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UNC-60: a smooth (muscle) operator?
J Cell Sci 2008 121: e1601. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008

Fission yeast fall foul of fat
J Cell Sci 2008 121: e1602. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008

Comings and goings in PML NBs
J Cell Sci 2008 121: e1603. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008

Connexins mind the gap
J Cell Sci 2008 121: e1604. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008

Star and dynein make a move
J Cell Sci 2008 121: e1605. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008

Cell Science at a Glance

Anna Bagorda and Carole A. Parent

Eukaryotic chemotaxis at a glance
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2621-2624. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on August 6, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.018077

Hypothesis

Mark S. Bretscher

On the shape of migrating cells — a `front-to-back' model
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2625-2628. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.031120

Short Report

Silvia Parisi, Fabiana Passaro, Luigi Aloia, Ichiro Manabe, Ryozo Nagai, Lucio Pastore, and Tommaso Russo

Klf5 is involved in self-renewal of mouse embryonic stem cells
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2629-2634. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.027599

Research Articles

Reina E. Itoh, Etsuko Kiyokawa, Kazuhiro Aoki, Teruko Nishioka, Tetsu Akiyama, and Michiyuki Matsuda

Phosphorylation and activation of the Rac1 and Cdc42 GEF Asef in A431 cells stimulated by EGF
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2635-2642. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.028647

Stanley J. P. Iyadurai, John T. Robinson, Lingzhi Ma, Yungui He, Sarah Mische, Min-gang Li, William Brown, Annabel Guichard, Ethan Bier, and Thomas S. Hays

Dynein and Star interact in EGFR signaling and ligand trafficking
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2643-2651. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.027144

Zala Jevnikar, Natasa Obermajer, Matthew Bogyo, and Janko Kos

The role of cathepsin X in the migration and invasiveness of T lymphocytes
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2652-2661. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.023721

Kanako Ono, Sawako Yamashiro, and Shoichiro Ono

Essential role of ADF/cofilin for assembly of contractile actin networks in the C. elegans somatic gonad
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2662-2670. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.034215

Choon Pei Low, Guanghou Shui, Li Phing Liew, Sabrina Buttner, Frank Madeo, Ian W. Dawes, Markus R. Wenk, and Hongyuan Yang

Caspase-dependent and -independent lipotoxic cell-death pathways in fission yeast
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2671-2684. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.028977

Elena Shvets, Ephraim Fass, Ruthie Scherz-Shouval, and Zvulun Elazar

The N-terminus and Phe52 residue of LC3 recruit p62/SQSTM1 into autophagosomes
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2685-2695. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.026005

Rachel Kinsey, Matthew R. Williamson, Shazia Chaudhry, Kieran T. Mellody, Amanda McGovern, Seiichiro Takahashi, C. Adrian Shuttleworth, and Cay M. Kielty

Fibrillin-1 microfibril deposition is dependent on fibronectin assembly
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2696-2704. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 24, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.029819

Nkemcho Ojeh, Vanja Pekovic, Colin Jahoda, and Arto Määttä

The MAGUK-family protein CASK is targeted to nuclei of the basal epidermis and controls keratinocyte proliferation
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2705-2717. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.025643

Monica D. David, Andrée Yeramian, Mireia Duñach, Marta Llovera, Carles Cantí, Antonio García de Herreros, Joan X. Comella, and Judit Herreros

Signalling by neurotrophins and hepatocyte growth factor regulates axon morphogenesis by differential β-catenin phosphorylation
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2718-2730. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.029660

Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters, Thorsten Lenser, Dmitri Negorev, Norman Gerstner, Thomas G. Hofmann, Georg Schwanitz, Christian Hoischen, Gerd Maul, Peter Dittrich, and Peter Hemmerich

Dynamics of component exchange at PML nuclear bodies
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2731-2743. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.031922

John W. Kyle, Peter J. Minogue, Bettina C. Thomas, Denise A. Lopez Domowicz, Viviana M. Berthoud, Dorothy A. Hanck, and Eric C. Beyer

An intact connexin N-terminus is required for function but not gap junction formation
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2744-2750. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.032482

James K. Leung, Sylvaine Cases, and Thiennu H. Vu

P311 functions in an alternative pathway of lipid accumulation that is induced by retinoic acid
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2751-2758. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.027151

Carolina Otero, Petra S. Eisele, Karin Schaeuble, Marcus Groettrup, and Daniel F. Legler

Distinct motifs in the chemokine receptor CCR7 regulate signal transduction, receptor trafficking and chemotaxis
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2759-2767. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.029074

Selma Y. Dejgaard, Ayesha Murshid, Aysegül Erman, Özge Kizilay, David Verbich, Robert Lodge, Kurt Dejgaard, Thi Bach Nga Ly-Hartig, Rainer Pepperkok, Jeremy C. Simpson, and John F. Presley

Rab18 and Rab43 have key roles in ER-Golgi trafficking
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2768-2781. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on July 29, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.021808

Author Correction

Deenadayalan Bakthavatsalam, Debra A. Brock, N. Neda Nikravan, Kevin D. Houston, R. Diane Hatton, and R. H. Gomer

The secreted Dictyostelium protein CfaD is a chalone
J Cell Sci 2008 121: 2782. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on August 6, 2008 as 10.1242/jcs.03501

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Virginie Lecaudey, Gulcin Cakan-Akdogan, William H.J. Norton, and Darren Gilmour

Dynamic Fgf signaling couples morphogenesis and migration in the zebrafish lateral line primordium
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Wei-Meng Woo, Emily C. Berry, Martin L. Hudson, Ryann E. Swale, Alexandr Goncharov, and Andrew D. Chisholm

The C. elegans F-spondin family protein SPON-1 maintains cell adhesion in neural and non-neural tissues
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