The p35/Cdk5 kinase is a neuron-specific Rac effector that inhibits Pak1 activity.

abstract：:The Gram-negative bacterium Myxococcus xanthus has a complex life cycle during which large amounts of a protein of relative molecular mass (Mr) 19,000, known as protein S, are assembled into a spore surface coat by a process that specifically requires calcium ions. The gene for protein S has been cloned and the DNA se...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wistow G,Summers L,Blundell T

更新日期：1985-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of our knowledge of galaxies comes from analysing the radiation emitted by their stars, which depends on the present number of each type of star in the galaxy. The present number depends on the stellar initial mass function (IMF), which describes the distribution of stellar masses when the population formed, and ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Cappellari M,McDermid RM,Alatalo K,Blitz L,Bois M,Bournaud F,Bureau M,Crocker AF,Davies RL,Davis TA,de Zeeuw PT,Duc PA,Emsellem E,Khochfar S,Krajnović D,Kuntschner H,Lablanche PY,Morganti R,Naab T,Oosterloo T,Sarz

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of smell is highly evolved in mammals, allowing discrimination between a vast number of odorants, with detection thresholds as low as 10(-17) M (ref. 1). Although several features of mammalian olfactory transduction have been revealed by biochemical and molecular biological studies, the odorant-induced membr...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lowe G,Gold GH

更新日期：1993-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequences containing the 5'-flanking regions of the insulin and chymotrypsin genes were linked to the coding sequence of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. The insulin gene recombinant elicits preferential expression of CAT activity when introduced into cells producing insulin; similarly, the chymot...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Walker MD,Edlund T,Boulet AM,Rutter WJ

更新日期：1983-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The superposition principle is a fundamental tenet of quantum mechanics. It allows a quantum system to be 'in two places at the same time', because the quantum state of a physical system can simultaneously include measurably different physical states. The preparation and use of such superposed states forms the basis o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hofheinz M,Wang H,Ansmann M,Bialczak RC,Lucero E,Neeley M,O'Connell AD,Sank D,Wenner J,Martinis JM,Cleland AN

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-resolution seismic imaging of subducted oceanic slabs has become a powerful tool for reconstructing palaeogeography. The images can now be interpreted quantitatively by comparison with models of the general circulation of the Earth's mantle. Here we use a three-dimensional spherical computer model of mantle c...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bunge HP,Grand SP

更新日期：2000-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity in the motor cortex predicts movements, seconds before they are initiated. This preparatory activity has been observed across cortical layers, including in descending pyramidal tract neurons in layer 5. A key question is how preparatory activity is maintained without causing movement, and is ultimately conver...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Economo MN,Viswanathan S,Tasic B,Bas E,Winnubst J,Menon V,Graybuck LT,Nguyen TN,Smith KA,Yao Z,Wang L,Gerfen CR,Chandrashekar J,Zeng H,Looger LL,Svoboda K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems governed by time reversible equations of motion often give rise to irreversible behaviour. The transition from reversible to irreversible behaviour is fundamental to statistical physics, but has not been observed experimentally in many-body systems. The flow of a newtonian fluid at low Reynolds number can be r...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Pine DJ,Gollub JP,Brady JF,Leshansky AM

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive literature on the origin of the ratites focuses mainly on three questions: are the ratites mono- or polyphyletic, did they evolve from flying ancestors, and are they primitive or advanced? Opinion tends to accept a common descent from flying ancestors for the large ratites (for a summary of ideas see ref...

journal_title：Nature

authors： de Boer LE

更新日期：1980-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing cells produce thousands of new ribosomes each minute, in a tightly regulated process that is essential to cell growth. How the Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA and the 20 proteins that make up the 30S ribosomal subunit can assemble correctly in a few minutes remains a challenging problem, partly beca...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Adilakshmi T,Bellur DL,Woodson SA

更新日期：2008-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptors is known to mediate the transport and activation of neutrophils and macrophages This family includes receptors for chemokines, such as interleukin-8, bacterial formylated peptides, platelet-activating factor, leukotriene B4, and the complement anaphylatoxins. The...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Höpken UE,Lu B,Gerard NP,Gerard C

更新日期：1996-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaloids, secondary metabolites that contain basic nitrogen atoms, are some of the most well-known biologically active natural products in chemistry and medicine. Although efficient laboratory synthesis of alkaloids would enable the study and optimization of their biological properties, their preparation is often com...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Parr BT,Economou C,Herzon SB

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory systems can adapt to the conditions imposed on them. In the visual system, adapting to a pattern increases the threshold of the ability to see that pattern, and reduces the perceived contrast of the pattern above threshold. Most neurons of the striate cortex reduce their responsiveness after being stimulated f...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Snowden RJ,Hammett ST

更新日期：1992-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid have recently been shown to modulate the activity of ion channels in nerve and muscle cells. The mechanism of action of these metabolites is, however, unknown. In sensory neurons of Aplysia, the S-K- channel is under the dual modulatory control of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Buttner N,Siegelbaum SA,Volterra A

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent to which an organism is selected to invest in defences against pathogens and parasites depends on the advantages that ensue should infection occur, but also on the costs of maintaining defences in the absence of infection. The presence of heritable variation in resistance suggests that costs exist, but we k...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kraaijeveld AR,Godfray HC

