Telomeric double-strand DNA-binding proteins DTN-1 and DTN-2 ensure germline immortality in Caenorhabditis elegans.

abstract：:Predicting and constraining RNA virus evolution require understanding the molecular factors that define the mutational landscape accessible to these pathogens. RNA viruses typically have high mutation rates, resulting in frequent production of protein variants with compromised biophysical properties. Their evolution i...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Phillips AM,Gonzalez LO,Nekongo EE,Ponomarenko AI,McHugh SM,Butty VL,Levine SS,Lin YS,Mirny LA,Shoulders MD

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A new study reveals that a protein called talin forms a vital link between microtubules and focal adhesions at the surface of cells. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Armitage SK,Plotnikov SV

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescent imaging technique called fastFISH has been used to track the various steps involved in the transcription of a single DNA molecule. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Monnet J,Strick TR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether neurons encode information through their spike rates, their activity times or both is an ongoing debate in systems neuroscience. Here, we tested whether humans can discriminate between a pair of temporal odor mixtures (TOMs) composed of the same two components delivered in rapid succession in either one tempor...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Perl O,Nahum N,Belelovsky K,Haddad R

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To initiate DNA replication, cells first load an MCM helicase double hexamer at origins in a reaction requiring ORC, Cdc6, and Cdt1, also called pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) assembly. The essential mechanistic role of Cdc6 ATP hydrolysis in this reaction is still incompletely understood. Here, we show that althoug...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chang F,Riera A,Evrin C,Sun J,Li H,Speck C,Weinreich M

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligomeric assemblies of intraflagellar transport (IFT) particles build cilia through sequential recruitment and transport of ciliary cargo proteins within cilia. Here we present the 1.8 Å resolution crystal structure of the Chlamydomonas IFT-B protein IFT80, which reveals the architecture of two N-terminal β-propelle...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Taschner M,Lorentzen A,Mourão A,Collins T,Freke GM,Moulding D,Basquin J,Jenkins D,Lorentzen E

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the sumoylation/desumoylation equilibrium is associated with several disease states such as cancer and infections, however the mechanisms regulating the global SUMO balance remain poorly defined. Here, we show that infection by Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of human bacillary dysentery, switches...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lapaquette P,Fritah S,Lhocine N,Andrieux A,Nigro G,Mounier J,Sansonetti P,Dejean A

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustering of receptors associated with immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) initiates the macrophage antimicrobial response. ITAM receptors engage Src-family tyrosine kinases (SFKs) to initiate phagocytosis and macrophage activation. Macrophages also encounter nonpathogenic molecules that cluster r...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Freedman TS,Tan YX,Skrzypczynska KM,Manz BN,Sjaastad FV,Goodridge HS,Lowell CA,Weiss A

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus may represent a form of plasticity in brain functions including mood, learning and memory. However, mechanisms underlying neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) proliferation are not well understood. We found that Agrin, a factor critical for neuromuscular junction formation, is ele...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhang H,Sathyamurthy A,Liu F,Li L,Zhang L,Dong Z,Cui W,Sun X,Zhao K,Wang H,Ho HH,Xiong WC,Mei L

更新日期：2019-07-03 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：:The eukaryotic replisome assembles around the CMG helicase, which stably associates with DNA replication forks throughout elongation. When replication terminates, CMG is ubiquitylated on its Mcm7 subunit and disassembled by the Cdc48/p97 ATPase. Until now, the regulation that restricts CMG ubiquitylation to terminatio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Deegan TD,Mukherjee PP,Fujisawa R,Polo Rivera C,Labib K

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined differential gene expression in response to high glucose in lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from matched individuals with type 1 diabetes with and without retinopathy. Those genes exhibiting the largest difference in glucose response were assessed for association with diabetic retinopathy in a genome-w...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Skol AD,Jung SC,Sokovic AM,Chen S,Fazal S,Sosina O,Borkar PP,Lin A,Sverdlov M,Cao D,Swaroop A,Bebu I,DCCT\/EDIC Study group.,Stranger BE,Grassi MA

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans hyphae can reach enormous lengths, precluding their internalization by phagocytes. Nevertheless, macrophages engulf a portion of the hypha, generating incompletely sealed tubular phagosomes. These frustrated phagosomes are stabilized by a thick cuff of F-actin that polymerizes in response to non-canon...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Maxson ME,Naj X,O'Meara TR,Plumb JD,Cowen LE,Grinstein S

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease. Although rigorous efforts identified the presence of 'cancer stem cells (CSCs)' in PDAC and molecular markers for them, stem cell dynamics in vivo have not been clearly demonstrated. Here we focused on Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (Dclk1), known as a CSC ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Maruno T,Fukuda A,Goto N,Tsuda M,Ikuta K,Hiramatsu Y,Ogawa S,Nakanishi Y,Yamaga Y,Yoshioka T,Takaori K,Uemoto S,Saur D,Chiba T,Seno H

