Fluorescence/bioluminescence resonance energy transfer techniques to study G-protein-coupled receptor activation and signaling

MJ Lohse, S Nuber, C Hoffmann… - Pharmacological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Fluorescence and bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (FRET and BRET)
techniques allow the sensitive monitoring of distances between two labels at the nanometer …

Endocytosis and signaling: cell logistics shape the eukaryotic cell plan

S Sigismund, S Confalonieri, A Ciliberto… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Our understanding of endocytosis has evolved remarkably in little more than a decade. This
is the result not only of advances in our knowledge of its molecular and biological workings …

Arl2-GTP and Arl3-GTP regulate a GDI-like transport system for farnesylated cargo

SA Ismail, YX Chen, A Rusinova, A Chandra… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract Lipidated Rho and Rab GTP-binding proteins are transported between membranes
in complex with solubilizing factors called'guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors'(GDIs) …

Signaling from the living plasma membrane

HE Grecco, M Schmick, PIH Bastiaens - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Our understanding of the plasma membrane, once viewed simply as a static barrier, has
been revolutionized to encompass a complex, dynamic organelle that integrates the cell with …

Subcellular control of Rac-GTPase signalling by magnetogenetic manipulation inside living cells

F Etoc, D Lisse, Y Bellaiche, J Piehler… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Many cell functions rely on the coordinated activity of signalling pathways at a subcellular
scale 1, 2. However, there are few tools capable of probing and perturbing signalling …

Protein self-organization: lessons from the min system

M Loose, K Kruse, P Schwille - Annual review of biophysics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
One of the most fundamental features of biological systems is probably their ability to self-
organize in space and time on different scales. Despite many elaborate theoretical models …

Complexity of receptor tyrosine kinase signal processing

N Volinsky, BN Kholodenko - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Our knowledge of molecular mechanisms of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling
advances with ever-increasing pace. Yet our understanding of how the spatiotemporal …

Spatiotemporal control of microtubule nucleation and assembly using magnetic nanoparticles

C Hoffmann, E Mazari, S Lallet, R Le Borgne… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Decisions on the fate of cells and their functions are dictated by the spatiotemporal dynamics
of molecular signalling networks. However, techniques to examine the dynamics of these …

Transcriptomics Comparison between Porcine Adipose and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells during In Vitro Osteogenic and Adipogenic Differentiation

E Monaco, M Bionaz, S Rodriguez-Zas, WL Hurley… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) are considered the gold standard for use in
tissue regeneration among mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). The abundance and ease of …

G-protein signaling leverages subunit-dependent membrane affinity to differentially control βγ translocation to intracellular membranes

PR O'Neill, WKA Karunarathne… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Activation of G-protein heterotrimers by receptors at the plasma membrane stimulates βγ-
complex dissociation from the α-subunit and translocation to internal membranes. This …