Molecular Biology of the Cell

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Biology of the Cell is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Role of 2-hydroxy acyl-CoA lyase HACL2 in odd-chain fatty acid production via α-oxidation in vivo106
A role for Nup153 in nuclear assembly reveals differential requirements for targeting of nuclear envelope constituents75
The Toxoplasma gondii homolog of ATPase inhibitory factor 1 is critical for mitochondrial cristae maintenance and stress response55
Optogenetic control of receptor-mediated growth cone dynamics in neurons53
Analysis of the roles of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate and individual subunits in assembly, localization, and function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae target of rapamycin complex 241
TUDCA modulates drug bioavailability to regulate resistance to acute ER stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae41
Valosin-containing protein p97 extracts capping protein CP110 from the mother centriole to promote ciliogenesis40
Roles for the canonical polarity machinery in the de novo establishment of polarity in budding yeast spores38
When everything is a master regulator, nothing is36
Preprint Highlight: Distinct regions of Helicobacter pylori's bactofilin CcmA regulate protein-protein interactions to control helical cell shape35
Preprint Highlight: Mitotic clustering of pulverized chromosomes from micronuclei34
In vivo imaging reveals independent intraflagellar transport of the nexin–dynein regulatory complex subunits DRC2 and DRC433
Yeast Nst1 is a novel component of P-bodies and is a specific suppressor of proteasome base assembly defects32
Tracheal motile cilia in mice require CAMSAP3 for the formation of central microtubule pair and coordinated beating32
Inclusion: an individual pursuit requiring organization-level investment to sustain it32
The Arp2/3 complex enhances cell migration on elastic substrates32
Laser ablation reveals the impact of Cdc15p on the stiffness of the contractile ring31
Evaluation of cell segmentation methods without reference segmentations31
Dynamics of intracellular neonatal Fc receptor–ligand interactions in primary macrophages using biophysical fluorescence techniques30
2021 ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts29
Bistability in the polarity circuit of yeast28
A WICB 50th Favorite: Rapid lytic granule convergence to the MTOC in natural killer cells is dependent on dynein but not cytolytic commitment27
Adaptive protein synthesis in genetic models of copper deficiency and childhood neurodegeneration27
Results from the MBoC Preprint Highlight experiment26
Inner-nuclear-membrane–associated degradation employs Dfm1-independent retrotranslocation and alleviates misfolded transmembrane-protein toxicity25
ALK1 regulates the internalization of endoglin and the type III TGF-β receptor25
Synaptobrevin-2 dependent regulation of single synaptic vesicle endocytosis24
CANVS: an easy-to-use application for the analysis and visualization of mass spectrometry–based protein–protein interaction/association data24
Centromere proteins are asymmetrically distributed between newly divided germline stem and daughter cells and maintain a balanced niche in Drosophila males23
Science: priceless, but costly23
Modulating RhoA effectors induces transitions to oscillatory and more wavelike RhoA dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans zygotes23
2020 in 20/20 hindsight23
A fine balance among key biophysical factors is required for recovery of bipolar mitotic spindle from monopolar and multipolar abnormalities22
p52Shc regulates the sustainability of ERK activation in a RAF-independent manner22
E2F4’s cytoplasmic role in multiciliogenesis is mediated via an N-terminal domain that binds two components of the centriole replication machinery, Deup1 and SAS622
Calcineurin promotes adaptation to chronic stress through two distinct mechanisms22
The ARF GAPs ELMOD1 and ELMOD3 act at the Golgi and cilia to regulate ciliogenesis and ciliary protein traffic22
Preprint Highlight: Multiplexed bioluminescence microscopy via phasor analysis21
Preprint Highlight: Shelterin components modulate nucleic acids condensation and phase separation in the context of telomeric DNA21
Dimerization activates the Inversin complex in C. elegans21
