Changes in beta-tubulin isoforms and their RNA level in synchronized tobacco cells.

abstract：:Cultured fibroblasts from patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) are characterized by the lysosomal accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and the inability of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to stimulate cholesterol esterification, in addition to impaired LDL-mediated down-regulation of LDL receptor activit...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ohno K,Nanba E,Nakano T,Inui K,Okada S,Takeshita K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of regulatory light chain (RMLC) of myosin II at Ser19/Thr18 is likely to play important roles in controlling the morphological changes seen during cell division of cultured mammalian cells. Phosphorylation of RMLC regulates the activity of myosin II, an essntial motor for cytokinesis, and phosphorylat...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Matsumura F,Totsukawa G,Yamakita Y,Yamashiro S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a starvation response in eukaryotes by which the cell delivers cytoplasmic components to the vacuole for degradation, and is mediated by a double membrane structure called the autophagosome. We have previously proposed that the specific combination of COPII like components, including Sec24p, is required f...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hamasaki M,Noda T,Ohsumi Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substance in sperm which induces the activation of eggs at fertilization has yet to be elucidated. Osawa et al. reported that the soluble extract of sperm (spex) causes inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) in fertilized eggs of sea urchins when externally applied [Osawa et al., (1992). Zo...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Osawa M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heavy ion microbeams on muscle fibers isolated from mouse skeletal muscles were examined by electron microscopy. The plasma membranes of heavy ion beam-irradiated areas of muscle fibers showed irregular protrusions and invaginations. In the cytoplasm, an irregular distribution of microfilaments was foun...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hino M,Wada S,Tajika Y,Morimura Y,Hamada N,Funayama T,Sakashita T,Kakizaki T,Kobayashi Y,Yorifuji H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myofibril assembly requires the cell to join diverse components, correctly oriented to the rest of the cell. Titin, a huge elastic protein with a role in myogenesis, assembles during translation in vivo and may require spatially organized mRNA to allow assembly. By immunofluorescence, we examined titin and myosin prot...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Fulton AB,Alftine C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1,3-Fucosyltransferase (Fuc T IV) cDNA was placed under the control of beta-actin, cytomegalovirus enhancer/promoter and transfected into embryonic stem cells. The transfected cell clones with integrated cDNA (positive clones) differentiated more efficiently into myocardial cell clones without integrated cDNA (n...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sudou A,Muramatsu H,Kaname T,Kadomatsu K,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid follicles in vivo are embedded in extracellular matrix (ECM). The composing epithelial cells are in close contact with ECM at the basal side. To examine cell-to-ECM interactions, we studied adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of porcine follicle cells monolayer-cultured on type I and IV collagen, fibro...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Toda S,Matsumura S,Yonemitsu N,Fujitani N,Terayama K,Funatsumaru S,Sugihara H

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the amino acid sequence in protein (deviation analysis) suggests that the binding between trypsin and the enveloped virus is the first step of their interaction, which occurs in a specified configuration. It is possible that the distance between their active sites is important for the viral sensitivity to ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kiho Y,Miyata K,Okada Y

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of DNA ligase, I and II, have been purified approximately 4,000-fold from mouse testes and 500-fold from nuclei of mouse spermatocytes. DNA ligase I and II consisted of single polypeptides with molecular weights of 95,000 and 65,000, respectively, according to the estimation by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electro...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Higashitani A,Tabata S,Endo H,Hotta Y

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine tracheal epithelial cell lines, TM01 and TM02-3, were established from a primary culture of tracheal cells of adult transgenic mice bearing a temperature-sensitive simian virus (SV40) large T-antigen gene. Both TM01 and TM02-3 cells, which grew until confluent monolayers were formed, maintained tight contact wi...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sugiyama N,Tabuchi Y,Numata F,Uchida Y,Horiuchi T,Ishibashi K,Ono S,Obinata M,Furusawa M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed two protein spots, a (molecular weight 70,000, pI 4.6) and b (molecular weight 69,000, pI 4.4) in PC-12 cells (rat pheochromocytoma cells). When the cells were induced to differentiate with nerve growth factor, the amount of protein in spot a, and later spot b increased wit...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Noguchi S,Muramatsu T,Koike T

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced endocytosis of its receptor is an obligatory pathway for the cellular regulation of the EGF-specific receptor (EGF-R). BNER4 is a mouse Balb/3T3 cell line transfected with human EGF-R complementary DNA (cDNA). B4/src-13 and B4/src-24 are BNER4 cells transfected with a viral on...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nakayama Y,Hisano T,Okimoto T,Tanaka Y,Ishikawa T,Himeno M,Ono M,Kuwano M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult rat cerebellum, HPC-1/syntaxin 1 is detected at high density on the plasma membrane of the non-synaptic region of parallel fibers in addition to the synaptic terminal membranes and the synaptic vesicles (Koh, S., Yamamoto, A., Inoue, A., Inoue, Y., Akagawa, Y., Kawamura, Y., Kawamoto, Y., and Tashiro, Y. (199...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Miya F,Yamamoto A,Akagawa K,Kawamoto K,Tashiro Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical analyses of estradiol, progesterone and progesterone receptor were carried out in human salivary gland and salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma. Immunoreactivity to estradiol and progesterone was found in cytoplasm of the cells of the excretory duct system within normal salivary glands, whereas the pr...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ozono S,Onozuka M,Sato K,Ito Y

