Open Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Open Biology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses123
Hallmarks of cancer—the new testament121
Higher-order organization of biomolecular condensates116
Metarhizium: jack of all trades, master of many103
The origin of animals: an ancestral reconstruction of the unicellular-to-multicellular transition83
To form and function: on the role of basement membrane mechanics in tissue development, homeostasis and disease80
Black box of phage–bacterium interactions: exploring alternative phage infection strategies68
Viral macrodomains: a structural and evolutionary assessment of the pharmacological potential68
Fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle homeostasis, regeneration and diseases65
Walking the tight wire between cell adhesion and WNT signalling: a balancing act for β-catenin59
Senescent cells and macrophages: key players for regeneration?58
Ubiquitin–proteasome system and the role of its inhibitors in cancer therapy54
Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains52
Therapeutic potential of astaxanthin and superoxide dismutase in Alzheimer's disease50
ADAMTS proteases in cardiovascular physiology and disease49
A duplicated amh is the master sex-determining gene for Sebastes rockfish in the Northwest Pacific49
Adipose tissue in health and disease48
The intrinsically disorderly story of Ki-6747
Pathways shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane46
Substrate recruitment by zDHHC protein acyltransferases45
Short chain fatty acids: key regulators of the local and systemic immune response in inflammatory diseases and infections44
Regulation of ecdysone production in Drosophila by neuropeptides and peptide hormones44
The role of disorder in RNA binding affinity and specificity44
The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system41
Brain and testis: more alike than previously thought?40
Endocrine cybernetics: neuropeptides as molecular switches in behavioural decisions38
Emerging evidence implicating a role for neurexins in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders37
Syndecan receptors: pericellular regulators in development and inflammatory disease37
Phosphoglycerate kinase: structural aspects and functions, with special emphasis on the enzyme from Kinetoplastea36
SUMOylation modification-mediated cell death34
A complete enzymatic capacity for biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22 : 6n–3) exists in the marine Harpacticoida copepod Tigriopus californicus34
How do the Fat–Dachsous and core planar polarity pathways act together and independently to coordinate polarized cell behaviours?34
Notch signalling in healthy and diseased vasculature33
Schwann cell remyelination of the central nervous system: why does it happen and what are the benefits?32
Progress towards non-small-cell lung cancer models that represent clinical evolutionary trajectories32
Darwin's bark spider shares a spidroin repertoire with Caerostris extrusa but achieves extraordinary silk toughness through gene expression31
Ultrastructure expansion microscopy in Trypanosoma brucei31
Genome instability and loss of protein homeostasis: converging paths to neurodegeneration?31
Unravelling the mystery of female meiotic drive: where we are31
Modelling T-cell immunity against hepatitis C virus with liver organoids in a microfluidic coculture system30
Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall29
Temperature modulates immune gene expression in mosquitoes during arbovirus infection29
Protein S -palmitoylation in immunity29
Repurposing of synaptonemal complex proteins for kinetochores in Kinetoplastida28
Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes that persist in the colon during chronic stage murine infections have a reduced replication rate28
The interesting relationship between APOBEC3 deoxycytidine deaminases and cancer: a long road ahead27
Alterations of the endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic potential in autism spectrum disorder27
Mapping of a N-terminal α-helix domain required for human PINK1 stabilization, Serine228 autophosphorylation and activation in cells27
SIRT7: a sentinel of genome stability27
RNA polymerase II pausing in development: orchestrating transcription26
A centriole's subdistal appendages: contributions to cell division, ciliogenesis and differentiation26
Viral pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and male reproductive health26
Signalling through cerebral cavernous malformation protein networks26
Parallel evolution of trehalose production machinery in anhydrobiotic animals via recurrent gene loss and horizontal transfer25
HIV Rev-isited25
