First experimental transmission of fatal familial insomnia.

abstract：:It is generally thought that interspecific (lateral) transfer of genes is so extensive among bacteria that it is difficult, and perhaps impossible, to determine their phylogenetic relationships. Ambler and coworkers reflect this in their suggestion that the relationships seen among cytochrome c sequences of the Rhodos...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Woese CR,Gibson J,Fox GE

更新日期：1980-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Imperfect knowledge of the times at which 'snapshots' of a system are recorded degrades our ability to recover dynamical information, and can scramble the sequence of events. In X-ray free-electron lasers, for example, the uncertainty--the so-called timing jitter--between the arrival of an optical trigger ('pump') pul...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Fung R,Hanna AM,Vendrell O,Ramakrishna S,Seideman T,Santra R,Ourmazd A,Ourmazd A

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the study of speech processing has emphasized a strong link between auditory perceptual input and motor production output. A kind of 'parity' is essential, as both perception- and production-based representations must form a unified interface to facilitate access to higher-order language processes such a...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cogan GB,Thesen T,Carlson C,Doyle W,Devinsky O,Pesaran B

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to form integrated circuits on flexible sheets of plastic enables attributes (for example conformal and flexible formats and lightweight and shock resistant construction) in electronic devices that are difficult or impossible to achieve with technologies that use semiconductor wafers or glass plates as sub...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cao Q,Kim HS,Pimparkar N,Kulkarni JP,Wang C,Shim M,Roy K,Alam MA,Rogers JA

更新日期：2008-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium species cause acute gastroenteritis and diarrhoea worldwide. They are members of the Apicomplexa--protozoan pathogens that invade host cells by using a specialized apical complex and are usually transmitted by an invertebrate vector or intermediate host. In contrast to other Apicomplexans, Cryptosporid...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Xu P,Widmer G,Wang Y,Ozaki LS,Alves JM,Serrano MG,Puiu D,Manque P,Akiyoshi D,Mackey AJ,Pearson WR,Dear PH,Bankier AT,Peterson DL,Abrahamsen MS,Kapur V,Tzipori S,Buck GA

更新日期：2004-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal cellular homologue of the acutely transforming oncogene v-raf is c-raf-1, which encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase that is activated by many extracellular stimuli. The physiological substrates of the protein c-Raf-1 are unknown. The mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases Erk1 and 2 are also activate...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kyriakis JM,App H,Zhang XF,Banerjee P,Brautigan DL,Rapp UR,Avruch J

更新日期：1992-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Three interleukin-1 inhibitors have been purified to homogeneity from medium conditioned by human monocytes. Partial sequence analysis and digestion with N-glycanase indicate that these are glycosylation forms of a single protein. The protein binds to the interleukin-1 receptor but has no interleukin-1-like activity, ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hannum CH,Wilcox CJ,Arend WP,Joslin FG,Dripps DJ,Heimdal PL,Armes LG,Sommer A,Eisenberg SP,Thompson RC

更新日期：1990-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Explaining altruistic cooperation is one of the greatest challenges for evolutionary biology. One solution to this problem is if costly cooperative behaviours are directed towards relatives. This idea of kin selection has been hugely influential and applied widely from microorganisms to vertebrates. However, a problem...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Griffin AS,West SA,Buckling A

更新日期：2004-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of myosin light chains by a calmodulin-myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) pathway is considered to be responsible for coupling increased calcium concentration with contraction in smooth muscle. This simple view has, however, recently been questioned. To test this hypothesis directly, we microinjected ind...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Itoh T,Ikebe M,Kargacin GJ,Hartshorne DJ,Kemp BE,Fay FS

更新日期：1989-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum mechanical experiments in ring geometries have long fascinated physicists. Open rings connected to leads, for example, allow the observation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, one of the best examples of quantum mechanical phase coherence. The phase coherence of electrons travelling through a quantum dot embedded in...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Fuhrer A,Lüscher S,Ihn T,Heinzel T,Ensslin K,Wegscheider W,Bichler M

更新日期：2001-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine-nucleotide exchange factors on ADP-ribosylation factor GTPases (ARF-GEFs) regulate vesicle formation in time and space by activating ARF substrates on distinct donor membranes. Mammalian GBF1 (ref. 2) and yeast Gea1/2 (ref. 3) ARF-GEFs act at Golgi membranes, regulating COPI-coated vesicle formation. In contra...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Richter S,Geldner N,Schrader J,Wolters H,Stierhof YD,Rios G,Koncz C,Robinson DG,Jürgens G

更新日期：2007-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoelectric energy harvesting-the transformation of waste heat into useful electricity-is of great interest for energy sustainability. The main obstacle is the low thermoelectric efficiency of materials for converting heat to electricity, quantified by the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT. The best available n-ty...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Rhyee JS,Lee KH,Lee SM,Cho E,Kim SI,Lee E,Kwon YS,Shim JH,Kotliar G

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) machinery facilitates several genomic rearrangements, some of which can lead to cellular transformation. This error-prone repair pathway is triggered upon telomere de-protection to promote the formation of deleterious chromosome end-to-end fusions. Using next-generatio...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mateos-Gomez PA,Gong F,Nair N,Miller KM,Lazzerini-Denchi E,Sfeir A

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Shear stress is a fundamental determinant of vascular homeostasis, regulating vascular remodelling, cardiac development and atherogenesis, but the mechanisms of transduction are poorly understood. Previous work showed that the conversion of integrins to a high-affinity state mediates a subset of shear responses, inclu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Tzima E,Irani-Tehrani M,Kiosses WB,Dejana E,Schultz DA,Engelhardt B,Cao G,DeLisser H,Schwartz MA

