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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

The microprotein Dafcin resembles influenza HA fusion peptide and regulates the size of storage lysosomes in the germline.

Kevin G Nyberg, Ryder Easterlin, Cooper W P Stringer, Hamdi K Küçükengin, Manny Joseph Widuch, Kyung Je Lee, Silpol Dhiantravan, Megan A Wong, Richard W Carthew

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kevin G NybergDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Ryder EasterlinDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Cooper W P StringerDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Hamdi K KüçükenginDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Manny Joseph WiduchDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Kyung Je LeeDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Silpol DhiantravanDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Megan A WongDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Richard W CarthewDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.ORCID 0000-0003-0343-0156

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Non-coding RNAs and their mechanisms and functions-RenewalR35GM118144 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Richard W. CARTHEW · 2016 to 2026
$6.8M
Mechanistic investigation of long non-coding RNAs in Drosophila oogenesisF32GM122349 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI NYBERG, KEVIN GLENN · 2017 to 2019
$184k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM122349NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microproteins translated from short open reading frames are increasingly understood to play important roles in cell biology and development. Here, we describe a microprotein in

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DrosophilaHA fusion peptidemicroproteinoogenesis

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PMID42465374
PMCPMC13370382

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