Once upon a time there was beta-catenin in cadherin-mediated signalling.

abstract：:Total mRNA extracted from the brain of a marine worm, Nereis diversicolor, were in vitro translated using 2 cell-free systems: rabbit reticulocyte lysate and wheat germ extract. Among numerous products newly translated in both systems, only one class of 70 kDa polypeptides immunoprecipitated when we used a mixture of ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Guissi-Kadri S,Dhainaut-Courtois N,Porchet M,Curgy JJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:AQP10 (aquaporin 10) is a new member of water channels and two different transcripts have been reported. The difference between these transcripts is in the presence or the absence of an insertion of 475 nt, which leads to a translation frame shift resulting in a different termination of amino aci...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Li H,Kamiie J,Morishita Y,Yoshida Y,Yaoita E,Ishibashi K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:There have been several studies to understand the influence of stiffness of the culture substrates for different types of adherent cells. It is generally accepted that cell proliferation, spreading and focal adhesions increase with higher matrix stiffness. However, what remains unclear is whether...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Cabriales L,Hautefeuille M,Vázquez-Victorio G,Martinez-Pastor D,Carretero-Ortega J,Jiménez-Escobar A,Macias-Silva M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of sperm and egg at fertilization induces well-coordinated molecular events including specific recognition between species, adhesion and fusion, that lead to the formation of a zygote, a totipotent cell that develops into a new individual. A calcium signal, common to a great number of species, from marine ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ciapa B,Chiri S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of cell signalling pathways in the molluscan immune system and their response to immunological challenge is currently poor. The present study focused on the Protein Kinase C (PKC) pathway in the immune cells (haemocytes) of Lymnaea stagnalis and its response following exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccha...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Walker AJ,Plows LD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detergent extraction of human blood platelets pre-treated with Taxol to stabilize microtubules allows isolation of marginal band (MB) cytoskeletons. We studied MB cytoskeleton structure using dark-field light microscopy and negative stain electron microscopy (EM). Dark-field illumination clearly demonstrated the "hoop...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kowit JD,Linck RW,Kenney DM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of nucleic acid sequence at the ultrastructural level has allowed us to better understand the expression of genes in some fields of application in cell biology. In situ hybridization at the ultrastructural level can be carried out using three different methods: on vibratome sections before embedding in epoxy...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Le Guellec D

