BioEssays

Papers
(The TQCC of BioEssays is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
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BioEssays 1/202257
Ecotype formation and prophage domestication during gut bacterial evolution53
2024: A “nucleoid space” odyssey featuring H‐NS49
Design patterns of biological cells33
Strengths and opportunities in research into extracellular matrix ageing: A consultation with the ECMage research community30
Towards understanding how bisphosphonate‐dependent alterations to nutrient canal integrity can contribute to risk for atypical femoral fractures: Biomechanical considerations and potential relationshi28
Biophysical aspects of migrasome organelle formation and their diverse cellular functions27
Functional hierarchy of PCNA‐interacting motifs in DNA processing enzymes26
Bro1 family proteins harmonize cargo sorting with vesicle formation25
Tubulin deacetylase NDST3 modulates lysosomal acidification: Implications in neurological diseases25
Mechanistic insights and implications of FOXO‐SNAI interplay25
Electrical signalling in prokaryotes and its convergence with quorum sensing in Bacillus25
A Compensated Clock: Temperature and Nutritional Compensation Mechanisms Across Circadian Systems24
Oxidative status: A general but overlooked indicator of welfare across animal species?24
Is Enhancer Function Driven by Protein–Protein Interactions? From Bacteria to Leukemia24
How signaling pathways link extracellular mechano‐environment to proline biosynthesis: A hypothesis24
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Phosphoregulation of Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly for Phragmoplast Expansion During Plant Cytokinesis23
Spatial genome organization, TGFβ, and biomolecular condensates: Do they talk during development?23
The axonal radial contractility: Structural basis underlying a new form of neural plasticity23
Gene essentiality and variability: What is the link? A within‐ and between‐species perspective23
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A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers22
BioEssays 8/202121
Molecular biomarkers in cardio‐oncology: Where we stand and where we are heading21
The molecular mechanisms regulating the assembly of the autophagy initiation complex20
MYRF: A unique transmembrane transcription factor‐ from proteolytic self‐processing to its multifaceted roles in animal development20
A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers20
Targeting protein condensation in cGAS‐STING signaling pathway20
Epistemic misalignments in microbiome research20
Sustainability in a broad sense: An essential aspect of scientific conferences20
Protein memory?19
Transcription‐independent functions of p53 in DNA repair pathway selection19
Challenging endings: How telomeres prevent fragility19
Are anti‐cancer patents intrinsically immoral?19
Evolutionary physiology at 30+: Has the promise been fulfilled?19
BRD4 in physiology and pathology: ‘‘BET’’ on its partners18
The integrated stress response in the induction of mutant KRAS lung carcinogenesis: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications18
Advances in computational and experimental approaches for deciphering transcriptional regulatory networks18
Degeneracy in the nervous system: from neuronal excitability to neural coding18
Did doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mtDNA originate as a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system?18
Potential of the CRISPR‐Cas system for improved parasite diagnosis18
The role of lipoylation in mitochondrial adaptation to methionine restriction18
Predicting plasmid persistence in microbial communities by coarse‐grained modeling17
Neddylation‐CRLs regulate the functions of Treg immune cells17
Did the creeping vole sex chromosomes evolve through a cascade of adaptive responses to a selfish x chromosome?16
The curious case of TMEM120A: Mechanosensor, fat regulator, or antiviral defender?16
FKRP directed fibronectin glycosylation: A novel mechanism giving insights into muscular dystrophies?16
Cellular self‐organization: An overdrive in Cambrian diversity?16
Flipping and other astonishing transporter dance moves in fungal drug resistance16
Molecular characteristics of the multi‐functional FAO enzyme ACAD9 illustrate the importance of FADH2/NADH ratios for mitochondrial ROS formation16
The sorption/chromatography hypothesis of olfactory discrimination: The rise, fall, and rebirth of a Phoenix15
We can run and we can hide, but we cannot escape… Review of “The Decarbonization Delusion: What 3.5 Billion Years of Biological Sustainability can Teach us” by AndrewMoore, 2023.15
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BioEssays 4/202215
Addendum & Correction15
Mechanistic Insights Into the Assembly of Functional CRL3 Dimeric Complexes15
Paradigm shifts in animal epigenetics: Research on non‐model species leads to new insights into dependencies, functions and inheritance of DNA methylation15
BioEssays 7/202215
Cochlear tonotopy from proteins to perception15
Childhood B cell leukemia: Intercepting the paths to progression15
