This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Molecular Biology headlines.
Lack of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein Correlates with a Decrease in Cell Migration and Overall Changes in Microtubule Stability.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Asymmetric Localization of Calpain 2 during Neutrophil Chemotaxis.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Ribosome Biogenesis Is Sensed at the Start Cell Cycle Checkpoint.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Atg19 Mediates a Dual Interaction Cargo Sorting Mechanism in Selective Autophagy.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
The Cullin3 Ubiquitin Ligase Functions as a Nedd8-bound Heterodimer.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Role of mast cells in wound healing process after glass-fiber composite implant in rats.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Cutaneous melanoma: digital dermoscopy-essential tool for positive diagnosis.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
alpha-synuclein and Parkinson's disease: the first roadblock.
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Source: J Cell Mol Med - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Expression of TM4SF10, a Claudin/EMP/PMP22 family cell junction protein, during mouse kidney development and podocyte differentiation
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 28, 2006 Authors: Leslie A. Bruggeman, Scott Martinka, Jeffrey S. Simske Source Type: news
Initial specification of the epibranchial placode in zebrafish embryos depends on the fibroblast growth factor signal
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 28, 2006 Authors: Masataka Nikaido, Kazunao Doi, Takashi Shimizu, Masahiko Hibi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Kyo Yamasu Source Type: news
Global growth deficiencies in mice lacking the ribosomal protein HIP/RPL29
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 28, 2006 Authors: Catherine B. Kirn-Safran, Daniel S. Oristian, Richard J. Focht, Shaila G. Parker, Jay L. Vivian, Daniel D. Carson Source Type: news
Comparison of the expression patterns of newly identified zebrafish retinoic acid and retinoid X receptors
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 28, 2006 Authors: Joshua S. Waxman, Deborah Yelon Source Type: news
Differential apoptosis by gallotannin in human colon cancer cells with distinct p53 status
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 28, 2006 Authors: Sahar Al-Ayyoubi, Hala Gali-Muhtasib Source Type: news
Combinatorial expression patterns of heparan sulfate sulfotransferases in zebrafish: III. 2-O-sulfotransferase and C5-epimerases
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 28, 2006 Authors: Adam B. Cadwallader, H. Joseph Yost Source Type: news
Factors involved in anaerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Source: Yeast - December 27, 2006 Authors: I. S. Ishtar Snoek, H. Yde Steensma Source Type: news
The end1 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe coding for a DNase is identical with the pnu1 gene coding for an RNase
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Source: Yeast - December 27, 2006 Authors: Jürg Kohli, Benjamin Sakem Source Type: news
Maternally imprinted microRNAs are differentially expressed during mouse and human lung development
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 27, 2006 Authors: Andrew E. Williams, Sterghios A. Moschos, Mark M. Perry, Peter J. Barnes, Mark A. Lindsay Source Type: news
Ultrastructural study of nuclear inclusions immunohistochemically positive for surfactant protein A in pulmonary adenocarcinoma with special reference to their morphogenesis
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Source: Medical Molecular Morphology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
p16 and p27 are functionally correlated during the progress of hepatocarcinogenesis
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Source: Medical Molecular Morphology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
Uptake of microparticles into the epithelium of human nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissue
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Source: Medical Molecular Morphology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
Morphological alterations in the growth plate cartilage of ovariectomized mice
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Source: Medical Molecular Morphology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
LPS-induced transient testicular dysfunction accompanied by apoptosis of testicular germ cells in mice
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Source: Medical Molecular Morphology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
Cloning and characterization of scale [beta]-keratins in the differentiating epidermis of geckoes show they are glycine-proline-serine-rich proteins with a central motif homologous to avian [beta]-keratins
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 26, 2006 Authors: Luisa Dalla Valle, Alessia Nardi, Vania Toffolo, Cristiana Niero, Mattia Toni, Lorenzo Alibardi Source Type: news
Botryllus schlosseri: A model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 26, 2006 Authors: L. Manni, G. Zaniolo, F. Cima, P. Burighel, L. Ballarin Source Type: news
An arginine ladder in OprP mediates phosphate-specific transfer across the outer membrane
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Source: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology - December 24, 2006 Authors: Trevor F MoraesManjeet BainsRobert E W HancockNatalie C J Strynadka Source Type: news
Identification and structural basis of binding to host lung glycogen by streptococcal virulence factors
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Source: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology - December 24, 2006 Authors: Alicia Lammerts van BuerenMelanie HigginsDiana WangRobert D BurkeAlisdair B Boraston Source Type: news
Structure of a conserved hypothetical protein SA1388 from S. aureusreveals a capped hexameric toroid with two PII domain lids and a dinuclear metal center
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Source: BMC Structural Biology - Latest articles - December 23, 2006 Authors: Kumar Singh Saikatendu, Xuejun Zhang, Lisa Kinch, Matthew Leybourne, Nick V Grishin and Hong Zhang Source Type: news
Elevated urokinase-specific surface receptor expression is maintained through its interaction with urokinase plasminogen activator
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 23, 2006 Authors: Chitladda Mahanivong, Jianqiang Yu, Shuang Huang Source Type: news
Trypanosoma brucei ARF1 Plays a Central Role in Endocytosis and Golgi-Lysosome Trafficking.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
PALS1 Regulates E-Cadherin Trafficking in Mammalian Epithelial Cells.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Transferrin Receptor 2: Evidence for Ligand-induced Stabilization and Redirection to a Recycling Pathway.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
The Cell Fate Determination Factor DACH1 Inhibits c-Jun Induced Contact-Independent Growth.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
GCP6 Binds to Intermediate Filaments: A Novel Function of Keratins in the Organization of Microtubules in Epithelial Cells.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Small Heat Shock Proteins Select {Delta}F508-CFTR for ER Associated Degradation (ERAD).