Telomeric replication stress: the beginning and the end for alternative lengthening of telomeres cancers25
Fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling dysregulation and targeting in breast cancer25
Secondary cell wall patterning—connecting the dots, pits and helices24
Controlling the topology of mammalian mitochondrial DNA24
Ferroptosis in myocardial infarction: not a marker but a maker24
The mitochondrial intermembrane space: the most constricted mitochondrial sub-compartment with the largest variety of protein import pathways24
Functions of exogenous FGF signals in regulation of fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix protein expression23
Exploring the therapeutic potential of forkhead box O for outfoxing COVID-1923
Palbociclib-mediated cell cycle arrest can occur in the absence of the CDK inhibitors p21 and p2723
Lipopolysaccharide detection by the innate immune system may be an uncommon defence strategy used in nature22
The FBXL family of F-box proteins: variations on a theme22
What determines eukaryotic translation elongation: recent molecular and quantitative analyses of protein synthesis22
Mechanotransduction as a major driver of cell behaviour: mechanisms, and relevance to cell organization and future research22
The plastic cell: mechanical deformation of cells and tissues22
Capturing crop adaptation to abiotic stress using image-based technologies22
Aspirin and cancer: biological mechanisms and clinical outcomes21
Regulation of EGFR signalling by palmitoylation and its role in tumorigenesis21
Mechanisms driving spatial distribution of residents in colony biofilms: an interdisciplinary perspective21
Haloferax volcanii —a model archaeon for studying DNA replication and repair21
A high-throughput assay for directly monitoring nucleolar rRNA biogenesis21
Expansion microscopy facilitates quantitative super-resolution studies of cytoskeletal structures in kinetoplastid parasites20
How neutrophil metabolism affects bacterial killing20
Patterning principles of morphogen gradients20
Centrosome-centric view of asymmetric stem cell division20
Development of the mammalian cortical hem and its derivatives: the choroid plexus, Cajal–Retzius cells and hippocampus19
Novel perspectives of target-binding by the evolutionarily conserved PP4 phosphatase19
The role of DDK and Treslin–MTBP in coordinating replication licensing and pre-initiation complex formation19
An early Sox2-dependent gene expression programme required for hippocampal dentate gyrus development19
ANGPTL8 in metabolic homeostasis: more friend than foe?19
TRIM family proteins: roles in proteostasis and neurodegenerative diseases18
Lysosomal positioning diseases: beyond substrate storage18
Studying metabolism with multi-organ chips: new tools for disease modelling, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics18
Proteolytic activity of the proteasome is required for female insect reproduction18
Extracellular matrix guidance of autophagy: a mechanism regulating cancer growth18
Alzheimer's disease-like perturbations in HIV-mediated neuronal dysfunctions: understanding mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies18
Structure of the Ndc80 complex and its interactions at the yeast kinetochore–microtubule interface18
Injury-induced Cavl-expressing cells at lesion rostral side play major roles in spinal cord regeneration17
Driving forces in the origins of life16
The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris16
Palmitoylation of Hedgehog proteins by Hedgehog acyltransferase: roles in signalling and disease16
Radiation combines with immune checkpoint blockade to enhance T cell priming in a murine model of poorly immunogenic pancreatic cancer16
Primary brain cell infection by Toxoplasma gondii reveals the extent and dynamics of parasite differentiation and its impact on neuron biology16
The role of procoagulant phospholipids on the surface of circulating blood cells in thrombosis and haemostasis16
Role of amylopectin synthesis in Toxoplasma gondii and its implication in vaccine development against toxoplasmosis15
The supernumerary B chromosome of maize: drive and genomic conflict15
Pareto optimality, economy–effectiveness trade-offs and ion channel degeneracy: improving population modelling for single neurons15
The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors15
An open-source pipeline for analysing changes in microglial morphology15
Iron-sulfur flavoenzymes: the added value of making the most ancient redox cofactors and the versatile flavins work together15
Cell cycle-dependent binding between Cyclin B1 and Cdk1 revealed by time-resolved fluorescence correlation spectroscopy15
Blood–brain barrier disruption in atrial fibrillation: a potential contributor to the increased risk of dementia and worsening of stroke outcomes?14
