Novel functional residues in the core domain of histone H2B regulate yeast gene expression and silencing and affect the response to DNA damage.

abstract：:Three classes of E3 ubiquitin ligases, members of the Cbl, Hakai, and SOCS-Cul5-RING ligase families, stimulate the ubiquitination of phosphotyrosine-containing proteins, including receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases and their phosphorylated substrates. Because ubiquitination frequently routes proteins for degra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cooper JA,Kaneko T,Li SS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed phosphatidylinositol (PI) kinase (EC 2.7.1.67) activity in detergent extracts of nontransformed or virus-transformed cells. Nontransformed chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) contain PI kinase activity with an apparent specific activity of 20 pmol/min per mg of protein. This activity sedimented as a single pea...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sugano S,Hanafusa H

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While early steps of gene expression, such as transcription preinitiation, are known to often be rate limiting and to be regulated by such stimuli as steroid hormones, the potential impact of downstream steps, including splicing, on the mRNA production rate is unknown. In this work, we studied the effects of the trans...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bittencourt D,Dutertre M,Sanchez G,Barbier J,Gratadou L,Auboeuf D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the mechanism by which 5'-flanking sequences modulate the in vitro transcription of eucaryotic tRNA genes. Using deletion and linker substitution mutagenesis, we have found that the 5'-flanking sequences responsible for the different in vitro transcription levels of three Drosophila tRNA5Asn genes are ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lofquist AK,Garcia AD,Sharp SJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the transcriptional properties of a repetitive sequence element, BmX, that belongs to a large gene family (approximately 2 x 10(4) copies) in the genome of the Bombyx mori silkworm. We discovered BmX elements because of their ability to direct transcription by polymerase III in vitro and used them to test ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wilson ET,Condliffe DP,Sprague KU

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are indispensable organelles implicated in multiple aspects of cellular processes, including tumorigenesis. Heat shock proteins play a critical regulatory role in accurately delivering the nucleus-encoded proteins through membrane-bound presequence translocase (Tim23 complex) machinery. Although altered e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sinha D,Srivastava S,Krishna L,D'Silva P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic DNA probe designed to detect coding sequences for platelet factor 4 and connective tissue-activating peptide III (two human platelet alpha-granule proteins) was used to identify several similar sequences in total human DNA. Sequence analysis of a corresponding 3,201-base-pair EcoRI fragment isolated from a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Green CJ,Charles RS,Edwards BF,Johnson PH

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：:The expression of Id1, a helix-loop-helix protein which inhibits the activity of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, is down-regulated during cellular differentiation and cell cycle withdrawal both in tissue culture models and in mouse embryos. In order to study the mechanism of control of Idl expression, we...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tournay O,Benezra R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In in vitro splicing reactions, influenza virus NS1 mRNA was not detectably spliced, but nonetheless very efficiently formed ATP-dependent 55S complexes containing the U1, U2, U4, U5, and U6 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) (C. H. Agris, M. E. Nemeroff, and R. M. Krug, Mol. Cell. Biol. 9:259-267, 1989). We de...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Nemeroff ME,Utans U,Krämer A,Krug RM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repair of DNA single-strand breaks in mammalian cells is mediated by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1), DNA ligase IIIalpha, and XRCC1. Since these proteins are not found in lower eukaryotes, this DNA repair pathway plays a unique role in maintaining genome stability in more complex organisms. XRCC1 not only ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Leppard JB,Dong Z,Mackey ZB,Tomkinson AE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RGT1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays a central role in the glucose-induced expression of hexose transporter (HXT) genes. Genetic evidence suggests that it encodes a repressor of the HXT genes whose function is inhibited by glucose. Here, we report the isolation of RGT1 and demonstrate that it encodes a bifu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ozcan S,Leong T,Johnston M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-induced dimerization and transphosphorylation are thought to be important events by which receptor tyrosine kinases generate cellular signals. We have investigated the ability of signalling-defective, truncated fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors (FGFR-1 and FGFR-2) to block the FGF response in cells that ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li Y,Basilico C,Mansukhani A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental development initially occurs in a low-oxygen (O2) or hypoxic environment. In this report we show that two hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), HIF1alpha and HIF2alpha, are essential for determining murine placental cell fates. HIF is a heterodimer composed of HIFalpha and HIFbeta (ARNT) subunits. Placentas from...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cowden Dahl KD,Fryer BH,Mack FA,Compernolle V,Maltepe E,Adelman DM,Carmeliet P,Simon MC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein components that direct and activate accurate transcription by rat RNA polymerase I were studied in extracts of Novikoff hepatoma ascites cells. A minimum of at least two components, besides RNA polymerase I, that are necessary for efficient utilization of templates were identified. The first factor, rat SL...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Smith SD,Oriahi E,Lowe D,Yang-Yen HF,O'Mahony D,Rose K,Chen K,Rothblum LI

