Biology Open

Papers
(The TQCC of Biology Open is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cdc48 and its co-factor Ufd1 extract CENP-A from centromeric chromatin and can induce chromosome elimination in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe55
First person – Amy Irving33
First person – Rajeshwari B. R.32
Retraction: Overexpression of long non-coding RNA SBF2-AS1 promotes cell progression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) by repressing miR-494 to up-regulate PFN2 expression30
First person – Yuta Koui25
Alpha-T-catenin is expressed in peripheral nerves as a constituent of Schwann cell adherens junctions23
Future Leaders to Watch – Christopher Toepfer and Manuel Schmid22
First person – Kelly Diamond21
Optimization of an in situ liver perfusion method to evaluate hepatic function of juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)18
First person – Flavie Ader18
The matrix in focus: new directions in extracellular matrix research from the 2021 ASMB hybrid meeting17
Quantitative analysis of signaling responses during mouse primordial germ cell specification17
Saccharomyces cerevisiae deficient in the early anaphase release of Cdc14 can traverse anaphase I without ribosomal DNA disjunction and successfully complete meiosis16
Correction: IL-31 plays dual roles in lung inflammation in an OVA-induced murine asthma model15
First person – Kayla Mills15
Early-career researchers: answering the most important scientific questions of our time15
Mummichog gill and operculum exhibit functionally consistent claudin-10 paralog profiles and Claudin-10c hypersaline response14
An alternative and effective method for extracting skeletal organic matrix adapted to the red coral Corallium rubrum14
Sequential events during the quiescence to proliferation transition establish patterns of follicle cell differentiation in the Drosophila ovary14
Exploring stem cell frontiers: definitions, challenges, and perspectives for regenerative medicine14
First person – Hungtang Ko13
Antibodies targeting the European lobster (Palinurus elephas) vitellogenin developed by mRNA isolation and in-silico-designed antigenic peptides13
First person – Xin Huang13
First person – Kazuko Okamoto13
Locomotor kinematics on sand versus vinyl flooring in the sidewinder rattlesnake Crotalus cerastes12
The extracellular matrix controls stem cell specification and crypt morphology in the developing and adult mouse gut12
Manipulation of the nuclear envelope-associated protein SLAP during mammalian brain development affects cortical lamination and exploratory behavior12
Single target acuity for moving targets in the common sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)12
Beyond barriers, towards diversity: how hybrid student conferences can drive accessibility12
Glucose to lactate shift reprograms CDK-dependent mitotic decisions and its communication with MAPK Sty1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe11
Visualization of the biphasic calcium wave during fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans using a genetically encoded calcium indicator11
Vitamin A cycle byproducts explain retinal damage and molecular changes thought to initiate retinal degeneration11
First person – Francesca Mastropasqua and Marika Oksanen11
First person – Sophie Johnson11
The dorsal blastopore lip is a source of signals inducing planar cell polarity in the Xenopus neural plate10
The threat of a non-native oligochaete species in Iran's freshwater: Assessment of the diversity and origin of Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) and its response to climate change10
Divalent metal content in diet affects severity of manganese toxicity in Drosophila10
A zebrafish forward genetic screen identifies an indispensable threonine residue in the kinase domain of PRKD210
The transcriptional landscape of the cultured murine middle ear epithelium in vitro10
Local differences in robustness to ocean acidification10
Defective COX1 expression in aging mice liver10
Oo-site: A dashboard to visualize gene expression during Drosophila oogenesis suggests meiotic entry is regulated post-transcriptionally10
First person – Brandon Hastings9
Connecting different heart diseases through intercellular communication9
Auxin treatment increases lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans9
Dissecting dynamics and differences of selective pressures in the evolution of human pigmentation9
exTREEmaTIME: a method for incorporating uncertainty into divergence time estimates9
A Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral assay distinguishes early stage prostate cancer patient urine from controls9
A hypomorphic mutation in Pold1 disrupts the coordination of embryo size expansion and morphogenesis during gastrulation9
First person – Wanyue Xu9
Tight junction stabilization prevents HepaRG cell death in drug-induced intrahepatic cholestasis8
Developmental expression patterns of toolkit genes in male accessory gland ofDrosophilaparallels those of mammalian prostate8
