eLife Science Digests

Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.

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  1. Cell migration under investigation

    Extracellular vesicles promote the formation of filopodia, which are necessary for cell migration, indicating a role in health and disease.

  2. Active recruitment

    Mutations that make short activation domains stronger increase the amount of transcription factor molecules bound to chromatin.

  3. Bacterial reflect

    The gene moeA is involved structural colour of some bacterial colonies by modifying cell shape and colony organisation, thus causing a shift in reflected colour.

  4. Remixing the gene pool

    Microbes might behave less like distinct species and more like constantly interbreeding communities.

  5. Total recall

    T cells must encounter pathogen-derived antigens directly in the skin to differentiate into optimally effective, long-lived tissue-resident memory T cells.

  6. Growing brains

    Brain gels and computational modelling provide insights into the mechanisms underlying brain folding during development.

  7. The rise of brain folds

    Differences in brain folding between species can be explained by variations in initial brain size, shape and cortical growth rate, rather than by different folding mechanisms.

  8. Coercive citations

    Reviewer citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article.
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