Research Articles

Research Articles published by eLife are full-length studies that present important breakthroughs across the life sciences and biomedicine. There is no maximum length and no limits on the number of display items.

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Deciphering interferon functions in avian influenza using receptor knockout models in the natural host

    Mohanned Naif Alhussien, Hanna Kaisa Vikkula ... Benjamin Schusser
    Interferon receptor knockout chickens uncover how type I and III interferons differentially shape avian antiviral immunity and influenza disease outcomes.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural insights into the recruitment of viral type 2 IRES to ribosomal preinitiation complex for protein synthesis

    Deepakash Das, Tanweer Hussain
    The viral type 2 internal ribosome entry site uses a unique mechanism to hijack the host ribosomal machinery by interacting with initiator tRNA and 40S head.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Controlling the synchronization and symmetry breaking of coupled bacterial pili on active biofilm carpets

    Baha Altın, Enes Talha Günay ... Askin Kocabas
    Active biofilm carpets generate Mexican-wave-like synchronized dynamics and topological defects through nonreciprocal pili interactions.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Systematic characterisation of site-specific proline hydroxylation using hydrophilic interaction chromatography and mass spectrometry

    Hao Jiang, Jimena Druker ... Angus I Lamond
    A robust workflow for the identification of proline hydroxylation sites in proteins was established, using hydrophilic interaction chromatography enrichment and LC-MS/MS together with refining and filtering parameters during data analysis.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis partitions the Krebs cycle under iron starvation

    Agnese Serafini, Acely Garza-Garcia ... Riccardo Manganelli
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis rewires central carbon metabolism to circumvent iron-dependent metabolic routes during iron starvation.
    1. Cell Biology

    PHD1-dependent hydroxylation of RepoMan (CDCA2) on P604 modulates the control of mitotic progression

    Jimena Druker, Hao Jiang ... Angus I Lamond
    Proline hydroxylation of RepoMan (CDCA2) at P604 by PHD1 is shown to be important for mitotic progression and regulating interaction with PP2A regulatory subunit B56 gamma.
    1. Neuroscience

    Intrinsic properties link a network model to zebra finch song

    Nelson D Medina, Dan Margoliash
    Whole-cell recordings paired with a network model show that post-inhibitory rebound excitation in premotor neurons couples intrinsic excitability to the temporal structure of learned birdsong.
    1. Neuroscience

    Verbal Episodic Processing in Newborns

    Emma Visibelli, Ana Fló ... Silvia Benavides-Varela
    Speaker identity is a distinguishing feature at birth and highlights the episodic nature of humans’ first-stored verbal memories.
    1. Neuroscience

    Arousal modulates functional connectivity through structured and hemispherically asymmetric community architecture during wakefulness

    Xiangyu Kong, Siyu Li, Gaolang Gong
    Rather than exerting a uniform influence, arousal modulates the connectome through a structured, low-dimensional community architecture characterized by discrete topological patterns and intrinsic hemispheric asymmetries.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Intraflagellar transport protein IFT172 contains a C-terminal ubiquitin-binding U-box-like domain involved in ciliary signaling

    Nevin K Zacharia, Stefanie Kuhns ... Esben Lorentzen
    The IFT172 C-terminus bridges IFT-A and IFT-B complexes through mutually exclusive interactions with IFT140 and IFT144, and harbors a U-box-like domain linking intraflagellar transport to ubiquitin-dependent ciliary signaling.