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    1. Cell Biology

    Distinct functions of cardiac β-adrenergic receptors in the T-tubule vs. outer surface membrane

    George WP Madders, Marion Barthe ... Rodolphe Fischmeister
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    BetaII-Spectrin Gaps and Patches Emerge from the Patterned Assembly of the Actin/Spectrin Membrane Skeleton in Human Motor Neuron Axons

    Nahir Guadalupe Gazal, Maria Jose Castellanos-Montiel ... Nicolás Unsain
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Impact of maximal overexpression of a non-toxic protein on yeast cell physiology

    Yuri Fujita, Shotaro Namba ... Hisao Moriya
    A neutrality index identifies mox-YG as a minimally cytotoxic protein, enabling ultra-high expression and uncovering key physiological consequences of protein burden.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

    Mihailo Mirkovic, Jordan McCarthy ... Yves Barral
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Protein phase change batteries drive innate immune signaling and cell fate

    Alejandro Rodriguez Gama, Tayla Miller ... Randal Halfmann
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Orderly mitosis shapes interphase genome architecture

    Krishnendu Guin, Adib Keikhosravi ... Tom Misteli
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Horizontally transferred cell-free chromatin particles function as autonomous ‘satellite genomes’ and vehicles for transposable elements within host cells

    Soumita Banerjee, Soniya Sanjay Shende ... Indraneel Mittra
    Uptake of cell-free chromatin particles released from dying cells and carrying non-coding DNA could redefine mammalian genomics.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    The oocyte zinc transporter Slc39a10/Zip10 is a regulator of zinc sparks during fertilization in mice

    Atsuko Kageyama, Narumi Ogonuki ... Junya Ito
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Axonal distribution of mitochondria maintains neuronal autophagy during aging via eIF2β

    Kanako Shinno, Yuri Miura ... Kanae Ando
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Gene regulatory mechanisms guiding bifurcation of inhibitory and excitatory neuron lineages in the mouse anterior brainstem

    Sami Kilpinen, Lassi Virtanen ... Juha Partanen
    Changes of the chromatin structure suggests how the fate selector transcription factors are activated and how they guide differentiation of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the anterior brainstem.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: Knowledge and illusions

    Antony M Jose

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    Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  2. Jonathan A Cooper
    Jonathan A Cooper
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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