Mutations in the yeast KEX2 gene cause a Vma(-)-like phenotype: a possible role for the Kex2 endoprotease in vacuolar acidification.

abstract：:Bona fide apoptosis in rat and human leukemia cells, rat thymocytes, and bovine endothelial cells was accompanied by limited and specific cleavage of polysome-associated and monosome-associated 28S rRNA, with 18S rRNA being spared. Specific 28S rRNA cleavage was observed in all instances of apoptotic death accompanied...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Houge G,Robaye B,Eikhom TS,Golstein J,Mellgren G,Gjertsen BT,Lanotte M,Døskeland SO

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses have developed numerous strategies to counteract the host cell defense. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a DNA tumor virus linked to the development of Kaposi's sarcoma, Castleman's disease, and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). The virus-encoded viral interferon regulatory factor 3 (vIRF-3) ge...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Baresova P,Musilova J,Pitha PM,Lubyova B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of small-molecule inhibitors to study molecular components of cellular signal transduction pathways provides a means of analysis complementary to currently used techniques, such as antisense, dominant-negative (interfering) mutants and constitutively activated mutants. We have identified and characterized a sm...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Blake RA,Broome MA,Liu X,Wu J,Gishizky M,Sun L,Courtneidge SA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequencing studies have shown that in somatic cells alternating runs of purines and pyrimidines are frequently associated with recombination crossover points. To test whether such sequences actually promote recombination, we have examined the effects of poly[d(pGpT).d(pApC)] and poly[d(pCpG).d(pCpG)] repeats on a homo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bullock P,Miller J,Botchan M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HRX gene (also called MLL, ALL-1, and Htrx) at chromosome band 11q23 is associated with specific subsets of acute leukemias through translocations that result in its fusion with a variety of heterologous partners. Two of these partners, ENL and AF9, code for proteins that are highly similar to each other and as fu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Slany RK,Lavau C,Cleary ML

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the circadian control of gene expression in peripheral tissues and influencing many biological pathways are poorly defined. Factor VII (FVII), the protease triggering blood coagulation, represents a valuable model to address this issue in liver since its plasma levels oscillate in a circadian...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bertolucci C,Cavallari N,Colognesi I,Aguzzi J,Chen Z,Caruso P,Foá A,Tosini G,Bernardi F,Pinotti M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon induces the synthesis of an enzyme which synthesizes 2',5'-oligoadenylate [2',5'-oligo(A)] when activated by double-stranded RNA. The 2',5'-oligo(A) in turn activates an endonuclease (RNase L). Concentrations of 2',5'-oligo(A) sufficient to activate RNase L are formed in interferon-treated HeLa cells infect...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Nilsen TW,Maroney PA,Baglioni C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference with one of the eight Caenorhabditis elegans linker histone genes triggers desilencing of a repetitive transgene and developmental defects in the hermaphrodite germ line. These characteristics are similar to the phenotype of the C. elegans Polycomb group genes mes-2, mes-3, mes-4, and mes-6 (M. A. Jed...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Jedrusik MA,Schulze E

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nrd1-Nab3 pathway directs the termination and processing of short RNA polymerase II transcripts. Despite the potential for Nrd1-Nab3 to affect the transcription of both coding and noncoding RNAs, little is known about how the Nrd1-Nab3 pathway interacts with other pathways in the cell. Her...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Darby MM,Serebreni L,Pan X,Boeke JD,Corden JL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tyrosinase family comprises three members, tyrosinase (Tyr), tyrosinase-related protein 1 (Tyrp1), and dopachrome tautomerase (Dct). Null mutations and deletions at the Tyr and Tyrp1 loci are known and phenotypically affect coat color due to the absence of enzyme or intracellular mislocalization. At the Dct locus,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Guyonneau L,Murisier F,Rossier A,Moulin A,Beermann F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-lymphocyte stimulation requires activation of several protein kinases, including the major phorbol ester receptor protein kinase C (PKC), ultimately leading to induction of lymphokines, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2). The revelant PKC isoforms which are involved in the activation cascades of nuclear transcription fact...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Baier-Bitterlich G,Uberall F,Bauer B,Fresser F,Wachter H,Grunicke H,Utermann G,Altman A,Baier G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:JUN transcription factors bind DNA as part of the AP-1 complex, regulate many cellular processes, and play a key role in oncogenesis. The three JUN proteins (c-JUN, JUNB, and JUND) can have both redundant and unique functions depending on the biological phenotype and cell type assayed. Mechanisms that allow this dynam...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Selvaraj N,Budka JA,Ferris MW,Plotnik JP,Hollenhorst PC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CREB binding protein (CBP) is a 270-kDa nuclear protein required for activated transcription of a large number of cellular genes. Although CBP was originally discovered through its interaction with phosphorylated CREB (pCREB), it is utilized by a multitude of cellular transcription factors and viral oncoproteins. Both...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Giebler HA,Lemasson I,Nyborg JK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a gene trap screen for genes expressed in the primitive streak and tail bud during mouse embryogenesis, we isolated a mutation in Jade1, a gene encoding a PHD zinc finger protein previously shown to interact with the tumor suppressor pVHL. Expressed sequence tag analysis indicates that Jade1 is subject to posttrans...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tzouanacou E,Tweedie S,Wilson V

