Developmental and cellular functions of the ESCRT machinery in pluricellular organisms.

abstract：:A series of analogs of vasopressin with photoreactive groups in positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 or 9 of the nonapeptide sequence have been studied for their effects on water and urea permeability of the isolated toad urinary bladder. Compounds with photoreactive groups in positions 3 or 8 bound covalently to receptors as judg...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Eggena P,Ma CL,Fahrenholz F,Buku A,Schwartz IL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation, characterization, and expression of a novel cDNA encoding a Trypanosoma cruzi polypeptide (TcAc2), homologous to various small stress proteins and glutathione S-transferases, are described. The deduced amino-acid sequence revealed two domains sharing 27% identity and an additional 27% similarity to each...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Schöneck R,Plumas-Marty B,Taibi A,Billaut-Mulot O,Loyens M,Gras-Masse H,Capron A,Ouaissi A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Caspases are cysteine proteases that mediate apoptosis (programmed cell death) initiation and execution. Apoptosis is a conserved mechanism shared by all metazoans, although its physiological function and complexity show considerable taxon-dependent variations. To gain insight into the caspase re...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Weill M,Philips A,Chourrout D,Fort P

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and scar homolog (WASH) complex is the major Arp2/3 activator at the surface of endosomes. The branched actin network, that the WASH complex induces, contributes to cargo sorting and scission of transport intermediates destined for most endosomal routes. A maj...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Helfer E,Harbour ME,Henriot V,Lakisic G,Sousa-Blin C,Volceanov L,Seaman MNJ,Gautreau A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During wound-healing in cultured frog skin fragments, fibronectin (FN) was detected in the dermal-epidermal junction. Intracellular fibronectin was stained using permeabilization and DAB immunoperoxidase. With electron microscopy intracytoplasmic FN granules were localized in the epidermal processes of the stratum ger...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Denefle JP,Zhu QL,Lechaire JP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane (TIM) imports most of the nucleus-encoded proteins that are destined for the matrix, inner membrane (IM) and the intermembrane space (IMS). Trypanosoma brucei, the infectious agent for African trypanosomiasis, possesses a unique TIM complex consisting of se...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Singha UK,Tripathi A,Smith JT Jr,Quinones L,Saha A,Singha T,Chaudhuri M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensory organs of the vertebrate head derive from two embryological structures, the neural crest and the ectodermal placodes. Although quite a lot is known about the secreted and transcription factors that regulate neural crest development, until recently little was known about the molecular pathways that regulate...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Brugmann SA,Moody SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:PCD (programmed cell death) is a common mechanism to remove unwanted and excessive cells from organisms. In several exocrine cell types, PCD mode of release of secretory products has been reported. The molecular mechanism of the release, however, is largely unknown. Our aim was to study the molec...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Pirger Z,Rácz B,Kiss T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity according to the STAPUT system of Miller and Phillips was applied to a population of rabbit megakaryocytes previously enriched by density gradient centrifugation. By this means, 80,000 to 100,000 megakaryocytes with 100% purity were collected in eight fractions acco...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dupont H,Dupont MA,Bricaud H,Boisseau MR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The assembly and maintenance of cilia depend on IFT (intraflagellar transport) mediated by molecular motors and their interplay with IFT proteins. Here, we have analysed the involvement of IFT proteins in the ciliogenesis of mammalian photoreceptor cilia. RESULTS:Electron microscopy revealed tha...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Sedmak T,Wolfrum U

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:CLEM (correlative live cell and electron microscopy) seeks to bridge the data acquired with different imaging strategies, typically between light microscopy and electron microscopy. It has been successfully applied in cell cultures, although its use in multicellular systems is hampered by difficu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kolotuev I,Schwab Y,Labouesse M

更新日期：2009-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral line of the zebrafish has many of the advantages that made the sensory organs of Drosophila a very productive model system: 1) it comprises a set of discrete sense organs (neuromasts) arranged in a defined, species-specific pattern, such that each organ can be individually recognized; 2) the neuromasts are...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dambly-Chaudière C,Sapède D,Soubiran F,Decorde K,Gompel N,Ghysen A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many cell types, microtubules are preferentially associated with the Golgi apparatus. However, the existence of a functional link between these two organelles is still hypothetical. To gain insight into this question, the relationships between microtubules and the Golgi apparatus were studied in rat hepatocytes dur...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Maurice M,Bellon B,Mahu JL,Feldmann G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the purpose of investigating the nature of the nervous factor which controls cell proliferation in limb blastema of Newts, we have cultured primary mesenchymous cells from limb blastemas of Axolotl. The cultures were carried out in Petri dishes (Primaria, Falcon) with a basal medium with contained diluted MEM supp...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Albert P,Boilly B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bistramide A, a new toxin isolated from a New Caledonian Urochordata, shows an antiproliferative effect on a non-small-cell lung carcinoma line in vitro and G1-blockade. In this work, the growth arrest induced by bistramide A was shown to be irreversible as assessed by growth kinetics of pretreated cells. Furthermore,...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Riou D,Roussakis C,Robillard N,Biard JF,Verbist JF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quick-freeze, freeze-fracture, deep-etching and rotary replication techniques were used to analyze the structural organization of Giardia duodenalis. The surface of the flagella was rugous, in contrast to the cell body surface which was smooth. The ventral region was characterized in more detail, exposing the laye...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kattenbach WM,Diniz Junior JA,Benchimol M,de Souza W