Preprint Highlight: PGC1α regulates the endothelial response to fluid shear stress via telomerase reverse transcriptase control of heme oxygenase‐121
The cell-end protein Tea4 spatially regulates hyphal branch initiation and appressorium remodeling in the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae21
Preprint Highlight: All-optical visualization of specific molecules in the ultrastructural context of brain tissue21
A novel tool for the unbiased characterization of epithelial monolayer development in culture21
The outer kinetochore components KNL-1 and Ndc80 complex regulate axon and neuronal cell body positioning in the C. elegans nervous system20
Preprint Highlight: Disentangling cadherin-mediated cell-cell interactions in collective cancer cell migration20
Preprint Highlight: Hyphal compartmentalization and sporulation in Streptomyces require the conserved cell division protein SepX20
SET levels contribute to cohesion fatigue19
Recruitment of PI4KIIIβ to the Golgi by ACBD3 is dependent on an upstream pathway of a SNARE complex and golgins19
STMND1 is a phylogenetically ancient stathmin which localizes to motile cilia and exhibits nuclear translocation that is inhibited when soluble tubulin concentration increases19
Preprint Highlight: Lateral and longitudinal compaction of PRC1 overlap zones drives stabilization of interzonal microtubules19
Preprint Highlight: A lysosomal lipid transport pathway that enables cell survival under choline limitation18
The ring saga: looking back at the discovery of γ-tubulin and γ-tubulin ring complexes18
Preprint Highlight: LRRK2 Suppresses Lysosome Degradative Activity in Macrophages and Microglia via Transcription Factor E3 Inhibition18
You are the most valuable reagent in the lab: mental health before and during the pandemic17
The roles of yeast formins and their regulators Bud6 and Bil2 in the pheromone response17
The p24-family and COPII subunit SEC24C facilitate the clearance of alpha1-antitrypsin Z from the endoplasmic reticulum to lysosomes17
Preprint Highlight: Dodecaploid Xenopus longipes provides insight into the emergence of size scaling relationships during development17
Load adaptation by endocytic actin networks17
Whi5 is diluted and protein synthesis does not dramatically increase in pre-Start G117
Disruption of a ∼23–24 nucleotide small RNA pathway elevates DNA damage responses inTetrahymena thermophila17
p97/VCP Promotes the Recycling of Endocytic Cargo17
A model of actin-driven endocytosis explains differences of endocytic motility in budding and fission yeast16
We need to address ableism in science16
ER-localized phosphatidylethanolamine synthase plays a conserved role in lipid droplet formation16
Spatial variation of microtubule depolymerization in large asters16
Cell adaptation to aneuploidy by the environmental stress response dampens induction of the cytosolic unfolded-protein response16
BROMI/TBC1D32 together with CCRK/CDK20 and FAM149B1/JBTS36 contributes to intraflagellar transport turnaround involving ICK/CILK116
Axonal transport of Frizzled5 by Alcadein α-containing vesicles is associated with kinesin-116
The N-terminal tail of C. elegans CENP-A interacts with KNL-2 and is essential for centromeric chromatin assembly16
Cdc7-mediated phosphorylation of Cse4 regulates high-fidelity chromosome segregation in budding yeast16
Sequestration of the exocytic SNARE Psy1 into multiprotein nodes reinforces polarized morphogenesis in fission yeast15
Improved tools for live imaging of F-actin structures in yeast15
Landmarks in the discovery of a role for actin in cell locomotion15
BORC-ARL8-HOPS ensemble is required for lysosomal cholesterol egress through NPC215
Trisomy 21 increases microtubules and disrupts centriolar satellite localization15
Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience15
Coordinated efforts of different actin filament populations are needed for optimal cell wound repair15
After wounding, a G-protein coupled receptor promotes the restoration of tension in epithelial cells15
Superresolution light microscopy of the Drosophila histone locus body reveals a core–shell organization associated with expression of replication–dependent histone genes15
Interface extension is a continuum property suggesting a linkage between AP contractile and DV lengthening processes15
