abstract：:The unusual electronic properties of diamondoids, the nanoscale relatives of diamond, make them attractive for applications ranging from drug delivery to field emission displays. Identifying the fundamental origin of these properties has proven highly challenging, with even the most advanced quantum many-body calculat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Patrick CE,Giustino F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, most synapses show a fast mode of neurotransmitter release known as synchronous release followed by a phase of asynchronous release, which extends over tens of milliseconds to seconds. Synapsin II (SYN2) is a member of the multigene synapsin family (SYN1/2/3) of synaptic vesicle phosphop...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Medrihan L,Cesca F,Raimondi A,Lignani G,Baldelli P,Benfenati F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shifting between goal-directed and habitual actions allows for efficient and flexible decision making. Here we demonstrate a novel, within-subject instrumental lever-pressing paradigm, in which mice shift between goal-directed and habitual actions. We identify a role for orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in actions following...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gremel CM,Costa RM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single spins in the solid state offer a unique opportunity to store and manipulate quantum information, and to perform quantum-enhanced sensing of local fields and charges. Optical control of these systems using techniques developed in atomic physics has yet to exploit all the advantages of the solid state. Here we de...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bennett AJ,Pooley MA,Cao Y,Sköld N,Farrer I,Ritchie DA,Shields AJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational protein modification by tyrosine sulfation has an important role in extracellular protein-protein interactions. The protein tyrosine sulfation reaction is catalysed by the Golgi enzyme called the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase. To date, no crystal structure is available for tyrosylprotein sulfotran...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Teramoto T,Fujikawa Y,Kawaguchi Y,Kurogi K,Soejima M,Adachi R,Nakanishi Y,Mishiro-Sato E,Liu MC,Sakakibara Y,Suiko M,Kimura M,Kakuta Y

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abstract：:The downstream consequences of inflammation in the adult mammalian heart are formation of a non-functional scar, pathological remodelling and heart failure. In zebrafish, hydrogen peroxide released from a wound is the initial instructive chemotactic cue for the infiltration of inflammatory cells, however, the identity...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Evans MA,Smart N,Dubé KN,Bollini S,Clark JE,Evans HG,Taams LS,Richardson R,Lévesque M,Martin P,Mills K,Riegler J,Price AN,Lythgoe MF,Riley PR

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abstract：:Efficient engulfment of apoptotic cells is critical for maintaining tissue homoeostasis. When phagocytes recognize 'eat me' signals presented on the surface of apoptotic cells, this subsequently induces cytoskeletal rearrangement of phagocytes for the engulfment through Rac1 activation. However, the intracellular sign...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nakaya M,Tajima M,Kosako H,Nakaya T,Hashimoto A,Watari K,Nishihara H,Ohba M,Komiya S,Tani N,Nishida M,Taniguchi H,Sato Y,Matsumoto M,Tsuda M,Kuroda M,Inoue K,Kurose H

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abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cells have a distinct developmental pathway from conventional αβ T cells. Here we demonstrate that the transcriptional repressor NKAP is required for invariant natural killer T cell but not conventional T cell development. In CD4-cre NKAP conditional knockout mice, invariant natural killer T...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Thapa P,Das J,McWilliams D,Shapiro M,Sundsbak R,Nelson-Holte M,Tangen S,Anderson J,Desiderio S,Hiebert S,Sant'angelo DB,Shapiro VS

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abstract：:A subset of transcription factors classified as neural crest 'specifiers' are also core epithelial-mesenchymal transition regulatory factors, both in the neural crest and in tumour progression. The bHLH factor Twist is among the least well studied of these factors. Here we demonstrate that Twist is required for crania...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lander R,Nasr T,Ochoa SD,Nordin K,Prasad MS,Labonne C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs), such as translocations, deletions or inversions, are often generated by illegitimate repair between two DNA breakages at regions with nucleotide sequences that might potentially adopt a non-B DNA conformation. We previously established a plasmid-based model system that recapitu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Inagaki H,Ohye T,Kogo H,Tsutsumi M,Kato T,Tong M,Emanuel BS,Kurahashi H

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abstract：:During morphogenesis, remodelling of cell shape requires the expansion or contraction of plasma membrane domains. Here we identify a mechanism underlying the restructuring of the apical surface during epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. We show that the retraction of villous protrusions and subsequent apical plasm...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fabrowski P,Necakov AS,Mumbauer S,Loeser E,Reversi A,Streichan S,Briggs JA,De Renzis S

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abstract：:Although optical technology provides the best solution for the transmission of information, all-optical devices must satisfy several qualitative criteria to be used as logic elements. In particular, cascadability is difficult to obtain in optical systems, and it is assured only if the output of one stage is in the cor...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ballarini D,De Giorgi M,Cancellieri E,Houdré R,Giacobino E,Cingolani R,Bramati A,Gigli G,Sanvitto D

