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30 September 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports             Jump to the content that matters to you ▼ Biological Sciences   ▼ Chemical Sciences   ▼ Physical Sciences   ▼ Earth & Environmental Sciences   ▼ Health Sciences               Biological Sciences ▲ top               Common and unique cis-acting elements mediate xanthotoxin and flavone induction of the generalist P450 CYP321A1 ▶     Chunni Zhang, Andrew Wong, Yalin Zhang et al.     How polyphagous herbivores up-regulate their counterdefense genes in response to a broad range of structurally different allelochemicals remains largely unknown. To test whether …             Loops and autonomy promote evolvability of ecosystem networks ▶     Jianxi Luo     The structure of ecological networks, in particular food webs, determines their ability to evolve further, i.e. evolvability. The knowledge about how food web evolvability is …             Synthetic vanillate-regulated promoter for graded gene expression in Sphingomonas ▶     Andreas Kaczmarczyk, Julia A. Vorholt, Anne Francez-Charlot     Regulated promoters are an important basic genetic tool allowing, for example, gene-dosage and gene depletion studies. We have previously described a cumate-inducible promoter (P…             MicroRNA-mediated networks underlie immune response regulation in papillary thyroid carcinoma ▶     Chen-Tsung Huang, Yen-Jen Oyang, Hsuan-Cheng Huang et al.     Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a common endocrine malignancy with low death rate but increased incidence and recurrence in recent years. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small …             Single-molecule real-time detection of telomerase extension activity ▶     Helen Hwang, Patricia Opresko, Sua Myong     The ends of eukaryotic chromosomes are capped by telomeres which consist of tandem G-rich DNA repeats stabilized by the shelterin protein complex. Telomeres shorten progressively …             Role of G-protein-coupled Receptor-related Genes in Insecticide Resistance of the Mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus ▶     Ting Li, Lena Liu, Lee Zhang et al.     G-protein-coupled receptors regulate signal transduction pathways and play diverse and pivotal roles in the physiology of insects, however, the precise function of GPCRs in …             High order intra-strand partial symmetry increases with organismal complexity in animal evolution ▶     Shengqin Wang, Jing Tu, Zhongwei Jia et al.     For sufficiently long genomic sequence, the frequency of any short nucleotide fragment on one strand is approximately equal to the frequency of its reverse complement on the same …             Co-detection and sequencing of genes and transcripts from the same single cells facilitated by a microfluidics platform ▶     Lin Han, Xiaoyuan Zi, Lana X. Garmire et al.     Despite the recent advance of single-cell gene expression analyses, co-measurement of both genomic and transcriptional signatures at the single-cell level has not been realized. …             Quantitative High-Throughput Profiling of Environmental Chemicals and Drugs that Modulate Farnesoid X Receptor ▶     Chia-Wen Hsu, Jinghua Zhao, Ruili Huang et al.     The farnesoid X receptor (FXR) regulates the homeostasis of bile acids, lipids, and glucose. Because endogenous chemicals bind and activate FXR, it is important to examine which …             Real-time imaging of pulvinus bending in Mimosa pudica ▶     Kahye Song, Eunseop Yeom, Sang Joon Lee     Mimosa pudica is a plant that rapidly shrinks its body in response to external stimuli. M. pudica does not perform merely simple movements, but exhibits a variety of movements …             Sequence-motif Detection of NAD(P)-binding Proteins: Discovery of a Unique Antibacterial Drug Target ▶     Yun Hao Hua, Chih Yuan Wu, Karen Sargsyan et al.     Many enzymes use nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAD(P)) as essential coenzymes. These enzymes often do not share significant …             Activity of the novel fungicide SYP-Z048 against plant pathogens ▶     Fengping Chen, Ping Han, Pengfei Liu et al.     In in vitro tests with 18 plant pathogens, the fungicide 3-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinyl] pyridine (SYP-Z048) was highly effective on inhibiting mycelial …             Testing an unusual in vivo vessel network model: a method to study angiogenesis in the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri ▶     Fabio Gasparini, Federico Caicci, Francesca Rigon et al.     Tunicates are the closest relatives to vertebrates and include the only chordate species able to reproduce both sexually and asexually. The colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri …             Characterizations of how species mediate ecosystem properties require more comprehensive functional effect descriptors ▶     R. Hale, M. N. Mavrogordato, T. J. Tolhurst et al.     The importance of individual species in mediating ecosystem process and functioning is generally accepted, but categorical descriptors that summarize species-specific …             Global Information and Mobility Support Coordination Among Humans ▶     Alberto Antonioni, Angel Sanchez, Marco Tomassini     Coordination among different options is key for a functioning and efficient society. However, often coordination failures arise, resulting in serious problems both at the …             Hes7 3′UTR is required for somite segmentation function ▶     Takeshi Fujimuro, Takaaki Matsui, Yasuhide Nitanda et al.     