Fission yeast Cyk3p is a transglutaminase-like protein that participates in cytokinesis and cell morphogenesis.

abstract：:Prohibitins comprise a remarkably conserved protein family in eukaryotic cells with proposed functions in cell cycle progression, senescence, apoptosis, and the regulation of mitochondrial activities. Two prohibitin homologues, Phb1 and Phb2, assemble into a high molecular weight complex of approximately 1.2 MDa in th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tatsuta T,Model K,Langer T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab proteins are thought to function in the processes by which transport vesicles identify and/or fuse with their respective target membranes. The bulk of these proteins are membrane associated, but a measurable fraction can be found in the cytosol. The cytosolic forms of rab3A, rab11, and Sec4 occur as equimolar comp...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Soldati T,Riederer MA,Pfeffer SR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPI-linked hemagglutinin (GPI-HA) of influenza virus was thought to induce hemifusion without pore formation. Cells expressing either HA or GPI-HA were bound to red blood cells, and their fusion was compared by patch-clamp capacitance measurements and fluorescence microscopy. It is now shown that under more optimal fu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Markosyan RM,Cohen FS,Melikyan GB

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stem-loop binding protein (SLBP1) binds the 3' stem-loop of histone pre-mRNA and is required for efficient processing of histone transcripts in the nucleus. We examined the localization of SLBP1 in the germinal vesicle of Xenopus laevis oocytes. In spread preparations of germinal vesicle contents, an anti-SLBP1 an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Abbott J,Marzluff WF,Gall JG

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta receptors stimulate diverse signaling processes that control a wide range of biological responses. In polarized epithelia, the TGFbeta type II receptor (T2R) is localized at the basolateral membranes. Sequential cytoplasmic truncations resulted in receptor missorting to apical sur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Murphy SJ,Shapira KE,Henis YI,Leof EB

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How nuclear size is regulated is a fundamental cell-biological question with relevance to cancers, which often exhibit enlarged nuclei. We previously reported that conventional protein kinase C (cPKC) contributes to nuclear size reductions that occur during early Xenopus development. Here we report that PKC-mediated p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Edens LJ,Dilsaver MR,Levy DL

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The [URE3] and [PSI(+)] prions are infectious amyloid forms of Ure2p and Sup35p. Several chaperones influence prion propagation: Hsp104p overproduction destabilizes [PSI(+)], whereas [URE3] is sensitive to excess of Ssa1p or Ydj1p. Here, we show that overproduction of the chaperone, Sse1p, can efficiently cure [URE3]....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kryndushkin D,Wickner RB

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Rab GTPases are localized to various intracellular compartments and are known to play important regulatory roles in membrane trafficking. Here, we report the subcellular distribution and function of Rab14. By immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, both endogenous as well as overexpressed Rab14 were localize...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Junutula JR,De Maziére AM,Peden AA,Ervin KE,Advani RJ,van Dijk SM,Klumperman J,Scheller RH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleus houses, organizes, and protects chromatin to ensure genome integrity and proper gene expression, but how the nucleus adapts mechanically to changes in the extracellular environment is poorly understood. Recent studies have revealed that extracellular physical stresses induce chromatin compaction via mechan...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stephens AD,Liu PZ,Kandula V,Chen H,Almassalha LM,Herman C,Backman V,O'Halloran T,Adam SA,Goldman RD,Banigan EJ,Marko JF

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable disease of the lung that is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM), resulting in disruption of normal lung function. The signals regulating fibrosis include both transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and tissue rigidity and a major sign...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Monaghan-Benson E,Wittchen ES,Doerschuk CM,Burridge K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor neuron (MN) diseases are progressive disorders resulting from degeneration of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs), which form the connection between MNs and muscle fibers. NMJ-in-a-dish models have been developed to examine human MN-associated dysfunction with disease; however such coculture models have randomly orie...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Happe CL,Tenerelli KP,Gromova AK,Kolb F,Engler AJ

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of Cdc7/Dbf4 phosphorylation sites in human MCM2 and the determination of the role of Cdc7/Dbf4 phosphorylation of MCM2 in the initiation of DNA replication. Using immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, and high-speed automated cell-imaging analyses with antibodies specific against MCM2 and C...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tsuji T,Ficarro SB,Jiang W

