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    1. Cell Biology

    Distinct trafficking routes of polarized and non-polarized membrane cargoes in Aspergillus nidulans

    Georgia Maria Sagia, Xenia Georgiou ... Sofia Dimou
    Unconventional secretion of a plasma membrane purine transporter via Golgi-bypass is established at an early ER-associated secretory compartment revealing that specific cargoes define alternative trafficking routes.
    1. Cell Biology

    Microbiome: Balancing microbial composition through diet

    L Catalina Acuff, Karen Guillemin
    A reciprocal interaction between gut bacteria and gut cells affects protein absorption in the host.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Zika virus remodels and hijacks IGF2BP2 ribonucleoprotein complex to promote viral replication organelle biogenesis

    Clément Mazeaud, Stefan Pfister ... Laurent Chatel-Chaix
    Through interactions with viral RNA and NS5, Zika virus changes the composition of the IGF2BP2-containing ribonucleoprotein complex for the benefit of the viral RNA amplification step of its life cycle.
    1. Cell Biology

    The ESCRT protein CHMP5 restricts bone formation by controlling endolysosome-mitochondrion-mediated cell senescence

    Fan Zhang, Yuan Wang ... Xianpeng Ge
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Multi-species genome-wide CRISPR screens identify conserved suppressors of cold-induced cell death

    Breanna Lam, Kathrin M Kajderowicz ... Sinisa Hrvatin
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Cell Biology

    TET2 contributes to gluconeogenesis and pathology of type 2 diabetes

    Xinchao Zhang, Hongchen Li ... Yanping Xu
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Full-length direct RNA sequencing uncovers stress-granule dependent RNA decay upon cellular stress

    Showkat A Dar, Sulochan Malla ... Manolis Maragkakis
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    TIPE drives a cancer stem-like phenotype by promoting glycolysis via PKM2/HIF-1α axis in melanoma

    Maojin Tian, Le Yang ... Peiqing Zhao
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    RAS-p110a signalling in macrophages is required for effective inflammatory response and resolution of inflammation

    Alejandro Rosell, Agata A Krygowska ... Esther Castellano
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Coordinated stimulation of axon regenerative and neurodegenerative transcriptional programs by ATF4 following optic nerve injury

    Preethi Somasundaram, Madeline M Farley ... Trent A Watkins
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: Knowledge and illusions

    Antony M Jose

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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