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In temperate climates , winter deaths exceed summer ones . However , there is limited information on the timing and the relative magnitudes of maximum and minimum mortality , by local climate , age group , sex and medical cause of death . We used geo-coded mortality data and wavelets to analyse the seasonality of morta... | In the USA , more deaths happen in the winter than the summer . But when deaths occur varies greatly by sex , age , cause of death , and possibly region . Seasonal differences in death rates can change over time due to changes in factors that cause disease or affect treatment . Analyzing the seasonality of deaths can h... | [
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Whether complement dysregulation directly contributes to the pathogenesis of peripheral nervous system diseases , including sensory neuropathies , is unclear . We addressed this important question in a mouse model of ocular HSV-1 infection , where sensory nerve damage is a common clinical problem . Through genetic and ... | Most people have likely experienced the discomfort of an eyelash falling onto the surface of their eye . Or that gritty sensation when dust blows into the eye and irritates the surface . These sensations are warnings from sensory nerves in the cornea , the transparent tissue that covers the iris and pupil . Corneal ner... | [
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Variation in the presentation of hereditary immunodeficiencies may be explained by genetic or environmental factors . Patients with mutations in HOIL1 ( RBCK1 ) present with amylopectinosis-associated myopathy with or without hyper-inflammation and immunodeficiency . We report that barrier-raised HOIL-1-deficient mice ... | The immune system protects an individual from invading bacteria , viruses and parasites , as well as malfunctioning or cancerous host cells . However , some people inherit genetic defects that cause part of the immune system to be missing or to not work properly . This is called a genetic immunodeficiency , and puts in... | [
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Rapid and flexible interpretation of conflicting sensory inputs in the context of current goals is a critical component of cognitive control that is orchestrated by frontal cortex . The relative roles of distinct subregions within frontal cortex are poorly understood . To examine the dynamics underlying cognitive contr... | The brain adapts to control our behavior in different ways depending on the specific situation , which is particularly useful when deciding how to interpret conflicting sets of information . The 'Stroop task' is a classic demonstration of this process . In this task , individuals are shown words where the color and the... | [
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Myosin 5a is a dual-headed molecular motor that transports cargo along actin filaments . By following the motion of individual heads with interferometric scattering microscopy at nm spatial and ms temporal precision we found that the detached head occupies a loosely fixed position to one side of actin from which it reb... | Cells use motor proteins that to move organelles and other cargos from one place to another . The myosins are a family of motor proteins that pull cargo along filaments made of another protein called actin . The ‘head’ end of myosin attaches to the actin filament and the ‘tail’ end binds to the cargo . The head and tai... | [
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The latent reservoir is a major barrier to HIV cure . As latently infected cells cannot be phenotyped directly , the features of the in vivo reservoir have remained elusive . Here , we describe a method that leverages high-dimensional phenotyping using CyTOF to trace latently infected cells reactivated ex vivo to their... | There is no cure for the human immunodeficiency virus infection ( HIV ) , but anti-retroviral drugs allow infected people to keep the virus at bay and lead a normal life . These drugs suppress the growth of HIV , but they do not eliminate the virus . If the treatment is interrupted , the virus bounces back within weeks... | [
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Object manufacture in insects is typically inherited , and believed to be highly stereotyped . Optimization , the ability to select the functionally best material and modify it appropriately for a specific function , implies flexibility and is usually thought to be incompatible with inherited behaviour . Here , we show... | Male tree crickets produce sounds at a specific pitch to attract females . The louder the call , the further the sound travels and the more females he can attract . But making loud sounds is difficult for small animals like insects . To produce sounds , tree crickets rub their wings together and set them into vibration... | [
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Missense mutations of valosin-containing protein ( VCP ) cause an autosomal dominant disease known as inclusion body myopathy , Paget disease with frontotemporal dementia ( IBMPFD ) and other neurodegenerative disorders . The pathological mechanism of IBMPFD is not clear and there is no treatment . We show that endogen... | A disease called “inclusion body myopathy , Paget disease and frontotemporal dementia ( IBMPFD ) ” is an inherited disorder that can affect the muscles , brain and bones . People affected by the disease find that their muscles become progressively weaker , and may go on to develop a bone disorder and a form of dementia... | [
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Mammals produce volatile odours that convey different types of societal information . In Homo sapiens , this is now recognised as body odour , a key chemical component of which is the sulphurous thioalcohol , 3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol ( 3M3SH ) . Volatile 3M3SH is produced in the underarm as a result of specific mi... | Human body odour contains a number of chemicals , but the most pungent and recognisable are thioalcohols . These molecules are created through a series of chemical reactions that start with an odourless precursor , a compound produced in glands located in our armpits . Then , a type of bacteria called Staphylococcus ho... | [
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Monocytes are phagocytic effector cells in the blood and precursors of resident and inflammatory tissue macrophages . The aim of the current study was to analyse and compare their contribution to innate immune surveillance of the lung in the steady state with macrophage and dendritic cells ( DC ) . ECFP and EGFP transg... | White blood cells form part of the immune system , which protects the body against infectious diseases and other harmful agents . Some of these cells , including ‘mononuclear phagocytes’ , can reside within different tissues of the body , such as the lungs . Other less specialized cells , called monocytes , circulate i... | [
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Production of mRNA depends critically on the rate of RNA polymerase II ( Pol II ) elongation . To dissect Pol II dynamics in mouse ES cells , we inhibited Pol II transcription at either initiation or promoter-proximal pause escape with Triptolide or Flavopiridol , and tracked Pol II kinetically using GRO-seq . Both inh... | Many different factors determine how quickly the DNA in genes is transcribed to produce molecules of messenger RNA . The start of the transcription process features two milestones: first , an enzyme called RNA Polymerase II starts the process; shortly afterwards , however , the process pauses and only starts again when... | [
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Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells represent two main lines of photoreceptor-cell evolution in animals . The two cell types coexist in some animals , however how these cells functionally integrate is unknown . We used connectomics to map synaptic paths between ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptors in the plan... | The animal kingdom contains many different types of eyes , but all share certain features in common . All detect light using specialized cells called photoreceptors , of which there are two main kinds: ciliary and rhabdomeric . Crustaceans and their relatives , including insects , have rhabdomeric photoreceptors; while... | [
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In HIV-1 infection , a population of latently infected cells facilitates viral persistence despite antiretroviral therapy ( ART ) . With the aim of identifying individuals in whom ART might induce a period of viraemic control on stopping therapy , we hypothesised that quantification of the pool of latently infected cel... | HIV is a virus that can hide in , and hijack , the cells of the immune system and force them to make new copies of the virus . This eventually destroys the infected cells and weakens the ability of a person with HIV to fight off infections and disease . If diagnosed early and treated , most people with HIV now live lon... | [
