Mammalian septins are required for phagosome formation.

abstract：:Many of the actions of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) that are mediated by the neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1-R) desensitize and resensitize, which may be associated with NK1-R endocytosis and recycling. We delineated this endocytic pathway in transfected cells by confocal microscopy using cyanine 3-SP and NK1-R antibo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grady EF,Garland AM,Gamp PD,Lovett M,Payan DG,Bunnett NW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2008, the autophagy community has periodically published a set of guidelines, currently titled "Guidelines for the Use and Interpretation of Assays for Monitoring Autophagy." The newest version of the guidelines was published in 2016. There are many reasons for establishing a set of guidelines in a given researc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Klionsky DJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important aspects of cell cycle regulation are the checkpoints, which respond to a variety of cellular stresses to inhibit cell cycle progression and act as protective mechanisms to ensure genomic integrity. An increasing number of tumor suppressors are being demonstrated to have roles in checkpoint mechanisms, implyi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Qiu L,Burgess A,Fairlie DP,Leonard H,Parsons PG,Gabrielli BG

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cells, when exposed to stress, can enter a protective state in which cell division, growth, and metabolism are down-regulated. They remain viable in this state until nutrients become available again. How cells enter this protective survival state and what happens at a cellular and subcellular level are largely u...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marini G,Nüske E,Leng W,Alberti S,Pigino G

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the cytolinker protein plectin lead to grossly distorted morphology of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) in patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS)-muscular dystrophy (MS) with myasthenic syndrome (MyS). Here we investigated whether plectin contributes to the structural integrity of NMJs ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mihailovska E,Raith M,Valencia RG,Fischer I,Al Banchaabouchi M,Herbst R,Wiche G

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of Rho GTPase signaling is critical for cell shape determination and polarity. Here, we investigated the role of LRG1, a novel member of the GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) of Neurospora crassa. LRG1 is essential for apical tip extension and to restrict excessive branch formation in subapical regions of t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Vogt N,Seiler S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Candida albicans yeast cells receive the appropriate stimulus, they switch to hyphal growth, characterized by continuous apical elongation and the inhibition of cell separation. The molecular basis of this inhibition is poorly known, despite its crucial importance for hyphal development. In C. albicans, septins a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： González-Novo A,Correa-Bordes J,Labrador L,Sánchez M,Vázquez de Aldana CR,Jiménez J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) inhibits cell proliferation by inducing a G1 cell-cycle arrest. Cyclin/CDK complexes have been implicated in this arrest, because TGF beta treatment leads to inhibition of cyclin/CDK activity. We have investigated the role of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) in TGF beta-induc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Herrera RE,Mäkelä TP,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptides targeted to the yeast endoplasmic reticulum (ER) posttranslationally are thought to be kept in the cytoplasm in an unfolded state by Hsp70 chaperones before translocation. We show here that Escherichia coli beta-lactamase associated with Hsp70, but adopted a native-like conformation before translocation i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Paunola E,Suntio T,Jämsä E,Makarow M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptosomal associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP-23), a plasma membrane-localized soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE), has been implicated in phagocytosis by macrophages. For elucidation of its precise role in this process, a macrophage line overexpressing monomeric Venus-tagge...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sakurai C,Hashimoto H,Nakanishi H,Arai S,Wada Y,Sun-Wada GH,Wada I,Hatsuzawa K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurons certain mRNA transcripts are transported to synapses through mechanisms that are not fully understood. Here we report that the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein CBF-A (CArG Box binding Factor A) facilitates dendritic transport and localization of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Raju CS,Fukuda N,López-Iglesias C,Göritz C,Visa N,Percipalle P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myo4p, a single-headed and nonprocessive class V myosin in budding yeast, transports >20 different mRNAs asymmetrically to the bud. Here, we determine the features of the Myo4p motor that are necessary for correct localization of ASH1 mRNA to the daughter cell, a process that also requires the adapter protein She3p an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bookwalter CS,Lord M,Trybus KM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During their migration to the periphery, cranial neural crest cells (NCCs) are repulsed by an ErbB4-dependent cue(s) in the mesenchyme adjoining rhombomeres (r) 3 and 5, which are segmented hindbrain neuromeres. ErbB4 has many ligands, but which ligand functions in the above system has not yet been clearly determined....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hoshino H,Uchida T,Otsuki T,Kawamoto S,Okubo K,Takeichi M,Chisaka O

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta 2 integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) mediates activation-dependent adhesion of lymphocytes. To investigate whether lymphocyte-specific elements are essential for LFA-1 function, we expressed LFA-1 in the erythroleukemic cell line K562, which expresses only the integrin very late antigen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lub M,van Vliet SJ,Oomen SP,Pieters RA,Robinson M,Figdor CG,van Kooyk Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cohesin complex (Mcd1p, Smc1p, Smc3p, and Scc3p) has multiple roles in chromosome architecture, such as promoting sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, DNA repair, and transcriptional regulation. The prevailing embrace model for sister chromatid cohesion posits that a single cohesin complex entraps b...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Eng T,Guacci V,Koshland D

