Erythrocyte receptors for Mycoplasma pneumoniae are sialylated oligosaccharides of Ii antigen type.

abstract：:Inhibitory neurotransmission mediated by GABA(A) receptors can be modulated by the endogenous neurosteroids, allopregnanolone and tetrahydro-deoxycorticosterone. Neurosteroids are synthesized de novo in the brain during stress, pregnancyand after ethanol consumption, and disrupted steroid regulation of GABAergic trans...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hosie AM,Wilkins ME,da Silva HM,Smart TG

更新日期：2006-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although phytoalexins have long been inferred to be important in the defence of plants against fungal infection, there are few reports showing that they provide resistance to infection. Several plants, including grapevine, synthesize the stilbene-type phytoalexin resveratrol when attacked by pathogens. Stilbenes with ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hain R,Reif HJ,Krause E,Langebartels R,Kindl H,Vornam B,Wiese W,Schmelzer E,Schreier PH,Stöcker RH

更新日期：1993-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although directed migration is a feature of both individual cells and cell groups, guided migration has been studied most extensively for single cells in simple environments. Collective guidance of cell groups remains poorly understood, despite its relevance for development and metastasis. Neural crest cells and neuro...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bianco A,Poukkula M,Cliffe A,Mathieu J,Luque CM,Fulga TA,Rørth P

更新日期：2007-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory amino acids mediate fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system through the activation of at least three distinct ionotropic receptors: N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxasole-4-propionate (AMPA)/quisqualate (QUIS) and the kainate subtypes (for reviews, see ref...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Charpak S,Gähwiler BH,Do KQ,Knöpfel T

更新日期：1990-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Integral membrane proteins are encoded by approximately 25% of all protein-coding genes1. In eukaryotes, the majority of membrane proteins are inserted, modified and folded at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)2. Research over the past several decades has determined how membrane proteins are targeted to the ER and how ind...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chitwood PJ,Hegde RS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than three-quarters of a century it has been assumed that basal metabolic rate increases as body mass raised to some power p. However, there is no broad consensus regarding the value of p: whereas many studies have asserted that p is 3/4 (refs 1-4; 'Kleiber's law'), some have argued that it is 2/3 (refs 5-7),...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kolokotrones T,Van Savage,Deeds EJ,Fontana W

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual mammals have the capacity to express at least one million distinct antigen binding specificities, implying a high degree of structural heterogeneity in the variable heavy and light chain (VH and VL) portions of the antibody molecules. Studies of higher vertebrate species suggest that this heterogeneity is c...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mäkelä O,Litman GW

更新日期：1980-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The dispersal of early humans from Africa by 1.75 Myr ago led to a marked expansion of their range, from the island of Flores in the east to the Iberian peninsula in the west. This range encompassed tropical forest, savannah and Mediterranean habitats, but has hitherto not been demonstrated beyond 45 degrees N. Until ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Parfitt SA,Ashton NM,Lewis SG,Abel RL,Coope GR,Field MH,Gale R,Hoare PG,Larkin NR,Lewis MD,Karloukovski V,Maher BA,Peglar SM,Preece RC,Whittaker JE,Stringer CB

更新日期：2010-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past ten years, coupled quantum wells have emerged as a promising system for experiments on Bose condensation of excitons, with numerous theoretical and experimental studies aimed at the demonstration of this effect. One of the issues driving these studies is the possibility of long-range coherent transport...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Snoke D,Denev S,Liu Y,Pfeiffer L,West K

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Zooxanthellae, endosymbiotic algae of reef-building corals, substantially contribute to the high gross primary production of coral reefs, but corals exude up to half of the carbon assimilated by their zooxanthellae as mucus. Here we show that released coral mucus efficiently traps organic matter from the water column ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wild C,Huettel M,Klueter A,Kremb SG,Rasheed MY,Jørgensen BB

更新日期：2004-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of foot-and-mouth disease virus has been determined at close to atomic resolution by X-ray diffraction without experimental phase information. The virus shows similarities with other picornaviruses but also several unique features. The canyon or pit found in other picornaviruses is absent; this has impor...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Acharya R,Fry E,Stuart D,Fox G,Rowlands D,Brown F

更新日期：1989-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the coming decades, a crucial challenge for humanity will be meeting future food demands without undermining further the integrity of the Earth's environmental systems. Agricultural systems are already major forces of global environmental degradation, but population growth and increasing consumption of calorie- and...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mueller ND,Gerber JS,Johnston M,Ray DK,Ramankutty N,Foley JA

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is initiated by the binding of its extracellular envelope glycoprotein, gp120, to the CD4 antigen on target cells. To map the residues of the HIV-1 glycoprotein that are critical for binding and to analyse the effects of binding on viral infectivity, we created 15 mu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cordonnier A,Montagnier L,Emerman M

更新日期：1989-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature-sensitive paralysis is the most striking defect of adult Drosophila carrying the shibire mutation. This is believed to be due to a reversible block of endocytosis, which prevents membrane cycling and thus depletes synaptic vesicles. The shibire mutation also affects many tissues outside the nervous system....

