World-renowned academic journal The Journal of Cell Biology recently published a joint research paper by the Yang Chonglin team from Yunnan University and the Guo Weixiang team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

Titled "WDR91 is a Rab7 effector required for neuronal development (J. Cell Biol. 216(10): 3307-3321)", the paper reveals WDR91 as an essential factor for neuronal development and elaborates how it functions in facilitating endosome conversion in the endosome–lysosome pathway.

The research is funded by China's National Main Fundamental Research Development Plan, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a Chinese Academy of Sciences interdisciplinary innovation team, and a Chinese Academy of Sciences leading-edge science research key project.

The online link for the paper is http://jcb.rupress.org/cgi/content/abstract/jcb.201705151.