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Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains
Obara C, Nixon-Abell J, Moore A, Riccio F, Hoffman D, Shtengel G, Xu C, Schaefer K, Pasolli H, Masson J, Hess H, Calderon C, Blackstone C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains. Nature 2024, 626: 169-176. PMID: 38267577, PMCID: PMC10830423, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06956-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContact sitesExchange of signaling moleculesInterorganelle communicationOrganelle tetheringEukaryotic cellsSingle-molecule imagingCellular physiologyThree-dimensional electron microscopyMembrane curvatureSignaling moleculesExchange of moleculesDynamic subdomainsNanoscale organizationProtein BMetabolic needsSubdomainsCellsSitesMutationsMoleculesRemodelingSites1,2HomeostasisCommunication hubRegulation
2023
Multiscale head anatomy of Megaphragma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
Desyatirkina I, Makarova A, Pang S, Xu C, Hess H, Polilov A. Multiscale head anatomy of Megaphragma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 2023, 76: 101299. PMID: 37666087, DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2023.101299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThree-dimensional electron microscopyParasitoid waspsLarge insectsEvolutionary benefitsTracheal systemWhole insectsMorphological workSubcellular structuresSubcellular levelInsectsSpeciesStomatogastric nervous systemMegaphragmaNeuron nucleiNucleated cellsWaspsGenusSet of musclesNervous systemOrgan systemsMicroinsectsComplexity of organizationsStructural planUltrastructureCells
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