Psychosine-triggered endomitosis is modulated by membrane sphingolipids through regulation of phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate production at the cleavage furrow.

abstract：:Tumor initiation and growth is associated with significant changes in the surrounding tissue. During carcinoma progression, a global stiffening of the extracellular matrix is observed and is interpreted as a signature of aggressive invasive tumors. However, it is still unknown whether this increase in matrix rigidity ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Staneva R,Burla F,Koenderink GH,Descroix S,Vignjevic DM,Attieh Y,Verhulsel M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many insects, development of the oocyte arrests temporarily just before vitellogenesis, the period when vitellogenins (yolk proteins) accumulate in the oocyte. Following hormonal and environmental cues, development of the oocyte resumes, and endocytosis of vitellogenins begins. An essential component of yolk uptake...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schonbaum CP,Perrino JJ,Mahowald AP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major goal of synthetic biology is to define the minimal cellular machinery required to assemble a biological structure in its simplest form. Here, we focused on Saccharomyces cerevisiae actin cables, which provide polarized tracks for intracellular transport and maintain defined lengths while continuously undergoin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pollard LW,Garabedian MV,Alioto SL,Shekhar S,Goode BL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Condensins are highly conserved proteins that are important for chromosome maintenance in nearly all forms of life. Although many organisms employ two forms of the condensin complex, the condensin genes in Tetrahymena have expanded even further. Here we report a form of condensin that is specifically active during sex...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Howard-Till R,Tian M,Loidl J

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In mouse embryoid bodies, mutation of the tight junction protein cingulin results in changes in gene expression. Here, we studied the function of cingulin using a gene silencing approach in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Cingulin-depleted cells show higher protein and mRNA levels of claudin-2 and ZO-3, increa...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Guillemot L,Citi S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

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：:In mammals, repression of translation during stress is associated with the assembly of stress granules in the cytoplasm, which contain a fraction of arrested mRNA and have been proposed to play a role in their storage. Because physical contacts are seen with GW bodies, which contain the mRNA degradation machinery, str...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mollet S,Cougot N,Wilczynska A,Dautry F,Kress M,Bertrand E,Weil D

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslationally modified forms of tubulin accumulate in the subset of stabilized microtubules (MTs) in cells but are not themselves involved in generating MT stability. We showed previously that stabilized, detyrosinated (Glu) MTs function to localize vimentin intermediate filaments (IFs) in fibroblasts. To determ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kreitzer G,Liao G,Gundersen GG

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:SNAP-23 is a plasma membrane-localized soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNARE) involved in Fc receptor (FcR)-mediated phagocytosis. However, the regulatory mechanism underlying its function remains elusive. Using phosphorylation-specific antibodies, SNAP-23 was found to be phosph...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sakurai C,Itakura M,Kinoshita D,Arai S,Hashimoto H,Wada I,Hatsuzawa K

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones play key roles during growth, development, and stress survival. The ability to induce chaperone expression enables cells to cope with the accumulation of nonnative proteins under stress and complete developmental processes with an increased requirement for chaperone assistance. Here we generate an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rogon C,Ulbricht A,Hesse M,Alberti S,Vijayaraj P,Best D,Adams IR,Magin TM,Fleischmann BK,Höhfeld J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to engagement of surface molecules, cells generate active forces that regulate many cellular processes. Developing tools that permit gathering mechanical and morphological information on these forces is of the utmost importance. Here we describe a new technique, the micropipette force probe, that uses a mi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sawicka A,Babataheri A,Dogniaux S,Barakat AI,Gonzalez-Rodriguez D,Hivroz C,Husson J

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast TGN resident proteins that frequently cycle between the TGN and endosomes are much more slowly transported to the prevacuolar/late endosomal compartment (PVC) than other proteins. However, TGN protein transport to the PVC is accelerated in mutants lacking function of Inp53p. Inp53p contains a SacI polyphosphoino...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ha SA,Torabinejad J,DeWald DB,Wenk MR,Lucast L,De Camilli P,Newitt RA,Aebersold R,Nothwehr SF

