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abstract：:Recently, we described the constitutive activation of Mek1 by mutation of its two serine phosphorylation sites. We have now characterized the biochemical properties of these Mek1 mutants and performed microinjection experiments to investigate the effect of an activated Mek on oocyte maturation. Single acidic substitut...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang W,Kessler DS,Erikson RL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SLC45A2 encodes a putative transporter expressed primarily in pigment cells. SLC45A2 mutations cause oculocutaneous albinism type 4 (OCA4) and polymorphisms are associated with pigmentation variation, but the localization, function, and regulation of SLC45A2 and its variants remain unknown. We show that SLC45A2 locali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Le L,Escobar IE,Ho T,Lefkovith AJ,Latteri E,Haltaufderhyde KD,Dennis MK,Plowright L,Sviderskaya EV,Bennett DC,Oancea E,Marks MS

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:"Lipid raft" is the name given to the tiny, dynamic, and ordered domains of cholesterol and sphingolipids that are hypothesized to exist in the plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. According to the lipid raft hypothesis, these cholesterol- and sphingolipid-enriched domains modulate the protein-protein interactions th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kraft ML

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Activation of hepatic stellate cells during liver fibrosis is a major event facilitating an increase in extracellular matrix deposition. The up-regulation of smooth muscle alpha-actin and collagen type I is indicative of the activation process. The involvement of cysteine cathepsins, a class of lysosomal cysteine prot...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Maubach G,Lim MC,Zhuo L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolae are vesicular invaginations of the plasma membrane. Caveolin-3 is the principal structural component of caveolae in skeletal muscle cells in vivo. We have recently generated caveolin-3 transgenic mice and demonstrated that overexpression of wild-type caveolin-3 in skeletal muscle fibers is sufficient to induc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Volonte D,Peoples AJ,Galbiati F

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight (LMW) GTP-binding proteins are hypothesized to play a role in the vectorial transport of intracellular vesicles. Mutational studies in yeast and subcellular localization in mammalian cells suggest that a family of LMW GTP-binding proteins, termed rab, target intracellular vesicles to their appropr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ngsee JK,Fleming AM,Scheller RH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this essay I describe my personal journey from reductionist to systems cell biology and describe how this in turn led to a 3-year sea voyage to explore complex ocean communities. In describing this journey, I hope to convey some important principles that I gleaned along the way. I realized that cellular functions e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Karsenti E

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions are associated with various mitochondrial disorders. The deletions identified in humans are flanked by short, directly repeated mitochondrial DNA sequences; however, the mechanism of such DNA rearrangements has yet to be elucidated. In contrast to nuclear DNA (nDNA), mtDNA is more e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tadi SK,Sebastian R,Dahal S,Babu RK,Choudhary B,Raghavan SC

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:UNC-104 (KIF1A) is a kinesin motor that transports synaptic vesicles from the neuronal cell body to the terminal. Previous in vitro studies have shown that a Dictyostelium relative of UNC-104 transports liposomes containing acidic phospholipids, but whether this interaction is needed for the recognition and transport ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Klopfenstein DR,Vale RD

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful model to study the molecular basis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is caused by mutations in the polycystic kidney disease (PKD)1 or PKD2 gene, encoding polycystin (PC)-1 or PC-2, respectively. The C. elegans polycystins LOV-1 and PKD-2 are required f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hu J,Barr MM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast "two-component" osmotic stress phosphorelay consists of the histidine kinase, Sln1p, the phosphorelay intermediate, Ypd1p and two response regulators, Ssk1p and Skn7p, whose activities are regulated by phosphorylation of a conserved aspartyl residue in the receiver domain. Dephospho-Ssk1p leads to activation...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li S,Dean S,Li Z,Horecka J,Deschenes RJ,Fassler JS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of Rap1 small GTPases stabilizes cell--cell junctions, and this activity requires Krev Interaction Trapped gene 1 (KRIT1). Loss of KRIT1 disrupts cardiovascular development and causes autosomal dominant familial cerebral cavernous malformations. Here we report that native KRIT1 protein binds the effector lo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu JJ,Stockton RA,Gingras AR,Ablooglu AJ,Han J,Bobkov AA,Ginsberg MH

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohesion establishment and maintenance are carried out by proteins that modify the activity of Cohesin, an essential complex that holds sister chromatids together. Constituents of the replication fork, such as the DNA polymerase alpha-binding protein Ctf4, contribute to cohesion in ways that are poorly understood. To ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Warren CD,Eckley DM,Lee MS,Hanna JS,Hughes A,Peyser B,Jie C,Irizarry R,Spencer FA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient maintenance of genome integrity in the face of cellular stress is vital to protect against human diseases such as cancer. DNA replication, chromatin dynamics, cellular signaling, nuclear architecture, cell cycle checkpoints, and other cellular activities contribute to the delicate spatiotemporal control ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jensen RB,Rothenberg E

