Selected Papers 073011

biochemistry
A Synthetic Prestin Reveals Protein Domains and Molecular Operation of Outer Hair Cell Piezoelectricity

genetics
Fundamental Relationship between Operon Organization and Gene Expression

autophagy
SNARE Proteins Are Required for Macroautophagy
Autophagosome Precursor Maturation Requires Homotypic Fusion
Mitochondria Regulate Autophagy by Conserved Signalling Pathways
Distinct Autophagosomal-Lysosomal Fusion Mechanism Revealed by Thapsigargin-Induced Autophagy Arrest

cell biology
On a Bender—BARs, ESCRTs, COPs, and Finally Getting Your Coat [review]
The Nucleoplasmic Reticulum: Form and Function [review]
Metazoan Operons Accelerate Recovery from Growth-Arrested States
Feedback Control in Sensing Chromosome Biorientation by the Aurora B Kinase
Dynamics of Cdk1 Substrate Specificity during the Cell Cycle
Temporal and Spatial Oscillations in Bacteria [review]
Modularity of the Bacterial Cell Cycle Enables Independent Spatial and Temporal Control of DNA Replication
Micropatterned Mammalian Cells Exhibit Phenotype-specific Left-right Asymmetry

cell biology, evolution
Evolution of the Mitochondrial Fusion–Fission Cycle and Its Role in Aging
Non-adaptive Origins of Interactome Complexity

cell biology, modeling
Turing's Next Steps: The Mechanochemical Basis of Morphogenesis [perspective]

developmental biology
Scales of Understanding in Biological Development [special issue]
A Decade of Developmental Cell [special issue]

neuroscience
Perceiving Spatial Relations via Attentional Tracking and Shifting
The Human Visual System's Assumption That Light Comes from Above Is Weak

neuroscience, modeling
Using Theoretical Models to Analyse Neural Development [review]

ecology
How Social Influence can Undermine the Wisdom of Crowd Effect
Gene Flow Increases Fitness at the Warm Edge of a Species’ Range
Aerosol–cloud–precipitation System as a Predator-prey Problem

evolution
Chaos and Unpredictability in Evolutionary Dynamics in Discrete Time

imaging
Fast, Three-dimensional Super-resolution Imaging of Live Cells