RMP, a novel RNA polymerase II subunit 5-interacting protein, counteracts transactivation by hepatitis B virus X protein.

abstract：:We have initiated a study of the promoter region of the alkaline extracellular protease gene (XPR2) from Yarrowia lipolytica to identify upstream sequences possibly involved in carbon, nitrogen, and peptone control of XPR2 expression. Deletion analysis showed that the TATA box and two major upstream activation sequenc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Blanchin-Roland S,Cordero Otero RR,Gaillardin C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracisternal A-particle (IAP) expression in mouse cells has been correlated with hypomethylation of HhaI and HpaII sites in proviral long terminal repeats (LTRs). In a previous study, in vitro methylation of three HhaI sites in the U3 region of the LTR from the cloned genomic IAP element, MIA14, was shown to inhibit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Falzon M,Kuff EL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that antibodies to phosphotyrosine recognize the phosphorylated forms of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors (Zippel et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 881:54-61, 1986, and Sturani et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 137:343-350, 1986). In this r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sturani E,Zippel R,Toschi L,Morello L,Comoglio PM,Alberghina L

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactose or galactose induces the expression of the lactose-galactose regulon in Kluyveromyces lactis. We show here that the regulon is not induced in strains defective in LAC9. We demonstrate that this gene codes for a regulatory protein that acts in a positive manner to induce transcription. The LAC9 gene was isolate...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Wray LV Jr,Witte MM,Dickson RC,Riley MI

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UvsW protein of bacteriophage T4 is involved in many aspects of phage DNA metabolism, including repair, recombination, and recombination-dependent replication. UvsW has also been implicated in the repression of origin-dependent replication at late times of infection, when UvsW is normally synthesized. Two well-cha...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dudas KC,Kreuzer KN

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) is a widely expressed transcription factor whose activity is regulated by oncogenic Ha-RasV12 signaling. C/EBPbeta is essential for the development of mouse skin tumors containing Ras mutations and can cooperate with RasV12 to transform NIH 3T3 cells. Here we have invest...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Shuman JD,Sebastian T,Kaldis P,Copeland TD,Zhu S,Smart RC,Johnson PF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeobox gene HOXA9 has recently been shown to be an important regulator of endothelial cell (EC) differentiation and activation in addition to its role in embryonic development and hematopoiesis. In this report, we have determined that the EC-leukocyte adhesion molecule E-selectin is a key target for HOXA9. The d...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bandyopadhyay S,Ashraf MZ,Daher P,Howe PH,DiCorleto PE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many types of apoptosis, the proapoptotic protein Bax undergoes a change in conformation at the level of the mitochondria. This event always precedes the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c, which, in the cytosol, activates caspases through binding to Apaf-1. The mechanisms by which Bax triggers cytochrome c rele...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Eskes R,Desagher S,Antonsson B,Martinou JC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), which catalyzes the rate-limiting step for deoxyribonucleotide production required for DNA synthesis, is an alpha2beta2 tetramer consisting of two large and two small subunits. RNR2 encodes a small subunit and is essential for mitotic viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have clone...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Huang M,Elledge SJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a transient-expression assay to identify two estrogen response elements (EREs) associated with the major chicken vitellogenin gene (VTGII). Each element was characterized by its ability to confer estrogen responsiveness when cloned in either orientation next to a chimeric reporter gene consisting of the herpes...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burch JB,Evans MI,Friedman TM,O'Malley PJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras proteins can activate at least three classes of downstream target proteins: Raf kinases, phosphatidylinositol-3 phosphate (PI3) kinase, and Ral-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Ral-GEFs). In NIH 3T3 cells, activated Ral-GEFs contribute to Ras-induced cell proliferation and oncogenic transformation by ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Goi T,Rusanescu G,Urano T,Feig LA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation in the REC2 gene of Ustilago maydis leads to defects in DNA repair, recombination, and meiosis. Analysis of the primary sequence of the Rec2 protein reveals a region with significant homology to bacterial RecA protein and to the yeast recombination proteins Dmc1, Rad51, and Rad57. This homologous region in th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Rubin BP,Ferguson DO,Holloman WK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal muscle-specific dystrophin promoter contains the consensus sequence CC(A/T)6GG, or the CArG element, which can be found in serum-inducible or muscle-specific promoters. The serum response factor (SRF), which mediates the transcriptional activation of the c-fos gene in response to serum stimulation, can bin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Galvagni F,Lestingi M,Cartocci E,Oliviero S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human serine protease inhibitor (serpin) gene cluster at 14q32.1 contains a number of genes that are specifically expressed in hepatic cells. Cell-specific enhancers have been identified in several of these genes, but elements involved in locus-wide gene and chromatin control have yet to be defined. To identify re...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Marsden MD,Fournier RE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using nuclear runoff transcription assays we demonstrated that alpha interferon-mediated induction of transcription of four mRNAs in HeLa monolayer cells needed ongoing protein synthesis and that such a need could be obviated by pretreating the cells with gamma interferon which, by itself, did not induce transcription...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kusari J,Sen GC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of xenobiotic compounds are metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, and the genes that encode these enzymes are often induced in the presence of such compounds. Here, we show that the nuclear receptor CAR can recognize response elements present in the promoters of xenobiotic-responsive CYP genes, as...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tzameli I,Pissios P,Schuetz EG,Moore DD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpains regulate a wide spectrum of biological functions, including migration, adhesion, apoptosis, secretion, and autophagy, through the modulating cleavage of specific substrates. Ubiquitous microcalpain (μ-calpain) and millicalpain (m-calpain) are heterodimers composed of catalytic subunits encoded, respectively, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cataldo F,Peche LY,Klaric E,Brancolini C,Myers MP,Demarchi F,Schneider C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) is a plasma membrane protein that mediates active iodide transport in thyroid and mammary cells. It is a prerequisite for radioiodide treatment of thyroid cancer and a promising diagnostic and therapeutic tool for breast cancer. We investigated the molecular mechanisms governing NIS e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dentice M,Luongo C,Elefante A,Romino R,Ambrosio R,Vitale M,Rossi G,Fenzi G,Salvatore D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extinction of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK) gene expression in hepatoma x fibroblast hybrids is mediated by a trans-acting genetic locus designated tissue-specific extinguisher 1 (TSE1). To identify PCK gene sequences required for extinction, hepatoma transfectants expressing PCK-thymidine kinase (TK) chimer...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Thayer MJ,Lugo TG,Leach RJ,Fournier RE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein activates transcription elongation by stimulating the Tat-activated kinase (TAK/p-TEFb), a protein kinase composed of CDK9 and its cyclin partner, cyclin T1. CDK9 is able to hyperphosphorylate the carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the large subunit of RNA pol...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bourgeois CF,Kim YK,Churcher MJ,West MJ,Karn J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that adds telomeric sequence repeats to the ends of linear chromosomes. In vitro, telomerase has been observed to add repeats to a DNA oligonucleotide primer in a processive manner, leading to the postulation of a DNA anchor site separate from the catalytic site of the enzyme. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hammond PW,Lively TN,Cech TR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitotic exit network (MEN) is a conserved set of genes that mediate the transition from mitosis to G(1) by regulating mitotic cyclin degradation and the inactivation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK). Here, we demonstrate that, in addition to mitotic exit, S. cerevisiae MEN gene MOB1 is req...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Luca FC,Mody M,Kurischko C,Roof DM,Giddings TH,Winey M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA supercoiling in the chloroplast of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was found to change with a diurnal rhythm in cells growing in alternating 12-h dark-12-h light periods. Highest and lowest DNA superhelicities occurred at the beginning and towards the end of the 12-h light periods, respectivel...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Salvador ML,Klein U,Bogorad L

