Identification of in vivo mRNA targets of GLD-1, a maxi-KH motif containing protein required for C. elegans germ cell development.

abstract：:The Swi/Snf chromatin remodeling complex functions to alter nucleosome positions by either sliding nucleosomes on DNA or the eviction of histones. The presence of histone acetylation and activator-dependent recruitment and retention of Swi/Snf is important for its efficient function. It is not understood, however, why...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Dutta A,Gogol M,Kim JH,Smolle M,Venkatesh S,Gilmore J,Florens L,Washburn MP,Workman JL

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The superoxide radical (O(2)(-)) has long been considered a major cause of aging. O(2)(-) in cytosolic, extracellular, and mitochondrial pools is detoxified by dedicated superoxide dismutase (SOD) isoforms. We tested the impact of each SOD isoform in Caenorhabditis elegans by manipulating its five sod genes and saw no...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Doonan R,McElwee JJ,Matthijssens F,Walker GA,Houthoofd K,Back P,Matscheski A,Vanfleteren JR,Gems D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of self-renewal versus differentiation is a fundamental issue in stem cell and cancer biology. Neural progenitors of the Drosophila post-embryonic brain, larval neuroblasts (NBs), divide asymmetrically in a stem cell-like fashion to generate a self-renewing NB and a Ganglion Mother Cell (GMC), which divides...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Wang H,Somers GW,Bashirullah A,Heberlein U,Yu F,Chia W

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that rRNA synthesis is strongly inhibited in yeast top1-top2 double mutants. Here, we show that inactivation of yeast topoisomerases can have paradoxical effects on transcription by RNA polymerase I. For example, transcription of ribosomal minigenes on extrachromosomal plasmids is greatly stimu...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Schultz MC,Brill SJ,Ju Q,Sternglanz R,Reeder RH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viable aristaless (al) mutations of Drosophila affect pattern elements at both ends of the proximodistal axis in a subset of adult appendages. The al gene has been cloned and identified by P-element-mediated germ-line transformation with a genomic DNA fragment, which rescues a lethal mutation of al as well as aspects ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Schneitz K,Spielmann P,Noll M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How RNA-binding proteins recognize specific sets of target mRNAs remains poorly understood because current approaches depend primarily on sequence information. In this study, we demonstrate that specific recognition of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) by RNA-binding proteins requires the correct spatial positioning of these seq...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Patel VL,Mitra S,Harris R,Buxbaum AR,Lionnet T,Brenowitz M,Girvin M,Levy M,Almo SC,Singer RH,Chao JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurofibromatosis type II (NF2) tumor suppressor encodes a putative cytoskeletal associated protein, the loss of which leads to the development of Schwann cell tumors associated with NF2 in humans. The NF2 protein merlin belongs to the band 4.1 family of proteins that link membrane proteins to the cytoskeleton and...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： McClatchey AI,Saotome I,Ramesh V,Gusella JF,Jacks T

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant water homeostasis is maintained by the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), which triggers stomatal pore closure in response to drought stress. We identified the Arabidopsis small guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) protein AtRac1 as a central component in the ABA-mediated stomatal closure process. ABA treatment indu...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lemichez E,Wu Y,Sanchez JP,Mettouchi A,Mathur J,Chua NH

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The reelin (reln) and disabled 1 (dab1) genes both ensure correct neuronal positioning during brain development. We have found that the intracellular Dab1 protein receives a tyrosine phosphorylation signal from extracellular Reln protein. Genetic analysis shows that reln function depends on dab1, and vice versa, as ex...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Howell BW,Herrick TM,Cooper JA

更新日期：1999-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric CNS malignancy. We identify EAG2 as an overexpressed potassium channel in MBs across different molecular and histological subgroups. EAG2 knockdown not only impairs MB cell growth in vitro, but also reduces tumor burden in vivo and enhances survival in xenograft studie...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Huang X,Dubuc AM,Hashizume R,Berg J,He Y,Wang J,Chiang C,Cooper MK,Northcott PA,Taylor MD,Barnes MJ,Tihan T,Chen J,Hackett CS,Weiss WA,James CD,Rowitch DH,Shuman MA,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:eIF2B is a heteropentameric guanine-nucleotide exchange factor essential for protein synthesis initiation in eukaryotes. Its activity is inhibited in response to starvation or stress by phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of its substrate, translation initiation factor eIF2, resulting in reduced rates of translation ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Pavitt GD,Ramaiah KV,Kimball SR,Hinnebusch AG

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cells exhibit a complex response to DNA damage. The tumor suppressor BRCA1 and associated protein BARD1 are thought to play an important role in this response, and our previous work demonstrated that this includes transient inhibition of the pre-mRNA 3' processing machinery. Here we provide evidence that thi...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kleiman FE,Wu-Baer F,Fonseca D,Kaneko S,Baer R,Manley JL

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify regions of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase that are potentially involved in transcript elongation and termination, we have characterized amino acid substitutions in the beta' subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase that alter expression of reporter genes preceded by terminators in vivo. Terminatio...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Weilbaecher R,Hebron C,Feng G,Landick R

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a novel bHLH protein gene Mesp2 (for mesoderm posterior 2) that cross-hybridizes with Mesp1 expressed in the early mouse mesoderm. Mesp2 is expressed in the rostral presomitic mesoderm, but down-regulated immediately after the formation of the segmented somites. To determine the function of MesP2 protein (...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Saga Y,Hata N,Koseki H,Taketo MM