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum induction of c-jun expression in HeLa cells requires a MEF2 site at -59 in the c-jun promoter. MEF2 sites, found in many muscle-specific enhancers, are bound by a family of transcription factors, MEF2A through -D, which are related to serum response factor in their DNA binding domains. We have found that MEF2D i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Han TH,Prywes R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfection of a hamster cell mutant with human DNA corrected both the low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient phenotype and the multiple glycosylation defects of the cells. Independently transfected colonies contained a small set of common human DNA fragments. These fragments may correspond to the human analog of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kingsley DM,Sege RD,Kozarsky KF,Krieger M

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mutant mice plays a pivotal role in determining the function of genes, and the recently reported germ line transposition of the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon would provide a novel system to facilitate this approach. In this study, we characterized SB transposition in the mouse germ line and assessed its p...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Horie K,Yusa K,Yae K,Odajima J,Fischer SE,Keng VW,Hayakawa T,Mizuno S,Kondoh G,Ijiri T,Matsuda Y,Plasterk RH,Takeda J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription of meiosis-specific genes, as well as the initiation of meiosis, in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on IME1. IME1 encodes a transcriptional activator which lacks known DNA binding motifs. In this study we have determined the mode by which Ime1 specifically activates the transcripti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Rubin-Bejerano I,Mandel S,Robzyk K,Kassir Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new retrovirus vector containing the gene for hygromycin B resistance (hyg) as a selectable marker under the control of an internal simian virus 40 promoter was constructed. It was used, together with an analogous previously described vector, DO1, which contains the gene for G418 resistance, to introduce and express...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Yang Z,Korman AJ,Cooper J,Pious D,Accolla RS,Mulligan RC,Strominger JL

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural retina leucine zipper (Nrl), a key basic motif leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor, modulates rod photoreceptor differentiation by activating rod-specific target genes. In searching for factors that might couple with Nrl to modulate its transcriptional activity through posttranslational modification, we ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kim JW,Jang SM,Kim CH,An JH,Choi KH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are among the most potent and effective agents for treating inflammatory diseases and hematological cancers. However, subpopulations of patients are often resistant to steroid therapy, and determining the molecular mechanisms that contribute to glucocorticoid resistance is thus critical to addressing t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ramamoorthy S,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) plays important roles in the regulation of proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis. To identify genes responsible for maintaining the phenotype induced by TGF-beta, we performed a retrovirus-mediated gene trap screening designed to isolate TGF-beta-respo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Akiyama N,Matsuo Y,Sai H,Noda M,Kizaka-Kondoh S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrovirus vector infection was used to introduce large numbers of unique genetic markers into tumor cell populations for the purpose of analyzing comparative changes in the clonal composition of metastatic versus that of nonmetastatic tumors during their progressive growth in vivo. The cell lines used were SP1, a non...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Korczak B,Robson IB,Lamarche C,Bernstein A,Kerbel RS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the acute-phase response genes, such as that for alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (AGP), involves both positive and negative transcription factors. A positive transcription factor, AGP/EBP, and a negative transcription factor, factor B, have been identified as the two most important factors responsible for the ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Yang TH,Tsai WH,Lee YM,Lei HY,Lai MY,Chen DS,Yeh NH,Lee SC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize further the regulatory mechanism modulating the expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARG3 gene, i.e., the specific repression by arginine and the general amino acid control, we analyzed by deletion the region upstream of that gene, determined the nucleotide sequence of operator-constitutive-like ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Crabeel M,Huygen R,Verschueren K,Messenguy F,Tinel K,Cunin R,Glansdorff N

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin is a tissue-specific, developmentally regulated member of the intermediate filament protein family normally expressed in cells of mesenchymal origin. Transcription factors which recognize specific cis-acting elements of the chicken gene include Sp-1 and the 95-kDa silencer protein which binds to a 40-bp silen...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Stover DM,Zehner ZE

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 1 (IL-1) induces the synthesis of kappa immunoglobulin light chains and the expression of surface immunoglobulin in the murine pre-B-cell line 70Z/3 (J. G. Giri, P. W. Kincade, and S. B. Mizel, J. Immunol. 132:223-228, 1984). In the present study, we found that these effects of IL-1 are mimicked by cyclic ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Shirakawa F,Chedid M,Suttles J,Pollok BA,Mizel SB

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-alpha-PE40 is a hybrid protein composed of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) fused to a 40,000-dalton segment of Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE40). This hybrid protein possesses the receptor-binding activity of TGF-alpha and the cell-killing properties of PE40. These properties enable TGF-alpha-PE40 to bind...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Edwards GM,DeFeo-Jones D,Tai JY,Vuocolo GA,Patrick DR,Heimbrook DC,Oliff A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian liver development is accompanied by a transition from rapid growth in the fetus to a quiescent state in the adult. However, extensive proliferation can be induced in the adult liver by partial hepatectomy. In this study, we examined the regulation of ribosomal protein (rp) gene expression in the developing a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Aloni R,Peleg D,Meyuhas O

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00