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile ducts are hepatic tubular structures that are lined by cholangiocytes, a type of liver epithelial cell. Cholangiocytes first form a single layer of cells, termed the ductal plate, surrounding the portal vein, which eventually remodels into the branching tubular network of bile ducts. The process of bile duct morp...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tanimizu N,Miyajima A,Mostov KE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdk5, a cyclin-dependent kinase, is critical for neuronal development, neuronal migration, cortical lamination, and survival. Its survival role is based, in part, on "cross-talk" interactions with apoptotic and survival signaling pathways. Previously, we showed that Cdk5 phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein ki...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zheng YL,Li BS,Kanungo J,Kesavapany S,Amin N,Grant P,Pant HC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rho GTPases RhoA and Rac1 function as master regulators of cytokinesis by controlling the actomyosin cytoskeleton. RhoA and Rac1 have to be respectively activated and inactivated at the division plane for cytokinesis to occur properly. The inactivation of Rac1 at the cleavage furrow is controlled by MgcRacGAP. How...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cannet A,Schmidt S,Delaval B,Debant A

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of epithelial cell contacts in determining cell behavior, we still lack a detailed understanding of the assembly and disassembly of intercellular contacts. Here we examined the role of the catalytic activity of the Src family kinases at epithelial cell contacts in vitro. Like E- and P-cadherin, ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Owens DW,McLean GW,Wyke AW,Paraskeva C,Parkinson EK,Frame MC,Brunton VG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the transforming acidic coiled coil (TACC) protein family are emerging as important mitotic spindle assembly proteins in a variety of organisms. The molecular details of how TACC proteins function are unknown, but TACC proteins have been proposed to recruit microtubule-stabilizing proteins of the tumor over...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Albee AJ,Wiese C

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP1B) is essential for neural development. Besides the abundant expression in neurons, MAP1B recently was found in myelinating oligodendroglia. Moreover, MAP1B deficiency causes delayed myelin development, suggesting the functional importance of MAP1B in oligodendroglia. However, mo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhao L,Ku L,Chen Y,Xia M,LoPresti P,Feng Y

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel interaction between myosin VI and the GLUT1 transporter binding protein GLUT1CBP(GIPC1) and first proposed that as an adapter molecule it might function to couple vesicle-bound proteins to myosin VI movement. This study refines the model by identifying two myosin VI binding domains in the GIPC1 C...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Reed BC,Cefalu C,Bellaire BH,Cardelli JA,Louis T,Salamon J,Bloecher MA,Bunn RC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to stress conditions (such as nutrient limitation or accumulation of damaged organelles) and certain pathological situations, eukaryotic cells use autophagy as a survival mechanism. During nutrient stress the main purpose of autophagy is to degrade cytoplasmic materials within the lysosome/vacuole lumen an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yang Z,Huang J,Geng J,Nair U,Klionsky DJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleostemin (NS) is expressed in the nucleoli of adult and embryonic stem cells and in many tumors and tumor-derived cell lines. In coimmunoprecipitation experiments, nucleostemin is recovered with the tumor suppressor p53, and more recently we have demonstrated that nucleostemin exerts its role in cell cycle progres...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ma H,Pederson T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anchorage dependence of cell growth, which is mediated by multiple integrin-regulated signaling pathways, is a key defense against cancer metastasis. Detachment of cells from the extracellular matrix triggers caveolin-1-dependent internalization of lipid raft components, which mediates suppression of Rho GTPases, Erk,...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Norambuena A,Schwartz MA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directed cell migration is mediated by cycles of protrusion, adhesion, traction generation on the extracellular matrix and retraction. However, how the events after protrusion are timed, and what dictates their temporal order is completely unknown. We used acute epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation of epidermal k...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schneider IC,Hays CK,Waterman CM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro Ca++ activates gelsolin to sever F-actin and form a gelsolin-actin (GA) complex at the+end of F-actin that is not dissociated by ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) but is separated by EGTA+PIP/PIP2. The gelsolin blocks the+end on the actin filament, but the-end of the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Deaton JD,Guerrero T,Howard TH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neutrophils generally function adherent to an extracellular matrix. We have previously reported that upon adhesion to laminin- or fibronectin-coated, but not uncoated, plastic there is a depolymerization of actin in neutrophils. This phenomenon was not affected by inhibitors of the more well-studied components o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang JS,Coburn JP,Tauber AI,Zaner KS

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a particularly aggressive malignancy, has been linked to atypical levels, certain mutations, and aberrant signaling of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). GPCRs have been challenging to target in cancer because they organize into complex networks in tumor cells. To dissect suc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jorand R,Biswas S,Wakefield DL,Tobin SJ,Golfetto O,Hilton K,Ko M,Ramos JW,Small AR,Chu P,Singh G,Jovanovic-Talisman T

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00