The signal recognition particle (SRP) RNA links conformational changes in the SRP to protein targeting.

abstract：:Cytochrome c release from mitochondria promotes apoptosome formation and caspase activation. The question as to whether mitochondrial permeabilization kills cells via a caspase-independent pathway when caspase activation is prevented is still open. Here we report that proneural cells of embryonic origin, when induced ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ferraro E,Pulicati A,Cencioni MT,Cozzolino M,Navoni F,di Martino S,Nardacci R,Carrì MT,Cecconi F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p38 alpha mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is a broadly expressed signaling molecule that participates in the regulation of cellular responses to stress as well as in the control of proliferation and survival of many cell types. We have used cell lines derived from p38 alpha knockout mice to study the role of th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Porras A,Zuluaga S,Black E,Valladares A,Alvarez AM,Ambrosino C,Benito M,Nebreda AR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary cilium is found on most mammalian cells, where it acts as a cellular antenna for the reception of both mechanical and chemical signals. A variety of diseases are associated with defective ciliogenesis, reflecting the ubiquity of the function of cilia and the number of proteins required for their assembly. Pr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Copeland SJ,McRae A,Guarguaglini G,Trinkle-Mulcahy L,Copeland JW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is considerable evidence implicating posttranslational mechanisms in the development of epithelial cell polarity, little is known about the patterns of gene expression and transcriptional regulation during this process. We characterized the temporal program of gene expression during cell-cell adhesion-i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Halbleib JM,Sääf AM,Brown PO,Nelson WJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies suggest that the Barren protein may function as an activator of DNA topoisomerase II and/or as a component of the Xenopus condensin complex. To better understand the role of Barren in vivo, we generated conditional alleles of the structural gene for Barren (BRN1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lavoie BD,Tuffo KM,Oh S,Koshland D,Holm C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing polyspermy during animal fertilization relies on modifications to the egg's extracellular matrix. On fertilization in sea urchins, the contents of cortical granules are secreted and rapidly assemble into the egg's extracellular vitelline layer, forming the fertilization envelope, a proteinaceous structure t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wong JL,Wessel GM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically stressed cells display increased levels of fos message and protein. Although the intracellular signaling pathways responsible for FOS induction have been extensively characterized, we still do not understand the nature of the primary cell mechanotransduction event responsible for converting an externally ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grembowicz KP,Sprague D,McNeil PL

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Repellents evoke growth cone turning by eliciting asymmetric, localized loss of actin cytoskeleton together with changes in substratum attachment. We have demonstrated that semaphorin-3A (Sema3A)-induced growth cone detachment and collapse require eicosanoid-mediated activation of protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gatlin JC,Estrada-Bernal A,Sanford SD,Pfenninger KH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) is a polyketide that induces Dictyostelium amoebae to differentiate as prestalk cells. We performed a global quantitative screen for phosphorylation changes that occur within the first minutes after addition of DIF-1, using a triple-label SILAC approach. This revealed a new wo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sugden C,Urbaniak MD,Araki T,Williams JG

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shroom (Shrm) proteins are essential regulators of cell shape and tissue morpho-logy during animal development that function by interacting directly with the coiled-coil region of Rho kinase (Rock). The Shrm-Rock interaction is sufficient to direct Rock subcellular localization and the subsequent assembly of contracti...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mohan S,Rizaldy R,Das D,Bauer RJ,Heroux A,Trakselis MA,Hildebrand JD,VanDemark AP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A period of pairing between nonhomologous centromeres occurs early in meiosis in a diverse collection of organisms. This early, homology-independent, centromere pairing, referred to as centromere coupling in budding yeast, gives way to an alignment of homologous centromeres as homologues synapse later in meiotic proph...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chuong H,Dawson DS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate chromosome alignment at metaphase facilitates the equal segregation of sister chromatids to each of the nascent daughter cells. Lack of proper metaphase alignment is an indicator of defective chromosome congression and aberrant kinetochore-microtubule attachments which in turn promotes chromosome missegregati...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Braga LG,Prifti DK,Garand C,Saini PK,Elowe S

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of most eukaryotic cells requires directed transport along microtubules (MTs) that are nucleated at nuclear-associated microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), such as the centrosome and the fungal spindle pole body (SPB). Herein, we show that the pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis uses different MT nucleation si...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Straube A,Brill M,Oakley BR,Horio T,Steinberg G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans oocyte is a highly amenable system for forward and reverse genetic analysis of receptor-mediated endocytosis. We describe the use of transgenic strains expressing a vitellogenin::green fluorescent protein (YP170::GFP) fusion to monitor yolk endocytosis by the C. elegans oocyte in vivo. This ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grant B,Hirsh D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spa2p is a nonessential protein that regulates yeast cell polarity. It localizes early to the presumptive bud site and remains at sites of growth throughout the cell cycle. To understand how Spa2p localization is regulated and to gain insight into its molecular function in cell polarity, we used a coimmunoprecipitatio...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shih JL,Reck-Peterson SL,Newitt R,Mooseker MS,Aebersold R,Herskowitz I

