Contents: October 1998, Volume 18, Issue 10        Gene Expression        Transcriptional Regulation        Cell Growth and Development        Dna Dynamics and Chromosome Structure        Errata Other Issues

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Gene Expression:

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Novel Regulatory Factors Interacting with the Promoter of the Gene Encoding the mRNA Cap Binding Protein (eIF4E) and Their Function in Growth Regulation Kelly A. Johnston, Michael Polymenis, Shanping Wang, John Branda, and Emmett V. Schmidt Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5621-5633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Point Mutations in the WD40 Domain of Eed Block Its Interaction with Ezh2 Oleg Denisenko, Maria Shnyreva, Hideaki Suzuki, and Karol Bomsztyk Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5634-5642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis and Function of the Modified DNA Base -D-Glucosyl-Hydroxymethyluracil in Trypanosoma brucei Fred van Leeuwen, Rudo Kieft, Mike Cross, and Piet Borst Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5643-5651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Nuclear Orphan Receptor CAR-Retinoid X Receptor Heterodimer Activates the Phenobarbital-Responsive Enhancer Module of the CYP2B Gene Paavo Honkakoski, Igor Zelko, Tatsuya Sueyoshi, and Masahiko Negishi Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5652-5658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mammalian GCN5 and P/CAF Acetyltransferases Have Homologous Amino-Terminal Domains Important for Recognition of Nucleosomal Substrates Wanting Xu, Diane G. Edmondson, and Sharon Y. Roth Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5659-5669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

I-PpoI, the Endonuclease Encoded by the Group I Intron PpLSU3, Is Expressed from an RNA Polymerase I Transcript Jue Lin and Volker M. Vogt Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5809-5817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Sequence of the CIS Gene Promoter Interacts Preferentially with Two Associated STAT5A Dimers: a Distinct Biochemical Difference between STAT5A and STAT5B Frédérique Verdier, Raquel Rabionet, Fabrice Gouilleux, Christian Beisenherz-Huss, Paule Varlet, Odile Muller, Patrick Mayeux, Catherine Lacombe, Sylvie Gisselbrecht, and Stany Chretien Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5852-5860; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ADR1-Mediated Transcriptional Activation Requires the Presence of an Intact TFIID Complex Philip B. Komarnitsky, Edward R. Klebanow, P. Anthony Weil, and Clyde L. Denis Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5861-5867; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Deafness-Associated Mitochondrial DNA Mutation at Position 7445, Which Affects tRNASer(UCN) Precursor Processing, Has Long-Range Effects on NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit ND6 Gene Expression Min-Xin Guan, José Antonio Enriquez, Nathan Fischel-Ghodsian, Ram S. Puranam, Catherine P. Lin, Marion A. Maw, and Giuseppe Attardi Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5868-5879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Intron Length on Alternative Splicing of CD44 Martyn V. Bell, Alison E. Cowper, Marie-Paule Lefranc, John I. Bell, and Gavin R. Screaton Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5930-5941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Processivity of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Poly(A) Polymerase Requires Interactions at the Carboxyl-Terminal RNA Binding Domain Alexander Zhelkovsky, Steffen Helmling, and Claire Moore Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5942-5951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Guide RNA Binding Protein gBP21 with Active RNA Editing Complexes in Trypanosoma brucei Thomas E. Allen, Stefan Heidmann, RoseMary Reed, Peter J. Myler, H. Ulrich Göringer, and Kenneth D. Stuart Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6014-6022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modifications of the 5' Cap of mRNAs during Xenopus Oocyte Maturation: Independence from Changes in Poly(A) Length and Impact on Translation Donald L. Gillian-Daniel, Nicola K. Gray, Jonas Åström, Aaron Barkoff, and Marvin Wickens Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6152-6163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Transcriptional Regulation:

