abstract：:end4-1 was isolated as a temperature-sensitive endocytosis mutant. We cloned and sequenced END4 and found that it is identical to SLA2/MOP2. This gene is required for growth at high temperature, viability in the absence of Abp1p, polarization of the cortical actin cytoskeleton, and endocytosis. We used a mutational an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wesp A,Hicke L,Palecek J,Lombardi R,Aust T,Munn AL,Riezman H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-type cyclins are rapidly degraded at the transition between metaphase and anaphase and their ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is required for cells to exit mitosis. We used a novel enrichment to isolate new budding mutants that arrest the cell cycle in mitosis. Most of these mutants lie in the CDC16, CDC23, and CDC27 ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hwang LH,Murray AW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast and vertebrate nuclear pores display significant morphological similarity by electron microscopy, but sequence similarity between the respective proteins has been more difficult to observe. Herein we have identified a vertebrate nucleoporin, Nup93, in both human and Xenopus that has proved to be an evolutionaril...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grandi P,Dang T,Pané N,Shevchenko A,Mann M,Forbes D,Hurt E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear migration is required for normal development in both higher and lower eukaryotes. In fungi this process is mediated by cytoplasmic dynein. It is believed that this motor protein is anchored to the cell membrane and moves nuclei by capturing and pulling on spindle pole body microtubules. To date, four genes hav...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chiu YH,Xiang X,Dawe AL,Morris NR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many yeast actin cytoskeleton mutants accumulate large secretory vesicles and exhibit phenotypes consistent with defects in polarized growth. This, together with actin's polarized organization, has suggested a role for the actin cytoskeleton in the vectorial transport of late secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mulholland J,Wesp A,Riezman H,Botstein D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During oocyte maturation and early development, mRNAs receive poly(A) in the cytoplasm at distinct times relative to one another and to the cell cycle. These cytoplasmic polyadenylation reactions do not occur during oogenesis, but begin during oocyte maturation and continue throughout early development. In this report...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ballantyne S,Daniel DL Jr,Wickens M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src homology (SH2 and SH3) domains of v-Src are required for transformation of Rat-2 cells and for wild-type (morphr) transformation of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs). We report herein that the N-terminal domains of v-Src, when expressed in trans, cannot complement the transformation defect of a deletion mutant...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tian M,Martin GS

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor receptor (Ste3p) requires its C-terminal cytoplasmic tail for endocytosis. Wild-type receptor is delivered to the cell surface via the secretory pathway but remains there only briefly before being internalized and delivered to the vacuole for degradation. Receptors lacking all or ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Givan SA,Sprague GF Jr

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating pheromones induce production of Afr1p, a protein that negatively regulates pheromone receptor signaling and is required for normal formation of the projection of cell growth that becomes the site of cell fusion during conjugation. Afr1p interacts with Cdc12p, which belongs to a family o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Giot L,Konopka JB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have undertaken a biochemical analysis of the regulation of the G1/S-phase transition and commitment to the cell cycle in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The execution of Start requires the activity of the Cdc2 protein kinase and the Sct1/Cdc10 transcription complex. Progression through G1 also require...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Caligiuri M,Connolly T,Beach D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrates critical for transformation by pp60v-src remain unknown, as does the precise role of the src homology 2 (SH2) domain in this process. To continue exploring the role of the SH2 domain in pp60v-src-mediated transformation, site-directed mutagenesis was used to create mutant v-src alleles predicted to encode p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verderame MF

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfertilized eggs and fertilized embryos from Drosophila mothers mutant for the plutonium (plu) gene contain giant polyploid nuclei resulting from unregulated S-phase. The PLU protein, a 19-kDa ankyrin repeat protein, is present in oocytes and early embryos but is not detectable after the completion of the initial rap...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Elfring LK,Axton JM,Fenger DD,Page AW,Carminati JL,Orr-Weaver TL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta 2 integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) mediates activation-dependent adhesion of lymphocytes. To investigate whether lymphocyte-specific elements are essential for LFA-1 function, we expressed LFA-1 in the erythroleukemic cell line K562, which expresses only the integrin very late antigen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lub M,van Vliet SJ,Oomen SP,Pieters RA,Robinson M,Figdor CG,van Kooyk Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used transgenic analysis in Drosophila to compare the ability of two structurally similar alpha-tubulin isoforms to support microtubule assembly in vivo. Our data revealed that even closely related alpha-tubulin isoforms have different functional capacities. Thus, in multicellular organisms, even small changes in t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hutchens JA,Hoyle HD,Turner FR,Raff EC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding NFKB1 is autoregulated, responding to NF-kappa B/Rel activation through NF-kappa B binding sites in its promoter, which also contains putative sites for Ets proteins. One of the Ets sites, which we refer to as EBS4, is located next to an NF-kappa B/Rel binding site, kB3, which is absolutely required ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lambert PF,Ludford-Menting MJ,Deacon NJ,Kola I,Doherty RR

