Table of Contents

Volume 5, Issue 1

  January/February 2012

  Pages 1 - 110

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VIEW POINT

Open Access Article

The magical number four: A biological, historical and mythological enigma

Hans J. Gross
Pages 1 - 2





CONCEPT PAPER

Open Access Article

Social biases determine spatiotemporal sparseness of ciliate mating heuristics

Kevin B. Clark
Pages 3 - 11





SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Open Access Article

Co-regulation of the arf-activation cycle and phospholipid-signaling during golgi maturation

Yvonne Gloor, Thomas Müller-Reichert and Christiane Walch-Solimena
Pages 12 - 15


Open Access Article

Visualizing the high curvature regions of post-mitotic nascent nuclear envelope membrane

Lei Lu and Tomas Kirchhausen
Pages 16 - 18


Open Access Article

In silico characterization of a nitrate reductase gene family and analysis of the predicted proteins from the moss Physcomitrella patens

Rigoberto Medina-Andrés and Verónica Lira-Ruan
Pages 19 - 25


Open Access Article

Is cohesin required for spindle-pole-body/centrosome cohesion?

Hui Jin, Martin Avey and Hong-Guo Yu
Pages 26 - 29





MINI-REVIEWS

Open Access Article

High pressure, a tool to switch between soluble and fibrillar prion protein structures

Joan Torrent and Reinhard Lange
Pages 30 - 33


Open Access Article

The maintenance of mitochondrial genetic stability is crucial during the oncogenic process

Pablo Iglesias, Antonio Salas and Jose A. Costoya
Pages 34 - 38


Open Access Article

Active actin gels

Shahid M. Khan, Rehan Ali, Nimra Asi and Justin E. Molloy
Pages 39 - 42


Open Access Article

Hitching a ride: Vector feeding and virus transmission

Candice A. Stafford, Gregory P. Walker and Diane E. Ullman
Pages 43 - 49





REVIEW

Open Access Article

Vesicle formation within endosomes: An ESCRT marks the spot

Jonathan R. Mayers and Anjon Audhya
Pages 50 - 56





ARTICLE ADDENDA

Open Access Article

Fitness costs associated with chemical signaling

Sandra Steiger, Tobias Meier and Josef K. Müller
Pages 57 - 60


Open Access Article

Molecular control of compound Exocytosis: A key role for VAMP8

Peter Thorn and Herbert Gaisano
Pages 61 - 63


Open Access Article

Munc13-4*rab27 complex tethers secretory lysosomes at the plasma membrane

Edo D. Elstak, Maaike Neeft, Nadine T. Nehme, Isabelle Callebaut, Geneviève de Saint Basile and Peter van der Sluijs
Pages 64 - 67


Open Access Article

Endocannabinoid-binding CB1 and TRPV1 receptors as modulators of sperm capacitation

Nicola Bernabò, Paola Palestini, Marco Chiarini, Mauro Maccarrone, Mauro Mattioli and Barbara Barboni
Pages 68 - 70


Open Access Article

The extracellular matrix remodeled: Interdependency of matrix proteolysis, cell adhesion, and force sensing

Robert Kirmse, Hannes Otto and Thomas Ludwig
Pages 71 - 73


Open Access Article

Munc18–1, exocytotic fusion pore regulation and local membrane anisotropy

Jernej Jorgačevski and Robert Zorec
Pages 74 - 77


Open Access Article

Uncovering the complexity of ant foraging trails

Tomer J. Czaczkes, Christoph Grüter, Sam M. Jones and Francis L.W. Ratnieks
Pages 78 - 80


Open Access Article

Contribution of mitochondrial network dynamics to intracellular ROS signaling

Junseong Park and Chulhee Choi
Pages 81 - 83


Open Access Article

Linking differences in membrane tension with the requirement for a contractile actomyosin scaffold during exocytosis in salivary glands

Andrius Masedunskas, Natalie Porat-Shliom and Roberto Weigert
Pages 84 - 87


Open Access Article

Intracellular signaling controlled by the endosomal-exosomal pathway

Frederik J. Verweij, Jaap M. Middeldorp and D. Michiel Pegtel
Pages 88 - 93


Open Access Article

The interaction of Hsc70 protein with fibrillar α-Synuclein and its therapeutic potential in Parkinson’s disease

Samantha Pemberton and Ronald Melki
Pages 94 - 95


Open Access Article

Quorum sensing-controlled buoyancy through gas vesicles: Intracellular bacterial microcompartments for environmental adaptation

Joshua P. Ramsay and George P. C. Salmond
Pages 96 - 98


Open Access Article

Rho proteins crosstalk via RhoGDIalpha: At random or hierarchically ordered?

Audrey Stultiens, T. T. Giang Ho, Betty V. Nusgens, Alain C. Colige and Christophe F. Deroanne
Pages 99 - 101


Open Access Article

Genomics of Megavirus and the elusive fourth domain of Life

Matthieu Legendre, Defne Arslan, Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie
Pages 102 - 106


Open Access Article

Protein misfolding and clearance in demyelinating peripheral neuropathies: Therapeutic implications

Samuel M. Lee, Lih-Shen Chin and Lian Li
Pages 107 - 110