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Degradation of Myogenic Transcription Factor MyoD by the Ubiquitin Pathway In Vivo and In Vitro: Regulation by Specific DNA Binding Ossama Abu Hatoum, Shlomit Gross-Mesilaty, Kristin Breitschopf, Aviad Hoffman, Hedva Gonen, Aaron Ciechanover, and Eyal Bengal Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5670-5677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Transcription in Macrophages Is Attenuated by an Autocrine Factor That Preferentially Induces NF-B p50 Mark Baer, Allan Dillner, Richard C. Schwartz, Constance Sedon, Sergei Nedospasov, and Peter F. Johnson Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5678-5689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Silencing Is Defined by Isoform- and Heterodimer-Specific Interactions between Nuclear Hormone Receptors and Corepressors Chi-Wai Wong and Martin L. Privalsky Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5724-5733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Subdomains of Human TAFII130 Are Required for Interactions with Glutamine-Rich Transcriptional Activators Daman Saluja, Milo F. Vassallo, and Naoko Tanese Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5734-5743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Promiscuity of Gene Regulation by Serpentine Receptors in Dictyostelium discoideum Irene Verkerke-Van Wijk, Ji-Yun Kim, Raymond Brandt, Peter N. Devreotes, and Pauline Schaap Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5744-5749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NDT80 and the Meiotic Recombination Checkpoint Regulate Expression of Middle Sporulation-Specific Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shelley R. Hepworth, Helena Friesen, and Jacqueline Segall Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5750-5761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirements for Chromatin Modulation and Transcription Activation by the Pho4 Acidic Activation Domain P. C. McAndrew, J. Svaren, S. R. Martin, W. Hörz, and C. R. Goding Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5818-5827; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coactivator TIF1 Interacts with Transcription Factor C/EBP and Glucocorticoid Receptor To Induce 1-Acid Glycoprotein Gene Expression Ching-Jin Chang, Ya-Ling Chen, and Sheng-Chung Lee Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5880-5887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Locus Control Region Is Necessary for Gene Expression in the Human -Globin Locus but Not the Maintenance of an Open Chromatin Structure in Erythroid Cells Andreas Reik, Agnes Telling, Galynn Zitnik, Daniel Cimbora, Elliot Epner, and Mark Groudine Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5992-6000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanistic Principles in NR Box-Dependent Interaction between Nuclear Hormone Receptors and the Coactivator TIF2 Jörg Leers, Eckardt Treuter, and Jan-Åke Gustafsson Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6001-6013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Positive GATA Element and a Negative Vitamin D Receptor-Like Element Control Atrial Chamber-Specific Expression of a Slow Myosin Heavy-Chain Gene during Cardiac Morphogenesis Gang Feng Wang, William Nikovits, Jr., Mark Schleinitz, and Frank E. Stockdale Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6023-6034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The AD1 and AD2 Transactivation Domains of E2A Are Essential for the Antiapoptotic Activity of the Chimeric Oncoprotein E2A-HLF Takeshi Inukai, Toshiya Inaba, Satoshi Ikushima, and A. Thomas Look Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6035-6043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haploinsufficiency of MSX1: a Mechanism for Selective Tooth Agenesis Gezhi Hu, Heleni Vastardis, Andrew J. Bendall, Zhaoqing Wang, Malcolm Logan, Hailan Zhang, Craig Nelson, Stacey Stein, Norma Greenfield, Christine E. Seidman, J. G. Seidman, and Cory Abate-Shen Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6044-6051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Growth and Development:

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Regulation of Mdm2-Directed Degradation by the C Terminus of p53 Michael H. G. Kubbutat, Robert L. Ludwig, Margaret Ashcroft, and Karen H. Vousden Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5690-5698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Is Sufficient for Cell Cycle Entry and Promotes Cellular Changes Characteristic of Oncogenic Transformation Anke Klippel, Maria-Amelia Escobedo, Matthew S. Wachowicz, Gerald Apell, Timothy W. Brown, Martin A. Giedlin, W. Michael Kavanaugh, and Lewis T. Williams Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5699-5711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the Tyrosine Kinase Fer in Cell Adhesion Roberto Rosato, Jacqueline M. Veltmaat, John Groffen, and Nora Heisterkamp Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5762-5770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in RNA Polymerase II and Elongation Factor SII Severely Reduce mRNA Levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae J. Cale Lennon, III, Megan Wind, Laura Saunders, M. Benjamin Hock, and Daniel Reines Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5771-5779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Myogenesis by Fibroblast Growth Factors Requires Beta-Gamma Subunits of Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive G Proteins Yuri V. Fedorov, Nathan C. Jones, and Bradley B. Olwin Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5780-5787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of STE50 for Osmostress-Induced Activation of the STE11 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase in the High-Osmolarity Glycerol Response Pathway Francesc Posas, Elizabeth A. Witten, and Haruo Saito Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5788-5796; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alkylpurine-DNA-N-Glycosylase Knockout Mice Show Increased Susceptibility to Induction of Mutations by Methyl Methanesulfonate Rhoderick H. Elder, Jacob G. Jansen, Robert J. Weeks, Mark A. Willington, Bryan Deans, Amanda J. Watson, Kurt J. Mynett, John A. Bailey, Donald P. Cooper, Joseph A. Rafferty, Mel C. Heeran, Susan W. P. Wijnhoven, Albert A. van Zeeland, and Geoffrey P. Margison Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5828-5837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Novel Cortactin SH3 Domain-Binding Protein and Its Localization to Growth Cones of Cultured Neurons Yunrui Du, Scott A. Weed, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Trudy D. Marshall, and J. Thomas Parsons Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5838-5851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Kinase C- Is an Important Signaling Molecule in Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Receptor-Mediated Cell Transformation Weiqun Li, Yi-Xing Jiang, Jiachang Zhang, Lilian Soon, Lawrence Flechner, Veena Kapoor, Jacalyn H. Pierce, and Lu-Hai Wang Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5888-5898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Determinants of NF-B-Inducing Kinase Action Xin Lin, Yajun Mu, Emmett T. Cunningham, Jr., Kenneth B. Marcu, Romas Geleziunas, and Warner C. Greene Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5899-5907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of PrKX, a Novel Protein Kinase, and the Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase PKA by the Regulatory Proteins of Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 John A. Chiorini, Bastian Zimmermann, Linda Yang, Richard H. Smith, Aaron Ahearn, Friedrich Herberg, and Robert M. Kotin Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5921-5929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Activity of the Fanconi Anemia Protein FAA Requires FAC Binding and Nuclear Localization Dieter Näf, Gary M. Kupfer, Ahmed Suliman, Kathleen Lambert, and Alan D. D'Andrea Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5952-5960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

