Transforming growth factor beta enhances epithelial cell survival via Akt-dependent regulation of FKHRL1.

abstract：:We previously characterized major components of mitotic chromosomes assembled in Xenopus laevis egg extracts and collectively referred to them as Xenopus chromosome-associated polypeptides (XCAPs). They included five subunits of the condensin complex essential for chromosome condensation. In an effort to identify nove...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： MacCallum DE,Losada A,Kobayashi R,Hirano T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA) in the endothelial glycocalyx serves as a mechanotransducer for high-shear-stress-stimulated endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) phosphorylation and nitric oxide (NO) production. Low shear stress (LSS) has been shown to contribute to endothelial inflammation and atherosclerosis by impairing the ba...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kong X,Chen L,Ye P,Wang Z,Zhang J,Ye F,Chen S

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression in eukaryotes is an essential process that includes transcription, RNA processing, and export. One important player in this interface is the poly(A)(+)-RNA-binding protein Nab2, which regulates the mRNA poly(A)(+)-tail length and export. Here we show that Nab2 has additional roles during mRNA transcrip...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： González-Aguilera C,Tous C,Babiano R,de la Cruz J,Luna R,Aguilera A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell morphogenesis depends on polarized exocytosis. One widely held model posits that long-range transport and exocyst-dependent tethering of exocytic vesicles at the plasma membrane sequentially drive this process. Here, we describe that disruption of either actin-based long-range transport and microtubules or the ex...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bendezú FO,Martin SG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that counteracts replicative telomere erosion by adding telomeric sequence repeats onto chromosome ends. Despite its well-established role in telomere synthesis, telomerase has not yet been detected at telomeres. The RNA component of human telomerase (hTR) resides in the nucleo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jády BE,Richard P,Bertrand E,Kiss T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of Rab proteins are posttranslationally modified with two geranylgeranyl lipid moieties that enable their stable association with membranes. In this study, we present evidence to demonstrate that there is a specific lipid requirement for Rab protein localization and function. Substitution of different pre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Calero M,Chen CZ,Zhu W,Winand N,Havas KA,Gilbert PM,Burd CG,Collins RN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila myosin IB (Myo1B) is one of two class I myosins in the Drosophila genome. In the larval and adult midgut enterocyte, Myo1B is present within the microvillus (MV) of the apical brush border (BB) where it forms lateral tethers between the MV membrane and underlying actin filament core. Expression of green flu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hegan PS,Mermall V,Tilney LG,Mooseker MS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface charges at the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane may contribute to regulate the surface recruitment of key signaling factors. Phosphatidylserine (PS) is an abundant charged lipid that may regulate charge distribution in different cell types. Here we characterize the subcellular distribution and function of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Haupt A,Minc N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extracellular proteases highly expressed at wound sites. However, the precise function of MMPs during reepithelialization in vivo has been elusive in mammalian models because of the high level of redundancy among the 24 mammalian MMPs. For this reason we used Drosophila melanogaste...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stevens LJ,Page-McCaw A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a novel family of proteins called the GGAs (Golgi-localized, gamma-ear-containing, ADP-ribosylation factor-binding proteins). These proteins consist of an NH(2)-terminal VHS domain, followed by a GAT domain, a variable domain, and a gamma-adaptin ear homology domain. Studies from our own ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hirst J,Lindsay MR,Robinson MS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HT2-19 cells with a conditional cdk1 mutation stop dividing upon cdk1 inactivation and undergo multiple rounds of endoreplication. We show herein that major cell cycle events remain synchronized in these endoreplicating cells. DNA replication alternates with gap phases and cell cycle-specific cyclin E expression...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Laronne A,Rotkopf S,Hellman A,Gruenbaum Y,Porter AC,Brandeis M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells use actin-rich protrusions called invadopodia to degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) and invade tissues; related structures, termed podosomes, are sites of dynamic ECM interaction. We show here that supervillin (SV), a peripheral membrane protein that binds F-actin and myosin II, reorganizes the actin cytos...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Crowley JL,Smith TC,Fang Z,Takizawa N,Luna EJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell emergence onto damaged or organized fibrous extracellular matrix (ECM) is a crucial precursor to collective cell migration in wound closure and cancer metastasis, respectively. However, there is a fundamental gap in our quantitative understanding of the role of local ECM size and arrangement in cell emergence-bas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sharma P,Ng C,Jana A,Padhi A,Szymanski P,Lee JSH,Behkam B,Nain AS

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyadenylation-induced translation is an important regulatory mechanism during metazoan development. During Xenopus oocyte meiotic progression, polyadenylation-induced translation is regulated by CPEB, which is activated by phosphorylation. XGef, a guanine exchange factor, is a CPEB-interacting protein involved in th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Martínez SE,Yuan L,Lacza C,Ransom H,Mahon GM,Whitehead IP,Hake LE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid-derived polyamines are organic cations that are essential for growth in all mammalian cells, but their exact roles at the molecular level remain largely unknown. Here we provide evidence that polyamines promote the translation of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) by the action of CUG-binding protein 1 (C...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Xiao L,Cui YH,Rao JN,Zou T,Liu L,Smith A,Turner DJ,Gorospe M,Wang JY

