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A comprehensive assessment of peroxisome biology: ER-dependent peroxisome proliferation control, evolution of organelle inheritance in yeast and a Drosophila model system of Zellweger syndrome
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The modern eukaryotic cell is a meshwork of encapsulating membranes that compartmentalize many distinct biochemical processes. It is complex. This complexity facilitates the many unique and diverse processes that aid the eukaryote in its growth, division and adaptation to its environment. A...
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Spring 2017
ADP-ribosylation factors (Arfs) play a central role in the regulation of vesicular trafficking through the Golgi. Arfs are activated on cis-Golgi membranes exclusively by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Golgi-specific BFA resistance factor 1 (GBF1), upon recruitment from cytosol....
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A novel group of zebrafish Class II ADP-ribosylation factors and their potential role in photoreceptor development
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In this study we identified an unknown set of Class II Arf isoforms in zebrafish. Bioinformatics analyses grouped these paralogues into three distinct clades. Using antisense morpholino gene knockdown, we tested the effect of loss of each zebrafish Class II Arf on early development and...
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Fall 2022
The compartmentalization of subcellular functions facilitates the regulation of biochemical reactions and cellular processes. The compartmentalization of the eukaryotic genome into the nucleus by the nuclear envelope (NE), for example, facilitates various DNA metabolic activities. The NE is...
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A Role for Pom121 in Linking the Nuclear Pore Complex Membrane Scaffold to the Pore Membrane Domain
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A key step in the evolutionary progression from prokaryote to eukaryote was development of the endomembrane system, including encapsulation of genetic material by the impermeable nuclear envelope (NE). Trafficking of macromolecules between cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments required the...
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A role for the nuclear pore complex protein Nup170p in defining chromatin structure and regulating gene expression
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The spatial organization of chromosomal loci within the nucleus can have a significant influence on transcriptional activity. Transcriptionally active genes are generally positioned within the nuclear interior. By contrast, the positioning of genes at the nuclear periphery is often correlated...
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A role for the nuclear transport machinery in supporting positive-strand RNA virus infection and in regulating innate immune responses
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In eukaryotic cells, the genetic material is encapsulated in a double lipid membrane layer to form the nuclear compartment. This double membrane layer, termed the nuclear envelope, is fenestrated by pores, which are occupied by proteinaceous gateway structures termed nuclear pore complexes...