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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Female-germline specific protein Sakura interacts with Otu and is crucial for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis

    Azali Azlan, Li Zhu, Ryuya Fukunaga
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    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Quantitative intra-Golgi transport and organization data suggest the stable compartment nature of the Golgi

    Hieng Chiong Tie, Haiyun Wang ... Lei Lu
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology

    Secreted exosomes induce filopodia formation

    Caitlin McAtee, Mikin Patel ... Alissa M Weaver
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    BICC1 Interacts with PKD1 and PKD2 to Drive Cystogenesis in ADPKD

    Uyen Tran, Andrew J Streets ... Oliver Wessely
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    CCDC32 stabilizes clathrin-coated pits and drives their invagination

    Ziyan Yang, Changsong Yang ... Zhiming Chen
    Not revised
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Kinesin-2 autoinhibition requires elbow phosphorylation

    Guanghan Chen, Zhengyang Guo ... Guangshuo Ou
    Phosphorylation of the kinesin-2 motor protein’s elbow region by NEKL-3 kinase maintains autoinhibition, enabling its transport to cilia for sensory function.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    RUNX2 isoform II protects cancer cells from ferroptosis and apoptosis by promoting PRDX2 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

    Junjun Huang, Rong Jia, Jihua Guo
    Upregulated by HOXA10, RUNX2 isoform II transactivates PRDX2 expression and inhibits ferroptosis and apoptosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Assessment of the histone mark-based epigenomic landscape in human myometrium at term pregnancy

    San Pin Steve Wu, Elvis Quiroz ... Francesco J DeMayo
    Genome-wide epigenetic profiling reveals chromatin regions in the human myometrium involved in functional regulation and hormonal control during pregnancy.
    1. Cell Biology

    A Commander-independent function of COMMD3 in endosomal trafficking

    Galen T Squiers, Chun Wan ... Jingshi Shen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    The triad interaction of ULK1, ATG13, and FIP200 is required for ULK complex formation and autophagy

    Yutaro Hama, Yuko Fujioka ... Nobuo N Noda
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Receptors versus viruses

    Ping-Ping Liu, Zhe Wei, Xian-Wei Wang
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Glutamine and photoreceptor survival

    Katherine J Wert
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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