A modified Gateway cloning strategy for overexpressing tagged proteins in plants.
Authors:Dubin MJ, Bowler C, Benvenuto G,
Journal:Plant Methods
PubMed ID:18211686
'ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recent developments, including the sequencing of a number of plant genomes, have greatly increased the amount of data available to scientists and has enabled high throughput investigations where many genes are investigated simultaneously. To perform these studies, recombinational cloning methods such as the Gateway system have been adapted ... More
Trpm7 regulates cell adhesion by controlling the calcium dependent protease calpain.
Authors:Su LT, Agapito MA, Li M, T N Simonson W, Huttenlocher A, Habas R, Yue L, Runnels LW,
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:16436382
'M-calpain is a protease implicated in the control of cell adhesion through focal adhesion disassembly. The mechanism by which the enzyme is spatially and temporally controlled is not well understood, particularly because calpain''s dependence on calcium exceeds the sub-micromolar concentrations normally observed in cells. Here we show that the channel-kinase ... More
High-throughput gateway bicistronic retroviral vectors for stable expression in mammalian cells: exploring the biologic effects of STAT5 overexpression.
Authors:Royer Y, Menu C, Liu X, Constantinescu SN,
Journal:DNA Cell Biol
PubMed ID:15231069
Stable expression of cloned genes in mammalian cells has been achieved in the past by retroviral transduction using bicistronic retroviral vectors. In these vectors, the use of an Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) allows simultaneous expression of a protein of interest and a fluorescence marker. However, traditional cDNA cloning in ... More