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neutrophils generally function adherent to an extracellular matrix. We have previously reported that upon adhesion to laminin- or fibronectin-coated, but not uncoated, plastic there is a depolymerization of actin in neutrophils. This phenomenon was not affected by inhibitors of the more well-studied components o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang JS,Coburn JP,Tauber AI,Zaner KS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of the patch clamp technique, the role of cytoskeleton in the regulation of ion channels in plasma membrane of leukemic K562 cells was examined. Single-channel measurements have indicated that disruption of actin filaments with cytochalasin D (CD) resulted in a considerable increase of the activity of non...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Negulyaev YA,Vedernikova EA,Maximov AV

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine connexin 40 (Cx40) and connexin 43 (Cx43) do not form functional heterotypic gap junction channels. This property may contribute to the preferential propagation of action potentials in murine conductive myocardium (expressing Cx40) which is surrounded by working myocardium, expressing Cx43. When mouse Cx40 and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Haubrich S,Schwarz HJ,Bukauskas F,Lichtenberg-Fraté H,Traub O,Weingart R,Willecke K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphogenesis checkpoint in budding yeast delays nuclear division (and subsequent cell cycle progression) in cells that have failed to make a bud. We show that the ability of this checkpoint to delay nuclear division requires the SWE1 gene, encoding a protein kinase that inhibits the master cell cycle regulatory kin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sia RA,Herald HA,Lew DJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms and receptors involved in phagocytosis by nonhematopoietic cells are not well understood. The involvement of the alpha 3 beta 1 integrin in phagocytosis of the extracellular matrix by human breast cancer cells was studied. The possible role of this integrin was suggested since alpha 3 and beta 1 but not...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Coopman PJ,Thomas DM,Gehlsen KR,Mueller SC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened a human cDNA library with a probe derived from a partial SEC23 mouse homologue and isolated two different cDNA clones (hSec23A and hSec23B) encoding proteins of a predicted molecular mass of 85 kDa. hSec23Ap and hSec23Bp were 85% identical and shared 48% identity with the yeast Sec23p. Affinity-purified an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Paccaud JP,Reith W,Carpentier JL,Ravazzola M,Amherdt M,Schekman R,Orci L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) inhibits cell proliferation by inducing a G1 cell-cycle arrest. Cyclin/CDK complexes have been implicated in this arrest, because TGF beta treatment leads to inhibition of cyclin/CDK activity. We have investigated the role of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) in TGF beta-induc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Herrera RE,Mäkelä TP,Weinberg RA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins are components of principal signaling pathways in eukaryotes. In higher organisms, alpha subunits of G proteins have been divided into four families, Gi, Gs, Gq, and G12. We previously identified a G alpha i homologue gna-1 in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Now we report that delet...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ivey FD,Hodge PN,Turner GE,Borkovich KA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila melanogaster genes Hrb87F and Hrb98DE encode the fly proteins HRB87F and HRB98DE (also known as hrp36 and hrp38, respectively) that are most similar in sequence and function to mammalian A/B-type hnRNP proteins. Using overexpression and deletion mutants of Hrb87F, we have tested the hypothesis that the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zu K,Sikes ML,Haynes SR,Beyer AL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) is an intracellular calcium channel involved in coupling cell membrane receptors to calcium signal transduction pathways within cells including endocrine cells. Several isoforms (I, II, and III) of IP3Rs have been identified, which are encoded by separate genes, and are...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nucifora FC Jr,Sharp AH,Milgram SL,Ross CA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all eucaryotic cell types analyzed, proliferations of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can be induced by increasing the levels of certain integral ER proteins. One of the best characterized of these proteins is HMG-CoA reductase, which catalyzes the rate-limiting step in sterol biosynthesis. We have investigated the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Koning AJ,Roberts CJ,Wright RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Episialin (MUC1, PEM, EMA, CA15-3 antigen) is a sialylated, membrane-associated glycoprotein with an extended mucin-like ectodomain. This domain mainly consists of 30-90 homologous 20-amino acid repeats that are rich in O-glycosylation sites (serines and threonines). It is likely that this part forms a polyproline bet...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wesseling J,van der Valk SW,Hilkens J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric protein (ERaeq) comprised of the invariant chain (Ii) of class II major histocompatability complex (MHC-II) and aequorin was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of transfected human embryonal kidney 293 cells. The targeted aequorin resided in the lumen of the ER membrane system, including the nuclea...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Button D,Eidsath A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of YME1 in yeast causes several distinct phenotypes: an increased rate of DNA escape from mitochondria, temperature-sensitive growth on nonfermentable carbon sources, extremely slow growth when mitochondrial DNA is completely absent from the cell, and altered morphology of the mitochondrial compartment. T...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Weber ER,Hanekamp T,Thorsness PE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonemal dyneins are molecular motors that drive the beating of cilia and flagella. We report here the identification and partial cloning of seven unique axonemal dynein heavy chains from rat tracheal epithelial (RTE) cells. Combinations of axonemal-specific and degenerate primers to conserved regions around the catal...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Andrews KL,Nettesheim P,Asai DJ,Ostrowski LE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on physiological modulation of intercellular communication mediated by protein kinases are often complicated by the fact that cells express multiple gap junction proteins (connexins; Cx). Changes in cell coupling can be masked by simultaneous opposite regulation of the gap junction channel types expressed. We ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kwak BR,Hermans MM,De Jonge HR,Lohmann SM,Jongsma HJ,Chanson M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The septins are a family of homologous proteins that were originally identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where they are associated with the "neck filaments" and are involved in cytokinesis and other aspects of the organization of the cell surface. We report here the identification of Sep1, a Drosophila melanogaste...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fares H,Peifer M,Pringle JR

