Xenopus

The paper introduces topoiesis, a mechanism where diffusion and geometry drive collective morphogenesis and survival in Xenopus embryos under stress.

The paper identifies tricellular zipping as a mechanism for epithelial junction remodeling, driven by calcium and actomyosin pulses, and shows its role in cell packing across Xenopus, mouse, and Drosophila embryos.

This study uses scRNA-seq to identify transcriptional diversity in sea cucumber coelomocytes, revealing functional roles and potential progenitor and specialized cell types.

This paper introduces a hybrid modeling framework that combines mechanistic ODEs with neural networks to model bioprocesses using minimal prior knowledge and limited data.

This study examines how developmental temperature affects heat tolerance and physiological costs across life stages in Xenopus laevis, finding simultaneous gains in heat tolerance and cumulative physiological costs.

The paper examines life history traits across four clades of the chiral livebearer fish Xenophallus umbratilis to assess conservation needs and adaptive evolution.

This study shows that RPA prevents unregulated priming and Rad51 loading on ssDNA in Xenopus egg extracts, maintaining genome stability.

This study investigates how RGA-3/4 regulates F-actin structure in vivo and in vitro, showing it directly binds and bundles F-actin, providing insights into its role in cortical excitability and cytokinesis.

This study compares Zyxin and LPP's mechanoaccumulation at tricellular junctions under tension, revealing differences in their LIM domain sensing mechanisms.

The paper shows that TOPBP1-dependent DNA damage processing leads to CENP-A loss and centromere destabilization in inviable Xenopus hybrids.

The paper identifies an internal scaffold in Xenopus spermatid microtubules that supports structural diversity and nuclear reshaping during spermiogenesis.

This study shows introducing a proline at site 2 in the α1 M2-M3 linker of GABAARs enhances GABA-sensitivity and spontaneous activity, suggesting it relieves a molecular brake on channel activation.

The paper shows that proteins in cell-like environments reduce RNA folding stability by passively suppressing base pairing, altering RNA structure predictions.

This study tracks WNV and USUV circulation in French avifauna over two years, finding higher USUV prevalence and seasonal variation linked to migratory and resident bird populations.

The paper investigates how Rho and Cdc42 signaling zones form and polarize during cell repair in Xenopus oocytes, revealing a self-organized mechanism involving protein recruitment at signaling compartment overlaps.

This study shows that spindle scaling enables adaptation to polyploidy by modulating microtubule dynamics and architecture across different ploidy levels.

This study shows HMCES-DPC formation increases DNA template flexibility, enabling slippage and mutagenic bypass of AP sites during replication.

The paper demonstrates that lamin-B3 can assemble into filamentous structures in Xenopus laevis egg extracts under nucleoplasm-like conditions, independent of nuclear assembly.

The paper shows PAXX and XLF have sequential roles in stabilizing and maturing the NHEJ synaptic complex through distinct interactions.

The paper shows that cytoplasm in early embryos behaves as a locally switchable active material, enabling long-range transport of components during cleavage.

This study reconstructs the evolution of multicellularity and reproductive strategies in Xanthophyceae using phylogenomic data, showing multiple transitions to multicellularity linked to changes in propagule types.

This study shows that amphibian larvae's microbiome adapts to warming and poor food, improving their performance and heat tolerance, more than changes in gut structure.

This paper develops an electrophysiological method to study pore formation by bi-component staphylococcal leukotoxins in real-time using Xenopus oocytes, revealing receptor-dependent kinetics and a hybrid model of subunit oligomerization.

This study identifies Cyclin B2 as a PKA substrate that phosphorylation at S271 represses Cdk1-Cyclin B activation, maintaining G2-arrest in vertebrate oocytes.

This study identifies ELAVL1 and ELAVL4 as co-regulators of MSI1-dependent translational activation in Xenopus and mammals.

This study shows Axin2L regulates planar cell polarity in Xenopus embryos by interacting with ADIP and affecting Vangl2 and ciliogenesis.

This study shows PAK4 and Afadin cooperate to maintain epithelial integrity by promoting vertex remodeling, with PAK4 inhibition disrupting junctional continuity and barrier function.

This study examines how shallow-dwelling Xenopus laevis embryos respond to high hydrostatic pressure and identifies heat shock pathway activation as a conserved protective mechanism across phyla.

The paper shows weak magnetic fields affect Xenopus laevis tadpole pigmentation in a light- and eye-dependent manner consistent with the radical pair mechanism.

This study shows hNav1.5 forms an antiparallel intracellular homodimer but is delivered to the plasma membrane as a monomer, resolving a discrepancy between electrophysiological and biochemical findings.