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    Viruses: Packing up the genome

    Bálint Kiss, Miklós Kellermayer
    Nucleotide and force-dependent mechanisms control how the viral genome of lambda bacteriophage is inserted into capsids.
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    Universal length fluctuations of actin structures found in cells

    Aldric Rosario, Shane G. McInally ... Jane Kondev
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    Interface resistance of biomolecular condensates

    Yaojun Zhang, Andrew G.T. Pyo ... Ned S. Wingreen
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    Catalytic growth in a shared enzyme pool ensures robust control of centrosome size

    Deb Sankar Banerjee, Shiladitya Banerjee
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    The Reissner fiber under tension in vivo shows dynamic interaction with ciliated cells contacting the cerebrospinal fluid

    Celine Bellegarda, Guillaume Zavard ... Claire Wyart
    Experimental manipulations and a mechanical model of the fiber reveal that the Reissner fiber is under heterogenous tension in vivo, and interacts with the motile cilia of diverse cells contacting the cerebrospinal fluid.
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    Mechanical vibration patterns elicit behavioral transitions and habituation in crawling Drosophila larvae

    Alexander Berne, Tom Zhang ... Mason Klein
    Habituation to mechanical vibration of crawling Drosophila larvae exhibits distinct time constants that characterize desensitization, re-sensitization, and further adaptation to repeated stimulus patterns.
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    A mechanosensing mechanism controls plasma membrane shape homeostasis at the nanoscale

    Xarxa Quiroga, Nikhil Walani ... Pere Roca-Cusachs
    Cell stretch release generates plasma membrane (PM) evaginations of ≈100 nm, triggering a local event of actin polymerization that flattens and recovers PM shape.