Modern and prebiotic amino acids support distinct structural profiles in proteins14
Ghrelin octanoylation by ghrelinO-acyltransferase: protein acylation impacting metabolic and neuroendocrine signalling14
Mechanism and regulation of P element transposition14
Neuronal signalling of zinc: from detection and modulation to function14
The genetic basis and potential molecular mechanism of yellow-albino northern snakehead (Channa argus)14
Molecular mechanisms of developmental pathways in neurological disorders: a pharmacological and therapeutic review14
Selective localization of Mfn2 near PINK1 enables its preferential ubiquitination by Parkin on mitochondria14
Reconstitution of the recombinant human γ-tubulin ring complex14
A glitch in the snitch: the role of linker histone H1 in shaping the epigenome in normal and diseased cells13
Comparative analysis of stalked and acorn barnacle adhesive proteomes13
Age separation dramatically reduces COVID-19 mortality rate in a computational model of a large population13
Opinion: PARP inhibitors in cancer—what do we still need to know?13
Metamorphic proteins: the Janus proteins of structural biology13
Maintenance and loss of endocytic organelle integrity: mechanisms and implications for antigen cross-presentation13
MicroRNAs: master regulators in host–parasitic protist interactions12
miR-155-3p: processing by-product or rising star in immunity and cancer?12
Live imaging YAP signalling in mouse embryo development12
Regulating the regulator: a survey of mechanisms from transcription to translation controlling expression of mammalian cell cycle kinase Aurora A12
Epidemiological profiles and associated risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients based on a high-throughput testing facility in India12
Emerging roles of centrosome cohesion12
Structure and in silico simulations of a cold-active esterase reveals its prime cold-adaptation mechanism12
Shared evolutionary footprints suggest mitochondrial oxidative damage underlies multiple complex I losses in fungi12
Mitochondrial biology and dysfunction in secondary mitochondrial disease12
Dissecting the mechanisms of environment sensitivity of smart probes for quantitative assessment of membrane properties12
Jack of all trades, master of each: the diversity of fibroblast growth factor signalling in eye development12
Modelling population dynamics in a unicellular social organism community using a minimal model and evolutionary game theory12
ATP-dependent polymerization dynamics of bacterial actin proteins involved in Spiroplasma swimming12
MRPS36 provides a structural link in the eukaryotic 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex12
Appendage regeneration is context dependent at the cellular level11
A genetic model for in vivo proximity labelling of the mammalian secretome11
Determination of the membrane topology of PORCN, an O-acyl transferase that modifies Wnt signalling proteins11
A short perinuclear amphipathic α-helix in Apq12 promotes nuclear pore complex biogenesis11
Tweedle proteins form extracellular two-dimensional structures defining body and cell shape in Drosophila melanogaster11
Functional characterization of the human Cdk10/Cyclin Q complex11
Implication of synaptotagmins 4 and 7 in activity-dependent somatodendritic dopamine release in the ventral midbrain11
The three-component helicase/primase complex of herpes simplex virus-111
The inherent flexibility of type I non-ribosomal peptide synthetase multienzymes drives their catalytic activities11
Structural basis for the coiled-coil architecture of human CtIP11
Ovothiol ensures the correct developmental programme of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus embryo11
BRCA1-BARD1 regulates transcription through modulating topoisomerase IIβ10
Recent insights into mechanisms preventing ectopic centromere formation10
Regulatory effects of protein S-acylation on insulin secretion and insulin action10
Viruses, cancer and non-self recognition10
Evolution of thymopoietic microenvironments10
In the footsteps of sea stars: deciphering the catalogue of proteins involved in underwater temporary adhesion10
Double nicking by RNA-directed Cascade-nCas3 for high-efficiency large-scale genome engineering10
A homology independent sequence replacement strategy in human cells using a CRISPR nuclease10
Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection10
Conserved role of the urotensin II receptor 4 signalling pathway to control body straightness in a tetrapod10
Structural and biophysical characterization of the tandem substrate-binding domains of the ABC importer GlnPQ10
Crossroads between membrane trafficking machinery and copper homeostasis in the nerve system10
