Histochemical and biochemical studies of cholinesterases in the carotid labyrinth of amphibians.

abstract：:ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins, concentrated in actin rich cell-surface structures, cross-link actin filaments with the plasma membrane. They are involved in the formation of microvilli, cell-cell adhesion, maintenance of cell shape, cell motility and membrane trafficking. Recent analyses reveal that they are not...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Louvet-Vallée S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The interferon (IFN)-inducible protein TRIM22 (Staf50) is a member of the tripartite motif protein family and has been suggested a role in the regulation of viral replication as well as of protein ubiquitylation. In addition, we have previously shown that TRIM22 is a direct target gene for the tu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Petersson J,Ageberg M,Sandén C,Olofsson T,Gullberg U,Drott K

更新日期：2012-08-01 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: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：:Circulating glucocorticoid (GC) levels are thought to modulate the basal activity of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons within the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of the male rat. In a recent study we demonstrated that Fos-immunoreactivity (Fos-IR) was spontaneously induced throughout the dark phase of the light/dark c...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jamali KA,Tramu G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Continued advances in stem cell biology and stem cell transplantation rely on non-invasive biomarkers to characterise cells and stem cell aggregates. The non-invasive quality of such biomarkers is essential because exogenous labels, probes or reporters can unintentionally and dramatically alter s...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Buschke DG,Squirrell JM,Fong JJ,Eliceiri KW,Ogle BM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA helicases of the DEAD-box and related families have been found to be required for all processes involving RNA molecules. Biochemical and genetic analyses have shown that at least two RNA helicases are required for translation initiation in yeast. Although it is generally believed that these enzymes are necessary t...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Linder P

更新日期：2003-05-01 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: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:Nucleolin is a major nucleolar protein which is highly expressed in rapidly dividing cells and cancer cell lines. This protein is claimed to be multifunctional and could play a role in rRNA (ribosomal RNA) synthesis, as well as in cell division or response to cellular stresses. Therefore, how nuc...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Storck S,Thiry M,Bouvet P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of three mycotoxins isolated from the hyphomycete Metarhizium anisopliae: destruxin A, B, and E (DA, DB and DE) are described and compared in vitro on leukemic cells. Their antitumor effect was investigated by flow cytometry on growth, cell viability and cell cycle perturbation 48 h after destruxin expo...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Odier F,Vey A,Bureau JP

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The role of the LIM-domain-containing protein Ajuba was initially described in cell adhesion and migration processes and recently in mitosis as an activator of the Aurora A kinase. RESULTS:In the present study, we show that Ajuba localizes to centrosomes and kinetochores during mitosis. This loc...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ferrand A,Chevrier V,Chauvin JP,Birnbaum D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interaction between human poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) et human eRF3 has been demonstrated using a double-hybrid approach and in vitro assays. Here, we show that the binding of both proteins is conserved through evolution. We also demonstrate that the last 39 C-terminal amino acids of PABP contain the interface t...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Cosson B,Berkova N,Couturier A,Chabelskaya S,Philippe M,Zhouravleva G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the key enzymes responsible for the remodelling of extracellular matrix. Two of them, namely MMP-2 and MMP-9 (gelatinases A and B, respectively), are expressed in skeletal muscles and are involved in their regeneration after the injury. Although MMPs are prima...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Zimowska M,Swierczynska M,Ciemerych MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:During a historical research, we realized that René Couteaux (1909-1999) was the first histologist who stained the postsynaptic structure of the neuromuscular junction. By means of Janus Green B dye, he revealed the membranous 'subneural apparatus' related to the 'synaptic gutter'. Hence, he justified the use of the p...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Tsuji S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:In eukaryotic cells, autophagy is considered a lysosomal catabolic process which participates in the degradation of intracellular components in a vacuolar structure termed autolysosome. This pathway plays a significant role in the erythropoiesis process, contributing to the clearance of some orga...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Fader CM,Salassa BN,Grosso RA,Vergara AN,Colombo MI

