The mechanosensitive protein Zyxin influences Hippo signaling and tissue growth via adherens junctions and basal spot junctions in Drosophila [0.03%]
果蝇黏着斑和基底点斑介导的机械敏感蛋白Zyxin通过粘着带调控Hippo信号通路及组织生长
Harmanjeet Singh,Elliot Brooks,Connor Keegan et al.
Harmanjeet Singh et al.
Mechanical forces such as tension and compression play a central role in the growth and morphogenesis of tissues. Cell-cell junctions and the actin cytoskeleton are key mediators of mechanical forces and influence the activity of signaling ...
Julia M Zeh,Marc O Lammers,Anke Kügler et al.
Julia M Zeh et al.
Understanding the function and origin of a complex animal display requires a holistic study of its performance. For example, movement is linked to sound production1,2,3,4,5,6 by enhancing or biomechanically facilitating displays,7,8 exploit...
Sensory processing reallocation from auditory to cardiac signals in REM sleep [0.03%]
快速眼动睡眠期间感觉处理从听觉信号向心脏信号的重新分配
Jacinthe Cataldi,Andria Pelentritou,Sophie Schwartz et al.
Jacinthe Cataldi et al.
The brain continuously integrates information from the external environment (exteroception) and the internal bodily milieu (interoception). However, how the balance between these two processing streams shifts across vigilance states with di...
Integrating humans into biodiversity science through ethnobiodiversity informatics [0.03%]
通过人类民族生物多样性信息学将人类融入生物多样性科学
Charles C Davis,Tadeo H Ramirez-Parada,John R White
Charles C Davis
Biodiversity science is increasingly data-rich and computationally sophisticated, yet humans are still often treated as absent, implicit or overly simplified drivers of ecological and evolutionary change. This limits how well models represe...
Patrick J Lewin,Steven J Portugal
Patrick J Lewin
Two new studies provide the clearest evidence yet that eye position is actively controlled during avian flight. Pigeons dynamically balance image stabilisation, optic-flow processing and binocular vision, suggesting that gaze control is int...
Harry Siviter
Harry Siviter
Honeybees are eusocial, making queen health critical for colony development. Honeybee colonies are frequently exposed to pesticides. New research shows that queens can protect themselves from pesticides by transferring these toxins to their...
Microbial metabolism: Reactivating the molecular motor of the biological methane generator [0.03%]
微生物代谢：重新激活生物产甲烷分子发动机
Tristan Wagner
Tristan Wagner
The methane-generating enzyme from methanogenic archaea must be reactivated via a dedicated system. New molecular insights demonstrate that a key component of the reactivation machinery is redox sensitive, binds the methane-forming enzyme v...
Tao Wan
Tao Wan
Deep sinkhole forests shelter rare trees from climate stress but strand them in severe isolation. A new study of a karst magnolia shows interior populations lose genetic diversity and accumulate harmful mutations, suggesting climate refuges...
Anna Ferraioli,Pawel Burkhardt
Anna Ferraioli
A new study in placozoans - tiny marine animals that lack neurons - identifies monoamine receptors, biosynthetic machinery, cellular expression patterns, and behavioural effects. Together, these findings suggest that the monoaminergic signa...
Oswald J Schmitz
Oswald J Schmitz
Humans recreating in wilderness areas face a risk of encountering and being harmed by fearsome large wild carnivores. Yet, the risk is exceedingly low, because, it turns out, these fearsome predators become quite fearful when encountering h...