Coordinated inheritance of extrachromosomal DNAs in cancer cells
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07861-8Cooperative species of extrachromosomal DNAs are coordinately inherited through mitotic co-segregation.
Origins and impact of extrachromosomal DNA
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08107-3A study examines the diversity of extrachromosomal DNA elements in cancer, and provides details on the frequency and origin of extrachromosomal DNA and its role …
Colibactin-driven colon cancer requires adhesin-mediated epithelial binding
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08135-zThe oncogenic potential of pks+ Escherichia coli depends critically on bacterial adhesion to host epithelial cells mediated by the type 1 pilus adhesin FimH and …
Layered hybrid superlattices as designable quantum solids
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07858-3Methods to manufacture layered hybrid superlattices composed of alternating crystalline atomic layers and self-assembled atomic or molecular interlayers are desc…
Identification and genetic dissection of convergent persister cell states
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08124-2Single-cell transcriptome analyses of growth phases in Escherichia coli identify a distinct transcriptional state occupied by antibiotic-tolerant persisters in w…
Sticky situation: how adhesive bacteria drive colon cancer
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03285-6Some bacteria can cause mutations associated with colon cancer. Insights about the surface adhesion proteins that enable these bacteria to bind to host cells poi…
Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial ‘energy factories’ come in two different types
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03646-1Mitochondria divide to share the load when nutrients are scarce — plus, how smashing atomic nuclei together helps identify their shapes.
Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08155-9Inspired by the art of kirigami, a haptic device based on a miniaturized electromechanical structure combined with skin as an elastic, energy-storing element dem…
Nucleosome flipping drives kinetic proofreading and processivity by SWR1
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08152-yNucleosome flipping mediates a proofreading and processive mechanism of histone exchange driven by the chromatin remodeller SWR1.
Ab initio characterization of protein molecular dynamics with AI<sup>2</sup>BMD
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08127-zA study introduces AI2BMD, an artificial intelligence-based dynamics simulation program that uses protein fragmentation with a machine learning force field to ac…