Rab14 is involved in membrane trafficking between the Golgi complex and endosomes.

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs)--lipid signals produced downstream of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes--regulate actin dynamics in cell culture and platelets, but their roles during development are largely unknown. Here we define a new role for Pxt, the Drosophila COX-like enzyme, in regulating the actin cytoskeleton--temporal restr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Spracklen AJ,Kelpsch DJ,Chen X,Spracklen CN,Tootle TL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blebs are involved in various biological processes such as cell migration, cytokinesis, and apoptosis. While the expansion of blebs is largely an intracellular pressure-driven process, the retraction of blebs is believed to be driven by RhoA activation that leads to the reassembly of the actomyosin cortex at the bleb ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiao M,Wu D,Wei Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Motile cells such as bacteria, amoebae, and fibroblasts display a continual level of energy-consuming reactions involving the cytoskeleton and signal pathways, regardless of whether or not they are actually migrating. I draw parallels between these "silent signals" and the intrinsic activity of the human brain, especi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bray D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sec61 translocon mediates the translocation of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and the lateral integration of transmembrane segments into the lipid bilayer. The structure of the idle translocon is closed by a lumenal plug domain and a hydrophobic constriction ring. To test the function of the ap...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Junne T,Kocik L,Spiess M

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance of Candida albicans to many stresses is dependent on the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) Hog1. Hence we have explored the role of Hog1 in the regulation of transcriptional responses to stress. DNA microarrays were used to characterize the global transcriptional responses of HOG1 and hog1 cells to...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Enjalbert B,Smith DA,Cornell MJ,Alam I,Nicholls S,Brown AJ,Quinn J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomitosis is a special type of mitosis in which only cytokinesis-the final step of the cell division cycle-is defective, resulting in polyploid cells. Although endomitosis is biologically important, its regulatory aspects remain elusive. Psychosine, a lysogalactosylceramide, prevents proper cytokinesis when suppleme...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Watanabe H,Okahara K,Naito-Matsui Y,Abe M,Go S,Inokuchi J,Okazaki T,Kobayashi T,Kozutsumi Y,Oka S,Takematsu H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin-mediated adhesion induces several signaling pathways leading to regulation of gene transcription, control of cell cycle entry and survival from apoptosis. Here we investigate the involvement of the Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) pathway in integrin-mediated signal...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brizzi MF,Defilippi P,Rosso A,Venturino M,Garbarino G,Miyajima A,Silengo L,Tarone G,Pegoraro L

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy is an important tool for measuring in vivo gene dynamics in single cells. However, fluorescent proteins are limited by slow chromophore maturation times and the cellular autofluorescence or phototoxicity that arises from light excitation. An alternative is luciferase, an enzyme that ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mazo-Vargas A,Park H,Aydin M,Buchler NE

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplying the appropriate amount of correctly folded α/β-tubulin heterodimers is critical for microtubule dynamics. Formation of assembly-competent heterodimers is remarkably elaborate at the molecular level, in which the α- and β-tubulins are separately processed in a chaperone-dependent manner. This sequential step ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mori R,Toda T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Griscelli syndrome type 2 (GS2) is a genetic disorder in which patients exhibit life-threatening defects of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) whose lytic granules fail to dock on the plasma membrane and therefore do not release their contents. The disease is caused by the absence of functional rab27a, but how rab27a cont...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Neeft M,Wieffer M,de Jong AS,Negroiu G,Metz CH,van Loon A,Griffith J,Krijgsveld J,Wulffraat N,Koch H,Heck AJ,Brose N,Kleijmeer M,van der Sluijs P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rac cycles between the membrane and the cytosol as it is activated by nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and inactivated by GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). Solubility in the cytosol is conferred by binding of Rac to guanine-nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (GDIs). To analyze the in vivo dynamics ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moissoglu K,Slepchenko BM,Meller N,Horwitz AF,Schwartz MA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that interleukin-4 (IL-4) protects TS1alphabeta cells from apoptosis, but very little is known about the mechanism by which IL-4 exerts this effect. We found that Akt activity, which is dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, is reduced in IL-4-deprived TS1alphabeta cells. Overexpression o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cerezo A,Martínez-A C,Lanzarot D,Fischer S,Franke TF,Rebollo A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes occupy preferred spatial positions within interphase cell nuclei. However, positioning patterns are not an innate feature of a locus, and genes can alter their localization in response to physiological and pathological changes. Here we screen the radial positioning patterns of 40 genes in normal, hyperplasic, an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Leshner M,Devine M,Roloff GW,True LD,Misteli T,Meaburn KJ

