The apoptotic engulfment protein Ced-6 participates in clathrin-mediated yolk uptake in Drosophila egg chambers.

abstract：:Anaplastic gliomas, the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors, frequently contain activating mutations and amplifications in promigratory signal transduction pathways. However, targeting these pathways with individual signal transduction inhibitors does not appreciably reduce tumor invasion, because these ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ivkovic S,Beadle C,Noticewala S,Massey SC,Swanson KR,Toro LN,Bresnick AR,Canoll P,Rosenfeld SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules are long, slender polymers of αβ-tubulin found in all eukaryotic cells. Tubulins associate longitudinally to form protofilaments, and adjacent protofilaments associate laterally to form the microtubule. In the textbook view, microtubules are 1) composed of 13 protofilaments, 2) arranged in a radial array ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chaaban S,Brouhard GJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporting epithelial cells optimize their morphology for solute uptake by building an apical specialization: a dense array of microvilli that serves to increase membrane surface area. In the intestinal tract, individual cells build thousands of microvilli, which pack tightly to form the brush border. Recent studies...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pinette JA,Mao S,Millis BA,Krystofiak ES,Faust JJ,Tyska MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 endocytic and autophagic pathways are involved in the membrane trafficking of exogenous and endogenous materials to lysosomes. However, the mechanisms that regulate these pathways are largely unknown. We previously reported that Rubicon, a Beclin 1-binding protein, negatively regulates both the autophagic and endo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tabata K,Matsunaga K,Sakane A,Sasaki T,Noda T,Yoshimori T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed DNA rearrangements are important processes present in many organisms. In the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila, DNA rearrangements occur during the sexual conjugation process and lead to the deletion of thousands of specific DNA segments and fragmentation of the chromosomes. In this study, we found...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lin IT,Chao JL,Yao MC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclins A and E and their partner cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) are key regulators of DNA synthesis and of mitosis. Immunofluorescence studies have shown that both cyclins are nuclear and that a proportion of cyclin A is localized to sites of DNA replication. However, recently, both cyclin A and cyclin E have been i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jackman M,Kubota Y,den Elzen N,Hagting A,Pines J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrioles and basal bodies are cylinders composed of nine triplet microtubule blades that play essential roles in the centrosome and in flagellar assembly. Chlamydomonas cells with the bld2-1 mutation fail to assemble doublet and triplet microtubules and have defects in cleavage furrow placement and meiosis. Using po...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dutcher SK,Morrissette NS,Preble AM,Rackley C,Stanga J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine connexin 40 (Cx40) and connexin 43 (Cx43) do not form functional heterotypic gap junction channels. This property may contribute to the preferential propagation of action potentials in murine conductive myocardium (expressing Cx40) which is surrounded by working myocardium, expressing Cx43. When mouse Cx40 and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Haubrich S,Schwarz HJ,Bukauskas F,Lichtenberg-Fraté H,Traub O,Weingart R,Willecke K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988 McCusker and Haber generated a series of mutants which are resistant to the minimum inhibitory concentration of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. These cycloheximide-resistant, temperature-sensitive (crl) mutants, in addition, exhibited other pleiotropic phenotypes, e.g., incorrect response to sta...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gerlinger UM,Gückel R,Hoffmann M,Wolf DH,Hilt W

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally different subsets of actin filament arrays contribute to cellular organization and motility. We report the identification of a novel subset of loose actin filament arrays through regulated association with the widely expressed protein SWAP-70. These loose actin filament arrays were commonly located behind...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hilpelä P,Oberbanscheidt P,Hahne P,Hund M,Kalhammer G,Small JV,Bähler M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein gp130, found on the plasma membrane of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae, was postulated previously to play a role in phagocytosis. The gene for gp130 was cloned and when translated, yielded a 768 amino acid preproprotein of 85.3 kDa. It had nearly 40% similarity to the 138 kDa family of glycoproteins impl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chia CP,Gomathinayagam S,Schmaltz RJ,Smoyer LK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining how organisms respond to environmental change has always been an important step toward understanding their adaptive capacity and physiology. Variation in transcription during stress has been widely described in model species, especially in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which helped to shape general rule...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brion C,Pflieger D,Souali-Crespo S,Friedrich A,Schacherer J

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase protein localized to regions called focal adhesions, which are contact points between cells and the extracellular matrix. FAK protein acts as a scaffold to transfer adhesion-dependent and growth factor signals into the cell. Increased FAK expression is linke...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fonar Y,Gutkovich YE,Root H,Malyarova A,Aamar E,Golubovskaya VM,Elias S,Elkouby YM,Frank D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In budding yeast, spindle polarity relies on a precise temporal program of cytoplasmic microtubule-cortex interactions throughout spindle assembly. Loss of Clb5-dependent kinase activity under conditions of attenuated Cdc28 function disrupts this program, resulting in diploid-specific lethality. Here we show that pola...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Segal M,Bloom K,Reed SI

