CD1 and major histocompatibility complex II molecules follow a different course during dendritic cell maturation.

abstract：:Soluble N-ethyl maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are core machinery for membrane fusion during intracellular vesicular transport. Synaptosome-associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP23) is a target SNARE previously identified at the plasma membrane, where it is involved in exocytotic ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Faigle W,Colucci-Guyon E,Louvard D,Amigorena S,Galli T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pore-domain potassium (K2P) channels mediate potassium background currents that stabilize the resting membrane potential and facilitate action potential repolarization. In the human heart, hK2P17.1 channels are predominantly expressed in the atria and Purkinje cells. Reduced atrial hK2P17.1 protein levels were des...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wiedmann F,Schlund D,Voigt N,Ratte A,Kraft M,Katus HA,Schmidt C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated hepatic cholesterol homeostasis with free cholesterol accumulation in the liver is relevant to the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, contributing to the chronicity of liver toxicity. Here we examined the effect of free cholesterol accumulation on the morphology and biochemical properties of li...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Makino A,Hullin-Matsuda F,Murate M,Abe M,Tomishige N,Fukuda M,Yamashita S,Fujimoto T,Vidal H,Lagarde M,Delton I,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a key regulator of mitotic progression and cell division in eukaryotes. It is highly expressed in tumor cells and considered a potential target for cancer therapy. Here, we report the discovery and application of a novel potent small-molecule inhibitor of mammalian Plk1, ZK-Thiazolidinone ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Santamaria A,Neef R,Eberspächer U,Eis K,Husemann M,Mumberg D,Prechtl S,Schulze V,Siemeister G,Wortmann L,Barr FA,Nigg EA

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：: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：:Myosin II motors embedded within the actin cortex generate contractile forces to modulate cell shape in essential behaviors, including polarization, migration, and division. In sarcomeres, myosin II-mediated sliding of antiparallel F-actin is tightly coupled to myofibril contraction. By contrast, cortical F-actin is h...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Murrell M,Gardel ML

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor-tyrosine kinase (RTK)/Ras/Raf pathway is an essential cascade for mediating growth factor signaling. It is abnormally overactive in almost all human cancers. The downstream targets of the pathway are members of the extracellular regulated kinases (Erk1/2) family, suggesting that this family is a mediator ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Smorodinsky-Atias K,Goshen-Lago T,Goldberg-Carp A,Melamed D,Shir A,Mooshayef N,Beenstock J,Karamansha Y,Darlyuk-Saadon I,Livnah O,Ahn NG,Admon A,Engelberg D

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most membrane proteins are synthesized on and inserted into the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), in eukaryote. The widely conserved ER membrane protein complex (EMC) facilitates the biogenesis of a wide range of membrane proteins. In this study, we investigated the EMC function using Drosophila photorecepto...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hiramatsu N,Tago T,Satoh T,Satoh AK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell fraction that would today be termed "the nuclear matrix" was first described and patented in 1948 by Russian investigators. In 1974 this fraction was rediscovered and promoted as a fundamental organizing principle of eukaryotic gene expression. Yet, convincing evidence for this functional role of the nuclear ma...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pederson T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EB1 is a conserved microtubule plus end tracking protein considered to play crucial roles in microtubule organization and the interaction of microtubules with the cell cortex. Despite intense studies carried out in yeast and cultured cells, the role of EB1 in multicellular systems remains to be elucidated. Here, we de...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Elliott SL,Cullen CF,Wrobel N,Kernan MJ,Ohkura H

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordinated regulation of cell proliferation is vital for epithelial tissue homeostasis, and uncontrolled proliferation is a hallmark of carcinogenesis. A growing body of evidence indicates that epithelial tight junctions (TJs) play a role in these processes, although the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. In ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Capaldo CT,Koch S,Kwon M,Laur O,Parkos CA,Nusrat A

