A yeast silencer contains sequences that can promote autonomous plasmid replication and transcriptional activation.

abstract：:Drugs selectively targeting CB2 hold promise for treating neurodegenerative disorders, inflammation, and pain while avoiding psychotropic side effects mediated by CB1. The mechanisms underlying CB2 activation and signaling are poorly understood but critical for drug design. Here we report the cryo-EM structure of the ...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Xing C,Zhuang Y,Xu TH,Feng Z,Zhou XE,Chen M,Wang L,Meng X,Xue Y,Wang J,Liu H,McGuire TF,Zhao G,Melcher K,Zhang C,Xu HE,Xie XQ

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrins are bifunctional: they attract some axons and repel others. Netrin receptors of the Deleted in Colorectal Cancer (DCC) family are implicated in attraction and those of the UNC5 family in repulsion, but genetic evidence also suggests involvement of the DCC protein UNC-40 in some cases of repulsion. To test whet...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Hong K,Hinck L,Nishiyama M,Poo MM,Tessier-Lavigne M,Stein E

更新日期：1999-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Coliphage N4 virion-encapsidated, DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (vRNAP) is inactive on double-stranded N4 DNA; however, denatured promoter-containing templates are accurately transcribed. We report that all determinants of vRNAP promoter recognition exist in the template strand, indicating that this enzyme is a site-sp...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Glucksmann MA,Markiewicz P,Malone C,Rothman-Denes LB

更新日期：1992-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are the resident macrophages of the CNS, and their functions have been extensively studied in various brain pathologies. The physiological roles of microglia in brain plasticity and function, however, remain unclear. To address this question, we generated CX3CR1(CreER) mice expressing tamoxifen-inducible Cre...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Parkhurst CN,Yang G,Ninan I,Savas JN,Yates JR 3rd,Lafaille JJ,Hempstead BL,Littman DR,Gan WB

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the presumed DNA mismatch repair (MMR) gene Msh2 in genome stability and tumorigenesis, we have generated cells and mice that are deficient for the gene. Msh2-deficient cells have lost mismatch binding and have acquired microsatellite instability, a mutator phenotype, and tolerance to methyl...

journal_title：Cell

authors： de Wind N,Dekker M,Berns A,Radman M,te Riele H

更新日期：1995-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human epsilon-globin gene has a number of alternative transcription-initiation sites located upstream of the canonical mRNA cap site. In three nonerythroid cell lines, "leaky" epsilon-globin transcription occurs exclusively from one of these upstream sites, the -200 cap site. Using a transient expression assay, we...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Allan M,Zhu JD,Montague P,Paul J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francis' office window (at the Salk) commanded a panorama of the Pacific. "This grand natural scene was a physical correlate of Francis's intellectual world: wide-ranging, brilliantly lit, a little overawing, but also immensely inviting and above all an exciting place to be." (Mitchison, 2004). ...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Lawrence PA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Cell, Yamamoto et al. (2005) describe a novel molecule, Shisa, which functions in the endoplastic reticulum (ER) to prevent maturation of Frizzled (Fz) serpentine receptors and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR). Shisa thus antagonizes Wnt and FGF signaling cell-autonomously, thereby promoting a...

journal_title：Cell

authors： He X

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to xeroderma pigmentosum, mutations in the human XPG gene cause early onset Cockayne syndrome (CS). Here, we provide evidence for the involvement of RAD2, the S. cerevisiae counterpart of XPG, in promoting efficient RNA polymerase II transcription. Inactivation of RAD26, the S. cerevisiae counterpart of th...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Lee SK,Yu SL,Prakash L,Prakash S

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:H2S is an endogenous gasotransmitter that plays an important role in physiological conditions. In this issue, Das et al. provide evidence that SIRT1-dependent angiogenesis is augmented by H2S-findings reinforced by Longchamp et al., who demonstrate that H2S-dependent angiogenesis is triggered by amino acid deprivation...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Arumugam TV,Kennedy BK

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:TFIIH is a multisubunit protein complex that plays an essential role in nucleotide excision repair and transcription of protein-coding genes. Here, we report that TFIIH is also required for ribosomal RNA synthesis in vivo and in vitro. In yeast, pre-rRNA synthesis is impaired in TFIIH ts strains. In a mouse, part of c...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Iben S,Tschochner H,Bier M,Hoogstraten D,Hozák P,Egly JM,Grummt I

更新日期：2002-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bcl-2 family member Bax translocates from the cytosol to mitochondria, where it oligomerizes and permeabilizes the mitochondrial outer membrane to promote apoptosis. Bax activity is counteracted by prosurvival Bcl-2 proteins, but how they inhibit Bax remains controversial because they neither colocalize nor form s...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Edlich F,Banerjee S,Suzuki M,Cleland MM,Arnoult D,Wang C,Neutzner A,Tjandra N,Youle RJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. Viral entry is mediated through viral spike protein and host ACE2 enzyme interaction. Most cases are mild; severe disease often involves cytokine storm and organ failure. Therapeutics including antivirals, immunomodulators, and va...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Oberfeld B,Achanta A,Carpenter K,Chen P,Gilette NM,Langat P,Said JT,Schiff AE,Zhou AS,Barczak AK,Pillai S

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of histones and DNA was examined in BHK cells arrested in G1 by isoleucine starvation and in cells progressing into the S phase upon isoleucine refeeding. Approximately 2-3% of the cells were not arrested in G1 and synthesized DNA. The rate of synthesis of DNA and nucleosomal histones observed in cells s...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Tarnowka MA,Baglioni C,Basilico C

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical cross-linking and DNA sequencing have revealed regions of intra-chromosomal interaction, referred to as topologically associating domains (TADs), interspersed with regions of little or no interaction, in interphase nuclei. We find that TADs and the regions between them correspond with the bands and interbands...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Eagen KP,Hartl TA,Kornberg RD

