A novel protein factor is required for use of distal alternative 5' splice sites in vitro.

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：:To analyze determinants within the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit that contribute to differential ouabain sensitivity, we constructed and expressed a panel of chimeric cDNA molecules between ouabain-resistant and ouabain-sensitive alpha subunit cDNAs. When introduced into ouabain-sensitive monkey CV-1 cells, ouabain-resist...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Emanuel JR,Graw S,Housman D,Levenson R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the putative proto-oncogene bcl-3 is an I kappa B-like molecule with novel binding properties specific for a subset of the rel family of transcriptional regulators. In vitro, Bcl-3 protein specifically inhibited the DNA binding of both the homodimeric NF-kappa B p50 subunit and a closely related homolog...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Nolan GP,Fujita T,Bhatia K,Huppi C,Liou HC,Scott ML,Baltimore D

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA sequence encoding the A chain of ricin toxin (RTA) from the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, was placed under GAL1 promoter control and transformed into Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Induction of expression of RTA was lethal. This lethality was the basis for a selection of mutations in RTA which inactivated the ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Frankel A,Schlossman D,Welsh P,Hertler A,Withers D,Johnston S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-abl protooncogene is unusual in two respects; it has multiple, widely space N-terminal coding exons transcribed by different promoters, and it is the target of the translocations that form the Philadelphia chromosome found in cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia patients. To understand the organization of the g...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bernards A,Rubin CM,Westbrook CA,Paskind M,Baltimore D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TFIID, comprising the TATA box binding protein (TBP) and 13 TBP-associated factors (TAFs), plays a role in nucleation in the assembly of the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes on protein-encoding genes. TAFs are shared among other transcription regulatory complexes (e.g., SAGA, TBP-free TAF-containing complex [...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Soutoglou E,Demény MA,Scheer E,Fienga G,Sassone-Corsi P,Tora L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complex containing both U11 and U12 RNAs has been identified in HeLa cell extracts. This U11/U12 snRNP complex can be visualized on glycerol gradients, on native polyacrylamide gels, and by selection with antisense 2'-O-methyl oligoribonucleotides. RNase H-mediated degra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wassarman KM,Steitz JA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multisubunit yeast transcription factor IIIC (TFIIIC) is a multifunctional protein required for promoter recognition, transcription factor IIIB recruitment, and chromatin antirepression. We report the isolation and characterization of TFC7, an essential gene encoding the 55-kDa polypeptide, tau55, present in affin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Manaud N,Arrebola R,Buffin-Meyer B,Lefebvre O,Voss H,Riva M,Conesa C,Sentenac A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional protein gels were used to systematically assess changes in gene expression in Friend erythroleukemia cells after exposure to inducers of differentiation. A rapid decrease in expression of the stress protein HSP70 was observed after exposure to inducers. The kinetics of this change suggest that it may b...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hensold JO,Housman DE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the role of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T and small t antigens in tumorigenesis in animals, we generated transgenic mice which expressed either both the SV40 large T and small t antigens or the SV40 large T antigen alone under the control of the mouse mammary tumor virus long terminal repeat. The mouse mam...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Choi YW,Lee IC,Ross SR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains carrying temperature-sensitive mutations in the CDC2 gene after incubation at the restrictive temperature contains multiple stably denatured regions 200 to 700 base pairs long. These regions are probably stabilized by a DNA-binding protein. They are found in both repl...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Conrad MN,Newlon CS

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast gene MCK1 encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase that is thought to function in regulating kinetochore activity and entry into meiosis. Disruption of MCK1 confers a cold-sensitive phenotype, a temperature-sensitive phenotype, and sensitivity to the microtubule-destabilizing drug benomyl and leads to loss ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Puziss JW,Hardy TA,Johnson RB,Roach PJ,Hieter P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) are key in the regulation of blood pressure and the engagement of vascular pathologies, such as hypertension, arterial remodeling, and neointima formation. The role of the Rac1 GTPase in these cells remains poorly characterized. To clarify this issue, we have utilized genetically e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Fabbiano S,Menacho-Márquez M,Sevilla MA,Albarrán-Juárez J,Zheng Y,Offermanns S,Montero MJ,Bustelo XR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic aminotransferase II, product of the ARO9 gene, catalyzes the first step of tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosine catabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ARO9 expression is under the dual control of specific induction and nitrogen source regulation. We have here identified UASaro, a 36-bp upstream element ne...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Iraqui I,Vissers S,André B,Urrestarazu A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA end-labeling procedures were used to analyze both the frequency and distribution of DNA strand breaks in mammalian cells exposed or not to different types of DNA-damaging agents. The 3' ends were labeled by T4 DNA polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide exchange carried out in the absence or presence of Escherichia coli e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Legault J,Tremblay A,Ramotar D,Mirault ME

