Mitotic chromosome condensation requires Brn1p, the yeast homologue of Barren.

abstract：:The juvenile form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (JNCLs), or Batten disease, results from mutations in the CLN3 gene, and it is characterized by the accumulation of lipopigments in the lysosomes of several cell types and by extensive neuronal death. We report that the yeast model for JNCL (btn1-Delta) that lacks BT...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Osório NS,Carvalho A,Almeida AJ,Padilla-Lopez S,Leão C,Laranjinha J,Ludovico P,Pearce DA,Rodrigues F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdk5, a cyclin-dependent kinase, is critical for neuronal development, neuronal migration, cortical lamination, and survival. Its survival role is based, in part, on "cross-talk" interactions with apoptotic and survival signaling pathways. Previously, we showed that Cdk5 phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein ki...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zheng YL,Li BS,Kanungo J,Kesavapany S,Amin N,Grant P,Pant HC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a genetic screen for mutations in myospheroid, the gene encoding the Drosophila betaPS integrin subunit, and identified point mutants in all of the structural domains of the protein. Surprisingly, we find that mutations in very strongly conserved residues will often allow sufficient integrin function to s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jannuzi AL,Bunch TA,West RF,Brower DL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical granules are specialized organelles whose contents interact with the extracellular matrix of the fertilized egg to form the block to polyspermy. In sea urchins, the granule contents form a fertilization envelope (FE), and this construction is critically dependent upon protease activity. An autocatalytic serin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Haley SA,Wessel GM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c release from mitochondria promotes apoptosome formation and caspase activation. The question as to whether mitochondrial permeabilization kills cells via a caspase-independent pathway when caspase activation is prevented is still open. Here we report that proneural cells of embryonic origin, when induced ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ferraro E,Pulicati A,Cencioni MT,Cozzolino M,Navoni F,di Martino S,Nardacci R,Carrì MT,Cecconi F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Munc18-1 binds to syntaxin-1A via two distinct sites referred to as the "closed" conformation and N terminus binding. The latter has been shown to stimulate soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor-mediated exocytosis, whereas the former is believed to be inhibitory or dispensable. To prec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Han L,Jiang T,Han GA,Malintan NT,Xie L,Wang L,Tse FW,Gaisano HY,Collins BM,Meunier FA,Sugita S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the uncloned ODA genes required for outer dynein arm assembly in Chlamydomonas, ODA5 and ODA10 are of particular interest because they do not encode known subunits of the outer arm or the outer dynein arm-docking complex (ODA-DC), and because genetic studies suggest their products interact. Beginning with a tagged ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wirschell M,Pazour G,Yoda A,Hirono M,Kamiya R,Witman GB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the level of active, GTP-bound Ras is not necessary for transformation of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) by v-Src. This suggests that other Ras-independent pathways contribute to transformation by v-Src. To address the possibility that activation of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and the mammali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Penuel E,Martin GS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although all microtubules within a single cell are polymerized from virtually identical subunits, different microtubule populations carry out specialized and diverse functions, including directional transport, force generation, and cellular morphogenesis. Functional differentiation requires specific targeting of assoc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu J,He Y,Benmerzouga I,Sullivan WJ Jr,Morrissette NS,Murray JM,Hu K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of echovirus 1 (EV1, a nonenveloped RNA virus) to the alpha2beta1 integrin on the cell surface is followed by endocytic internalization of the virus together with the receptor. Here, video-enhanced live microscopy revealed the rapid uptake of fluorescently labeled EV1 into mobile, intracellular structures, pos...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pietiäinen V,Marjomäki V,Upla P,Pelkmans L,Helenius A,Hyypiä T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast complexity of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced downstream signaling pathways is well known, but the precise roles of critical players still elude us due to our lack of specific and temporal control over their activities. Accordingly, although Src family members are some of the better characterize...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shah K,Vincent F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of YME1 in yeast causes several distinct phenotypes: an increased rate of DNA escape from mitochondria, temperature-sensitive growth on nonfermentable carbon sources, extremely slow growth when mitochondrial DNA is completely absent from the cell, and altered morphology of the mitochondrial compartment. T...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Weber ER,Hanekamp T,Thorsness PE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UNC-104 (KIF1A) is a kinesin motor that transports synaptic vesicles from the neuronal cell body to the terminal. Previous in vitro studies have shown that a Dictyostelium relative of UNC-104 transports liposomes containing acidic phospholipids, but whether this interaction is needed for the recognition and transport ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Klopfenstein DR,Vale RD

