The gene for the embryonic stem cell coactivator UTF1 carries a regulatory element which selectively interacts with a complex composed of Oct-3/4 and Sox-2.
Authors:Nishimoto M,Fukushima A,Okuda A,Muramatsu M
Journal:Molecular and cellular biology
PubMed ID:10409735
UTF1 is a transcriptional coactivator which has recently been isolated and found to be expressed mainly in pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells (A. Okuda, A. Fukushima, M. Nishimoto, et al., EMBO J. 17:2019â2032, 1998). To gain insight into the regulatory network of gene expression in ES cells, we have characterized ... More
WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression.
Authors:el-Deiry WS, Tokino T, Velculescu VE, Levy DB, Parsons R, Trent JM, Lin D, Mercer WE, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B
Journal:Cell
PubMed ID:8242752
The ability of p53 to activate transcription from specific sequences suggests that genes induced by p53 may mediate its biological role as a tumor suppressor. Using a subtractive hybridization approach, we identified a gene, named WAF1, whose induction was associated with wild- type but not mutant p53 gene expression in ... More
DNA methylation and genetic instability in colorectal cancer cells [see comments]
Authors:Lengauer C, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:9122232
'Apparent alterations in DNA methylation have been observed in many cancers, but whether such alterations represent a persistent alteration in the normal methylation process is not known. In this study, we report a striking difference in the expression of exogenously introduced retroviral genes in various colorectal cancer cell lines. Extinguished ... More
Phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 and stimulation of T-cell factor signaling following activation of EP2 and EP4 prostanoid receptors by prostaglandin E2.
Authors: Fujino Hiromichi; West Kimberly A; Regan John W;
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:11706038
'Recently we have shown that the FP(B) prostanoid receptor, a G-protein-coupled receptor that couples to Galpha(q), activates T-cell factor (Tcf)/lymphoid enhancer factor (Lef)-mediated transcriptional activation (Fujino, H., and Regan, J. W. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 12489-12492). We now report that the EP(2) and EP(4) prostanoid receptors, which couple to ... More
The intramembrane cleavage site of the amyloid precursor protein depends on the length of its transmembrane domain.
Authors: Lichtenthaler Stefan F; Beher Dirk; Grimm Heike S; Wang Rong; Shearman Mark S; Masters Colin L; Beyreuther Konrad;
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:11805291
'Proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein by beta-secretase generates C99, which subsequently is cleaved by gamma-secretase, yielding the amyloid beta peptide (A beta). This gamma-cleavage occurs within the transmembrane domain (TMD) of C99 and is similar to the intramembrane cleavage of Notch. However, Notch and C99 differ in their ... More