Actin cross-linking proteins cortexillin I and II are required for cAMP signaling during Dictyostelium chemotaxis and development.

abstract：:Kinesin-8 motor proteins destabilize microtubules. Their absence during cell division is associated with disorganized mitotic chromosome movements and chromosome loss. Despite recent work studying effects of kinesin-8s on microtubule dynamics, it remains unclear whether the kinesin-8 mitotic phenotypes are consequence...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gergely ZR,Crapo A,Hough LE,McIntosh JR,Betterton MD

更新日期：2016-11-07 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：:Precise chromosome transmission in cell division cycle is maintained by a number of genes. The attempt made in the present study was to isolate temperature-sensitive (ts) fission yeast mutants that display high loss rates of minichromosomes at permissive or semipermissive temperature (designated mis). By colony color ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Takahashi K,Yamada H,Yanagida M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrate cells, the nucleoporin Nup358/RanBP2 is a major component of the filaments that emanate from the nuclear pore complex into the cytoplasm. Nup358 forms a complex with SUMOylated RanGAP1, the GTPase activating protein for Ran. RanGAP1 plays a pivotal role in the establishment of a RanGTP gradient across th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hutten S,Flotho A,Melchior F,Kehlenbach RH

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Cell migration is involved in various physiological and pathogenic events, and the complex underlying molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. The simple eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum displays chemotactic locomotion in stages of its life cycle. By characterizing a Dictyostelium mutant defective in che...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lin WC,Wang LC,Pang TL,Chen MY

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocytosis modulates EGFR function by compartmentalizing and attenuating or enhancing its ligand-induced signaling. Here we show that it can also control the cell surface versus intracellular distribution of empty/inactive EGFR. Our previous observation that PKA inhibitors induce EGFR internalization prompted us to t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Norambuena A,Metz C,Jung JE,Silva A,Otero C,Cancino J,Retamal C,Valenzuela JC,Soza A,González A

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell fraction that would today be termed "the nuclear matrix" was first described and patented in 1948 by Russian investigators. In 1974 this fraction was rediscovered and promoted as a fundamental organizing principle of eukaryotic gene expression. Yet, convincing evidence for this functional role of the nuclear ma...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pederson T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell emergence onto damaged or organized fibrous extracellular matrix (ECM) is a crucial precursor to collective cell migration in wound closure and cancer metastasis, respectively. However, there is a fundamental gap in our quantitative understanding of the role of local ECM size and arrangement in cell emergence-bas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sharma P,Ng C,Jana A,Padhi A,Szymanski P,Lee JSH,Behkam B,Nain AS

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-stimulated trafficking of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane in muscle and fat tissue constitutes a central process in blood glucose homeostasis. The tethering, docking, and fusion of GLUT4 vesicles with the plasma membrane (PM) represent the most distal steps in this pathway and have been recently shown to be k...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lopez JA,Burchfield JG,Blair DH,Mele K,Ng Y,Vallotton P,James DE,Hughes WE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DSL1 was identified through its genetic interaction with SLY1, which encodes a t-SNARE-interacting protein that functions in endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi traffic. Conditional dsl1 mutants exhibit a block in ER-to-Golgi traffic at the restrictive temperature. Here, we show that dsl1 mutants are defective for ret...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Reilly BA,Kraynack BA,VanRheenen SM,Waters MG

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AP-2 adaptor complex plays a key role in cargo recognition and clathrin-coated vesicle formation at the plasma membrane. To investigate the functions of individual binding sites and domains of the AP-2 complex in vivo, we have stably transfected HeLa cells with wild-type and mutant small interfering RNA-resistant ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Motley AM,Berg N,Taylor MJ,Sahlender DA,Hirst J,Owen DJ,Robinson MS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What started as a game of discovery for a child with a chemistry set has resulted in a lifetime of fulfillment and dedication to science. It is deeply rewarding to continuously let my curiosity ask questions for which there are no known answers. Equally rewarding has been the opportunity to mentor young students and p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Garcia JV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic cells are cleared by phagocytosis during development, homeostasis, and pathology. However, it is still unclear how necrotic cells are removed. We compared the phagocytic uptake by macrophages of variants of L929sA murine fibrosarcoma cells induced to die by tumor necrosis factor-induced necrosis or by Fas-me...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brouckaert G,Kalai M,Krysko DV,Saelens X,Vercammen D,Ndlovu MN,Haegeman G,D'Herde K,Vandenabeele P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sec61 translocon mediates the translocation of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and the lateral integration of transmembrane segments into the lipid bilayer. The structure of the idle translocon is closed by a lumenal plug domain and a hydrophobic constriction ring. To test the function of the ap...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Junne T,Kocik L,Spiess M