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a conserved eukaryotic pathway critical for cellular adaptation to changes in nutrition levels and stress. The class III phosphatidylinositol (PI)3-kinase complexes I and II (PI3KC3-C1 and -C2) are essential for autophagosome initiation and maturation, respectively, from highly curved vesicles. We used a ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brier LW,Ge L,Stjepanovic G,Thelen AM,Hurley JH,Schekman R

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified five complementation groups of peroxisome biogenesis (peb) mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a positive selection procedure. Three of these contained morphologically recognizable peroxisomes, and two appeared to lack the organelle altogether. The packaging of peroxisomal proteins in these mutan...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhang JW,Luckey C,Lazarow PB

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:During organogenesis, different cell types need to work together to generate functional multicellular structures. To study this process, we made use of the genetically tractable fly retina, with a focus on the mechanisms that coordinate morphogenesis between the different epithelial cell types that make up the optical...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Blackie L,Walther RF,Staddon MF,Banerjee S,Pichaud F

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The histone variant H2AX is rapidly phosphorylated at the sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). This phosphorylated H2AX (gamma-H2AX) is involved in the retention of repair and signaling factor complexes at sites of DNA damage. The dependency of this phosphorylation on the various PI3K-related protein kinases (in ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Friesner JD,Liu B,Culligan K,Britt AB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface hemichannels (HCs) composed of different connexin (Cx) types are present in diverse cells and their possible role on FGF-1-induced cellular responses remains unknown. Here, we show that FGF-1 transiently (4-14 h, maximal at 7 h) increases the membrane permeability through HCs in HeLa cells expressing Cx43...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schalper KA,Palacios-Prado N,Retamal MA,Shoji KF,Martínez AD,Sáez JC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular integrity and the maintenance of blood vessel continuity are fundamental features of the circulatory system maintained through endothelial cell-cell junctions. Defects in the endothelial barrier become an initiating factor in several pathologies, including ischemia/reperfusion, tumor angiogenesis, pulmonary e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Birukova AA,Singleton PA,Gawlak G,Tian X,Mirzapoiazova T,Mambetsariev B,Dubrovskyi O,Oskolkova OV,Bochkov VN,Birukov KG

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Evidence has been presented both for and against obligate retrograde movement of resident Golgi proteins through the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) during nocodazole-induced Golgi ministack formation. Here, we studied the nocodazole-induced formation of ministacks using phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) antagonists, which have ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Drecktrah D,Brown WJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, the major human fungal pathogen, undergoes a reversible morphological transition from blastospores (round budding cells) to filaments (elongated cells attached end-to-end). This transition, which is induced upon exposure of C. albicans cells to a number of host conditions, including serum and body te...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kadosh D,Johnson AD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsk1, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cdc7-related kinase in Shizosaccharomyces pombe, is required for G1/S transition and its kinase activity is controlled by the regulatory subunit Dfp1/Him1. Analyses of a newly isolated temperature-sensitive mutant, hsk1-89, reveal that Hsk1 plays crucial roles in DNA replication checkpoi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Takeda T,Ogino K,Tatebayashi K,Ikeda H,Arai Ki,Masai H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen receptor (AR) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily and mediates the biological actions of male sex steroids. In this work, we have characterized a novel 130-kDa Ser/Thr protein kinase ANPK that interacts with the zinc finger region of AR in vivo and in vitro. The catalytic kinase domain of ANPK shares ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moilanen AM,Karvonen U,Poukka H,Jänne OA,Palvimo JJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and disruption of synaptic connections during development are a fundamental step in neural circuit formation. Subneuronal structures such as neurites are known to be sensitive to the level of spontaneous neuronal activity, but the specifics of how neurotransmitter-induced calcium activity regulates neuri...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pearce KM,Bell M,Linthicum WH,Wen Q,Srinivasan J,Rangamani P,Scarlata S

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The second step of dolichol-linked oligosaccharide synthesis in the N-linked glycosylation pathway at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane is catalyzed by an unusual hetero-oligomeric UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase that in most eukaryotes is comprised of at least two subunits, Alg13p and Alg14p. Alg13p is the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Averbeck N,Gao XD,Nishimura S,Dean N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamics of endocytic clathrin-coated structures can be remarkably divergent across different cell types, cells within the same culture, or even distinct surfaces of the same cell. The origin of this astounding heterogeneity remains to be elucidated. Here we show that cellular processes associated with changes in effe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Willy NM,Ferguson JP,Huber SD,Heidotting SP,Aygün E,Wurm SA,Johnston-Halperin E,Poirier MG,Kural C

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00