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    Design principles of transcription factors with intrinsically disordered regions

    Wencheng Ji, Ori Hachmo ... Ariel Amir
    Intrinsically disordered regions in transcription factors enhance both target binding probability and search efficiency.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Adaptations in wing morphology rather than wingbeat kinematics enable flight in small hoverfly species

    Camille Le Roy, Nina Tervelde ... Florian T Muijres
    Small hoverflies compensate for size-related flight challenges through evolutionary changes in wing shape rather than altered wingbeat kinematics.
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    Controlling the synchronization and symmetry breaking of coupled bacterial pili on active biofilm carpets

    Baha Altın, Yusuf Ilker Yaman ... Aşkın Kocabaş
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    1. Cancer Biology
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    Robust assessment of asymmetric division in colon cancer cells

    Domenico Caudo, Chiara Giannattasio ... Mattia Miotto
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    Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton

    Waleed Mirza, Marco De Corato ... Marino Arroyo
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Magnetotactic bacteria optimally navigate natural pore networks

    Alexander P Petroff, Julia Hernandez ... Nina Radchenko-Hannafin
    Diverse magnetotactic bacteria are adapted to the local geomagnetic field and grain size to maximize their swimming speed through the pore space.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Transport kinetics across interfaces between coexisting liquid phases

    Lars Hubatsch, Stefano Bo ... Frank Jülicher
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    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Salmonids elicit an acute behavioral response to heterothermal environments

    Robert Naudascher, Stefano Brizzolara ... Roman Stocker
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    The cytoplasm of living cells can sustain transient and steady intracellular pressure gradients

    Majid Malboubi, Mohammad Hadi Esteki ... Guillaume Charras
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Criticality-driven enhancer-promoter dynamics in Drosophila chromosomes

    Gautham Ganesh, Jean-Bernard Fiche ... Julien Mozziconacci
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