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Cell Biology

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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Chromosomes: Exploring a crossroads in the aging process

    Kiyan Shabestary, Daniel E Gottschling
    Experiments on yeast show that the nuclear pore complex has a central role in the loss of chromosomes associated with aging.
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    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
    Aging results in remodeling of the nuclear pore complex and leakage of intron-containing pre-mRNA out of the nucleus, altering gene function and mitotic stability of old cells.
    1. Cell Biology

    Deep3DSIM: Super-resolution imaging of thick tissue using 3D structured illumination with adaptive optics

    Jingyu Wang, Danail Stoychev ... Ilan Davis
    Deep3DSIM enables super-resolution imaging >130 µm into complex tissues of fixed and live specimens in an upright configuration, allowing sample manipulation, as well as rapid refocusing without the need to move the specimen or objective lens.
    1. Cell Biology

    The Rab7-Epg5 and Rab39-ema modules cooperatively position autophagosomes for efficient lysosomal fusions

    Attila Boda, Villő Balázs ... Péter Lőrincz
    An RNAi based genetic screen and subsequent analyses reveal how dyneins and small GTPases coordinate autophagosome positioning at the ncMTOC in fat cells, advancing understanding of autophagic vesicle transport.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Cell membrane glycan contents are biochemical factors that constitute a kinetic barrier to viral particle uptake in a protein-nonspecific manner

    Yoshihisa Kaizuka, Rika Machida
    Intermolecular steric repulsion generated by glycans on the cell membrane inhibits viral infection by preventing the formation of a virus-cell interface, regardless of the identity of molecules for glycan modification.
    1. Cell Biology

    Dominant spinal muscular atrophy linked mutations in the cargo binding domain of BICD2 result in altered interactomes and dynein hyperactivity

    Hannah Neiswender, Jessica E Pride ... Graydon B Gonsalvez
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    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Suppression of interferon signaling via small molecule modulation of TFAM

    Dionisia P Sideris, Hsuan Lee ... Lin Lyu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    Cohesin reconstitution and homologous recombination repair of DNA double strand breaks in late mitosis

    Jessel Ayra-Plasencia, Sara Medina-Suárez ... Félix Machín
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    BICC1 Interacts with PKD1 and PKD2 to Drive Cystogenesis in ADPKD

    Uyen Tran, Andrew J Streets ... Oliver Wessely
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Extrusion-modulated DnaA activity oscillations coordinate DNA replication with biomass growth

    Dengjin Li, Hai Zheng ... Chenli Liu
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing

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