Cleavage of a hydrophilic C-terminal domain increases growth-inhibitory activity of oncostatin M.

abstract：:Individuals with the inherited cancer predisposition syndrome neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) develop several central nervous system (CNS) malignancies, including glial cell neoplasms (ependymomas). Recent studies have suggested that the NF2 protein, merlin (or schwannomin), may regulate receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Houshmandi SS,Emnett RJ,Giovannini M,Gutmann DH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the 5'-flanking region of one of the genes coding for the human acute-phase protein, serum amyloid A (SAA). We found that SAA mRNA could be increased fivefold in transfected cells by treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). To analyze this observation further, we placed a 265-base-pair 5'...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Edbrooke MR,Burt DW,Cheshire JK,Woo P

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fred Sherman was a prominent yeast geneticist and my mentor in graduate school. Fred passed away in September 2013 at the age of 81. In this minireview, I describe what it was like to know Fred and be in his lab from 1977 to 1982, the extraordinarily exciting time when the recombinant DNA revolution hit yeast genetics...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Zaret KS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation-controlled J protein (MCJ) is a newly identified member of the DnaJ family of cochaperones. Hypermethylation-mediated transcriptional silencing of the MCJ gene has been associated with increased chemotherapeutic resistance in ovarian cancer. However, the biology and function of MCJ remain unknown. Here we ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hatle KM,Neveu W,Dienz O,Rymarchyk S,Barrantes R,Hale S,Farley N,Lounsbury KM,Bond JP,Taatjes D,Rincón M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide evidence that the human DNA ligase III gene encodes a mitochondrial form of this enzyme. First, the DNA ligase III cDNA contains an in-frame ATG located upstream from the putative translation initiation start site. The DNA sequence between these two ATG sites encodes an amphipathic helix similar to previous...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lakshmipathy U,Campbell C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, is known to mediate a wide variety of pharmacological and toxicological effects caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Recent studies have revealed that AhR is involved in the normal development and homeostasis of many organs. Here, we demo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sekine H,Mimura J,Oshima M,Okawa H,Kanno J,Igarashi K,Gonzalez FJ,Ikuta T,Kawajiri K,Fujii-Kuriyama Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using competition mobility shift, methylation interference, and proteolytic clipping DNA binding assays, we demonstrate that the protein binding the major histocompatibility complex A beta CCAAT box is indistinguishable from the protein previously named NF-Y, which binds the major histocompatibility complex E alpha CC...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kern MJ,Woodward JG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATM protein has been implicated in pathways controlling cell cycle checkpoints, radiosensitivity, genetic instability, and aging. Expression of ATM fragments containing a leucine zipper motif in a human tumor cell line abrogated the S-phase checkpoint after ionizing irradiation and enhanced radiosensitivity and ch...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Morgan SE,Lovly C,Pandita TK,Shiloh Y,Kastan MB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) increases in cancer cells during hypoxia. Herein, we report that the MDM2 oncoprotein plays a role in hypoxia-mediated VEGF upregulation. In studying the characteristics of MDM2 and VEGF expression in neuroblastoma cells, we found that hypoxia induced significant...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Zhou S,Gu L,He J,Zhang H,Zhou M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules in yeast are essential components of the mitotic and meiotic spindles and are essential for nuclear movement during cell division and mating. The relative importance in these processes of the two divergent alpha-tubulin genes of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TUB1 and TUB3, was examined throu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Schatz PJ,Solomon F,Botstein D

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination of skeletal muscle growth and metabolism with nutrient availability is critical for metabolic homeostasis. To establish the role of insulin-like signaling in this process, we used muscle creatine kinase (MCK)-Cre to disrupt expression of insulin receptor substrates Irs1 and Irs2 in mouse skeletal/cardiac ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Long YC,Cheng Z,Copps KD,White MF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequencing and blot hybridization analyses have been used to study the structure of a mouse VL30 gene and the molecular nature of VL30-related RNA which is induced upon the stimulation of cultured AKR mouse embryo cells with defined peptide growth factors. An integrated mouse VL30 gene was found to contain identic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hodgson CP,Elder PK,Ono T,Foster DN,Getz MJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rRNA genes in most eucaryotic organisms are present in a tandem array. There is substantial evidence that transcription of one of these genes may not be independent of transcription of others. In particular, in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the enhancer of rRNA transcription that lies 2.2 kilobases 5' of the...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Johnson SP,Warner JR

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A C/EBP-like transcription factor, AGP/EBP, that binds to three distinct motifs in the 5'-flanking region of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein gene (AGP) has been identified. Here we report the cloning and properties of cDNA corresponding to mouse AGP/EBP. AGP/EBP and C/EBP share 87% amino acid sequence homology in the "leuci...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Chang CJ,Chen TT,Lei HY,Chen DS,Lee SC

