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Latest articles

    1. Cell Biology

    Altair-LSFM: A High-Resolution, Easy-to-Build Light-Sheet Microscope for Sub-Cellular Imaging

    John Haug, Seweryn Gałecki ... Kevin M Dean
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Enteropathogenic E. coli-mediated Fast and Coordinated Ca²⁺ responses regulate NF-κB activation

    Fangrui Guo, Roberto Ornelas Guevara ... Guy Tran Van Nhieu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    A single-cell atlas of the testicular interstitium defines Leydig progenitor networks sustaining Leydig cell homeostasis across the lifespan

    Xiaojia Huang, Kai Xiao Xia ... Wei Zhao
    1. Cell Biology

    Sex-biased expression of enteroendocrine cell-derived hormones contributes to higher fat storage in Drosophila females

    Puja Biswas, Elizabeth J Rideout
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Testosterone-induced metabolic changes in seminal vesicle epithelium modify seminal plasma components with potential to improve sperm motility

    Takahiro Yamanaka, Zimo Xiao ... Masayuki Shimada
    Testosterone promotes the conversion of glucose to fatty acids by increasing the expression of ACLY in seminal vesicle epithelial cells, thereby regulating the seminal plasma components.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    GMCL1 Controls 53BP1 Stability and Modulates Taxane Sensitivity

    Yuki Kito, Tania J González-Robles ... Michele Pagano
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Inadequate
    1. Cell Biology

    CROP2, a Retriever-PROPPIN Complex Mediating Protein Export from Endosomes to the Plasma Membrane

    Maria Giovanna De Leo, Andreas Mayer
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    A systematic bi-genomic split-GFP assay illuminates the mitochondrial matrix proteome and protein targeting routes

    Yury S Bykov, Solene Zuttion ... Maya Schuldiner
    Combined with high-throughput yeast genetics, a split green fluorescent protein encoded directly in the mitochondrial DNA helps to identify targeting signals and functions of dually localized proteins.
    1. Cell Biology

    The fate of pyruvate dictates cell growth by modulating cellular redox potential

    Ashish G Toshniwal, Geanette Lam ... Jared Rutter
    Pyruvate dictates redox balance and cell size, establishing metabolism as a dominant regulator of cellular fitness, unveiling new strategies to modulate cancer, regeneration, and diabetes.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Functionally-Coupled Ion Channels Begin Co-assembling at the Start of Their Synthesis

    Roya Pournejati, Jessica M Huang ... Oscar Vivas
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
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Highlights

    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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