BioEssays

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Functional hierarchy of PCNA‐interacting motifs in DNA processing enzymes	61
Glymphatic Transport as a Possible New Mechanism for the Long‐Range Signaling of Extracellular Vesicles Through the CNS	39
Design patterns of biological cells	37
Biophysical aspects of migrasome organelle formation and their diverse cellular functions	34
Strengths and opportunities in research into extracellular matrix ageing: A consultation with the ECMage research community	32
Bro1 family proteins harmonize cargo sorting with vesicle formation	32
Towards understanding how bisphosphonate‐dependent alterations to nutrient canal integrity can contribute to risk for atypical femoral fractures: Biomechanical considerations and potential relationshi	31
Ecotype formation and prophage domestication during gut bacterial evolution	31
BioEssays 1/2022	30
Phosphoregulation of Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly for Phragmoplast Expansion During Plant Cytokinesis	29
2024: A “nucleoid space” odyssey featuring H‐NS	28
Is Enhancer Function Driven by Protein–Protein Interactions? From Bacteria to Leukemia	28
Mechanistic insights and implications of FOXO‐SNAI interplay	28
Tubulin deacetylase NDST3 modulates lysosomal acidification: Implications in neurological diseases	27
Electrical signalling in prokaryotes and its convergence with quorum sensing in Bacillus	25
The Electric Genome: A Mechanistic Hypothesis for Nuclear Architecture and Gene Expression Bias	25
A Compensated Clock: Temperature and Nutritional Compensation Mechanisms Across Circadian Systems	24
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Oxidative status: A general but overlooked indicator of welfare across animal species?	24
Epistemic misalignments in microbiome research	23
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A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers	22
The integrated stress response in the induction of mutant KRAS lung carcinogenesis: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications	22
Sustainability in a broad sense: An essential aspect of scientific conferences	22

Spatial genome organization, TGFβ, and biomolecular condensates: Do they talk during development?	22
Are anti‐cancer patents intrinsically immoral?	21
Molecular biomarkers in cardio‐oncology: Where we stand and where we are heading	21
Gene essentiality and variability: What is the link? A within‐ and between‐species perspective	21
Evolutionary physiology at 30+: Has the promise been fulfilled?	20
The role of lipoylation in mitochondrial adaptation to methionine restriction	20
Protein memory?	20
Targeting protein condensation in cGAS‐STING signaling pathway	20
A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers	19
All Organisms Can Be Anesthetized, but There's No Point?	19
Oxidative Phosphorylation in Uncoupled Mitochondria	18
MYRF: A unique transmembrane transcription factor‐ from proteolytic self‐processing to its multifaceted roles in animal development	18
Did doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mtDNA originate as a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system?	18
Potential of the CRISPR‐Cas system for improved parasite diagnosis	17
Transcription‐independent functions of p53 in DNA repair pathway selection	17
The molecular mechanisms regulating the assembly of the autophagy initiation complex	17
Degeneracy in the nervous system: from neuronal excitability to neural coding	17
Cellular self‐organization: An overdrive in Cambrian diversity?	17
The sorption/chromatography hypothesis of olfactory discrimination: The rise, fall, and rebirth of a Phoenix	16
Advances in computational and experimental approaches for deciphering transcriptional regulatory networks	16
FKRP directed fibronectin glycosylation: A novel mechanism giving insights into muscular dystrophies?	16
BioEssays 7/2022	16
Neddylation‐CRLs regulate the functions of Treg immune cells	16
BioEssays 4/2022	15
Childhood B cell leukemia: Intercepting the paths to progression	15
We can run and we can hide, but we cannot escape… Review of “The Decarbonization Delusion: What 3.5 Billion Years of Biological Sustainability can Teach us” by AndrewMoore, 2023.	15
Cochlear tonotopy from proteins to perception	15
Did the creeping vole sex chromosomes evolve through a cascade of adaptive responses to a selfish x chromosome?	15
Mechanistic Insights Into the Assembly of Functional CRL3 Dimeric Complexes	15
Molecular characteristics of the multi‐functional FAO enzyme ACAD9 illustrate the importance of FADH2/NADH ratios for mitochondrial ROS formation	14
Paradigm shifts in animal epigenetics: Research on non‐model species leads to new insights into dependencies, functions and inheritance of DNA methylation	14
BioEssays 1/2023	14
The curious case of TMEM120A: Mechanosensor, fat regulator, or antiviral defender?	14
Addendum & Correction	14
Structure, function, and evolution of the metal‐binding domain in the nucleosome	14
Flipping and other astonishing transporter dance moves in fungal drug resistance	14