A set of genes in the posterior end of developing mouse embryos shows oscillatory expression, thereby regulating periodic somite segmentation. Although the mechanism for …             Symmetric curvature descriptors for label-free analysis of DNA ▶     Renato Buzio, Luca Repetto, Francesca Giacopelli et al.     High-resolution microscopy techniques such as electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy and atomic force microscopy represent well-established, powerful tools for the …             The three-way switch operation of Rac1/RhoA GTPase-based circuit controlling amoeboid-hybrid-mesenchymal transition ▶     Bin Huang, Mingyang Lu, Mohit Kumar Jolly et al.     Metastatic carcinoma cells exhibit at least two different phenotypes of motility and invasion - amoeboid and mesenchymal. This plasticity poses a major clinical challenge for …             Do Fish Perceive Illusory Motion? ▶     Simone Gori, Christian Agrillo, Marco Dadda et al.     Motion illusion refers to a perception of motion that is absent or different in the physical stimulus. These illusions are a powerful non-invasive tool for understanding the …             Reduction of intraarticular adhesion by topical application of colchicine following knee surgery in rabbits ▶     Yu Sun, Yuan Liang, Jinlong Hu et al.     The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of topical application of colchicine in reducing intraarticular adhesion in rabbits. Thirty-six rabbits were randomly and …             Homotypic dimerization of a maltose kinase for molecular scaffolding ▶     Jun Li, Xiaotao Guan, Neil Shaw et al.     Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) uses maltose-1-phosphate to synthesize α-glucans that make up the major component of its outer capsular layer. Maltose kinase (MaK) catalyzes …             Transcriptional regulation of adrenomedullin by oncostatin M in human astroglioma cells: Implications for tumor invasion and migration ▶     Seul Ye Lim, So-Hee Ahn, Hyunju Park et al.     Adrenomedullin (ADM), a secretory peptide with multiple functions in physiological to pathological conditions, is upregulated in several human cancers, including brain, breast, …             Differential regulation of non-protein coding RNAs from Prader-Willi Syndrome locus ▶     Chenna R. Galiveti, Carsten A. Raabe, Zoltán Konthur et al.     Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by the deletion of imprinted genes on the paternally inherited human chromosome 15q11-q13. This locus harbours a …             GADD45γ induces G2/M arrest in human pharynx and nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by cucurbitacin E ▶     Chao-Ming Hung, Chi-Chang Chang, Chen-Wei Lin et al.     Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common form of malignant cancer, for which radiotherapy or chemotherapy are the main treatment methods. Cucurbitacin E (CuE) is a natural …                     Chemical Sciences ▲ top               Simultaneous Enhancements of Conductivity and Stability for Anion Exchange Membranes (AEMs) through Precise Structure Design ▶     Jin Ran, Liang Wu, Bing Wei et al.     Polymeric materials as anion exchange membranes (AEMs) play an essential role in the field of energy and environment. The achievement of high performance AEMs by the precise …             A Thiazole Coumarin (TC) Turn-On Fluorescence Probe for AT-Base Pair Detection and Multipurpose Applications in Different Biological Systems ▶     Nagarjun Narayanaswamy, Manoj Kumar, Sadhan Das et al.     Sequence-specific recognition of DNA by small turn-on fluorescence probes is a promising tool for bioimaging, bioanalytical and biomedical applications. Here, the authors report …             Ultrasmall Li2S Nanoparticles Anchored in Graphene Nanosheets for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Kai Zhang, Lijiang Wang, Zhe Hu et al.     Li2S has a high theoretical capacity of 1166 mAh g−1, but it suffers from limited rate and cycling performance. Herein we reported in-situ synthesis of thermally exfoliated …             Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid due to Dimensional Reduction of a Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattice ▶     Bin Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zheming Wang et al.     As with quantum spin liquids based on two-dimensional triangular and kagome lattices, the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice with either a strong spin-orbital coupling or a …                     Physical Sciences ▲ top               Network-based statistical comparison of citation topology of bibliographic databases ▶     Lovro Šubelj, Dalibor Fiala, Marko Bajec     Modern bibliographic databases provide the basis for scientific research and its evaluation. While their content and structure differ substantially, there exist only informal …             CORRIGENDUM: Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution for Scarani-Acin-Ribordy-Gisin 04 protocol ▶     Akihiro Mizutani, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Rikizo Ikuta et al.                 The combination of high Q factor and chirality in twin cavities and microcavity chain ▶     Qinghai Song, Nan Zhang, Huilin Zhai et al.     