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G&D publishes high-quality research in molecular biology, cancer biology, development, neuroscience and related fields. In addition, G&D also publishes comprehensive Review Articles, Perspectives and Outlooks written by leading scientists.

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATION: A critical affinity window for IgSF proteins DIP-Ξ± and Dpr10 is required for proper motor neuron arborization
By Lopez et al. and Richard Mann
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24/1426.full

#neuron #motorneuron #neurodevelopment #celladhesion #synapsis #Drosophila

04.12.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: UPR deficiency leads to poor growth, aneuploidy, and a trade-off between ER and general proteostasis in yeast
By Bartolutti et al. and Gloria Brar
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24/1434.full

#aneuploidy #unfoldedproteinresponse #UPR #proteinfolding #proteostasis #yeast

03.12.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATION: Igf2 regulates early postnatal DPP4+ preadipocyte pool expansion
By Altun et. al and Siegfried Ussar
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24/1414.full

#adipose #stemcells #adipogenesis #insulinsignaling #celldifferentiation #IGF

02.12.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover Photo β€” November/December 2025, 39 (23-24) A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields

This month’s cover of @genesdev.bsky.social has @j-muncie-vasic.bsky.social’s embryos all in a row! Paper and commentary in the issue genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/2...

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🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT!!! 🚨

New Outlook, Review, and Research articles online now at Genes & Development. Also in this issue, an In Memoriam on the life and work of John B. Gurdon.

Click on the link to learn more:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24.toc

01.12.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REVIEW: RNA granules: functional compartments or incidental condensates?
By Andrea Putnam, Laura Thomas and Geraldine Seydoux
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/9-10/354.abstract

#RNAmetabolism #RNAgranules #phaseseparation #RiboNucleoProteins #condensates

28.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Nuclear mRNPs are compact particles packaged with a network of proteins promoting RNA–RNA interactions
By Bonneau et al. and Elena Conti
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/11-12/505.abstract

#ribonucleoproteins #granules #RNAinteractions #IDR #phaseseparation

26.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REVIEW: Cohesin in 3D: development, differentiation, and disease
By Maria SolΓ©-Ferran and Ana Losada
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/11-12/679.abstract

#cohesin #chromatin #chromosome #development #cohesinopathy

25.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Restrictor synergizes with Symplekin and PNUTS to terminate extragenic transcription
By Russo et al., and Gioacchino Natoli
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/21-24/1017.abstract

#transcription #transcriptiontermination #restrictor #yeast #noncodingRNA

24.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REVIEW: CST–PolΞ±/Primase: the second telomere maintenance machine
By Sarah Cai and Titia de Lange
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/13-14/555.abstract

#telomere #telomerase #strandsynthesis #polymerase⍺ #primase

21.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Histone chaperones coupled to DNA replication and transcription control divergent chromatin elements to maintain cell fate
By Franklin et al., and Sihem Cheloufi
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/9-10/652.abstract

#histones #transcription #replication

20.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: MRN–CtIP, EXO1, and DNA2–WRN/BLM act bidirectionally to process DNA gaps in PARPi-treated cells without strand cleavage
By Seppa et al., and Alessandro Vindigni
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/9-10/582.abstract

#DNArepair #BRCA1 #nucleases #PARP #cancer

19.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Hao-Fountain syndrome protein USP7 controls neuronal differentiation via BCOR–ncPRC1.1
By Wolf van der Meer et al., Jeroen Demmers, Yaser Atlasi and Peter Verrijzer
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/5-6/401.abstract

#neurodevelopment #epigenetics #polycomb

18.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: ALOX5-mediated ferroptosis acts as a distinct cell death pathway upon oxidative stress in Huntington's disease
By Song et al. and Wei Gu
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/5-6/204.abstract

#huntingtonsdisease #ferroptosis #huntingtin #oxidativestress #ROS

17.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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IN MEMORIAM: A totipotent embryologist: John B. Gurdon
(1933–2025)
By Thoru Pederson
➑️ https://tinyurl.com/gd353471OA

*Photo courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.

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OUTLOOK: End of the line: a kinetic ruler model for poly(A) tail termination
By Anita Corbett
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1267.full

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1377.full

#RNAprocessing #mRNA #polyadenylation #ribonucleoprotein #CPAC

14.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: A cell type-specific surveillance complex represses cryptic promoters during differentiation in an adult stem cell lineage
By Matias et al. and Margaret Fuller
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1318.abstract

#chromatin #transcription #Drosophila #stemcells #germline

13.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: A kinetic ruler controls mRNA poly(A) tail length
By Gabs et al. and Matti Turtola
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1377.full

#RNAprocessing #mRNA #polyadenylation #ribonucleoprotein #CPAC

12.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OUTLOOK: The two faces of MyoD: repressor and activator of gene expression during myogenesis
By Carmen Birchmeier
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1269.full

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1299.abstract

#transcription #muscle #stemcells #openaccess

11.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Dominant-negative effects of Weaver syndrome-associated EZH2 variants
By Deevy et al., Eric Conway and Adrian Bracken
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1355.full

Eric Conway
Adrian Bracken

#weaversyndrome #ezh2 #polycomb #mutation #congenitaldisorder #onthecover

10.11.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REVIEW: Multifaceted role of the vitamin B6 pathway in cancer: metabolism, immune interaction, and temporal and spatial regulation
By Mishra et al. and Lingbo Zhang
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1271.abstract

#cancer #metabolism #vitamin #cancertherapy #cancermetabolism #immune

07.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Mouse cortical cellular diversification through lineage progression of radial glia
By Yang et al., and Xiaosu Li
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1338.abstract

#glia #braindevelopment #neuron #neurodevelopment #neuronalprogenitor #neuralstemcell #epigenetics

06.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: MYOD represses gene expression from non-E-box motifs
By Nicoletti, Massenet et al., Luca Caputo and Pier Lorenzo Puri
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1299.abstract

#transcription #trancriptionfactor #epigenetics #muscle #stemcells

05.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ₯ G&D Tapes πŸŽ₯

G&D author, Haoming Yu tells us about their new study in #genesdev that uses epigenetic editing to probe the role of H3K4me3 at intergenic regulatory elements.

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1290.full

Bluma Lesch
@haomingyu.bsky.social

04.11.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATION: H3K4me3 amplifies transcription at intergenic active regulatory elements
By Yu et. al and Bluma Lesch
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22/1290.full

Bluma Lesch
@haomingyu.bsky.social

#transcription #epigenetics #histones #histonePTMs #methylation #enhancers

04.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT!!! 🚨

New Outlook, Review and Research articles online now at Genes & Development.

Click on the link to learn more:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22.toc

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RESOURCE/METHODOLOGY: A genome-wide, CRISPR-based screen reveals new requirements for translation initiation and ubiquitination in driving adipogenic fate change
By Turn et al. and Peter Jackson

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/19-20/1241.abstract

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RESEARCH PAPER: A noncanonical Pol III-dependent, Microprocessor-independent biogenesis pathway generates a germline-enriched miRNA family
By Sakhawala et al. and Katherine McJunkin

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/19-20/1198.abstract

10.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: SUMO2 promotes histone pre-mRNA processing by stabilizing histone locus body interactions and facilitating U7 snRNP assembly
By He et al. and Michael Matunis

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/19-20/1182.abstract

09.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RESEARCH PAPER: Condensation of human OAS proteins initiates diverse antiviral activities in response to West Nile virus
By Briggs et al. and James Burke

Learn more here:
➑️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/19-20/1162.abstract

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