Normal establishment of epithelial tight junctions in mice and cultured cells lacking expression of ZO-3, a tight-junction MAGUK protein.

abstract：:The fibroblast integrin alpha11beta1 is a key receptor for fibrillar collagens. To study the potential function of alpha11 in vivo, we generated a null allele of the alpha11 gene. Integrin alpha11(-/-) mice are viable and fertile but display dwarfism with increased mortality, most probably due to severely defective in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Popova SN,Barczyk M,Tiger CF,Beertsen W,Zigrino P,Aszodi A,Miosge N,Forsberg E,Gullberg D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The micronemal protein 2 (MIC2) of Toxoplasma gondii shares sequence and structural similarities with a series of adhesive molecules of different apicomplexan parasites. These molecules accumulate, through a yet unknown mechanism, in secretory vesicles (micronemes), which together with tubular and membrane structures ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Di Cristina M,Spaccapelo R,Soldati D,Bistoni F,Crisanti A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD26 is a T-cell costimulatory molecule with dipeptidyl peptidase IV enzyme activity in its extracellular region. We have previously reported that the addition of recombinant soluble CD26 resulted in enhanced proliferation of human T lymphocytes induced by the recall antigen tetanus toxoid (TT) via upregulation of CD8...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ohnuma K,Yamochi T,Uchiyama M,Nishibashi K,Iwata S,Hosono O,Kawasaki H,Tanaka H,Dang NH,Morimoto C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified poly(A)-binding protein 1 (PABP1) as a ligand for paxillin and shown that the paxillin-PABP1 complex undergoes nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. By targeting the paxillin-binding subdomain sequences in PABP1, we have generated mutants of PABP1 that do not bind to cellular paxillin. Here we rep...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Woods AJ,Kantidakis T,Sabe H,Critchley DR,Norman JC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SNAIL transcription factor contains C-terminal tandem zinc finger motifs and an N-terminal SNAG repression domain. The members of the SNAIL family have recently emerged as major contributors to the processes of development and metastasis via the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition events during embryon...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hou Z,Peng H,Ayyanathan K,Yan KP,Langer EM,Longmore GD,Rauscher FJ 3rd

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The products of c-fos and c-jun (Fos and Jun) function in gene regulation by interacting with the AP-1 binding site. Here we have examined the contribution of Fos and Jun toward transcriptional activity by using Fos and Jun polypeptides purified from Escherichia coli. Fos contained a transcriptional activation domain ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Abate C,Luk D,Gagne E,Roeder RG,Curran T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, glycogen serves as a major storage carbohydrate. In a previous study, mutants with altered glycogen metabolism were isolated on the basis of the altered iodine-staining properties of colonies. We found that when glycogen produced by strains carrying the glc-1p (previously called ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Rowen DW,Meinke M,LaPorte DC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the normal human erbB-2 gene is potently transforming when overexpressed in NIH 3T3 cells, its rat homolog, the neu gene, seems to acquire transforming properties only upon alteration of its coding sequence. In this study, we compared the effects of different levels of expression of normal erbB-2 and neu in NIH ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Di Marco E,Pierce JH,Knicley CL,Di Fiore PP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src homology 2-containing phosphotyrosine phosphatase (SHP2) is primarily a positive effector of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. However, the molecular mechanism by which SHP2 effects its biological function is unknown. In this report, we provide evidence that defines the molecular mechanism and site of action...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Agazie YM,Hayman MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of our knowledge on adipogenesis comes from cell culture models of preadipocyte differentiation. Adipogenesis is induced by treating confluent preadipocytes with the adipogenic cocktail, which activates transcription factors (TFs) glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and CREB within minutes and increases expression of TF...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Park YK,Wang L,Giampietro A,Lai B,Lee JE,Ge K

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bright/Arid3a has been characterized both as an activator of immunoglobulin heavy-chain transcription and as a proto-oncogene. Although Bright expression is highly B lineage stage restricted in adult mice, its expression in the earliest identifiable hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) population suggests that Bright might h...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Webb CF,Bryant J,Popowski M,Allred L,Kim D,Harriss J,Schmidt C,Miner CA,Rose K,Cheng HL,Griffin C,Tucker PW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse mammary epithelial cells can be transformed in primary cultures to preneoplastic and neoplastic states when treated with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU). Mammary carcinomas arising from MNU-induced hyperplastic alveolar nodules (a type of mouse mammary preneoplastic lesion) contained transforming c-Ki-ras genes whe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Miyamoto S,Sukumar S,Guzman RC,Osborn RC,Nandi S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase (APNG) null mice have been generated by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. The null status of the animals was confirmed at the mRNA level by reverse transcription-PCR and by the inability of cell extracts of tissues from the knockout (ko) animals to release 3-methyladenine ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Elder RH,Jansen JG,Weeks RJ,Willington MA,Deans B,Watson AJ,Mynett KJ,Bailey JA,Cooper DP,Rafferty JA,Heeran MC,Wijnhoven SW,van Zeeland AA,Margison GP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic Spt4-Spt5 heterodimer forms a higher-order complex with RNA polymerase II (and I) to regulate transcription elongation. Extensive genetic and functional data have revealed diverse roles of Spt4-Spt5 in coupling elongation with chromatin modification and RNA-processing pathways. A mechanistic understandi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Meyer PA,Li S,Zhang M,Yamada K,Takagi Y,Hartzog GA,Fu J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone methylation is an important posttranslational modification that contributes to chromatin-based processes including transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, and epigenetic inheritance. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, histone lysine methylation occurs on histone H3 lysines 4, 36, and 79, and its de...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Klose RJ,Gardner KE,Liang G,Erdjument-Bromage H,Tempst P,Zhang Y