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling via the Ras pathway involves sequential activation of Ras, Raf-1, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MKK), and the extracellular signal-regulated (ERK) group of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Expression from the c-Fos, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), and myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) promoter...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Thorburn J,Carlson M,Mansour SJ,Chien KR,Ahn NG,Thorburn A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc2 kinase activity is required for triggering entry into mitosis in all known eukaryotes. Elaborate mechanisms have evolved for regulating Cdc2 activity so that mitosis occurs in a timely manner, when preparations for its execution are complete. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Wee1 and a related Mik1 kinase are Cdc2-i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Campbell SD,Sprenger F,Edgar BA,O'Farrell PH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturation-promoting factor, consisting of cdc2 protein kinase and a regulatory B-type cyclin, is a universal regulator of meiosis and mitosis in eukaryotes. In Xenopus, there are two subtypes of B-type cyclins, designated B1 and B2, both of which are phosphorylated. In this study, we have investigated the biological ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li J,Meyer AN,Donoghue DJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillations in intracellular Ca2+ can be induced by a variety of cellular signalling processes (Woods et al., 1986; Berridge 1988; Jacob et al., 1988) and appear to play a role in secretion (Stojilković et al., 1994), fertilization (Miyazaki et al., 1993), and smooth muscle contraction (Iino and Tsukioka, 1994). Rece...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Keizer J,Li YX,Stojilković S,Rinzel J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane tubules of uniform diameter (60-80 nm) and variable lengths have been seen to extend from the main bodies of the Golgi complex, trans Golgi network (TGN), and endosomes. In the case of endosomes, these tubules appear to mediate membrane and receptor recycling events. Brefeldin A (BFA) is a potent drug that co...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： de Figueiredo P,Brown WJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding p28, a light chain of inner dynein arms of Chlamydomonas axonemes. Here, we show that p28 is the protein encoded by the IDA4 locus. p28, and the dynein heavy chains normally associated with it, are completely absent from the flagella and cell bodies o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： LeDizet M,Piperno G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the actions of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) that are mediated by the neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1-R) desensitize and resensitize, which may be associated with NK1-R endocytosis and recycling. We delineated this endocytic pathway in transfected cells by confocal microscopy using cyanine 3-SP and NK1-R antibo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Grady EF,Garland AM,Gamp PD,Lovett M,Payan DG,Bunnett NW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated mutants in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe that are defective in protein glycosylation. A collection of osmotically sensitive mutants was prepared and screened for glycosylation defects using lectin staining as an assay. Mutants singly defective in four glycoprotein synthesis genes (gps1-4...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang KM,Snider MD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00