n their review published in BioEssays, Mahesh Sangrithi and James Turner discuss mammalian X chromosome dosage compensation with a particular focus on the germ line.
Disassembly at the Micro-Scale: Classification of Three Distinct Types of Microautophagy
In their article published in BioEssays, Masahide Oku and Yasuyoshi Sakai present three distinct types of microautophagy.
Finding the Perfect Match: Search for Homologous DNA Sequences during DNA Repair
In his review published in BioEssays, James Haber takes a look at how the ends of a broken chromosome find a template with which to repair such a double-strand break.
BET Proteins and Nrf2: Studying their Interplay May Offer New Therapeutic Opportunities
In their “Hypothesis” article published in BioEssays, Nirmalya Chatterjee and Dirk Bohmann discuss the interplay between Nrf2 and BET proteins and the resultant implications for therapies targeting these proteins.
Hawaiian Drosophila: An Ideal Model System for Evolutionary Studies
In their review published in BioEssays, Patrick O’Grady and Rob DeSalle review and discuss why the Hawaiian Drosophila serves as a good evolutionary model clade.
Imaging Biological Filament Systems
In their review in BioEssays, David Popp et al. discuss how recent advances in structural biology have provided new insights into biological filament systems.
PROTACs: Eliminating Disease-Causing Proteins
PROTACs (proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules): A review and discussion of the technique and its application to therapies and drug discovery.
Regulating Gene Expression: DNA Provides a Twist
DNA conformation can regulate gene expression, as discussed by Olga Zaytseva and Leonie Quinn in a review in BioEssays.
Hematopoiesis in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment: Of Cells, their Interactions, and Therapeutic Opportunities
Recent findings on the roles and identity of the bone marrow microenvironment and how these niches might be targeted in the case of diseases are discussed.
The Devil Fights Back: How the Tasmanian Devil Adapts to Transmissible Cancer
In their review in BioEssays, Beata Ujvari and colleagues review how the transmissible cancer termed ‘devil facial tumor disease’ affects life history adaptations in Tasmanian devils.