Functions of gelsolin: motility, signaling, apoptosis, cancer.

abstract：:This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of adhesion receptor trafficking in vitro, and extrapolates them as far as what is currently possible towards an understanding of migration in three dimensions in vivo. Our specific focus is the mechanisms for endocytosis and recycling of the two major classes...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Jacquemet G,Humphries MJ,Caswell PT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several proteins involved in exocytosis have been identified recently, but it is still completely unclear which molecules perform the fusion event itself. Although in viral fusion the fusion proteins are known, even there the molecular mechanism remains controversial. Investigation of single fusion events by electroph...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Lindau M,Almers W

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-organelle membrane contact sites are zones where heterologous membranes, usually the endoplasmic reticulum plus a partner organelle, come into close apposition. These sites are very poorly understood because so few of their components have been identified; however, it is clear that they are specialised for traff...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Levine T,Loewen C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the kinesin superfamily of microtubule-based motors and the myosin superfamily of actin-based motors that move 'backwards' have been identified. As the core catalytic domains of myosins and kinesins are similar in structure, this raises the intriguing questions of how direction reversal is accomplished and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hasson T,Cheney RE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaperones are centrally involved in the control of protein structure, function, localization and transport. A flurry of scientific activity continues to examine the molecular nature of chaperone-substrate recognition and the role of auxiliary chaperones (cohort proteins) and small molecules that expedite these proces...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kelley WL,Georgopoulos C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directional guidance of migrating cells is relatively well explored in the reductionist setting of cell culture experiments. Here spatial gradients of chemical cues as well as gradients of mechanical substrate characteristics prove sufficient to attract single cells as well as their collectives. How such gradients pre...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Majumdar R,Sixt M,Parent CA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Far from being simple 'bags' of enzymes, bacteria are richly endowed with ultrastructures that challenge and expand standard definitions of the cytoskeleton. Here we review rods, rings, twisted pairs, tubes, sheets, spirals, moving patches, meshes and composites, and suggest defining the term 'bacterial cytoskeleton' ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Pilhofer M,Jensen GJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarity is defined by the segregation of cellular components along a defined axis. To polarize robustly, cells must be able to break symmetry and subsequently amplify these nascent asymmetries. Finally, asymmetric localization of signaling molecules must be translated into functional regulation of downstream effector...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Peglion F,Goehring NW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell competition is a short-range intercellular communication, in which cells compare their fitness with that of their neighbors and eliminate the cells with relatively lower fitness. It is considered important for the formation and maintenance of healthy tissues; however, its exact role during development, especially...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hashimoto M,Sasaki H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initiation of chromosomal DNA replication involves initiator proteins that recruit and load hexameric DNA helicases at replication origins. This helicase loading step is tightly regulated in bacteria and eukaryotes. In contrast to the situation in bacteria, the eukaryotic helicase is loaded in an inactive form. Th...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Remus D,Diffley JF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several GPCRs, including receptors previously thought to signal primarily from the cell surface, have been recently shown to signal from many intracellular compartments. This raises the idea that signaling by any given receptor is spatially encoded in the cell, with distinct sites of signal origin dictating distinct d...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Weinberg ZY,Crilly SE,Puthenveedu MA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose tissue of mammals represents a dynamic organ disseminated throughout the body. It fluctuates in abundance according to the availability of metabolic energy supplies. Mature adipose tissue communicates with the central nervous system via a hormonal circuit that controls satiety. Adipogenesis can be recapitu...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Yeh WC,McKnight SL

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are part of the ubiquitous set of eukaryotic organelles. They are small, single membrane bounded vesicles, specialized in the degradation of very-long-chain fatty acids and in synthesis of myelin lipids. Once considered inconspicuous, recent new insights in the formation and function of peroxisomes have re...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： van der Zand A,Tabak HF