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) in endothelial cell-cell interactions and its contribution to cadherin-mediated cell adhesion are poorly understood. Such studies have been difficult because all known endothelial cells express PECAM-1. We have used Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) ce...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sheibani N,Sorenson CM,Frazier WA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational diseases are associated with the conversion of normal proteins into aggregation-prone toxic conformers with structures similar to that of β-amyloid. Spatial distribution of amyloid-like proteins into intracellular quality control centers can be beneficial, but cellular mechanisms for protective aggregat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wolfe KJ,Ren HY,Trepte P,Cyr DM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During oocyte maturation and early development, mRNAs receive poly(A) in the cytoplasm at distinct times relative to one another and to the cell cycle. These cytoplasmic polyadenylation reactions do not occur during oogenesis, but begin during oocyte maturation and continue throughout early development. In this report...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ballantyne S,Daniel DL Jr,Wickens M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Export of mRNA from the nucleus is linked to proper processing and packaging into ribonucleoprotein complexes. Although several observations indicate a coupling between mRNA 3' end formation and export, it is not known how these two processes are mechanistically connected. Here, we show that a subunit of the mammalian...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ruepp MD,Aringhieri C,Vivarelli S,Cardinale S,Paro S,Schümperli D,Barabino SM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular levels of the versatile second messenger cyclic (c)AMP are regulated by the antagonistic actions of the canonical G protein → adenylyl cyclase pathway that is initiated by G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and attenuated by phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Dysregulated cAMP signaling drives many diseases; for exa...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Getz M,Swanson L,Sahoo D,Ghosh P,Rangamani P

更新日期：2019-06-15 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：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes TOR1 and TOR2 were originally identified by mutations that confer resistance to the immunosuppressant rapamycin. TOR2 was previously shown to encode an essential 282-kDa phosphatidylinositol kinase (PI kinase) homologue. The TOR1 gene product is also a large (281 kDa) PI kinase homol...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Helliwell SB,Wagner P,Kunz J,Deuter-Reinhard M,Henriquez R,Hall MN

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) bind destabilized proteins during cell stress and disease, but their physiological functions are less clear. We evaluated the impact of Hsp27, an sHsp expressed in airway epithelial cells, on the common protein misfolding mutant that is responsible for most cystic fibrosis. F508del cy...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ahner A,Gong X,Schmidt BZ,Peters KW,Rabeh WM,Thibodeau PH,Lukacs GL,Frizzell RA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule (MT) organization is essential for many cellular events, including mitosis, migration, and cell polarity. Fidgetin (Fign), an ATP-dependent, MT-severing protein, contributes to the regulation of MT configuration by cutting and trimming MT polymers. Functions of Fign have been indicated in neurite outgrowth...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hu Z,Feng J,Bo W,Wu R,Dong Z,Liu Y,Qiang L,Liu M

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of cellular and neuronal vesicles, organelles, and other particles along microtubules requires the molecular motor protein dynein (Mallik and Gross, 2004). Critical to dynein function is dynactin, a multiprotein complex commonly thought to be required for dynein attachment to membrane compartments (Karki and...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Haghnia M,Cavalli V,Shah SB,Schimmelpfeng K,Brusch R,Yang G,Herrera C,Pilling A,Goldstein LS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory pathway along which newly synthesized secretory and membrane proteins traffic through the cell was revealed in two articles published 50 years ago. This discovery was the culmination of decades of effort to unite the power of biochemical and morphological methodologies in order to elucidate the dynamic n...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Matlin KS,Caplan MJ

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear import receptors importin β and transportin play a different role in mitosis: both act phenotypically as spatial regulators to ensure that mitotic spindle, nuclear membrane, and nuclear pore assembly occur exclusively around chromatin. Importin β is known to act by repressing assembly factors in regions di...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bernis C,Swift-Taylor B,Nord M,Carmona S,Chook YM,Forbes DJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is facilitated by a precisely regulated burst of actin assembly. PtdIns(4,5)P2 is an important signaling lipid with conserved roles in CME and actin assembly regulation. Rhomboid family multipass transmembrane proteins regulate diverse cellular processes; however, rhomboid-mediated ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cortesio CL,Lewellyn EB,Drubin DG

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular integrity and the maintenance of blood vessel continuity are fundamental features of the circulatory system maintained through endothelial cell-cell junctions. Defects in the endothelial barrier become an initiating factor in several pathologies, including ischemia/reperfusion, tumor angiogenesis, pulmonary e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Birukova AA,Singleton PA,Gawlak G,Tian X,Mirzapoiazova T,Mambetsariev B,Dubrovskyi O,Oskolkova OV,Bochkov VN,Birukov KG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin-catenin interactions play an important role in cadherin-mediated adhesion. Here we present strong evidence that in the cadherin-catenin complex α-catenin contributes to the binding strength of another catenin, p120, to the same complex. Specifically, we found that a β-catenin-uncoupled cadherin mutant interac...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Troyanovsky RB,Klingelhöfer J,Troyanovsky SM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmin interacts with nebulin establishing a direct link between the intermediate filament network and sarcomeres at the Z-discs. Here, we examined a desmin mutation, E245D, that is located within the coil IB (nebulin-binding) region of desmin and that has been reported to cause human cardiomyopathy and skeletal muscl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Conover GM,Henderson SN,Gregorio CC

更新日期：2009-02-01 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