For poly(A)-tail length to influence mRNA translational efficiency, poly(A)-binding protein (PABPC) must be limiting, mRNAs lacking PABPC must be stable, and translation initiation must be sensitive to PABPC levels.
Ramesh Chennupati, Angela Wirth ... Stefan Offermanns
Genetic mouse models identify a critical mechanism of myogenic vasoconstriction and reveal the in vivo function of myogenic autoregulation in protecting from organ overperfusion and in maintaining vascular resistance.
Shankar Ramachandran, Navonil Banerjee ... Michael M Francis
Investigation of neuromodulatory control of ethologically conserved area-restricted food search behavior shows that NLP-12 stimulation of the head motor circuit promotes food searching through the previously uncharacterized CKR-1 GPCR.
Manfred G Kitzbichler, Daniel Martins ... Neil A Harrison
Revealing two distinct brain systems linked to obesity, this research illuminates the intricate relationship between obesity, brain microstructure and genetics with potential implications for treatment and prevention.
Advanced orthology clustering of bilaterian and non-bilaterian sequences identifies 157 bilaterian-specific genes which are linked to key morphological features of this animal group.
Sara Masachis, Nicolas J Tourasse ... Fabien Darfeuille
A genetic selection of toxicity suppressors coupled to high-throughput sequencing has captured metastable RNA structures that co-transcriptionally inhibit the translation of a bacterial toxin.
Laurent Jutras-Dubé, Ezzat El-Sherif, Paul François
Propagation, speed and shapes of genetic waves of expression during development can be modeled by a simple interplay between two transcriptional modules (dynamic/static), which explains robustness and precision of patterning.
The neural representation of position in the medial entorhinal cortex may be stabilized by synaptic connectivity across modules, which enforces coherent updates in their states.