Phospholipase D is essential for keratocyte-like migration of NBT-II cells.

abstract：:The transcription factor ATF6 is constitutively synthesized as a type II transmembrane protein embedded in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). When unfolded proteins accumulate in the ER, ATF6 senses such ER stress via an as yet undetermined mechanism and relocates to the Golgi apparatus where it is cleaved by sequential ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sato Y,Nadanaka S,Okada T,Okawa K,Mori K

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Multiple type I and II hair keratins are expressed in hair-forming cells but the role of each protein in hair fiber formation remains obscure. In this study, recombinant proteins of human type I hair keratins (K35, K36 and K38) and type II hair keratins (K81 and K85) were prepared using bacterial expression systems. T...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Honda Y,Koike K,Kubo Y,Masuko S,Arakawa Y,Ando S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), consisting of the 470-kDa catalytic component (DNA-PKcs) and the DNA-binding regulatory component Ku protein (p70/p80), catalyzes phosphorylation of a variety of DNA replication/transcription/repair factors in the presence of double-stranded DNA. In the resting states of human pe...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nagasawa M,Watanabe F,Suwa A,Yamamoto K,Tsukada K,Teraoka H

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Stimulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) by tetravalent concanavalin A (alpha-ConA) induces membrane depolarization preceding the onset of superoxide anion (O2-) production. Both divalent and monovalent ConA analogues were studied to evaluate the role of valence. Monovalent ConA (m-ConA) was inactive in stimu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kuroki M,Kamo N,Kobatake Y,Abe Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1986-06-01 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：:A method has been developed to isolate pure preparations of nuclei in high yield from commercially available viable rice embryos (germ), employing extraction with buffer solution containing glycerol (without detergent) and polyamine, followed by centrifugation on a 30% Percoll cushion. The intactness of the isolated n...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yamaguchi J,Lim PY,Aratani K,Akazawa T

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanism of myogenic differentiation, we are using quail myoblast cells (QM cells) transformed with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rous sarcoma virus (ts-RSV), termed QM-RSV cells. At 35.5 degrees C, a permissive temperature for RSV, QM-RSV cells repeatedly proliferate without differentiation, b...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hase H,Hirayama E,Kim J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a differentiation inducer for human myeloid NB4 cells, induced accumulation of lipid droplet as determined by positivity of Nile Red and Oil Red O in this cell line. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), although not having detectable effect by itself, exerted the additive effe...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Inazawa Y,Nakatsu M,Yasugi E,Saeki K,Yuo A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:tsJT60, a temperature-sensitive (ts) G0-mutant cell line from a Fischer rat, grows normally in the exponential growth phase at 34 degrees C and 39.5 degrees C, but when stimulated with fetal bovine serum (FBS), from the G0 phase they reenter the S phase at 34 degrees C but not at 39.5 degrees C. The ts-block was bypas...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ninomiya-Tsuji J,Nakahara Y,Ito C,Akiyama T,Ishibashi S,Ide T

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two methods of qualitative analysis of sequence distribution in DNA and protein are presented. The first method is based on the finding that the frequency of occurrence of each nucleotide in a defined sequence with functional significance more or less deviates from uniform distribution. The deviation found in this def...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kiho Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of Ca2+ in dividing cells of the maize root tip was examined by potassium pyroantimonate precipitation and EGTA treatment methods. Ca2+ was found in most of the cell organelles, such as the matrix of the mitochondria, the thylakoid membrane of the proplastid and the Golgi vesicles, and on the plasma m...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sakai-Wada A,Yagi S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomics and proteomics studies in Chlamydomonas have revealed that an axoneme is composed of 200-600 types of proteins, including uncharacterized proteins collectively named flagellar-associated proteins (FAPs). Nine FAPs contain the EF-hand motif; however, they have not yet been well characterized. To find component...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kirima J,Oiwa K

更新日期：2018-02-16 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：:Upon tryptic digestion of synaptosomes, ATPase activities decreased in the order of Cl(-)-ATPase greater than or equal to Na+,K+-ATPase greater than anion-insensitive Mg2+-ATPase. Upon synaptosome treatment with hypotonic solution, Cl(-)-ATPase or anion-insensitive Mg2+-ATPase was slightly inactivated, while Na+,K+-AT...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kunugi-Uehara Y,Hashimoto Y,Ogura C,Inagaki C,Nishino T