The utility of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in assisted reproduction10
Phytophthora capsici sterol reductase PcDHCR7 has a role in mycelium development and pathogenicity10
From infection to cancer: how DNA tumour viruses alter host cell central carbon and lipid metabolism10
Developing and maintaining a nose-to-brain map of odorant identity9
High degree of conservation of the enzymes synthesizing the laminin-binding glycoepitope of α-dystroglycan9
A novel yeast-based high-throughput method for the identification of protein palmitoylation inhibitors9
Bacterial division ring stabilizing ZapA versus destabilizing SlmA modulate FtsZ switching between biomolecular condensates and polymers9
Integrative analysis of genomic and transcriptomic alterations of AGR2 and AGR3 in cancer9
Methods to study folding of alpha-helical membrane proteins in lipids9
Characterization of microglia behaviour in healthy and pathological conditions with image analysis tools9
Light-induced reversible reorganizations in closed Type II reaction centre complexes: physiological roles and physical mechanisms9
AMPK phosphorylates NAMPT to regulate NAD + homeostasis under ionizing radiation9
Biochemical evidence for diverse strategies in the inner kinetochore9
Osmolarity-regulated swelling initiates egg activation in Drosophila9
Repo-Man/protein phosphatase 1 SUMOylation mediates binding to lamin A and serine 22 dephosphorylation9
The multifaceted role of lemur tyrosine kinase 3 in health and disease8
TSPO: an emerging role in appetite for a therapeutically promising biomarker8
Global pleiotropic effects in adaptively evolved Escherichia coli lacking CRP reveal molecular mechanisms that define the growth physiology8
On the origin of TSAR: morphology, diversity and phylogeny of Telonemia8
GNL3 is an evolutionarily conserved stem cell gene influencing cell proliferation, animal growth and regeneration in the hydrozoan Hydractinia8
The role of α-sheet structure in amyloidogenesis: characterization and implications8
Bronchoconstriction: a potential missing link in airway remodelling8
DDX21 is a p38-MAPK-sensitive nucleolar protein necessary for mouse preimplantation embryo development and cell-fate specification8
Spatial activation of ezrin by epidermal growth factor receptor and focal adhesion kinase co-ordinates epithelial cell migration8
Helicoverpa armigera miR-2055 regulates lipid metabolism via fatty acid synthase expression8
The application of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry in the analysis of Drosophila species—a potential new tool in entomology8
A fast-growing dengue virus mutant reveals a dual role of STING in response to infection8
The careful control of Polo kinase by APC/C-Ube2C ensures the intercellular transport of germline centrosomes during Drosophila oogenesis8
A TOR (target of rapamycin) and nutritional phosphoproteome of fission yeast reveals novel targets in networks conserved in humans8
Familial ALS-associated SFPQ variants promote the formation of SFPQ cytoplasmic aggregates in primary neurons8
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells and the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection8
Primary cilia and lipid raft dynamics8
Identification of PP2A-B55 targets uncovers regulation of emerin during nuclear envelope reassembly inDrosophila7
A quick protocol for the preparation of mouse retinal cryosections for immunohistochemistry7
Planar cell polarity in the larval epidermis of Drosophila and the role of microtubules7
Bacterial degrons in synthetic circuits7
Immune competence and spleen size scale with colony status in the naked mole-rat7
POU-M2 promotes juvenile hormone biosynthesis by directly activating the transcription of juvenile hormone synthetic enzyme genes in Bombyx mori7
Opium alkaloids, biosynthesis, pharmacology and association with cancer occurrence7
Parakeet: a digital twin software pipeline to assess the impact of experimental parameters on tomographic reconstructions for cryo-electron tomography7
Cytokinetic diversity in mammalian cells is revealed by the characterization of endogenous anillin, Ect2 and RhoA7
Cellular and molecular signatures of motherhood in the adult and ageing rat brain7
Haem-responsive gene transporter enables mobilization of host haem in ticks7
Characterization and structure of the human lysine-2-oxoglutarate reductase domain, a novel therapeutic target for treatment of glutaric aciduria type 17
Exploring differential exon usage via short- and long-read RNA sequencing strategies7
Crystals of TELSAM–target protein fusions that exhibit minimal crystal contacts and lack direct inter-TELSAM contacts7
Protein phase separation hotspots at the presynapse7
Cx43 can form functional channels at the nuclear envelope and modulate gene expression in cardiac cells7