Plpp3, a novel regulator of pluripotency exit and endodermal differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells8
Three functional polymorphisms in CCDC170 were associated with osteoporosis phenotype8
First person – Emily Harders8
Reevaluating the relationship between EGL-43 (EVI1) and LIN-12 (Notch) during C. elegans anchor cell invasion8
Transgenic force sensors and software to measure force transmission across the mammalian nuclear envelope in vivo8
Chromosomal organization of multigene families and meiotic analysis in species of Loricariidae (Siluriformes) from Brazilian Amazon, with description of a new cytotype for genus Spatuloricaria8
Macrophages allocate before apoptosis initiation and produce reactive oxygen species during interdigital phagocytosis8
Pudgy mouse rib deformities emanate from abnormal paravertebral longitudinal cartilage/bone accumulations8
PatternJ: an ImageJ toolset for the automated and quantitative analysis of regular spatial patterns found in sarcomeres, axons, somites, and more8
Assessing metabolic rates in zebrafish using a 3D-printed intermittent-flow respirometer and swim tunnel system8
Quantified growth of the human embryonic heart8
Presynaptic HCN channels constrain GABAergic synaptic transmission in pyramidal cells of the medial prefrontal cortex8
A year at the forefront of plasmodesmal biology8
Exploiting the potential of lung stem cells to develop pro-regenerative therapies8
Influence of visual perception on movement decisions by an ungulate prey species7
Local adaptation in thermal tolerance for a tropical butterfly across ecotone and rainforest habitats7
Glutaraldehyde-enhanced autofluorescence as a general tool for 3D morphological imaging7
Spectral scanning and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) enable separation and characterization of C. elegans autofluorescence in the cuticle and gut7
Patterns of variations in dorsal colouration of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus7
Knee position affects medial gastrocnemius and soleus activation during dynamic plantarflexion: no evidence for an inter-muscle compensation in healthy young adults7
Zebrafish embryos hatch early in response to chemical and mechanical indicators of predation risk, resulting in underdeveloped swimming ability of hatchling larvae7
Variations in oxidative stress and antioxidant defense level during different phases of hibernation in common Asian toad,Duttaphrynus melanostictus7
miR-8b is involved in brain and eye regeneration ofDugesia japonicain head regeneration7
10th European Calcium Society symposium: The Ca2+-signaling toolkit in cell function, health and disease7
Short- and long-term exposure to high glucose induces unique transcriptional changes in osteoblasts in vitro7
Intracellular dynamics of ubiquitin-like 3 visualized using an inducible fluorescent timer expression system7
FRS2-independent GRB2 interaction with FGFR2 is not required for embryonic development7
Short-range homing in camels: displacement experiments7
Data transformation and model selection in bivariate allometry6
Over-expressing NadA quinolinate synthase inEscherichia colienhances the bioelectrochemistry in microbial fuel cells6
Robust assembly of the aldehyde dehydrogenase Ald4p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae6
Cellular signalling protrusions enable dynamic distant contacts in spinal cord neurogenesis6
An ode to multidisciplinarity: the ‘Bacteria Orchestrate Life’ international meeting6
First person – J. Pablo Sánchez-Ovando6
NEDD1-S411 phosphorylation plays a critical function in the coordination of microtubule nucleation during mitosis6
First person – Soyam Gupta6
First person – Daisy Pineda-Suazo6
Gene expression and DNA methylation changes in response to hypoxia in toxicant-adapted Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)6
First person – Jon Bell6
First person – Franziska Hacker6
Progressive Palaeontology 2024 conference report6
First person – Julia Loose6
Drosophila CRISPR/Cas9 mutants as tools to analyse cardiac filamin function and pathogenicity of human FLNC variants6
The influence of carbon dioxide on cerebral metabolism and oxygen consumption: combining multimodal monitoring with dynamic systems modelling6
The LRRK2 signaling network converges on a centriolar phospho-Rab10/RILPL1 complex to cause deficits in centrosome cohesion and cell polarization6
Apoptosis is a generator of Wnt-dependent regeneration and homeostatic cell renewal in the ascidian Ciona6
First person – Phuong Le and Jeanne Quinn6
Regulation of NANOG and SOX2 expression by activin A and a canonical WNT agonist in bovine embryonic stem cells and blastocysts6
Efficient genome editing using modified Cas9 proteins in zebrafish6
Inter- and intra-limb coordination during initial sprint acceleration6
Potentiating Vγ9Vδ2 T cell proliferation and assessing their cytotoxicity towards adherent cancer cells at the single cell level6
First person – Yao Xiao6
