Abstract:
:Unexpected relationships among the various aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases continue to be uncovered. The question arises - is this mainly the result of promiscuous exchange, or is the confusion really a reflection of the differential loss of past duplications? Phylogenetic analysis may yet provide the answer.
journal_name
Curr Opin Genet Devjournal_title
Current opinion in genetics & developmentauthors
Doolittle RF,Handy Jdoi
10.1016/s0959-437x(98)80030-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-12-01 00:00:00pages
630-6issue
6eissn
0959-437Xissn
1879-0380pii
S0959-437X(98)80030-0journal_volume
8pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Ideas of how a system of interacting enzymes can act as a switch are based on the concept of bistability of a biochemical network. This means that, because of the very structure of a signaling pathway, the system can be in one of two stable steady states: active or inactive. Switching from one state to another may the...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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abstract::In their development, plants precisely control the patterns of cell size, cell shape and cell division, the position of differentiation of cell types, and the position and number of organs. In the past year, progress has been made in understanding four of these five levels of control of plant pattern formation, includ...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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doi:10.1016/0959-437x(94)90079-i
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abstract::In eukaryotic cells, transcription and DNA replication occur on DNA templates associated with chromatin proteins, most notably histone octamers. Protein factors that can assemble these units have been isolated from many sources. In particular, one factor from human cells is associated with ongoing DNA synthesis; other...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(05)80059-0
更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
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更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multiple histone-modifying enzymes have been identified in the past several years. Much has been learned regarding the biochemistry of these enzymes and their effects on gene expression in cultured cells. However, the functions of these factors during development are still largely unknown. Recent genetic studies indic...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2006.02.002
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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abstract::Numerous roles have been identified for extracellular signals such as Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGFs), Transforming Growth Factor-βs (TGFβs), Wingless-Int proteins (WNTs), and Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) in assigning fates to cells during development of the cerebrum. However, several fundamental questions remain largely une...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2013.04.004
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Control of protein synthesis (mRNA translation) is essential for proper brain development and function. Perturbations to the mechanisms governing mRNA translation have repeatedly been shown to constitute a neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental disorder risk factor. Developing effective therapeuti...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.005
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Individual susceptibility to cancer in humans is determined by complex interactions between germline genetic variation and levels of exposure to environmental carcinogens or tumour promoters. Only a small fraction of cancer susceptibility is inherited in a Mendelian manner (high-penetrance familial cancer), and most t...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(03)00005-4
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In mammalian cells, four protein kinases form the PI3-kinase-related protein kinase (PIK) superfamily. These four enzymes-FRAP, DNA-PK, ATM, and ATR-are distinguished by their large size (all are >2500 amino acids), their common primary sequence relatedness through the carboxy-terminal protein kinase domain, and their...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(97)80125-6
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) is a multisubunit complex that connects the cytoskeleton of a muscle fiber to its surrounding extracellular matrix. Mutations in the DGC disrupt the complex and lead to muscular dystrophy. There are a few naturally occurring animal models of DGC-associated muscular dystrophy (...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(02)00309-x
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acquired resistance is a major limitation for the successful treatment of cancer patients. Although numerous efficacious cancer therapeutics have been developed in the past decades, resistance arises due to a variety of reasons including tumoral genetic alterations, or modulation of factors in the tumor environment. U...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2019.02.006
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mutant onco-proteins play a direct, causal role in cancer and are therefore considered attractive drug targets. Clinical experience has supported this view, with some exceptions. However, clinical benefit has often been restricted by rapid emergence of drug-resistant clones through several distinct mechanisms. This pr...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2010.12.002
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::TGFβ acts as a potent tumor suppressor and tumor promoter in a context dependent manner. Tumor suppressive functions include inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and regulation of autophagy. As tumors develop they switch their response to TGFβ and utilise this factor as a potent promoter of cell mo...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2010.12.004
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies on transposable elements (TEs) have shed light on the mechanisms that have shaped their evolution. In addition to accumulating nucleotide substitutions over evolutionary time, TEs appear to be especially prone to genetic rearrangements and vertical transmissions across even distantly related species. As...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0959-437x(93)90005-a
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many acquired and familial renal diseases in man lead to kidney dysfunction and nephrotic syndrome. These diseases share a common pathological fate in the form of glomerular dysfunction and proteinuria. Classification of the disease is difficult because the onset of pathological appearance in congenital nephrotic synd...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(00)00197-0
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the past ten years, there has been increasing recognition that cells can acquire genetic variants during cortical development that can give rise to brain malformations as well as nonlesional focal epilepsy. These often brain tissue-specific, de novo variants can result in highly variable phenotypes based on the bur...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2020.04.004
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the past year, significant advances have been made in understanding the functions of the oncoproteins, E6 and E7, of human papillomaviruses that are associated with malignant genital tumors. In addition, important new information is now available on the responses of both the keratinocyte and of the individual f...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(05)80329-6
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The emerging field of genomics examines the relationship between genetic and phenotypic variation by describing and analyzing patterns of natural variation on a genome-wide scale. In this endeavor, an important tool is the use of microarrays, which enable simultaneous screening of thousands of assays. Microarrays were...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2006.09.005
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rapid progress in identifying the genes underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has provided the substrate for a first wave of analyses into the underlying neurobiology. This review describes the consensus across these diverse analyses, highlighting two distinct sets of genes: 1) Genes that regulate chromatin and tr...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2015.10.002
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Human epilepsy is a common and heterogeneous condition in which genetics play an important etiological role. We begin by reviewing the past history of epilepsy genetics, a field that has traditionally included studies of pedigrees with epilepsy caused by defects in ion channels and neurotransmitters. We highlight impo...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2011.01.005
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Loss of the retinoblastoma protein, pRb, appears to have a role in several human tumor types. Mice lacking pRb have been produced as models of human disease, but have a different spectrum of affected tissues. Recent work shows that the tumorigenic effects of pRb may be revealed only after additional genetic alteration...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(95)90057-8
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Human pluripotent stem cells derived from embryos (human Embryonic Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell type...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2017.07.004
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Kinase inhibitors have already established a foothold in the current armament for the treatment of malignancies. Indeed, the future of cancer therapy is likely to rely heavily on an ever-growing number of kinase inhibitors, either as single-agents or in combination with other targeted drugs or even chemotherapies. The...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2009.10.010
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The genotype-phenotype map of human evolution is difficult to access since humans cannot be crossed with other species. Most of the ∼20 million genetic changes that occurred since the human and the chimpanzee lineage split, are fixed and hence completely correlated with all phenotypic changes that occurred during huma...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.008
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Radiotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that utilizes the ability of ionizing radiation to induce cell inactivation and cell death, generally via inflicting DNA double-strand breaks. However, different tumors and their normal surrounding tissues are not equally sensitive to radiation, posing a major challenge in th...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2013.01.002
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death in the developed world and despite impressive advances in therapeutic modalities, only a small subset of patients are currently cured. The underlying genetic heterogeneity of cancers clearly plays a crucial role in determining both the clinical course of individual pat...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.gde.2020.02.012
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies of primate lentivirus phylogeny over the past decade have established a minimum of five related, but genetically distinct, groups of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), each originating from a different African primate species. The hypothesis that HIV-2 (and SIVmac) arose by cross-species transmission from so...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0959-437x(95)80014-v
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes confer a high risk of breast cancer development. Both genes encode very large proteins of unknown function but recent results suggest that they may have roles in transcriptional regulation and DNA repair. These advances offer the prospect of understanding not only the normal cell...
journal_title:Current opinion in genetics & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(98)80056-7
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00