This is a valuable study that investigates peptidoglycan (PG) recycling in Caulobacter crescentus, demonstrating its importance for β-lactam resistance, cell morphology, and cell division. The ...

A new method for tracking the activity of individual neurons day after day in the growing brain has revealed a key developmental transition in neuronal activity.

This manuscript makes a valuable contribution to the concept of fragility of meta-analyses via the so-called 'ellipse of insignificance for meta-analyses' (EOIMETA). The strength of evidence is solid, ...

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

The enteric bacterial Shigella secretes a virulence factor that degrades the pivotal human defense protein RNF213, thereby protecting cytosolic bacteria from interferon-driven ubiquitylation and ...

Expectation optimizes perception through center-surround inhibition, enhancing expected representations while suppressing similar, irrelevant ones.

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