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Harnessing the cooperation between DNA‐PK and cGAS in cancer therapies	14
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DREAM a little dREAM of DRM: Model organisms and conservation of DREAM‐like complexes	13
Endosteal stem cells at the bone‐blood interface: A double‐edged sword for rapid bone formation	13
Hanging the coat on a collar: Same function but different localization and mechanism for COPII	13
Ubiquitin C‐Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCHL1), Beyond Hydrolysis	13
Isthmin‐1: A critical regulator of branching morphogenesis and metanephric mesenchyme condensation during early kidney development	13
A unified theoretical framework underlying the regulation of motivated behavior	13
Introducing a new rubric in BioEssays: Reviews	13
N6‐ Methyladenosine defines a new checkpoint in γδ T cell development	12
MicroRNAs play regulatory roles in genomic balance	12
Highway to hell‐thy meiotic divisions: Chromosome passenger complex functions driven by microtubules	12
Lung patterning: Is a distal‐to‐proximal gradient of cell allocation and fate decision a general paradigm?	12

Functional partnerships between GPI‐anchored proteins and adhesion GPCRs	12
Emerging small molecule inhibitors of Bach1 as therapeutic agents: Rationale, recent advances, and future perspectives	12
Unlocking the therapeutic potential of TRPV3: Insights into thermosensation, channel modulation, and skin homeostasis involving TRPV3	12
ORChestra coordinates the replication and repair music	11
Time‐restricted feeding regulates lipid metabolism under metabolic challenges	11
Issue Information: BioEssays 8/2025	11
Dominant negative variants and cotranslational assembly of macromolecular complexes	11
AlphaFold2: A versatile tool to predict the appearance of functional adaptations in evolution	11
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What can asymmetrical cell snakes do?	11
Lost in translation: How neurons cope with tRNA decoding	11
The SUMO stress response in transcriptional regulation: Causal relationships or secondary bystander effects?	11
Joining the PARty: PARP Regulation of KDM5A during DNA Repair (and Transcription?)	11
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Correction	11
What is an enhancer?	11
The history and conceptual framework of assays and screens	10
The asymmetric plasma membrane—A composite material combining different functionalities?	10
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ISG15: A link between innate immune signaling, DNA replication, and genome stability	10
iPS cell therapy 2.0: Preparing for next‐generation regenerative medicine	10
Dynamic Plasma Membrane Topography Linked With Arp2/3 Actin Network Induction During Cell Shape Change	10
An emerging role of transcription in chromosome segregation: Ongoing centromeric transcription maintains centromeric cohesion	10
Butyrate, IL‐4, and EP4 Receptors: A Triad of Colorectal Homeostasis, Protecting Against Onset of Cancer and IBD?	10
Are non‐protein coding RNAs junk or treasure?	10
Nucleosomes and flipons exchange energy to alter chromatin conformation, the readout of genomic information, and cell fate	9
Tau, microtubule dynamics, and axonal transport: New paradigms for neurodegenerative disease	9
Loss of DNA methylation disrupts syncytiotrophoblast development: Proposed consequences of aberrant germline gene activation	9
How are Trypanosoma brucei receptors protected from host antibody‐mediated attack?	9
How germline genes promote malignancy in cancer cells	9
Fatty acids may influence insulin dynamics through modulation of albumin‐Zn2+ interactions	9
The strange case of Drp1 in autophagy: Jekyll and Hyde?	9
Issue Information: BioEssays 11/2025	9
Bayes and Darwin: How replicator populations implement Bayesian computations	9
Meet the Metaorganism: A web‐based learning app for undergraduate and graduate biology students	9
Coming into clear sight at last: Ancestral and derived events during chelicerate visual system development	9
Are secondary effects of bisphosphonates on the vascular system of bone contributing to increased risk for atypical femoral fractures in osteoporosis?	9
SNP‐based heritability and selection analyses: Improved models and new results	9
Cell growth and the cell cycle: New insights about persistent questions	9
Shear Stress as a Danger Signal: Inducing Inflammation and Thrombosis via Mechanosensitive NETosis	9
Three‐dimensional stem cell models of mammalian gastrulation	9
BioEssays 10/2022	9
Insights into DNA cleavage by MutL homologs from analysis of conserved motifs in eukaryotic Mlh1	9
Location bias: A “Hidden Variable” in GPCR pharmacology	9
From Genome to Geroscience: How DNA Damage Shapes Systemic Decline	9
The sorting platform in the type III secretion pathway: From assembly to function	9
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Deep into the niche: Deciphering local endoderm‐microenvironment interactions in development, homeostasis, and disease of pancreas and intestine	8
