The primary endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria with primitive eukaryotes is assumed to have occurred in ancient times, leading to the formation of plants with chloroplasts. However, since this possibility has remained exp...
Aim: RNA-binding proteins are a large group of regulators (800-1000 in humans), some of which play significant roles in mRNA local translation. In this study, we analyzed the functions of the protein RNP-1, which w...
The Dictyostelium discoideum AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) snfA subcellular localization was studied in AX2 and stable HPF strains by use of AMPK antipeptide antibody and goat anti-rabbit Alexa-Flour 488-conjuga...
A cDNA clone SSJ337 (accession no. AF161253) of 1230 bp, encoding a catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 4, was selected as one of the clones expressed specifically in prestalk cells from a cDNA library of D. disc...
supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme(PIEF-GA-2009-236501).
The dictyostelid social amoebae(Dictyostelia)occur in terrestrial habitats worldwide.It has been observed previously that their diversity decreases with increasing latitude and altitude.Here we look at dictyostelid di...
An efficient drug delivery is the prerequisite of the successful chemotherapeutic treatments of many human diseases. Despite a great number of approaches, the improvement of drug cell internalization remains an actual...
To investigate the roles of substrate adhesion in cytokinesis, we established cell lines lacking paxillin (PAXB) or vineulin (VINA), and those expressing the respective GFP fusion proteins in Dictyostelium discoid...
Four deletion mutant Dictyostelium myosin Ⅱ heavy chain genes, MyΔ824-941 (Δ1/3S2), MyΔ934-1454 (ΔS2), MyΔ934-1194 (ΔS2-1) and MyΔl157-1454 (ΔS2-2), were transformed by standard electroporation into mhcA- cel...