abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Apg12p-Apg5p conjugating system is essential for autophagy. Apg7p is required for the conjugation reaction, because Apg12p is unable to form a conjugate with Apg5p in the apg7/cvt2 mutant. Apg7p shows a significant similarity to a ubiquitin-activating enzyme, Uba1p. In this a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tanida I,Mizushima N,Kiyooka M,Ohsumi M,Ueno T,Ohsumi Y,Kominami E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts, when plated on the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin (FN), rapidly spread and form an organized actin cytoskeleton. This process is known to involve both the central alpha5beta1 integrin-binding and the C-terminal heparin-binding regions of FN. We found that within the heparin-binding region, the i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bloom L,Ingham KC,Hynes RO

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes in neuron-free cultures typically lack processes, although they are highly process-bearing in vivo. We show that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) induces cultured astrocytes to grow processes and that Ras family GTPases mediate these morphological changes. Activated alleles of rac1 and rhoA blocked and...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kalman D,Gomperts SN,Hardy S,Kitamura M,Bishop JM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcellular targeting and the activity of facilitative glucose transporters are likely to be regulated by interactions with cellular proteins. This report describes the identification and characterization of a protein, GLUT1 C-terminal binding protein (GLUT1CBP), that binds via a PDZ domain to the C terminus of GLUT1....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bunn RC,Jensen MA,Reed BC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of cholesterol for endocytosis has been investigated in HEp-2 and other cell lines by using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) to selectively extract cholesterol from the plasma membrane. MbetaCD treatment strongly inhibited endocytosis of transferrin and EGF, whereas endocytosis of ricin was less affec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rodal SK,Skretting G,Garred O,Vilhardt F,van Deurs B,Sandvig K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslationally modified forms of tubulin accumulate in the subset of stabilized microtubules (MTs) in cells but are not themselves involved in generating MT stability. We showed previously that stabilized, detyrosinated (Glu) MTs function to localize vimentin intermediate filaments (IFs) in fibroblasts. To determ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kreitzer G,Liao G,Gundersen GG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically stressed cells display increased levels of fos message and protein. Although the intracellular signaling pathways responsible for FOS induction have been extensively characterized, we still do not understand the nature of the primary cell mechanotransduction event responsible for converting an externally ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grembowicz KP,Sprague D,McNeil PL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many organisms nonsense mutations decrease the level of mRNA. In the case of mammalian cells, it is still controversial whether translation is required for this nonsense-mediated RNA decrease (NMD). Although previous analyzes have shown that conditions that impede translation termination at nonsense codons also pre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Buzina A,Shulman MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by growth deficiency, immunodeficiency, genomic instability, and the early development of cancers of many types. BLM, the protein encoded by BLM, the gene mutated in BS, is localized in nuclear foci and absent from BS cells. BLM encodes a DNA hel...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Neff NF,Ellis NA,Ye TZ,Noonan J,Huang K,Sanz M,Proytcheva M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The split-ubiquitin technique was used to detect transient protein interactions in living cells. Nub, the N-terminal half of ubiquitin (Ub), was fused to Sec62p, a component of the protein translocation machinery in the endoplasmic reticulum of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cub, the C-terminal half of Ub, was fused to the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dünnwald M,Varshavsky A,Johnsson N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stem-loop binding protein (SLBP1) binds the 3' stem-loop of histone pre-mRNA and is required for efficient processing of histone transcripts in the nucleus. We examined the localization of SLBP1 in the germinal vesicle of Xenopus laevis oocytes. In spread preparations of germinal vesicle contents, an anti-SLBP1 an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Abbott J,Marzluff WF,Gall JG