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
N-WASP Involvement in Dorsal Ruffle Formation in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Direct Binding to Rsp5 Mediates Ubiquitin-independent Sorting of Sna3 via the Multivesicular Body Pathway.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Activated Cdc42-associated Kinase 1 (ACK1) Is a Component of EGF Receptor Signaling Complex and Regulates EGF Receptor Degradation.
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Source: Mol Biol Cell - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Detection of Occult Medullary Thyroid Cancer Recurrence with 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-d
-glucose-PET and PET/CT
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Source: Molecular Imaging and Biology - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Biomechanical properties of intermediate filaments: from tissues to single filaments and back
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Source: BioEssays - December 22, 2006 Authors: Laurent Kreplak, Douglas Fudge Source Type: news
Ectoplasmic specialization: a friend or a foe of spermatogenesis?
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Source: BioEssays - December 22, 2006 Authors: Helen H.N. Yan, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, C. Yan Cheng Source Type: news
Identification of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 and Ku70/Ku80 as transcriptional regulators of S100A9 gene expression
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Source: BMC Molecular Biology - Latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: Jens Grote, Simone Koenig, Doreen Ackermann, Claudia Sopalla, Malgorzata Benedyk, Marek Los and Claus Kerkhoff Source Type: news
An enantioselective Bronsted acid catalyzed enamine Mannich reaction
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryA. Louise TillmanDarren J. Dixon Source Type: news
New insights into the nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin family of nuclear chaperones
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Source: BioEssays - December 22, 2006 Authors: Lindsay J. Frehlick, José María Eirín-López, Juan Ausió Source Type: news
The trick of the tail: protein-protein interactions of metabotropic glutamate receptors
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Source: BioEssays - December 22, 2006 Authors: Ralf Enz Source Type: news
Production of a novel recombinant Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase for detection of organophosphate and carbamate insecticide residues.
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Source: Biomolecular Engineering - December 22, 2006 Authors: Xu S, Wu A, Chen H, Xie Y, Xu Y, Zhang L, Li J, Zhang D Tags: Biomol Eng Source Type: news
Myocardin-related transcription factor B is required for normal mouse vascular development and smooth muscle gene expression
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 22, 2006 Authors: Ke Wei, Nam Che, Fabian Chen Source Type: news
Growth arrest-specific gene 6 and Axl signaling enhances gastric cancer cell survival via Akt pathway
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: Tateo Sawabu, Hiroshi Seno, Tomoko Kawashima, Akihisa Fukuda, Yoshito Uenoyama, Mayumi Kawada, Naoki Kanda, Akira Sekikawa, Hirokazu Fukui, Motoko Yanagita, Hiroshi Yoshibayashi, Seiji Satoh, Yoshiharu Sakai, Toru Nakano, Tsutomu Chiba Source Type: news
The presence of BRAF point mutation in adult papillary thyroid carcinomas from atomic bomb survivors correlates with radiation dose
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: Keiko Takahashi, Hidetaka Eguchi, Koji Arihiro, Reiko Ito, Kojiro Koyama, Midori Soda, John Cologne, Yuzo Hayashi, Yoshihiro Nakata, Kei Nakachi, Kiyohiro Hamatani Source Type: news
The twenty-first Aspen Cancer Conference: Mechanisms of toxicity, carcinogenesis, cancer prevention, and cancer therapy, 2006
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: Miriam Sander, Benjamin F. Trump, Curtis C. Harris Source Type: news
Robust platform for de novo production of heterologous polyketides and nonribosomal peptides in Escherichia coli
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 21, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryKenji WatanabeHideaki Oikawa Source Type: news
Modulation of UVB-induced and basal cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression by apigenin in mouse keratinocytes: Role of USF transcription factors
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: Rukiyah T. Van Dross, Xiaoman Hong, Suzanne Essengue, Susan M. Fischer, Jill C. Pelling Source Type: news
Engineering zinc finger protein transcription factors to downregulate the epithelial glycoprotein-2 promoter as a novel anti-cancer treatment
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: Willemijn M. Gommans, Pamela M.J. McLaughlin, Beatrice I. Lindhout, David J. Segal, D.J. Wiegman, Hidde J. Haisma, Bert J. van der Zaal, Marianne G. Rots Source Type: news
Pinocembrin triggers Bax-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis in colon cancer cells
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Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - December 21, 2006 Authors: M. A. Suresh Kumar, Mangalam Nair, P.S. Hema, John Mohan, T.R. Santhoshkumar Source Type: news
Synthesis and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ligands: new isothiazole analogues of ibotenic acid