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase is a cytoplasmic signaling molecule recruited to the membrane by activated growth factor receptors. The p85 subunit of PI 3-kinase links the catalytic p110 subunit to activated growth factor receptors and is required for enzymatic activity of p110. In this report, we describe the eff...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Klippel A,Reinhard C,Kavanaugh WM,Apell G,Escobedo MA,Williams LT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new and rapid purification procedure has been developed for the mammalian 70,000-dalton (70-kDa) heat-shock (or stress) proteins. Both the constitutive 73-kDa protein and the stress-induced 72-kDa protein have been purified by a two-step procedure employing DE52 ion-exchange chromatography followed by affinity chrom...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Welch WJ,Feramisco JR

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The slow/cardiac troponin C (cTnC) gene is expressed in three distinct striated muscle lineages: cardiac myocytes, embryonic fast skeletal myotubes, and adult slow skeletal myocytes. We have reported previously that cTnC gene expression in cardiac muscle is regulated by a cardiac-specific promoter/enhancer located in ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Parmacek MS,Ip HS,Jung F,Shen T,Martin JF,Vora AJ,Olson EN,Leiden JM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposons comprise a large fraction of genomic DNAs of many organisms. Many L1 elements are active and may generate potentially deleterious mutations by inserting into genes, yet little is known about the control of retrotransposition by the host. Here we examined whether retrotransposition depends ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Shi X,Seluanov A,Gorbunova V

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses have evolved complex transcriptional enhancers and promoters that allow their replication in a wide range of tissue and cell types. Embryonic stem (ES) cells, however, characteristically suppress transcription of proviruses formed after infection by exogenous retroviruses and also of most members of the v...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Schlesinger S,Goff SP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yju2 is an essential splicing factor required for the first catalytic step after the action of Prp2. We dissected the structure of Yju2 and found that the amino (Yju2-N) and carboxyl (Yju2-C) halves of the protein can be separated and reconstituted for Yju2 function both in vivo and in vitro. Yju2-N has a weak affinit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Chiang TW,Cheng SC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the endogenous mouse metallothionein I and II (MT-I and MT-II) genes by heavy metals and glucocorticoids was studied in cultured mouse cells. Both mRNAs were measured simultaneously by solution hybridization with [3H]MT-I cDNA and [32P]MT-II cDNA, and the absolute amount of each mRNA was calculated by us...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Yagle MK,Palmiter RD

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Drosophila tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factors (TRAF), DTRAF1 and DTRAF2, are proposed to have similar functions with their mammalian counterparts as a signal mediator of cell surface receptors. However, their in vivo functions and related signaling pathways are not fully understood yet. Here, we sho...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cha GH,Cho KS,Lee JH,Kim M,Kim E,Park J,Lee SB,Chung J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the abilities of different transactivation domains to stimulate the initiation and elongation (postinitiation) steps of RNA polymerase II transcription in vivo. Nuclear run-on and RNase protection analyses revealed three classes of activation domains: Sp1 and CTF stimulated initiation (type I); human i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Blau J,Xiao H,McCracken S,O'Hare P,Greenblatt J,Bentley D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report in vivo analysis of histone and RNA polymerase II (pol II) occupancy at the 601 element, which functions as a strong in vitro nucleosome-positioning element and transcriptional pause site. Surprisingly, nucleosomes were not strongly positioned over the 601 element inserted either within a yeast chromosomal o...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Perales R,Zhang L,Bentley D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Polycomb group proteins are involved in maintenance of the silenced state of several developmentally regulated genes. These proteins form large aggregates with different subunit compositions. To explore the nature of these complexes and their function, we used the full-length Eed (embryonic ectoderm development) p...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Denisenko O,Shnyreva M,Suzuki H,Bomsztyk K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that Rho kinase is required for sustained ERK signaling and the consequent mid-G(1) phase induction of cyclin D1 in fibroblasts. The results presented here indicate that these Rho kinase effects are mediated by the formation of stress fibers and the consequent clustering of alpha5beta1 integrin. M...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Roovers K,Assoian RK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) gene was used as a model macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1)-inducible gene to investigate CSF-1 signalling pathways. Nuclear run-on analysis showed that induction of uPA mRNA by CSF-1 and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was at the transcriptional level i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Stacey KJ,Fowles LF,Colman MS,Ostrowski MC,Hume DA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose and oxygen are two of the most important molecules transferred from mother to fetus during eutherian pregnancy, and the metabolic fates of these nutrients converge at the transport and metabolism of pyruvate in mitochondria. Pyruvate enters the mitochondrial matrix through the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (M...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bowman CE,Zhao L,Hartung T,Wolfgang MJ

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem (ES) cells are defined by continuous self-renewal and pluripotency. A diverse repertoire of protein isoforms arising from alternative splicing is expressed in ES cells without defined biological roles. Sall4, a transcription factor essential for pluripotency, exists as two isoforms (Sall4a and Sa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Rao S,Zhen S,Roumiantsev S,McDonald LT,Yuan GC,Orkin SH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00