Tip60 acetylation of histone H3K4 temporally controls chromosome passenger complex localization15
Identification of defined structural elements within TOR2 kinase required for TOR complex 2 assembly and function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae15
Evidence for low-level translation in human erythrocytes15
Improved imaging and preservation of lysosome dynamics using silver nanoparticle-enhanced fluorescence15
The biochemical composition of the actomyosin network sets the magnitude of cellular traction forces15
Divergent polo boxes in KKT2 bind KKT1 to initiate the kinetochore assembly cascade in Trypanosoma brucei14
The ciliary lumen accommodates passive diffusion and vesicle-assisted trafficking in cytoplasm–ciliary transport14
K-fiber bundles in the mitotic spindle are mechanically reinforced by Kif1514
Centrosomal enrichment and proteasomal degradation of SYS-1/β-catenin requires the microtubule motor dynein14
L-bodies are RNA–protein condensates driving RNA localization in Xenopus oocytes14
Sec18 binds the tethering/SM complex HOPS to engage the Qc-SNARE for membrane fusion14
An invariant C-terminal tryptophan in McdB mediates its interaction and positioning function with carboxysomes14
Modeling a disease-correlated tubulin mutation in budding yeast reveals insight into MAP-mediated dynein function14
Image-based discrimination of the early stages of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation14
Mutation of the PEBP-like domain of the mitoribosomal MrpL35/mL38 protein results in production of nascent chains with impaired capacity to assemble into OXPHOS complexes14
Regulation of neurofilament length and transport by a dynamic cycle of phospho-dependent polymer severing and annealing13
Identification of a Golgi-localized peptide reveals a minimal Golgi-targeting motif13
How many authors does it take to publish a high profile or classic paper?13
The tubulin structure, a quarter of a century later13
Endosomal actin branching, fission, and receptor recycling require FCHSD2 recruitment by MICAL-L113
A conundrum in 3-D genome organization and expression?13
The ASCB andMBoC: Our cell biology power couple13
The mitochondrial RNA granule modulates manganese-dependent cell toxicity13
On the role of myosin-induced actin depolymerization during cell migration13
Actin contraction controls nuclear blebbing and rupture independent of actin confinement13
SARS-CoV-2 down-regulates ACE2 through lysosomal degradation13
Cardiac inducing colonies halt fibroblast activation and induce cardiac/endothelial cells to move and expand via paracrine signaling13
An approach for quantitative mapping of synaptic periactive zone architecture and organization13
Plasma membrane protrusions mediate host cell–cell fusion induced by Burkholderia thailandensis12
Newfound features of meiotic chromosome organization that promote efficient congression and segregation in Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes12
α–Catenin-dependent vinculin recruitment to adherens junctions is antagonistic to focal adhesions12
BioID2 screening identifies KIAA1671 as an EPS8 proximal factor that marks sites of microvillus growth12
From pixels to phenotypes: Integrating image-based profiling with cell health data as BioMorph features improves interpretability12
Systematic analysis of microtubule plus-end networks defines EB-cargo complexes critical for mitosis in budding yeast12
Suppression of chromosome instability by targeting a DNA helicase in budding yeast12
Differential nuclear import regulates nuclear RNA inheritance following mitosis12
Scaling of nuclear numbers and their spatial arrangement in skeletal muscle cell size regulation12
Lithium-induced ciliary lengthening sparks Arp2/3 complex–dependent endocytosis12
F-actin–rich territories coordinate apoptosome assembly and caspase activation during DNA damage–induced intrinsic apoptosis12
A defined tubby domain β-barrel surface region of TULP3 mediates ciliary trafficking of diverse cargoes11
Deciphering the roles of cell shape and Fat and Dachsous planar polarity in arranging the Drosophila apical microtubule network through quantitative image analysis11
The receptor subunit Tom20 is dynamically associated with the TOM complex in mitochondria of human cells11
Violin SuperPlots: visualizing replicate heterogeneity in large data sets11
