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Valosin‐containing protein counteracts ATP‐driven dissolution of FUS condensates through its ATPase activity in vitro

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Biomolecular condensates formed by fused in sarcoma (FUS) are dissolved by high ATP concentrations yet persist in cells. Using a reconstituted system, we demonstrate that valosin‐containing protein (VCP), an AAA+ ATPase, counteracts ATP‐driven dissolution of FUS condensates through its D2 ATPase activity.
Hitomi Kimura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms and Implications of Animal Flight Maneuverability [PDF]

open access: yesIntegrative and Comparative Biology, 2002
Accelerations and directional changes of flying animals derive from interactions between aerodynamic force production and the inertial resistance of the body to translation and rotation. Anatomical and allometric features of body design thus mediate the rapidity of aerial maneuvers.
openaire   +2 more sources

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking the Age of Zoo Reform

open access: yesHumanimalia, 2016
Lisa Uddin, Zoo Renewal: White Flight and the Animal Ghetto. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. xi + 277 pp. with 8 color plates.
Takashi Ito
doaj   +1 more source

Sex-related interannual plasticity in wing morphological design in Heliconius charithonia enhances flight metabolic performance.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Flight morphological variations and its consequences on animal performance are common in winged insects. In the butterfly Heliconius charithonia, sex-related differences in the wing morphological design have been described resulting in differences in ...
Velia I Ramos-Pérez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptive Bird-like Genome Miniaturization During the Evolution of Scallop Swimming Lifestyle

open access: yesGenomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 2022
Genome miniaturization drives key evolutionary innovations of adaptive traits in vertebrates, such as the flight evolution of birds. However, whether similar evolutionary processes exist in invertebrates remains poorly understood. Derived from the second-
Yuli Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal L\'{e}vy-flight foraging in a finite landscape

open access: yes, 2014
We present a simple model to study L\'{e}vy-flight foraging in a finite landscape with countable targets. In our approach, foraging is a step-based exploratory random search process with a power-law step-size distribution $P(l) \propto l^{-\mu}$. We find
Jurdak, Raja   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Water bathing alters the speed-accuracy trade-off of escape flights in European starlings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Birds of most species regularly bathe in water, but the function of this behaviour is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that water bathing is important in feather maintenance, and hence should enhance flight performance. We manipulated European starlings'
Asher, L   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Insights into a long life without cancer: The case of the bowhead whale

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Long‐lived, large‐bodied organisms have evolved powerful anticancer mechanisms that preserve cellular and tissue integrity across extended lifespans. A recent study by Firsanov et al. shows that greater genome stability is a key factor underlying the remarkable longevity and cancer resistance of one such species, the bowhead whale.
Inés Paniagua, Johanna A. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

Animalopters - towards a new dimension of flight mechanics [PDF]

open access: yesTransport, 2002
Recently, it has been recognised that flapping wing propulsion can be more efficient than conventional propel­lers if applied to very small-scale vehicles, so-called MAVs (micro air vehicles).
J. A. Goszczynski   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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