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied a combination of laser microsurgery and quantitative polarization microscopy to study kinetochore-independent forces that act on chromosome arms during meiosis in crane fly spermatocytes. When chromosome arms located within one of the half-spindles during prometa- or metaphase were cut with the laser, the a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： LaFountain JR Jr,Oldenbourg R,Cole RW,Rieder CL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Apg12p-Apg5p conjugating system is essential for autophagy. Apg7p is required for the conjugation reaction, because Apg12p is unable to form a conjugate with Apg5p in the apg7/cvt2 mutant. Apg7p shows a significant similarity to a ubiquitin-activating enzyme, Uba1p. In this a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tanida I,Mizushima N,Kiyooka M,Ohsumi M,Ueno T,Ohsumi Y,Kominami E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) modulates the expression of numerous genes via interaction with a specific DNA sequence termed the kappa B site. Its activity is modulated by a cytosolic inhibitor protein termed I kappa B, and its activation occurs in response to a variety of agents in a variety of cell types, most...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Olashaw NE,Kowalik TF,Huang ES,Pledger WJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the three structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes, Smc5/6 remains the most poorly understood. Genetic studies have shown that Smc5/6 mutants are defective in homologous recombination (HR), and consistent with this, Smc5/6 is enriched at lesions. However, Smc5/6 is essential for viability, but HR is no...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tapia-Alveal C,O'Connell MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 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

abstract：:The mitotic spindle is a microtubule (MT)-based molecular machine that serves for equal segregation of chromosomes during cell division. The formation of the mitotic spindle requires the activity of MT motors, including members of the kinesin-14 family. Although evidence suggests that kinesins-14 act by driving the sl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oladipo A,Cowan A,Rodionov V

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Profilin controls actin nucleation and assembly processes in eukaryotic cells. Actin nucleation and elongation promoting factors (NEPFs) such as Ena/VASP, formins, and WASP-family proteins recruit profilin:actin for filament formation. Some of these are found to be microtubule associated, making actin polymerization f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nejedla M,Sadi S,Sulimenko V,de Almeida FN,Blom H,Draber P,Aspenström P,Karlsson R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

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：:We have undertaken a biochemical analysis of the regulation of the G1/S-phase transition and commitment to the cell cycle in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The execution of Start requires the activity of the Cdc2 protein kinase and the Sct1/Cdc10 transcription complex. Progression through G1 also require...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Caligiuri M,Connolly T,Beach D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane trafficking during cytokinesis is essential for the delivery of membrane lipids and cargoes to the division site. However, the molecular mechanisms are still incompletely understood. In this study, we demonstrate the importance of uncharacterized fission yeast proteins Mso1 and Sec1 in membrane trafficking du...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gerien KS,Zhang S,Russell AC,Zhu YH,Purde V,Wu JQ

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a key regulator of mitotic progression and cell division in eukaryotes. It is highly expressed in tumor cells and considered a potential target for cancer therapy. Here, we report the discovery and application of a novel potent small-molecule inhibitor of mammalian Plk1, ZK-Thiazolidinone ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Santamaria A,Neef R,Eberspächer U,Eis K,Husemann M,Mumberg D,Prechtl S,Schulze V,Siemeister G,Wortmann L,Barr FA,Nigg EA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk)2/cyclin E is imported into nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extracts by a pathway that requires importin-alpha and -beta. Here, we identify a basic nuclear localization sequence (NLS) in the N-terminus of Xenopus cyclin E. Mutation of the NLS eliminated nuclear accumulation of both cyclin ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moore JD,Kornbluth S,Hunt T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arp2/3 complex is the only known nucleator of branched F-actin filaments. Work in cultured cells has established a wide array of functions for this complex in controlling cell migration, shape, and adhesion. However, loss of Arp2/3 complex function in tissues has yielded cell type-specific phenotypes. Here we repo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhou K,Sumigray KD,Lechler T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the "traction fiber" model for metaphase positioning of bivalents during meiosis, kinetochore fibers of maloriented bivalents, induced during recovery from cold arrest, were analyzed with a liquid crystal polarizing microscope. The measured birefringence retardation of kinetochore fibers is proportional to the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： LaFountain JR Jr,Oldenbourg R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin II motors embedded within the actin cortex generate contractile forces to modulate cell shape in essential behaviors, including polarization, migration, and division. In sarcomeres, myosin II-mediated sliding of antiparallel F-actin is tightly coupled to myofibril contraction. By contrast, cortical F-actin is h...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Murrell M,Gardel ML

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide screen of 4168 homozygous diploid yeast deletion strains has been performed to identify nonessential genes that participate in the bipolar budding pattern. By examining bud scar patterns representing the sites of previous cell divisions, 127 mutants representing three different phenotypes were found: uni...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ni L,Snyder M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00