CDK11 facilitates centromeric transcription to maintain centromeric cohesion during mitosis11
Breast cancer cells promote osteoclast differentiation in an MRTF-dependent paracrine manner11
Phylogenetic profiling and cellular analyses of ARL16 reveal roles in traffic of IFT140 and INPP5E11
Activation of CWI pathway through high hydrostatic pressure, enhancing glycerol efflux via the aquaglyceroporin Fps1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae11
Branched microtubule nucleation and dynein transport organize RanGTP asters in Xenopus laevis egg extract11
Fluorescence complementation-based FRET imaging reveals centromere assembly dynamics11
Survey of cancer cell anatomy in nonadhesive confinement reveals a role for filamin-A and fascin-1 in leader bleb–based migration11
CDK signaling via nonconventional CDK phosphorylation sites11
Mannose receptor (MRC1) mediates uptake of dextran by bone marrow–derived macrophages11
Loss of the HOPS complex disrupts early-to-late endosome transition, impairs endosomal recycling and induces accumulation of amphisomes10
TFG regulates inner COPII coat recruitment to facilitate anterograde secretory protein transport10
Cytoplasmic redox imbalance in the thioredoxin system activates Hsf1 and results in hyperaccumulation of the sequestrase Hsp42 with misfolded proteins10
Docosahexanoic acid signals through the Nrf2–Nqo1 pathway to maintain redox balance and promote neurite outgrowth10
Calcium signaling mediates a biphasic mechanoadaptive response of endothelial cells to cyclic mechanical stretch10
Depletion of COPI in cancer cells: the role of reactive oxygen species in the induction of lipid accumulation, noncanonical lipophagy and apoptosis10
Divergent regulation of α-arrestin ARRDC3 function by ubiquitination10
Calcium-binding Cab45 regulates the polarized apical secretion of soluble proteins in epithelial cells10
Mitotic spindle membranes10
PI(3)P and DFCP1 regulate the biogenesis of lipid droplets10
Polymer models reveal how chromatin modification can modulate force at the kinetochore10
Occludin and tricellulin facilitate formation of anastomosing tight-junction strand network to improve barrier function10
DNA damage–induced EMT controlled by the PARP-dependent chromatin remodeler ALC1 promotes DNA repair efficiency through RAD51 in tumor cells10
Paxillin promotes breast tumor collective cell invasion through maintenance of adherens junction integrity10
Nucleoli and the nucleoli–centromere association are dynamic during normal development and in cancer10
Nanotopography modulates cytoskeletal organization and dynamics during T cell activation10
Preprint Highlight: Contractile ring mechanosensation and its anillin-dependent tuning during early embryogenesis10
Polysome profiling is an extensible tool for the analysis of bulk protein synthesis, ribosome biogenesis, and the specific steps in translation10
Cross talk-dependent cortical patterning of Rho GTPases during cell repair10
Depicting a cellular space occupied by condensates10
Plakophilin 3 and Par3 facilitate desmosomes’ association with the apical junctional complex10
In pancreatic β-cells myosin 1b regulates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by modulating an early step in insulin granule trafficking from the Golgi10
Interactions between TULP3 tubby domain and ARL13B amphipathic helix promote lipidated protein transport to cilia10
Calcium dynamics of skin-resident macrophages during homeostasis and tissue injury10
Proteomic analysis of microtubule inner proteins (MIPs) in Rib72 null Tetrahymena cells reveals functional MIPs10
The kinesin-5 tail and bipolar minifilament domains are the origin of its microtubule crosslinking and sliding activity10
Zooming in on the cell biology of disease9
Modeling and analysis of the macronutrient signaling network in budding yeast9
Baculovirus actin-rearrangement-inducing factor ARIF-1 induces the formation of dynamic invadosome clusters9
Mechanobiology: forcing the second act9
Scaling of stochastic growth and division dynamics: A comparative study of individual rod-shaped cells in the Mother Machine and SChemostat platforms9
The story of science: successes, failures, luck, privilege, and bias9
Quantitative biophysical metrics for rapid evaluation of ovarian cancer metastatic potential9
Negative-sense RNA viruses: An underexplored platform for examining virus–host lipid interactions9
