ZYX-1, the unique zyxin protein of Caenorhabditis elegans, is involved in dystrophin-dependent muscle degeneration.

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：:Actin nucleation factors function to organize, shape, and move membrane-bound organelles, yet they remain poorly defined in relation to disease. Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is an inherited disorder characterized by microcephaly and nephrosis resulting from mutations in the WDR73 gene. This core clinical phenotype ap...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mathiowetz AJ,Baple E,Russo AJ,Coulter AM,Carrano E,Brown JD,Jinks RN,Crosby AH,Campellone KG

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two widely used hepatoma cell lines, mouse BW1J and human HepG2, express gene products characteristic of fetal hepatocytes, including serum albumin, whereas reporter genes driven by the albumin promoter are expressed at very low levels compared with highly differentiated hepatoma cells. We have investigated the low al...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rollier A,DiPersio CM,Cereghini S,Stevens K,Tronche F,Zaret K,Weiss MC

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：:SPOP, speckle-type POZ protein is a substrate adaptor protein of the Cullin-3/RING ubiquitin E3 complex. The spop gene is the most commonly point mutated in human primary prostate cancers, but the pathological contribution of the SPOP mutations remains unclear. In this study, we investigated several known factors that...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Watanabe R,Maekawa M,Hieda M,Taguchi T,Miura N,Kikugawa T,Saika T,Higashiyama S

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:All vertebrates contain two nonmuscle myosin II heavy chains, A and B, which differ in tissue expression and subcellular distributions. To understand how these distinct distributions are controlled and what role they play in cell migration, myosin IIA and IIB were examined during wound healing by bovine aortic endothe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kolega J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range chromatin interactions between gene loci in the cell nucleus are important for many biological processes, including transcriptional regulation. Previously, we demonstrated that several genes specifically cluster with the astrocyte-specific gene for glial fibrillary acidic protein (Gfap) during astrocyte dif...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ito K,Noguchi A,Uosaki Y,Taga T,Arakawa H,Takizawa T

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies suggest that the Barren protein may function as an activator of DNA topoisomerase II and/or as a component of the Xenopus condensin complex. To better understand the role of Barren in vivo, we generated conditional alleles of the structural gene for Barren (BRN1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lavoie BD,Tuffo KM,Oh S,Koshland D,Holm C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the uncloned ODA genes required for outer dynein arm assembly in Chlamydomonas, ODA5 and ODA10 are of particular interest because they do not encode known subunits of the outer arm or the outer dynein arm-docking complex (ODA-DC), and because genetic studies suggest their products interact. Beginning with a tagged ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wirschell M,Pazour G,Yoda A,Hirono M,Kamiya R,Witman GB

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:The transition between the closed and open conformations of the Sec61 complex permits nascent protein insertion into the translocation channel. A critical event in this structural transition is the opening of the lateral translocon gate that is formed by four transmembrane (TM) spans (TM2, TM3, TM7, and TM8 in Sec61p)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Trueman SF,Mandon EC,Gilmore R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) have been proposed to act mechanically as compressive struts that resist both actomyosin contractile forces and their own polymerization forces to mechanically stabilize cell shape. To identify the origin of MT bending, we directly observed MT bending and F-actin transport dynamics in the periphery ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bicek AD,Tüzel E,Demtchouk A,Uppalapati M,Hancock WO,Kroll DM,Odde DJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the T-cell receptor (TCR) results in the activation of several transcription factors, including NF-kappaB, that are crucial for T-cell proliferation and gain of effector functions. On TCR engagement, several proteins within the TCR-directed NF-kappaB signaling pathway undergo dynamic spatial redistribut...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rossman JS,Stoicheva NG,Langel FD,Patterson GH,Lippincott-Schwartz J,Schaefer BC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In primary hepatocytes and HepG2 hepatoma cells, prolonged activation of the p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is associated with a reduction in DNA synthesis, mediated by increased expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor protein p21 (Cip-1/WAF1/mda6) (p21). This study was performed to...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Park JS,Qiao L,Gilfor D,Yang MY,Hylemon PB,Benz C,Darlington G,Firestone G,Fisher PB,Dent P

