Physical contact between two Myxococcus xanthus cells is sufficient to fuse their outer membrane transiently and exchange outer membrane proteins and lipids at high efficiency.

A long non-coding RNA regulates the expression of genes that encode proteins involved in the inflammatory response.

MLL4 (KMT2D) is a major mammalian H3K4 mono- and di-methyltransferase that is essential for enhancer activation, cell-type-specific gene expression, and cell differentiation.

PTBP2 ensures that adult protein variants are expressed only in mature neurons through regulation of alternative splicing during early neuronal development.

Interactions between Hox and TALE genes, which generate bilaterally symmetrical body plans, originated in early multicellular animals.

Large flight muscle of Drosophila are made by the regulated amplification of a newly identified stem cell population.

Fringe proteins modulate cis inhibitory, same-cell interactions between the Notch receptor and its ligands to control whether, and in which direction, cells can signal to one another.

A comprehensive synapse-level analysis of a fly central-brain region has led to the identification of molecules that are necessary for mediating the normal density of connections.

The Drosophila equivalent of the human transcription factor Sp8 acts to ensure that neural progenitor cells undergo an appropriate number of cell divisions, thereby helping to regulate brain development and guard against tumor formation.

The lateral horn can be classified into three functional odor response domains that decode opposing hedonic valences and odor intensity.