Chirality in microcavities has recently shown its bright future in optical sensing and microsized coherent light sources. The key parameters for such applications are the high …             Direct Deposition of Uniform High-κ Dielectrics on Graphene ▶     Peng Zhou, Songbo Yang, Qingqing Sun et al.     High quality High-κ dielectrics on graphene were achieved by atomic layer deposition directly using remote oxygen plasma surface pretreatment. The uniform coverage on graphene is …             Highly anisotropic metasurface: a polarized beam splitter and hologram ▶     Jun Zheng, Zhi-Cheng Ye, Nan-Ling Sun et al.     Two-dimensional metasurface structures have recently been proposed to reduce the challenges of fabrication of traditional plasmonic metamaterials. However, complex designs and …             Average is Boring: How Similarity Kills a Meme's Success ▶     Michele Coscia     Every day we are exposed to different ideas, or memes, competing with each other for our attention. Previous research explained popularity and persistence heterogeneity of memes …             Multifunctional Au-ZnO Plasmonic Nanostructures for Enhanced UV Photodetector and Room Temperature NO Sensing Devices ▶     Narendar Gogurla, Arun Kumar Sinha, Sumita Santra et al.     In this study we report the enhancement of UV photodetection and wavelength tunable light induced NO gas sensing at room temperature using Au-ZnO nanocomposites synthesized by a …             The formation of nano-layered grains and their enhanced superconducting transition temperature in Mg-doped FeSe0.9 bulks ▶     Feng Lan, Zongqing Ma, Yongchang Liu et al.     To search a proper dopant to further improve superconductivity in 11 type Fe-based superconductors makes sense to both their superconductivity mechanism and possible …             Simultaneous Enhancements of Conductivity and Stability for Anion Exchange Membranes (AEMs) through Precise Structure Design ▶     Jin Ran, Liang Wu, Bing Wei et al.     Polymeric materials as anion exchange membranes (AEMs) play an essential role in the field of energy and environment. The achievement of high performance AEMs by the precise …             Co-detection and sequencing of genes and transcripts from the same single cells facilitated by a microfluidics platform ▶     Lin Han, Xiaoyuan Zi, Lana X. Garmire et al.     Despite the recent advance of single-cell gene expression analyses, co-measurement of both genomic and transcriptional signatures at the single-cell level has not been realized. …             A Thiazole Coumarin (TC) Turn-On Fluorescence Probe for AT-Base Pair Detection and Multipurpose Applications in Different Biological Systems ▶     Nagarjun Narayanaswamy, Manoj Kumar, Sadhan Das et al.     Sequence-specific recognition of DNA by small turn-on fluorescence probes is a promising tool for bioimaging, bioanalytical and biomedical applications. Here, the authors report …             Ultrasmall Li2S Nanoparticles Anchored in Graphene Nanosheets for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Kai Zhang, Lijiang Wang, Zhe Hu et al.     Li2S has a high theoretical capacity of 1166 mAh g−1, but it suffers from limited rate and cycling performance. Herein we reported in-situ synthesis of thermally exfoliated …             Vibrational, electronic and structural properties of wurtzite GaAs nanowires under hydrostatic pressure ▶     Wei Zhou, Xiao-Jia Chen, Jian-Bo Zhang et al.     The structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of GaAs nanowires have been studied in the metastable wurtzite phase via Resonant Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray …             Using a Sharp Metal Tip to Control the Polarization and Direction of Emission from a Quantum Dot ▶     Anil Ghimire, Eyal Shafran, Jordan M. Gerton     Optical antennas can be used to manipulate the direction and polarization of radiation from an emitter. Usually, these metallic nanostructures utilize localized plasmon …             Symmetric curvature descriptors for label-free analysis of DNA ▶     Renato Buzio, Luca Repetto, Francesca Giacopelli et al.     High-resolution microscopy techniques such as electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy and atomic force microscopy represent well-established, powerful tools for the …             Hall conductance and topological invariant for open systems ▶     H. Z. Shen, W. Wang, X. X. Yi     The Hall conductivity given by the Kubo formula is a linear response of quantum transverse transport to a weak electric field. It has been intensively studied for quantum systems …             Equilibrium spin current in graphene with Rashba spin-orbit coupling ▶     Huan Zhang, Zhongshui Ma, Jun-Feng Liu     The existence of a background spin current under thermodynamic equilibrium is an interesting phenomenon in the two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling …             A directional wave measurement attack against the Kish key distribution system ▶     Lachlan J. Gunn, Andrew Allison, Derek Abbott     The Kish key distribution system has been proposed as a classical alternative to quantum key distribution. The idealized Kish scheme elegantly promises secure key distribution by …             Reversible Hydrophobic to Hydrophilic Transition in Graphene via Water Splitting Induced by UV Irradiation ▶     Zhemi Xu, Zhimin Ao, Dewei Chu et al.     