更新日期：1997-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay of evolution and development has been at the heart of evolutionary theory for more than a century. Heterochrony—change in the timing or rate of developmental events—has been implicated in the evolution of major vertebrate lineages such as mammals, including humans. Birds are the most speciose land verteb...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Bhullar BA,Marugán-Lobón J,Racimo F,Bever GS,Rowe TB,Norell MA,Abzhanov A

更新日期：2012-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabotropic γ-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABAB) are involved in the modulation of synaptic responses in the central nervous system and have been implicated in neuropsychological conditions that range from addiction to psychosis1. GABAB belongs to class C of the G-protein-coupled receptors, and its functional entity...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Shaye H,Ishchenko A,Lam JH,Han GW,Xue L,Rondard P,Pin JP,Katritch V,Gati C,Cherezov V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of years before we began to manipulate the flow of light using synthetic structures, biological systems were using nanometre-scale architectures to produce striking optical effects. An astonishing variety of natural photonic structures exists: a species of Brittlestar uses photonic elements composed of calcit...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vukusic P,Sambles JR

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel capsomeric complexes, pentamers and hexamers were detected as chemical entities in phage Q beta. Both were composed of identical protein subunits and stabilized by intermolecular disulphide bonds. Their numbers per particle were about 12 for pentamers and about 20 for hexamers--consistent with theoretical expect...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Takamatsu H,Iso K

更新日期：1982-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cell migration is crucial for neural development, molecular mechanisms guiding neuronal migration have remained unclear. Here we report that the secreted protein Slit repels neuronal precursors migrating from the anterior subventricular zone in the telencephalon to the olfactory bulb. Our results provide a di...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wu W,Wong K,Chen J,Jiang Z,Dupuis S,Wu JY,Rao Y

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The arrest of dorsal root axonal regeneration at the transitional zone between the peripheral and central nervous system has been repeatedly described since the early twentieth century. Here we show that, with trophic support to damaged sensory axons, this regenerative barrier is surmountable. In adult rats with injur...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ramer MS,Priestley JV,McMahon SB

更新日期：2000-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-2 is a pleiotropic cytokine that is necessary to prevent chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract1-4. The protective effects of IL-2 involve the generation, maintenance and function of regulatory T (Treg) cells4-8, and the use of low doses of IL-2 has emerged as a potential therapeutic strat...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zhou L,Chu C,Teng F,Bessman NJ,Goc J,Santosa EK,Putzel GG,Kabata H,Kelsen JR,Baldassano RN,Shah MA,Sockolow RE,Vivier E,Eberl G,Smith KA,Sonnenberg GF

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The masses of the supermassive black holes found in galaxy bulges are correlated with a multitude of galaxy properties, leading to suggestions that galaxies and black holes may evolve together. The number of reliably measured black-hole masses is small, and the number of methods for measuring them is limited, holding ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Davis TA,Bureau M,Cappellari M,Sarzi M,Blitz L

更新日期：2013-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollinators are declining worldwide and this has raised concerns for a parallel decline in the essential pollination service they provide to both crops and wild plants. Anthropogenic drivers linked to this decline include habitat changes, intensive agriculture, pesticides, invasive alien species, spread of pathogens a...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Knop E,Zoller L,Ryser R,Gerpe C,Hörler M,Fontaine C

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch genes encode single-pass transmembrane receptors that transduce the extracellular signals responsible for cell fate determination during several steps of metazoan development. The mechanism by which extracellular signals affect gene transcription and ultimately cell fate decisions is beginning to emerge for ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Huppert SS,Le A,Schroeter EH,Mumm JS,Saxena MT,Milner LA,Kopan R

更新日期：2000-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal immune activation (MIA) contributes to behavioural abnormalities associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in both primate and rodent offspring. In humans, epidemiological studies suggest that exposure of fetuses to maternal inflammation increases the likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder. In p...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kim S,Kim H,Yim YS,Ha S,Atarashi K,Tan TG,Longman RS,Honda K,Littman DR,Choi GB,Huh JR

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Venn K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diverse functions of RNA, which include enzymatic activities, regulatory roles in transcription and translation, are made possible by tertiary structure. Computer algorithms can predict the secondary structure of an RNA molecule using free-energy parameters for base pairing and stacking, loops and bulges. However,...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Puglisi JD,Wyatt JR,Tinoco I Jr

更新日期：1988-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen enrichment is widely thought to be responsible for the loss of plant species from temperate terrestrial ecosystems. This view is based on field surveys and controlled experiments showing that species richness correlates negatively with high productivity and nitrogen enrichment. However, as the type of nutrien...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Wassen MJ,Venterink HO,Lapshina ED,Tanneberger F

更新日期：2005-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The low concentration of atmospheric CO2 inferred to have been present during glacial periods is thought to have been partly caused by an increased supply of iron-bearing dust to the ocean surface. This is supported by a recent model that attributes half of the CO2 reduction during past glacial stages to iron-stimulat...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Maher BA,Dennis PF

更新日期：2001-05-10 00:00:00