Ribosomes Need Straight A’s to Sleep

Publication date: 4 May 2017
Source:Cell, Volume 169, Issue 4
Author(s): Samuel B. Sondalle, Susan J. Baserga
Like falling asleep and waking up, many biological processes in mammals cycle in a diurnal fashion. Now, Sinturel et al. demonstrate that diurnal size changes in the liver require eating during a mouse’s normal awake time and that these size changes are controlled by a nuclear mechanism that modulates ribosome production.

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Like falling asleep and waking up, many biological processes in mammals cycle in a diurnal fashion. Now, Sinturel et al. demonstrate that diurnal size changes in the liver require eating during a mouse’s normal awake time and that these size changes are controlled by a nuclear mechanism that modulates ribosome production.


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