Odour encoding by temporal sequences of firing in oscillating neural assemblies.

abstract：:The dominant forcing factors for past large-scale changes in vegetation are widely debated. Changes in the distribution of C4 plants--adapted to warm, dry conditions and low atmospheric CO2 concentrations--have been attributed to marked changes in environmental conditions, but the relative impacts of changes in aridit...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Schefuss E,Schouten S,Jansen JH,Sinninghe Damsté JS

更新日期：2003-03-27 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：:The sensitivity of soil carbon to warming is a major uncertainty in projections of carbon dioxide concentration and climate. Experimental studies overwhelmingly indicate increased soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition at higher temperatures, resulting in increased carbon dioxide emissions from soils. However, recent...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Knorr W,Prentice IC,House JI,Holland EA

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The cartilage and skin of animals, which are made up of more than fifty per cent water, are rather stiff (having elastic moduli of up to 100 megapascals) as well as tough and hard to break (with fracture energies of up to 9,000 joules per square metre). Such features make these biological materials mechanically superi...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Rauner N,Meuris M,Zoric M,Tiller JC

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene oxide membranes-partially oxidized, stacked sheets of graphene-can provide ultrathin, high-flux and energy-efficient membranes for precise ionic and molecular sieving in aqueous solution. These materials have shown potential in a variety of applications, including water desalination and purification, gas and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chen L,Shi G,Shen J,Peng B,Zhang B,Wang Y,Bian F,Wang J,Li D,Qian Z,Xu G,Liu G,Zeng J,Zhang L,Yang Y,Zhou G,Wu M,Jin W,Li J,Fang H

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) is the first transcription event in life1. However, it is unclear how RNA polymerase is engaged in initiating ZGA in mammals. Here, by developing small-scale Tn5-assisted chromatin cleavage with sequencing (Stacc-seq), we investigated the landscapes of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) binding...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Liu B,Xu Q,Wang Q,Feng S,Lai F,Wang P,Zheng F,Xiang Y,Wu J,Nie J,Qiu C,Xia W,Li L,Yu G,Lin Z,Xu K,Xiong Z,Kong F,Liu L,Huang C,Yu Y,Na J,Xie W

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chemical and physical systems can occur in two forms distinguished solely by being mirror images of each other. This phenomenon, known as chirality, is important in biochemistry, where reactions involving chiral molecules often require the participation of one specific enantiomer (mirror image) of the two possibl...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Rikken GL,Raupach E

更新日期：2000-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Extinction from habitat loss is the signature conservation problem of the twenty-first century. Despite its importance, estimating extinction rates is still highly uncertain because no proven direct methods or reliable data exist for verifying extinctions. The most widely used indirect method is to estimate extinction...

journal_title：Nature

authors： He F,Hubbell SP

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A steady electric field of 30 mV across a single embryonic muscle cell produces accumulation of acetylcholine receptors toward one pole of the cell within 1 h. The movement is electrophoretic in nature and the accumulation results in the formation of stable, metabolically independent receptor aggregates. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Orida N,Poo MM

更新日期：1978-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstellar accretion disks transfer matter from molecular clouds to young stars and to the sites of planet formation. The disks observed around pre-main-sequence stars have properties consistent with those expected for the pre-solar nebula from which our own Solar System formed 4.5 Gyr ago. But the 'debris' disks t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Thi WF,Blake GA,van Dishoeck EF,van Zadelhoff GJ,Horn JM,Becklin EE,Mannings V,Sargent AI,van Den Ancker ME,Natta A

更新日期：2001-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygosity has long been associated with rare, often devastating, Mendelian disorders, and Darwin was one of the first to recognize that inbreeding reduces evolutionary fitness. However, the effect of the more distant parental relatedness that is common in modern human populations is less well understood. Genomic da...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Joshi PK,Esko T,Mattsson H,Eklund N,Gandin I,Nutile T,Jackson AU,Schurmann C,Smith AV,Zhang W,Okada Y,Stančáková A,Faul JD,Zhao W,Bartz TM,Concas MP,Franceschini N,Enroth S,Vitart V,Trompet S,Guo X,Chasman DI,

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial organs undergo steady-state turnover throughout adult life, with old cells being continually replaced by the progeny of stem cell divisions. To avoid hyperplasia or atrophy, organ turnover demands strict equilibration of cell production and loss. However, the mechanistic basis of this equilibrium is unknown...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Liang J,Balachandra S,Ngo S,O'Brien LE

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the process of sympatric speciation, in which reproductive isolation of species occurs without physical isolation. Theoretical models have focused on disruptive natural selection as the crucial pressure for splitting a species. Here we report the theoretical finding that sympatric spec...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Higashi M,Takimoto G,Yamamura N

更新日期：1999-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fasted state, increases in circulating glucagon promote hepatic glucose production through induction of the gluconeogenic program. Triggering of the cyclic AMP pathway increases gluconeogenic gene expression via the de-phosphorylation of the CREB co-activator CRTC2 (ref. 1). Glucagon promotes CRTC2 dephosphoryl...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wang Y,Li G,Goode J,Paz JC,Ouyang K,Screaton R,Fischer WH,Chen J,Tabas I,Montminy M

更新日期：2012-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer results from mutations in components of the Wnt pathway that regulate beta-catenin levels. Dishevelled (Dvl or Dsh) signals downstream of Wnt receptors and stabilizes beta-catenin during cell proliferation and embryonic axis formation. Moreover, Dvl contributes to cytoskeletal reorganization during g...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Capelluto DG,Kutateladze TG,Habas R,Finkielstein CV,He X,Overduin M