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Traditionally , drug dosing is based on a concentration-response relationship estimated in a population . Yet , in specific individuals , decisions based on the population-level effects frequently result in over or under-dosing . Here , we interrogate the relationship between population-based and individual-based respo... | Every year , millions of patients undergo general anesthesia for complex or life-saving surgeries . In the vast majority of cases , the drugs work as intended . But a minority of patients take longer than expected to regain consciousness after anesthetic , and a few wake up during the surgery itself . It is unclear wha... | [
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Visual speed is believed to be underestimated at low contrast , which has been proposed as an explanation of excessive driving speed in fog . Combining psychophysics measurements and driving simulation , we confirm that speed is underestimated when contrast is reduced uniformly for all objects of the visual scene indep... | The ways people respond to conditions of reduced visibility is a central topic in vision research . Notably , it has been shown that people tend to underestimate speeds when visibility is reduced equally at all distances , as for example , when driving with a fogged up windshield . But what happens when the visibility ... | [
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Planarians regenerate all body parts after injury , including the central nervous system ( CNS ) . We capitalized on this distinctive trait and completed a gene expression-guided functional screen to identify factors that regulate diverse aspects of neural regeneration in Schmidtea mediterranea . Our screen revealed mo... | Animals differ in the extent to which they can regenerate missing body parts after injury . Humans regenerate poorly after many injuries , especially when the brain becomes damaged after stroke , disease or trauma . On the other hand , planarians – small worms that live in fresh water – regenerate exceptionally well . ... | [
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Adenosine 5’ triphosphate ( ATP ) is a ubiquitous extracellular signaling messenger . Here , we describe a method for in-vivo imaging of extracellular ATP with high spatiotemporal resolution . We prepared a comprehensive set of cysteine-substitution mutants of ATP-binding protein , Bacillus FoF1-ATP synthase ε subunit ... | Biologists often refer to a small molecule called adenosine triphosphate – or ATP for short – as ‘the currency of life’ . This molecule carries energy all through the body , and most cells and proteins require ATP to perform their various roles . Nerve cells ( also known as neurons ) in the brain release ATP when activ... | [
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Expression of the stress-induced ligands MICA , MICB and ULBP 1–6 are up-regulated as a cellular response to DNA damage , excessive proliferation or viral infection; thereby , they enable recognition and annihilation by immune cells that express the powerful activating receptor NKG2D . This receptor is present not excl... | Tumor cells differ from healthy cells in many aspects . Importantly , tumor cells have the ability to divide and grow much faster than normal cells . To protect ourselves from full-grown cancers , our bodies have developed a surveillance system: when a tumor cell starts to divide without restraint , “stress-induced” pr... | [
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Organisms often exhibit behavioral or phenotypic diversity to improve population fitness in the face of environmental variability . When each behavior or phenotype is individually maladaptive , alternating between these losing strategies can counter-intuitively result in population persistence–an outcome similar to the... | Many organisms , from slime molds to jellyfish , alternate between life as free-moving “nomadic” individuals and communal life in a more stationary colony . So what evolutionary reasons lie behind such stark behavioral diversity in a single species ? What benefits are obtained by switching from one behavior to another ... | [
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Learning the spatial organization of the environment is essential for most animals’ survival . This requires the animal to derive allocentric spatial information from egocentric sensory and motor experience . The neural mechanisms underlying this transformation are mostly unknown . We addressed this problem in electric... | Finding their way around is an essential part of survival for many animals and helps them to locate food , mates and shelter . Animals have evolved the ability to form a 'map' or representation of their surroundings . For example , the electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus , is able to precisely learn the location of... | [
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Prior studies have shown that high-frequency activity ( HFA ) is modulated by the phase of low-frequency activity . This phenomenon of phase-amplitude coupling ( PAC ) is often interpreted as reflecting phase coding of neural representations , although evidence for this link is still lacking in humans . Here , we show ... | Electrocorticography , or ECoG , is a technique that is used to record the electrical activity of the brain via electrodes placed inside the skull . This electrical activity repeatedly rises and falls , and can therefore be represented as a series of waves . All waves have three basic properties: amplitude , frequency ... | [
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Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe form of malaria in humans and is responsible for over 700 , 000 deaths annually . It is an obligate intracellular parasite and invades erythrocytes where it grows in a relatively protected niche . Invasion of erythrocytes is essential for parasite survival and this involves ... | Malaria is a disease caused by a single-celled parasite called Plasmodium , which is transmitted between humans by mosquitoes . It is estimated that 3 . 4 billion people worldwide live in regions where they are at risk of malaria , and malaria infections cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year . When a mosquito... | [
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Predator-prey interactions influence prey traits through both consumptive and non-consumptive effects , and variation in these traits can shape vector-borne disease dynamics . Meta-analysis methods were employed to generate predation effect sizes by different categories of predators and mosquito prey . This analysis sh... | Mosquitoes are often referred to as the deadliest animals on earth because some species spread malaria , West Nile virus or other dangerous diseases when they bite humans and other animals . Adult mosquitoes fly to streams , ponds and other freshwater environments to lay their eggs . When the eggs hatch , the young mos... | [
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Predicting and constraining RNA virus evolution require understanding the molecular factors that define the mutational landscape accessible to these pathogens . RNA viruses typically have high mutation rates , resulting in frequent production of protein variants with compromised biophysical properties . Their evolution... | Influenza viruses , commonly called flu , can evade our immune system and develop resistance to treatments by changing frequently . Specifically , mutations in their genome cause influenza proteins to change in ways that can help the virus evade our defences . However , these mutations come at a cost and can prevent th... | [
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Impairment of peripheral nerve function is frequent in neurometabolic diseases , but mechanistically not well understood . Here , we report a novel disease mechanism and the finding that glial lipid metabolism is critical for axon function , independent of myelin itself . Surprisingly , nerves of Schwann cell-specific ... | Nerve cells transmit messages along their length in the form of electrical signals . Much like an electrical wire , the nerve fiber or axon is coated by a multiple-layered insulation , called the myelin sheath . However , unlike electrical insulation , the myelin sheath is regularly interrupted to expose short regions ... | [
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Adult stem cells are responsible for life-long tissue maintenance . They reside in and interact with specialized tissue microenvironments ( niches ) . Using murine hair follicle as a model , we show that when junctional perturbations in the niche disrupt barrier function , adjacent stem cells dramatically change their ... | Most , if not all , tissues of an adult animal contain stem cells . These stem cells regenerate and repair damaged tissues and organs for the entire lifetime of an animal , contributing to a healthy life . They divide to make daughter cells that become either new stem cells or specialized cells of that organ . Adult st... | [