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that 1,9-Dideoxyforskolin (DDF) strongly inhibited the cell death induced by ricin, modeccin, Pseudomonas toxin, and diphtheria toxin in MDCK cells, suggesting that these protein toxins have a DDF-sensitive common pathway leading to cell death. However, no significant effect of forskolin on these toxins ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Oda T,Komatsu N,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1997-10-01 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

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：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were changed in their morphology, proliferative activity, and functions by culturing on type I collagen gel, as compared to the culture on polystyrene surface. HSCs have been found to produce extracellular matrix components and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In this study, we have asse...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Li YL,Sato M,Kojima N,Miura M,Senoo H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera toxin binding sites in frozen sections of rat thymus were studied by indirect immunofluorescence and were found to be localized selectively in the medulla of thymic lobules. By flow cytometric analysis, two populations of thymocytes differing in size and reactivity towards cholera toxin were detected; the smal...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Bouchon B,Iwamori M,Masago H,Nagai Y

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Acanthamoeba myosin-IA and myosin-IB molecular motors bind to membranes, so they may produce the force to move organelles and membranes along actin filaments. We have determined the rate constants for the actin-activated myosin-I ATPase by pre-steady state kinetic analysis. ATP binds rapidly to myosin-I and dissoc...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Pollard TD,Ostap EM

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse FM3A cells propagated well in serum-free medium containing 0.5% serum albumin and 1 microgram of insulin/ml. The vitamin B12 (B12) requirement of the cells depended on the population density. This requirement disappeared when a sufficiently large cell population was present. A combination of 1-100 ng of B12/ml a...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Matsuya Y,Yamane I

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokeratin 8 (CK8) and cytokeratin 19 (CK19) is a specific cytoskeletal component of simple epithelia, including bronchial epithelial cells. We hypothesized that CK8 or CK19 released from epithelial cells may bind to and cause damage to extracellular matrixes through binding of anti-CK8 or anti-CK19 autoantibodies. I...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Dobashi N,Fujita J,Murota M,Ohtsuki Y,Bandoh S,Ueda Y,Dohmoto K,Hojo S,Nishioka M,Ishida T,Takahara J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that mouse L.P3 cells secrete fibronectin and a novel protein, gelatin-non-binding and heparin-binding cell-adhesive protein (GNCP). Here, we screened and characterized cell-adhesive proteins in the conditioned media (CM's) of a series of cell lines growing in a protein- and lipid-free synthet...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Morita H,Yasumitsu H,Watanabe Y,Miyazaki K,Umeda M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis of WF-1 fibroblasts derived from a patient with Werner's syndrome was stimulated by fetal calf serum and adult human serum but not by various mitogens including epidermal growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), fibroblast growth factor, insulin and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hirai M,Amagai M,Tajima S,Nishikawa T,Shimizu N

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G0-arrested human diploid fibroblasts, TIG-1, was stimulated to induce DNA synthesis by serum, epidermal growth factor (EGF), colchicine, colcemid, or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). The induction of DNA synthesis was mediated by protein kinase C (PKC) when stimulated with TPA but not when stimulated with ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Tsuji K,Ueno A,Ide T

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A voltage-dependent and Ca2(+)-activated cation channel recently found in the vacuolar membrane of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was incorporated into planar lipid bilayers and further characterized in macroscopic and single channel levels. Single channel conductances for various cations were in the order: NH4+ g...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sato M,Tanifuji M,Kasai M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatocytes were cultured on collagen gel in serum-free, alpha-modified Eagle's minimum essential medium containing 0.1 microM insulin, 0.1 microM dexamethasone, 10 mM pyruvate and supplements such as glucagon, epinephrine or growth hormone. The activities of alkaline phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase and gamma-glu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Horiuti Y,Yano K,Shibuya Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells possess antithrombotic properties, which are determined by the balance between plasminogen activators (PAs) and PA inhibitors (PAls). A cell line, TKM-33, has been established and cloned from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, was previously reported to produce a large amount of urokina...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ueshima S,Matsumoto H,Izaki S,Mitsui Y,Fukao H,Okada K,Matsuo O

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00