Angiomotin links ROCK and YAP signaling in mechanosensitive differentiation of neural stem cells.

abstract：:The transcription factor Sp1 is ubiquitously expressed in different cells and thereby regulates the expression of genes involved in many cellular processes. This study reveals that Sp1 was phosphorylated during the mitotic stage in three epithelial tumor cell lines and one glioma cell line. By using different kinase i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chuang JY,Wang YT,Yeh SH,Liu YW,Chang WC,Hung JJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of surface-tethered antigens (Ags) by B-cells leads to the formation of an immune synapse that promotes Ag uptake for presentation onto MHC-II molecules. Extraction of immobilized Ags at the immune synapse of B-cells relies on the local secretion of lysosomes, which are recruited to the Ag contact site by ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Obino D,Diaz J,Sáez JJ,Ibañez-Vega J,Sáez PJ,Alamo M,Lankar D,Yuseff MI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and characterization of a system that allows the rapid and specific induction of individual genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae without changes in nutrients or temperature. The system is based on the chimeric transcriptional activator Gal4dbd.ER.VP16 (GEV). Upon addition of the horm...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： McIsaac RS,Silverman SJ,McClean MN,Gibney PA,Macinskas J,Hickman MJ,Petti AA,Botstein D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin, the major adherens junction adhesion molecule in endothelial cells, interacts with p120-catenin and β-catenin through its cytoplasmic tail. However, the specific functional contributions of the catenins to the establishment of strong adhesion are not fully understood. Here we use bi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oas RG,Nanes BA,Esimai CC,Vincent PA,García AJ,Kowalczyk AP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenesis of respiratory chain complexes depends on the expression of mitochondrial-encoded subunits. Their synthesis occurs on membrane-associated ribosomes and is probably coupled to their membrane insertion. Defects in expression of mitochondrial translation products are among the major causes of mitochondrial dis...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bauerschmitt H,Mick DU,Deckers M,Vollmer C,Funes S,Kehrein K,Ott M,Rehling P,Herrmann JM

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetochores are the proteinaceous complexes that assemble on centromeric DNA and direct eukaryotic chromosome segregation. The mechanisms by which higher eukaryotic cells define centromeres are poorly understood. Possible molecular contributors to centromere specification include the underlying DNA sequences and epig...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Edwards NS,Murray AW

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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：:Arg8-vasopressin (AVP) promotes the differentiation of myogenic cell lines and mouse primary satellite cells by mechanisms involving the transcriptional activation of myogenic bHLH regulatory factors and myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). We here report that AVP treatment of L6 cells results in the activation of calcin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Scicchitano BM,Spath L,Musarò A,Molinaro M,Rosenthal N,Nervi C,Adamo S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntaxin 3 (Stx3), a SNARE protein located and functioning at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells, is required for epithelial polarity. A fraction of Stx3 is localized to late endosomes/lysosomes, although how it traffics there and its function in these organelles is unknown. Here we report that Stx3 underg...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Giovannone AJ,Reales E,Bhattaram P,Fraile-Ramos A,Weimbs T

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Trafficking through the Golgi apparatus requires members of the Arf family of GTPases, whose activation is regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Once activated, Arf-GTP recruits effectors such as coat complexes and lipid-modifying enzymes to specific membrane sites, creating a domain competent for c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Niu TK,Pfeifer AC,Lippincott-Schwartz J,Jackson CL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are often organized by a nucleus-associated MT organizing center (MTOC). In addition, in neurons and epithelial cells, motor-based transport of assembled MTs determines the polarity of the MT array. Here, we show that MT motility participates in MT organization in the fungus Ustilago maydis. In budd...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fink G,Steinberg G

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:More than 130 different mutations in the gap junction integral plasma membrane protein connexin32 (Cx32) have been linked to the human peripheral neuropathy X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX). How these various mutants are processed by the cell and the mechanism(s) by which they cause CMTX are unknown. To add...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： VanSlyke JK,Deschenes SM,Musil LS

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a potent neuropeptide that possesses both neurotrophic and neurodevelopmental effects. Recently, the Rit GTPase was found to be activated by a novel Galpha/cAMP/exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (Epac)-dependent signaling pathway and required for PAC...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shi GX,Jin L,Andres DA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF-1 and HIF-2) are essential mediators for the adaptive transcriptional response of cells and tissues to low-oxygen conditions. Under hypoxia or when cells are treated with various nonhypoxic stimuli, the active HIF-α subunits are mainly regulated through increased protein stabilization. F...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lafleur VN,Richard S,Richard DE

