Control of C. elegans hermaphrodite gonad size and shape by vab-3/Pax6-mediated regulation of integrin receptors.

abstract：:Eukaryotic morphogenesis is seeded with the establishment and subsequent amplification of polarity cues at key times during the cell cycle, often using (cyclic) nucleotide signals. We discovered that flagellum de- and repolarization in the model prokaryote Caulobacter crescentus is precisely orchestrated through at le...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Davis NJ,Cohen Y,Sanselicio S,Fumeaux C,Ozaki S,Luciano J,Guerrero-Ferreira RC,Wright ER,Jenal U,Viollier PH

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation by the proinflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a critical component of the host innate response to bacterial pathogenesis. However, the precise nature of the IFN-gamma-induced activation pathway is not known. Here we show using genome-wide expression and chromatin-binding profili...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Sonoda J,Laganière J,Mehl IR,Barish GD,Chong LW,Li X,Scheffler IE,Mock DC,Bataille AR,Robert F,Lee CH,Giguère V,Evans RM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PIWI clade Argonaute proteins silence transposon expression in animal gonads. Their target specificity is defined by bound ∼23- to 30-nucleotide (nt) PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) that are processed from single-stranded precursor transcripts via two distinct pathways. Primary piRNAs are defined by the endonuclease Zu...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Senti KA,Jurczak D,Sachidanandam R,Brennecke J

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Jun and Fos oncoproteins form a complex that regulates transcription from promoters containing AP-1 binding sites. The 'leucine zipper' domain of both Fos and Jun is necessary for the formation of the heterodimer, but the role of specific leucine residues is unclear. We have used site-specific mutagenesis to examine t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ransone LJ,Visvader J,Sassone-Corsi P,Verma IM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several previously known transcription cofactors have been demonstrated in vitro recently to be histone acetyltransferases and deacetyltransferases, suggesting that remodeling of chromatin through histone acetylation plays a fundamental role in gene regulation. Clear evidence has not yet been obtained, however, to dem...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Wang L,Liu L,Berger SL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directed cell motility is at the basis of biological phenomena such as development, wound healing, and metastasis. It has been shown that substrate attachments mediate motility by coupling the cell's cytoskeleton with force generation. However, it has been unclear how the persistence of cell directionality is facilita...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Katz ZB,Wells AL,Park HY,Wu B,Shenoy SM,Singer RH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal storage disorder galactosialidosis results from a primary deficiency of the protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA), which in turn affects the activities of beta-galactosidase and neuraminidase. Mice homozygous for a null mutation at the PPCA locus present with signs of the disease shortly after birth and ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhou XY,Morreau H,Rottier R,Davis D,Bonten E,Gillemans N,Wenger D,Grosveld FG,Doherty P,Suzuki K,Grosveld GC,d'Azzo A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeast, galactose triggers a rapid GAL4-dependent induction of galactose/melibiose regulon (GAL/MEL) gene transcription, and glucose represses this activation. We discovered that alterations in the physical state of the GAL4 protein correlate with activation and repression of the GAL/MEL genes. Using Western immunob...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Mylin LM,Bhat JP,Hopper JE

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RUNX1/AML1 is required for the development of definitive hematopoiesis, and its activity is altered by mutations, deletions, and chromosome translocations in human acute leukemia. RUNX1 function can be regulated by post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions. We show that RUNX1 is arginine-methyl...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhao X,Jankovic V,Gural A,Huang G,Pardanani A,Menendez S,Zhang J,Dunne R,Xiao A,Erdjument-Bromage H,Allis CD,Tempst P,Nimer SD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian high mobility group proteins HMG1 and HMG2 are abundant, chromatin-associated proteins whose cellular function is not known. In this study we show that these proteins can substitute for the prokaryotic DNA-bending protein HU in promoting the assembly of the Hin invertasome, an intermediate structure in H...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Paull TT,Haykinson MJ,Johnson RC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major class of bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs), along with RNA-binding protein Hfq and endoribonuclease RNase E, acts on target mRNAs through base-pairing, leading to translational repression and rapid degradation of the mRNAs. In this issue of Genes & Development, Prévost and colleagues (pp. 385-396) demonstrate by us...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Morita T,Aiba H

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is a dynamic process with frequent variations in the elongation rate. However, the physiological relevance of variations in RNAPII elongation kinetics has remained unclear. Here we show in yeast that a RNAPII mutant that reduces the transcription elongation rate causes wides...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Yague-Sanz C,Vanrobaeys Y,Fernandez R,Duval M,Larochelle M,Beaudoin J,Berro J,Labbé S,Jacques PÉ,Bachand F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Start sites of DNA replication are marked by the origin recognition complex (ORC), which coordinates Mcm2-7 helicase loading to form the prereplicative complex (pre-RC). Although pre-RC assembly is well characterized in vitro, the process is poorly understood within the local chromatin environment surrounding replicat...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Belsky JA,MacAlpine HK,Lubelsky Y,Hartemink AJ,MacAlpine DM

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When the orphan nuclear receptors TR2 and TR4, the DNA-binding subunits of the DRED repressor complex, are forcibly expressed in erythroid cells of transgenic mice, embryos exhibit a transient mid-gestational anemia as a consequence of a reduction in the number of primitive erythroid cells. GATA-1 mRNA is specifically...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tanabe O,Shen Y,Liu Q,Campbell AD,Kuroha T,Yamamoto M,Engel JD

