Regulation of Notch signalling by endocytosis and endosomal sorting.

abstract：:Considerable advances into the basis of RNA-polymerase-II-mediated transcriptional regulation have recently emerged. Biochemical, genetic and structural studies have contributed to novel insights into transcription, as well as the functional significance of covalent histone modifications. New details regarding transcr...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Sims RJ 3rd,Mandal SS,Reinberg D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two key processes are in the basis of morphogenesis: the spatial allocation of cell types in fields of naïve cells and the regulation of growth. Both are controlled by morphogens, which activate target genes in the growing tissue in a concentration-dependent manner. Thus the morphogen model is an intrinsically quantit...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kicheva A,González-Gaitán M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrioles are essential microtubule-based organelles, typically present in pairs, which organize cilia and centrosomes. Their mode of biogenesis is unique for a subcellular organelle since, during cell division, each pre-existing centriole guides the formation of a new one, a process that is coordinated with DNA repl...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Meunier A,Spassky N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fusion of mouse and human genetics has now proven that intermediate filaments form a flexible scaffold essential for structuring cytoplasm in a variety of cell contexts. In some cases, the formation of this scaffold is achieved through a newly identified family of intermediate-filament-associated proteins that form ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Houseweart MK,Cleveland DW

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP regulates a myriad of cellular processes through the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A. In many cases, activation of protein kinase A leads to altered patterns of gene transcription. Identification of the cAMP-response-element-binding-protein as a major nuclear substrate for protein kinase A accounts for many...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Lee KA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear mRNA export through the nuclear pore complex has been proposed to be a unidirectional, signal-mediated and energy-dependent process. Evidence exists that this process can be influenced by many factors including other steps in the pathway of cytoplasmic mRNA formation, sequences of the RNA substrate that are ei...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Maquat LE

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:Studies from the past several years have revealed that adipogenesis is controlled by an interplay of transcription factors, including members of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein family and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma. In addition to providing a new understanding of this aspect of the energy bala...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Wu Z,Puigserver P,Spiegelman BM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misfolded and mistargeted proteins in the early secretory pathway present significant risks to the cell. A diverse and integrated network of quality control pathways protects the cell from these threats. We focus on the discovery of new mechanisms that contribute to this protective network. Biochemical and structural ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Phillips BP,Gomez-Navarro N,Miller EA

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family is among the most druggable families in the human proteome. GPCRs are involved in most physiological processes, and our ability to modulate their activity is a hallmark of modern pharmacology. The means by which the activity of GPCRs can be modulated have been expanded by e...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Giguere PM,Kroeze WK,Roth BL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has become clear that many vital metabolic circuits and early developmental programs are regulated translationally. Until recently, the mechanisms underlying most of these observations were poorly understood. The past year has witnessed several important advances in the understanding of how the translational appara...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Hentze MW

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of fertilization is fundamental to the maintenance of life. The ability of unfertilized eggs and free-swimming sperm to recognize, adhere to, and fuse with each other are vital aspects of the fertilization process. Significant progress has been made recently in identifying and characterizing (glyco)protein...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Wassarman PM

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To preserve fitness in unpredictable, fluctuating environments, a range of biological systems probabilistically generate variant phenotypes--a process often referred to as 'bet-hedging', after the financial practice of diversifying assets to minimize risk in volatile markets. The molecular mechanisms enabling bet-hedg...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Weinberger LS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin in eukaryotic cells is a negatively charged polymer composed of DNA, histones, and various associated proteins. Over the past ten years, our view of chromatin has shifted from a static regular structure to a dynamic and highly variable configuration. While the details are not fully understood yet, chromatin ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Maeshima K,Ide S,Babokhov M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been viewed as bulldozers, destroying the extracellular matrix to permit normal remodeling and contribute to pathological tissue destruction and tumor cell invasion. More recently, the identification of specific matrix and non-matrix substrates for MMPs and the elucidation of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： McCawley LJ,Matrisian LM

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Classical heterochromatin chromosomal landmarks, such as centromeres and telomeres, are characterized by specific chromatin signatures. Among these, the incorporation of histone variants has recently emerged as an important feature. Using the centromere as a paradigm, we consider the role of histone variant dynamics i...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Boyarchuk E,Montes de Oca R,Almouzni G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the molecular mechanisms of target cell recognition by natural killer (NK) cells has recently progressed rapidly. NK cells express several MHC I recognizing receptors that inactivate the NK cells' functions. In pathological alterations of MHC I expression, the NK cell inhibitory receptors do not engage a...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Timonen T,Helander TS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like other spectrin repeat proteins, nesprins co-ordinate and maintain cellular architecture by linking membranous organelles to the cytoskeleton. However nuclear envelope (NE) nesprins, uniquely hardwire the nuclear lamina to the cytoskeleton and molecular motors. Emerging evidence suggests that nesprins also form a ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Mellad JA,Warren DT,Shanahan CM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consensus view on the three-dimensional structure of the F-actin filament and the relative strength of the intersubunit contacts in the filament has been established from an atomic filament model and recent three-dimensional reconstructions from electron micrographs of F-actin filaments. Functional implications of r...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Bremer A,Aebi U

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional coactivators enhance gene expression by associating with sequence-specific transcription factors and serve as the primary targets of developmental and physiological signals in diverse biological processes. Recent studies have revealed key roles for transcriptional coactivators in the control of gene ex...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Liu N,Olson EN

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral cortex is composed of hundreds of different types of neurons, which underlie its ability to perform highly complex neural processes. How cortical neurons are generated during development constitutes a major challenge in developmental neurosciences with important implications for brain repair and diseases....

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Tiberi L,Vanderhaeghen P,van den Ameele J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cell growth (cell mass increase over time) and cell division is poorly understood in animal stem cells. Recent studies in several Drosophila stem cell types have provided the tools to interrogate this relationship. In several cases (brat, mei-P26, pros, bam, lethal giant larvae, polo), mutatio...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Kohlmaier A,Edgar BA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

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：:Recently, findings regarding a group of cancer predisposition and chromosome instability syndromes, Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), the ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (A-TLD) and ataxia telangiectasia have shed light on the unexpected role of recombinational DNA repair proteins in DNA-damage-dependent cell-cycl...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Petrini JH

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:The shaping of the vertebrate embryonic body plan depends heavily on the narrowing and lengthening (convergence and extension) of embryonic tissues by cell intercalation, a process by which cells actively crawl between one another along the axis of convergence to produce a narrower, longer array. We discuss recent evi...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Skoglund P,Keller R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defining feature of eukaryotic cells is the nucleus, which houses the genome inside the nuclear envelope (NE): a double lipid bilayer that separates the nuclear and cytoplasmic materials. Although the NE is commonly viewed as a barrier that is overcome only by embedded nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that facilitate n...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Smoyer CJ,Jaspersen SL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen processing leads to binding of antigenic peptides to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, and these peptide-MHC complexes are recognized by T cells. The class I and class II MHC antigen processing pathways employ different mechanisms and patterns of intracellular transport that allow the two class...

journal_title：Current opinion in cell biology

authors： Harding CV,Geuze HJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00