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncoprotein 18/stathmin (Op18) has been identified recently as a protein that destabilizes microtubules, but the mechanism of destabilization is currently controversial. Based on in vitro microtubule assembly assays, evidence has been presented supporting conflicting destabilization models of either tubulin sequestrat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Howell B,Larsson N,Gullberg M,Cassimeris L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) protein tyrosine kinase plays an important role in interleukin-3- or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-mediated signal transduction pathways leading to cell proliferation, activation of early response genes, and inhibition of apoptosis. However, it is unclear whether Jak2 can activ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mohi MG,Arai Ki,Watanabe S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) is a key regulator of membrane fluidity, turns over rapidly, and represents a prototype for selective degradation of resident proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum. Using detergent-solubilized, desaturase-induced rat liver microsomes we have characterized a protease that degrades S...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heinemann FS,Ozols J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that interleukin-4 (IL-4) protects TS1alphabeta cells from apoptosis, but very little is known about the mechanism by which IL-4 exerts this effect. We found that Akt activity, which is dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, is reduced in IL-4-deprived TS1alphabeta cells. Overexpression o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cerezo A,Martínez-A C,Lanzarot D,Fischer S,Franke TF,Rebollo A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CWH41, a gene involved in the assembly of cell wall beta-1,6-glucan, has recently been shown to be the structural gene for Saccharomyces cerevisiae glucosidase I that is responsible for initiating the trimming of terminal alpha-1,2-glucose residue in the N-glycan processing pathway. To distinguish between a direct or ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Abeijon C,Chen LY

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family proteins have been implicated in regulating various cellular processes, including actin cytoskeleton organization, endocytosis, cell cycle, and gene expression. In this study, we analyzed the function of a novel Dictyostelium discoideum Rho family protein (RacC). A cell line was generated that conditionally...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Seastone DJ,Lee E,Bush J,Knecht D,Cardelli J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes contain two prokaryotic-like rRNAs, 12S and 16S, both encoded by mitochondrial DNA. As opposed to cytosolic ribosomes, however, these ribosomes are not thought to contain 5S rRNA. For this reason, it has been unclear whether 5S rRNA, which can be detected in mitochondrial preparations...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Magalhães PJ,Andreu AL,Schon EA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen receptor (AR) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily and mediates the biological actions of male sex steroids. In this work, we have characterized a novel 130-kDa Ser/Thr protein kinase ANPK that interacts with the zinc finger region of AR in vivo and in vitro. The catalytic kinase domain of ANPK shares ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moilanen AM,Karvonen U,Poukka H,Jänne OA,Palvimo JJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topogenic determinants that direct protein topology at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane usually function with high fidelity to establish a uniform topological orientation for any given polypeptide. Here we show, however, that through the coupling of sequential translocation events, native topogenic determinants are ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moss K,Helm A,Lu Y,Bragin A,Skach WR

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells are important in a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes. The growth and functions of vascular endothelial cells are regulated both by soluble mitogenic and differentiation factors and by interactions with the extracellular matrix; however, relatively little is known abou...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Short SM,Talbott GA,Juliano RL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polalpha is the principal DNA polymerase for initiation of DNA replication and also functions in postinitiation DNA synthesis. In this study, we investigated the cell cycle responses induced by mutations in polalpha+. Germinating spores carrying either a deletion of polalpha+ (polalphaDelta) or a structurally intact b...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bhaumik D,Wang TS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine string protein (Csp) is essential for neurotransmitter release in Drosophila. It has been suggested that Csp functions by regulating the activity of presynaptic Ca2+ channels, thus controlling exocytosis. We have examined the effect of overexpressing Csp1 in PC12 cells, a neuroendocrine cell line. PC12 cell c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chamberlain LH,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specificity of vesicular transport is determined by pair-wise interaction between receptors (SNAP receptors or SNAREs) associated with a transport vesicle and its target membrane. Two additional factors, N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP) are ubiquitous components...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Swanton E,Sheehan J,Bishop N,High S,Woodman P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autocrine motility factor receptor (AMF-R) is a cell surface receptor that is also localized to a smooth subdomain of the endoplasmic reticulum, the AMF-R tubule. By postembedding immunoelectron microscopy, AMF-R concentrates within smooth plasmalemmal vesicles or caveolae in both NIH-3T3 fibroblasts and HeLa cells. B...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Benlimame N,Le PU,Nabi IR

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress fibers were isolated from cultured human foreskin fibroblasts and bovine endothelial cells, and their contraction was demonstrated in vitro. Cells in culture dishes were first treated with a low-ionic-strength extraction solution and then further extracted using detergents. With gentle washes by pipetting, the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Katoh K,Kano Y,Masuda M,Onishi H,Fujiwara K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up-regulation of the cAMP pathway by forskolin or alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone induces melanocyte and melanoma cell differentiation characterized by stimulation of melanin synthesis and dendrite development. Here we show that forskolin-induced dendricity is associated to a disassembly of actin stress fibers. S...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Buscà R,Bertolotto C,Abbe P,Englaro W,Ishizaki T,Narumiya S,Boquet P,Ortonne JP,Ballotti R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calreticulin (CRT) is a high-capacity, low-affinity Ca2+-binding protein located in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of all eukaryotic cells investigated so far. Its high level of conservation among different species suggests that it serves functions fundamental to cell survival. The role originally propose...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fasolato C,Pizzo P,Pozzan T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When proliferating fission yeast cells are exposed to nitrogen starvation, they initiate conjugation and differentiate into ascospores. Cell cycle arrest in the G1-phase is one of the prerequisites for cell differentiation, because conjugation occurs only in the pre-Start G1-phase. The role of ste9(+) in the cell cycl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kitamura K,Maekawa H,Shimoda C

