Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Length regulation of multiple flagella that self-assemble from a shared pool of components

   Thomas G Fai et al.
2. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Epistasis and entrenchment of drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype B

   Avik Biswas et al.

   Drug resistance in HIV is the result of mutations, which affect fitness depending on epistatic interactions with the entire sequence background that varies within and between patient populations.
3. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   A geometric attractor mechanism for self-organization of entorhinal grid modules

   Louis Kang, Vijay Balasubramanian

   The hierarchy of entorhinal grid cell modules with constant scale ratios can self-organize through a new geometrically organized attractor mechanism.
4. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   The frequency limit of outer hair cell motility measured in vivo

   Anna Vavakou et al.

   The cells in our inner ear commonly believed to provide fast mechanical feedback are too sluggish to follow the vibrations evoked by high-frequency sounds.
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Myosin II isoforms play distinct roles in adherens junction biogenesis

   Mélina L Heuzé et al.

   Myosin isoforms exhibit different functions in the formation of adherens junctions and the transmission of mechanical forces.
6. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Optical estimation of absolute membrane potential using fluorescence lifetime imaging

   Julia Rose Lazzari-Dean et al.
7. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Phylodynamic theory of persistence, extinction and speciation of rapidly adapting pathogens

   Le Yan et al.
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Surface-to-volume scaling and aspect ratio preservation in rod-shaped bacteria

   Nikola Ojkic et al.

   Rod-shaped bacteria preserve their aspect ratios and surface-to-volume scaling by maintaining a homeostatic balance between the rates of cell elongation and division protein synthesis.
9. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Pressure-driven release of viral genome into a host nucleus is a mechanism leading to herpes infection

   Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez et al.

   Internal DNA pressure of tens of atmospheres inside a herpesvirus capsid powers ejection of the viral genome into a cell nucleus, causing infection.
10. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Self-organised segregation of bacterial chromosomal origins

    Andreas Hofmann et al.

    The self-organising condensin MukBEF positions chromosomal origins in Escherichia coli..