A unified theoretical framework underlying the regulation of motivated behavior14
Structure, function, and evolution of the metal‐binding domain in the nucleosome14
DREAM a little dREAM of DRM: Model organisms and conservation of DREAM‐like complexes14
BioEssays 1/202314
Isthmin‐1: A critical regulator of branching morphogenesis and metanephric mesenchyme condensation during early kidney development13
Time‐restricted feeding regulates lipid metabolism under metabolic challenges13
Functional partnerships between GPI‐anchored proteins and adhesion GPCRs13
Unlocking the therapeutic potential of TRPV3: Insights into thermosensation, channel modulation, and skin homeostasis involving TRPV313
Hanging the coat on a collar: Same function but different localization and mechanism for COPII12
Harnessing the cooperation between DNA‐PK and cGAS in cancer therapies12
Introducing a new rubric in BioEssays: Reviews12
AI models and the future of genomic research and medicine: True sons of knowledge?12
N6‐ Methyladenosine defines a new checkpoint in γδ T cell development12
Lung patterning: Is a distal‐to‐proximal gradient of cell allocation and fate decision a general paradigm?12
Endosteal stem cells at the bone‐blood interface: A double‐edged sword for rapid bone formation12
Highway to hell‐thy meiotic divisions: Chromosome passenger complex functions driven by microtubules12
Liquid–liquid phase separation drives the β‐catenin destruction complex formation12
Correction11
Joining the PARty: PARP Regulation of KDM5A during DNA Repair (and Transcription?)11
Dominant negative variants and cotranslational assembly of macromolecular complexes11
BioEssays 8/202111
ORChestra coordinates the replication and repair music11
Mitochondrially localized MPZL3 emerges as a signaling hub of mammalian physiology11
The SUMO stress response in transcriptional regulation: Causal relationships or secondary bystander effects?11
MicroRNAs play regulatory roles in genomic balance11
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iPS cell therapy 2.0: Preparing for next‐generation regenerative medicine11
An emerging role of transcription in chromosome segregation: Ongoing centromeric transcription maintains centromeric cohesion11
AlphaFold2: A versatile tool to predict the appearance of functional adaptations in evolution11
Emerging small molecule inhibitors of Bach1 as therapeutic agents: Rationale, recent advances, and future perspectives11
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ISG15: A link between innate immune signaling, DNA replication, and genome stability10
Mitotic poleward flux: Finding balance between microtubule dynamics and sliding10
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Optimizing DNA hypomethylating therapy in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes10
Nucleosomes and flipons exchange energy to alter chromatin conformation, the readout of genomic information, and cell fate10
The asymmetric plasma membrane—A composite material combining different functionalities?10
The history and conceptual framework of assays and screens10
BioEssays 10/202210
Lost in translation: How neurons cope with tRNA decoding10
A folliculocentric perspective of dandruff pathogenesis: Could a troublesome condition be caused by changes to a natural secretory mechanism?10
What is an enhancer?10
What can asymmetrical cell snakes do?10
Thermosensory Roles of G Protein‐Coupled Receptors and Other Cellular Factors in Animals10
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Dynamic Plasma Membrane Topography Linked With Arp2/3 Actin Network Induction During Cell Shape Change9
A natural heme deficiency exists in biology that allows nitric oxide to control heme protein functions by regulating cellular heme distribution9
Loss of DNA methylation disrupts syncytiotrophoblast development: Proposed consequences of aberrant germline gene activation9
Cell growth and the cell cycle: New insights about persistent questions9
The sorting platform in the type III secretion pathway: From assembly to function9
Bayes and Darwin: How replicator populations implement Bayesian computations9
Are secondary effects of bisphosphonates on the vascular system of bone contributing to increased risk for atypical femoral fractures in osteoporosis?9
Are non‐protein coding RNAs junk or treasure?9
Fatty acids may influence insulin dynamics through modulation of albumin‐Zn2+ interactions9
The strange case of Drp1 in autophagy: Jekyll and Hyde?9
How germline genes promote malignancy in cancer cells9
Insights into DNA cleavage by MutL homologs from analysis of conserved motifs in eukaryotic Mlh19
How are Trypanosoma brucei receptors protected from host antibody‐mediated attack?9
Coming into clear sight at last: Ancestral and derived events during chelicerate visual system development9
BioEssays 12/20228
Tau, microtubule dynamics, and axonal transport: New paradigms for neurodegenerative disease8
Meet the Metaorganism: A web‐based learning app for undergraduate and graduate biology students8
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From pixels to insights: Machine learning and deep learning for bioimage analysis8