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse cytochrome P1450 (CYP1A1) gene is responsible for the metabolism of numerous carcinogens and toxic chemicals. Induction by the environmental contaminant tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) requires a functional aromatic hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor. We examined the 5'-flanking region of the CYP1A1 gene in mouse ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Neuhold LA,Shirayoshi Y,Ozato K,Jones JE,Nebert DW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen-dependent binding of a protein to the upstream region of the chicken vitellogenin gene was detected by using in vivo dimethyl sulfate, genomic DNase I, and in vitro exonuclease III footprinting. The site is located between base pairs -848 and -824, and its sequence resembles that of the nuclear factor I b...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bakker O,Philipsen JN,Hennis BC,Ab G

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent of its antiapoptotic function, Bcl-2 can, through an undetermined mechanism, retard entry into the cell cycle. Cell cycle progression requires the phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) of retinoblastoma protein (pRB) family members to free E2F transcription factors. We have explored whether re...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Vairo G,Soos TJ,Upton TM,Zalvide J,DeCaprio JA,Ewen ME,Koff A,Adams JM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme that hydrolyzes one PPi bond of the cap structure of mRNA, yielding m7GDP and 5'-p RNA was purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to a stage suitable for characterization. The specificity of the enzyme was studied, using both yeast mRNA and synthetic RNAs labeled in the cap structure. A synthetic capped RNA ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Stevens A

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-catenin, an integral part of cadherin-catenin adhesion complexes, is a major binding partner of beta-catenin, a key component of the Wnt pathway, which activates T-cell factor (TCF)/lymphoid enhancer factor (LEF) transcription and is often upregulated in cancers. Recently, we identified an alpha-catenin-related ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Merdek KD,Nguyen NT,Toksoz D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation is a fundamental step in gene expression, and translational control is exerted in many developmental processes. Most eukaryotic mRNAs are translated by a cap-dependent mechanism, which requires recognition of the 5'-cap structure of the mRNA by eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E). eIF4E act...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hernández G,Miron M,Han H,Liu N,Magescas J,Tettweiler G,Frank F,Siddiqui N,Sonenberg N,Lasko P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opposing effects on proliferation mediated by G-protein-coupled receptor isoforms differing in their COOH termini could be correlated with the abilities of the receptors to differentially activate p38, implicated in apoptotic events, or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K), which provides a source of survival si...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sellers LA,Alderton F,Carruthers AM,Schindler M,Humphrey PP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TRIF is an essential adaptor for Toll-like receptor 3/4 (TLR3/4) signaling to activate transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF-3). We examined the molecular mechanism of TLR3 signaling and found that TLR3 stimulation by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces phosphorylation of TRIF at Ser210 and is requi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Abe H,Satoh J,Shirasaka Y,Kogure A,Kato H,Ito S,Fujita T

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The full-length versions of the Ras-specific exchange factors Ras-GRF1 (GRF1) and Ras-GRF2 (GRF2), which are expressed in brain and a restricted number of other organs, possess an ionomycin-dependent activation of Erk mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in 293T cells (C. L. Farnsworth et al., Nature 376:524-527,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Anborgh PH,Qian X,Papageorge AG,Vass WC,DeClue JE,Lowy DR

更新日期：1999-07-01 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 homeobox gene HOXA9 has recently been shown to be an important regulator of endothelial cell (EC) differentiation and activation in addition to its role in embryonic development and hematopoiesis. In this report, we have determined that the EC-leukocyte adhesion molecule E-selectin is a key target for HOXA9. The d...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bandyopadhyay S,Ashraf MZ,Daher P,Howe PH,DiCorleto PE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivating mutations within the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene predispose patients to develop a variety of highly vascularized tumors. pVHL targets alpha subunits of the heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a critical regulator of energy metabolism, angiogenesis, hematopo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Mack FA,Patel JH,Biju MP,Haase VH,Simon MC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear hormone receptor coregulator (NRC) is a 2,063-amino-acid coregulator of nuclear hormone receptors and other transcription factors (e.g., c-Fos, c-Jun, and NF-kappaB). We and others have generated C57BL/6-129S6 hybrid (C57/129) NRC(+/-) mice that appear outwardly normal and grow and reproduce. In contrast, homo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Mahajan MA,Das S,Zhu H,Tomic-Canic M,Samuels HH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite distinct dissimilarities, diverse cancers express several common protumorigenic traits. We present here evidence that the proapoptotic protein Par-4 utilizes one such common tumorigenic trait to become selectively activated and induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Elevated protein kinase A (PKA) activity noted in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Gurumurthy S,Goswami A,Vasudevan KM,Rangnekar VM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative-feedback loops between transcription factors and repressors in responses to xenobiotics, oxidants, heat, hypoxia, DNA damage, and infection have been described. Although common, the function of feedback is largely unstudied. Here, we define a negative-feedback loop between the Caenorhabditis elegans detoxific...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Leung CK,Wang Y,Deonarine A,Tang L,Prasse S,Choe KP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00