Loss of flrt2 gene leads to microphthalmia in zebrafish5
Manipulating mitochondrial reactive oxygen species alters survival in unexpected ways in a Drosophila Cdk5 model of neurodegeneration5
Trailblazers in cancer research: the next generation – the British Association of Cancer Research early-career conference5
First person – Marjan Abbasi5
Identification of proteins that bind extracellular microRNAs secreted by the parasitic nematode Trichinella spiralis5
First person – Yixing Wu and Ying Bai5
ARL3 and ARL13B GTPases participate in distinct steps of INPP5E targeting to the ciliary membrane5
midline represses Dpp signaling and target gene expression in Drosophila ventral leg development5
Chk2-p53 and JNK in irradiation-induced cell death of hematopoietic progenitors and differentiated cells inDrosophilalarval lymph gland5
Expression of Concern: MicroRNA-96-5p promotes proliferation, invasion and EMT of oral carcinoma cells by directly targeting FOXF25
First person – Daniel V. Guebel5
First person – Justin Varholick5
Energetics of whiskered bats in comparison to other bats of the family Vespertilionidae5
First person – Shohei Yamamoto5
First person – Yoshikazu Haramoto5
Expression levels and activities of energy-yielding ATPases in the oligohaline neritid snail Theodoxus fluviatilis under changing environmental salinities5
Biophysical and biochemical properties of Deup1 self-assemblies: a potential driver for deuterosome formation during multiciliogenesis5
First person – Ming-Hsuan Wen5
Correction: Stable atrogin-1 (Fbxo32) and MuRF1 (Trim63) gene expression is involved in the protective mechanism in soleus muscle of hibernating Daurian ground squirrels (<5
Patient-matched tumours, plasma, and cell lines reveal tumour microenvironment- and cell culture-specific microRNAs5
Older spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) have delayed and spatially heterogenous ear wound regeneration5
Postnatal depletion of maternal cells biases T lymphocytes and natural killer cells’ profiles toward early activation in the spleen5
Future leader to watch – Tania Martins-Marques5
Future leader to watch – Gregory Redpath5
Future leader to watch – Roman Zug5
Introducing Daniel Gorelick – a new Editor-in-Chief for Biology Open5
Cytoneme-like protrusion formation induced by LAR is promoted by receptor dimerization5
Altered germline cyst formation and oogenesis in Tex14 mutant mice4
Clonal behaviour of myogenic precursor cells throughout the vertebrate lifespan4
The lymphatic system favours survival of a unique T. brucei population4
Heart rate as a proxy for estimating oxygen consumption rates in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)4
High-throughput detection of eukaryotic parasites and arboviruses in mosquitoes4
Novel protocol to observe the intestinal tuft cell using transmission electron microscopy4
A Year at the Forefront of Gliding Locomotion4
First person – Bishal Basak4
The genomic basis of host and vector specificity in non-pathogenic trypanosomatids4
Air–liquid interface culture combined with differentiation factors reproducing intestinal cell structure formation in vitro4
Mitochondrial metabolism in Drosophila macrophage-like cells regulates body growth via modulation of cytokine and insulin signaling4
An arch worth revisiting: A study on the feline humeral supracondylar foramen and its evolutionary significance4
First person – Alice Yuen4
Microbiome transplants may not improve health and longevity in Drosophila melanogaster4
Peripodial adherens junctions regulate Ajuba-Yorkie signaling to preserve fly eye morphology4
Rhoptry kinase protein 39 (ROP39) is a novel factor that recruits host mitochondria to the parasitophorous vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii4
Segregation of brain and organizer precursors is differentially regulated by Nodal signaling at blastula stage4
Correction: IRS-1 increases TAZ expression and promotes osteogenic differentiation in rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells4
Clutch may predict growth of hatchling Burmese pythons better than food availability or sex4
Suction feeding of West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens): An XROMM analysis of jaw mechanics, cranial kinesis, and hyoid mobility4
Retraction: MicroRNA-96-5p promotes proliferation, invasion and EMT of oral carcinoma cells by directly targeting FOXF24
The Endosomal Sorting Complex, ESCRT, has diverse roles in blood progenitor maintenance, lineage choice and immune response4
An ethogram identifies behavioural markers of attention to humans in European herring gulls (Larus argentatus)4
Melanistic coloration does not influence thermoregulation in the crepuscular gecko Eublepharis macularius4
Clearance rates of sand-burrowed and laterally pressed unburrowed Pismo clam Tivela stultorum (Mawe 1823) in a laboratory open-flow system4
The relationship between locomotion and hindlimb morphology in the leopard (Panthera pardus) using a geometric morphometric approach4