Regulation and signaling of the LIM domain kinases	8
Muscle stem cells get a new look: Dynamic cellular projections as sensors of the stem cell niche	8
AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR protein accumulation and function	8
BTB domains: A structural view of evolution, multimerization, and protein–protein interactions	8
Non‐canonical bivalent H3K4me3K9me3 recognition by Spindlin1/C11orf84 complex	8
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Can stable introns and noncoding RNAs be harnessed to improve health through activation of mitohormesis?	8
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A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers	8
As a matter of fat: Emerging roles of lipid‐sensitive E3 ubiquitin ligases	8
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Interactions between neural cells and blood vessels in central nervous system development	8
Ribosomal dormancy at the nexus of ribosome homeostasis and protein synthesis	8
AAV Genome Topology Decides ITR Secondary Structure	8
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Liquid Guardians: Biomolecular Condensates Shield Heterochromatin Against Cellular Senescence	8
Thermosensory Roles of G Protein‐Coupled Receptors and Other Cellular Factors in Animals	8
A natural heme deficiency exists in biology that allows nitric oxide to control heme protein functions by regulating cellular heme distribution	8
BioEssays 12/2022	8
From pixels to insights: Machine learning and deep learning for bioimage analysis	8
A paREDOX in the control of cholesterol biosynthesis	8
Similarities in the induction of the intracellular pathogen response in Caenorhabditis elegans and the type I interferon response in mammals	8
Aspartate‐phobia of thermophiles as a reaction to deleterious chemical transformations	8
Reduced Adult Neurogenesis in Humans Results From a Tradeoff Rather Than Direct Negative Selection	8
Intergenerational Enlargement of Human Organs as a Driver of Increased Cancer Risk?	8
The interaction between enhancer variants and environmental factors as an overlooked aetiological paradigm in human complex disease	8
Issue Information: BioEssays 12/2024	7
Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles	7
Lewontin did not commit Lewontin's fallacy, his critics do: Why racial taxonomy is not useful for the scientific study of human variation	7
The Inner Nuclear Membrane Has a Unique Lipid Signature	7

Flavin‐containing monooxygenase (FMO): Beyond xenobiotics	7
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Keeping intracellular DNA untangled: A new role for condensin?	7
X centromeric drive may explain the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome and other conditions	7
On the origin of plastids	7
How Growth Cones Sense Extracellular Cues and Drive Neuronal Migration	7
The concept of balance in microbiome research	7
CHARM and EvoETR: Precision epigenetic tools for gene silencing	7
Issue Information: BioEssays 10/2025	7
Assembling the thymus medulla: Development and function of epithelial cell heterogeneity	7
An indirect perspective to link genetic mosaicism and tumorigenesis	7
The flagellar germ‐line hypothesis: How flagellate and ciliate gametes significantly shaped the evolution of organismal complexity	7
Non‐coding RNAs in Kawasaki disease: Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications	7
Symbiont effector‐guided mapping of proteins in plant networks to improve crop climate stress resilience	7
How mitochondria showcase evolutionary mechanisms and the importance of oxygen	7
Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?	7
More than a bystander: RNAs specify multifaceted behaviors of liquid‐liquid phase‐separated biomolecular condensates	7
Modeling the evolution of recombination plasticity: A prospective review	6
The complexity of biological control systems: An autophagy case study	6
TRPV4: En RhoA To a Cure?	6
Complex Interplay of Metabolic Substrates, Points of Entry into the Mitochondrial Electron Chain, and ROS Generation	6
Re‐evaluating Stem Cell Roles in Homeostasis and Cancer of the Esophagus	6
BioEssays 8/2024	6
Sorting of cargo in the tubular endosomal network	6
Omegasomes control formation, expansion, and closure of autophagosomes	6
Mechanisms of Lipid‐Associated Macrophage Accrual in Metabolically Stressed Adipose Tissue	6
BioEssays 12/2024	6
Significance of the anterior cingulate cortex in neurogenesis plasticity: Connections, functions, and disorders across postnatal and adult stages	6
Broad H3K4me3 domains: Maintaining cellular identity and their implication in super‐enhancer hijacking	6
Sulfonylurea receptor 2 (SUR2), intricate sensors for intracellular Mg‐nucleotides	6
Metabolic Dysregulation as a Central Mechanism in 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Multigenic Perspective on Clinical Variability and Therapeutic Opportunities	6
BioEssays 3/2024	6
Minichromosome maintenance proteins in eukaryotic chromosome segregation	6
A case for the importance of following antibiotic resistant bacteria throughout the soil food web	6
