Divide and conquer: nucleotide excision repair battles cancer and ageing.

abstract：:The structure and integrity of the mitochondrial compartment are features essential for it to function efficiently. The maintenance of mitochondrial structure in cells ranging from yeast to humans has been shown to require both ongoing fission and fusion. Recent characterization of many of the molecular components tha...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Scott SV,Cassidy-Stone A,Meeusen SL,Nunnari J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are heterodimeric transmembrane receptors that connect the extracellular matrix environment to the actin cytoskeleton via adaptor molecules through assembly of a range of adhesion structures. Recent advances in biochemical, imaging and biophysical methods have enabled a deeper understanding of integrin signa...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Michael M,Parsons M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past several years have seen major advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of microtubule destabilization by oncoprotein18/stathmin (Op18/stathmin) and related proteins. New structural information has clearly shown how members of the Op18/stathmin protein family bind tubulin dimers and suggests models for ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Cassimeris L

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome defines a group of genetic disorders characterized by defects in organelles of the endosomal-lysosomal system, most notably melanosomes and platelet-dense granules. About a dozen genes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the disease in humans and mice. Most of these genes encode novel...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Dell'Angelica EC

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：: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：:Force arising from actin polymerization and myosin activity drives a number of different actin-based cell movements. Several new reports support previous data suggesting that actin polymerization drives lamellipodial protrusion and bacterial propulsion, and one report describes a more indirect role for actin assembly ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Cramer LP,Mitchison TJ,Theriot JA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of translation and mRNA degradation plays a key role in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. In the cytosol, mRNAs engaged in translation are distributed throughout the cytosol, while translationally inactive mRNAs can accumulate in P bodies, in complex with mRNA degradation and translation repres...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Balagopal V,Parker R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent scientific and technical developments have made it possible to postulate the use of the 'magic bullet' concept; that is, the identification of specific antigens present on tumor cells that can be targeted either by therapeutic antibodies or by small molecules. The use of monoclonal antibodies in cancer,...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Houshmand P,Zlotnik A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 7 was originally implicated in cell cycle control by virtue of its ability to phosphorylate and activate other CDKs. Subsequently, both CDK7 and its partner, cyclin H, were found to be associated with the general transcription factor TFIIH, suggesting additional roles for CDK7 in transcri...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Nigg EA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inability to meet protein folding demands within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) activates the unfolded protein response (UPR), a signaling pathway with both adaptive and apoptotic outputs. While some secretory cell types have a remarkable ability to increase protein folding capacity, their upper limits can be reached ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Shore GC,Papa FR,Oakes SA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors involved in lipid and glucose homeostasis, inflammation and wound healing. In addition to ligand binding, phosphorylation can also regulate PPARs; the biological effects of phosphorylation depend on the stimulus, the kinase, the PPAR isotype, th...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Gelman L,Michalik L,Desvergne B,Wahli W

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SR (Ser-Arg) proteins are a family of nuclear factors that play multiple important roles in splicing of mRNA precursors in metazoan organisms, functioning in both constitutive and regulated splicing. Certain of these functions are redundant, such that any single SR proteins will suffice, but other functions are un...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Tacke R,Manley JL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria make physical contact with nearly every other membrane in the cell, and these contacts have a wide variety of functions that are carried out by proteins that reside at the sites of contact. Over the past decade, tremendous insight into the identity and functions of proteins localized to mitochondrial cont...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Harper CS,White AJ,Lackner LL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho, Rac and Cdc42 are three Ras-related GTP-binding proteins that control the assembly and disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton in response to extracellular signals. During the past year, numerous candidate downstream targets for these GTPases have been identified using affinity chromatography and yeast two-hybrid t...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Tapon N,Hall A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome segregation during mitosis is mediated by the mitotic spindle, a structure composed of microtubules associated with a variety of proteins. Additionally, a distinct biochemical milieu, the 'spindle matrix', has long been proposed to assist this process and recent work provided compelling evidence for its exi...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Schweizer N,Weiss M,Maiato H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-standing interest in centrioles and basal bodies stems from the evolutionary conservation of their structural design and from their dual mode of assembly (templated versus de novo), revealed by electron microscopic studies nearly four decades ago and unique for a subcellular organelle. Molecular dissection of...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Beisson J,Wright M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherens junction (AJ) is a major cell-cell junction that mediates cell recognition, adhesion, morphogenesis, and tissue integrity. Although AJs transmit forces generated by actomyosin from one cell to another, AJs have long been considered as an area where signal transduction from cadherin ligation takes place th...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Yonemura S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many receptors that sense the environment effect intracellular regulation through stimulation of heterotrimeric G proteins and the consequences thereof. While prominence was originally given to the alpha-subunits of G proteins as the pathway for downstream regulation, very active roles for the beta gamma-subunits have...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Sternweis PC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a 'double-edged sword', neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocyte) migration across epithelial-lined organs is an important component of host defense, but it also results in epithelial pathophysiology and disease symptoms. There have been significant advances in better understanding the mechanisms of how leukocytes c...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Zen K,Parkos CA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junctions create a paracellular barrier between both epithelial and endothelial cells. Recent advances have helped define their molecular composition and regulation. Studies in cultured cell lines provide new insights into how assembly and barrier properties may be controlled by signal transduction cascades. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Anderson JM,Balda MS,Fanning AS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several homeotic genes controlling flower development have been characterized in Antirrhinum and Arabidopsis. Comparisons of their mutant phenotypes, expression patterns and genetic interactions have revealed that many of the basic mechanisms controlling flower development have been conserved in evolution, although im...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Coen ES

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Oocyte cytoplasmic factors can reprogramme the sperm genome during fertilisation or the somatic cell genome during cloning. Diverse reprogramming machinery acts sequentially and interdependently on the imported genome to drive it to totipotency, but their three-dimensional interactions in the cytoplasm remain unknown....

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kang YK,Lee KK,Han YM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, studies into the way in which intracellular bacterial pathogens hijack and subvert their hosts have provided many important insights into regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and cell motility, in addition to increasing our understanding of the infection process. Viral pathogens, however, may ultim...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Ploubidou A,Way M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse post-translational modifications of histone amino termini represent an important epigenetic mechanism for the organisation of chromatin structure and the regulation of gene activity. Within the past two years, great progress has been made in understanding the functional implications of histone methylation; in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Lachner M,Jenuwein T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule self-assembly dynamics serve to facilitate many vital cellular functions, such as chromosome segregation during mitosis and synaptic plasticity. However, the detailed atomistic basis of assembly dynamics has remained an unresolved puzzle. A key challenge is connecting together the vast range of relevant le...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hemmat M,Castle BT,Odde DJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：: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：:New techniques have enhanced our picture of E2F regulation. These studies have shed light on the roles played by individual E2F and retinoblastoma family members and implicate these proteins in processes extending well beyond the G1/S transition. One thorny issue remains: do our current molecular models of E2F and ret...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Stevaux O,Dyson NJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00