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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Accelerated cell divisions drive the outgrowth of the regenerating spinal cord in axolotls

    Fabian Rost, Aida Rodrigo Albors ... Osvaldo Chara
    Building on previous work (Rodrigo Albors et al., 2015), we assess the contribution of individual cellular mechanisms in the context of spinal cord regeneration in the axolotl.
    1. Neuroscience

    eIF2α-mediated translational control regulates the persistence of cocaine-induced LTP in midbrain dopamine neurons

    Andon N Placzek, Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco ... Mauro Costa-Mattioli
    Building on previous work (Huang et al., 2016), we show that translational control by p-eIF2α is a defense mechanism that prevents persistent cocaine-induced synaptic synaptic potentiation underlying compulsive drug seeking.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The angiopoietin-like protein ANGPTL4 catalyzes unfolding of the hydrolase domain in lipoprotein lipase and the endothelial membrane protein GPIHBP1 counteracts this unfolding

    Simon Mysling, Kristian Kølby Kristensen ... Michael Ploug
    Building on previous work (Mysling et al., 2016), it is shown that angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) inhibits lipoprotein lipase activity by catalyzing the unfolding of its hydrolase domain.
    1. Neuroscience

    Loss of Frataxin activates the iron/sphingolipid/PDK1/Mef2 pathway in mammals

    Kuchuan Chen, Tammy Szu-Yu Ho ... Hugo J Bellen
    The iron/sphingolipid/PDK1/Mef2 pathway is activated in mammals upon loss of Frataxin.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Compact and highly active next-generation libraries for CRISPR-mediated gene repression and activation

    Max A Horlbeck, Luke A Gilbert ... Jonathan S Weissman
    Integrated modeling of sgRNA positioning, chromatin accessibility, and sequence features enables accurate prediction of effective target sites for CRISPR-mediated transcriptional modulation and design of highly active libraries for genome-scale genetic screens.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Advances in X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) diffraction data processing applied to the crystal structure of the synaptotagmin-1 / SNARE complex

    Artem Y Lyubimov, Monarin Uervirojnangkoorn ... Axel T Brunger
    Building on previous work (Uervirojnangkoorn et al., 2015), we demonstrate how improved methods for processing XFEL diffraction data enable the determination of structures from poorly diffracting crystals.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Atomic mutagenesis in ion channels with engineered stoichiometry

    John D Lueck, Adam L Mackey ... Christopher A Ahern
    Building on previous work (Pless, 2013), we argue that side-chain 'flip out' is a key event in potassium channel C-type inactivation, and propose a new method for encoding multiple noncanonical amino acids and controlling protein stoichiometry.
    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    A bioengineered niche promotes in vivo engraftment and maturation of pluripotent stem cell derived human lung organoids

    Briana R Dye, Priya H Dedhia ... Jason R Spence
    Building on previous work (Dye et al., 2015) showing that pluripotent stem cell derived lung organoids were immature/fetal, the current study shows that in vivo transplantation leads to mature tissue, reminiscent of adult airways.
    1. Neuroscience

    Autocorrelation structure at rest predicts value correlates of single neurons during reward-guided choice

    Sean E Cavanagh, Joni D Wallis ... Laurence T Hunt
    Variability in individual neurons' temporal receptive fields of integration is found to explain the heterogeneity of neuronal responses observed in prefrontal cortex during reward-guided decision making.
    1. Cell Biology

    QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease

    Virginia Guarani, Claude Jardel ... Manuel Schiff
    Building on previous work (Guarani et al., 2015), MICOS (mitochondrial contact site) assembly and cristae junction formation are shown to have a critical role in human health.