Developmental Biology

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1. 1. Developmental Biology

   The Alk receptor tyrosine kinase regulates Sparkly, a novel activity regulating neuropeptide precursor in the Drosophila CNS

   Sanjay Kumar Sukumar, Vimala Antonydhason ... Ruth H. Palmer
2. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   E3 ubiquitin ligase Deltex facilitates the expansion of Wingless gradient and antagonizes Wingless signaling through a conserved mechanism of transcriptional effector Armadillo/β-catenin degradation

   Vartika Sharma, Nalani Sachan ... Ashim Mukherjee
3. 1. Developmental Biology

   FMNL2 regulates actin for ER and mitochondria distribution in oocyte meiosis

   Meng-Hao Pan, Zhen-Nan Pan ... Shao-Chen Sun
4. 1. Developmental Biology

   SMAD4 promotes somatic-germline contact during murine oocyte growth

   Sofia Granados-Aparici, Qin Yang, Hugh Clarke
5. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Deep learning insights into the architecture of the mammalian egg-sperm fusion synapse

   Arne Elofsson, Ling Han ... Luca Jovine

   AlphaFold-Multimer was used to investigate extracellular protein interactions involved in mammalian egg-sperm recognition, suggesting a putative pentameric complex that includes TMEM81, a sperm protein not previously involved in gamete recognition.
6. 1. Developmental Biology

   Inhibitory G proteins play multiple roles to polarize sensory hair cell morphogenesis

   Amandine Jarysta, Abigail LD Tadenev ... Basile Tarchini

   Sensory hair cells in the inner ear use inhibitory G proteins with different regulators at different stages of development to break symmetry, adopt a proper orientation, and grow stereocilia.
7. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   A logic-incorporated gene regulatory network deciphers principles in cell fate decisions

   Gang Xue, Xiaoyi Zhang ... Zhiyuan Li

   A top-down model-guided framework unveils the role of regulatory logics underlying gene regulatory networks in cell fate decisions.
8. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The rapidly evolving X-linked MIR-506 family fine-tunes spermatogenesis to enhance sperm competition

   Zhuqing Wang, Yue Wang ... Wei Yan

   The rapidly evolving X-linked MIR-506 family miRNAs function to enhance sperm competitiveness and male reproductive fitness in mice.
9. 1. Developmental Biology

   Inhibition of the serine protease HtrA1 by SerpinE2 suggests an extracellular proteolytic pathway in the control of neural crest migration

   Edgar M Pera, Josefine Nilsson-De Moura ... Ivana Milas

   An extracellular proteolytic pathway involving the serine protease HtrA1, its inhibitor SerpinE2, and the transmembrane proteoglycan Syndecan-4 control collective migration of neural crest cells in the developing embryo.
10. 1. Developmental Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    N-Terminus of Drosophila Melanogaster MSL1 Is Critical for Dosage Compensation

    Valentin Babosha, Natalia Klimenko ... Oksana Maksimenko