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The correct distribution and activity of secreted signaling proteins called morphogens is required for many developmental processes . Nodal morphogens play critical roles in embryonic axis formation in many organisms . Models proposed to generate the Nodal gradient include diffusivity , ligand processing , and a tempor... | Animals develop from a single fertilized egg cell into multicellular organisms . This process requires chemical signals called “morphogens” that instruct the cells how to behave during development . The morphogens move across cells and tissues to form gradients of the signal . Cells then respond in different ways depen... | [
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CHC22 clathrin plays a key role in intracellular membrane traffic of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4 in humans . We performed population genetic and phylogenetic analyses of the CHC22-encoding CLTCL1 gene , revealing independent gene loss in at least two vertebrate lineages , after arising from gene du... | When we eat carbohydrates , they are digested into sugars that circulate in the blood to provide energy for the brain and other parts of the body . But too much blood sugar can be poisonous . The body regulates blood sugar balance using the hormone insulin , which triggers the removal of sugar from the blood into muscl... | [
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Over 500 genetic loci have been associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases ( CVDs ) ; however , most loci are located in gene-distal non-coding regions and their target genes are not known . Here , we generated high-resolution promoter capture Hi-C ( PCHi-C ) maps in human induced pluripotent stem cells ( iPSCs ) ... | Our genomes contain around 20 , 000 different genes that code for instructions to create proteins and other important molecules . When changes , or mutations , occur within these genes , malfunctioning proteins that are damaging to the cell may be produced . Researchers of human genetics have tried to spot the genetic ... | [
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Mimicry complexes typically consist of multiple species that deter predators using similar anti-predatory signals . Mimics in these complexes are assumed to vary in their level of defence from highly defended through to moderately defended , or not defended at all . Here , we report a new multi-order mimicry complex th... | Many animals use bright colours to warn a potential predator that they can defend themselves . Wasps , for instance , are armed with a harmful sting and advertise this fact via their distinctive yellow and black stripes . Predators often learn to heed such warnings and avoid these unpalatable animals in future . As a r... | [
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Episodic memory has a dynamic nature: when we recall past episodes , we retrieve not only their content , but also their temporal structure . The phenomenon of replay , in the hippocampus of mammals , offers a remarkable example of this temporal dynamics . However , most quantitative models of memory treat memories as ... | When we recall a past experience , accessing what is known as an ‘episodic memory’ , it usually does not appear as a still image or a snapshot of what occurred . Instead , our memories tend to be dynamic: we remember how a sequence of events unfolded , and when we do this , we often re-experience at least part of that ... | [
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Tissue organization is often characterized by specific patterns of cell morphology . How such patterns emerge in developing tissues is a fundamental open question . Here , we investigate the emergence of tissue-scale patterns of cell shape and mechanical tissue stress in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc during larval ... | During development , carefully choreographed cell movements ensure the creation of a healthy organism . To determine their identity and place across a tissue , cells can read gradients of far-reaching signaling molecules called morphogens; in addition , physical forces can play a part in helping cells acquire the right... | [
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HIV-1 Vpr is necessary for maximal HIV infection and spread in macrophages . Evolutionary conservation of Vpr suggests an important yet poorly understood role for macrophages in HIV pathogenesis . Vpr counteracts a previously unknown macrophage-specific restriction factor that targets and reduces the expression of HIV ... | Human cells have defense mechanisms against viral infection known as restriction factors . These are proteins that break down parts of a virus including its DNA or proteins . To evade these defenses , viruses in turn make proteins that block or break down restriction factors . This battle between human and viral protei... | [
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The balance between self-renewal and differentiation of neural progenitor cells ( NPCs ) dictates neurogenesis and proper brain development . We found that the RNA- binding protein Sam68 ( Khdrbs1 ) is strongly expressed in neurogenic areas of the neocortex and supports the self-renewing potential of mouse NPCs . Knock... | Neurons develop from cells called neural progenitors . These cells can either divide to produce more progenitor cells or develop into specific types of neurons . These two activities – known as self-renewal and differentiation – must be balanced to produce the right number of specialized neurons , without depleting the... | [
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Dominant theories of hippocampal function propose that place cell representations are formed during an animal's first encounter with a novel environment and are subsequently replayed during off-line states to support consolidation and future behaviour . Here we report that viewing the delivery of food to an unvisited p... | As an animal explores an area , part of the brain called the hippocampus creates a mental map of the space . When the animal is in one location , a few neurons called ‘place cells’ will fire . If the animal moves to a new spot , other place cells fire instead . Each time the animal returns to that spot , the same place... | [
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Leading strand DNA synthesis requires functional coupling between replicative helicase and DNA polymerase ( DNAP ) enzymes , but the structural and mechanistic basis of coupling is poorly understood . This study defines the precise positions of T7 helicase and T7 DNAP at the replication fork junction with single-base r... | DNA replication is the process whereby a molecule of DNA is copied to form two identical molecules . First , an enzyme called a DNA helicase separates the two strands of the DNA double helix . This forms a structure called a replication fork that has two exposed single strands . Other enzymes called DNA polymerases the... | [
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The brain regulates fertility through gonadotropin-releasing hormone ( GnRH ) neurons . Estradiol induces negative feedback on pulsatile GnRH/luteinizing hormone ( LH ) release and positive feedback generating preovulatory GnRH/LH surges . Negative and positive feedbacks are postulated to be mediated by kisspeptin neur... | Female reproduction relies on a complex balance of hormones that drive the reproductive cycle ( menstrual cycle in humans ) and influence fertility . A hormone called GnRH , which stands for gonadotropin-releasing hormone , plays a major role in regulating this balance . GnRH is transmitted from the brain and stimulate... | [
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Molecular recognition is integral to biological function and frequently involves preferred binding of a molecule to one of several exchanging ligand conformations in solution . In such a process the bound structure can be selected from the ensemble of interconverting ligands a priori ( conformational selection , CS ) o... | Proteins are the workhorses of a cell and are involved in almost all biological processes . Newly made proteins need to ‘fold’ into precise three-dimensional shapes in order to carry out their roles . However , proteins sometimes fold incorrectly or unfold . These protein forms are not able to work effectively and in s... | [
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T cells discriminate between self and foreign antigenic peptides , displayed on antigen presenting cell surfaces , via the TCR . While the molecular interactions between TCR and its ligands are well characterized in vitro , quantitative measurements of these interactions in living cells are required to accurately resol... | The immune system identifies and combats foreign objects , including pathogens , in the body . T cells are key components of the immune system , and each has a unique variant of a signalling complex known as the T cell receptor on its surface . T cells scan the surfaces of other cells in search of antigens , which are ... | [