更新日期：2016-01-15 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：:Septins are members of a highly conserved family of filamentous proteins that are required in many organisms for the completion of cytokinesis. In addition, septins have been implicated in a number of important cellular processes and have been suggested to have roles in regulating membrane traffic. Given the proposed ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang YW,Yan M,Collins RF,Diciccio JE,Grinstein S,Trimble WS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While lysosomes are degradative compartments and one of the defenses against invading pathogens, they are also hubs of metabolic activity. Late endocytic compartments accumulate around Plasmodium berghei liver-stage parasites during development, and whether this is a host defense strategy or active recruitment by the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Petersen W,Stenzel W,Silvie O,Blanz J,Saftig P,Matuschewski K,Ingmundson A

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TPX2 is a Ran-regulated spindle assembly factor that is required for kinetochore fiber formation and activation of the mitotic kinase Aurora A. TPX2 is enriched near spindle poles and is required near kinetochores, suggesting that it undergoes dynamic relocalization throughout mitosis. Using photoactivation, we measur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ma N,Tulu US,Ferenz NP,Fagerstrom C,Wilde A,Wadsworth P

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Compositional analyses of nucleic acids and proteins have shed light on possible origins of living cells. In this work, rigorous compositional analyses of ∼5000 plasma membrane lipid constituents of 273 species in the three life domains (archaea, eubacteria, and eukaryotes) revealed a remarkable statistical paradox, i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bansal S,Mittal A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocytic and autophagic pathways are involved in the membrane trafficking of exogenous and endogenous materials to lysosomes. However, the mechanisms that regulate these pathways are largely unknown. We previously reported that Rubicon, a Beclin 1-binding protein, negatively regulates both the autophagic and endo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tabata K,Matsunaga K,Sakane A,Sasaki T,Noda T,Yoshimori T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch signaling pathway plays essential roles in both animal development and human disease. Regulation of Notch receptor levels in membrane compartments has been shown to affect signaling in a variety of contexts. Here we used steady-state and pulse-labeling techniques to follow Notch receptors in sensory organ pr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Johnson SA,Zitserman D,Roegiers F

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the subcellular distribution and functions of LIMK1 in developing neurons. Confocal microscopy, subcellular fractionation, and expression of several epitope-tagged LIMK1 constructs revealed that LIMK1 is enriched in the Golgi apparatus and growth cones, with the LIM domain required for Golgi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rosso S,Bollati F,Bisbal M,Peretti D,Sumi T,Nakamura T,Quiroga S,Ferreira A,Cáceres A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactogenic hormones and extracellular matrix (ECM) act synergistically to regulate beta-casein expression in culture. We have developed a functional subpopulation of the mouse mammary epithelial cell strain COMMA-1D (designated CID 9), which expresses high level of beta-casein, forms alveolar-like structures when plat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schmidhauser C,Casperson GF,Myers CA,Sanzo KT,Bolten S,Bissell MJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation and discharge of dense-core secretory vesicles depend on controlled rearrangement of the core proteins during their assembly and dispersal. The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila offers a simple system in which the mechanisms may be studied. Here we show that most of the core consists of a set of polypeptides d...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verbsky JW,Turkewitz AP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that ouabain activates Src, resulting in subsequent tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple effectors. Here, we tested if the Na+/K+-ATPase and Src can form a functional signaling complex. In LLC-PK1 cells the Na+/K+-ATPase and Src colocalized in the plasma membrane. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tian J,Cai T,Yuan Z,Wang H,Liu L,Haas M,Maksimova E,Huang XY,Xie ZJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Lipid raft" is the name given to the tiny, dynamic, and ordered domains of cholesterol and sphingolipids that are hypothesized to exist in the plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. According to the lipid raft hypothesis, these cholesterol- and sphingolipid-enriched domains modulate the protein-protein interactions th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kraft ML

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate an example of signal transduction by an integrin and have begun to define the pathway through which this signaling is achieved. We constructed a stably transfected derivative of 293 cells (ATCC 1573) that expresses the platelet integrin GPIIbIIIa (alpha IIb beta 3). This cell line, clone B, adheres to a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pelletier AJ,Bodary SC,Levinson AD

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has shown that members of the Jak kinase family are activated after IL-6 binds to its receptor complex, leading to a tyrosine phosphorylation of gp130, the IL-6 signal-transducing subunit. The different members of the IL-6 cytokine subfamily induce distinct patterns of Jak-Tyk phosphorylation in differ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang Y,Fuller GM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal regions of Drosophila embryos are patterned by signaling through ERK, which is genetically deregulated in multiple human diseases. Quantitative studies of terminal patterning have been recently used to investigate gain-of-function variants of human MEK1, encoding the MEK kinase that directly activates ERK by ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marmion RA,Yang L,Goyal Y,Jindal GA,Wetzel JL,Singh M,Schüpbach T,Shvartsman SY

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoblast C2C12 cells cultured in the presence of FGF2 actively proliferate and showed a differentiation-defective phenotype compared with cells cultured in low serum or in the presence of insulin. These FGF2 effects are associated with sustained activation of p44/p42-MAPK and lack of activation of AKT. Here we demonst...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： de Alvaro C,Martinez N,Rojas JM,Lorenzo M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00