更新日期：2005-09-15 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：:Alternative splicing of eukaryotic messenger RNA precursors is now known to be of widespread importance in generating multiple transcripts from a single gene. This phenomenon has emphasized the problem of the way in which splice sites are selected; recent studies have discussed the role of secondary structure or affin...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Eperon LP,Estibeiro JP,Eperon IC

更新日期：1986-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The geometry and dimensions of branched structures such as blood vessels or airways are important factors in determining the efficiency of physiological processes. It has been shown that fractal trees can be space filling and can ensure minimal dissipation. The bronchial tree of most mammalian lungs is a good example ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mauroy B,Filoche M,Weibel ER,Sapoval B

更新日期：2004-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) belongs to the most dangerous class of bioweapons. Despite this, BoNT/A is used to treat a wide range of common medical conditions such as migraines and a variety of ocular motility and movement disorders. BoNT/A is probably best known for its use as an antiwrinkle agent in cosmetic app...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Benoit RM,Frey D,Hilbert M,Kevenaar JT,Wieser MM,Stirnimann CU,McMillan D,Ceska T,Lebon F,Jaussi R,Steinmetz MO,Schertler GF,Hoogenraad CC,Capitani G,Kammerer RA

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination is a molecular process that has multiple important roles in DNA metabolism, both for DNA repair and genetic variation in all forms of life. Generally, homologous recombination involves the exchange of genetic information between two identical or nearly identical DNA molecules; however, homolog...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Keskin H,Shen Y,Huang F,Patel M,Yang T,Ashley K,Mazin AV,Storici F

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As the extracellular matrix at the original site of a neuromuscular junction seems to play a major part in the specificity of synaptic regeneration, considerable attention has been paid to unique molecules localized to this region. Here we describe an extracellular matrix glycoprotein of the elasmobranch electric orga...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Caroni P,Carlson SS,Schweitzer E,Kelly RB

更新日期：1985-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles includes a 'docking' step, which we show here to consist of two sequential reactions: a reversible 'tethering' mediated by the GTPase Ypt7, and 'SNARE pairing', in which SNARE proteins from opposite membranes form a complex in trans. The function of this trans-SNARE complex must ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ungermann C,Sato K,Wickner W

更新日期：1998-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Many tissues including blood, skin, gut and germ cells are continuously maintained by tissue stem cells. Under certain conditions, however, other organs can undergo repair using stem-cell-like progenitors generated by cell de-differentiation. Cell fates have been broadened experimentally, but mechanisms allowing de-di...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kai T,Spradling A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light absorption by the visual pigment rhodopsin triggers, through G-protein coupling, a cascade of events in the outer segment of the rod cell of the vertebrate retina that results in membrane hyperpolarization and nerve excitation. Rhodopsin, which contains 348 amino acids, has seven helices that cross the disk memb...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schertler GF,Villa C,Henderson R

更新日期：1993-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells line the inner surface of blood vessels and act as the main barrier to the passage of cells and large molecules from the blood stream to the tissues. Recent interest in the part played by the endothelium in regulating vascular tone has focused on the synthesis and secretion of prostacyclin and an end...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lansman JB,Hallam TJ,Rink TJ

更新日期：1987-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary relationships among the eight major lineages of Mollusca have remained unresolved despite their diversity and importance. Previous investigations of molluscan phylogeny, based primarily on nuclear ribosomal gene sequences or morphological data, have been unsuccessful at elucidating these relationships. Re...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kocot KM,Cannon JT,Todt C,Citarella MR,Kohn AB,Meyer A,Santos SR,Schander C,Moroz LL,Lieb B,Halanych KM

更新日期：2011-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong interactions between electrons in a solid material can lead to surprising properties. A prime example is the Mott insulator, in which suppression of conductivity occurs as a result of interactions rather than a filled Bloch band. Proximity to the Mott insulating phase in fermionic systems is the origin of many ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Jördens R,Strohmaier N,Günter K,Moritz H,Esslinger T

更新日期：2008-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel growth in the skeletal system and osteogenesis seem to be coupled, suggesting the existence of molecular crosstalk between endothelial and osteoblastic cells. Understanding the nature of the mechanisms linking angiogenesis and bone formation should be of great relevance for improved fracture healing or pr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ramasamy SK,Kusumbe AP,Wang L,Adams RH

更新日期：2014-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In their investigation into whether female mate-choice drives male dispersal, Höner et al. argue that female spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) prefer mates whose tenure in the social group is less than the females' age, to avoid paternal incest, and suggest that male dispersal reflects this preference. However, we are...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Van Horn RC,Watts HE,Holekamp KE

更新日期：2008-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past eight hundred thousand years, glacial-interglacial cycles oscillated with a period of one hundred thousand years ('100k world'1). Ice core and ocean sediment data have shown that atmospheric carbon dioxide, Antarctic temperature, deep ocean temperature, and global ice volume correlated strongly with each...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yan Y,Bender ML,Brook EJ,Clifford HM,Kemeny PC,Kurbatov AV,Mackay S,Mayewski PA,Ng J,Severinghaus JP,Higgins JA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical tools that have spatial resolution at the nanometre scale are indispensable for the life and physical sciences. It is desirable that these tools also permit elemental and chemical identification on a scale of 10 nm or less, with large penetration depths. A variety of techniques in X-ray imaging are currentl...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chao W,Harteneck BD,Liddle JA,Anderson EH,Attwood DT

更新日期：2005-06-30 00:00:00