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Bacterial phototaxis was first recognized over a century ago , but the method by which such small cells can sense the direction of illumination has remained puzzling . The unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp . PCC 6803 moves with Type IV pili and measures light intensity and color with a range of photoreceptors... | Cyanobacteria are blue-green bacteria that are abundant in the environment . Cyanobacteria in the oceans are among the world’s most important oxygen producers and carbon dioxide consumers . Synechocystis is a spherical single-celled cyanobacterium that measures about three thousandths of a millimetre across . Because S... | [
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While the dynamin GTPase Drp1 plays a critical role during mitochondrial fission , mechanisms controlling its recruitment to fission sites are unclear . A current assumption is that cytosolic Drp1 is recruited directly to fission sites immediately prior to fission . Using live-cell microscopy , we find evidence for a d... | Inside cells , structures called mitochondria supply the energy needed to carry out the processes that sustain life . Mitochondria constantly divide ( a process known as fission ) or fuse together , which helps to keep them in good working condition and well distributed around the cell . Several neurological disorders ... | [
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Each Drosophila muscle is seeded by one Founder Cell issued from terminal division of a Progenitor Cell ( PC ) . Muscle identity reflects the expression by each PC of a specific combination of identity Transcription Factors ( iTFs ) . Sequential emergence of several PCs at the same position raised the question of how d... | Animals have many different muscles of various shapes and sizes that are suited to specific tasks and behaviors . The fruit fly known as Drosophila has a fairly simple musculature , which makes it an ideal model animal to investigate how different muscles form . In fruit fly embryos , cells called progenitor cells divi... | [
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Age-related hearing loss ( ARHL ) is the most common sensory deficit in the elderly . The disease has a multifactorial etiology with both environmental and genetic factors involved being largely unknown . SLC7A8/SLC3A2 heterodimer is a neutral amino acid exchanger . Here , we demonstrated that SLC7A8 is expressed in th... | Age-related hearing loss affects about one in three individuals between the ages of 65 and 74 . The first symptom is difficulty hearing high-pitched sounds like children’s voices . The disease starts gradually and worsens over time . Changes in the ear , the nerve that connects it to the brain , or the brain itself can... | [
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The first S-adenosyl methionine ( SAM ) degrading enzyme ( SAMase ) was discovered in bacteriophage T3 , as a counter-defense against the bacterial restriction-modification system , and annotated as a SAM hydrolase forming 5’-methyl-thioadenosine ( MTA ) and L-homoserine . From environmental phages , we recently discov... | Bacteria can be infected by viruses known as bacteriophages . These viruses inject their genetic material into bacterial cells and use the bacteria’s own machinery to build the proteins they need to survive and infect other cells . To protect themselves , bacteria produce a molecule called S-adenosyl methionine , or SA... | [
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Host antiviral proteins engage in evolutionary arms races with viruses , in which both sides rapidly evolve at interaction interfaces to gain or evade immune defense . For example , primate TRIM5α uses its rapidly evolving ‘v1’ loop to bind retroviral capsids , and single mutations in this loop can dramatically improve... | The evolutionary battle between viruses and the immune system is essentially a high-stakes arms race . The immune system makes antiviral proteins , called restriction factors , which can stop the virus from replicating . In response , viruses evolve to evade the effects of restriction factors . To counter this , restri... | [
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The TIM22 complex mediates the import of hydrophobic carrier proteins into the mitochondrial inner membrane . While the TIM22 machinery has been well characterised in yeast , the human complex remains poorly characterised . Here , we identify Tim29 ( C19orf52 ) as a novel , metazoan-specific subunit of the human TIM22 ... | Mitochondria are like tiny bean-shaped “power stations” that provide our cells with the vast majority of the energy that they need . These structures , however , are not self-sufficient and instead rely on proteins and chemicals that are imported from elsewhere in the cell . Two layers of membrane enclose the mitochond... | [
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All cells maintain ionic gradients across their plasma membranes , producing transmembrane potentials ( Vmem ) . Mounting evidence suggests a relationship between resting Vmem and the physiology of non-excitable cells with implications in diverse areas , including cancer , cellular differentiation , and body patterning... | All living cells are like tiny batteries . As long as a cell is alive , it actively maintains a difference in electrical charge between its interior and exterior . This charge difference , or voltage , is called the membrane potential , and it is vital for our bodies to work properly . For example , fast changes in mem... | [
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Events separated in time are associatively learned in trace conditioning , recruiting more neuronal circuits and molecular mechanisms than in delay conditioning . However , it remains unknown whether a given sensory memory trace is being maintained as a unitary item to associate . Here , we used conditioned taste avers... | The survival of animals , including us humans , depends on the ability to discriminate good food from bad . We would prefer eating a given taste if it did not cause any negative feelings after eating it for the first time; however , we would avoid eating that specific taste if it caused any digestive discomfort . This ... | [
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Virophages can parasitize giant DNA viruses and may provide adaptive anti-giant virus defense in unicellular eukaryotes . Under laboratory conditions , the virophage mavirus integrates into the nuclear genome of the marine flagellate Cafeteria burkhardae and reactivates upon superinfection with the giant virus CroV . I... | Viruses exist in all ecosystems in vast numbers and infect many organisms . Some of them are harmful but others can protect the organisms they infect . For example , a group of viruses called virophages protect microscopic sea creatures called plankton from deadly infections by so-called giant viruses . In fact , virop... | [
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy ( FSHD ) is a muscular dystrophy caused by inefficient epigenetic repression of the D4Z4 macrosatellite array and somatic expression of the DUX4 retrogene . DUX4 is a double homeobox transcription factor that is normally expressed in the testis and causes apoptosis and FSHD when m... | Genes are sequences of DNA that contain instructions for the cell that must be carefully controlled because it is not always appropriate or safe for these instructions to be followed . When genes are active , copies of the DNA are made using molecules of ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) and these can then be used as templates ... | [
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Cell cycle arrest is an active response to stresses that enables organisms to survive under fluctuating environmental conditions . While signalling pathways that inhibit cell cycle progression have been elucidated , the putative core module orchestrating cell cycle arrest in response to various stresses is still elusiv... | During environmental stresses , such as high light or a drought , plants do not have the opportunity to up and leave . Instead , they need to buy time and energy by pausing their growth , which means stopping their cells from dividing . In this case , the cell cycle , a series of stages during which a cell prepares its... | [
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The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport ( ESCRT ) machinery mediates the physical separation between daughter cells during cytokinetic abscission . This process is regulated by the abscission checkpoint , a genome protection mechanism that relies on Aurora B and the ESCRT-III subunit CHMP4C to delay absc... | Our cells multiply by dividing into two . Many proteins are involved in this process , including a group called the ESCRT-III complex . This group is required to complete the final stage of cell division when the single membrane that surrounds the two new daughter cells separates . Before the cell divides , its DNA—whi... | [
