A Short Report allows authors to publish the results of a small number of experiments, provided the conclusion is clear and justified, and the findings are novel and judged to be of high importance.
Mammalian cells were engineered to synthesize valine, a metabolic capacity that had been lost from the lineage of higher eukaryotes for >500 million years.
A new combined approach using X-ray fluoroscopy and machine learning provides detailed new insights into bladder function in awake, unrestrained mice and unveils important limitations of current approaches to study bladder function.
Erica J Hutchins, Shashank Gandhi ... Marianne E Bronner
The RNA-binding protein Elavl1 directly binds to and stabilizes a single gene product—Draxin mRNA—to prevent premature delamination and maintain specification in cranial neural crest.
In the zebrafish spinal cord, mixed synapses contribute to neuronal connectivity and resting excitability, which helps explain violations of the well-known 'size principle' of recruitment.