journal_title：Nature

authors： van der Bliek AM,Meyerowitz EM

更新日期：1991-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone has recently emerged as a pleiotropic endocrine organ that secretes at least two hormones, FGF23 and osteocalcin, which regulate kidney function and glucose homeostasis, respectively. These findings have raised the question of whether other bone-derived hormones exist and what their potential functions are. Here ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mosialou I,Shikhel S,Liu JM,Maurizi A,Luo N,He Z,Huang Y,Zong H,Friedman RA,Barasch J,Lanzano P,Deng L,Leibel RL,Rubin M,Nickolas T,Chung W,Zeltser LM,Williams KW,Pessin JE,Kousteni S

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of fermions, particles with half-integer spin, is central to many fields of physics. Electron transport runs modern technology, defining states of matter such as superconductors and insulators, and electron spin is being explored as a new carrier of information. Neutrino transport energizes supernova explosi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sommer A,Ku M,Roati G,Zwierlein MW

更新日期：2011-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Three subfamilies of grasses, the Ehrhartoideae, Panicoideae and Pooideae, provide the bulk of human nutrition and are poised to become major sources of renewable energy. Here we describe the genome sequence of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium), which is, to our knowledge, the first member of the P...

journal_title：Nature

authors： International Brachypodium Initiative.

更新日期：2010-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A major effect of insulin is to increase glucose transport in muscle and fat. A family of genes encoding distinct mammalian glucose transporters has recently been elucidated. One of these, the insulin-regulatable glucose transporter (IRGT), is primarily expressed in muscle and fat, tissues that exhibit insulin-depende...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Slot JW,Moxley R,Geuze HJ,James DE

更新日期：1990-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of CD4 with the class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are crucial during thymic ontogeny and subsequently for helper and cytotoxic functions of CD4+CD8- T lymphocytes. CD4 is the receptor for the T-lymphotropic human immunodeficiency virus and binds its envelope glycoprotein, gp120. The residues...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Clayton LK,Sieh M,Pious DA,Reinherz EL

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein G is a cell-surface protein from Streptococcus which binds to IgG molecules from a wide range of species with an affinity comparable to that of antigen. The high affinity of protein G for the Fab portion of IgG poses a particular challenge in molecular recognition, given the variability of heavy chain subclass...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Derrick JP,Wigley DB

更新日期：1992-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of polyarthritis in rats by intradermal immunisation with homologous or heterologous type II collagen incomplete or incomplete Freund's adjuvant was reported recently by Trentham et al. We have now produced a similar disease in certain strains of mice. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Courtenay JS,Dallman MJ,Dayan AD,Martin A,Mosedale B

更新日期：1980-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrules and Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) are high-temperature components of meteorites that formed during transient heating events in the early Solar System. A major unresolved issue is the relative timing of CAI and chondrule formation. From the presence of chondrule fragments in an igneous CAI, it was concluded t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Krot AN,Yurimoto H,Hutcheon ID,MacPherson GJ

更新日期：2005-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In epithelial Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells newly synthesized molecules are sorted in the trans-Golgi network and directly delivered to their apical and basolateral surface destinations. Sorting is mediated by signals in the cytoplasmic domains of basolateral transmembrane proteins whereas glycosylphosphatidy...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Scheiffele P,Peränen J,Simons K

更新日期：1995-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is thought that in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction (EC) coupling, the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is controlled by the dihydropyridine (DHP) receptor in the transverse tubular membrane, where it serves as the voltage sensor. We have shown previously that injection of an expression plasmid...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Tanabe T,Beam KG,Adams BA,Niidome T,Numa S

更新日期：1990-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number of geographically restricted populations, or been targeted at specific diseases, such as cancer. Nevertheless, the availability of high-resolution genomic data has led to the development of new methodologies for inferring population hi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pagani L,Lawson DJ,Jagoda E,Mörseburg A,Eriksson A,Mitt M,Clemente F,Hudjashov G,DeGiorgio M,Saag L,Wall JD,Cardona A,Mägi R,Wilson Sayres MA,Kaewert S,Inchley C,Scheib CL,Järve M,Karmin M,Jacobs GS,Antao T,Ilie

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but the region is not uniformly filled with asteroids. There are gaps, known as the Kirkwood gaps, in distinct locations that are associated with orbital resonances with the giant planets; asteroids placed in these locations will follow chaotic orbits...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Minton DA,Malhotra R

更新日期：2009-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that chemically skinned fibre bundles from scallop muscle can be desensitized to the action of calcium by the removal of the regulatory light chains of myosin and that sensitivity can be restored by the re-addition of scallop light chains. We have now confirmed these results and extended our o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Simmons RM,Szent-Györgyi AG

更新日期：1980-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalies in temperature and precipitation in northern Russia over the past few years have been viewed as manifestations of anthropogenic climate change, prompting suggestions that this may also account for exceptional forest fires in the region. Here we examine the number of forest-fire events across the boreal Russi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mollicone D,Eva HD,Achard F

更新日期：2006-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Transection of a sensory nerve in adults results in profound abnormalities in sensory perception, even if the severed nerve is surgically repaired to facilitate accurate nerve regeneration. In marked contrast, fewer perceptual errors follow nerve transection and surgical repair in children. The basis for this superior...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Florence SL,Jain N,Pospichal MW,Beck PD,Sly DL,Kaas JH

更新日期：1996-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although male parental care is rare among mammals, adult males of many cercopithecine primate species provide care for infants and juveniles. This care is often in the form of grooming, carrying, support in agonistic interactions, and protection against infanticide. For these behaviours to be interpreted as true paren...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Buchan JC,Alberts SC,Silk JB,Altmann J

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00