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A process of global importance in carbon cycling is the remineralization of algae biomass by heterotrophic bacteria , most notably during massive marine algae blooms . Such blooms can trigger secondary blooms of planktonic bacteria that consist of swift successions of distinct bacterial clades , most prominently member... | Small algae in the world's oceans remove about as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as land plants . These algae do not grow continuously , but often surge in numbers during temporary blooms . Such blooms can be large enough to be seen from space by satellites . The lifespan of algae within such blooms is short ,... | [
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Actions motivated by rewards are often associated with risk of punishment . Little is known about the neural representation of punishment risk during reward-seeking behavior . We modeled this circumstance in rats by designing a task where actions were consistently rewarded but probabilistically punished . Spike activit... | When deciding what to do , we usually try to predict the likely outcomes of our actions . This helps us choose behaviors that will lead to positive outcomes , or rewards , and avoid those that will lead to negative outcomes , or punishments . But in practice , actions that offer the possibility of reward often involve ... | [
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Biogenic amines are important signaling molecules , and the structural basis for their recognition by G Protein-Coupled Receptors ( GPCRs ) is well understood . Amines are also potent odors , with some activating olfactory trace amine-associated receptors ( TAARs ) . Here , we report that teleost TAARs evolved a new wa... | Many organisms make molecules called biogenic amines . These molecules , which include the human hormones adrenaline and histamine , have important roles in regulating the biology and behaviour of many animals . Some biogenic amines bind to receptor proteins called GPCRs on the surface of cells . Many drugs can affect ... | [
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Animals have evolved intricate search strategies to find new sources of food . Here , we analyze a complex food seeking behavior in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ( C . elegans ) to derive a general theory describing different searches . We show that C . elegans , like many other animals , uses a multi-stage searc... | How an animal forages for food can make the difference between life and death , and there are several different searching strategies that may be adopted . Foraging could be more productive if animals could take into account any of the patterns with which food is distributed in their environment , but how much could the... | [
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Genetically encoded calcium indicators ( GECIs ) allow measurement of activity in large populations of neurons and in small neuronal compartments , over times of milliseconds to months . Although GFP-based GECIs are widely used for in vivo neurophysiology , GECIs with red-shifted excitation and emission spectra have ad... | Neurons encode information with brief electrical pulses called spikes . Monitoring spikes in large populations of neurons is a powerful method for studying how networks of neurons process information and produce behavior . This activity can be detected using fluorescent protein indicators , or “probes” , which light up... | [
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Convergent evolutionary events in independent lineages provide an opportunity to understand why evolution favors certain outcomes over others . We studied such a case where a large set of genes—those coding for the ribosomal proteins—gained cis-regulatory sequences for a particular transcription regulator ( Mcm1 ) in i... | Sometimes evolution repeats itself . For example , independent butterfly species can evolve the same warning pattern to ward off predators . In many cases , the reason that a certain trait crops up again and again in parallel evolution is unknown . One example is from the evolution of fungi , where a particular DNA seq... | [
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Cells harbor two systems for fatty acid synthesis , one in the cytoplasm ( catalyzed by fatty acid synthase , FASN ) and one in the mitochondria ( mtFAS ) . In contrast to FASN , mtFAS is poorly characterized , especially in higher eukaryotes , with the major product ( s ) , metabolic roles , and cellular function ( s ... | In human , plant and other eukaryotic cells , fats are an important source of energy and also play many other roles including waterproofing , thermal insulation and energy storage . Eukaryotic cells have two systems that make the building blocks of fats ( known as fatty acids ) and one of these systems , called the mtF... | [
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Vertebrates acquired dim-light vision when an ancestral cone evolved into the rod photoreceptor at an unknown stage preceding the last common ancestor of extant jawed vertebrates ( ∼420 million years ago Ma ) . The jawless lampreys provide a unique opportunity to constrain the timing of this advance , as their line div... | The eyes of humans and many other animals with backbones contain two different types of cells that can detect light , which are known as rod and cone cells . Rod cells are much more sensitive to light than cone cells . The rods allow us to see in dim light by amplifying weak light signals and transmitting information t... | [
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The mammalian genome is punctuated by CpG islands ( CGIs ) , which differ sharply from the bulk genome by being rich in G + C and the dinucleotide CpG . CGIs often include transcription initiation sites and display ‘active’ histone marks , notably histone H3 lysine 4 methylation . In embryonic stem cells ( ESCs ) some ... | The building blocks of DNA are four molecules commonly named ‘A’ , ‘T’ , ‘C’ and ‘G’ . The order of these DNA letters in a gene contains the instructions to make specific proteins or other molecules . Other stretches of DNA contain codes that direct the cell's machinery to genes that need to be switched on or switched ... | [
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γδ T cells contribute to first line immune defense , particularly through their ability for rapid production of proinflammatory cytokines . The cytokine profile of γδ T cells is hard-wired already during thymic development . Yet , the molecular pathways underlying this phenomenon are incompletely understood . Here we s... | Our bodies are protected from infection and disease by several different types of immune cells . Gamma delta T cells are unusual in that they only make up a small proportion of the immune cells of the body , yet are present in many different animal species . These peculiar T cells are primarily found in the tissues tha... | [
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Long-term flight depends heavily on intensive energy metabolism in animals; however , the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying efficient substrate utilization remain elusive . Here , we report that the adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide ( ACP ) can facilitate muscle lipid utilization in a famous long-term m... | Flight allows insects to find food or seek a better environment . Some insects have developed the ability of ‘long-term flight’ , which allows them to make continuous journeys over large distances . For example , one locust species regularly crosses the Red Sea which is up to 300 km wide – a spectacular feat for insect... | [
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Plasma membrane-located transport proteins are key adaptations for obligate intracellular Microsporidia parasites , because they can use them to steal host metabolites the parasites need to grow and replicate . However , despite their importance , the functions and substrate specificities of most Microsporidia transpor... | Microsporidia are a group of microscopic parasites that spend part of their lives inside the cells of a broad range of animal hosts , including humans . These parasites are considered to be related to fungi , some of which also live within the cells of other species and are known as fungal endoparasites . One of the sh... | [
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Exploration of developmental mechanisms classically relies on analysis of pattern regularities . Whether disorders induced by biological noise may carry information on building principles of developmental systems is an important debated question . Here , we addressed theoretically this question using phyllotaxis , the ... | Plants grow throughout their lifetime , forming new flowers and leaves at the tips of their stems through a patterning process called phyllotaxis , which occurs in spirals for a vast number of plant species . The classical view suggests that the positioning of each new leaf or flower bud at the tip of a growing stem is... | [
