Mutations in the zinc fingers of ADR1 that change the specificity of DNA binding and transactivation.

abstract：:The 3' regulatory region (3' RR) of the murine immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) locus contains multiple DNase I-hypersensitive (hs) sites. Proximal sites hs3A, hs1.2, and hs3B are located in an extensive palindromic region and together with hs4 are associated with enhancers involved in the expression and class switch ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Giambra V,Volpi S,Emelyanov AV,Pflugh D,Bothwell AL,Norio P,Fan Y,Ju Z,Skoultchi AI,Hardy RR,Frezza D,Birshtein BK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrosomes ensure accurate chromosome segregation by directing spindle bipolarity. Loss of centrosome regulation results in centrosome amplification, multipolar mitosis and aneuploidy. Since centrosome amplification is common in premalignant lesions and breast tumors, it is proposed to play a central role in breast t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lee MY,Moreno CS,Saavedra HI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Werner syndrome protein (WRN) suppresses the loss of telomeres replicated by lagging-strand synthesis by a yet to be defined mechanism. Here, we show that whereas either WRN or the Bloom syndrome helicase (BLM) stimulates DNA polymerase δ progression across telomeric G-rich repeats, only WRN promotes sequential st...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li B,Reddy S,Comai L

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the Drosophila segmentation gene fushi tarazu (ftz) is controlled at the level of transcription. The proximal enhancer, located approximately 3.4 kb upstream of the transcription start site, directs lacZ fusion gene expression in a ftz-like seven-stripe pattern in transgenic fly embryos. We have take...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Han W,Yu Y,Altan N,Pick L

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila virilis genomic DNA corresponding to the D. melanogaster embryonic lethal abnormal visual system (elav) locus was cloned. DNA sequence analysis of a 3.8-kb genomic piece allowed identification of (i) an open reading frame (ORF) with striking homology to the previously identified D. melanogaster ORF and (ii)...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Yao KM,White K

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation factor VIII is an essential cofactor required for normal hemostatic function. A deficiency in factor VIII results in the bleeding disorder hemophilia A. Despite the fact that the factor VIII gene was cloned a decade ago, the mechanisms which control its transcription remain unresolved. In our studies, we h...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： McGlynn LK,Mueller CR,Begbie M,Notley CR,Lillicrap D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the cell surface occurs early during apoptosis and serves as a recognition signal for phagocytes. Clearance of apoptotic cells by a membrane PS receptor is one of the critical anti-inflammatory functions of macrophages. However, the PS binding receptors and their recognition mech...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Park SY,Kim SY,Jung MY,Bae DJ,Kim IS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies showed that cyclophilin A (CypA) promotes NF-κB/p65 nuclear translocation, resulting in enhanced NF-κB activity and altered expression of its target genes, such as the Sox9 transcriptional factor, which plays a critical role in chondrogenic differentiation and endochondral ossification. In this report, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Guo M,Shen J,Kwak JH,Choi B,Lee M,Hu S,Zhang X,Ting K,Soo CB,Chiu RH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In CBFbeta-SMMHC, core binding factor beta (CBFbeta) is fused to the alpha-helical rod domain of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMMHC). We generated Ba/F3 hematopoietic cells expressing a CBFbeta-SMMHC variant lacking 28 amino acids homologous to the assembly competence domain (ACD) required for multimerization of ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kummalue T,Lou J,Friedman AD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The let-23 gene encodes a Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) necessary for vulval development. We have characterized a mutation of let-23 that activates the receptor and downstream signal transduction, leading to excess vulval differentiation. This mutation alters a conserved...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Katz WS,Lesa GM,Yannoukakos D,Clandinin TR,Schlessinger J,Sternberg PW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone increases type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) activity released from the human fibrosarcoma cell line HT-1080. We demonstrated that dexamethasone caused about 10-fold increases in the intracellular and extracellular levels of PAI-1 protein, as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Andreasen PA,Pyke C,Riccio A,Kristensen P,Nielsen LS,Lund LR,Blasi F,Danø K

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While wild-type p53 is normally a rapidly degraded protein, mutant forms of p53 are stabilized and accumulate to high levels in tumor cells. In this study, we show that mutant and wild-type p53 proteins are ubiquitinated and degraded through overlapping but distinct pathways. While Mdm2 can drive the degradation of bo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lukashchuk N,Vousden KH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleolar morphogenesis is a poorly defined process. Here we report that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleolar trimethyl guanosine synthase I (Tgs1p), which specifically selects the m(7)G cap structure of snRNAs and snoRNAs for m(2,2,7)G conversion, is required not only for efficient pre-mRNA splicing but also for pr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Colau G,Thiry M,Leduc V,Bordonné R,Lafontaine DL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both tissue sections and cell culture, the endothelial nature of a cell is most commonly determined by demonstration of its expression of von Willebrand factor (vWf) protein and/or mRNA. Thus, the mechanism of cell-type-specific transcriptional regulation of the vWf gene is central to studying the basis of endothel...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Jahroudi N,Lynch DC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 1 (SATB1) is a tissue-restricted genome organizer that provides a key link between DNA loop organization, chromatin modification/remodeling, and transcription factor association at matrix attachment regions (MARs). The SUMO E3 ligase PIAS1 enhances SUMO conjugation to SATB1 lys...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tan JA,Song J,Chen Y,Durrin LK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to ionizing radiation (IR), the tumor suppressor p53 is stabilized and promotes either cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. Chk2 activated by IR contributes to this stabilization, possibly by direct phosphorylation. Like p53, Chk2 is mutated in patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Since the ataxia telangiectasia...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hirao A,Cheung A,Duncan G,Girard PM,Elia AJ,Wakeham A,Okada H,Sarkissian T,Wong JA,Sakai T,De Stanchina E,Bristow RG,Suda T,Lowe SW,Jeggo PA,Elledge SJ,Mak TW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cks1 is an activator of the SCF(Skp2) ubiquitin ligase complex that targets the cell cycle inhibitor p27(Kip1) for degradation. The loss of Cks1 results in p27(Kip1) accumulation and decreased proliferation and inhibits tumorigenesis. We identify here a function of Cks1 in mammalian cell cycle regulation that is indep...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hoellein A,Graf S,Bassermann F,Schoeffmann S,Platz U,Hölzlwimmer G,Kröger M,Peschel C,Oostendorp R,Quintanilla-Fend L,Keller U

