A guide to simple and informative binding assays.

abstract：:A provisional matrix consisting of fibrin and fibronectin (FN) is deposited at sites of tissue damage and repair. This matrix serves as a scaffold for fibroblast migration into the wound where these cells deposit new matrix to replace lost or damaged tissue and eventually contract the matrix to bring the margins of th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Midwood KS,Schwarzbauer JE

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling via the Ras pathway involves sequential activation of Ras, Raf-1, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MKK), and the extracellular signal-regulated (ERK) group of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Expression from the c-Fos, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), and myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) promoter...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Thorburn J,Carlson M,Mansour SJ,Chien KR,Ahn NG,Thorburn A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is an acylated peptidyl gastric hormone acting on the pituitary and hypothalamus to stimulate appetite, adiposity, and growth hormone release, through activation of growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR)-1a receptor. Moreover, ghrelin features several activities such as inhibition of apoptosis, regulation...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Filigheddu N,Gnocchi VF,Coscia M,Cappelli M,Porporato PE,Taulli R,Traini S,Baldanzi G,Chianale F,Cutrupi S,Arnoletti E,Ghè C,Fubini A,Surico N,Sinigaglia F,Ponzetto C,Muccioli G,Crepaldi T,Graziani A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During interactions with its mammalian host, the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans is exposed to a range of stresses such as superoxide radicals and cationic fluxes. Unexpectedly, a nonbiased screen of transcription factor deletion mutants revealed that the phosphate-responsive transcription factor Pho4 is vital for t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ikeh MA,Kastora SL,Day AM,Herrero-de-Dios CM,Tarrant E,Waldron KJ,Banks AP,Bain JM,Lydall D,Veal EA,MacCallum DM,Erwig LP,Brown AJ,Quinn J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumen establishment and maintenance are fundamental for tubular organs physiological functions. Most of the studies investigating the mechanisms regulating this process have been carried out in cell cultures or in smaller organisms, whereas little has been done in mammalian model systems in vivo. Here we used the sali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shitara A,Malec L,Ebrahim S,Chen D,Bleck C,Hoffman MP,Weigert R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear pore complexes consist of several subcomplexes. The NUP107 complex is important for nucleocytoplasmic transport, nuclear envelope assembly, and kinetochore function. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms and the roles of individual complex members remain elusive. We report the first description of a gen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ródenas E,González-Aguilera C,Ayuso C,Askjaer P

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Ion transport in various tissues can be regulated by the cortical actin cytoskeleton. Specifically, involvement of actin dynamics in the regulation of nonvoltage-gated sodium channels has been shown. Herein, inside-out patch clamp experiments were performed to study the effect of the heterodimeric actin capping protei...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shumilina EV,Negulyaev YA,Morachevskaya EA,Hinssen H,Khaitlina SY

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp78 is an ERAD-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase that induces degradation of the mitofusin mitochondrial fusion proteins and mitochondrial fission. Gp78 is localized throughout the ER; however, the anti-Gp78 3F3A monoclonal antibody (mAb) recognizes Gp78 selectively in mitochondria-associated ER domains. Epitope mapping...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li L,Gao G,Shankar J,Joshi B,Foster LJ,Nabi IR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) triggers multiple signaling pathways and rapid endocytosis of the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptor complexes. To directly visualize the compartmentalization of molecules involved in the major signaling cascade, activation of Ras GTPase, we constructed fus...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiang X,Sorkin A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional proteins of complex eukaryotes within the same species are rather invariant. A single catalytic component of telomerase TERT is essential for an active telomerase complex that maintains telomeres. Surprisingly, we have identified two paralogous SpTERT-L and SpTERT-S genes with novel domains in Strongylocent...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wells TB,Zhang G,Harley Z,Vaziri H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical cues regulate the function of a broad range of stem cells in culture and in tissue. For example, soft substrates promote the neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) by suppressing cytoskeletal contractility. However, the mechanisms that link cytoskeletal signaling to the transcriptional regulat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kang PH,Schaffer DV,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystalline lens is an attractive system to study the biology of intercellular communication; however, the identity of the structural components of gap junctions in the lens has been controversial. We have cloned a novel member of the connexin family of gap junction proteins, Cx50, and have shown that it is likely...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： White TW,Bruzzone R,Goodenough DA,Paul DL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The E3 ubiquitin ligase Rad18 chaperones DNA polymerase η (Polη) to sites of UV-induced DNA damage and monoubiquitinates proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), facilitating engagement of Polη with stalled replication forks and promoting translesion synthesis (TLS). It is unclear how Rad18 activities are coordinate...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Barkley LR,Palle K,Durando M,Day TA,Gurkar A,Kakusho N,Li J,Masai H,Vaziri C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-triggered exocytosis of synaptic vesicles is controlled by the Ca2+-binding protein synaptotagmin (syt) I. Fifteen additional isoforms of syt have been identified. Here, we compared the abilities of three syt isoforms (I, VII, and IX) to regulate soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein recept...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bhalla A,Tucker WC,Chapman ER