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the design and synthesis of a bifunctional two-photon fluorescence probe, N,N'-‍dimethyl-4,4'-(biphenyl-2,1-ethenediyl)dipyridinium hexafluorophosphate (BP6). HeLa, Hek293, and Paramecium caudatum cells were stained with BP6. BP6 accumulated on the mitochondria of all three cell types when the mitocho...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Moritomo H,Yamada K,Kojima Y,Suzuki Y,Tani S,Kinoshita H,Sasaki A,Mikuni S,Kinjo M,Kawamata J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a morphological approach to determine the topogenic role of the signal peptide in mediating the ER translocation of yeast prepro-alpha-factor. In prepro-alpha-factor-somatostatin hybrids, changes in the N-terminal amino acid sequence from wild-type NH2-Met-Arg-Phe (MRF) to NH2-Met-Phe-Lys (MFK) caused a subtle...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Cheong KH,Park SD,Kim J,Hong SH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ETS family of transcription factors is defined by a conserved DNA-binding ETS domain that forms a winged helix-turn-helix structural motif. This family of transcription factors is involved in a diverse array of biological functions including cellular growth and differentiation, as well as organ development. Among ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sato Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of peanut agglutinin binding sites was studied histologically with horseradish peroxidase labelled and fluorescein isothiocyanate labelled peanut agglutinin in terms of cell differentiation in rat lymphatic organs, (thymus, spleen, lymph nodes). In this study, alcohol-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sectio...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kabir A,Watanabe M,Takeda Z,Kizaki T,Urano Y

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we compared the abilities of ricin and diphtheria toxin to induce apoptosis in Vero cells. The cytolysis and DNA fragmentation by ricin paralleled its protein synthesis inhibitory activity. However, unlike ricin, diphtheria toxin could induce neither cytolysis nor DNA fragmentation in Vero cells ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kusano I,Kageyama A,Tamura T,Oda T,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the proposed roles of sarcoglycan is to stabilize dystrophin glycoprotein complexes in muscle sarcolemma. Involvement in signal transduction has also been proposed and abnormalities in some sarcoglycan genes are known to be responsible for muscular dystrophy. While characterization of sarcoglycans in muscle has...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hashimoto R,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the cytotoxic mechanism of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), we isolated TNF-resistant sublines of L929 cells. As compared with L929 cells, TNF-resistant cells retained similar number and affinity of TNF-binding sites, and showed a similar growth rate. TNF stimulated arachidonate release from L929 cells, while...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hayakawa M,Oku N,Takagi T,Hori T,Shibamoto S,Yamanaka Y,Takeuchi K,Tsujimoto M,Ito F

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tritrichomonas foetus strongly agglutinates human erythrocytes, thus suggesting the occurrence of an adhesin associated with its surface. Adherence was observed immediately after mixing of the parasites with erythrocytes and the intensity increased for up to 30 min. Scanning electron microscopy examination of T. foetu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： da Silva NS,Dias Filho BP,De Souza W

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of intact 40S rRNA precursor was followed by Northern hybridization in the course of the early embryogenesis of wild-type Xenopus laevis and its anucleolate mutant. The total amount of 40S rRNA precursor did not alter appreciably until the midblastula stage, decreased at the late blastula stage, and then in...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Furuno N,Shiokawa K,Kobayashi H

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we would like to point out important milestones in the study of nuclear radial positioning and gene expression during differentiation processes. In addition, changes in the histone signature that significantly precede various differentiation pathways are reviewed. We address the regulatory functions of chromatin...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Harnicarová Horáková A,Bártová E,Kozubek S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The change in distribution of centrosomal phosphoproteins was examined in sea urchin eggs from fertilization to the first cleavage by immunofluorescence staining with the anti-phosphoprotein antibodies, MPM-1 and MPM-2. The antibodies reacted with female pronuclei in unfertilized eggs as well as centriolar complexes l...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kuriyama R,Rao PN,Borisy GG

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report a new method of isolating epidermal desmosomes from Xenopus laevis, and a major constituent of desmosomes designated as Xenopus desmogleins (XDsg). Isolation of desmosomes from Xenopus laevis epidermis was carried out by a two step-incubation with different concentrations of NP-40. After discontinuous s...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ohga R,Shida M,Shida H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle contraction is regulated by a complex of five polypeptides which are stably associated with the actin filament. This complex consists of two proteins: troponin with three subunits (TnC; TnI and TnT) and tropomyosin (a dimer of two chains). Using deletion mutants of TnC, TnI and TnT we determined that e...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Reinach FC,Farah CS,Monteiro PB,Malnic B

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structural localization of albumin in rat liver parenchymal cells was determined by an improved immunocytochemical method and serial sectioning. Albumin in the secretory apparatus of the parenchymal cells was present in segments of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, interrupted with negative segments, in transp...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yokota S,Fahimi DH

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of hemin to the nuclear reconstitution system of Xenopus interphase egg extract using sperm head chromatin resulted in abnormal pseudonuclei exhibiting flattened membrane patches randomly distributed both on the surface and inside the nuclei. The structures that resembled nuclear pores were observed on these ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nishiyama R,Ikami M,Yamao F,Tsuchida S,Yagura T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00