funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC-ISF 32061143020 to M.Q.D.,31925026 to F.S.,and 31501160 to X.X.L.);the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(institutional grants to NIBS,Beijing,a fund of the National High-Level Talents Special Support Program to M.Q.D.);Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission(institutional grants to NIBS,Beijing and a fund for cultivation and development of innovation base to M.Q.D.).
Vitellogenins(VITs)are the most abundant proteins in adult hermaphrodite Caenorhabditis elegans.VITs are synthesized in the intes-tine,secreted to the pseudocoelom,matured into yolk proteins,and finally deposited in o...
supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation),under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC 2067/1-390729940(to T.M.,N.B.and J.P.),via the Collaborative Research Center 889(to N.S.,C.W.,J.P.,N.B.and T.M.),via DFG VO 2138/7‐1(to B.V.),and via the Leibniz Program(to T.M.);supported by Fondation Pour l’Audition(FPA RD-2020-10)to T.M.;Fundação de AmparoàPesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(CEPID 2013/08028-1)to R.C.M.N..
Dear Editor,Afferent synapses of cochlear inner hair cells(IHCs)employ a unique molecular machinery(see extended background in Supplementary Materials).Otoferlin is a key player in this machinery and its defects cause...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31900688 and 32170686 to Y.L.);Sichuan University West China Hospital(ZYYC21007 and Z2021JC007 to Y.L.);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3205600 to J.G.).
Fusion pore opening is a transient intermediate state of synaptic vesicle exocytosis,which is highly dynamic and precisely regulated by the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor(SNARE)c...
supported by the Basic Study and Interdisciplinary R&D Foundation of the University of Seoul(2019)grants,Nos.201910021035;202006251003(both to KYR and JC)。
Many types of plastic products,including polystyrene,have long been used in commercial and industrial applications.Microplastics and nanoplastics,plastic particles derived from these plastic products,are emerging as e...
Hong Kong Research Grants Council,Grant/Award Numbers:11102321,C6014-20 W;Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Commission,Grant/Award Number:JCYJ20210324134000001。
Engineered nanomaterials(NMs)are increasingly fabricated in various fields involv-ing consumer goods,waste management,and biomedical applications such as drug delivery,diagnosis,and treatment of pathological condition...
supported by the project HeatNMof(European Union’s Horizon 2020 program).N.F.was funded by Fraunhofer Attract(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).Z.L.was supported by China Scholarship Council(CSC).
The uptake and the fate of Zr-based metal−organic-framework nanoparticles labeled with organic fluorophores in HeLa cells has been monitored with fluorescence detection and elemental analysis.The nanoparticles have be...
This work was supported by the Grants PICT 2764-2016,PICT 02849-2018 and PICT 02041-2019 from the Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación,el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación(Argentina);ICN09_022 from ICM-ANID(Chile).
The cortical actin network is a mesh of filaments distributed beneath the plasmalemma that dynamically reacts in response to stimuli.This dynamic network of cortical filaments,together with motor myosin partners,adjus...
supported by grants from ANPCyT PICT2019-0015,by ANID-Programa lniciativa Cientffica Milenio NCN2021_010;Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientffico y Tecnol6gico(1200010)to J.M.E.
Root hairs(RHs)grow in a polar manner as cylindrical protrusions from the root epidermis.They significantly expand the root volume in the rhizosphere to search for water and nutrients,anchor the plant,and promote inte...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.32061143018 and 91854119 to Y.F.);a China Postdoctoral Science Foundationgrant(2016M591291 to S.W.).Noconflict of interest declared.
Tip growth is an extreme form of polarized cell expansion that occurs in all eukaryotic kingdoms to generate highly elongated tubular cells with specialized functions, including fungal hyphae, animal neurons, plant po...
During plant growth and development newly synthesized proteins and other cargo molecules must be selectively targeted to a variety of cellular compartments.Perhaps the most important targeting involves the trafficking...