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate whether hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the pancreatic acinar cells induced by caerulein remained after termination of the hormonal treatment. Rats received subcutaneous injections of saline or caerulein for 4 days and were killed immediately after termination of treatment or 2, 15...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Morisset J,Grondin G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The daily rhythm in the activity of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) controls the rhythm in melatonin synthesis in the pineal gland. In the rat, transcriptional regulatory mechanisms play a major role in determining the observed pattern of AA-NAT gene expression. Remarkably, high levels of AA-NAT transcript...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Baler R,Covington S,Klein DC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water permeability of collecting ducts is greatly increased by the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin (VP). Freeze-fracture studies were carried out to test if this permeability increase is associated with the appearance of intramembrane particle (IMP) aggregates and whether increased doses of VP lead to an increas...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kubat B,Lorenzen M,Reale E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied formation of domes in cell monolayers of the human colon carcinoma cell line Caco-2 which has been shown to exhibit signs of enterocytic differentiation and transport properties. After a 24 hr incubation with 4 X 10(-8) M ouabain, the number of domes seen on Caco-2 cell monolayers grown on plastic dishes wa...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ramond MJ,Martinot-Peignoux M,Erlinger S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether the human lactotransferrin receptor recently described on platelets was also present on hematopoietic precursors, we investigated its presence and characteristics on the megakaryocytic Dami cell line. The reversible binding of human 5-(([2-(carbo(hydrazino)methyl]thio)acetyl)aminofluoresc...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Nillesse N,Pierce A,Lecocq M,Benaissa M,Spik G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia from quail oviduct were isolated with their membrane. The ultrastructural study revealed a good preservation of cilia in the purified fraction. Electrophoresis on SDS-PAGE showed a reproducible pattern of ciliary proteins, the major bands being those of tubulins 57 kDa and dyneins above 250 kDa. Among the minor ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Chailley B,Bork K,Gounon P,Sandoz D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments have revealed a relatively weak electrostatic binding capacity of in vitro reconstituted intermediate filaments (IFs) as well as of natural IFs of whole cell mount preparations for purified ribosomal particles of mammalian origin. In order to demonstrate that such associations also occur in vivo, ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Traub P,Bauer C,Hartig R,Grüb S,Stahl J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:αvβ5 integrin and Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) receptors reside at the apical surface of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the eye to promote the diurnal, synchronised phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segment fragments (POS) that is critical for vision. Phagocytosis assays studying R...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Nandrot EF,Silva KE,Scelfo C,Finnemann SC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain intricacies and the difficulty that scientists encounter in revealing its function with standard approaches such as electrical stimulation of neurons have led to the exploration of new tools that enable the study of neural circuits in a remote and non-invasive way. To this end, optogenetics has initialised a rev...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Papagiakoumou E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, with-no-lysine (WNK) kinases were identified as the genes responsible for the human hereditary hypertensive disease pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII). It took a further 6 years to clarify that WNK kinases participate in a signaling cascade with oxidative stress-responsive gene 1 (OSR1), Ste20-related pr...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Uchida S,Sohara E,Rai T,Sasaki S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of microtubular networks was analyzed in quail oviduct and in Paramecium cells using conventional and confocal immunofluorescence as well as pre- and post-embedding EM immunocytochemistry with a variety of anti-tubulin antibodies. The 6-11B-1 monoclonal antibody, specific for the post-translational acety...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Adoutte A,Delgado P,Fleury A,Levilliers N,Lainé MC,Marty MC,Boisvieux-Ulrich E,Sandoz D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative ultrastructural study was performed on 56 ejaculates showing anomalies of the sperm axonemal complex. The anomalies comprised either the absence of one, or more often several, axonemal structures, or defective elongation of the doublets. Several characteristics relating to the extent and superimposition...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Escalier D,David G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy in macrophages infected with a non-invasive Shigella dysenteriae 1 strain. Bacterial degradation began only 3 h after the end of infection. The first visible sign of degradation was detected by immunogold labelling...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dacosta B,Ryter A,Mounier J,Sansonetti P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Details of the ultrastructure of hepatitis C virus (HVC) virion remain unclear because it has proved extremely difficult to visualise virus particles from infected serum and tissues directly. In addition, although much is known about the viral genome, first cloned in 1989, little is known about HCV morphogenesis, due ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Roingeard P,Hourioux C,Blanchard E,Brand D,Ait-Goughoulte M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:In a previous study, we demonstrated that human neutrophils can develop membrane tubulovesicular extensions (TVEs) that are 160-250 nm in width and several micrometres long. These extensions, or cytonemes, are capable of establishing long-range contacts with other cells or bacteria. Cytonemes con...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Galkina SI,Fedorova NV,Serebryakova MV,Arifulin EA,Stadnichuk VI,Gaponova TV,Baratova LA,Sud'ina GF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:AQP4 (aquaporin 4) internalization and a concomitant decrease in the osmotic water permeability coefficient (Pf) after histamine exposure has been reported in AQP4-transfected gastric HGT1 cells. RESULTS:In the present study we report that AQP4 internalization is followed by an increase in AQP4 ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Carmosino M,Procino G,Tamma G,Mannucci R,Svelto M,Valenti G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensory organs of the vertebrate head derive from two embryological structures, the neural crest and the ectodermal placodes. Although quite a lot is known about the secreted and transcription factors that regulate neural crest development, until recently little was known about the molecular pathways that regulate...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Brugmann SA,Moody SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine lutropin (pLH) and human choriogonadotropin (hCG) recognize the same hormonal receptor and elicit the same steroidogenic response in porcine Leydig cells in primary culture. We compared the variation in the number of occupied and free receptors present on the cell surface under short-term stimulation by the tw...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Genty N,Salesse R,Garnier J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:At fertilization in mammalian eggs, the sperm induces a series of Ca(2+) oscillations via the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. Increased inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production appears to be triggered by a sperm-derived PLCzeta (phospholipase C-zeta) that enters the egg after gamete fu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Yu Y,Halet G,Lai FA,Swann K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The rod outer segment (OS) is the specialised organelle where phototransduction takes place. Our previous proteomic and biochemical analyses on purified rod disks showed the functional expression of the respiratory chain complexes I-IV and F1 Fo -ATP synthase in OS disks, as well as active solubl...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Calzia D,Barabino S,Bianchini P,Garbarino G,Oneto M,Caicci F,Diaspro A,Tacchetti C,Manni L,Candiani S,Ravera S,Morelli A,Enrico Traverso C,Panfoli I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the synthesis of l-desamino-7-lysine- (fluorescein)-8-arginine-vasotocin (7-lys(flu) dAVT), and describes its biological activity in the isolated urinary bladder of the toad Bufo marinus. 7-lys(flu)dAVT was fully active in increasing bladder permeability to water. A half-maximal hydroosmotic respons...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Eggena P,Buku A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized the selectivity filter of the water channel aquaporin-1 (AQP1) of proximal straight tubules (PST), as an equivalent cylindrical structure with a diameter of approximately 4.5 A, where water molecules single file. We report here efforts to evaluate its length. PST were dissected from rabbit kidney...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Whittembury G,González E,Gutiérrez AM,Echevarría M,Hernández CS

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A history of the early development of the confocal laser scanning microscope in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is presented. The rapid uptake of this technology is explained by the wide use of fluorescence in the 80s. The key innovations were the scanning of the light beam over the specimen rathe...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Amos WB,White JG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00