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp78 is an ERAD-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase that induces degradation of the mitofusin mitochondrial fusion proteins and mitochondrial fission. Gp78 is localized throughout the ER; however, the anti-Gp78 3F3A monoclonal antibody (mAb) recognizes Gp78 selectively in mitochondria-associated ER domains. Epitope mapping...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li L,Gao G,Shankar J,Joshi B,Foster LJ,Nabi IR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P(2)] and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PI(3,4,5)P(3)] are phosphoinositides (PIs) present in small amounts in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM) lipid bilayer of host target cells. They are thought to modulate the activity of proteins involved in en...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sason H,Milgrom M,Weiss AM,Melamed-Book N,Balla T,Grinstein S,Backert S,Rosenshine I,Aroeti B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the distribution of the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) has been well studied, its intracellular itinerary and trafficking kinetics remain uncertain. In this report, we describe the endocytic trafficking and steady-state localization of a chimeric form of the CI-MPR containing the ect...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lin SX,Mallet WG,Huang AY,Maxfield FR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells occurs in a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanism responsible for initiating this process is unknown. Here, we used live cell imaging to show that actin-based protrusions at the leading edge initiate macrophage fusion. Pha...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Faust JJ,Balabiyev A,Heddleston JM,Podolnikova NP,Baluch DP,Chew TL,Ugarova TP

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the cytolinker protein plectin lead to grossly distorted morphology of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) in patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS)-muscular dystrophy (MS) with myasthenic syndrome (MyS). Here we investigated whether plectin contributes to the structural integrity of NMJs ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mihailovska E,Raith M,Valencia RG,Fischer I,Al Banchaabouchi M,Herbst R,Wiche G

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic cells actively block entry into mitosis in the presence of DNA damage or incompletely replicated DNA. This response is mediated by signal transduction cascades called cell cycle checkpoints. We show here that the human checkpoint control protein hRAD9 physically associates with two other checkpoint control ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： St Onge RP,Udell CM,Casselman R,Davey S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central question in the area of signal transduction is why pathways utilize common components. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the HOG and filamentous growth (FG) MAPK pathways require overlapping components but are thought to be induced by different stimuli and specify distinct outputs. To better und...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pitoniak A,Birkaya B,Dionne HM,Vadaie N,Cullen PJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely acknowledged that cultured myoblasts can not differentiate at very low density. Here we analyzed the mechanism through which cell density influences myogenic differentiation in vitro. By comparing the behavior of C2C12 myoblasts at opposite cell densities, we found that, when cells are sparse, failure to ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Messina G,Blasi C,La Rocca SA,Pompili M,Calconi A,Grossi M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic gliomas, the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors, frequently contain activating mutations and amplifications in promigratory signal transduction pathways. However, targeting these pathways with individual signal transduction inhibitors does not appreciably reduce tumor invasion, because these ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ivkovic S,Beadle C,Noticewala S,Massey SC,Swanson KR,Toro LN,Bresnick AR,Canoll P,Rosenfeld SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of Rap1 small GTPases stabilizes cell--cell junctions, and this activity requires Krev Interaction Trapped gene 1 (KRIT1). Loss of KRIT1 disrupts cardiovascular development and causes autosomal dominant familial cerebral cavernous malformations. Here we report that native KRIT1 protein binds the effector lo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu JJ,Stockton RA,Gingras AR,Ablooglu AJ,Han J,Bobkov AA,Ginsberg MH

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo contains abundant transcripts for two alpha- and two beta-tubulins, raising the question of whether each isoform performs specialized functions or simply contributes to total tubulin levels. Our identification of two recessive, complementing alleles of a beta-tubulin that disrup...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wright AJ,Hunter CP

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many integrin receptors localize to focal contact sites upon binding their ligand. However, unoccupied integrin receptors do not localize to focal contact sites. Because the integrin beta 1 cytoplasmic domain appears to have a focal contact localization signal, there must be a mechanism by which this domain is kept in...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Briesewitz R,Kern A,Marcantonio EE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All vertebrates contain two nonmuscle myosin II heavy chains, A and B, which differ in tissue expression and subcellular distributions. To understand how these distinct distributions are controlled and what role they play in cell migration, myosin IIA and IIB were examined during wound healing by bovine aortic endothe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kolega J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The daily phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segments by pigment epithelial cells is critical for the maintenance of the retina. In a subtractive polymerase chain reaction analysis, we found that functional differentiation of human ARPE19 retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is accompanied by up-regulation of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Law AL,Ling Q,Hajjar KA,Futter CE,Greenwood J,Adamson P,Wavre-Shapton ST,Moss SE,Hayes MJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast that naturally exhaust the glucose from their environment differentiate into three distinct cell types distinguishable by flow cytometry. Among these is a quiescent (Q) population, which is so named because of its uniform but readily reversed G1 arrest, its fortified cell walls, heat tolerance, and longevity. Da...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li L,Miles S,Melville Z,Prasad A,Bradley G,Breeden LL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously published reports support the concept that, besides promoting homotypic intercellular adhesion, cadherins may transfer intracellular signals. However, the signaling pathways triggered by cadherin clustering and their biological significance are still poorly understood. We report herein that transfection of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lampugnani MG,Zanetti A,Breviario F,Balconi G,Orsenigo F,Corada M,Spagnuolo R,Betson M,Braga V,Dejana E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, selection of the bud site determines the axis of polarized cell growth and eventual oriented cell division. Bud sites are selected in specific patterns depending on cell type. These patterns appear to depend on distinct types of marker proteins in the cell cortex; in part...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kang PJ,Angerman E,Nakashima K,Pringle JR,Park HO

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00