biobytes: September 21, 2009
The Rockefeller University Press
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In the September 21st edition of biobytes, Veila Fowler (The Scripps
Research Institute, La Jolla, CA) describes the cytoskeletal structures that
underlie hexagonal packing in lens epithelial cells (Nowak et al., JCB - 00:45);
Elizabeth Nowak and Randolph Noelle (Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH), and
Robert Coffman (Dynavax Technologies, Berkeley, CA) discuss new findings about IL-9
and the trouble with characterizing T helper cells according to the cytokines they
secrete (Nowak et al., JEM and Locksley, JEM - 6:31); and Tao Wang (Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA) tells us how autophagy protects from
neuodegeneration (Wang et al., JCB - 17:30). Plus round-ups of highlights from the
JCB (21:39) and JEM (16:11). The show was written and produced by Aimee
deCathelineau, Eun Choi, Amy Maxmen, and Ben Short. Presented by Eun
Choi.
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0:45 – The regular packing of lens fiber cells is maintained by
Tropomodulin 1 and the spectrin-actin network; 06:31 – IL-9 promiscuity and T helper
cell plasticity; 16:11 – JEM round-up; 17:30 – TOR-mediated autophagy regulates cell
death in Drosophila neurodegenerative disease; 21:39 – JCB round-up
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