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Jun 26, 2017

Myosins team up to help secretory granules integrate

Actomyosin contractility drives a variety of membrane remodeling events, including the integration of secretory granules into the apical plasma membrane after exocytosis. By visualizing granule integration in the salivary glands of live mice, Milberg et al. reveal...


Jun 5, 2017

Broken chromosomes stay on the safe side in mitosis

Unrepaired DNA double strand breaks can generate chromosome fragments that lack centromeres but, surprisingly, these acentric chromosomes can nevertheless segregate to spindle poles during mitosis. Karg et al. reveal that, in Drosophila melanogaster neuroblasts,...