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cornerstone of the antiviral interferon response is phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)2alpha. This limits the availability of eIF2.GTP.Met-tRNA(i)(Met) ternary complexes, reduces formation of 43S preinitiation complexes, and blocks viral (and most cellular) mRNA translation. However, many viruses ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Robert F,Kapp LD,Khan SN,Acker MG,Kolitz S,Kazemi S,Kaufman RJ,Merrick WC,Koromilas AE,Lorsch JR,Pelletier J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HURP is a spindle-associated protein that mediates Ran-GTP-dependent assembly of the bipolar spindle and promotes chromosome congression and interkinetochore tension during mitosis. We report here a biochemical mechanism of HURP regulation by Aurora A, a key mitotic kinase that controls the assembly and function of th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wong J,Lerrigo R,Jang CY,Fang G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cdc25 tyrosine phosphatase is known to activate cdc2 kinase in the G2/M transition by dephosphorylation of tyrosine 15. To determine how entry into M-phase in eukaryotic cells is controlled, we have investigated the regulation of the cdc25 protein in Xenopus eggs and oocytes. Two closely related Xenopus cdc25 gene...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Izumi T,Walker DH,Maller JL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are essential for cell division, shape, intracellular transport, and polarity. MT stability is regulated by many factors, including MT-associated proteins and proteins controlling the amount of free tubulin heterodimers available for polymerization. Tubulin-binding cofactors are potential key regula...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Baffet AD,Benoit B,Januschke J,Audo J,Gourhand V,Roth S,Guichet A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration is a highly conserved process involving cytoskeletal reorganization and restructuring of the surrounding extracellular matrix. Although there are many studies describing mechanisms underlying cell motility, little has been reported about the contribution of alternative isoform use toward cell migration....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lee HN,Mitra M,Bosompra O,Corney DC,Johnson EL,Rashed N,Ho LD,Coller HA

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Two-dimensional (2D) substrate rigidity promotes myosin II activity to increase traction force in a process negatively regulated by tropomyosin (Tpm) 2.1. We recently discovered that actomyosin contractility can increase intracellular pressure and switch tumor cells from low-pressure lamellipodia to high-pressure lobo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sao K,Jones TM,Doyle AD,Maity D,Schevzov G,Chen Y,Gunning PW,Petrie RJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotranslational protein targeting to membranes is regulated by two GTPases in the signal recognition particle (SRP) and the SRP receptor; association between the two GTPases is slow and is accelerated 400-fold by the SRP RNA. Intriguingly, the otherwise universally conserved SRP RNA is missing in a novel chloroplast S...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jaru-Ampornpan P,Chandrasekar S,Shan SO

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely degradation of regulatory proteins by the ubiquitin proteolytic pathway (UPP) is an established paradigm of cell cycle regulation during the G2/M and G1/S transitions. Less is known about roles for the UPP during S phase. Here we present evidence that dynamic cell cycle-dependent changes in levels of UbcH7 regu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Whitcomb EA,Dudek EJ,Liu Q,Taylor A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a central homeostasis and stress response pathway conserved in all eukaryotes. One hallmark of autophagy is the de novo formation of autophagosomes. These double-membrane vesicular structures form around and deliver cargo for degradation by the vacuole/lysosome. Where and how autophagosomes form are outst...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Graef M,Friedman JR,Graham C,Babu M,Nunnari J

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Members of the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) family exchange ADP for ATP across the mitochondrial inner membrane, an activity that is essential for oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Mutations in or dysregulation of ANTs is associated with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, cardiomyopathy, nonsyndromic inte...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lu YW,Acoba MG,Selvaraju K,Huang TC,Nirujogi RS,Sathe G,Pandey A,Claypool SM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor receptor (Ste3p) requires its C-terminal cytoplasmic tail for endocytosis. Wild-type receptor is delivered to the cell surface via the secretory pathway but remains there only briefly before being internalized and delivered to the vacuole for degradation. Receptors lacking all or ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Givan SA,Sprague GF Jr

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is a central cellular signaling coordinator that allows eukaryotic cells to adapt to the environment. In the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TORC1 senses nitrogen and various stressors and modulates proteosynthesis, nitrogen uptake and metabolism, stress responses, and au...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Takeda E,Jin N,Itakura E,Kira S,Kamada Y,Weisman LS,Noda T,Matsuura A

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is an essential constituent of membranes in mammalian cells. The plasma membrane and the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC) are both highly enriched in cholesterol. The abundance and distribution of cholesterol among organelles are tightly controlled by a combination of mechanisms involving vesicular an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Iaea DB,Mao S,Lund FW,Maxfield FR

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00