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abstract：:Volcanoes are increasingly recognized as agents and recorders of global climate variability, although deciphering the linkages between planetary climate and volcanism is still in its infancy. The growth and emergence of subaqueous volcanoes produce passage zones, which are stratigraphic surfaces marking major transiti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Russell JK,Edwards BR,Porritt LA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N(6)-methyladenosine is a prevalent internal modification in messenger RNA and non-coding RNA affecting various cellular pathways. Here we report the discovery of two additional modifications, N(6)-hydroxymethyladenosine (hm(6)A) and N(6)-formyladenosine (f(6)A), in mammalian messenger RNA. We show that Fe(II)- and α-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fu Y,Jia G,Pang X,Wang RN,Wang X,Li CJ,Smemo S,Dai Q,Bailey KA,Nobrega MA,Han KL,Cui Q,He C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene is a single-atomic-layer material with excellent mechanical properties and has the potential to enhance the strength of composites. Its two-dimensional geometry, high intrinsic strength and modulus can effectively constrain dislocation motion, resulting in the significant strengthening of metals. Here we demo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim Y,Lee J,Yeom MS,Shin JW,Kim H,Cui Y,Kysar JW,Hone J,Jung Y,Jeon S,Han SM

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abstract：:Crustal fluids exist near fault zones, but their relation to the processes that generate earthquakes, including slow-slip events, is unclear. Fault-zone fluids are characterized by low electrical resistivity. Here we investigate the time-dependent crustal resistivity in the rupture area of the 1999 Mw 7.6 Izmit earthq...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Honkura Y,Oshiman N,Matsushima M,Barış S,Kemal Tunçer M,Bülent Tank S,Celik C,Ciftçi ET

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers strive to produce nanoparticles with complexity in composition and structure. Although traditional spherical, cylindrical and membranous, or planar, nanostructures are ubiquitous, scientists seek more complicated geometries for potential functionality. Here we report the simple solution construction of mul...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu J,Zhang S,Zhang K,Wang X,Mays JW,Wooley KL,Pochan DJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes migrate from the optic nerve into the inner retina, forming a template upon which retinal vessels develop. In the Nuc1 rat, mutation in the gene encoding βA3/A1-crystallin disrupts both Notch signalling in astrocytes and formation of the astrocyte template. Here we show that loss of βA3/A1-crystallin in ast...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Valapala M,Hose S,Gongora C,Dong L,Wawrousek EF,Samuel Zigler J Jr,Sinha D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate mineralized skeleton is known to have first emerged as an exoskeleton that extensively covered the fossil jawless fish. The evolutionary origin of this exoskeleton has long been attributed to the emergence of the neural crest, but experimental evaluation for this is still poor. Here we determine the emb...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shimada A,Kawanishi T,Kaneko T,Yoshihara H,Yano T,Inohaya K,Kinoshita M,Kamei Y,Tamura K,Takeda H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible organic memory devices are one of the integral components for future flexible organic electronics. However, high-density all-organic memory cell arrays on malleable substrates without cross-talk have not been demonstrated because of difficulties in their fabrication and relatively poor performances to date. H...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ji Y,Zeigler DF,Lee DS,Choi H,Jen AK,Ko HC,Kim TW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1927, J.B.S. Haldane reasoned that the probability of fixation of new beneficial alleles is twice their fitness effect. This result, later generalized by M. Kimura, has since become the cornerstone of modern population genetics. There is no experimental test of Haldane's insight that new beneficial alleles are lost...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chelo IM,Nédli J,Gordo I,Teotónio H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological amino-acid substitutions in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and chemical γ-secretase modulators affect the processing of APP by the γ-secretase complex and the production of the amyloid-beta peptide Aβ42, the accumulation of which is considered causative of Alzheimer's disease. Here we demonstrate tha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dimitrov M,Alattia JR,Lemmin T,Lehal R,Fligier A,Houacine J,Hussain I,Radtke F,Dal Peraro M,Beher D,Fraering PC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial respiratory chain is essential for oxidative phosphorylation and comprises multiple complexes, including cytochrome c oxidase, assembled in macromolecular supercomplexes. Little is known about factors that contribute to supercomplex organization. Here we identify COX7RP as a factor that promotes supe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ikeda K,Shiba S,Horie-Inoue K,Shimokata K,Inoue S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many phenomena occurring in strongly correlated quantum systems still await conclusive explanations. The absence of isolated free quarks in nature is an example. It is attributed to quark confinement, whose origin is not yet understood. The phase diagram for nuclear matter at general temperatures and densities, studie...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tagliacozzo L,Celi A,Orland P,Mitchell MW,Lewenstein M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NASA MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft entered orbital phase around Mercury on 18 March 2011. A surprising consistent feature in the data returned is large-scale vortices that form exclusively on the dusk side of the magnetosphere. Here we present global kinetic hy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Paral J,Rankin R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding climate change-associated tree mortality is central to linking climate change impacts and forest structure and function. However, whether temporal increases in tree mortality are attributed to climate change or stand developmental processes remains uncertain. Furthermore, interpreting the climate change-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Luo Y,Chen HY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NLRP3 inflammasome is the most characterized inflammasome activated by cellular infection or stress, which is responsible for the maturation of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The precise molecular mechanism for negative regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation needs to be further defined. Here we id...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jin J,Yu Q,Han C,Hu X,Xu S,Wang Q,Wang J,Li N,Cao X

