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Cover: High-resolution structured illumination microscopy image of wild-type macrophages isolated from Drosophila prepupae and stained for F-actin. See article by A. Hirschhäuser et al. (jcs258891).
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Cargo sorting at the trans-Golgi network at a glance
Summary: An illustrated framework of the conceptual mainstays of Golgi sorting and export.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Nup93 and CTCF modulate spatiotemporal dynamics and function of the HOXA gene locus during differentiation
Summary: Nucleoporin Nup93 has a novel and complementary role with the chromatin organizer CTCF in differentially regulating the organization and function of the HOXA gene locus during differentiation.
CK1α protects WAVE from degradation to regulate cell shape and motility in the immune response
Summary: We identified CK1α as a novel regulator of WAVE controlling cell shape and motility in immune response. Basal phosphorylation of WAVE by CK1α protects it from premature proteasomal degradation.
α-Actinin-4 drives invasiveness by regulating myosin IIB expression and myosin IIA localization
Summary: We show that α-actinin-4 drives cancer invasiveness by regulating expression of myosin IIB, which is required for nuclear squeezing, and modulation of adhesion turnover via retention of myosin IIA at the cell periphery.
Precursor types predict the stability of neuronal branches
Summary: Branches of neurons differ in stability. We describe evidence that this stability is already defined during formation, suggesting separate branch maintenance modes initiated by distinct branch precursors.
Plekhh1, a partner of myosin 1 and an effector of EphB2, controls the cortical actin network during cell repulsion
Summary: Plekhh1 is an effector of EphB2 receptors and a partner of myosin 1 proteins. It contributes to cell repulsion by regulating the architecture of the cortical actin network.
The Hsp70–Bag3 complex modulates the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Hippo pathway protein Yap
Highlighted Article: We show how the Hsp70–Bag3 module regulates the Hippo pathway. This regulatory mechanism involves control of nuclear translocation of the transcription factor Yap.
The microtubule-associated protein She1 coordinates directional spindle positioning by spatially restricting dynein activity
Highlighted Article: The astral microtubule-bound population of She1 attenuates the initiation of dynein-mediated spindle movement events in a compartment-specific manner, thus promoting directionally biased transport events in budding yeast.
Nuclear import of BCL11B is mediated by a classical nuclear localization signal and not the Krüppel-like zinc fingers
Summary: The BCL11B transcription factor migrates to the nucleus using the classical import pathway and a unique, previously unidentified and conserved NLS located at a distance from its DNA-binding Krüppel-like zinc finger motifs.
Mitotic chromosome condensation requires phosphorylation of the centromeric protein KNL-2 in C. elegans
Highlighted Article: Phosphorylation of the essential centromere protein KNL-2 is required for mitotic chromosome condensation, but not for the role of KNL-2 in centromere maintenance and kinetochore formation.
2024 Journal Meeting 'Diversity and Evolution in Cell Biology'

Registration is open for our 2024 Journal Meeting Diversity and Evolution in Cell Biology, which aims to bring together evolutionary biologists and cell biologists investigating diverse aspects of cellular physiology. Early-bird deadline is 19 January 2024.
FocalPlane image competition winner: Rebecca Simkin

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2023 FocalPlane image competition is Rebecca Simkin. Rebecca’s image, ‘Neuromuscular junctions’, depicts four NMJs in a lumbrical muscle, located in the hind paw of a wildtype mouse. Read the full interview here.
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