L'équipe Pintard a publié un nouvel article dans The EMBO Journal : The MAST kinase KIN-4 carries out mitotic entry functions of Greatwall in C. elegans   Résumé : MAST-like, or Greatwall (Gwl), an atypical protein kinase related to the evolutionarily conserved MAST kinase family, is crucial for cell cycle control during mitotic entry. Mechanistically, Greatwall is activated by…

L'équipe Léon a publié un nouvel article dans Biology of the cell : Direct observation of fluorescent proteins in gels: A rapid, cost-efficient, and quantitative alternative to immunoblotting Résumé : Background Information The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its derivatives has revolutionized cell biology. These fluorescent proteins (FPs) have enabled the real-time observation of protein…

L'équipe Wassmann a publié un nouveau preprint : Elimination of separase inhibition reveals absence of cohesin protection in oocyte metaphase II   Résumé : The meiotic segregation pattern to generate haploid gametes is mediated by step-wise cohesion removal by separase, first from chromosome arms in meiosis I, and then from the centromere region in meiosis II. In mammalian…

L'équipe Romet-Lemonne/Jégou a publié une nouvelle revue dans Annual review of Biophysics : Mechanics of Single Cytoskeletal Filaments   Résumé : The cytoskeleton comprises networks of different biopolymers, which serve various cellular functions. To accomplish these tasks, their mechanical properties are of particular importance. Understanding them requires detailed knowledge of the mechanical properties of the individual filaments that…

L'équipe Borghi a publié une revue dans Front. Cell Dev: Trafficking in cancer: from gene deregulation to altered organelles and emerging biophysical properties   Résumé : Intracellular trafficking supports all cell functions maintaining the exchange of material between membrane-bound organelles and the plasma membrane during endocytosis, cargo sorting, and exocytosis/secretion. Several proteins of the intracellular trafficking machinery are…

L'équipe Borghi a publié un article dans Biophysical Journal : Tension makes the cell throw up   Lachuer H. Tension makes the cell throw up. Biophys J. 2025 Jan 3:S0006-3495(24)04128-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.12.033. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39889700.

L'équipe Jackson/Verbavatz a publié un nouvel article dans Nature Microbiology : The Asgard archaeal origins of Arf family GTPases involved in eukaryotic organelle dynamics   Résumé : The evolution of eukaryotes is a fundamental event in the history of life. The closest prokaryotic lineage to eukaryotes, the Asgardarchaeota, encode proteins previously found only in eukaryotes, providing insight into…

L'équipe Prioleau a publié un nouvel article dans Nucleic Acid Research : Dual DNA replication modes: varying fork speeds and initiation rates within the spatial replication program in Xenopus   Résumé : Les génomes des vertébrés se dupliquent en activant des dizaines de milliers d'origines de réplication de l'ADN, réparties de manière irrégulière le long du génome. Cependant, en…

L'équipe Doye a publié un article dans Current Opinion in Cell Biology : Opening the gate: Complexity and modularity of the nuclear pore scaffold and basket   Résumé : Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are giant molecular assemblies that form the gateway between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and accommodate the bidirectional transport of a large variety of…