Research Articles

Research Articles published by eLife are full-length studies that present important breakthroughs across the life sciences and biomedicine. There is no maximum length and no limits on the number of display items.

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    1. Neuroscience

    Uncovering the electrical synapse proteome in retinal neurons via in vivo proximity labeling

    Stephan Tetenborg, Eyad Shihabeddin ... John O'Brien
    A proximity labeling screen uncovers the proteome of electrical synapses in retinal neurons.
    1. Cell Biology

    The multifaceted role of EXOC6A in ciliogenesis

    Te-Lin Lin, Chien-Ting Wu, Tang K Tang
    EXOC6A cooperates with myosin-Va to regulate vesicle trafficking and membrane remodeling during ciliogenesis, enabling ciliary vesicle maturation, transition zone assembly, and proper delivery of ciliary membrane proteins.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Twelve phosphomimetic mutations induce the assembly of recombinant full-length human tau into paired helical filaments

    Sofia Lövestam, Jane L Wagstaff ... Sjors HW Scheres
    Phosphomimetic mutations allow the assembly of full-length recombinant tau into Alzheimer's paired helical filaments by disrupting intramolecular contacts between its ordered core and fuzzy coat.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Single-domain antibody inhibitors target the coiled coil arms of the Bacillus subtilis SMC complex

    Ophélie J Gosselin, Michael Taschner ... Stephan Gruber
    A screen using in vitro-selected synthetic nanobodies identified inhibitors of SMC protein function in bacterial cells, revealing a coiled coil region as a vital component of the chromosome-folding machinery.
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Developmental Biology

    Lineage priming and cell type proportioning depends on the interplay between stochastic and deterministic factors

    William Salvidge, Chris Brimson ... Chris Thompson
    Experiments and mathematical modelling show cell fate in Dictyostelium discoideum partly depends on cell-cycle phase, but also on stochastic gene-expression variability which enhances robustness of developmental responses to cell-cycle perturbation.
    1. Cell Biology

    Cell surface localisation of GPI-anchored receptors in Trypanosoma brucei

    Sourav Banerjee, Nicola Minshall ... Mark Carrington
    The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored receptors in Trypanosoma brucei are not confined to the flagellar pocket but instead localise across the whole cell surface, reshaping our understanding of host immune evasion and nutrient uptake.
    1. Neuroscience

    Two neuropeptides that promote blood feeding in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

    Prashali Bansal, Roshni Pillai ... Sonia Q Sen
    Neuropeptides sNPF and RYamide promote blood feeding in Anopheles stephensi, a major malarial vector in the Indian subcontinent and West Africa.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Rapid riparian ecosystem recovery in low-latitudinal North China following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Wenwei Guo, Li Tian ... Jinnan Tong
    In low-latitude North China, riparian ecosystems began to recover 2–3 million years after the end-Permian mass extinction.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Identification and classification of ion channels across the tree of life provide functional insights into understudied CALHM channels

    Rahil Taujale, Sung Jin Park ... Natarajan Kannan
    An evolution-guided framework is proposed to accelerate the discovery and therapeutic targeting of understudied dark channels by integrating sequence, structure, and functional data from diverse organisms.
    1. Neuroscience

    Circadian control of a sex-specific behavior in Drosophila

    Sabrina Riva, Maria Fernanda Ceriani ... Diana Lorena Franco
    A semi-automated system for monitoring egg-laying reveals that lateral dorsal neurons are key regulators of circadian oviposition, showing that the neural circuits controlling oviposition and circadian locomotor behavior are different.