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    Task-Dependent Motor Unit Recruitment and Rate Coding Reveal Redistribution of Neural Drive in the Human Hand

    Marius Osswald, Jaime Ibáñez ... Alessandro Del Vecchio
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    Brawn before bite in endemic Asian eutherian mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction

    Z Jack Tseng, Qian Li, Suyin Ting
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    Peristaltic contractions drive gut anisotropic growth through collective cell rearrangements

    Koji Kawamura, Yoshiko Takahashi, Masafumi Inaba
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    Separable downmodulation of meiotic axis protein deposition and DNA break induction at chromosome ends

    Adhithi R Raghavan, Kieron May ... Andreas Hochwagen
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    Starvation of the bacterium Vibrio atlanticus induces simultaneous attacks on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum

    Jean Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret ... Raphaël Lami
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    Experimental verification of the error minimization theory using non-standard genetic codes constructed in vitro

    Ryota Miyachi, Norikazu Ichihashi
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    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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    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.
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    Two neuropeptides that promote blood feeding in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

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    Neuropeptides sNPF and RYamide promote blood feeding in Anopheles stephensi, a major malarial vector in the Indian subcontinent and West Africa.
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