The gene encoding the transcription factor SCIP has features of an expressed retroposon.

abstract：:We sought to study the binding constraints placed on the nine-zinc-finger protein transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) by a histone octamer. To this end, five overlapping fragments of the Xenopus laevis oocyte and somatic 5S rRNA genes were reconstituted into nucleosomes, and it was subsequently shown that nucleosome tr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Howe L,Ausió J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is a nuclear chromatin-associated protein with a molecular mass of 114 kDa that catalyzes the transfer of ADP-ribose units from NAD+ to nuclear proteins that are located within chromatin. We report here the identification of a novel property of PARP as a modulator of nuclea...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Miyamoto T,Kakizawa T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fms is the receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) and contains intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. Expression of exogenous Fms in a murine myeloid progenitor cell line, FDC-P1 (FD-Fms), results in M-CSF-dependent growth and macrophage differentiation. Previously, we described a 100-kDa protein that ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Liu Y,Jenkins B,Shin JL,Rohrschneider LR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence is an irreversible growth arrest and is presumed to be a natural barrier to tumor development. Like telomere shortening, certain defects in chromosome integrity can trigger senescence; however, the roles of centromere proteins in regulating commitment to the senescent state remains to be establishe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Maehara K,Takahashi K,Saitoh S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear expression and consequent biological action of the eukaryotic NF-kappa B transcription factor complex are tightly regulated through its cytoplasmic retention by an ankyrin-rich inhibitory protein termed I kappa B alpha. I kappa B alpha specifically binds to and masks the nuclear localization signal of the RelA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sun S,Elwood J,Greene WC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BamHI restriction enzyme mediates integration of nonhomologous DNA into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome (R. H. Schiestl and T. D. Petes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:7585-7589, 1991). The present study investigates the mechanism of such events: in particular, the mediating activity of various restriction enzy...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Manivasakam P,Schiestl RH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are ligand-gated ion channels that play an important role in neuronal development, plasticity, and excitotoxicity. NMDAR antagonists are neuroprotective in animal models of neuronal diseases, and the NMDAR open-channel blocker memantine is used to treat Alzheimer's disease. In v...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kahlfuß S,Simma N,Mankiewicz J,Bose T,Lowinus T,Klein-Hessling S,Sprengel R,Schraven B,Heine M,Bommhardt U

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand activation of Notch receptors leads to release of the intracellular receptor domain (Notch IC), which translocates to the nucleus and interacts with the DNA-binding protein RBP-Jkappa to control expression of specific target genes. A number of proteins have been shown to interact with Notch ICs and to modulate ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wallberg AE,Pedersen K,Lendahl U,Roeder RG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, COX5a and COX5b encode two distinct forms of cytochrome c oxidase subunit V, Va and Vb, respectively. To determine the relative contribution of COX5a and COX5b to cytochrome c oxidase function, we have disrupted each gene. Cytochrome c oxidase activity levels and respiration rates of strai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Trueblood CE,Poyton RO

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B protein is a membrane-associated phosphoprotein that possesses an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity. We recently reported that NS5A protein interacts with TRAF2 and modulates tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced NF-kappaB and Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK). Since NS5A a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Choi SH,Park KJ,Ahn BY,Jung G,Lai MM,Hwang SB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch signaling commences with two ligand-mediated proteolysis events that release the Notch intracellular domain, NICD, from the plasma membrane. NICD then translocates into the nucleus and interacts with the DNA binding protein CSL to activate transcription. We found that NICD expression also potentiates activity of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ross DA,Kadesch T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first processing step in the maturation of mouse precursor rRNA involves cleavage at nucleotide ca. +650, at the 5' border of a 200-nucleotide region that is conserved across mammals and contains the sequences that direct the processing. To identify the relevant sequence elements, we used rRNAs with small internal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Craig N,Kass S,Sollner-Webb B

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), which catalyzes the rate-limiting step for deoxyribonucleotide production required for DNA synthesis, is an alpha2beta2 tetramer consisting of two large and two small subunits. RNR2 encodes a small subunit and is essential for mitotic viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have clone...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Huang M,Elledge SJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide evidence that human SLFN5, an interferon (IFN)-inducible member of the Schlafen (SLFN) family of proteins, exhibits key roles in controlling motility and invasiveness of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. Our studies define the mechanism by which this occurs, demonstrating that SLFN5 negatively controls expr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sassano A,Mavrommatis E,Arslan AD,Kroczynska B,Beauchamp EM,Khuon S,Chew TL,Green KJ,Munshi HG,Verma AK,Platanias LC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we demonstrate that elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) by either a direct activator of adenylyl cyclase or endogenous cAMP-mobilizing G protein-coupled receptors inhibited the tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT proteins by an interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor trans-signali...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sands WA,Woolson HD,Milne GR,Rutherford C,Palmer TM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway plays crucial roles in early hindbrain formation, and its constitutive activity is associated with a subset of human medulloblastoma, a malignant childhood tumor of the posterior fossa. However, the precise function of Wnt/β-catenin signaling during cerebellar development is still e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lorenz A,Deutschmann M,Ahlfeld J,Prix C,Koch A,Smits R,Fodde R,Kretzschmar HA,Schüller U