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extracellular proteases highly expressed at wound sites. However, the precise function of MMPs during reepithelialization in vivo has been elusive in mammalian models because of the high level of redundancy among the 24 mammalian MMPs. For this reason we used Drosophila melanogaste...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stevens LJ,Page-McCaw A

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：: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：:Epithelial tissues are protective barriers that display a remarkable ability to repair wounds. Wound repair is often associated with an accumulation of actin and nonmuscle myosin II around the wound, forming a purse string. The role of actomyosin networks in generating mechanical force during wound repair is not well ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fernandez-Gonzalez R,Zallen JA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MARK2 regulates the establishment of polarity in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells in part through phosphorylation of serine 227 of Rab11-FIP2. We identified Eps15 as an interacting partner of phospho-S227-Rab11-FIP2 (pS227-FIP2). During recovery from low calcium, Eps15 localized to the lateral membrane before pS...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lapierre LA,Manning EH,Mitchell KM,Caldwell CM,Goldenring JR

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During meiosis, homologues are linked by crossover, which is required for bipolar chromosome orientation before chromosome segregation at anaphase I. The repetitive ribosomal DNA (rDNA) array, however, undergoes little or no meiotic recombination. Hyperrecombination can cause chromosome missegregation and rDNA copy nu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li P,Jin H,Yu HG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation and discharge of dense-core secretory vesicles depend on controlled rearrangement of the core proteins during their assembly and dispersal. The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila offers a simple system in which the mechanisms may be studied. Here we show that most of the core consists of a set of polypeptides d...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verbsky JW,Turkewitz AP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin- and Rab-interacting protein (MyRIP), which belongs to the protein kinase A (PKA)-anchoring family, is implicated in hormone secretion. However, its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated. Here we investigate the role of MyRIP in myosin Va (MyoVa)-dependent secretory granule (SG) transport and secretion in...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brozzi F,Lajus S,Diraison F,Rajatileka S,Hayward K,Regazzi R,Molnár E,Váradi A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large cargoes require multiple receptors for efficient transport through the nuclear pore complex. The 60S ribosomal subunit is one of the bulkiest transport cargoes, and in yeast three different receptors, Crm1, Mex67/Mtr2, and Arx1, collaborate in its export. However, only Crm1, recruited by the adapter Nmd3, appear...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lo KY,Johnson AW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that counteracts replicative telomere erosion by adding telomeric sequence repeats onto chromosome ends. Despite its well-established role in telomere synthesis, telomerase has not yet been detected at telomeres. The RNA component of human telomerase (hTR) resides in the nucleo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jády BE,Richard P,Bertrand E,Kiss T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During Aspergillus nidulans mitosis peripheral nuclear pore complex (NPC) proteins (Nups) disperse from the core NPC structure. Unexpectedly, one predicted peripheral Nup, Gle1, remains at the mitotic NE via an unknown mechanism. Gle1 affinity purification identified MtgA ( M: itotic T: ether for G: le1), which tether...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chemudupati M,Osmani AH,Osmani SA

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of dendritic cells is accompanied by the redistribution of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules from the lysosomal MHC class II compartment to the plasma membrane to mediate presentation of peptide antigens. Besides MHC molecules, dendritic cells also express CD1 molecules that medi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： van der Wel NN,Sugita M,Fluitsma DM,Cao X,Schreibelt G,Brenner MB,Peters PJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TOR kinases are conserved negative regulators of autophagy in response to nutrient conditions, but the signaling mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we describe a complex containing the protein kinase Atg1 and the phosphoprotein Atg13 that functions as a critical component of this regulation in Drosophila. We s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chang YY,Neufeld TP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that in a given cell type, certain active genes associate with SC-35 domains, nuclear regions rich in RNA metabolic factors and excluded from heterochromatin. This organization is not seen for all active genes; therefore, it is important to determine whether and when this locus-specific org...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moen PT Jr,Johnson CV,Byron M,Shopland LS,de la Serna IL,Imbalzano AN,Lawrence JB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillations in intracellular Ca2+ can be induced by a variety of cellular signalling processes (Woods et al., 1986; Berridge 1988; Jacob et al., 1988) and appear to play a role in secretion (Stojilković et al., 1994), fertilization (Miyazaki et al., 1993), and smooth muscle contraction (Iino and Tsukioka, 1994). Rece...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Keizer J,Li YX,Stojilković S,Rinzel J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00