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Ciro A. Cubillas, Hanwenheng Liu, Krupa Deshmukh…·Kerry Kornfeld
The paper identifies a zinc-regulated genetic pathway in C. elegans that activates lysosome remodeling through HIZR-1 and HLH-30/TFEB to enhance zinc detoxification.
Joy R Armendariz, Sean Teng, Camdyn Rakow…·Kerry Kornfeld
The paper shows that lysosomes in C. elegans expand to store zinc, copper, and manganese, with metal transporters localizing to both acidified and expansion compartments.
Hanwenheng Liu, Brian James Earley, Adelita D. Mendoza…·Kerry Kornfeld
The paper identifies a single HZA enhancer that controls two head-to-head genes in C. elegans under metal stress, demonstrating enhancer function in regulating multiple genes.