Genome integrity and disease prevention in the nervous system.

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：:The Hox-2 locus on chromosome 11 represents one of the major clusters of homeo-box-containing genes in the mouse. We have identified two new members (Hox-2.6 and Hox-2.7), which form part of this cluster of seven linked genes, and it appears that the Hox-2 locus is related by duplication and divergence to at least one...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Graham A,Papalopulu N,Lorimer J,McVey JH,Tuddenham EG,Krumlauf R

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of eukaryotic transcriptional activation mechanisms has been hampered by an inability to identify the direct in vivo targets of activator proteins, primarily because of lack of appropriate experimental methods. To circumvent this problem, we have developed a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FR...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Bhaumik SR,Raha T,Aiello DP,Green MR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene duplication and divergence is a major driver in the emergence of evolutionary novelties. How variations in amino acid sequences lead to loss of ancestral activity and functional diversification of proteins is poorly understood. We used cross-species functional analysis of Drosophila Labial and its mouse HOX1 orth...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Singh NP,De Kumar B,Paulson A,Parrish ME,Zhang Y,Florens L,Conaway JW,Si K,Krumlauf R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plectin, a major linker and scaffolding protein of the cytoskeleton, has been shown to be essential for the mechanical integrity of skin, skeletal muscle, and heart. Studying fibroblast and astroglial cell cultures derived from plectin (-/-) mice, we found that their actin cytoskeleton, including focal adhesion contac...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Andrä K,Nikolic B,Stöcher M,Drenckhahn D,Wiche G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human TFIIA activity is composed of three subunits (alpha, beta, gamma). Here we report the isolation of a human cDNA clone encoding the gamma-subunit and the reconstitution of TFIIA activity from recombinant polypeptides (holo-TFIIA). Protein-protein interaction analysis established that the beta and gamma subunits o...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Sun X,Ma D,Sheldon M,Yeung K,Reinberg D

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions and other chromosomal rearrangements can be generated by recombination between repeated sequences. It has been shown in a number of systems that the probability of exchange or gene conversion decreases with increasing distance between repeats. This paper examines the question of how repeats find each other, ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Singer BS

更新日期：1988-12-01 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：:Histone methylation plays an important role in regulating gene expression. One such methylation occurs at Lys 79 of histone H3 (H3K79) and is catalyzed by the yeast DOT1 (disruptor of telomeric silencing) and its mammalian homolog, DOT1L. Previous studies have demonstrated that germline disruption of Dot1L in mice res...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Nguyen AT,Xiao B,Neppl RL,Kallin EM,Li J,Chen T,Wang DZ,Xiao X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of telomerase-negative HAATI (heterochromatin amplification-mediated and telomerase-independent) cells, in which telomeres are superseded by nontelomeric heterochromatin tracts, challenged the idea that canonical telomeres are essential for chromosome linearity and raised crucial questions as to how...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Begnis M,Apte MS,Masuda H,Jain D,Wheeler DL,Cooper JP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeless (hls) gene of Drosophila is required for anteroposterior and dorsoventral axis formation during oogenesis. At a low frequency, females homozygous for mutations in hls generate early egg chambers in which the oocyte is positioned incorrectly within the cyst. At a high frequency, late-stage egg chambers exh...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gillespie DE,Berg CA

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic chromosomes reach their stable rod-shaped appearance in mitosis in a reaction dependent on the evolutionarily conserved condensin complex. Little is known about how and where condensin associates with chromosomes. Here, we analyze condensin binding to budding yeast chromosomes using high-resolution oligonuc...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： D'Ambrosio C,Schmidt CK,Katou Y,Kelly G,Itoh T,Shirahige K,Uhlmann F

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TFIID is a multisubunit protein containing the TATA box-binding polypeptide (TBP) and associated factors (TFIID-TAFs) required for activated transcription by RNA polymerase II. TBPs from different eukaryotes contain a highly conserved carboxy-terminal domain and very divergent amino-terminal domains. Earlier studies p...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhou Q,Boyer TG,Berk AJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor NF-kappaB is a critical regulator of inflammatory and cell survival signals. Proteasomal degradation of NF-kappaB subunits plays an important role in the termination of NF-kappaB activity, and at least one of the identified ubiquitin ligases is a multimeric complex containing Copper Metabolism...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Mao X,Gluck N,Li D,Maine GN,Li H,Zaidi IW,Repaka A,Mayo MW,Burstein E

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a single EGF receptor in Drosophila is contrasted by multiple ligands activating it. This work explores the role of two ligands, Spitz and Vein, in the embryonic ventral ectoderm. Spitz is a potent ligand, whereas Vein is an intrinsically weak activating ligand. We show that secreted Spitz emanating fr...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Golembo M,Yarnitzky T,Volk T,Shilo BZ

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, absence of the checkpoint kinase Mec1 (ATR) is viable upon mutations that increase the activity of the ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) complex. Whether this pathway is conserved in mammals remains unknown. Here we show that cells from mice carrying extra alleles of the RNR regulatory subuni...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lopez-Contreras AJ,Specks J,Barlow JH,Ambrogio C,Desler C,Vikingsson S,Rodrigo-Perez S,Green H,Rasmussen LJ,Murga M,Nussenzweig A,Fernandez-Capetillo O

