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Single cell transcriptome analysis of an embryonic collective migratory cell population provides new insights into the heterogeneity of transcriptional signatures within a neural crest cell migratory stream.

Clarinet, a novel C. elegans active zone protein with homology to vertebrate Piccolo and Rim, uses its different isoforms for diverse functions, including synaptic vesicle clustering, vesicle release and synaptogenesis.

Three distinct AKT isoforms are found in the brain and show dissimilar patterns of expression, differential roles in the expression of synaptic plasticity, and different roles in neuronal signaling.

Cryo-electron tomography of COPI vesicles in the Golgi reveals coat structure, disassembly dynamics, cargo binding, and morphological variability.

Advances in imaging techniques have shed new light on the structure of vesicles formed by COPI protein complexes.

Mice lacking the membrane-shaping protein syndapin III show severe reduction of caveolae reminiscent of human caveolinopathies but maintain plasma membrane-associated caveolar coats proteins and thereby unveil physiological impairments associated with lack of invaginated caveolae.

Wounded epidermal keratinocytes emit a signal that activates a specialized T-cell in the skin, leading to an increase in hair follicle stem cell numbers that contributes to tissue repair.

The dual function of an ancient prokaryotic enzyme, which is linked to specific metabolite signals, may have been the evolutionary driving force behind its dual localization in eukaryotes.

Increasing PI(4,5)P2 on a sub-second timescale using a novel, membrane-permeant UV activatable PI(4,5)P2 molecule augments exocytosis which requires the PI(4,5)P2 interacting exocytotic proteins Munc13-2 and synaptotagmin-1.

A light-dependent two-hybrid tool with transcriptional readout detects multiple protein-protein interactions in living mammalian cells with high signal-to-background ratios and enables genetic selections.