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abstract：:The Cvt pathway is a biosynthetic transport route for a distinct subset of resident yeast vacuolar hydrolases, whereas macroautophagy is a nonspecific degradative mechanism that allows cell survival during starvation. Yet, these two vacuolar trafficking pathways share a number of identical molecular components and are...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Reggiori F,Wang CW,Nair U,Shintani T,Abeliovich H,Klionsky DJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex cytopathology of mitochondrial diseases is usually attributed to insufficient ATP. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a highly sensitive cellular energy sensor that is stimulated by ATP-depleting stresses. By antisense-inhibiting chaperonin 60 expression, we produced mitochondrially diseased strains wi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bokko PB,Francione L,Bandala-Sanchez E,Ahmed AU,Annesley SJ,Huang X,Khurana T,Kimmel AR,Fisher PR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metazoan cells rapidly exchange signals at tight cell-cell interfaces, including synapses and gap junctions. Advances in imaging recently exposed a third mode of intercellular cross-talk mediated by thin, actin-containing membrane extensions broadly known as "membrane" or "tunneling" nanotubes. An explosion of researc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sherer NM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously published reports support the concept that, besides promoting homotypic intercellular adhesion, cadherins may transfer intracellular signals. However, the signaling pathways triggered by cadherin clustering and their biological significance are still poorly understood. We report herein that transfection of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lampugnani MG,Zanetti A,Breviario F,Balconi G,Orsenigo F,Corada M,Spagnuolo R,Betson M,Braga V,Dejana E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the LC7/Roadblock family of light chains (LCs) have been found in both cytoplasmic and axonemal dyneins. LC7a was originally identified within Chlamydomonas outer arm dynein and associates with this motor's cargo-binding region. We describe here a novel member of this protein family, termed LC7b that is als...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： DiBella LM,Sakato M,Patel-King RS,Pazour GJ,King SM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the physiological response to limitation by diverse nutrients in batch and steady-state (chemostat) cultures of S. cerevisiae. We found that the global pattern of transcription in steady-state cultures in limiting phosphate or sulfate is essentially identical to that of batch cultures growing in the same me...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Saldanha AJ,Brauer MJ,Botstein D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cell migration requires the regulation of actin networks at protrusions associated with invadopodia and other leading edges. Carcinomas become invasive after undergoing an epithelial-mesenchymal transition characterized by the appearance of vimentin filaments. While vimentin expression correlates with cell migr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lanier MH,Kim T,Cooper JA

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Griscelli syndrome type 2 (GS2) is a genetic disorder in which patients exhibit life-threatening defects of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) whose lytic granules fail to dock on the plasma membrane and therefore do not release their contents. The disease is caused by the absence of functional rab27a, but how rab27a cont...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Neeft M,Wieffer M,de Jong AS,Negroiu G,Metz CH,van Loon A,Griffith J,Krijgsveld J,Wulffraat N,Koch H,Heck AJ,Brose N,Kleijmeer M,van der Sluijs P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors (FGFRs) signal to modulate diverse cellular functions, including epithelial cell morphogenesis. In epithelial cells, E-cadherin plays a key role in cell-cell adhesion, and its function can be regulated through endocytic trafficking. In this study, we investigated the location, ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bryant DM,Wylie FG,Stow JL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated mutants in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe that are defective in protein glycosylation. A collection of osmotically sensitive mutants was prepared and screened for glycosylation defects using lectin staining as an assay. Mutants singly defective in four glycoprotein synthesis genes (gps1-4...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang KM,Snider MD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that protein kinase A phosphorylation of t-SNAREs inhibits SNARE assembly and suppresses endo- and exocytosis in yeast. Herein, we show that protein kinase A phosphorylation of the Sso exocytic t-SNAREs promotes the binding of Vsm1, a potential SNARE regulator identified previously in our laboratory. Pho...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marash M,Gerst JE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) protein tyrosine kinase plays an important role in interleukin-3- or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-mediated signal transduction pathways leading to cell proliferation, activation of early response genes, and inhibition of apoptosis. However, it is unclear whether Jak2 can activ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mohi MG,Arai Ki,Watanabe S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inducible fluorescent system based on GFP is presented that allows for the uncoupling of dendritic mRNA transport from subsequent protein synthesis at the single cell level. The iron-responsive element (IRE) derived from ferritin mRNA in the 5'-UTR of the GFP reporter mRNA renders translation of its mRNA dependent ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Macchi P,Hemraj I,Goetze B,Grunewald B,Mallardo M,Kiebler MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their well-known role in microtubule organization, centrosomes function as signaling platforms and regulate cell cycle events. An important example of such a function is the spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) of budding yeast. SPOC is a surveillance mechanism that ensures alignment of the mitotic spindl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Caydasi AK,Micoogullari Y,Kurtulmus B,Palani S,Pereira G

