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. Developmental Biology

    Distinct functions of three Wnt proteins control mirror-symmetric organogenesis in the C. elegans gonad

    Shuhei So, Masayo Asakawa, Hitoshi Sawa
    The mirror-symmetric structure of the Caenorhabditis elegans gonad is established through the Wnt-independent function of a Frizzled protein and three Wnt proteins with distinct roles.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    The Smc5/6 complex counteracts R-loop formation at highly transcribed genes in cooperation with RNase H2

    Shamayita Roy, Hemanta Adhikary ... Damien D'Amours
    Genetic analyses in budding yeast coupled with biochemical assays have revealed an unexpected role for the Smc5/6 complex in cellular pathways responsible for the prevention of RNA formation in genomic DNA.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    PfMORC protein regulates chromatin accessibility and transcriptional repression in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

    Zeinab M Chahine, Mohit Gupta ... Karine G Le Roch
    The PfMORC protein is proven to play a crucial role in chromatin structure, gene regulation and heterochromatin stability, categorizing PfMORC as a strong potential candidate for novel therapeutic interventions.
    1. Neuroscience

    A novel monomeric amyloid β-activated signaling pathway regulates brain development via inhibition of microglia

    Hyo Jun Kwon, Devi Santhosh, Zhen Huang
    Molecular genetics identifies a novel microglial pathway essential for mouse brain development and a previously unknown anti-inflammatory activity of monomeric amyloid β that activates this pathway.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Endogenous hydrogen peroxide positively regulates secretion of a gut-derived peptide in neuroendocrine potentiation of the oxidative stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Qi Jia, Drew Young ... Derek Sieburth
    Stress-regulated secretion of an intestinal peptide positively regulates the antioxidant response by promoting neuropeptide release from the nervous system, defining a gut-to-brain-to-gut endocrine axis in the oxidative stress response.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Distinct T-cell receptor (TCR) gene segment usage and MHC-restriction between foetal and adult thymus

    Jasmine Rowell, Ching-In Lau ... Tessa Crompton
    The foetal thymic T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is distinct from adult, and it is less governed by MHC-restriction, more closely encoded by genomic sequence with distinct gene-segment usage including 3’TRAV to 5’TRAJ.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Minimal twister sister-like self-cleaving ribozymes in the human genome revealed by deep mutational scanning

    Zhe Zhang, Xu Hong ... Jian Zhan
    The minimal twister sister (TS)-like self-cleaving ribozymes, revealed by deep mutational scanning, represent some of the very few human/primate ribozymes.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    β-1,6-Glucan plays a central role in the structure and remodeling of the bilaminate fungal cell wall

    Clara Bekirian, Isabel Valsecchi ... Thierry Fontaine
    β-1,6-Glucan is crucial for Candida albicans cell wall structure and integrity, adapting dynamically to environmental stresses and compensating for mannan deficiencies in cell wall organization.
    1. Neuroscience

    Multisensory integration enhances audiovisual responses in the Mauthner cell

    Santiago Otero-Coronel, Thomas Preuss, Violeta Medan
    Multisensory enhancement of Mauthner cell activity reveals how stimulus modality, intensity, and temporal dynamics shape integration at the single-cell level in a neuron essential for fast escape responses.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A conserved cell-pole determinant organizes proper polar flagellum formation

    Erick E Arroyo-Pérez, John C Hook ... Simon Ringgaard
    FipA is a novel component required for bacteria that rely on FlhF/FlhG to properly localize their flagella to the cell pole.