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 20, 2006 Authors: Charlotte G. JorgensenRasmus P. Clausen Kasper B. Hansen Hans Brauner-Osborne Birgitte Nielsen Bjorn Metzler Jan Kehler Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen Ulf Madsen Source Type: news
Photochemical control of biological processes
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 20, 2006 Authors: Douglas D. YoungAlexander Deiters Source Type: news
2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]Fluoro-d
-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Illustrates Two Visceral Tumors in a Post Kidney Transplant Patient with Multiple Cutaneous Malignancies
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Source: Molecular Imaging and Biology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: news
“Magnetic Resonance Imaging Negative Positron Emission Tomography Positive” Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: FDG-PET Pattern Differs from Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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Source: Molecular Imaging and Biology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: news
On the enantioselective olefin epoxidation by doubly bridged biphenyl azepine derivatives - mixed tropos/atropos chiral biaryls
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 19, 2006 Authors: Jerome VachonSamuel Rentsch Alexandre Martinez Claire Marsol Jerome Lacour Source Type: news
Gangliogenesis in the enteric nervous system: Roles of the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule and its regulation by bone morphogenetic protein-4
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 19, 2006 Authors: Christophe Faure, Alcmène Chalazonitis, Catherine Rhéaume, Guylaine Bouchard, S.-Gopalan Sampathkumar, Kevin J. Yarema, Michael D. Gershon Source Type: news
Highlights in DD
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Source: Developmental Dynamics - December 19, 2006 Source Type: news
Insights on the evolution of trehalose biosynthesis
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: Nelson Avonce, Alfredo Mendoza-Vargas, Enrique Morett and Gabriel Iturriaga Source Type: news
Effect of vanillin on toxicant-induced lethality in the Drosophila melanogaster DNA repair test
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Source: Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis - December 19, 2006 Authors: Magda Patrícia Furlanetto, Marialva Sinigaglia, Viviane Souza do Amaral, Rafael Rodrigues Dihl, Heloísa Helena Rodrigues de Andrade Source Type: news
Investigation of a general base mechanism for ester hydrolysis in C-C hydrolase enzymes of the [small alpha]/[small beta]-hydrolase superfamily: a novel mechanism for the serine catalytic triad
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 19, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryJian-Jun LiTimothy D. H. Bugg Source Type: news
Cloning of an epoxide hydrolase-encoding gene from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and functional expression in Yarrowia lipolytica
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Source: Yeast - December 18, 2006 Authors: Michel Labuschagne, Jacobus Albertyn Source Type: news
System properties of ErbB receptor signaling for the understanding of cancer progression
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Source: RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles - December 18, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryMariko Hatakeyama Source Type: news
Advanced organic synthesis using microreactor technology
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 18, 2006 Authors: Batoul Ahmed-OmerJohan C. Brandt Thomas Wirth Source Type: news
In Schizosaccharomyces pombe the 14-3-3 protein Rad24p is involved in negative control of pho1 gene expression
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Source: Yeast - December 18, 2006 Authors: Pia-Manuela Voicu, Elena Petrescu-Danila, Marius Poitelea, Adam T. Watson, Mircea Rusu Source Type: news
The ORF YNL274c (GOR1) codes for glyoxylate reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Source: Yeast - December 18, 2006 Authors: Eija Rintala, Juha-Pekka Pitkänen, Maija-Leena Vehkomäki, Merja Penttilä, Laura Ruohonen Source Type: news
Influence of polymorphisms at loci encoding DNA repair proteins on cancer susceptibility and G2 chromosomal radiosensitivity
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Source: Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis - December 18, 2006 Authors: Craig S. Wilding, Gillian B. Curwen, E. Janet Tawn, Xiaohua Sheng, Jeanette F. Winther, Ranajit Chakraborty, John D. Boice Jr. Source Type: news
Mechanism of the sulfurisation of phosphines and phosphites using 3-amino-1,2,4-dithiazole-5-thione (xanthane hydride)
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Source: RSC - Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - December 18, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryJiri HanusekMark A. Russell Andrew P. Laws Petr Jansa John H. Atherton Kevin Fettes Michael I. Page Source Type: news
A single subunit, Dis3, is essentially responsible for yeast exosome core activity
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Source: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology - December 17, 2006 Authors: Andrzej DziembowskiEsben LorentzenElena ContiBertrand Séraphin Source Type: news
Concerted Evolution of Duplicated Control Regions within an Ostracod Mitochondrial Genome
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Source: Molecular