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Duplicating chromosomes once each cell cycle produces sister chromatid pairs, which separate accurately at anaphase. In contrast, reduplicating chromosomes without separation frequently produces polytene chromosomes, a barrier to accurate mitosis. Chromosome reduplication occurs in many contexts, including: polytene t...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Stormo BM,Fox DT

更新日期：2016-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Probabilistic models of adaptive immune repertoire sequence distributions can be used to infer the expansion of immune cells in response to stimulus, differentiate genetic from environmental factors that determine repertoire sharing, and evaluate the suitability of various target immune sequences for stimulation via v...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Davidsen K,Olson BJ,DeWitt WS 3rd,Feng J,Harkins E,Bradley P,Matsen FA 4th

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule dynamics facilitate neurite growth and establish morphology, but the role of minus-end binding proteins in these processes is largely unexplored. CAMSAP homologs associate with microtubule minus-ends, and are important for the stability of epithelial cell adhesions. In this study, we report morphological d...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Marcette JD,Chen JJ,Nonet ML

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific histone ubiquitylation plays a central role in orchestrating the response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). DSBs elicit a cascade of events controlled by the ubiquitin ligase RNF168, which promotes the accumulation of repair factors such as 53BP1 and BRCA1 on the chromatin flanking the break site. RNF1...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kitevski-LeBlanc J,Fradet-Turcotte A,Kukic P,Wilson MD,Portella G,Yuwen T,Panier S,Duan S,Canny MD,van Ingen H,Arrowsmith CH,Rubinstein JL,Vendruscolo M,Durocher D,Kay LE

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Khoomei is a unique singing style originating from the republic of Tuva in central Asia. Singers produce two pitches simultaneously: a booming low-frequency rumble alongside a hovering high-pitched whistle-like tone. The biomechanics of this biphonation are not well-understood. Here, we use sound analysis, dynamic mag...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bergevin C,Narayan C,Williams J,Mhatre N,Steeves JK,Bernstein JG,Story B

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of synthetic optogenetic tools that allow precise spatiotemporal control of biological processes previously inaccessible to optogenetic control has developed rapidly over the last years. Rational design of such tools requires detailed knowledge of allosteric light signaling in natural photoreceptors. To und...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Heintz U,Schlichting I

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:When a human catches a ball, they estimate future target location based on the current trajectory. How animals, small and large, encode such predictive processes at the single neuron level is unknown. Here we describe small target-selective neurons in predatory dragonflies that exhibit localized enhanced sensitivity f...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wiederman SD,Fabian JM,Dunbier JR,O'Carroll DC

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-optimal diets have different effects on gene expression in female and male flies. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Flatt T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using computer simulations, we generate cell-specific 3D chromosomal structures and compare them to recently published chromatin structures obtained through microscopy. We demonstrate using machine learning and polymer physics simulations that epigenetic information can be used to predict the structural ensembles of m...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cheng RR,Contessoto VG,Lieberman Aiden E,Wolynes PG,Di Pierro M,Onuchic JN

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in the presence or absence of transposable elements (TEs) is a major source of genetic variation between individuals. Here, we identified 23,095 TE presence/absence variants between 216 Arabidopsis accessions. Most TE variants were rare, and we find these rare variants associated with local extremes of gene ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Stuart T,Eichten SR,Cahn J,Karpievitch YV,Borevitz JO,Lister R

更新日期：2016-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We reveal a novel mechanism that explains how preparatory activity can evolve in motor-related cortical areas without prematurely inducing movement. The smooth eye movement region of the frontal eye fields (FEFSEM) is a critical node in the neural circuit controlling smooth pursuit eye movement. Preparatory activity e...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Darlington TR,Lisberger SG

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A spring-loaded mechanism can explain the activation process for a protein that has a crucial role in maintaining the genomic integrity of immature eggs cells. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Amelio I,Melino G

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical force and Wnt signaling activate β-catenin-mediated transcription to promote proliferation and tissue expansion. However, it is unknown whether mechanical force and Wnt signaling act independently or synergize to activate β-catenin signaling and cell division. We show that mechanical strain induced Src-depe...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Benham-Pyle BW,Sim JY,Hart KC,Pruitt BL,Nelson WJ

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarity is a shared feature of most cells. In epithelia, apical-basal polarity often coexists, and sometimes intersects with planar cell polarity (PCP), which orients cells in the epithelial plane. From a limited set of core building blocks (e.g. the Par complexes for apical-basal polarity and the Frizzled/Dishevelle...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Banerjee JJ,Aerne BL,Holder MV,Hauri S,Gstaiger M,Tapon N

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

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：: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