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The Golgi apparatus consists of a series of flattened cisternal membranes that are aligned in parallel to form stacks. Cytosolic-oriented Golgi-associated proteins have been identified that may coordinate or maintain the Golgi architecture. Here, we describe a novel GPI-anchored protein, Golgi-resident GPI-anchored pr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li X,Kaloyanova D,van Eijk M,Eerland R,van der Goot G,Oorschot V,Klumperman J,Lottspeich F,Starkuviene V,Wieland FT,Helms JB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Select lipid-anchored proteins such as glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases may preferentially partition into sphingomyelin-rich and cholesterol-rich plasmalemmal microdomains, thereby acquiring resistance to detergent extraction. Two such domains, caveolae and lipid ra...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oh P,Schnitzer JE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney, together with bone and intestine, plays a crucial role in maintaining whole-body calcium (Ca(2+)) homoeostasis, which is primarily mediated by altering the reabsorption of Ca(2+) filtered by the glomerulus. The transient receptor potential-vanilloid-5 (TRPV5) channel protein forms a six- transmembrane Ca(2...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cai X,Srivastava S,Surindran S,Li Z,Skolnik EY

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinct levels of Rac activity differentially regulate the pattern of intrinsic cell migration. However, it remains unknown how Rac activity is modulated and how the level of Rac activity controls cell migratory behavior. Here we show that Slit-Robo GAP 1 (srGAP1) is a modulator of Rac activity in locomotive cell...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yamazaki D,Itoh T,Miki H,Takenawa T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blebs are involved in various biological processes such as cell migration, cytokinesis, and apoptosis. While the expansion of blebs is largely an intracellular pressure-driven process, the retraction of blebs is believed to be driven by RhoA activation that leads to the reassembly of the actomyosin cortex at the bleb ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiao M,Wu D,Wei Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The budding yeast formins Bni1 and Bnr1 control the assembly of actin cables. These formins exhibit distinct patterns of localization and polymerize two different populations of cables: Bni1 in the bud and Bnr1 in the mother cell. We generated a functional Bni1-3GFP that improved the visualization of Bni1 in vivo at e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Buttery SM,Yoshida S,Pellman D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth cone responses to guidance cues provide the basis for neuronal pathfinding. Although many cues have been identified, less is known about how signals are translated into the cytoskeletal rearrangements that steer directional changes during pathfinding. Here we show that the response of dorsal root ganglion (DRG)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brown JA,Wysolmerski RB,Bridgman PC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the NADPH oxidase of phagocytic cells requires the action of Rac2 or Rac1, members of the Ras superfamily of GTP-binding proteins. Rac proteins are active when in the GTP-bound form and can be regulated by a variety of proteins that modulate the exchange of GDP for GTP and/or GTP hydrolysis. The p190 Rac...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heyworth PG,Knaus UG,Settleman J,Curnutte JT,Bokoch GM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family proteins have been implicated in regulating various cellular processes, including actin cytoskeleton organization, endocytosis, cell cycle, and gene expression. In this study, we analyzed the function of a novel Dictyostelium discoideum Rho family protein (RacC). A cell line was generated that conditionally...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Seastone DJ,Lee E,Bush J,Knecht D,Cardelli J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal dynamics result from the integration of forces developed by molecular motors, especially conventional myosins. Myosin IIC is a recently discovered nonsarcomeric conventional myosin motor, the function of which is poorly understood, particularly in relation to the separate but coupled activities of its close h...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wylie SR,Chantler PD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a central homeostasis and stress response pathway conserved in all eukaryotes. One hallmark of autophagy is the de novo formation of autophagosomes. These double-membrane vesicular structures form around and deliver cargo for degradation by the vacuole/lysosome. Where and how autophagosomes form are outst...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Graef M,Friedman JR,Graham C,Babu M,Nunnari J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotic cells, organelle-specific protein quality control (PQC) is critical for maintaining cellular homeostasis. Despite the Golgi apparatus being the major protein processing and sorting site within the secretory pathway, how it contributes to PQC has remained largely unknown. Using different chemical biology-...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hellerschmied D,Serebrenik YV,Shao L,Burslem GM,Crews CM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disassembly of the epithelial apical junctional complex (AJC), composed of the tight junction (TJ) and adherens junction (AJ), is important for normal tissue remodeling and pathogen-induced disruption of epithelial barriers. Using a calcium depletion model in T84 epithelial cells, we previously found that disassembly ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ivanov AI,McCall IC,Parkos CA,Nusrat A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00