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of metazoan Sm-class small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) is an elaborate, step-wise process that takes place in multiple subcellular compartments. The initial steps, including formation of the core RNP, are mediated by the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein complex. Loss-of-function mutations in hu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shpargel KB,Praveen K,Rajendra TK,Matera AG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast that naturally exhaust the glucose from their environment differentiate into three distinct cell types distinguishable by flow cytometry. Among these is a quiescent (Q) population, which is so named because of its uniform but readily reversed G1 arrest, its fortified cell walls, heat tolerance, and longevity. Da...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li L,Miles S,Melville Z,Prasad A,Bradley G,Breeden LL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened a human cDNA library with a probe derived from a partial SEC23 mouse homologue and isolated two different cDNA clones (hSec23A and hSec23B) encoding proteins of a predicted molecular mass of 85 kDa. hSec23Ap and hSec23Bp were 85% identical and shared 48% identity with the yeast Sec23p. Affinity-purified an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Paccaud JP,Reith W,Carpentier JL,Ravazzola M,Amherdt M,Schekman R,Orci L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the level of active, GTP-bound Ras is not necessary for transformation of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) by v-Src. This suggests that other Ras-independent pathways contribute to transformation by v-Src. To address the possibility that activation of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and the mammali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Penuel E,Martin GS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all orders of life, cell cycle progression in proliferating cells is dependent on cell growth, and the extent of growth required for cell cycle progression is proportional to growth rate. Thus, cells growing rapidly in rich nutrients are substantially larger than slow-growing cells. In budding yeast, a conserved si...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Alcaide-Gavilán M,Lucena R,Banuelos S,Kellogg DR

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-binding protein HuD binds to a regulatory element in the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of the GAP-43 mRNA. To investigate the functional significance of this interaction, we generated PC12 cell lines in which HuD levels were controlled by transfection with either antisense (pDuH) or sense (pcHuD) constructs....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mobarak CD,Anderson KD,Morin M,Beckel-Mitchener A,Rogers SL,Furneaux H,King P,Perrone-Bizzozero NI

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial decline is a hallmark of aging, and cells are equipped with many systems to regulate mitochondrial structure and function in response to stress and metabolic alterations. Here, using budding yeast, we identify a proteolytic pathway that contributes to alterations in mitochondrial structure in aged cells ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Goodrum JM,Lever AR,Coody TK,Gottschling DE,Hughes AL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disorder associated with defective hydration of lung airways due to the loss of chloride transport through the CF transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR). CFTR contains two membrane-spanning domains (MSDs), two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs), and a regulatory domai...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ren HY,Grove DE,De La Rosa O,Houck SA,Sopha P,Van Goor F,Hoffman BJ,Cyr DM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast sulfur metabolism is transcriptionally regulated by the activator Met4. Met4 lacks DNA-binding ability and relies on interactions with Met31 and Met32, paralogous proteins that bind the same cis-regulatory element, to activate its targets. Although Met31 and Met32 are redundant for growth in the absence of methi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Carrillo E,Ben-Ari G,Wildenhain J,Tyers M,Grammentz D,Lee TA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cells, when exposed to stress, can enter a protective state in which cell division, growth, and metabolism are down-regulated. They remain viable in this state until nutrients become available again. How cells enter this protective survival state and what happens at a cellular and subcellular level are largely u...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marini G,Nüske E,Leng W,Alberti S,Pigino G

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of muscle-specific expression is one of the principal mechanisms by which diversity is generated among muscle types. In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms that control fiber diversity in any given muscle, we have focused our attention on the transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila Tropo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mas JA,García-Zaragoza E,Cervera M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathways control many developmental and homeostatic processes, including cell size and extracellular matrix remodeling. An understanding of how this pathway itself is controlled remains incomplete. To identify novel regulators of BMP signaling, we performed a forward genetic ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lakdawala MF,Madhu B,Faure L,Vora M,Padgett RW,Gumienny TL

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Important aspects of cell cycle regulation are the checkpoints, which respond to a variety of cellular stresses to inhibit cell cycle progression and act as protective mechanisms to ensure genomic integrity. An increasing number of tumor suppressors are being demonstrated to have roles in checkpoint mechanisms, implyi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Qiu L,Burgess A,Fairlie DP,Leonard H,Parsons PG,Gabrielli BG

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear lamina is a key structural element of the metazoan nucleus. However, the structural organization of the major proteins composing the lamina is poorly defined. Using three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy and computational image analysis, we characterized the supramolecular structures of lamin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shimi T,Kittisopikul M,Tran J,Goldman AE,Adam SA,Zheng Y,Jaqaman K,Goldman RD

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30-nm fiber is commonly formed by oligonucleosome arrays in vitro but rarely found inside cells. To determine how chromatin higher-order structure is controlled, we used electron cryotomography (cryo-ET) to study the undigested natural chromatin released from two single-celled organisms in which 30-nm fibers have ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cai S,Song Y,Chen C,Shi J,Gan L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the phagocytic cell, NADPH oxidase (Nox2) system, cytoplasmic regulators (p47(phox), p67(phox), p40(phox), and Rac) translocate and associate with the membrane-spanning flavocytochrome b(558), leading to activation of superoxide production. We examined membrane targeting of phox proteins and explored conformational...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ueyama T,Tatsuno T,Kawasaki T,Tsujibe S,Shirai Y,Sumimoto H,Leto TL,Saito N

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00