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine string protein (Csp) is essential for neurotransmitter release in Drosophila. It has been suggested that Csp functions by regulating the activity of presynaptic Ca2+ channels, thus controlling exocytosis. We have examined the effect of overexpressing Csp1 in PC12 cells, a neuroendocrine cell line. PC12 cell c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chamberlain LH,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, cytokinesis requires the assembly and constriction of an actomyosin-based contractile ring (CR). A single essential formin, Cdc12, localizes to the cell middle upon mitotic onset and nucleates the F-actin of the CR. Cdc12 medial recruitment is mediated in part by its direct binding to the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Willet AH,Bohnert KA,Gould KL

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:I am extremely honored to be the recipient of the 2015 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award. When I reflect on my journey in science, many great people and memorable experiences come to mind. Some of these encounters were truly career-defining moments. Others provided priceless lessons. In this essay, I recount some of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Serpe M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum-localized DnaJ 4 (ERdj4) is an immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP) cochaperone and component of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway that functions to remove unfolded/misfolded substrates from the ER lumen under conditions of ER stress. To elucidate the function of ERd...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fritz JM,Dong M,Apsley KS,Martin EP,Na CL,Sitaraman S,Weaver TE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scaffolding protein anillin is required for completion of cytokinesis. Anillin binds filamentous (F) actin, nonmuscle myosin II, and septins and in cell culture models has been shown to restrict actomyosin contractility to the cleavage furrow. Whether anillin also serves this function during the incomplete cytokin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Goldbach P,Wong R,Beise N,Sarpal R,Trimble WS,Brill JA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endosomal trafficking of signaling proteins plays an essential role in cellular homeostasis. The seven-pass transmembrane protein Frizzled (Fz) is a critical component of Wnt signaling. Although Wnt signaling is proposed to be regulated by endosomal trafficking of Fz, the molecular events that enable this regulation a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pradhan-Sundd T,Verheyen EM

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The tight junction adaptor protein ZO-1 regulates intracellular signaling and cell proliferation. Its Src homology 3 (SH3) domain is required for the regulation of proliferation and binds to the Y-box transcription factor ZO-1-associated nucleic acid binding protein (ZONAB). Binding of ZO-1 to ZONAB results in cytopla...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tsapara A,Matter K,Balda MS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biogenesis of membrane proteins on the endoplasmic reticulum, a protein-conducting channel called the translocon functions in both the membrane translocation of lumenal domains and the integration of transmembrane segments. Here we analyzed the environments of polypeptide chains during the processes by water-depend...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kida Y,Kume C,Hirano M,Sakaguchi M

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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：:Protein quality control is an essential function of the endoplasmic reticulum. Misfolded proteins unable to acquire their native conformation are retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, retro-translocated back into the cytosol, and degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome system. We show that efficient degradation of solu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Taxis C,Vogel F,Wolf DH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TPX2 is a Ran-regulated spindle assembly factor that is required for kinetochore fiber formation and activation of the mitotic kinase Aurora A. TPX2 is enriched near spindle poles and is required near kinetochores, suggesting that it undergoes dynamic relocalization throughout mitosis. Using photoactivation, we measur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ma N,Tulu US,Ferenz NP,Fagerstrom C,Wilde A,Wadsworth P

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ORP1L is a member of the human oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family. ORP1L localizes to late endosomes (LEs)/lysosomes, colocalizing with the GTPases Rab7 and Rab9 and lysosome-associated membrane protein-1. We demonstrate that ORP1L interacts physically with Rab7, preferentially with its GTP-bound form, and provid...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Johansson M,Lehto M,Tanhuanpää K,Cover TL,Olkkonen VM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase Ds (PLDs) are regulated enzymes that generate phosphatidic acid (PA), a putative second messenger implicated in the regulation of vesicular trafficking and cytoskeletal reorganization. Mast cells, when stimulated with antigen, show a dramatic alteration in their cytoskeleton and also release their secret...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： O'Luanaigh N,Pardo R,Fensome A,Allen-Baume V,Jones D,Holt MR,Cockcroft S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is required for terminal osteoclast differentiation and is a target for signaling pathways engaged by colony stimulating factor (CSF)-1 and receptor-activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL). Work presented here demonstrates that MITF can shuttle from c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bronisz A,Sharma SM,Hu R,Godlewski J,Tzivion G,Mansky KC,Ostrowski MC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00