BTB domains: A structural view of evolution, multimerization, and protein–protein interactions8
The interaction between enhancer variants and environmental factors as an overlooked aetiological paradigm in human complex disease8
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A word of heartfelt thanks to our reviewers8
SNP‐based heritability and selection analyses: Improved models and new results8
Location bias: A “Hidden Variable” in GPCR pharmacology8
AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR protein accumulation and function8
Muscle stem cells get a new look: Dynamic cellular projections as sensors of the stem cell niche8
Aspartate‐phobia of thermophiles as a reaction to deleterious chemical transformations8
Interactions between neural cells and blood vessels in central nervous system development8
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Three‐dimensional stem cell models of mammalian gastrulation8
Ribosomal dormancy at the nexus of ribosome homeostasis and protein synthesis8
Non‐canonical bivalent H3K4me3K9me3 recognition by Spindlin1/C11orf84 complex8
Deep into the niche: Deciphering local endoderm‐microenvironment interactions in development, homeostasis, and disease of pancreas and intestine8
Dimensional reduction in complex living systems: Where, why, and how8
Can stable introns and noncoding RNAs be harnessed to improve health through activation of mitohormesis?8
A paREDOX in the control of cholesterol biosynthesis7
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Similarities in the induction of the intracellular pathogen response in Caenorhabditis elegans and the type I interferon response in mammals7
Lewontin did not commit Lewontin's fallacy, his critics do: Why racial taxonomy is not useful for the scientific study of human variation7
On the origin of plastids7
Host under epigenetic control: A novel perspective on the interaction between microorganisms and corals7
Symbiont effector‐guided mapping of proteins in plant networks to improve crop climate stress resilience7
Issue Information: BioEssays 12/20247
The concept of balance in microbiome research7
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How mitochondria showcase evolutionary mechanisms and the importance of oxygen7
Modulation of H3.3 chromatin assembly by PML: A way to regulate epigenetic inheritance7
An indirect perspective to link genetic mosaicism and tumorigenesis7
Flavin‐containing monooxygenase (FMO): Beyond xenobiotics7
Non‐coding RNAs in Kawasaki disease: Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications7
AAV Genome Topology Decides ITR Secondary Structure7
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Getting updated on the brain: A review of “Livewired—The inside story of the ever‐changing brain” by David Eagleman7
dCas9 techniques for transcriptional repression in mammalian cells: Progress, applications and challenges7
As a matter of fat: Emerging roles of lipid‐sensitive E3 ubiquitin ligases7
The flagellar germ‐line hypothesis: How flagellate and ciliate gametes significantly shaped the evolution of organismal complexity7
Minichromosome maintenance proteins in eukaryotic chromosome segregation6
Sorting of cargo in the tubular endosomal network6
More than a bystander: RNAs specify multifaceted behaviors of liquid‐liquid phase‐separated biomolecular condensates6
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BioEssays 9/20216
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) constitute an additional player in regulating epithelial development6
X centromeric drive may explain the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome and other conditions6
Collective cell migration driven by filopodia—New insights from the social behavior of myotubes6
Omegasomes control formation, expansion, and closure of autophagosomes6
TRPV4: En RhoA To a Cure?6
Broad H3K4me3 domains: Maintaining cellular identity and their implication in super‐enhancer hijacking6
Mechanisms of Lipid‐Associated Macrophage Accrual in Metabolically Stressed Adipose Tissue6
BioEssays 3/20246
CHARM and EvoETR: Precision epigenetic tools for gene silencing6
Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles6
Metabolic Dysregulation as a Central Mechanism in 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Multigenic Perspective on Clinical Variability and Therapeutic Opportunities6
A case for the importance of following antibiotic resistant bacteria throughout the soil food web6
Keeping intracellular DNA untangled: A new role for condensin?6
The complexity of biological control systems: An autophagy case study6
Modeling the evolution of recombination plasticity: A prospective review6
BioEssays 8/20246
BioEssays 12/20246
Regulation and signaling of the LIM domain kinases6
Assembling the thymus medulla: Development and function of epithelial cell heterogeneity6
Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?6
Significance of the anterior cingulate cortex in neurogenesis plasticity: Connections, functions, and disorders across postnatal and adult stages6
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