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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Medicine

    Uncovering Shared and Tissue-Specific Molecular Adaptations to Intermittent Fasting in Liver, Brain, and Muscle

    Yibo Fan, Senuri De Silva ... Thiruma V Arumugam
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Specific GPCRs elicit unique extracellular vesicle miRNA array signatures

    Xiao Shi, Michelle C Palumbo ... Aaron J Janowsky
    Unique extracellular vesicle microRNA signatures resulting from G protein-coupled receptor activation indicate distinct downstream signaling and functional networks by receptor, with implications for developing new drugs and understanding their long-term and off-target effects.
    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
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Kinesin-1 conformational dynamics are controlled by a cargo-sensitive TPR switch

    Shivam Shukla, Jessica A Cross ... Mark P Dodding
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Dynamic RNA Polymerase compartments organize the transcription of gene clusters

    Yi-Hui Wang, Hannah L Hertz, Wen Tang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Effects of knockdown of autophagy pathway genes on C. elegans longevity are highly condition dependent

    Kuei Ching Hsiung, Hannah Chapman ... David Gems
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Synergistic effects of deleting the tyrosine phosphatases Shp1 and Shp2 on megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis in mice

    Elsa Barré, Marc-Damien Lourenco-Rodrigues ... Alexandra Mazharian
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    A Novel 3D Visualization Method in Mice Identifies the Periportal Lamellar Complex (PLC) as a Key Regulator of Hepatic Ductal and Neuronal Branching Morphogenesis

    Tongtong Xu, Fujun Cao ... Chengjian Zhao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    ATG2A engages RAB1A and ARFGAP1 positive membranes during autophagosome biogenesis

    Devin M Fuller, Yumei Wu ... Thomas J Melia
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    HER2-driven mammary tumorigenesis enhances bioenergetics despite reductions in mitochondrial content

    Sara M Frangos, Henver S Brunetta ... Graham P Holloway
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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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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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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