Molecular analysis of spontaneous somatic mutants.

abstract：:The maturation of RAS GTPases and approximately 200 other cellular CAAX proteins involves three enzymatic steps: addition of a farnesyl or geranylgeranyl prenyl lipid to the cysteine (C) in the C-terminal CAAX motif, proteolytic cleavage of the AAX residues and methylation of the exposed prenylcysteine residue at its ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Diver MM,Pedi L,Koide A,Koide S,Long SB

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of APC is a strongly predisposing event in the development of colorectal cancer, prompting the search for vulnerabilities specific to cells that have lost APC function. Signalling through the mTOR pathway is known to be required for epithelial cell proliferation and tumour growth, and the current paradigm...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Faller WJ,Jackson TJ,Knight JR,Ridgway RA,Jamieson T,Karim SA,Jones C,Radulescu S,Huels DJ,Myant KB,Dudek KM,Casey HA,Scopelliti A,Cordero JB,Vidal M,Pende M,Ryazanov AG,Sonenberg N,Meyuhas O,Hall MN,Bushell M,W

更新日期：2015-01-22 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 formation of condensed (compacted) protein phases is associated with a wide range of human disorders, such as eye cataracts, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sickle cell anaemia and Alzheimer's disease. However, condensed protein phases have their uses: as crystals, they are harnessed by structural biologists to elu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Van Driessche AES,Van Gerven N,Bomans PHH,Joosten RRM,Friedrich H,Gil-Carton D,Sommerdijk NAJM,Sleutel M

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is produced in significant quantities by aerobic marine organisms. These bacteria apparently catalyse the formation of methane through the cleavage of the highly unreactive carbon-phosphorus bond in methyl phosphonate (MPn), but the biological or terrestrial source of this compo...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kamat SS,Williams HJ,Dangott LJ,Chakrabarti M,Raushel FM

更新日期：2013-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are cell-surface molecules that transduce signals for cell growth and differentiation. The RTK encoded by the c-ret proto-oncogene is rearranged and constitutively activated in a large proportion of thyroid papillary carcinomas, and germ-line point mutations in c-ret seem to be respons...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schuchardt A,D'Agati V,Larsson-Blomberg L,Costantini F,Pachnis V

更新日期：1994-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, cells become progressively restricted, until they reach their final phenotype. Differentiation was originally thought to be irreversible, but phenotypic plasticity has been observed in a variety of cell types, for example sympathetic neurones, the limb blastema and some glial cell types. A detailed...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Coulombe JN,Bronner-Fraser M

更新日期：1986-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive loss of memory and cognition, for which there is no cure. Although genetic studies initially suggested a primary role for amyloid-in Alzheimer's disease, treatment strategies targeted at reducing amyloid-have failed to reverse cognitive symptoms. These clinical findings suggest tha...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Canter RG,Penney J,Tsai LH

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Contraction of cardiac muscle depends on a transient rise of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) which is initiated by the action potential. It has, however, also been suggested that [Ca2+]i can fluctuate in the absence of changes in membrane potential. The evidence for this is indirect and comes from observ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Orchard CH,Eisner DA,Allen DG

更新日期：1983-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-activated chloride channel (PAC) is active across a wide range of mammalian cells and is involved in acid-induced cell death and tissue injury1-3. PAC has recently been shown to represent a novel and evolutionarily conserved protein family4,5. Here we present two cryo-electron microscopy structures of human...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ruan Z,Osei-Owusu J,Du J,Qiu Z,Lü W

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Living organisms rely on simultaneous reactions catalysed by mutually compatible and selective enzymes to synthesize complex natural products and other metabolites. To combine the advantages of these biological systems with the reactivity of artificial chemical catalysts, chemists have devised sequential, concurrent, ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Litman ZC,Wang Y,Zhao H,Hartwig JF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotransmitter release is initiated by influx of Ca2+ through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, within 200 microseconds of the action potential arriving at the synaptic terminal, as the Ca2+ concentration increases from 100 nM to > 200 microM. Exocytosis requires high Ca2+ concentration, with a threshold of 20-50 microM ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sheng ZH,Rettig J,Cook T,Catterall WA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated oncogenes and anticancer chemotherapy induce cellular senescence, a terminal growth arrest of viable cells characterized by S-phase entry-blocking histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3). Although therapy-induced senescence (TIS) improves long-term outcomes, potentially harmful properties of senescent tu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Dörr JR,Yu Y,Milanovic M,Beuster G,Zasada C,Däbritz JH,Lisec J,Lenze D,Gerhardt A,Schleicher K,Kratzat S,Purfürst B,Walenta S,Mueller-Klieser W,Gräler M,Hummel M,Keller U,Buck AK,Dörken B,Willmitzer L,Reimann M,

更新日期：2013-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the human retrovirus associated with AIDS in West Africa, HIV-2, shows that it is evolutionarily distant from the previously characterized HIV-1. We suggest that these viruses existed long before the current AIDS epidemics. Their biological properties are conserved in spite of li...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Guyader M,Emerman M,Sonigo P,Clavel F,Montagnier L,Alizon M

