Rajanesh Chandramohan

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dry seeds stall ribosomes at start codons — with Kozak-like motifs calling the shots
hydration triggers a sharp translational shift
a gorgeous map of ribosome positioning during germination made by Prof. Leónie Bentsink and team
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#riboseq #seedbiology #translationalcontrol

‘Killswitch’ protein lets scientists study immobilized cellular droplets Synthetic peptide fixes biomolecular condensates, revealing how these enigmatic cell structures actually work.

Nature reports on how scientists have found a way to jam the inner workings of biomolecular condensates. A synthetic ‘killswitch’ protein gives researchers a previously unattainable handle on difficult-to-study cellular structures. 🧪

The story is finally out! Happy to have contributed to the work.
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DELLA family proteins function beyond the GA pathway DELLA degradation is controlled not only by gibberellic acid (GA) but also by various GA/GID1-independent factors such as light, temperature, and shade. New insights on the evolution of DELLA family proteins and the biological role of DELLA-like proteins…

DELLA family proteins function beyond the GA pathway #plantscience

A land plant phylogenetic framework for GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS (GIS), SUPERMAN, JAGGED and allies plus their TOPLESS co-repressor Members of the plant specific family of C1-1i zincfinger transcriptionfactors (ZF-TFs), such as SUPERMAN, JAGGED, KNUCKLES or GIS,regulatediversedevel…

Our latest paper is finally out, showing that it is (somewhat) possible to derive phylogenies from protein sequences with long stretches of intrinsically disordered regions, like for the exciting C1-1i zinc fingers.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PlantScience #PlantEvoDevo #Bryophytes #Ferns

where my Sanderson heads at? V excited for Wind and Truth this Friday 💨🎉