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A core promoter element called an initiator (Inr) overlaps the transcription start site of numerous mammalian protein-coding genes. In promoters that lack a TATA box, the Inr is functionally analogous to TATA, in that it is capable of directing basal transcription by RNA polymerase II and of determining the precise si...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kaufmann J,Smale ST

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-specific protease (USP) family is the largest group of cysteine proteases. Cancer genomic analysis identified frequent amplification of USP21 (22%) in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). USP21 overexpression correlates with human PDAC progression, and enforced expression of USP21 accelerates m...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hou P,Ma X,Zhang Q,Wu CJ,Liao W,Li J,Wang H,Zhao J,Zhou X,Guan C,Ackroyd J,Jiang S,Zhang J,Spring DJ,Wang YA,DePinho RA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WD40 domain-containing protein WRAP53β (WD40 encoding RNA antisense to p53; also referred to as WDR79/TCAB1) controls trafficking of splicing factors and the telomerase enzyme to Cajal bodies, and its functional loss has been linked to carcinogenesis, premature aging, and neurodegeneration. Here, we identify WRAP5...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Henriksson S,Rassoolzadeh H,Hedström E,Coucoravas C,Julner A,Goldstein M,Imreh G,Zhivotovsky B,Kastan MB,Helleday T,Farnebo M

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint genes maintain genomic stability by arresting cells after DNA damage. Many of these genes also control cell cycle events in unperturbed cells. By conducting a screen for checkpoint genes in zebrafish, we found that dtl/cdt2 is an essential component of the early, radiation-induced G2/M checkpoint. We subseq...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Sansam CL,Shepard JL,Lai K,Ianari A,Danielian PS,Amsterdam A,Hopkins N,Lees JA

更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The contact site A glycoprotein is a developmentally regulated cell-surface component expressed during the aggregation stage of Dictyostelium discoideum. This protein has been implicated in the EDTA-stable (Ca2(+)-independent) type of cell adhesion of aggregating cells. The gene coding for the contact site A protein w...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Harloff C,Gerisch G,Noegel AA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric CNS malignancy. We identify EAG2 as an overexpressed potassium channel in MBs across different molecular and histological subgroups. EAG2 knockdown not only impairs MB cell growth in vitro, but also reduces tumor burden in vivo and enhances survival in xenograft studie...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Huang X,Dubuc AM,Hashizume R,Berg J,He Y,Wang J,Chiang C,Cooper MK,Northcott PA,Taylor MD,Barnes MJ,Tihan T,Chen J,Hackett CS,Weiss WA,James CD,Rowitch DH,Shuman MA,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the polyoma virus (PyV) origin of DNA replication was used as a sensitive assay for enhancer function in one- and two-cell mouse embryos by injecting embryos with plasmid DNA containing different PyV ori configurations, allowing them to continue development in vitro, and then measuring plasmid DNA repl...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Martínez-Salas E,Cupo DY,DePamphilis ML

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cytoplasm, the survival of motor neuron (SMN) complex delivers pre-small nuclear RNAs (pre-snRNAs) to the heptameric Sm ring for the assembly of the ring complex on pre-snRNAs at the conserved Sm site [A(U)4-6G]. Gemin5, a WD40 protein component of the SMN complex, is responsible for recognizing pre-snRNAs. In addi...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Xu C,Ishikawa H,Izumikawa K,Li L,He H,Nobe Y,Yamauchi Y,Shahjee HM,Wu XH,Yu YT,Isobe T,Takahashi N,Min J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factor IIA has been shown to interact with the TATA-binding protein and to act early during preinitiation complex formation. The human factor is composed of three subunits (alpha, beta, gamma). A human cDNA clone encoding the largest subunit of TFIIA (alpha) was isolated. The recombinant alpha polypeptid...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ma D,Watanabe H,Mermelstein F,Admon A,Oguri K,Sun X,Wada T,Imai T,Shiroya T,Reinberg D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) mRNA occurs by ribosomal internal entry into the 5'-nontranslated region (5' NTR) rather than by ribosomal scanning. The internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in the EMCV 5' NTR was determined by in vitro translation with RNAs that were generated by in vitro transcriptio...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Jang SK,Wimmer E

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin is organized into higher-order structures that form subcompartments in interphase nuclei. Different categories of specialized enzymes act on chromatin and regulate its compaction and biophysical characteristics in response to physiological conditions. We present an overview of the function of chromatin struc...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Hauer MH,Gasser SM

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 inhibitor murine double-minute gene 2 (Mdm2) is a target for potential cancer therapies, however increased p53 function can be lethal. To directly address whether reduced Mdm2 function can inhibit tumorigenesis without causing detrimental side effects, we exploited a hypomorphic murine allele of mdm2 to compar...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Mendrysa SM,O'Leary KA,McElwee MK,Michalowski J,Eisenman RN,Powell DA,Perry ME

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic RNAs with premature termination codons (PTCs) are eliminated by nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). While human nonsense RNA degradation can be initiated either by an endonucleolytic cleavage event near the PTC or through decapping, the individual contribution of these activities on endogenous substrates has rem...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Lykke-Andersen S,Chen Y,Ardal BR,Lilje B,Waage J,Sandelin A,Jensen TH

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:rhomboid (rho) belongs to a group of four genes involved in the elaboration of positional information at a ventrolateral level in the Drosophila embryo. Mutations at any of these four loci also lead to a variety of other phenotypes, including reduction in the number of stretch receptor organs (chordotonal organs) in t...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Bier E,Jan LY,Jan YN

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00