Demystification and feasibility of CRISPR technology and gene editing in African laboratories4
Development of a cypovirus protein microcrystal-encapsulated Bacillus thuringiensis UV-tolerant and mosquitocidal δ-endotoxin4
Identification of a new allele of O-fucosyltransferase 1 involved in Drosophila intestinal stem cell regulation4
Tbx5 overexpression in embryoid bodies increases TAK1 expression but does not enhance the differentiation of sinoatrial node cardiomyocytes4
Modest sexual size dimorphism and allometric growth: a study based on growth and gonad development in the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae)4
The population frequency of human mitochondrial DNA variants is highly dependent upon mutational bias4
shRNAs targeting mouseAdam10diminish cell response to proinflammatory stimuli independently ofAdam10silencing4
Correction: Chorismate synthase mediates cerebral malaria pathogenesis by eliciting salicylic acid-dependent autophagy response in parasite4
A nematode-derived, mitochondrial stress signaling-regulated peptide exhibits broad antibacterial activity3
Empowering tomorrow's leaders: the impact of the 15th Network of Young Researchers in Andrology (NYRA) meeting on male reproductive health and interdisciplinary collaboration3
Focal sources of FGF-10 promote the buckling morphogenesis of the embryonic airway epithelium3
Improved whole-mount immunofluorescence protocol for consistent and robust labeling of adult Drosophila melanogaster adipose tissue3
Serotonin: an overlooked regulator of endocytosis and endosomal sorting?3
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 embryonic stem cells show decreased myogenic potential, increased CpG methylation at the DMPK locus and RNA mis-splicing3
A monoclonal antibody raised against human EZH2 cross-reacts with the RNA-binding protein SAFB3
Dynamic shapes of the zygote and two-cell mouse and human3
Neural stem cell research in Africa: current realities and future prospects3
Population-level antagonism between FGF and BMP signaling steers mesoderm differentiation in embryonic stem cells3
First person – Daniel Lenthall3
Sexual dimorphism and the impact of aging on ball rolling-associated locomotor behavior in Drosophila3
Theoretical model of impact mitigation mechanisms inherent to the North American bison skull3
Odours of cancerous mouse congeners: detection and attractiveness3
The fission yeast SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase Slx8 functionally associates with clustered centromeres and the silent mating-type region at the nuclear periphery3
A human stem cell resource to decipher the biochemical and cellular basis of neurodevelopmental defects in Lowe syndrome3
An experimental test of chronic traffic noise exposure on parental behaviour and reproduction in zebra finches3
Oviductal fluid counterbalances the negative effect of high temperature on sperm in an ectotherm model3
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of the ubiquitin variant UbKEKS reveals a role in regulating nucleolar structures and composition3
Ac/Ds transposition for CRISPR/dCas9-SID4x epigenome modulation in zebrafish3
Motion: enhancing signals and concealing cues3
New K50R mutant mouse models reveal impaired hypusination of eif5a2 with alterations in cell metabolite landscape3
Promyelocytic leukemia nuclear body-like structures can assemble in mouse oocytes3
The importance of considering regulatory domains in genome-wide analyses – the nearest gene is often wrong!3
Does swimming at the bottom serve as a hydraulic advantage for benthic fish Neogobius melanostomus Pallas (1814) in flowing water?3
BBQ methods: streamlined workflows for bacterial burden quantification in infected cells by confocal microscopy3
Shaping the future of male reproductive health: fostering talent at the 14th Network of Young Researchers in Andrology meeting3
A deep-dive into fictive locomotion – a strategy to probe cellular activity during speed transitions in fictively swimming zebrafish larvae3
Cardiac myosin super relaxation (SRX): a perspective on fundamental biology, human disease and therapeutics3
Deficiency of the Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein U locus leads to delayed hindbrain neurogenesis3
NANOS3 suppresses premature spermatogonial differentiation to expand progenitors and fine-tunes spermatogenesis in mice3
Geographic variation in bacterial assemblages on cane toad skin is influenced more by local environments than by evolved changes in host traits3
Palmitoylated small GTPase ARL15 is translocated within Golgi network during adipogenesis3
Young minds, deeper insights: a recap of the BMAS Summer School 2023, ranging from basic research to clinical implications of bone marrow adipose tissue3
First person – Jonathon McPhetres3
Dirichlet process mixture models for single-cell RNA-seq clustering3
An atlas of Brachypodium distachyon lateral root development3
Auxin confers protection against ER stress in Caenorhabditis elegans3
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