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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tracking maternal proteins uncovers a central role for the residual body in organelle recycling during Toxoplasma gondii replication

    Julia von Knoerzer-Suckow, Parnian Sazegar ... Markus Meissner
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Zasp52’s differentially expressed intrinsically disordered region confers thin filament stability at the Z-disc

    Nikolai Ho, Frieder Schöck
    The Z-disc of muscle sarcomeres is a solid aggregate stabilized by the intrinsically disordered region of the Alp/Enigma family protein Zasp52.
    1. Cell Biology

    Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism promotes tau seeding through endolysosomal membrane rigidification and rupture

    Jessica Tittelmeier, Carl Alexander Sandhof ... Carmen Nussbaum-Krammer
    Restoring endolysosomal membrane fluidity limits tau seed escape, seeded aggregation, and neuronal toxicity in cell and animal models.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    A genetic toolkit for stable transgenesis in the anaerobic gut parasite Blastocystis ST7-B

    M Rey Toleco, Kevin SW Tan, Mark van der Giezen
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    ATP8B1–TMEM30B Flippase Activity Maintains Stereocilia Lipid Asymmetry Required for Hearing

    Henry N De Hoyos, Sihan Li ... Jung-Bum Shin
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Terminal Schwann Cells Regulate Presynaptic Vesicle Homeostasis but Not Neuromuscular Junction Integrity in Mice

    Hyun Kim, Seon-Yong Kim ... Young-Yun Kong
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    High basal autophagic activity in the brain revealed by systemic quantitative analysis using GFP-LC3-RFP mice

    Yuki Kanda, Tomoya Eguchi ... Noboru Mizushima
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Polo-like kinase phosphorylation of the orphan kinesin KIN-G negatively regulates centrin arm biogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei

    Yasuhiro Kurasawa, Qing Zhou ... Ziyin Li
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Mitochondrial-derived compartments buffer outer membrane protein load during acute mitochondrial adaptation

    Bo J Price, Sai Sangeetha Balasubramaniam, Adam L Hughes
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Ferroptosis is executed through caspase-5 cleavage of gasdermin E in ovarian cancer cells

    Mahmuda Akter, Lei Sun ... Shuang Huang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
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    1. Cell Biology
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    How to give cells an identity crisis

    Paige Dillon, Julie Hollien
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology
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    Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros

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