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the type II nuclear hormone receptor subfamily (e.g., thyroid hormone receptors [TRs], retinoic acid receptors, retinoid X receptors [RXRs], vitamin D receptor, and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors) bind to their response sequences with or without ligand. In the absence of ligand, these DNA-b...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Mathur M,Tucker PW,Samuels HH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the impact of a GAGA element on a transgenic promoter in Drosophila melanogaster that was activated by proteins composed of the Tet(on) DNA binding domain and either the heat shock factor (HSF) activation domain or a potent subdomain of VP16. Permanganate footprinting was used to monitor polymerase II (Pol...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wang YV,Tang H,Gilmour DS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interferon-alpha-like sequence was isolated from a human genomic library by hybridization with a 15-base oligonucleotide. The sequence also showed homology to alpha-interferon and was most closely related to the leukocyte interferon-M gene fragment. The original isolate cross-hybridized to a family of sequences, 10...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Feinstein SI,Mory Y,Chernajovsky Y,Maroteaux L,Nir U,Lavie V,Revel M

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeast, environmental stresses provoke sudden and dramatic increases in gene expression at stress-inducible loci. Stress gene transcription is accompanied by the transient eviction of histones from the promoter and the transcribed regions of these genes. We found that mutants defective in subunits of the INO80 compl...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Klopf E,Paskova L,Solé C,Mas G,Petryshyn A,Posas F,Wintersberger U,Ammerer G,Schüller C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic nuclei of innervated muscle transcribe acetylcholine receptor (AChR) genes at a much higher level than extrasynaptic nuclei. To isolate candidate synaptic regulatory molecules responsible for the unique transcriptional potential of synaptic nuclei, we have taken a subtractive hybridization approach. Here, we ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Velleca MA,Wallace MC,Merlie JP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper control of NaCl excretion in the kidney is central to bodily functions, yet many mechanisms that regulate reabsorption of sodium and chloride in the kidney remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify an important role played by the intracellular sorting receptor SORLA (sorting protein-related receptor wit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Reiche J,Theilig F,Rafiqi FH,Carlo AS,Militz D,Mutig K,Todiras M,Christensen EI,Ellison DH,Bader M,Nykjaer A,Bachmann S,Alessi D,Willnow TE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lck proto-oncogene encodes a lymphocyte-specific member of the src family of protein tyrosine kinases. Here we demonstrate that pp56lck is phosphorylated in vivo at a carboxy-terminal tyrosine residue (Tyr-505) analogous to Tyr-527 of pp60c-src. Substitution of phenylalanine for tyrosine at this position resulted ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Marth JD,Cooper JA,King CS,Ziegler SF,Tinker DA,Overell RW,Krebs EG,Perlmutter RM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts transformed by Fos oncogenes display increased expression of a number of genes implicated in tumor cell invasion and metastasis. In contrast to normal 208F rat fibroblasts, Fos-transformed 208F fibroblasts are growth factor independent for invasion. We demonstrate that invasion of v-Fos- or epidermal growt...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Lamb RF,Hennigan RF,Turnbull K,Katsanakis KD,MacKenzie ED,Birnie GD,Ozanne BW

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both chemotaxis and phagocytosis depend upon actin-driven cell protrusions and cell membrane remodeling. While chemoattractant receptors rely upon canonical G-protein signaling to activate downstream effectors, whether such signaling pathways affect phagocytosis is contentious. Here, we report that Gαi nucleotide exch...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Huang NN,Becker S,Boularan C,Kamenyeva O,Vural A,Hwang IY,Shi CS,Kehrl JH

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt-1 proto-oncogene is essential for proper development of the midbrain and is expressed in a spatially and temporally restricted manner during central nervous system development in mice. In vitro, the gene is specifically transcribed during the retinoic acid (RA)-induced neuroectodermal differentiation of the P1...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： St-Arnaud R,Moir JM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rpd3(L) and Rpd3(S) are distinct multisubunit complexes containing the Rpd3 histone deacetylase. Disruption of the GCN5 histone acetyltransferase gene shows a strong synthetic phenotype when combined with either an sds3 mutation affecting only the Rpd3(L) complex or an rco1 mutation affecting only Rpd3(S). However, th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Biswas D,Takahata S,Stillman DJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle is arrested in G1 phase by the mating factor pathway. Genetic evidence has suggested that the G1 cyclins Cln1, Cln2, and Cln3 are targets of this pathway whose inhibition results in G1 arrest. Inhibition of Cln1- and Cln2-associated kinase activity by the mating factor pathway a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Jeoung DI,Oehlen LJ,Cross FR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth factors and cyclic AMP (cAMP) are known to activate distinct intracellular signaling pathways. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) activates ras-dependent kinase cascades, resulting in the activation of MAP kinases, whereas cAMP activates protein kinase A. In this study, we report that growth factors and cAMP act sy...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tan Y,Low KG,Boccia C,Grossman J,Comb MJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HO endonuclease-induced double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can undergo recombination by two distinct and competing pathways. In a plasmid containing a direct repeat, in which one repeat is interrupted by an HO endonuclease cut site, gap repair yields gene conversions while single-strand annealing produce...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Fishman-Lobell J,Rudin N,Haber JE

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Aspergillus nidulans, a fungus that possesses negligible, if any, levels of methylation in its genome, low concentrations of 5-azacytidine (5-AC) convert a high percentage of the cell population to fluffy phenotypic variants through a heritable modification of a single nuclear gene (M. Tamame, F. Antequera, J. R. V...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tamame M,Antequera F,Santos E

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00