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we describe the structural and cytological changes observed in staggerer mutant olfactory bulbs, as compared to normal mice. On the basis of photonic and ultrastructural observations we tried to define the alterations induced by the mutation: i.e. a reduction of bulb size, a reduction in the volu...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Monnier Z,Bahjaoui-Bouhaddi M,Bride J,Bride M,Math F,Propper A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cold-stressed oocytes of Pleurodeles waltl, lampbrush chromosome lateral loops exhibited important structural modifications which were visualized under light microscopy. Electron microscopy study revealed that the RNP particles associated with growing transcripts in the matrix of these loops were 15 nm at 8 degrees...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： N'Da E,Bonnanfant-Jais ML,Moreau N,Angelier N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A history of the early development of the confocal laser scanning microscope in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is presented. The rapid uptake of this technology is explained by the wide use of fluorescence in the 80s. The key innovations were the scanning of the light beam over the specimen rathe...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Amos WB,White JG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are many macromolecular complexes which play extremely important roles in biology, and despite continued progress in X-ray crystallographic and NMR methods, it is still very difficult to obtain atomic level structural information about such large assemblies. It is now clear that a powerful approach is t...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Wade RH,Hewat EA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The transcription factor NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T-cell) family comprises important regulators in immuno-responses and mouse embryonic development, including early cardiovascular and heart valve development. The mechanism involved, however, is not fully understood. Nkx2-5 (NK2 transcrip...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Chen Y,Cao X

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is concerned with the formation during ciliogenesis of centrioles and basal bodies, primarily in epithelial multi-ciliated cells from the developing vertebrate respiratory and reproductive tracts. During ciliated cell differentiation, in these as well as in other cell types, cilium formation is preceded by...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dirksen ER

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidiuretic hormone induces, in the apical plasma membrane of amphibian urinary bladder epithelial cells, the exocytotic insertion of intramembranous particle aggregates that probably contain water channels. Purification of the apical membrane is a way to characterize the aggregates. The isolation of such purified me...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Tacnet F,Chevalier J,Coudrier E,Berthonaud V,Ripoche P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The rod outer segment (OS) is the specialised organelle where phototransduction takes place. Our previous proteomic and biochemical analyses on purified rod disks showed the functional expression of the respiratory chain complexes I-IV and F1 Fo -ATP synthase in OS disks, as well as active solubl...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Calzia D,Barabino S,Bianchini P,Garbarino G,Oneto M,Caicci F,Diaspro A,Tacchetti C,Manni L,Candiani S,Ravera S,Morelli A,Enrico Traverso C,Panfoli I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtubule-associated proteins MAPs 1 and 2 from pig brain have been found to react with antibodies directed against human ankyrin and spectrin, respectively (Bennett and Davis, 1981; Davis and Bennett, 1982). In a complementary approach we have prepared antibodies against MAP1 alpha. MAP1 gamma and MAP2 purified...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Hill AM,Cassoly R,Chetrite G,Pantaloni D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and characterized a membrane glycoprotein located at the apical plasma membrane of adult human colon epithelial cells, by the use of the monoclonal antibody technique in combination with immunocytochemical and biochemical methods. Analysis of membranes extracted with Triton X-114 and treated with sp...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Le Bivic A,Hirn M,Reggio H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments have revealed a relatively weak electrostatic binding capacity of in vitro reconstituted intermediate filaments (IFs) as well as of natural IFs of whole cell mount preparations for purified ribosomal particles of mammalian origin. In order to demonstrate that such associations also occur in vivo, ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Traub P,Bauer C,Hartig R,Grüb S,Stahl J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH-related change in morphology of vinblastine (VLB)-induced paracrystals formed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was examined immunohistochemically in order to determine both the mechanism of tubulin crystallization and the influence of acidic pHs on cytoskeletal microtubules. Lowering the extracellular pH (p...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Takanari H,Morita J,Yamanaka H,Yada K,Takahashi A,Izutsu K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian spermatozoa are endowed with a unique cytoskeleton which consists both of ubiquitous and specific proteins, some of them arising from gene haploid transcription. In the head, a dense perinuclear layer is made of basic proteins (calicin, cylicin, etc) associated with calmodulin and actin remnants. In the ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Fouquet JP,Kann ML

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00