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abstract：:Deep subsurface formations (for example, high-temperature oil reservoirs) are candidate sites for carbon capture and storage technology. However, very little is known about how the subsurface microbial community would respond to an increase in CO2 pressure resulting from carbon capture and storage. Here we construct m...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mayumi D,Dolfing J,Sakata S,Maeda H,Miyagawa Y,Ikarashi M,Tamaki H,Takeuchi M,Nakatsu CH,Kamagata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of people or even robots often face problems they need to solve together. Examples include collectively searching for resources, choosing when and where to invest time and effort, and many more. Although a hierarchical ordering of the relevance of the group members' inputs during collective decision making is a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zafeiris A,Vicsek T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspired by biological neural systems, neuromorphic devices may open up new computing paradigms to explore cognition, learning and limits of parallel computation. Here we report the demonstration of a synaptic transistor with SmNiO₃, a correlated electron system with insulator-metal transition temperature at 130°C in ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shi J,Ha SD,Zhou Y,Schoofs F,Ramanathan S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-linear interactions in coherent gases are not only at the origin of bright and dark solitons and superfluids; they also give rise to phenomena such as multistability, which hold great promise for the development of advanced photonic and spintronic devices. In particular, spinor multistability in strongly coupled s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cerna R,Léger Y,Paraïso TK,Wouters M,Morier-Genoud F,Portella-Oberli MT,Deveaud B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New microbial genomes are constantly being sequenced, and it is crucial to accurately determine their taxonomic identities and evolutionary relationships. Here we report PhyloPhlAn, a new method to assign microbial phylogeny and putative taxonomy using >400 proteins optimized from among 3,737 genomes. This method meas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Segata N,Börnigen D,Morgan XC,Huttenhower C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NHE9 (SLC9A9) is an endosomal cation/proton antiporter with orthologues in yeast and bacteria. Rare, missense substitutions in NHE9 are genetically linked with autism but have not been functionally evaluated. Here we use evolutionary conservation analysis to build a model structure of NHE9 based on the crystal structu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kondapalli KC,Hack A,Schushan M,Landau M,Ben-Tal N,Rao R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcareous microplankton shells form the dominant components of ancient and modern pelagic sea-floor carbonates and are widely used in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The efficacy of these applications, however, is dependent upon minimal geochemical alteration during diagenesis, but these modifying processes are ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wendler JE,Bown P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominant dipolar component of the Earth's magnetic field has been steadily weakening for at least the last 170 years. Prior to these direct measurements, archaeomagnetic records show short periods of significantly elevated geomagnetic intensity. These striking phenomena are not captured by current field models and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： de Groot LV,Biggin AJ,Dekkers MJ,Langereis CG,Herrero-Bervera E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium-ion batteries are an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale applications. However, low capacity and poor rate capability of existing anodes are the main bottlenecks to future developments. Here we report a uniform coating of antimony sulphide (stibnite) on graphene, fabricated by a solution-based ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu DY,Prikhodchenko PV,Mason CW,Batabyal SK,Gun J,Sladkevich S,Medvedev AG,Lev O

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breaking time-reversal symmetry enables the realization of non-reciprocal devices, such as isolators and circulators, of fundamental importance in microwave and photonic communication systems. This effect is almost exclusively achieved today through magneto-optical phenomena, which are incompatible with integrated tec...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sounas DL,Caloz C,Alù A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent review concluded that earthworm presence increases CO₂ emissions by 33% but does not affect soil organic carbon stocks. However, the findings are controversial and raise new questions. Here we hypothesize that neither an increase in CO₂ emission nor in stabilized carbon would entirely reflect the earthworms' ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang W,Hendrix PF,Dame LE,Burke RA,Wu J,Neher DA,Li J,Shao Y,Fu S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene nanoscrolls are Archimedean-type spirals formed by rolling single-layer graphene sheets. Their unique structure makes them conceptually interesting and understanding their formation gives important information on the manipulation and characteristics of various carbon nanostructures. Here we report a 100% effi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sharifi T,Gracia-Espino E,Barzegar HR,Jia X,Nitze F,Hu G,Nordblad P,Tai CW,Wågberg T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioactive element astatine exists only in trace amounts in nature. Its properties can therefore only be explored by study of the minute quantities of artificially produced isotopes or by performing theoretical calculations. One of the most important properties influencing the chemical behaviour is the energy req...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rothe S,Andreyev AN,Antalic S,Borschevsky A,Capponi L,Cocolios TE,De Witte H,Eliav E,Fedorov DV,Fedosseev VN,Fink DA,Fritzsche S,Ghys L,Huyse M,Imai N,Kaldor U,Kudryavtsev Y,Köster U,Lane JF,Lassen J,Liberati V,

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