MYC regulates metabolism through vesicular transfer of glycolytic kinases7
Time-optimized feeding is beneficial without enforced fasting7
Complex regulatory role of DNA methylation in caste- and age-specific expression of a termite7
Ectopic positioning of the cell division plane is associated with single amino acid substitutions in the FtsZ-recruiting SsgB inStreptomyces7
Skewed distribution of spines is independent of presynaptic transmitter release and synaptic plasticity, and emerges early during adult neurogenesis7
The immune deficiency and c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways drive the functional integration of the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes6
Gene duplication is the primary driver of intraspecific genomic divergence in coral algal symbionts6
Functional insight into LOAD-associated microglial response genes6
Mapping molecular complexes with super-resolution microscopy and single-particle analysis6
tRNA copy number and codon usage in the sea cucumber genome provide insights into adaptive translation for saponin biosynthesis6
Expression and function of PDGF-C in development and stem cells6
Regulation of transforming growth factor-β signalling by SUMOylation and its role in fibrosis6
A unifying mechanism for protein transport through the core bacterial Sec machinery6
Single-molecule tracking (SMT) and localization of SRF and MRTF transcription factors during neuronal stimulation and differentiation6
Integrative omics identification, evolutionary and structural analysis of low affinity nitrate transporters in diatoms, diNPFs6
The potential roles of retinoids in combating drug resistance in cancer: implications of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters6
Identification of FoxP circuits involved in locomotion and object fixation in Drosophila6
Prebiotic chemistry: a review of nucleoside phosphorylation and polymerization6
NDUFS3 knockout cancer cells and molecular docking reveal specificity and mode of action of anti-cancer respiratory complex I inhibitors6
Centromere function in asymmetric cell division in Drosophila female and male germline stem cells6
Interaction of MLE with CLAMP zinc finger is involved in proper MSL proteins binding to chromosomes in Drosophila6
In vivoassessment of mechanical properties during axolotl development and regeneration using confocal Brillouin microscopy6
A novel methodological approach to simultaneously extract high-quality total RNA and proteins from cortical and trabecular bone6
Analysis of the phosphoproteome of CK2 α (–/–)α′ C2C12 myoblasts compared to the wild-type cells6
Hedgehog signalling controls sinoatrial node development and atrioventricular cushion formation6
Insulin receptor Arg717 and IGF-1 receptor Arg704 play a key role in ligand binding and in receptor activation6
Distribution and regulatory roles of oxidized 5-methylcytosines in DNA and RNA of the basidiomycete fungi Laccaria bicolor and Coprinopsis cinerea6
Cellular sociology regulates the hierarchical spatial patterning and organization of cells in organisms5
From the divergence of senescent cell fates to mechanisms and selectivity of senolytic drugs5
Reconstitution of an active human CENP-E motor5
SWIP—a stabilized window for intravital imaging of the murine pancreas5
Key thermally dimorphic fungal pathogens: shaping host immunity5
Boundary bypass activity in theabdominal-Bregion of theDrosophilabithorax complex is position dependent and regulated5
Chiasmata and the kinetochore component Dam1 are crucial for elimination of erroneous chromosome attachments and centromere oscillation at meiosis I5
Restricting a single amino acid cross-protects Drosophila melanogaster from nicotine poisoning through mTORC1 and GCN2 signalling5
Fic and non-Fic AMPylases: protein AMPylation in metazoans5
Towards understanding centriole elimination5
Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity5
Caprin-1 binding to the critical stress granule protein G3BP1 is influenced by pH5
Recurrence of COVID-19 associated with reduced T-cell responses in a monozygotic twin pair5
Serum amyloid P component accumulates and persists in neurones following traumatic brain injury5
The first genetic engineered system for ovothiol biosynthesis in diatoms reveals a mitochondrial localization for the sulfoxide synthase OvoA5
ARNO is recruited by the neuronal adaptor FE65 to potentiate ARF6-mediated neurite outgrowth5
Live-cell microscopy or fluorescence anisotropy with budded baculoviruses—which way to go with measuring ligand binding to M 4 muscarinic receptors?5
In vitro reconstitution of substrate S-acylation by the zDHHC family of protein acyltransferases5
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