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase in proximal tubule cells is associated with increased endocytosis of its alpha and beta subunits into early and late endosomes via a clathrin vesicle-dependent pathway. In this report we evaluated intracellular signals that could trigger this mechanism, specifically the role o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chibalin AV,Zierath JR,Katz AI,Berggren PO,Bertorello AM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptides targeted to the yeast endoplasmic reticulum (ER) posttranslationally are thought to be kept in the cytoplasm in an unfolded state by Hsp70 chaperones before translocation. We show here that Escherichia coli beta-lactamase associated with Hsp70, but adopted a native-like conformation before translocation i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Paunola E,Suntio T,Jämsä E,Makarow M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the Swi5 transcription factor regulates the expression of the SIC1 Cdk inhibitor in late mitosis. This suggests that Swi5 might control other genes with roles in ending mitosis. We identified a gene with a Swi5-binding site in the promoter that encoded a protein with high homology to Pcl2...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aerne BL,Johnson AL,Toyn JH,Johnston LH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied telomere length in Schizosaccharomyces pombe strains carrying mutations affecting cell cycle checkpoints, DNA repair, and regulation of the Cdc2 protein kinase. Telomere shortening was found in rad1, rad3, rad17, and rad26 mutants. Telomere lengths in previously characterized rad1 mutants paralleled th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dahlen M,Olsson T,Kanter-Smoler G,Ramne A,Sunnerhagen P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc25, the dual-specificity phosphatase that dephosphorylates the Cdc2-cyclin B complex at mitosis, is highly regulated during the cell cycle. In Xenopus egg extracts, Cdc25 is associated with two isoforms of the 14-3-3 protein. Cdc25 is complexed primarily with 14-3-3epsilon and to a lesser extent with 14-3-3zeta. Th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kumagai A,Yakowec PS,Dunphy WG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation and discharge of dense-core secretory vesicles depend on controlled rearrangement of the core proteins during their assembly and dispersal. The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila offers a simple system in which the mechanisms may be studied. Here we show that most of the core consists of a set of polypeptides d...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verbsky JW,Turkewitz AP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle contains spectrin (or spectrin I) and fodrin (or spectrin II), members of the spectrin supergene family. We used isoform-specific antibodies and cDNA probes to investigate the molecular forms, developmental expression, and subcellular localization of the spectrins in skeletal muscle of the rat. We repo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhou D,Ursitti JA,Bloch RJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have addressed the question of whether or not Golgi fragmentation, as exemplified by that occurring during drug-induced microtubule depolymerization, is accompanied by the separation of Golgi subcompartments one from another. Scattering kinetics of Golgi subcompartments during microtubule disassembly and reassembly...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yang W,Storrie B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988 McCusker and Haber generated a series of mutants which are resistant to the minimum inhibitory concentration of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. These cycloheximide-resistant, temperature-sensitive (crl) mutants, in addition, exhibited other pleiotropic phenotypes, e.g., incorrect response to sta...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gerlinger UM,Gückel R,Hoffmann M,Wolf DH,Hilt W

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of myosin in cytokinesis in Dictyostelium cells by examining cells under both adhesive and nonadhesive conditions. On an adhesive surface, both wild-type and myosin-null cells undergo the normal processes of mitotic rounding, cell elongation, polar ruffling, furrow ingression, and separat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zang JH,Cavet G,Sabry JH,Wagner P,Moores SL,Spudich JA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has established that activation of Mos, Mek, and p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase can trigger release from G2-phase arrest in Xenopus oocytes and oocyte extracts and can cause Xenopus embryos and extracts to arrest in mitosis. Herein we have found that activation of the MAP kinase cascade can a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Walter SA,Guadagno TM,Ferrell JE Jr

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00