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    1. Cell Biology

    Cytoplasmic circular dsDNA is a key constituent of stress granules

    Natalia A Demeshkina, Adrian R Ferré-D'Amaré
    Extrachromosomal circular DNA has been identified as a novel component of stress granule cores, indicating its essential involvement in eukaryotic stress response pathways at the level of protein synthesis.
    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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    1. Cell Biology

    The cell cycle variant in multiciliated cells incorporates 2 centriole biogenesis cycles

    Amélie-Rose Boudjema, Rémi Balagué ... Alice Meunier
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    • Important
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Cell cycle dependent variation in endocytosis drives phenotypic diversity in M. tuberculosis

    Neeraja Subhash, Sandhya Krishnan Radhakrishnan ... Varadharajan Sundaramurthy
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Stable excitatory-inhibitory synapse balance despite dynamic turnover

    Krassimira A Garbett, James P Allen ... Richard C Sando
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    1. Cell Biology

    Proteomic composition and mutual assembly of the C2a projection in vertebrate motile cilia

    Qian Lyu, Qingchao Li ... Huijie Zhao
    Deficiency in any of the interdependent C2a proteins (CCDC108, MYCBPAP, and CFAP70) collapses this central pair microtubule-associated projection, disrupting vertebrate ciliary movement, and causing primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotypes in mice.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Canonical and phosphoribosyl ubiquitination coordinate to stabilize a proteinaceous structure surrounding the Legionella-containing vacuole

    Adriana Steinbach, Chetan Mokkapati ... Shaeri Mukherjee
    Two families of ubiquitin ligases secreted by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila utilize distinct chemistries to form a stable, ubiquitin-rich structure around the vacuole, which is subsequently disassembled as infection progresses.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Sarcomere dynamic instability and stochastic heterogeneity drive robust cardiomyocyte contraction

    Daniel Haertter, Lara Hauke ... Christoph F Schmidt
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    • Important
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase 5 maintains mammalian ependymal multicilia to ensure proper homeostasis and functions of the brain

    Rubina Dad, Yujuan Wang ... Hui-Yuan Wu
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Mechanistic insights into transcriptional regulation of ARHGAP36 expression identify a factor predictive of neuroblastoma survival

    Serhiy Havrylov, Armin M Gamper, Ordan J Lehmann
    Genetic experiments integrated with ChIP-sequencing and CRISPR interference reveal that overexpression of Foxc1 transcriptionally activates the expression of Arhgap36 and dysregulates multiple facets of Hedgehog pathway activity.

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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros

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