Although the reversible wettability transition between hydrophobic and hydrophilic graphene under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been observed, the mechanism for this …             Aperiodic TiO2 Nanotube Photonic Crystal: Full-Visible-Spectrum Solar Light Harvesting in Photovoltaic Devices ▶     Min Guo, Keyu Xie, Yu Wang et al.     Bandgap engineering of a photonic crystal is highly desirable for photon management in photonic sensors and devices. Aperiodic photonic crystals (APCs) can provide unprecedented …             Structural limitations of learning in a crowd: communication vulnerability and information diffusion in MOOCs ▶     Nabeel Gillani, Taha Yasseri, Rebecca Eynon et al.     Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) bring together a global crowd of thousands of learners for several weeks or months. In theory, the openness and scale of MOOCs can promote …             Phosphorene nanoribbon as a promising candidate for thermoelectric applications ▶     J. Zhang, H. J. Liu, L. Cheng et al.     In this work, the electronic properties of phosphorene nanoribbons with different width and edge configurations are studied by using density functional theory. It is found that …             Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid due to Dimensional Reduction of a Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattice ▶     Bin Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zheming Wang et al.     As with quantum spin liquids based on two-dimensional triangular and kagome lattices, the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice with either a strong spin-orbital coupling or a …               Earth & Environmental Sciences ▲ top               Simultaneous Enhancements of Conductivity and Stability for Anion Exchange Membranes (AEMs) through Precise Structure Design ▶     Jin Ran, Liang Wu, Bing Wei et al.     Polymeric materials as anion exchange membranes (AEMs) play an essential role in the field of energy and environment. The achievement of high performance AEMs by the precise …             Global Information and Mobility Support Coordination Among Humans ▶     Alberto Antonioni, Angel Sanchez, Marco Tomassini     Coordination among different options is key for a functioning and efficient society. However, often coordination failures arise, resulting in serious problems both at the …             Characterizations of how species mediate ecosystem properties require more comprehensive functional effect descriptors ▶     R. Hale, M. N. Mavrogordato, T. J. Tolhurst et al.     The importance of individual species in mediating ecosystem process and functioning is generally accepted, but categorical descriptors that summarize species-specific …               Health Sciences ▲ top               Anthropometry, glucose homeostasis, and lipid profile in prepubertal children born early, full, or late term ▶     José G. B. Derraik, Tim Savage, Harriet L. Miles et al.     To examine differences in growth and metabolism in prepubertal children born early term, full term, and late term. We retrospectively studied 294 prepubertal children aged 7.3 …             Cell-based therapy for acute and chronic liver failures: Distinct diseases, different choices ▶     Kai Sun, Xuqin Xie, Jing Xie et al.     Cell-based therapies (CBTs) are considered the effective approaches to treat liver failure. However, which cell type is the most suitable source of CBTs for acute liver failure …             Altered ghrelin levels in boys with autism: a novel finding associated with hormonal dysregulation ▶     Felwah S. Al-Zaid, AbdelFattah A. Alhader, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi     Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with unclear pathogenesis. Many clinical observations and hormone studies have suggested the involvement of the neuroprotective hormone …             Acupuncture modulates cortical thickness and functional connectivity in knee osteoarthritis patients ▶     Xiaoyan Chen, Rosa B. Spaeth, Kallirroi Retzepi et al.     In this study, we investigated cortical thickness and functional connectivity across longitudinal acupuncture treatments in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Over a period …             SCN1B gene variants in Brugada Syndrome: a study of 145 SCN5A-negative patients ▶     Maria Teresa Ricci, Silvia Menegon, Simona Vatrano et al.     Brugada syndrome is characterised by a typical ECG with ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads. Individuals with this condition are susceptible to ventricular …             GADD45γ induces G2/M arrest in human pharynx and nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by cucurbitacin E ▶     Chao-Ming Hung, Chi-Chang Chang, Chen-Wei Lin et al.     Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common form of malignant cancer, for which radiotherapy or chemotherapy are the main treatment methods. Cucurbitacin E (CuE) is a natural …             Differential regulation of non-protein coding RNAs from Prader-Willi Syndrome locus ▶     Chenna R. Galiveti, Carsten A. Raabe, Zoltán Konthur et al.     Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by the deletion of imprinted genes on the paternally inherited human chromosome 15q11-q13. 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