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mediator was resolved from yeast as a multiprotein complex on the basis of its requirement for transcriptional activation in a fully defined system. Three groups of mediator polypeptides could be distinguished: the products of five SRB genes, identified as suppressors of carboxy-terminal domain (CTD)-truncation mutant...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Myers LC,Gustafsson CM,Bushnell DA,Lui M,Erdjument-Bromage H,Tempst P,Kornberg RD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcribes all protein-coding genes and many noncoding RNAs in eukaryotic genomes. Although Pol II is a complex, 12-subunit enzyme, it lacks the ability to initiate transcription and cannot consistently transcribe through long DNA sequences. To execute these essential functions, an array of...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Schier AC,Taatjes DJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factor p53 forms a network with associated factors to regulate the cell cycle and apoptosis in response to environmental stresses. However, there is currently no direct genetic evidence to show if or how the p53 pathway functions during organogenesis. Here we present evidence to show that the zebrafish d...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chen J,Ruan H,Ng SM,Gao C,Soo HM,Wu W,Zhang Z,Wen Z,Lane DP,Peng J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of bacteriophage N4 middle genes is carried out by a phage-coded, heterodimeric RNA polymerase (N4 RNAPII), which belongs to the family of T7-like RNA polymerases. In contrast to phage T7-RNAP, N4 RNAPII displays no activity on double-stranded templates and low activity on single-stranded templates. In v...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Carter RH,Demidenko AA,Hattingh-Willis S,Rothman-Denes LB

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The structurally related POU homeo domain proteins Pit-1 and Oct-2 activate pituitary- and lymphoid-specific transcription, respectively, by binding to similar AT-rich motifs in their target genes. In this study we identify bases critical for recognition and activation by Pit-1 and examine how small differences in Pit...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Elsholtz HP,Albert VR,Treacy MN,Rosenfeld MG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During gastrulation of Xenopus embryos the prospective mesoderm is induced initially with domains of dorsal and ventral fate, then further patterned to generate somitic mesoderm by signals from the gastrula organizer. Although Xwnt-8 is expressed in future ventrolateral mesoderm and induces prospective epidermis to di...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hoppler S,Brown JD,Moon RT

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinases ATM and ATR (Tel1 and Mec1 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae) control the response to DNA damage. We report that S. cerevisiae Tel2 acts at an early step of the TEL1/ATM pathway of DNA damage signaling. We show that Tel1 and Tel2 interact, and that even when Tel1 protein levels are high, this interacti...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Anderson CM,Korkin D,Smith DL,Makovets S,Seidel JJ,Sali A,Blackburn EH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restricted expression of a mouse Vasa homolog gene (Mvh) expression is first detected in primordial germ cells (PGCs) after colonization of the genital ridges. Subsequently, Mvh is maintained until postmeiotic germ cells are formed. Here, we demonstrate that male mice homozygous for a targeted mutation of Mvh exhibit ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tanaka SS,Toyooka Y,Akasu R,Katoh-Fukui Y,Nakahara Y,Suzuki R,Yokoyama M,Noce T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural scrapie has been viewed both as a recessive trait and as a contagious disease modulated by a host locus. To address this conundrum, we determined the structure of the sheep prion protein (PrP) gene, which contains three exons and extends over 20 kb of DNA. In the United States 86.4% of scrapie cases occur in S...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Westaway D,Zuliani V,Cooper CM,Da Costa M,Neuman S,Jenny AL,Detwiler L,Prusiner SB

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of an embryonic transcript of Drosophila predicts a tyrosine protein kinase-related gene. The prediction is based on several protein domains that are homologous to the functional domains of kinase-related oncogenes and several serine, threonine, and tyrosine protein kinases. For this reason, we named...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Haller J,Côté S,Brönner G,Jäckle H

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene silencing by double-stranded RNA is a widespread phenomenon called RNAi, involving homology-dependent degradation of mRNAs. Here we show that RNAi is established in the Drosophila female germ line. mRNA transcripts are translationally quiescent at the arrested oocyte stage and are insensitive to RNAi. Upon oocyte...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kennerdell JR,Yamaguchi S,Carthew RW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned four cyclin-B homologs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, CLB1-CLB4, using the polymerase chain reaction and low stringency hybridization approaches. These genes form two classes based on sequence relatedness: CLB1 and CLB2 show highest homology to the Schizosaccharomyces pombe cyclin-B homolog cdc13 involv...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Richardson H,Lew DJ,Henze M,Sugimoto K,Reed SI

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subdivision of the lateral mesoderm into a visceral (splanchnic) and a somatic layer is a crucial event during early mesoderm development in both arthropod and vertebrate embryos. In Drosophila, this subdivision leads to the differential development of gut musculature versus body wall musculature. Here we report t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zaffran S,Küchler A,Lee HH,Frasch M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, absence of the checkpoint kinase Mec1 (ATR) is viable upon mutations that increase the activity of the ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) complex. Whether this pathway is conserved in mammals remains unknown. Here we show that cells from mice carrying extra alleles of the RNR regulatory subuni...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lopez-Contreras AJ,Specks J,Barlow JH,Ambrogio C,Desler C,Vikingsson S,Rodrigo-Perez S,Green H,Rasmussen LJ,Murga M,Nussenzweig A,Fernandez-Capetillo O

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SNF1 protein kinase is broadly conserved in eukaryotes and has been implicated in responses to environmental and nutritional stress. In yeast, the SNF1 kinase has a central role in the response to glucose starvation. SNF1 is associated with its activating subunit, SNF4, and other proteins in complexes. Using the t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Jiang R,Carlson M

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin receptors for extracellular matrix are critical for cell motility, but the signals that determine when to stop are not known. Analysis of distal tip cell (DTC) migration during gonadogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans has revealed the importance of transcription factor vab-3/Pax6 in regulating the alpha integr...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Meighan CM,Schwarzbauer JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00