Preprint Highlight: Transcriptomic changes highly similar to Alzheimer's disease are observed in a subpopulation of individuals during normal brain aging9
Calcium flow at ER-TGN contact sites facilitates secretory cargo export9
LIN-10 can promote LET-23 EGFR signaling and trafficking independently of LIN-2 and LIN-79
Evolutionary divergence of anaphase spindle mechanics in nematode embryos constrained by antagonistic pulling and viscous forces9
Quantitative visualization of endocytic trafficking through photoactivation of fluorescent proteins9
Heterologous expression of Dictyostelium discoideum NE81 in mouse embryo fibroblasts reveals conserved mechanoprotective roles of lamins9
ZC3HC1 is a structural element of the nuclear basket effecting interlinkage of TPR polypeptides9
Tepsin binds LC3B to promote ATG9A trafficking and delivery9
Preprint Highlight: Vimentin intermediate filaments organize organellar ER architecture in response to stress8
Preprint Highlight: A motor-based approach to induce chromosome-specific mis-segregations in human cells8
Preprint Highlight: Polarized Disheveled dissolution and condensation drives embryonic axis specification in oocytes8
Career advice from my father: “Go where you are loved”8
Preprint Highlight: Actomyosin cables position cell cohorts during Drosophila germband retraction by entraining their morphodynamic and mechanical properties8
Salmonella-induced cholesterol accumulation in infected macrophages suppresses autophagy via mTORC1 activation8
Preprint Highlight: ERK-mediated curvature feedback regulates branching morphogenesis in lung epithelial tissue8
Preprint Highlight: ATR protects centromere identity by promoting DAXX association with PML nuclear bodies8
Preprint Highlight: Self‐supervised deep learning encodes high-resolution features of protein subcellular localization8
Preprint Highlight: Dynamic interplay of protrusive microtubule and contractile actomyosin forces drive tissue extension8
Preprint Highlight: Kinesin-binding protein remodels the kinesin motor to prevent microtubule binding8
The ER protein Ema19 facilitates the degradation of nonimported mitochondrial precursor proteins8
Cell type- and transcription-independent spatial proximity between enhancers and promoters8
Measurements of neurite extension and nucleokinesis in an iPSC-derived model system following microtubule perturbation8
Preprint Highlight: Functional and spatial proteomics profiling reveals intra- and intercellular signaling crosstalk in colorectal cancer8
Preprint Highlight: A synthetic signaling network imitating the action of immune cells in response to bacterial metabolism8
EHD2 regulates plasma membrane integrity and downstream insulin receptor signaling events8
Preprint Highlight: Collagen remodeling dictates pancreatic cancer bioenergetics and outcome through DDR1 activation or degradation8
Nascent adhesions shorten the period of lamellipodium protrusion through the Brownian ratchet mechanism8
CARMIL1-AA selectively inhibits macropinocytosis while sparing autophagy8
Solo regulates the localization and activity of PDZ-RhoGEF for actin cytoskeletal remodeling in response to substrate stiffness8
Preprint Highlight: Detyrosination enrichment on microtubule subsets is established by the interplay between a stochastically acting enzyme and microtubule stability8
The nuclear isoforms of the Fragile X mental retardation RNA-binding protein associate with genomic DNA bridges7
Preprint Highlight: Pressure and curvature control of contact inhibition in epithelia growing under spherical confinement7
Agent-based modeling predicts RAC1 is critical for ovarian cancer metastasis7
TSC2-mTORC1 axis regulates morphogenesis and neurological function of Gli1+ adult-born dentate granule cells7
Correction7
Cortical dynein drives centrosome clustering in cells with centrosome amplification7
Nonmuscle myosin IIB is a driver of cellular reprogramming7
Paradigms Lost Perspectives: revisiting well-worn models and concepts7
Regulation ofBlos1by IRE1 prevents the accumulation of Huntingtin protein aggregates7
Direct observation of the conformational states of formin mDia1 at actin filament barbed ends and along the filament7
A perinuclear α-helix with amphipathic features in Brl1 promotes NPC assembly7