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Clathrin-mediated endocytosis regulates the internalization of many nutrient and signaling receptors. Clathrin and endocytic accessory proteins are recruited to receptors by specific adaptors. The adaptor Disabled-2 (Dab2) recruits its cargoes, including the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and mediates endocy...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mulkearns EE,Cooper JA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinesin superfamily of microtubule motor proteins is important in many cellular processes, including mitosis and meiosis, vesicle transport, and the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity. We have characterized two related kinesins in fission yeast, klp5+ and klp6+,, that are amino-terminal motors of the K...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： West RR,Malmstrom T,Troxell CL,McIntosh JR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical data have shown that COPI-coated vesicles are tethered to Golgi membranes by a complex of at least three proteins: p115, giantin, and GM130. p115 binds to giantin on the vesicles and to GM130 on the membrane. We now examine the function of this tethering complex in vivo. Microinjection of an N-terminal pep...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Seemann J,Jokitalo EJ,Warren G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The target of rapamycin kinase complex 1 (TORC1) regulates cell growth and metabolism in eukaryotes. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TORC1 activity is known to be controlled by the conserved GTPases, Gtr1/2, and movement into and out of an inactive agglomerate/body. However, it is unclear whether/how these regulatory ste...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sullivan A,Wallace RL,Wellington R,Luo X,Capaldi AP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cycling between the mammalian host and the tsetse fly vector, trypanosomes undergo major changes in energy metabolism and surface coat composition. Early procyclic (insect) forms in the tsetse fly midgut are coated by glycoproteins known as EP and GPEET procyclins. EP expression continues in late procyclic forms, w...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Vassella E,Probst M,Schneider A,Studer E,Renggli CK,Roditi I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On starvation, the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum initiates a program of development leading to formation of multicellular structures. The initial cell aggregation requires chemotaxis to cyclic AMP (cAMP) and relay of the cAMP signal by the activation of adenylyl cyclase (ACA), and it has been shown prev...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bolourani P,Spiegelman GB,Weeks G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging findings suggest that two lineages of mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake participate during active and resting states: 1) the major eukaryotic membrane potential-dependent mitochondrial Ca(2+) uniporter and 2) the evolutionarily conserved exchangers and solute carriers, which are also involved in ion transport. Alth...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hoffman NE,Chandramoorthy HC,Shanmughapriya S,Zhang XQ,Vallem S,Doonan PJ,Malliankaraman K,Guo S,Rajan S,Elrod JW,Koch WJ,Cheung JY,Madesh M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of hepatic stellate cells during liver fibrosis is a major event facilitating an increase in extracellular matrix deposition. The up-regulation of smooth muscle alpha-actin and collagen type I is indicative of the activation process. The involvement of cysteine cathepsins, a class of lysosomal cysteine prot...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Maubach G,Lim MC,Zhuo L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarized cell growth requires the coupling of a defined spatial site on the cell cortex to the apparatus that directs the establishment of cell polarity. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Ras-family GTPase Rsr1p/Bud1p and its regulators select the proper site for bud emergence on the cell cortex. The...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kozminski KG,Beven L,Angerman E,Tong AH,Boone C,Park HO

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of fast axonal transport (FAT) is an early pathological event in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Soluble amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs), increasingly recognized as proximal neurotoxins in AD, impair organelle transport in cultured neurons and transgenic mouse models. AβOs also stimulate hyperphosphorylation of the ax...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ramser EM,Gan KJ,Decker H,Fan EY,Suzuki MM,Ferreira ST,Silverman MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Myc interacting zinc finger protein-1 (Miz1) is a transcription factor known to regulate cell cycle- and cell adhesion-related genes in cancer. Here we show that Miz1 also plays a critical role in neural crest development. In the chick, Miz1 is expressed throughout the neural plate and closing neural tube. Its morphol...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kerosuo L,Bronner ME

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) is a key regulator of membrane fluidity, turns over rapidly, and represents a prototype for selective degradation of resident proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum. Using detergent-solubilized, desaturase-induced rat liver microsomes we have characterized a protease that degrades S...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heinemann FS,Ozols J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00