Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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    Phenylhydrazone-based Endoplasmic Reticulum Proteostasis Regulator Compounds with Enhanced Biological Activity

    Gabriel M Kline, Lisa Boinon ... R Luke Wiseman
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    In search of nonlipogenic ABCA1 inducers (NLAI): precision coregulator TR-FRET identifies diverse signatures for LXR ligands

    Megan S Laham, Martha Ackerman-Berrier ... Gregory RJ Thatcher
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Natural xanthones as α-Mangostin induce vasorelaxation via binding to key gating residues in the S6 domain of BK channels

    Sönke Cordeiro, Robert Patejdl ... Marianne Musinszki
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Citalopram exhibits immune-dependent anti-tumor effects by modulating C5aR1+ TAMs and CD8+ T cells

    Fangyuan Dong, Shan Zhang ... Shu-Heng Jiang
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    ATP-independent phosphate recycling on AGC kinase activation loops induced by alkali metal ions

    Koji Kubouchi, Hideyuki Mukai
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Gut Microbe-Derived Trimethylamine Shapes Circadian Rhythms Through the Host Receptor TAAR5

    Kala K Mahen, William J Massey ... J Mark Brown
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Aggregation-Dependent Epitope Sequence and Modification Fingerprints of Anti-Aβ Antibodies

    Ivan Talucci, Timon Leske ... Hans Michael Maric
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    A systematic bi-genomic split-GFP assay illuminates the mitochondrial matrix proteome and protein targeting routes

    Yury S Bykov, Solène Zuttion ... Maya Schuldiner
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    A green lifetime biosensor for calcium that remains bright over its full dynamic range

    Franka H van der Linden, Stephen C Thornquist ... Joachim Goedhart
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Metabolism: How one nutrient controls cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley
    The metabolic fate of a nutrient called pyruvate determines how big cells become.
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    2. Cell Biology

    Controlling cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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