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Budding yeast treated with hydroxyurea (HU) activate the S phase checkpoint kinase Rad53, which prevents DNA replication forks from undergoing aberrant structural transitions and nuclease processing. Rad53 is also required to prevent premature extension of the mitotic spindle that assembles during a HU-extended S phas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Julius J,Peng J,McCulley A,Caridi C,Arnak R,See C,Nugent CI,Feng W,Bachant J

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is the major mechanism for internalization in mammalian cells. CME initiates by recruitment of adaptors and clathrin to form clathrin-coated pits (CCPs). Nearly half of nascent CCPs abort, whereas others are stabilized by unknown mechanisms and undergo further maturation before pinc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Antonescu CN,Aguet F,Danuser G,Schmid SL

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokinesis in metazoan cells requires a set of antiparallel microtubules that become bundled upon anaphase onset to form a structure known as the central spindle. Bundling of these microtubules requires a protein complex, centralspindlin, that consists of the CYK-4/MgcRacGAP Rho-family GTPase-activating protein and t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pavicic-Kaltenbrunner V,Mishima M,Glotzer M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During autophagy, double-membrane autophagosomes deliver sequestered cytoplasmic content to late endosomes and lysosomes for degradation. The molecular mechanism of autophagosome maturation is still poorly characterized. The small GTPase Rab11 regulates endosomal traffic and is thought to function at the level of recy...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Szatmári Z,Kis V,Lippai M,Hegedus K,Faragó T,Lorincz P,Tanaka T,Juhász G,Sass M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper execution of premeiotic S phase is essential to both the maintenance of genomic integrity and accurate chromosome segregation during the meiotic divisions. However, the regulation of premeiotic S phase remains poorly defined in metazoa. Here, we identify the p21(Cip1)/p27(Kip1)/p57(Kip2)-like cyclin-depende...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Narbonne-Reveau K,Lilly M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rods and rings (RRs) are large linear- or circular-shaped structures typically described as polymers of IMPDH (inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase). They have been observed across a wide variety of cell types and species and can be induced to form by inhibitors of IMPDH. RRs are thought to play a role in the regulatio...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schiavon CR,Griffin ME,Pirozzi M,Parashuraman R,Zhou W,Jinnah HA,Reines D,Kahn RA

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium (Ca(2+)) and calmodulin (CaM) are required for progression of mammalian cells from quiescence into S phase. In multiple cell types, cyclosporin A causes a G(1) cell cycle arrest, implicating the serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin as one Ca(2+)/CaM-dependent enzyme required for G(1) transit. Here, we show...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kahl CR,Means AR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the Swi5 transcription factor regulates the expression of the SIC1 Cdk inhibitor in late mitosis. This suggests that Swi5 might control other genes with roles in ending mitosis. We identified a gene with a Swi5-binding site in the promoter that encoded a protein with high homology to Pcl2...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aerne BL,Johnson AL,Toyn JH,Johnston LH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actin cytoskeleton is constantly assembling and disassembling. Cells harness the energy of these turnover dynamics to drive cell motility and organize cytoplasm. Although much is known about how cells control actin polymerization, we do not understand how actin filaments depolymerize inside cells. I briefly descri...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brieher W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of Rab proteins are posttranslationally modified with two geranylgeranyl lipid moieties that enable their stable association with membranes. In this study, we present evidence to demonstrate that there is a specific lipid requirement for Rab protein localization and function. Substitution of different pre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Calero M,Chen CZ,Zhu W,Winand N,Havas KA,Gilbert PM,Burd CG,Collins RN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel selection scheme has been developed to isolate bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei, which are defective in their ability to differentiate to the procyclic stage. Detailed characterization of one selected cell line (defective in differentiation clone 1 [DiD-1]) has demonstrated that these cells are indistin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tasker M,Wilson J,Sarkar M,Hendriks E,Matthews K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta superfamily regulates cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, migration, and development. Canonical TGFbeta signals are transduced to the nucleus via Smads in both major signaling branches, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) or Activin/Nodal/TGFbeta. Smurf ubiquitin (Ub)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kalkan T,Iwasaki Y,Park CY,Thomsen GH

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Nuclear migration is required for normal development in both higher and lower eukaryotes. In fungi this process is mediated by cytoplasmic dynein. It is believed that this motor protein is anchored to the cell membrane and moves nuclei by capturing and pulling on spindle pole body microtubules. To date, four genes hav...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chiu YH,Xiang X,Dawe AL,Morris NR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely down-regulation of the evolutionarily conserved protein kinase Swe1 plays an important role in cell cycle control, as Swe1 can block nuclear division through inhibitory phosphorylation of the catalytic subunit of cyclin-dependent kinase. In particular, Swe1 degradation is important for budding yeast cell surviv...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Raspelli E,Cassani C,Lucchini G,Fraschini R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00