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Dynamic crosstalk between hematopoietic stem cells and their niche from emergence to aging	6
Aster la vista: Unraveling the biochemical basis of carotenoid homeostasis in the human retina	5
Health‐promoting worms? Prospects and pitfalls of helminth therapy	5
Critically assessing atavism, an evolution‐centered and deterministic hypothesis on cancer	5
Relationship of PSC to embryos: Extending and refining capture of PSC lines from mammalian embryos	5
Taming of the microbial beasts: Plant immunity tethers potentially pathogenic microbiota members	5
In grateful recognition of our Editorial Board	5
Nucleic Acid Aptamer‐Based Sensors for Bacteria Detection: A Review	5
Meiotic defects in human oocytes: Potential causes and clinical implications	5
Review of “Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology: Established and Emerging” edited by Agnès Boutet and Bernd Schierwater, CRC Press	5
Understanding fundamental principles of enhancer biology at a model locus	5
Emerging role of TAK1 in the regulation of skeletal muscle mass	5
What Epigenetics Teaches Us About Neuron–Glioma Interactions	5
Centromere diversity: How different repeat‐based holocentromeres may have evolved	5
Estrogen receptor α revised: Expression, structure, function, and stability	5
Asymmetrical sex reversal: Does the type of heterogamety predict propensity for sex reversal?	5
Single cell RNA‐sequencing: A powerful yet still challenging technology to study cellular heterogeneity	5
Heterochromatin repeat organization at an individual level: Rex1BD and the 14‐3‐3 protein coordinate to shape the epigenetic landscape within heterochromatin repeats	5
A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers	5
Assessing Human Ribosomal DNA Variation and Its Association With Phenotypic Outcomes	5
The Dark Side of Flow: Shear Stress as a Trigger for Thromboinflammatory NETs	5
Fighting Antibiotic Resistance: Insights Into Human Barriers and New Opportunities	5
Let's talk about sex	5
From the genome's perspective: Bearing somatic retrotransposition to leverage the regulatory potential of L1 RNAs	5
Newly discovered harvestmen relict eyes eyeing for their functions	5
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In through the out door: A loop‐binding‐first model for topological cohesin loading	5
BioEssays 2/2024	5
Ancient endosymbiont‐mediated transmission of a selfish gene provides a model for overcoming barriers to gene transfer into animal mitochondrial genomes	5
Airborne particles and cardiovascular morbidity in severe inherited hypercholesterolemia: Vulnerable endothelium under multiple attacks	4
BioEssays 8/2022	4
From correlation to causation: The new frontier of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance	4
Actomyosin forces in cell migration: Moving beyond cell body retraction	4
Nanoscale organization of phosphoinositide signaling in the plasma membrane?	4
Functional interplay within the epitranscriptome: Reality or fiction?	4
An oncospace for human cancers	4
Fluid protein fold space and its implications	4
Evolutionary Origins and Adaptive Significance of A‐to‐I RNA Editing in Animals and Fungi	4
Queuosine tRNA Modification: Connecting the Microbiome to the Translatome	4
Contrasting views on the role of AMPK in autophagy	4
Pushing the TAD boundary: Decoding insulator codes of clustered CTCF sites in 3D genomes	4
Epigenetics across the evolutionary tree: New paradigms from non‐model animals	4
Exposure to Extreme Heat Increases Preterm Birth Risk: Hypothetical Pathophysiological Mechanisms	4
The complexities of ligand/receptor interactions: Exploring the role of molecular vibrations and quantum tunnelling	4
Order out of disorder: Regulation of endonuclease activity during eukaryotic mismatch repair	4
Evolution of sex‐determination in dioecious plants: From active Y to X/A balance?	4
What are we doing, people? We have to challenge vested interests much more vigorously	4
Eomes and T‐bet, a dynamic duo regulating NK cell differentiation	4
The logic of protein post‐translational modifications (PTMs): Chemistry, mechanisms and evolution of protein regulation through covalent attachments	4
G Protein‐Coupled Receptor Signal Intersection at the Primary Cilium	4
Phagocytosis by the retinal pigment epithelium: New insights into polarized cell mechanics	4
T‐Rex escaped from the cytosolic park: Re‐thinking the impact of TREX1 exonuclease deficiencies on genomic stability	4
PAQR proteins and the evolution of a superpower: Eating all kinds of fats	4
Balancing Plk1 activity levels: The secret of synchrony between the cell and the centrosome cycle	4
BioEssays 3/2024	4
Eukaryotic cellular intricacies shape mitochondrial proteomic complexity	4
Importance of Considering the Plastic Expression of Phenotypes When Determining Evolutionary Relationships	4
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Linking secretion and cytoskeleton in immunity– a case for Arabidopsis TGNap1	4
Acid digestion and symbiont: Proton sharing at the origin of mitochondriogenesis?	4