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. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Nuclear CK1δ as a critical determinant of PER:CRY complex dynamics and circadian period

    Fidel Emmanuel Serrano, Daniela Marzoll ... Michael Brunner
    Repressive PER2:CRY1:CK1δ complexes assembling in the cytosol enter the nucleus, where PER2 hyperphosphorylation eventually disrupts the complex, causing PER2 to relocalize to the cytoplasm, allowing nuclear accumulation of CRY1.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    The DBD-α4 helix of EWSR1::FLI1 is required for GGAA microsatellite binding that underlies genome regulation in Ewing sarcoma

    Ariunaa Bayanjargal, Cenny Taslim ... Emily Rose Theisen
    A discrete helix in the fusion oncoprotein DNA binding domain shifts binding preferences toward long and dense GGAA repeats, which promotes transcriptional hub formation and drives EWSR1::FLI1-mediated gene regulation.
    1. Neuroscience

    Exposure to false cardiac feedback alters pain perception and anticipatory cardiac frequency

    Eleonora Parrotta, Patric Bach ... Francesca Ferri
    Interoceptive predictions can bias both the subjective experience of pain and physiological preparation.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Starvation of the bacterium Vibrio atlanticus induces simultaneous attacks on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum

    Jean-Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret ... Raphael Lami
    Vibrio bacteria act as predators of ecologically significant algae that contribute to harmful blooms.
    1. Neuroscience

    Disrupted hippocampal theta-gamma coupling and spike-field coherence following experimental traumatic brain injury

    Christopher D Adam, Ehsan Mirzakhalili ... John A Wolf
    Experimental TBI results in distinct patterns of network-level pathophysiology in the hippocampus that may contribute to TBI-associated cognitive deficits.
    1. Neuroscience

    Tactile localization of the breast, areola, and nipple

    Katie H Long, Emily E Fitzgerald ... Charles M Greenspon
    The breast, despite its importance in sexual and affective touch, exhibits poor tactile localization and demonstrates a relationship between size and innervation density.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Contractile perinuclear actomyosin network promotes peripheral and polar chromosome interaction with the mitotic spindle

    Nooshin Sheidaei, John K Eykelenboom ... Tomoyuki U Tanaka
    An actomyosin network (PANEM) forms around the nucleus in prophase, and its contraction repositions peripheral and polar chromosomes to facilitate their interaction with the mitotic spindle, ensuring their correct segregation.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Deep mutational scanning reveals pharmacologically relevant insights into TYK2 signaling and disease

    Conor J Howard, Nathan S Abell ... Diane E Dickel
    A comprehensive mutational scan of TYK2 identifies novel allosteric sites, elucidates functional drug-protein interactions, and links autoimmune disease protection to reduced TYK2 protein abundance.
    1. Neuroscience

    Altered cognitive processes shape tactile perception in autism

    Ourania Semelidou, Mathilde Tortochot-Megne Fotso ... Andreas A Frick
    Altered tactile decision-making in autism reflects context-dependent weighting of sensory inputs and diminished integration of sensory history, enhancing low-salience discrimination while reducing category-based perceptual facilitation.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Purified zymogens reveal mechanisms of snake venom metalloproteinase auto-activation

    Sophie Hall, Iara Aime Cardoso ... Christiane Schaffitzel
    A generic strategy for producing functional snake venom metalloproteinases opens the field to reproducible mechanistic studies and inhibitor discovery.