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Atopic dermatitis can result from loss of structural proteins in the outermost epidermal layers , leading to a defective epidermal barrier . To test whether this influences tumour formation , we chemically induced tumours in EPI−/− mice , which lack three barrier proteins—Envoplakin , Periplakin , and Involucrin . EPI−... | Skin cancer is a common and growing problem—according to the World Health Organization , skin cancers account for one in every three cancers diagnosed world wide . There is some evidence from epidemiological studies that patients with certain allergies might be protected against cancer and , in particular , that the al... | [
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Dephosphorylation of translation initiation factor 2 ( eIF2α ) terminates signalling in the mammalian integrated stress response ( ISR ) and has emerged as a promising target for modifying the course of protein misfolding diseases . The [ ( o-chlorobenzylidene ) amino]guanidines ( Guanabenz and Sephin1 ) have been prop... | Most drugs work by tweaking the way that cells are regulated . Adding or removing a phosphate group from proteins regulates many cellular decisions . There are known drugs that bind to and inhibit the enzymes that add phosphate to proteins , thereby controlling various aspects of cell behaviour . However , drug develop... | [
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Somatosensory stimuli guide and shape behavior , from immediate protective reflexes to longer-term learning and higher-order processes related to pain and touch . However , somatosensory inputs are challenging to control in awake mammals due to the diversity and nature of contact stimuli . Application of cutaneous stim... | To safely navigate their world , animals need to be able to tell apart a gentle touch from an eye-watering pinch , detect cold water or sense the throbbing pain stemming from an infected cut . These ‘somatic’ sensations are relayed through thousands of nerve endings embedded in the skin and other tissues . Yet the neur... | [
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Many bacterial genes are regulated by RNA elements in their 5´ untranslated regions ( UTRs ) . However , the full complement of these elements is not known even in the model bacterium Escherichia coli . Using complementary RNA-sequencing approaches , we detected large numbers of 3´ ends in 5´ UTRs and open reading fram... | In most organisms , specific segments of a cell’s genetic information are copied to form single-stranded molecules of various sizes and purposes . Each of these RNA molecules , as they are known , is constructed as a chain that starts at the 5´ end and terminates at the 3´ end . Certain RNAs carry the information prese... | [
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Lymph nodes ( LNs ) are highly confined environments with a cell-dense three-dimensional meshwork , in which lymphocyte migration is regulated by intracellular contractile proteins . However , the molecular cues directing intranodal cell migration remain poorly characterized . Here we demonstrate that lysophosphatidic ... | Small organs called lymph nodes are found throughout the body and help to filter out harmful particles and cells . Lymph nodes are packed with different types of immune cells , such as the T-cells that play a number of roles in detecting and destroying bacteria , viruses and other disease-causing microbes . Within the ... | [
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Recurrent somatic mutations of H3F3A in aggressive pediatric high-grade gliomas generate K27M or G34R/V mutant histone H3 . 3 . H3 . 3-G34R/V mutants are common in tumors with mutations in p53 and ATRX , an H3 . 3-specific chromatin remodeler . To gain insight into the role of H3-G34R , we generated fission yeast that ... | Children suffering from a brain cancer called high-grade glioma rarely recover because there are no therapies that can effectively target this disease . Recently , mutations in a gene that encodes a protein called histone H3 were found in children’s glioma cells . Histone proteins bind to DNA to help package it into ce... | [
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Defective primary ciliogenesis or cilium stability forms the basis of human ciliopathies , including Joubert syndrome ( JS ) , with defective cerebellar vermis development . We performed a high-content genome-wide small interfering RNA ( siRNA ) screen to identify genes regulating ciliogenesis as candidates for JS . We... | Joubert syndrome is a rare disorder that affects the brain and causes physical , mental , and sometimes visual impairments . In individuals with this condition , two parts of the brain called the cerebellar vermis and the brainstem do not develop properly . This is thought to be due to defects in the development and ma... | [
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It is now clear that microglia and macrophages are present in brain tumors , but whether or how they affect initiation and development of tumors is not known . Exploiting the advantages of the zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) model , we showed that macrophages and microglia respond immediately upon oncogene activation in the ... | Brain tumors can be aggressive , difficult to treat and are often incurable . Removing brain tumors by surgery can be challenging because the tumor cells infiltrate into the healthy tissue . Brain tumors grow in close physical contact with other cells , such as cells of the immune system . This includes cells called ma... | [
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The urokinase receptor ( uPAR ) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol ( GPI ) -anchored protein that promotes tissue remodeling , tumor cell adhesion , migration and invasion . uPAR mediates degradation of the extracellular matrix through protease recruitment and enhances cell adhesion , migration and signaling through vit... | Every process in the body , from how cells divide to how they move around , is tightly regulated . For example , cells only migrate when they receive the correct signals from their environment . These signals are recognised by receptor proteins that sit on the cell surface and connect the outside signal with the cell’s... | [
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The ecological importance of viruses is now widely recognized , yet our limited knowledge of viral sequence space and virus–host interactions precludes accurate prediction of their roles and impacts . In this study , we mined publicly available bacterial and archaeal genomic data sets to identify 12 , 498 high-confiden... | Viruses are infectious particles that can only multiply inside the cells of microbes and other organisms . Little is known about the genetic differences between virus particles ( so-called ‘genetic diversity’ ) , especially compared to what we know about the diversity of bacteria , archaea , and other single-celled mic... | [
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N-glycosylation – the sequential addition of complex sugars to adhesion proteins , neurotransmitter receptors , ion channels and secreted trophic factors as they progress through the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus – is one of the most frequent protein modifications . In mammals , most organ-specific N-gl... | Information is carried around the nervous system by cells called neurons . The ability of neurons to communicate with each other relies on many proteins that are found on the surfaces of the cells . Like in all animal cells , surface proteins are made inside the cell in a compartment called the endoplasmic reticulum . ... | [
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] | 2016 | Unconventional secretory processing diversifies neuronal ion channel properties |
Humans have relied on sourdough starter microbial communities to make leavened bread for thousands of years , but only a small fraction of global sourdough biodiversity has been characterized . Working with a community-scientist network of bread bakers , we determined the microbial diversity of 500 sourdough starters f... | Sourdough bread is an ancient fermented food that has sustained humans around the world for thousands of years . It is made from a sourdough ‘starter culture’ which is maintained , portioned , and shared among bread bakers around the world . The starter culture contains a community of microbes made up of yeasts and bac... | [
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The transcription factor ASCIZ ( ATMIN , ZNF822 ) has an unusually high number of recognition motifs for the product of its main target gene , the hub protein LC8 ( DYNLL1 ) . Using a combination of biophysical methods , structural analysis by NMR and electron microscopy , and cellular transcription assays , we develop... | Proteins help to regulate almost every process in the body , and come in various forms , sizes and purposes . Cells contain thousands of different proteins , but not every protein is needed at all times . To create new proteins , the information on a gene first needs to be transcribed into RNA ( template molecules of t... | [