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal (r) proteins encoded by polyadenylated RNA were specifically precipitated in vitro from polysomes by using antibodies raised against characterized Drosophila melanogaster r proteins. The immuno-purified mRNA in the polysome complex was used to prepare cDNA with which to probe a D. melanogaster genomic librar...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burns DK,Stark BC,Macklin MD,Chooi WY

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and characterized the gene encoding the late histone H1-beta subtype from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The gene contains all of the upstream sequence homologies previously seen in late H1-gamma genes. The expression of H1-beta mRNA is coordinated with that of H1-gamma mRNA, and like H1-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lai ZC,Childs G

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene is rapidly activated in response to multiple signals of stress and inflammation. We have identified transcription factors present in the TNF-alpha enhancer complex in vivo following ionophore stimulation (ATF-2/Jun and NFAT) and virus infection (ATF-2/Jun, NFAT, a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Falvo JV,Uglialoro AM,Brinkman BM,Merika M,Parekh BS,Tsai EY,King HC,Morielli AD,Peralta EG,Maniatis T,Thanos D,Goldfeld AE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-binding transcriptional activator Gal4 and its regulators Gal80 and Gal3 constitute a galactose-responsive switch for the GAL genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gal4 binds to GAL gene UASGAL (upstream activation sequence in GAL gene promoter) sites as a dimer via its N-terminal domain and activates transcripti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Egriboz O,Goswami S,Tao X,Dotts K,Schaeffer C,Pilauri V,Hopper JE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) molecules play a pivotal role in the immune system because they direct the development and activation of CD4(+) T cells. There are three human MHCII isotypes, HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and HLA-DP. Key transcription factors controlling MHCII genes have been identified by virtue o...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Peretti M,Villard J,Barras E,Zufferey M,Reith W

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown by affinity chromatography that RAP30 and RAP74 are the mammalian proteins that have the highest affinity for RNA polymerase II. Here we show that RAP30 binds to RAP74 and that the RAP30-RAP74 complex (RAP30/74) is required for accurate initiation by RNA polymerase II. RAP30/74 is required for...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burton ZF,Killeen M,Sopta M,Ortolan LG,Greenblatt J

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 7 of 37 patients with cutaneous melanoma, mutations in the N-ras gene were found. The primary tumors of these seven patients were exclusively localized on body sites continuously exposed to sunlight. Moreover, the ras mutations were all at or near dipyrimidine sites known to be targets of UV damage. Two primary tum...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： van 't Veer LJ,Burgering BM,Versteeg R,Boot AJ,Ruiter DJ,Osanto S,Schrier PI,Bos JL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SWI/SNF ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes (remodelers) perform critical functions in eukaryotic gene expression control. BAP and PBAP are the fly representatives of the two evolutionarily conserved major subclasses of SWI/SNF remodelers. Both complexes share seven core subunits, including the Brahma ATPase,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Chalkley GE,Moshkin YM,Langenberg K,Bezstarosti K,Blastyak A,Gyurkovics H,Demmers JA,Verrijzer CP

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extragenic suppressors of a new temperature-sensitive mutation (act1-4) in the actin gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated in an attempt to identify genes whose products interact directly with actin. One suppressor with a cold-sensitive growth phenotype defined the new gene, SAC7, which was mapped, cloned, se...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dunn TM,Shortle D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many types of apoptosis, the proapoptotic protein Bax undergoes a change in conformation at the level of the mitochondria. This event always precedes the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c, which, in the cytosol, activates caspases through binding to Apaf-1. The mechanisms by which Bax triggers cytochrome c rele...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Eskes R,Desagher S,Antonsson B,Martinou JC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of T-lymphocyte-mediated immune responses involves two cellular processes: entry into the cell cycle (G(0)-->G(1)) for clonal proliferation and coordinated changes in surface and secreted molecules that mediate effector functions. However, a point during G(0)-->G(1) beyond which T cells are committed to ent...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lea NC,Orr SJ,Stoeber K,Williams GH,Lam EW,Ibrahim MA,Mufti GJ,Thomas NS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal differentiation is tightly regulated by a variety of factors. In a search for neuron-specific genes, we identified a highly conserved novel zinc finger protein, ZNF536. We observed that ZNF536 is most abundant in the brain and, in particular, is expressed in the developing central nervous system and dorsal ro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Qin Z,Ren F,Xu X,Ren Y,Li H,Wang Y,Zhai Y,Chang Z

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila sine oculis and eyes absent genes synergize in compound-eye formation. The murine homologues of these genes, Six and Eya, respectively, show overlapping expression patterns during development. We hypothesized that Six and Eya proteins cooperate to regulate their target genes. Cotransfection assays were perf...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ohto H,Kamada S,Tago K,Tominaga SI,Ozaki H,Sato S,Kawakami K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cyclin D1 and the transcription factor C/EBPβ are required for mammary epithelial cell differentiation; however, the pathway in which they operate is uncertain. Previous analyses of the patterns of gene expression in human tumors suggested a connection between cyclin D1 overexpression and C/EBPβ, but whether this...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Liu Q,Boudot A,Ni J,Hennessey T,Beauparlant SL,Rajabi HN,Zahnow C,Ewen ME

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00