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As in many polarized cells, spindle alignment in yeast is essential and cell cycle regulated. A key step that governs spindle alignment is the selective binding of the Kar9 protein to only one of the two spindle pole bodies (SPBs). It has been suggested that cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28, in complex with cyclin Clb4, ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Maekawa H,Schiebel E

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines ovarian transcription of the divergently oriented yolk protein genes 1 and 2 (yp1 and yp2) of Drosophila melanogaster. We report germ line transformation results demonstrating that yp1 and yp2 are transcribed in the same subpopulations of ovarian follicle cells. Our results show that this expressio...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Logan SK,Wensink PC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific recognition of splice sites within metazoan mRNA precursors (pre-mRNAs) is a potential stage for gene regulation by alternative splicing. Splicing factors of the SR protein family play a major role in this regulation, as they are required for early recognition of splice sites during spliceosome assembly. Here...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Labourier E,Bourbon HM,Gallouzi IE,Fostier M,Allemand E,Tazi J

更新日期：1999-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans caudal homolog, pal-1, is required for neurogenesis in the male tail. We show that expression of pal-1 in the postembryonic neuroblast cell V6 can be initiated by two alternate pathways. One pathway, acting in wild type, requires a regulatory element in the fifth pal-1 intron. The other path...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhang H,Emmons SW

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals alter their reproductive programs to accommodate changes in nutrient availability, yet the connections between known nutrient-sensing systems and reproductive programs are underexplored, and whether there is a mechanism that senses nucleotide levels to coordinate germline proliferation is unknown. We establish...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chi C,Ronai D,Than MT,Walker CJ,Sewell AK,Han M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Xenopus embryos, a dorsal-ventral patterning gradient is generated by diffusing Chordin/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) complexes cleaved by BMP1/Tolloid metalloproteinases in the ventral side. We developed a new BMP1/Tolloid assay using a fluorogenic Chordin peptide substrate and identified an unexpected negative...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lee HX,Mendes FA,Plouhinec JL,De Robertis EM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provides a unique opportunity to derive patient-specific stem cells with potential applications in tissue replacement therapies and without the ethical concerns of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). However, cellular senescence, which c...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lapasset L,Milhavet O,Prieur A,Besnard E,Babled A,Aït-Hamou N,Leschik J,Pellestor F,Ramirez JM,De Vos J,Lehmann S,Lemaitre JM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commitment to mitosis is regulated by a protein kinase complex called MPF. MPF is inhibited by Wee1-related kinases and activated by Cdc25 phosphatase. MPF activation further boosts Cdc25 and represses Wee1. This feedback control probably involves polo kinase. A dominant cut12.s11 mutation in the Schizosaccharomyces p...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： MacIver FH,Tanaka K,Robertson AM,Hagan IM

更新日期：2003-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To find new genes that influence liver lipid mass, we performed a genetic screen for zebrafish mutants with hepatic steatosis, a pathological accumulation of fat. The red moon (rmn) mutant develops hepatic steatosis as maternally deposited yolk is depleted. Conversely, hepatic steatosis is suppressed in rmn mutants by...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hugo SE,Cruz-Garcia L,Karanth S,Anderson RM,Stainier DY,Schlegel A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncoding RNA regulators have been implicated in almost all imaginable cellular processes. Here we review how regulatory small RNAs such as Spot42, SgrS, GlmY, and GlmZ and a cis-encoded ribozyme in glmS mRNA control sugar metabolism. Besides discussing the physiological implications, we show how the study of these mo...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Görke B,Vogel J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Export to the cytoplasm of U3 RNA transcribed from a rat U3 gene injected into the nucleus of Xenopus oocytes indicates that the biogenesis of U3 RNA, like that of the previously studied Sm-precipitable nucleoplasmic snRNAs (U1, U2, U4, and U5), includes a cytoplasmic phase. The regulation of import of the U3 snRNA in...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Baserga SJ,Gilmore-Hebert M,Yang XW

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple congenital disorders often present complex phenotypes, but how the mutation of individual genetic factors can lead to multiple defects remains poorly understood. In the present study, we used human neuroepithelial (NE) cells and CHARGE patient-derived cells as an in vitro model system to identify the function...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chai M,Sanosaka T,Okuno H,Zhou Z,Koya I,Banno S,Andoh-Noda T,Tabata Y,Shimamura R,Hayashi T,Ebisawa M,Sasagawa Y,Nikaido I,Okano H,Kohyama J

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) requires coactivators, one of which is the SRB/mediator. Whereas Srb4, an essential subunit of the SRB/mediator, is broadly required for Pol II transcription in yeast, we have shown that it is dispensable for the transcriptional activation of some genes. Here, we s...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lee DK,Kim S,Lis JT

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most eukaryotic mRNAs are translated using a cap-dependent mechanism of translation. However, approximately 10% of mammalian mRNAs initiate translation using a cap-independent mechanism that is not well understood. These mRNAs contain an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) located in the 5' untranslated region. The cr...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Landry DM,Hertz MI,Thompson SR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of transcription factors (TFs) controlling pathways in health and disease is of paramount interest. We designed a widely applicable method, dubbed barcorded synthetic tandem repeat promoter screening (BC-STAR-PROM), to identify signal-activated TFs without any a priori knowledge about their properties. T...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gosselin P,Rando G,Fleury-Olela F,Schibler U

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres protect the ends of linear chromosomes from degradation and abnormal recombination events, and in vertebrates may be important in cellular senescence and cancer. However, very little is known about the structure of human telomeres. In this report we purify telomeres and analyze their termini. We show that fo...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Wright WE,Tesmer VM,Huffman KE,Levene SD,Shay JW

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00