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Tetrahymena thermophila, peptides secreted via dense-core granules, called mucocysts, are generated by proprotein processing. We used expression profiling to identify candidate processing enzymes, which localized as cyan fluorescent protein fusions to mucocysts. Of note, the aspartyl cathepsin Cth3p plays a key rol...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kumar S,Briguglio JS,Turkewitz AP

更新日期：2014-08-15 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：:Cell-cell fusion is an intriguing differentiation process, essential for placental development and maturation. A proteomic approach identified a cytoplasmic protein, calponin 3 (CNN3), related to the fusion of BeWo choriocarcinoma cells. CNN3 was expressed in cytotrophoblasts in human placenta. CNN3 gene knockdown pro...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shibukawa Y,Yamazaki N,Kumasawa K,Daimon E,Tajiri M,Okada Y,Ikawa M,Wada Y

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Isu, the scaffold protein on which Fe-S clusters are built in the mitochondrial matrix, plays a central role in the biogenesis of Fe-S cluster proteins. We report that the reduction in the activity of several components of the cluster biogenesis system, including the specialized Hsp70 Ssq1, causes a 15-20-fold up-regu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Andrew AJ,Song JY,Schilke B,Craig EA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely down-regulation of the evolutionarily conserved protein kinase Swe1 plays an important role in cell cycle control, as Swe1 can block nuclear division through inhibitory phosphorylation of the catalytic subunit of cyclin-dependent kinase. In particular, Swe1 degradation is important for budding yeast cell surviv...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Raspelli E,Cassani C,Lucchini G,Fraschini R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During stem cell divisions, mitotic microtubules do more than just segregate the chromosomes. They also determine whether a cell divides virtually symmetrically or asymmetrically by establishing spindle orientation and the plane of cell division. This can be decisive for the fate of the stem cell progeny. Spindle defe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mora-Bermúdez F,Huttner WB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capture of newly synthesized proteins into endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived coat protomer type II (COPII) vesicles represents a critical juncture in the quality control of protein biogenesis within the secretory pathway. The yeast ATP-binding cassette transporter Yor1p is a pleiotropic drug pump that shows homology ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pagant S,Kung L,Dorrington M,Lee MC,Miller EA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Ran is essential for spindle assembly. Ran is proposed to act through its nuclear import receptors importin alpha and/or importin beta to control the sequestration of proteins necessary for spindle assembly. To date, the molecular mechanisms by which the Ran pathway functions remain unclear. Using pur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ems-McClung SC,Zheng Y,Walczak CE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a central homeostasis and stress response pathway conserved in all eukaryotes. One hallmark of autophagy is the de novo formation of autophagosomes. These double-membrane vesicular structures form around and deliver cargo for degradation by the vacuole/lysosome. Where and how autophagosomes form are outst...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Graef M,Friedman JR,Graham C,Babu M,Nunnari J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient activation of p90(rsk) by MAP kinase requires their interaction through a docking site located at the C-terminal end of p90(rsk). The MAP kinase p42(mpk1) can associate with p90(rsk) in G(2)-arrested but not in mature Xenopus oocytes. In contrast, an N-terminally truncated p90(rsk) mutant named D2 consti...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gavin AC,Ni Ainle A,Chierici E,Jones M,Nebreda AR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-trafficking pathway mediated by tetanus neurotoxin-insensitive vesicle-associated membrane protein (TI-VAMP) in neurons is still unknown. We show herein that TI-VAMP expression is necessary for neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and hippocampal neurons in culture. TI-VAMP interacts with plasma membrane and e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Alberts P,Rudge R,Hinners I,Muzerelle A,Martinez-Arca S,Irinopoulou T,Marthiens V,Tooze S,Rathjen F,Gaspar P,Galli T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Condensins are highly conserved proteins that are important for chromosome maintenance in nearly all forms of life. Although many organisms employ two forms of the condensin complex, the condensin genes in Tetrahymena have expanded even further. Here we report a form of condensin that is specifically active during sex...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Howard-Till R,Tian M,Loidl J

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine string protein (Csp) is essential for neurotransmitter release in Drosophila. It has been suggested that Csp functions by regulating the activity of presynaptic Ca2+ channels, thus controlling exocytosis. We have examined the effect of overexpressing Csp1 in PC12 cells, a neuroendocrine cell line. PC12 cell c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chamberlain LH,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast and vertebrate nuclear pores display significant morphological similarity by electron microscopy, but sequence similarity between the respective proteins has been more difficult to observe. Herein we have identified a vertebrate nucleoporin, Nup93, in both human and Xenopus that has proved to be an evolutionaril...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grandi P,Dang T,Pané N,Shevchenko A,Mann M,Forbes D,Hurt E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) have been proposed to act mechanically as compressive struts that resist both actomyosin contractile forces and their own polymerization forces to mechanically stabilize cell shape. To identify the origin of MT bending, we directly observed MT bending and F-actin transport dynamics in the periphery ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bicek AD,Tüzel E,Demtchouk A,Uppalapati M,Hancock WO,Kroll DM,Odde DJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00