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adjacent fragments of genomic DNA spanning the gene for CAD, which encodes the first three enzymes of UMP biosynthesis, were cloned from a mutant Syrian hamster cell line containing multiple copies of this gene. The mutant was selected for resistance to N-(phosphonacetyl)-L-aspartate, a potent and specific inhibit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Padgett RA,Wahl GM,Stark GR

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an expression cDNA cloning approach, we examined human tumor cell lines for novel oncogenes that might evade detection by conventional techniques. We isolated a transforming sequence that was highly efficient in transforming NIH 3T3 mouse fibroblasts. DNA sequence analysis identified the gene as the human homolo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Chan AM,Fleming TP,McGovern ES,Chedid M,Miki T,Aaronson SA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell antigen receptor (TCR) activation triggers profound changes in the actin cytoskeleton. In addition to controlling cellular shape and polarity, this process regulates vital T cell responses, such as T cell adhesion, motility, and proliferation. These depend on the recruitment of the signaling proteins Nck and Wi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Pauker MH,Reicher B,Fried S,Perl O,Barda-Saad M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nat4, also designated NatD, was previously shown to acetylate the N termini of histones H2A and H4, which have SGGKG and SGRGK N termini (O. K. Song, X. Wang, J. H. Waterborg, and R. Sternglanz, J. Biol. Chem. 278:38109-38112, 2003). The analysis of chimeric proteins with various N-terminal segments of histone H4 fuse...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Polevoda B,Hoskins J,Sherman F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C theta (PKC theta) is unique among PKC isozymes in its translocation to the center of the immune synapse in T cells and its unique downstream signaling. Here we show that the hematopoietic protein tyrosine phosphatase (HePTP) also accumulates in the immune synapse in a PKC theta-dependent manner upon a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Nika K,Charvet C,Williams S,Tautz L,Bruckner S,Rahmouni S,Bottini N,Schoenberger SP,Baier G,Altman A,Mustelin T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological response to progesterone is mediated by two distinct forms of the human progesterone receptor (hPR-A and hPR-B). In most cell contexts, hPR-B functions as a transcriptional activator of progesterone-responsive genes, whereas hPR-A functions as a transcriptional inhibitor of all steroid hormone receptors...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wen DX,Xu YF,Mais DE,Goldman ME,McDonnell DP

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TRF1 is a component of the shelterin complex at mammalian telomeres; however, a role for TRF1 in telomere biology in the context of the organism is unclear. In this study, we generated mice with transgenic TRF1 expression targeted to epithelial tissues (K5TRF1 mice). K5TRF1 mice have shorter telomeres in the epidermis...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Muñoz P,Blanco R,de Carcer G,Schoeftner S,Benetti R,Flores JM,Malumbres M,Blasco MA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a transient-expression assay to identify two estrogen response elements (EREs) associated with the major chicken vitellogenin gene (VTGII). Each element was characterized by its ability to confer estrogen responsiveness when cloned in either orientation next to a chimeric reporter gene consisting of the herpes...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burch JB,Evans MI,Friedman TM,O'Malley PJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of telomerase, telomeres erode, provoking accumulation of DNA damage and death by senescence. Rare survivors arise, however, due to Rad52-based amplification of telomeric sequences by homologous recombination. The present study reveals that in budding yeast cells, postsenescence survival relying on ampl...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Grandin N,Charbonneau M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation on tyrosine residues mediated by pp60src appears to be a primary biochemical event leading to the establishment of the transformed phenotype in Rous sarcoma virus (RSV)-infected cells. To identify the cellular proteins that undergo tyrosine phosphorylation during transformation, a 32P-labeled RSV-trans...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Martinez R,Nakamura KD,Weber MJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the sea urchin embryo, late histone genes are transcribed at low levels during cleavage and blastula formation and at substantially higher levels in later stages of embryogenesis. To investigate the molecular basis of the stage-specific expression of a late H2B histone gene, we injected mutant genes lacking portion...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Zhao AZ,Colin AM,Bell J,Baker M,Char BR,Maxson R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LAC9 is a DNA-binding protein that regulates transcription of the lactose-galactose regulon in Kluyveromyces lactis. The DNA-binding domain is composed of a zinc finger and nearby amino acids (M. M. Witte and R. C. Dickson, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:3726-3733, 1988). The single zinc finger appears to be structurally related ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Witte MM,Dickson RC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of transcription can occur by the facilitated recruitment of TFIID to promoters by gene-specific activators. To investigate the role of TFIIA in TFIID recruitment in vivo, we exploited a class of yeast TATA-binding protein (TBP) mutants that is activation and DNA binding defective. We found that co-overexpr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Liu Q,Gabriel SE,Roinick KL,Ward RD,Arndt KM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00