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Affordable genome sequencing technologies promise to revolutionize the field of human genetics by enabling comprehensive studies that interrogate all classes of genome variation, genome-wide, across the entire allele frequency spectrum. Ongoing projects worldwide are sequencing many thousands-and soon millions-of huma...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Lappalainen T,Scott AJ,Brandt M,Hall IM

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult skeletal muscle generates force in a controlled and directed manner through the contraction of highly specialized, postmitotic, multinucleated myofibers. Life-long muscle function relies on maintenance and regeneration of myofibers through a highly regulated process beginning with activation of normally quiescen...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Wagers AJ,Conboy IM

更新日期：2005-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte-specific protein (OSP)/claudin-11 is a recently identified transmembrane protein found in CNS myelin and testis with unknown function. Herein we demonstrate that Osp null mice exhibit both neurological and reproductive deficits: CNS nerve conduction is slowed, hindlimb weakness is conspicuous, and male...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Gow A,Southwood CM,Li JS,Pariali M,Riordan GP,Brodie SE,Danias J,Bronstein JM,Kachar B,Lazzarini RA

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional induction of heat shock genes is mediated by the heat shock transcription factor (HSF). We have investigated the oligomerization state of HSF from S. cerevisiae and find that it forms a trimer in solution and when bound to DNA. Trimerization is mediated by a region of HSF that, like the leucine zip...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Sorger PK,Nelson HC

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated the Drosophila melanogaster homolog (Dint-1) of int-1, a conserved cellular oncogene implicated in viral mammary tumorigenesis in mice. The deduced Dint-1 protein sequence contains 468 amino acids and starts with a hydrophobic leader; it is 54% identical to the int-1 sequence, and all 23 cysteine resi...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Rijsewijk F,Schuermann M,Wagenaar E,Parren P,Weigel D,Nusse R

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the molecular basis of the response of individuals of D. melanogaster to artificial selection for high and low abdominal bristles. By monitoring the fate of particular rDNA spacer length variants associated with individually isolated X and Y chromosomes, we show that flies from the low bristle number ...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Coen ES,Dover GA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the C. elegans cell death gene ced-3. A ced-3 transcript is most abundant during embryogenesis, the stage during which most programmed cell deaths occur. The predicted CED-3 protein shows similarity to human and murine interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme and to the product of the mouse nedd-2 gene, whi...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Yuan J,Shaham S,Ledoux S,Ellis HM,Horvitz HR

更新日期：1993-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Study of Asians has previously indicated that deletion of alpha-globin structural genes is the predominant lesion in alpha-thalassemias and that Hb H disease occurs when three of four normal alpha loci per cell are deleted. To test the generality of this model, Hb H disease DNAs of both Asian and non-Asian origin were...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Orkin SH,Old J,Lazarus H,Altay C,Gurgey A,Weatherall DJ,Nathan DG

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) are an important energy substrate used by cardiac myocytes and other cells, but the mechanism whereby these molecules cross the plasma membrane is poorly understood. We used an expression cloning strategy and a cDNA library from 3T3-L1 adipocytes to identify a cDNA that, when expressed i...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Schaffer JE,Lodish HF

更新日期：1994-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:SR proteins constitute a family of pre-mRNA splicing factors that play important roles in both constitutive and regulated splicing. Here, we describe one member of the family, which we call SRp38, with unexpected properties. Unlike other SR proteins, SRp38 cannot activate splicing and is essentially inactive in splici...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Shin C,Manley JL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiota produces tens of thousands of metabolites. Here, we used host sensing of small molecules by G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) as a lens to illuminate bioactive microbial metabolites that impact host physiology. We screened 144 human gut bacteria against the non-olfactory GPCRome and identif...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Chen H,Nwe PK,Yang Y,Rosen CE,Bielecka AA,Kuchroo M,Cline GW,Kruse AC,Ring AM,Crawford JM,Palm NW

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In many organisms, meiotic chromosomes are bundled at their telomeres to form a "bouquet" arrangement. The bouquet formation plays an important role in homologous chromosome pairing and therefore progression of meiosis. As meiotic telomere clustering occurs in response to mating pheromone signaling in fission yeast, w...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Chikashige Y,Tsutsumi C,Yamane M,Okamasa K,Haraguchi T,Hiraoka Y

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) bound to the G protein adenylyl cyclase stimulatory G protein (Gs) captured the complex in a nucleotide-free state (β2AR-Gsempty). Unfortunately, the β2AR-Gsempty complex does not provide a clear explanation for G protein coupling specificity. Evidence from se...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Liu X,Xu X,Hilger D,Aschauer P,Tiemann JKS,Du Y,Liu H,Hirata K,Sun X,Guixà-González R,Mathiesen JM,Hildebrand PW,Kobilka BK

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the extent and nature of genetic variation present in independent isolates of HTLV-III/LAV, the nucleotide sequences of the entire envelope gene and parts of gag and pol were determined for two AIDS viruses. The results indicated that variation throughout the viral genome is extensive and that the envelop...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Starcich BR,Hahn BH,Shaw GM,McNeely PD,Modrow S,Wolf H,Parks ES,Parks WP,Josephs SF,Gallo RC

更新日期：1986-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated mice carrying a germline mutation in the tyrosine kinase catalytic domain of the trkB gene. This mutation eliminates expression of gp145trkB, a protein-tyrosine kinase that serves as the signaling receptor for two members of the nerve growth factor family of neurotrophins, brain-derived neurotrophic ...

journal_title：Cell

authors： Klein R,Smeyne RJ,Wurst W,Long LK,Auerbach BA,Joyner AL,Barbacid M

更新日期：1993-10-08 00:00:00