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] | 2018 | Multivalency regulates activity in an intrinsically disordered transcription factor |
Sustained changes in mood or action require persistent changes in neural activity , but it has been difficult to identify the neural circuit mechanisms that underlie persistent activity and contribute to long-lasting changes in behavior . Here , we show that a subset of Doublesex+ pC1 neurons in the Drosophila female b... | Long-term mental states such as arousal and mood variations rely on persistent changes in the activity of certain neural circuits which have been difficult to identify . For instance , in male fruit flies , the activation of a particular circuit containing ‘P1 neurons’ can escalate aggressive and mating behaviors . How... | [
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Intergroup conflict contributes to human discrimination and violence , but persists because individuals make costly contributions to their group’s fighting capacity . Yet how group members effectively coordinate their contributions during intergroup conflict remains poorly understood . Here we examine the role of oxyto... | Conflict between groups is a recurring theme in human history . We tend to form social bonds with others who share the same characteristics as ourselves , whether that is nationality , ethnicity , or supporting the same football team . Individuals that belong to the same group as us comprise our ‘in-group’ . All other ... | [
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] | 2019 | Oxytocin promotes coordinated out-group attack during intergroup conflict in humans |
Phytochemical diversity is thought to result from coevolutionary cycles as specialization in herbivores imposes diversifying selection on plant chemical defenses . Plants in the speciose genus Erysimum ( Brassicaceae ) produce both ancestral glucosinolates and evolutionarily novel cardenolides as defenses . Here we tes... | Plants are often attacked by insects and other herbivores . As a result , they have evolved to defend themselves by producing many different chemicals that are toxic to these pests . As producing each chemical costs energy , individual plants often only produce one type of chemical that is targeted towards their main h... | [
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In our prior work by Hose et al . , we performed a genome-sequencing survey and reported that aneuploidy was frequently observed in wild strains of S . cerevisiae . We also profiled transcriptome abundance in naturally aneuploid isolates compared to isogenic euploid controls and found that 10–30% of amplified genes , d... | Cells package their DNA into structures called chromosomes . Sometimes when a cell divides , it fails to allocate the right number of chromosomes to each new cell and so they end up with too many or too few chromosomes . The extra copies of the genes on an additional chromosome can be harmful to the cells , because the... | [
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Proximity biotinylation based on Escherichia coli BirA enzymes such as BioID ( BirA* ) and TurboID is a key technology for identifying proteins that interact with a target protein in a cell or organism . However , there have been some improvements in the enzymes that are used for that purpose . Here , we demonstrate a ... | Proteins in a cell need to interact with each other to perform the many tasks required for organisms to thrive . A technique called proximity biotinylation helps scientists to pinpoint the identity of the proteins that partner together . It relies on attaching an enzyme ( either BioID or TurboID ) to a protein of inter... | [
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] | 2020 | AirID, a novel proximity biotinylation enzyme, for analysis of protein–protein interactions |
In animal oocytes and early embryos , mRNA poly ( A ) -tail length strongly influences translational efficiency ( TE ) , but later in development this coupling between tail length and TE disappears . Here , we elucidate how this coupling is first established and why it disappears . Overexpressing cytoplasmic poly ( A )... | Cells are microscopic biological factories that are constantly creating new proteins . To do so , a cell must first convert its master genetic blueprint , the DNA , into strands of messenger RNA or mRNA . These strands are subsequently translated to make proteins . Cells have two ways to adjust the number of proteins t... | [
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] | 2021 | The molecular basis of coupling between poly(A)-tail length and translational efficiency |
Understanding information flow through neuronal circuits requires knowledge of their synaptic organization . In this study , we utilized fluorescent pre- and postsynaptic markers to map synaptic organization in the Drosophila antennal lobe , the first olfactory processing center . Olfactory receptor neurons ( ORNs ) pr... | Just as progress in science relies on researchers communicating their findings to other people working in their field , our bodies rely on neurons being able to communicate with other neurons . This is where structures called synapses come in: synapses allow signals to be passed from one neuron to another . Neurons and... | [
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] | 2014 | Synaptic organization of the Drosophila antennal lobe and its regulation by the Teneurins |
The contribution of sensory and decisional processes to perceptual decision making is still unclear , even in simple perceptual tasks . When decision makers need to select an action from a set of balanced alternatives , any tendency to choose one alternative more often—choice bias—is consistent with a bias in the senso... | Imagine that every day , you split a chocolate bar into two and offer one half to your friend . Even though you take care to divide the bar into equal pieces , your friend nearly always chooses the left half . Why is that ? One possibility is that sensory bias in her visual system makes her perceive the left half of th... | [
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] | 2019 | Decoupling sensory from decisional choice biases in perceptual decision making |
Efficient mitochondrial function is required in tissues with high energy demand such as the heart , and mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with cardiovascular disease . Expression of mitochondrial proteins is tightly regulated in response to internal and external stimuli . Here we identify a novel mechanism regula... | Cells need to make proteins to survive , so they have protein-making machines called ribosomes . Ribosomes are themselves made out of proteins and RNA ( a molecule similar to DNA ) , and they are assembled by other proteins that bring ribosomal components together and modify them until the ribosomes are functional . Mi... | [
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"cell",
"biology"
] | 2020 | Cardiac mitochondrial function depends on BUD23 mediated ribosome programming |
Despite recent advances in the study of animal flight , the biomechanical determinants of maneuverability are poorly understood . It is thought that maneuverability may be influenced by intrinsic body mass and wing morphology , and by physiological muscle capacity , but this hypothesis has not yet been evaluated becaus... | The ability of an animal to maneuver can determine its success at avoiding predators , catching prey , and outperforming its competitors . However , little is known about the characteristics that determine maneuverability . Why are some individuals more maneuverable than others ? To investigate this question , Segre et... | [
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"ecology",
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] | 2015 | Burst muscle performance predicts the speed, acceleration, and turning performance of Anna’s hummingbirds |
A molecular model that provides a framework for interpreting the wealth of functional information obtained on the E . coli F-ATP synthase has been generated using cryo-electron microscopy . Three different states that relate to rotation of the enzyme were observed , with the central stalk’s ε subunit in an extended aut... | ATP synthase is a biological motor that produces a molecule called adenosine tri-phosphate ( ATP for short ) , which acts as the major store of chemical energy in cells . A single molecule of ATP contains three phosphate groups: the cell can remove one of these phosphates to make a molecule called adenosine di-phosphat... | [
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] | 2016 | Cryo-EM structures of the autoinhibited E. coli ATP synthase in three rotational states |
