Latest research

1. 1. Neuroscience

   Bidirectional encoding of motion contrast in the mouse superior colliculus

   Jad Barchini et al.

   Two photon calcium imaging experiments show that excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the mouse superior colliculus are differentially modulated by the motion contrast between stimulus center and surround.
2. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Lateral interactions between protofilaments of the bacterial tubulin homolog FtsZ are essential for cell division

   Fenghui Guan et al.

   Structural and functional approaches unambiguously revealed physiologically relevant lateral interactions between FtsZ protofilaments.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Different contributions of preparatory activity in the basal ganglia and cerebellum for self-timing

   Jun Kunimatsu et al.

   Neuronal activity in the striatum keeps track of elapsed time during the time production task while that in the cerebellum correlates with stochastic variation of self-timing in the range of several hundreds of milliseconds.
4. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Neuroscience

   Thioredoxin shapes the C. elegans sensory response to Pseudomonas produced nitric oxide

   Yingsong Hao et al.
5. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   KCNE1 tunes the sensitivity of K_V7.1 to polyunsaturated fatty acids by moving turret residues close to the binding site

   Johan E Larsson et al.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   A protein secreted by the Salmonella type III secretion system controls needle filament assembly

   Junya Kato et al.
7. 1. Cancer Biology

   Arid1a restrains Kras-dependent changes in acinar cell identity

   Geulah Livshits et al.

   Arid1a loss in the pancreas enables an irreversible reprogramming of cell fate that is dependent on both cellular and genetic context.
8. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Radially-patterned cell behaviours during tube budding from an epithelium

   Yara E Sanchez-Corrales et al.
9. 1. Ecology
   2. Plant Biology

   Cytokinin transfer by a free-living mirid to Nicotiana attenuata recapitulates a strategy of endophytic insects

   Christoph Brütting et al.
10. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity in the rock pigeon

    Anna I Vickrey et al.

    Different kinds of molecular changes at one genetic locus control different feather pigmentation patterns, and the darkest patterns resulted from hybridization with another species.