood volume and altered coupling between neural and vascular signals. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Williams SD,Lewis LD

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas bacteria living in the gut of zebrafish produce a specific molecule to pacify the immune system of their host. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Matos RC,Leulier F

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-cell communication in multicellular organisms depends on the dynamic and reversible phosphorylation of protein tyrosine residues. The receptor-linked protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) receive cues from the extracellular environment and are well placed to influence cell signaling. However, the direct events do...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fearnley GW,Young KA,Edgar JR,Antrobus R,Hay IM,Liang WC,Martinez-Martin N,Lin W,Deane JE,Sharpe HJ

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is characterized by extensive metabolic reprogramming. To identify metabolic pathways associated with aging, we analyzed age-dependent changes in the metabolomes of long-lived Drosophila melanogaster. Among the metabolites that changed, levels of tyrosine were increased with age in long-lived flies. We demonstra...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Parkhitko AA,Ramesh D,Wang L,Leshchiner D,Filine E,Binari R,Olsen AL,Asara JM,Cracan V,Rabinowitz JD,Brockmann A,Perrimon N

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the polycystin genes, PKD1 or PKD2, results in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Although a genetic basis of ADPKD is established, we lack a clear understanding of polycystin proteins' functions as ion channels. This question remains unsolved largely because polycystins localize to the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Liu X,Vien T,Duan J,Sheu SH,DeCaen PG,Clapham DE

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike passive rupture of the human chorioamnion at birth, the insect extraembryonic (EE) tissues - the amnion and serosa - actively rupture and withdraw in late embryogenesis. Withdrawal is essential for development and has been a morphogenetic puzzle. Here, we use new fluorescent transgenic lines in the beetle Tribo...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hilbrant M,Horn T,Koelzer S,Panfilio KA

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of food intake is fundamental to energy homeostasis in animals. The contribution of non-nutritive and metabolic signals in regulating feeding is unclear. Here we show that enteric neurons play a major role in regulating feeding through specialized mechanosensory ion channels in Drosophila. Modulating activi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Olds WH,Xu T

更新日期：2014-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-protein (RNP) granules have been proposed to assemble by forming solid RNA/protein aggregates or through phase separation into a liquid RNA/protein phase. Which model describes RNP granules in living cells is still unclear. In this study, we analyze P bodies in budding yeast and find that they have liquid-like pro...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kroschwald S,Maharana S,Mateju D,Malinovska L,Nüske E,Poser I,Richter D,Alberti S

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To effectively interact with their environment, humans must often select actions from multiple incompatible options. Existing theories propose that during motoric response-conflict, inappropriate motor activity is actively (and perhaps non-selectively) suppressed by an inhibitory fronto-basal ganglia mechanism. We her...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wessel JR,Waller DA,Greenlee JD

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The permeability barrier of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) controls bulk nucleocytoplasmic exchange. It consists of nucleoporin domains rich in phenylalanine-glycine motifs (FG domains). As a bottom-up nanoscale model for the permeability barrier, we have used planar films produced with three different end-grafted FG d...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zahn R,Osmanović D,Ehret S,Araya Callis C,Frey S,Stewart M,You C,Görlich D,Hoogenboom BW,Richter RP

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in different animal model systems have revealed the impact of odors on immune cells; however, any understanding on why and how odors control cellular immunity remained unclear. We find that Drosophila employ an olfactory-immune cross-talk to tune a specific cell type, the lamellocytes, from hematopoietic-proge...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Madhwal S,Shin M,Kapoor A,Goyal M,Joshi MK,Ur Rehman PM,Gor K,Shim J,Mukherjee T

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution persistently undermines vector control programs through insecticide resistance. Here we propose a novel strategy which instead exploits evolution to generate and sustain new control tools. Effective spatial repellents are needed to keep vectors out of houses. Our approach generates such new repellents by com...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lynch PA,Boots M

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of skeletal muscle precursor cells is a key step during limb muscle development and depends on the activity of PAX3 and MET. Here, we demonstrate that BRAF serves a crucial function in formation of limb skeletal muscles during mouse embryogenesis downstream of MET and acts as a potent inducer of myoblast cel...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Shin J,Watanabe S,Hoelper S,Krüger M,Kostin S,Pöling J,Kubin T,Braun T

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small transparent crustacean called Parhyale hawaiensis has become a powerful model system for the study of limb and appendage regeneration. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Amaya E

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) present a functional paradox because they lack stable tertiary structure, but nonetheless play a central role in signaling, utilizing a process known as allostery. Historically, allostery in structured proteins has been interpreted in terms of propagated structural changes that...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Li J,White JT,Saavedra H,Wrabl JO,Motlagh HN,Liu K,Sowers J,Schroer TA,Thompson EB,Hilser VJ

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural correlates of consciousness are typically sought by comparing the overall brain responses to perceived and unperceived stimuli. However, this comparison may be contaminated by non-specific attention, alerting, performance, and reporting confounds. Here, we pursue a novel approach, tracking the neuronal codi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Salti M,Monto S,Charles L,King JR,Parkkonen L,Dehaene S

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00