Chaperone requirements for de novo folding of Saccharomyces cerevisiae septins7
Superresolution microscopy reveals actomyosin dynamics in medioapical arrays7
Fast and parallel nanoscale three-dimensional tracking of heterogeneous mammalian chromatin dynamics7
Quantitative live-cell PALM reveals nanoscopic Faa4 redistributions and dynamics on lipid droplets during metabolic transitions of yeast7
Resolving the two-body problem: A postulated role for the V0 sector of the V0V1-ATPase in exosome biogenesis and multivesicular body fate7
Katnip is needed to maintain microtubule function and lysosomal delivery to autophagosomes and phagosomes7
High extracellular glucose promotes cell motility by modulating cell deformability and contractility via the cAMP-RhoA-ROCK axis in human breast cancer cells7
A practical guide to expert learner skills in the research environment7
VAMP5 promotes Fcγ receptor-mediated phagocytosis and regulates phagosome maturation in macrophages7
TTBK2 controls cilium stability by regulating distinct modules of centrosomal proteins7
Noncanonical Wnt/Ror2 signaling regulates cell–matrix adhesion to prompt directional tumor cell invasion in breast cancer7
DAmFRET measures saturating concentrations and toxicities of protein phase transitions in vivo7
The kinesin Kar3 is required for endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation7
Extracellular matrix regulates force transduction at VE-cadherin junctions7
Performance of deep learning restoration methods for the extraction of particle dynamics in noisy microscopy image sequences7
Basal body organization and cell geometry during the cell cycle in Tetrahymena thermophila7
2024 ASCB Annual Meeting Abstracts7
Membrane fusion by Drosophila atlastin does not require GTP hydrolysis7
Mechanosensitive mTORC2 independently coordinates leading and trailing edge polarity programs during neutrophil migration7
Dendritic effects of genetically encoded actin-labeling probes in cultured hippocampal neurons7
A modified motor-clutch model reveals that neuronal growth cones respond faster to soft substrates7
Evidence for a nuclear role for Drosophila Dlg as a regulator of the NURF complex7
Insights into the role of Nup62 and Nup93 in assembling cytoplasmic ring and central transport channel of the nuclear pore complex7
Cationic amphiphilic drugs induce accumulation of cytolytic lysoglycerophospholipids in the lysosomes of cancer cells and block their recycling into common membrane glycerophospholipids7
Measurement of solubility product reveals the interplay of oligomerization and self-association for defining condensate formation6
Germ fate determinants protect germ precursor cell division by reducing septin and anillin levels at the cell division plane6
The Role of Nde1 phosphorylation in interkinetic nuclear migration and neural migration during cortical development6
HSPA8 inhibitors augment cancer chemotherapeutic effectiveness via potentiating necroptosis6
New signaling kid on the block: the role of the postmitotic midbody in polarity, stemness, and proliferation6
A methodology for specific disruption of microtubule polymerization into dendritic spines6
Rpgrip1l controls ciliary gating by ensuring the proper amount of Cep290 at the vertebrate transition zone6
A mathematical model of calcium signals around laser-induced epithelial wounds6
Maximizing Access to Cell Biology for PEERS: Retracting the term minority in favor of a more inclusive lexicon6
Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit Sites scale with somato-dendritic size in neurons6
Sodium arsenite induces aggresome formation by promoting PICK1 BAR domain homodimer formation6
Myosin light chain kinase-driven myosin II turnover regulates actin cortex contractility during mitosis6
γ-tubulin complex controls the nucleation of tubulin-based structures in Apicomplexa6
Role of intraflagellar transport in transcriptional control during flagellar regeneration in Chlamydomonas6
Dishevelled controls bulk cadherin dynamics and the stability of individual cadherin clusters during convergent extension6
Damage–repair events increase the instability of cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis6
Inclusivity in cell biology: cultural identity and the power of authenticity6
From pipette to palette: Bridging science and art at MBoC6
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