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone which encodes a truncation form of the gamma subtype of the retinoic acid receptor (RAR gamma) has been isolated. The mutant RAR gamma (RAR gamma Bm382) has lost its 65 C-terminal amino acids, thus truncating a part of the dimerization and activation domains. By using a reverse transcription-coupled PCR t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Matsui T,Sashihara S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfection of a plasmid encoding the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) gene confers resistance to the antiproliferative effect of alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) in EBV-negative U968 cells (P. Aman and A. von Gabain, EMBO J. 9:147-152, 1990). We studied the expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) in ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kanda K,Decker T,Aman P,Wahlström M,von Gabain A,Kallin B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SRC family kinases play essential roles in a variety of cellular functions, including proliferation, survival, differentiation, and apoptosis. The activities of these kinases are regulated by intramolecular interactions and by heterologous binding partners that modulate the transition between active and inactive struc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burnham MR,Bruce-Staskal PJ,Harte MT,Weidow CL,Ma A,Weed SA,Bouton AH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sortilin is a member of the Vps10p domain family of neuropeptide and neurotrophin binding neuronal receptors. The family members interact with and partly share a variety of ligands and partake in intracellular sorting and protein transport as well as in transmembrane signal transduction. Thus, sortilin mediates the tr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Larsen JV,Hansen M,Møller B,Madsen P,Scheller J,Nielsen M,Petersen CM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five mouse alpha-tubulin isotypes are described, each distinguished by the presence of unique amino acid substitutions within the coding region. Most, though not all of these isotype-specific amino acids, are clustered at the carboxy terminus. One of the alpha-tubulin isotypes described is expressed exclusively in tes...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Villasante A,Wang D,Dobner P,Dolph P,Lewis SA,Cowan NJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of methanol follows a well-defined pathway and is similar for several methylotrophic yeasts. The use of methanol as the sole carbon source for the growth of Pichia pastoris stimulates the expression of a family of genes. Three methanol-responsive genes have been isolated; cDNA copies have been made from ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Ellis SB,Brust PF,Koutz PJ,Waters AF,Harpold MM,Gingeras TR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) can alter many fundamental properties of a protein. One or combinations of them have been known to regulate the dynamics of many cellular pathways and consequently regulate all vital processes. Understandably, pathogens have evolved sophisticated strategies to subvert these mecha...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Verma S,Mohapatra G,Ahmad SM,Rana S,Jain S,Khalsa JK,Srikanth CV

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spt6 is a highly conserved histone chaperone that interacts directly with both RNA polymerase II and histones to regulate gene expression. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the roles of Spt6, we performed genome-wide analyses of transcription, chromatin structure, and histone modifications in a Schizosaccharomy...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： DeGennaro CM,Alver BH,Marguerat S,Stepanova E,Davis CP,Bähler J,Park PJ,Winston F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin membranes are sheet-like extensions of oligodendrocytes that can be considered membrane domains distinct from the cell's plasma membrane. Consistent with the polarized nature of oligodendrocytes, we demonstrate that transcytotic transport of the major myelin-resident protein proteolipid protein (PLP) is a key e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Baron W,Ozgen H,Klunder B,de Jonge JC,Nomden A,Plat A,Trifilieff E,de Vries H,Hoekstra D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that expression of p57(Kip2), a potent tight-binding inhibitor of several G(1) cyclin-cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) complexes, increases markedly during C2C12 myoblast differentiation. We examined the effect of p57(Kip2) on the activity of the transcription factor MyoD. In transient transfection assays, transc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Reynaud EG,Pelpel K,Guillier M,Leibovitch MP,Leibovitch SA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragments of the TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43) are major components of intracellular aggregates associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. A variety of C-terminal fragments (CTFs) exist, with distinct N termini; however, little is known regarding their differences in metabolism and...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kasu YAT,Alemu S,Lamari A,Loew N,Brower CS

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we described a retrovirus vector that contained two genes: a 5' gene under transcriptional control of the viral long terminal repeat and a 3' gene under transcriptional control of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter. By using a biological assay, we found that expression of the 5' gene is sup...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Emerman M,Temin HM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pocket protein family of tumor suppressors, and Rb specifically, have been implicated as controlling terminal differentiation in many tissues, including the heart. To establish the biological functions of Rb in the heart and overcome the early lethality caused by germ line deletion of Rb, we used a Cre/loxP system...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： MacLellan WR,Garcia A,Oh H,Frenkel P,Jordan MC,Roos KP,Schneider MD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional electrophoretograms of newly synthesized polypeptides from low-metastatic (P29) and high-metastatic (D6) Lewis lung carcinoma cells were compared. The results showed that the synthesis of tropomyosin 2 (TM2) was significantly less in D6 cells than in P29 cells. Furthermore, suppression of TM2 synthesis...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Takenaga K,Nakamura Y,Sakiyama S

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：:Welander distal myopathy (WDM) is a muscle dystrophy characterized by adult-onset distal muscle weakness, prevalently impacting the distal long extensors of the hands and feet. WDM is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by a missense mutation (c.1362G>A; p.E384K) in the TIA1 (T-cell intracellular antigen 1) gene, wh...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Carrascoso I,Sánchez-Jiménez C,Silion E,Alcalde J,Izquierdo JM

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00