更新日期：1987-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly collimated parsec-scale jets, which are generally linked to the presence of an accretion disk, are commonly observed in low-mass young stellar objects. In the past two decades, a few of these jets have been directly (or indirectly) observed from higher-mass (larger than eight solar masses) young stellar objects...

journal_title：Nature

authors： McLeod AF,Reiter M,Kuiper R,Klaassen PD,Evans CJ

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Ca2+ signalling processes are fundamental to muscle contraction, neurotransmitter release, cell growth and apoptosis. Release of Ca2+ from the intracellular stores is supported by a series of ion channels in sarcoplasmic or endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER). Among them, two isoforms of the trimeric intracell...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yang H,Hu M,Guo J,Ou X,Cai T,Liu Z

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:China is the world's most populous country and a major emitter of greenhouse gases. Consequently, much research has focused on China's influence on climate change but somewhat less has been written about the impact of climate change on China. China experienced explosive economic growth in recent decades, but with only...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Piao S,Ciais P,Huang Y,Shen Z,Peng S,Li J,Zhou L,Liu H,Ma Y,Ding Y,Friedlingstein P,Liu C,Tan K,Yu Y,Zhang T,Fang J

更新日期：2010-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Kin selection theory predicts that individuals will show less aggression and more altruism towards relatives. However, recent theoretical developments suggest that with limited dispersal, competition between relatives can override the effects of relatedness. The predicted and opposing influences of relatedness and com...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Giron D,Dunn DW,Hardy IC,Strand MR

更新日期：2004-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning of mammals from differentiated donor cells has refuted the old dogma that development is an irreversible process. It has demonstrated that the oocyte can reprogramme an adult nucleus into an embryonic state that can direct development of a new organism. The prospect of deriving patient-specific embryonic s...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hochedlinger K,Jaenisch R

更新日期：2006-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The tropics have been suggested as the drivers of global ocean and atmosphere circulation and biogeochemical cycling during the extreme warmth of the Cretaceous period; but the links between orbital forcing, freshwater runoff and the biogeochemistry of continental margins in extreme greenhouse conditions are not fully...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Beckmann B,Flögel S,Hofmann P,Schulz M,Wagner T

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) can initiate calcium release into the cytoplasm in a variety of cells. From experiments using permeabilized cells, membrane vesicles, and patch-clamp techniques, it has been suggested that InsP3 acts by directly opening calcium channels. Here, we show that InsP3 induced openings of...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ehrlich BE,Watras J

更新日期：1988-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of precise connections between retina and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) involves the activity-dependent elimination of some synapses, with strengthening and retention of others. Here we show that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule H2-D(b) is necessary and sufficient for synaps...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lee H,Brott BK,Kirkby LA,Adelson JD,Cheng S,Feller MB,Datwani A,Shatz CJ

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity is rapidly declining, and this may negatively affect ecosystem processes, including economically important ecosystem services. Previous studies have shown that biodiversity has positive effects on organisms and processes across trophic levels. However, only a few studies have so far incorporated an explic...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Scherber C,Eisenhauer N,Weisser WW,Schmid B,Voigt W,Fischer M,Schulze ED,Roscher C,Weigelt A,Allan E,Bessler H,Bonkowski M,Buchmann N,Buscot F,Clement LW,Ebeling A,Engels C,Halle S,Kertscher I,Klein AM,Koller R,

更新日期：2010-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis is commonly associated with a local humoral immune response within the central nervous system. A hallmark of this intrathecal response is the presence of electrophoretically demonstrable oligoclonal bands of IgG in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of up to 95% of patients. Observations indicating that ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vandvik B,Norrby E

更新日期：1989-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:CD95 (also called Fas and APO-1) is a prototypical death receptor that regulates tissue homeostasis mainly in the immune system through the induction of apoptosis. During cancer progression CD95 is frequently downregulated or cells are rendered apoptosis resistant, raising the possibility that loss of CD95 is part of ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chen L,Park SM,Tumanov AV,Hau A,Sawada K,Feig C,Turner JR,Fu YX,Romero IL,Lengyel E,Peter ME

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaldehyde is a highly reactive, DNA-damaging metabolite that is produced upon alcohol consumption1. Impaired detoxification of acetaldehyde is common in the Asian population, and is associated with alcohol-related cancers1,2. Cells are protected against acetaldehyde-induced damage by DNA crosslink repair, which whe...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hodskinson MR,Bolner A,Sato K,Kamimae-Lanning AN,Rooijers K,Witte M,Mahesh M,Silhan J,Petek M,Williams DM,Kind J,Chin JW,Patel KJ,Knipscheer P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi are the principal degraders of biomass in terrestrial ecosystems and establish important interactions with plants and animals. However, our current understanding of fungal evolutionary diversity is incomplete and is based upon species amenable to growth in culture. These culturable fungi are typically yeast or f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jones MD,Forn I,Gadelha C,Egan MJ,Bass D,Massana R,Richards TA

更新日期：2011-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptors are members of the Cys-loop receptor superfamily. Neurotransmitter binding in these proteins triggers the opening (gating) of an ion channel by means of an as-yet-uncharacterized conformational change. Here we show that a specific proline (Pro 8*), located at the apex of th...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lummis SC,Beene DL,Lee LW,Lester HA,Broadhurst RW,Dougherty DA

更新日期：2005-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wight AJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00