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COPII coat produces ER-derived transport vesicles. Recent findings suggest that the COPII coat is a highly dynamic polymer and that efficient capture of cargo molecules into COPII vesicles depends on several parameters, including export signals, membrane environment, metabolic control and the presence of a reperto...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Antonny B,Schekman R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of proteins that are necessary for membrane transport have been identified using cell-free assays and yeast genetics. Although our knowledge of transport mechanisms remains limited, common themes are clearly emerging. In particular, specific GTP-binding proteins appear to be involved, not only at all steps of...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Gruenberg J,Clague MJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging studies indicate that connexins have activities completely unrelated to gap junctions and, conversely, that non-connexin proteins can form gap junction channels. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Stout C,Goodenough DA,Paul DL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromeres and telomeres are both composed of specific DNA sequences and unique chromosomal proteins. Isolation and characterization of some of these sequences and proteins has greatly increased our knowledge of centromere and telomere structure. This information is allowing us to determine how centromeres and telome...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Price CM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell polarization is critical for lineage segregation and morphogenesis during mammalian embryogenesis. However, the processes and mechanisms that establish cell polarity in the mammalian embryo are not well understood. Recent studies suggest that unique regulatory mechanisms are deployed by the mouse embryo to establ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Zhu M,Zernicka-Goetz M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of skeletal muscle determination and differentiation in vertebrates centers on a core regulatory network which is composed of two families of transcription factors, the MyoD group basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) muscle regulatory factors (MRFs) and the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) group of MADS-box regula...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Yun K,Wold B

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystroglycan provides a crucial linkage between the cytoskeleton and the basement membrane for skeletal muscle cells. Disruption of this linkage leads to various forms of muscular dystrophy. Significant recent advances in understanding the structure and function of dystroglycan include detailed in vitro and in vivo an...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Henry MD,Campbell KP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in eukaryotes must be coordinated with the nuclear envelope (NE) remodeling. In a so-called 'open' mitosis the envelope of the mother nucleus is dismantled allowing the cytoplasmic spindle microtubules to capture the chromosomes. Alternatively, cells undergoing '...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Zhang D,Oliferenko S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that after endocytosis, internalized cargo is delivered to endosomes that act as sorting stations. The limiting membrane of endosomes contain specialized subregions, or microdomains, that represent distinct functions of the endosome, including regions competing for cargo capture leading to degr...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Norris A,Grant BD

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout their lifetimes, all cells experience force. These forces are sensed by cell surface adhesion receptors, such as the cadherins and integrins. Much attention has focused on identifying how these adhesion receptors transmit force. In contrast, less is known regarding how these force-activated pathways are int...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Salvi AM,DeMali KA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian Unc-51-like kinases 1 and 2 (ULK1 and ULK2) belong to the ULK/Atg1 family of serine/threonine kinases, which are conserved from yeast to mammals. Although ULK/Atg1 is best known for regulating flux through the autophagy pathway, it has evolutionarily conserved noncanonical functions in protein trafficking th...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Wang B,Kundu M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin polymerization generates the force that deforms the cell membrane, pulls the cell forward and propels endosomes and bacteria within the cell. The mechanism of force generation has been probed using experimental biomimetic systems where force generation and movement occur by the same actin-polymerization processe...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Plastino J,Sykes C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular asymmetries have been proposed to play a role in plant embryogenesis. Genetic studies of Arabidopsis and other experimental approaches in several plant species have addressed the origins of cellular asymmetry in specific cases. Although zygote polarity, which precedes the formation of the apical-basal axis of...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Jürgens G,Grebe M,Steinmann T

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein degradation plays key roles in diverse pathways in cell division, growth and differentiation. Aberrant stabilization of crucial proteins participating in oncogenic pathways is often observed in cancer. The importance of proper protein turnover is exemplified by the SCF(Fbxw7) ubiquitin ligase, which is frequen...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kourtis N,Strikoudis A,Aifantis I

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila decapentaplegic gene, the Xenopus activin genes and the genes encoding the mouse bone morphogenetic proteins are transforming growth factor-beta-related genes whose roles in development are the focus of current studies. They exhibit elaborate patterns of expression during development, and the protein pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hoffmann FM

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collective migration of sheets, cohorts, chains or streams of cells contributes to embryogenesis, tissue remodeling and repair as well as to cancer invasion. The functional coordination between neighboring cells is at the heart of collective migration, during which cells migrate with a similar speed in an identica...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Etienne-Manneville S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl-CoA represents a key node in metabolism due to its intersection with many metabolic pathways and transformations. Emerging evidence reveals that cells monitor the levels of acetyl-CoA as a key indicator of their metabolic state, through distinctive protein acetylation modifications dependent on this metabolite....

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Shi L,Tu BP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00