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three classes of E3 ubiquitin ligases, members of the Cbl, Hakai, and SOCS-Cul5-RING ligase families, stimulate the ubiquitination of phosphotyrosine-containing proteins, including receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases and their phosphorylated substrates. Because ubiquitination frequently routes proteins for degra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cooper JA,Kaneko T,Li SS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin gene transcription relies on enhancer and promoter elements which are active in pancreatic beta cells. We showed that adenovirus type 5 infection of HIT T-15 cells, a transformed hamster beta cell line, represses insulin gene transcription and mRNA levels. Using expression plasmids transiently introduced into ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Stein RW,Ziff EB

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The J domain of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen is required for efficient DNA replication and transformation. Despite previous reports demonstrating the promiscuity of J domains in heterologous systems, results presented here show the requirement for specific J-domain sequences in SV40 large-T-antigen-mediated ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sullivan CS,Tremblay JD,Fewell SW,Lewis JA,Brodsky JL,Pipas JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of p53 sensitizes to antimicrotubule agents in human tumor cells, but little is known about its role during mitosis. We have identified the Polo-like kinase family member serum inducible kinase (Snk/Plk2) as a novel p53 target gene. Snk/Plk2 mutagenesis demonstrated that its kinase activity is negatively regulate...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Burns TF,Fei P,Scata KA,Dicker DT,El-Deiry WS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysoneless (ECD) is an evolutionarily conserved protein whose germ line deletion is embryonic lethal. Deletion of Ecd in cells causes cell cycle arrest, which is rescued by exogenous ECD, demonstrating a requirement of ECD for normal mammalian cell cycle progression. However, the exact mechanism by which ECD regulat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Mir RA,Bele A,Mirza S,Srivastava S,Olou AA,Ammons SA,Kim JH,Gurumurthy CB,Qiu F,Band H,Band V

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins, pleiotropic immune modulators that induce protein kinase A (PKA), inhibit gamma interferon induction of class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. We show that phosphorylation of CIITA by PKA accounts for this inhibition. Treatment with prostaglandin E or 8-bromo-cyclic AMP or transfection ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li G,Harton JA,Zhu X,Ting JP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The silent mating-type loci of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, HML and HMR, are flanked by transcriptional silencers that have ARS activity (i.e., they function as replication origins when in plasmids). To test whether these ARS elements are chromosomal origins, we mapped origins near HML (close to the left telomere of chro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dubey DD,Davis LR,Greenfeder SA,Ong LY,Zhu JG,Broach JR,Newlon CS,Huberman JA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00