Axons contain a smooth tubular endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ) network that is thought to be continuous with ER throughout the neuron; the mechanisms that form this axonal network are unknown . Mutations affecting reticulon or REEP proteins , with intramembrane hairpin domains that model ER membranes , cause an axon degen... | The way we move – from simple motions like reaching out to grab something , to playing the piano or dancing – is coordinated in our brain . These processes involve many regions and steps , in which nerve cells transport signals along projections known as axons . Axons rely on sophisticated ‘engineering’ to work properl... | [
"Abstract",
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"cell",
"biology",
"neuroscience"
] | 2017 | Modeling of axonal endoplasmic reticulum network by spastic paraplegia proteins |
Retinitis pigmentosa ( RP ) and associated inherited retinal diseases ( IRDs ) are caused by rod photoreceptor degeneration , necessitating therapeutics promoting rod photoreceptor survival . To address this , we tested compounds for neuroprotective effects in multiple zebrafish and mouse RP models , reasoning drugs ef... | Photoreceptors are the cells responsible for vision . They are part of the retina: the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye . They come in two types: rods and cones . Rods specialise in night vision , while cones specialise in daytime colour vision . The death of these cells can cause a disease , called retiniti... | [
"Abstract",
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"developmental",
"biology",
"neuroscience"
] | 2021 | Large-scale phenotypic drug screen identifies neuroprotectants in zebrafish and mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa |
Gene regulatory networks ( GRNs ) provide a systems-level orchestration of an organism's genome encoded anatomy . As biological networks are revealed , they continue to answer many questions including knowledge of how GRNs control morphogenetic movements and how GRNs evolve . The migration of the small micromeres to th... | Within an animal embryo , groups of cells tend to move , or migrate , between different areas before they form into tissues and organs . These cell migrations are regulated by hundreds of genes , which must be expressed at the right time and in the right place . Cells use proteins called transcription factors to regula... | [
"Abstract",
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"developmental",
"biology",
"genetics",
"and",
"genomics"
] | 2015 | Deployment of a retinal determination gene network drives directed cell migration in the sea urchin embryo |
CARM1 is a cancer-relevant protein arginine methyltransferase that regulates many aspects of transcription . Its pharmacological inhibition is a promising anti-cancer strategy . Here SKI-73 ( 6a in this work ) is presented as a CARM1 chemical probe with pro-drug properties . SKI-73 ( 6a ) can rapidly penetrate cell mem... | Drugs that are small molecules have the potential to block the individual proteins that drive the spread of cancer , but their design is a challenge . This is because they need to get inside the cell and find their target without binding to other proteins on the way . However , small molecule drugs often have an electr... | [
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"biochemistry",
"and",
"chemical",
"biology"
] | 2019 | A chemical probe of CARM1 alters epigenetic plasticity against breast cancer cell invasion |
Outer membrane proteins ( OMPs ) in Gram-negative bacteria dictate permeability of metabolites , antibiotics , and toxins . Elucidating the structure-function relationships governing OMPs within native membrane environments remains challenging . We constructed a diverse library of >3000 monoclonal antibodies to assess ... | The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the rise of multi-drug resistant bacteria which threaten global public health . Antibiotics interfere with essential processes in bacteria so they are unable to divide or survive , but over time , the microbes have found ways to become immune to the drugs . New antibioti... | [
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"microbiology",
"and",
"infectious",
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] | 2019 | Massive antibody discovery used to probe structure–function relationships of the essential outer membrane protein LptD |
Intermediate neural progenitor cells ( INPs ) need to avoid differentiation and cell cycle exit while maintaining restricted developmental potential , but mechanisms preventing differentiation and cell cycle exit of INPs are not well understood . In this study , we report that the Drosophila homolog of mammalian Sp8 tr... | Whereas the majority of cells in the brain are unable to divide to produce new cells , neural stem cells can divide numerous times and have the potential to become many different types of brain cells . However , in between these two extremes there is another group of cells called neural progenitors . These cells can gi... | [
"Abstract",
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"developmental",
"biology",
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] | 2014 | The Drosophila Sp8 transcription factor Buttonhead prevents premature differentiation of intermediate neural progenitors |
The 21-subunit Mediator complex transduces regulatory information from enhancers to promoters , and performs an essential role in the initiation of transcription in all eukaryotes . Structural information on two-thirds of the complex has been limited to coarse subunit mapping onto 2-D images from electron micrographs .... | Inside a cell , proteins are made from instructions encoded by DNA . To produce a particular protein , a section of DNA within a gene is copied into a molecule of messenger ribonucleic acid ( or mRNA ) . This process is called transcription and is carried out by an enzyme known as RNA polymerase . Transcription begins ... | [
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] | 2015 | Molecular architecture of the yeast Mediator complex |
Complex cognition relies on flexible working memory , which is severely limited in its capacity . The neuronal computations underlying these capacity limits have been extensively studied in humans and in monkeys , resulting in competing theoretical models . We probed the working memory capacity of crows ( Corvus corone... | Working memory is the brain’s ability to temporarily hold and manipulate information . It is essential for carrying out complex cognitive tasks , such as reasoning , planning , following instructions or solving problems . Unlike long-term memory , information is not stored and recalled , but held in an accessible state... | [
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"neuroscience"
] | 2021 | Working memory capacity of crows and monkeys arises from similar neuronal computations |
The molecular force of blood-stage infection ( molFOB ) is a quantitative surrogate metric for malaria transmission at population level and for exposure at individual level . Relationships between molFOB , parasite prevalence and clinical incidence were assessed in a treatment-to-reinfection cohort , where P . vivax ( ... | Malaria is caused by five different species of parasites that are transmitted to humans by bites from parasite-carrying mosquitos . Once in human blood , the parasites rapidly multiply . People who live in countries where malaria is common may become infected and never show any symptoms because their immune systems are... | [
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Cytokinesis in eukaryotic cells is often accompanied by actomyosin cortical flow . Over 30 years ago , Borisy and White proposed that cortical flow converging upon the cell equator compresses the actomyosin network to mechanically align actin filaments . However , actin filaments also align via search-and-capture , and... | Just under the surface of every animal cell , a thin and dynamic network of filaments called the cell cortex acts as a scaffold and determines the cell’s shape . When the cell divides , this material re-organizes to make a ring of filaments – known as the cytokinetic ring – across the middle of the cell . This ring the... | [
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] | 2016 | Cortical flow aligns actin filaments to form a furrow |
Gene activator proteins comprise distinct DNA-binding and transcriptional activation domains ( ADs ) . Because few ADs have been described , we tested domains tiling all yeast transcription factors for activation in vivo and identified 150 ADs . By mRNA display , we showed that 73% of ADs bound the Med15 subunit of Med... | Cells adapt and respond to changes by regulating the activity of their genes . To turn genes on or off , they use a family of proteins called transcription factors . Transcription factors influence specific but overlapping groups of genes , so that each gene is controlled by several transcription factors that act toget... | [
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] | 2021 | Simple biochemical features underlie transcriptional activation domain diversity and dynamic, fuzzy binding to Mediator |
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