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR15 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that serves for an HIV coreceptor and was also recently found as a novel homing receptor for T-cells implicated in colitis. We show that GPR15 undergoes a constitutive endocytosis in the absence of ligand. The endocytosis was clathrin dependent and partially depende...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Okamoto Y,Shikano S

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisite phosphorylation of proteins is a powerful signal processing mechanism that plays crucial roles in cell division and differentiation as well as in disease. We recently demonstrated a novel phenomenon in cell cycle regulation by showing that cyclin-dependent kinase-dependent multisite phosphorylation of a cruc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Valk E,Venta R,Ord M,Faustova I,Kõivomägi M,Loog M

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Arrestins play a key role as trafficking adaptors in both yeast and mammals. The yeast Rim8/Art9 α-arrestin mediates the recruitment of endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) to the seven-transmembrane protein Rim21 in the ambient pH signaling RIM pathway. ESCRT is believed to function as a signali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Herrador A,Livas D,Soletto L,Becuwe M,Léon S,Vincent O

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial function depends crucially on the maintenance of multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copies. Surprisingly, the cellular mechanisms regulating mtDNA copy number remain poorly understood. Through a systematic high-throughput approach in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we determined mtDNA-to-nuclear DNA ratios in ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Göke A,Schrott S,Mizrak A,Belyy V,Osman C,Walter P

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src homology (SH2 and SH3) domains of v-Src are required for transformation of Rat-2 cells and for wild-type (morphr) transformation of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs). We report herein that the N-terminal domains of v-Src, when expressed in trans, cannot complement the transformation defect of a deletion mutant...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tian M,Martin GS

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell antigen receptor (BCR) association with lipid rafts, the actin cytoskeleton, and clathrin-coated pits influences B cell signaling and antigen presentation. Although all three cellular structures have been separately implicated in BCR internalization, the relationship between them has not been clearly defined. I...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stoddart A,Jackson AP,Brodsky FM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intermembrane space of mitochondria accommodates the essential mitochondrial intermembrane space assembly (MIA) machinery that catalyzes oxidative folding of proteins. The disulfide bond formation pathway is based on a relay of reactions involving disulfide transfer from the sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1 to Mia40 and fr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Böttinger L,Gornicka A,Czerwik T,Bragoszewski P,Loniewska-Lwowska A,Schulze-Specking A,Truscott KN,Guiard B,Milenkovic D,Chacinska A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pancreatic β-cells, glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) modulates insulin secretion, although its function regarding specific secretagogues is unclear. This study investigated the role of GDH using a β-cell-specific GDH knockout mouse model, called βGlud1(-/-). The absence of GDH in islets isolated from βGlud1(-/-) mice ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Vetterli L,Carobbio S,Pournourmohammadi S,Martin-Del-Rio R,Skytt DM,Waagepetersen HS,Tamarit-Rodriguez J,Maechler P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early endosomes in PC12 cells are an important site for the formation of synaptic-like microvesicles and constitutive recycling vesicles. By immunogold electron microscopy, the small GTPase rab4 was localized to early endosomes and numerous small vesicles in the cell periphery and Golgi area of PC12 cells. Overexpress...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： de Wit H,Lichtenstein Y,Kelly RB,Geuze HJ,Klumperman J,van der Sluijs P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pancreatic β-cells, insulin granule membranes are enriched in cholesterol and are both recycled and newly generated. Cholesterol's role in supporting granule membrane formation and function is poorly understood. ATP binding cassette transporters ABCG1 and ABCA1 regulate intracellular cholesterol and are important f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hussain SS,Harris MT,Kreutzberger AJB,Inouye CM,Doyle CA,Castle AM,Arvan P,Castle JD

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:McKusick-Kaufman syndrome (MKKS) is a recessively inherited human genetic disease characterized by several developmental anomalies. Mutations in the MKKS gene also cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a genetically heterogeneous disorder with pleiotropic symptoms. However, little is known about how MKKS mutations lead t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hirayama S,Yamazaki Y,Kitamura A,Oda Y,Morito D,Okawa K,Kimura H,Cyr DM,Kubota H,Nagata K

更新日期：2008-03-01 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

abstract：:Targeted endocytosis of plasma membrane (PM) proteins allows cells to adjust their complement of membrane proteins to changing extracellular conditions. For a wide variety of PM proteins, initiation of endocytosis is triggered by ubiquitination. In yeast, arrestin-related trafficking adaptors (ARTs) enable a single ub...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Guiney EL,Klecker T,Emr SD

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:B-type cyclins are rapidly degraded at the transition between metaphase and anaphase and their ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is required for cells to exit mitosis. We used a novel enrichment to isolate new budding mutants that arrest the cell cycle in mitosis. Most of these mutants lie in the CDC16, CDC23, and CDC27 ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hwang LH,Murray AW

更新日期：1997-10-01 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