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied mechanisms that mediate recognition of human erythrocytes (HRBC) and sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) by rat liver macrophages. We used an in vitro cell binding assay that allows spontaneous formation of cell contacts. Binding of HRBC to rat macrophages shows the following characteristics: inhibition studies with ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Mohr M,Kolb H,Kolb-Bachofen V,Schlepper-Schäfer J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The role of the jelly coat that surrounds the amphibian oocytes has been widely discussed, but is poorly understood. The presence of the jelly coat is essential for fertilization. However, the structure and function of the molecules that comprise the jelly coat have not been thoroughly documented...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Krapf D,Vidal M,Arranz SE,Cabada MO

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:αvβ5 integrin and Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) receptors reside at the apical surface of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the eye to promote the diurnal, synchronised phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segment fragments (POS) that is critical for vision. Phagocytosis assays studying R...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Nandrot EF,Silva KE,Scelfo C,Finnemann SC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Netrin-1 is a bi-functional cue that attracts or repels different classes of neurons during development. The netrin-1 receptor DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) acts as a tyrosine kinase-associated receptor to mediate the attractive response towards netrin-1. The lipid raft-localized Src family ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Petrie RJ,Zhao B,Bedford F,Lamarche-Vane N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step of polyamine uptake is the binding of polyamines to the cell membrane. In order to characterize the specificity of the putrescine binding sites at the surface of the glioblastoma cells (U251), we have carried out competition experiments between putrescine bound to latex microspheres and vizualized by sc...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Quemener V,Moulinoux JP,Khan NA,Seiler N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:NPY (neuropeptide Y) may have an effect on the properties of vascular endothelial cells such as pro-angiogenic effects and potentiation of noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction. In HUVEC (human umbilical-vein endothelial cells), immunoreactive neuropeptide Y has been detected, but NPY synthesis,...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Silva AP,Kaufmann JE,Vivancos C,Fakan S,Cavadas C,Shaw P,Brunner HR,Vischer U,Grouzmann E

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic-like events could be rapidly induced by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in cells of the mouse plasmacytoma cell line MPC-11 grown in serum-free medium. Indicators for apoptosis were morphological changes visualized by light and electron microscopy, such as chromatin condensation ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Giese G,Schmidt J,Gilbert M,Albrecht R,Traub P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:During apoptosis, the first morphological change is a distinct cell shrinkage known as the AVD (apoptotic volume decrease). This event is driven by a loss of intracellular K(+), which creates an osmotic gradient, drawing water out of the cell through AQPs (aquaporins). Loss of water in balance wi...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jablonski EM,Hughes FM Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since almost two decades, it is known that progesterone is responsible of the release of the prophase I arrest of amphibian oocytes and leads to the activation of the universal MPF, through a puzzling transduction pathway. It involves negative regulation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and synthesis of new ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Karaiskou A,Dupré A,Haccard O,Jessus C

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several transformed cells have been demonstrated to secrete growth factors. We studied the effect of conditioned medium from neoplastic rat pleural mesothelial cells on normal and neoplastic mesothelial cell growth. The results showed that the concentrated conditioned medium stimulated neoplastic mesothelial cell grow...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Van der Meeren A,Levy F,Bignon J,Jaurand MC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LDs (lipid droplets) have long been considered as inert particles used by the cells to store fatty acids and sterols as esterified non-toxic lipid species (i.e. triacylglycerols and steryl esters). However, accumulating evidence suggests that LDs behave as a dynamic compartment, which is involved in the regulation of ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Hapala I,Marza E,Ferreira T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cdc25 proteins are universally involved in the control of cell division. Using an original method of sequence analysis, cdc25 proteins from different sources were compared to protein phosphatases. Protein phosphatases could clearly be characterized as two distinct protein families, the phospho-seryl/threonyl phosphata...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Bellé R,Ollivier E,Guerrucci MA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:MTA1 (metastasis-associated gene 1) has been reported to be overexpressed in cancers with high potential to metastasize. Studies of the molecular mechanisms revealed that MTA1 plays an important role in the process of metastasis of many types of cancer. However, the role of MTA1 in melanoma devel...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Qian H,Yu J,Li Y,Wang H,Song C,Zhang X,Liang X,Fu M,Lin C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures of cells from breast carcinomas were attempted in 74 cases. Growth was observed in 46 cases. Using immunochemical demonstration of keratin proteins (KER), epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), three morphologically distinct cell populations were characterized and descri...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Muller D,Fricker JP,Millon-Collard R,Abecassis J,Pusel J,Eber M,Methlin G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00