Abstract:
:In 1993, a Commentary in this journal described how a simple mechanical model of cell structure based on tensegrity architecture can help to explain how cell shape, movement and cytoskeletal mechanics are controlled, as well as how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces (J. Cell Sci. 104, 613-627). The cellular tensegrity model can now be revisited and placed in context of new advances in our understanding of cell structure, biological networks and mechanoregulation that have been made over the past decade. Recent work provides strong evidence to support the use of tensegrity by cells, and mathematical formulations of the model predict many aspects of cell behavior. In addition, development of the tensegrity theory and its translation into mathematical terms are beginning to allow us to define the relationship between mechanics and biochemistry at the molecular level and to attack the larger problem of biological complexity. Part I of this two-part article covers the evidence for cellular tensegrity at the molecular level and describes how this building system may provide a structural basis for the hierarchical organization of living systems--from molecule to organism. Part II, which focuses on how these structural networks influence information processing networks, appears in the next issue.
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J Cell Scijournal_title
Journal of cell scienceauthors
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10.1242/jcs.00359keywords:
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2003-04-01 00:00:00pages
1157-73issue
Pt 7eissn
0021-9533issn
1477-9137journal_volume
116pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::In metazoans, cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) has essential roles in both the cell-division cycle and transcription, as a CDK-activating kinase (CAK) and as a component of the general transcription factor TFIIH, respectively. Controversy over its double duty has been resolved, but questions remain. First, how does CD...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1242/jcs.02718
更新日期:2005-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
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doi:10.1242/jcs.036152
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Drosophila melanogaster Suppressor of Under-Replication (SuUR) gene encodes a protein that modulates replicative properties of heterochromatin in endocycles of polytene cells. The SuUR mutation abolishes underreplication of intercalary heterochromatin and results in partial underreplication of pericentric heterochroma...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.006007
更新日期:2007-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::The binding of GFP-tagged tetracycline repressor (TetR) molecules to chromosomally integrated tetracycline operator (tetO) sequence repeats has been used as a system to study chromosome behaviour microscopically in vivo. We found that these integrated transgenes influence the architecture of yeast interphase nuclei, a...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Coronins are conserved F-actin-binding proteins that are important for motility and actin dynamics. Unlike type I coronins, coronin 2A localizes to stress fibers and some focal adhesions, and is excluded from the leading edge. Depletion of coronin 2A in MTLn3 cells decreases cell motility and turnover of focal adhesio...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.051482
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.051631
更新日期:2010-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.02601
更新日期:2005-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies using GFP-tagged markers and time-lapse microscopy have allowed direct visualisation of membrane traffic in the secretory pathway in living mammalian cells. This work shows that larger membrane structures, 300-500 nm in size, are the vehicles responsible for long distance, microtubule-dependent ER-to-Go...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Actin functions in a multitude of cellular processes owing to its ability to polymerize into filaments, which can be further organized into higher-order structures by an array of actin-binding and regulatory proteins. Therefore, research on actin and actin-related functions relies on the visualization of actin structu...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a series of diploid mutants divides at smaller cell sizes than wild type. In these smaller strains, the mean gene concentration (defined by previous authors as the DNA to protein ratio) is higher than in wild type. Such an increase in gene concentration should also incre...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::During meiosis, cohesion between sister chromatids is required for normal levels of homologous recombination, maintenance of chiasmata and accurate chromosome segregation during both divisions. In Drosophila, null mutations in the ord gene abolish meiotic cohesion, although how ORD protein promotes cohesion has remain...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.009977
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cannabinoid receptors (CBRs) belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily, and activation of CBRs in salivary cells inhibits agonist-stimulated salivation and modifies saliva content. However, the role of different CBR subtypes in acinar cell physiology and in intracellular signalling remains unclear. Here, we...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.088930
更新日期:2012-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.005751
更新日期:2007-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::Desmocollin 3 (Dsc3) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that belongs to the cadherin family of cell adhesion receptors. Together with desmoglein(s), it forms the transmembrane core of desmosomes, a multiprotein complex involved in cell adhesion, organization of the cytoskeleton, cell sorting and cell signaling. Previous ...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.02769
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1242/jcs.146316
更新日期:2014-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The main neuropathological features of Parkinson's disease are dopaminergic nigrostriatal neuron degeneration, and intraneuronal and intraneuritic proteinaceous inclusions named Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, respectively, which mainly contain α-synuclein (α-syn, also known as SNCA). The neuronal phosphoprotein synaps...
journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-12-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cell science
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
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