Nature Cell Biology publishes papers of the highest quality from all areas of cell biology, encouraging those that shed light on the molecular mechanisms responsible for fundamental cell biological processes. The journal's scope is broad and includes the following areas (not listed in order of preference):

Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of development
  Stem cell biology
  Membrane traffic, protein sorting and organelles
  Cell adhesion and migration
  Cytoskeletal dynamics
  Autophagy
  Cell cycle and cell growth
  DNA replication and repair
  Apoptosis and cell death
  Signal transduction
  Protein degradation
  Organization of the nucleus and nuclear transport
  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of human disease, including cancer (provided that the primary focus is on general processes of cell biology)


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