更新日期：2002-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of eukaryotes stands as a major conundrum in biology. Current evidence indicates that the last eukaryotic common ancestor already possessed many eukaryotic hallmarks, including a complex subcellular organization. In addition, the lack of evolutionary intermediates challenges the elucidation of the relative ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pittis AA,Gabaldón T

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular materials and ordinary fluids react differently to shear stresses. Rather than deforming uniformly, materials such as dry sand or cohesionless powders develop shear bands--narrow zones of large relative particle motion, with essentially rigid adjacent regions. Because shear bands mark areas of flow, material ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mueth DM,Debregeas GF,Karczmar GS,Eng PJ,Nagel SR,Jaeger HM

更新日期：2000-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Troponin is essential in Ca(2+) regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction. It consists of three subunits (TnT, TnC and TnI) and, together with tropomyosin, is located on the actin filament. Here we present crystal structures of the core domains (relative molecular mass of 46,000 and 52,000) of human cardia...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Takeda S,Yamashita A,Maeda K,Maéda Y

更新日期：2003-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of sweet, bitter and umami tastes requires the non-vesicular release from taste bud cells of ATP, which acts as a neurotransmitter to activate afferent neural gustatory pathways. However, how ATP is released to fulfil this function is not fully understood. Here we show that calcium homeostasis modulator 1 ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Taruno A,Vingtdeux V,Ohmoto M,Ma Z,Dvoryanchikov G,Li A,Adrien L,Zhao H,Leung S,Abernethy M,Koppel J,Davies P,Civan MM,Chaudhari N,Matsumoto I,Hellekant G,Tordoff MG,Marambaud P,Foskett JK

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The commitment of non-dividing cells (in G0) to enter division can be studied using primary cultures of lymphocytes. The cells are stable in G0 unless stimulated by mitogen such as concanavalin A (Con A). Commitment to enter the division cycle depends on the expression of gene(s) induced by Con A and the synthesis of ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Milner J

更新日期：1984-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial genomes (mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA) encode essential oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) components. Because hundreds of mtDNAs exist per cell, a deletion in a single mtDNA has little impact. However, if the deletion genome is enriched, OXPHOS declines, resulting in cellular dysfunction. For example, Kearn...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lin YF,Schulz AM,Pellegrino MW,Lu Y,Shaham S,Haynes CM

更新日期：2016-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most debated questions in evolutionary biology is whether female choice of males with exaggerated sexual displays can evolve as a correlated response to selection acting on genes coding for male attractiveness or high overall viability. To date, empirical studies have provided support for parts of this scen...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Qvarnström A,Brommer JE,Gustafsson L

更新日期：2006-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/nature24277. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： GTEx Consortium.

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-A γ-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABAARs) are the principal mediators of rapid inhibitory synaptic transmission in the human brain. A decline in GABAAR signalling triggers hyperactive neurological disorders such as insomnia, anxiety and epilepsy. Here we present the first three-dimensional structure of a GABAAR, ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Miller PS,Aricescu AR

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes are the subset of proteins that catalyse the chemistry of life, transforming both macromolecular substrates and small molecules. The precise three-dimensional architecture of enzymes permits almost unerring selectivity in physical and chemical steps to impose remarkable rate accelerations and specificity in pr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Walsh C

更新日期：2001-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-dimensional electron system is a powerful laboratory for investigating the physics of interacting particles. Application of a large magnetic field produces massively degenerate quantum levels known as Landau levels; within a Landau level the kinetic energy of the electrons is suppressed, and electron-electron ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Dial OE,Ashoori RC,Pfeiffer LN,West KW

更新日期：2010-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Menopause is associated with bone loss and enhanced visceral adiposity. A polyclonal antibody that targets the β-subunit of the pituitary hormone follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh) increases bone mass in mice. Here, we report that this antibody sharply reduces adipose tissue in wild-type mice, phenocopying genetic hap...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Liu P,Ji Y,Yuen T,Rendina-Ruedy E,DeMambro VE,Dhawan S,Abu-Amer W,Izadmehr S,Zhou B,Shin AC,Latif R,Thangeswaran P,Gupta A,Li J,Shnayder V,Robinson ST,Yu YE,Zhang X,Yang F,Lu P,Zhou Y,Zhu LL,Oberlin DJ,Davie

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis is a major cause of death worldwide and is characterized by extensive fibrosis. There are currently no effective antifibrotic therapies available. To obtain a better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in disease pathogenesis and enable the discovery of therapeutic targets, ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ramachandran P,Dobie R,Wilson-Kanamori JR,Dora EF,Henderson BEP,Luu NT,Portman JR,Matchett KP,Brice M,Marwick JA,Taylor RS,Efremova M,Vento-Tormo R,Carragher NO,Kendall TJ,Fallowfield JA,Harrison EM,Mole DJ,Wigmore SJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems of colour vision are normally identical in all members of a species, but a single design may not be adequate for species living in a diverse range of light environments. Here we show that in the mantis shrimp Haptosquilla trispinosa, which occupies a range of depths in the ocean, long-wavelength colour recepto...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cronin TW,Caldwell RL,Marshall J

更新日期：2001-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine cardioviruses, such as the Mengo and encephalomyocarditis viruses, and the bovine aphthoviruses, such as foot-and-mouth disease virus, are distinguished among positive-strand RNA viruses by the presence of long homopolymeric poly(C) tracts within their 5' noncoding sequences. Although the specific lengths (...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Duke GM,Osorio JE,Palmenberg AC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00