myc Boxes, Which Are Conserved in myc Family Proteins, Are Signals for Protein Degradation via the Proteasome Elizabeth M. Flinn, C. Magnus C. Busch, and Anthony P. H. Wright Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5961-5969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of the SMK1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Gene during Meiotic Development in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Michael Pierce, Marisa Wagner, Jianxin Xie, Valérie Gailus-Durner, John Six, Andrew K. Vershon, and Edward Winter Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5970-5980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dominant-Negative Mutations in the G-Protein-Coupled -Factor Receptor Map to the Extracellular Ends of the Transmembrane Segments Mercedes Dosil, Loïc Giot, Colleen Davis, and James B. Konopka Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5981-5991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

E1B 19,000-Molecular-Weight Protein Interacts with and Inhibits CED-4-Dependent, FLICE-Mediated Apoptosis Jeonghoon Han, Hershel D. Wallen, Gabriel Nuñez, and Eileen White Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6052-6062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FGF-18, a Novel Member of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Family, Stimulates Hepatic and Intestinal Proliferation Mickey C.-T. Hu, Wan R. Qiu, You-ping Wang, Dave Hill, Brian D. Ring, Sheila Scully, Brad Bolon, Margaret DeRose, Roland Luethy, W. Scott Simonet, Tsutomu Arakawa, and Dimitry M. Danilenko Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6063-6074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biased Suppression of Hematopoiesis and Multiple Developmental Defects in Chimeric Mice Containing Shp-2 Mutant Cells Cheng-Kui Qu, Wen-Mei Yu, Biagio Azzarelli, Scott Cooper, Hal E. Broxmeyer, and Gen-Sheng Feng Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6075-6082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutagenesis of the BH3 Domain of BAX Identifies Residues Critical for Dimerization and Killing Kun Wang, Atan Gross, Gabriel Waksman, and Stanley J. Korsmeyer Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6083-6089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ErbB Tyrosine Kinases and the Two Neuregulin Families Constitute a Ligand-Receptor Network Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski, Maya Shelly, Bradley C. Guarino, Ling Mei Wang, Ljuba Lyass, Iris Alroy, Mauricio Alamandi, Angera Kuo, James D. Moyer, Sara Lavi, Miriam Eisenstein, Barry J. Ratzkin, Rony Seger, Sarah S. Bacus, Jacalyn H. Pierce, Glenn C. Andrews, and Yosef Yarden Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6090-6101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of rCop-1, a New Member of the CCN Protein Family, as a Negative Regulator for Cell Transformation Rong Zhang, Lidia Averboukh, Weimin Zhu, Hong Zhang, Hakryul Jo, Peter J. Dempsey, Robert J. Coffey, Arthur B. Pardee, and Peng Liang Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6131-6141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Circadian Regulation of a Drosophila Homolog of the Mammalian Clock Gene: PER and TIM Function as Positive Regulators Kiho Bae, Choogon Lee, David Sidote, Keng-yu Chuang, and Isaac Edery Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6142-6151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Dna Dynamics and Chromosome Structure:

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A Novel DNA-Binding Protein Bound to the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Restores the Null Mutation of Mitochondrial Histone Abf2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jae Hyoung Cho, Sang Jin Ha, Ling Rong Kao, Timothy L. Megraw, and Chi-Bom Chae Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5712-5723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hypersensitivity of Ku-Deficient Cells toward the DNA Topoisomerase II Inhibitor ICRF-193 Suggests a Novel Role for Ku Antigen during the G2 and M Phases of the Cell Cycle Purificación Muñoz, Malgorzata Z. Zdzienicka, Jean-Marie Blanchard, and Jacques Piette Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5797-5808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Productive and Nonproductive Complexes of Ku and DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase at DNA Termini Robert B. West, Mariana Yaneva, and Michael R. Lieber Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 5908-5920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sld2, Which Interacts with Dpb11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Is Required for Chromosomal DNA Replication Yoichiro Kamimura, Hiroshi Masumoto, Akio Sugino, and Hiroyuki Araki Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6102-6109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of the N Terminus of Sir3p Monica Gotta, Francesca Palladino, and Susan M. Gasser Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6110-6120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Telomere Length Regulation and Telomeric Chromatin Require the Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Pathway Jodi E. Lew, Shinichiro Enomoto, and Judith Berman Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6121-6130; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Myb-Related Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc5p Is Structurally and Functionally Conserved in Eukaryotes Ryoma Ohi, Anna Feoktistova, Stacey McCann, Virginia Valentine, A. Thomas Look, Joseph S. Lipsick, and Kathleen L. Gould Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6164 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Disruption of Genes Transiently Induced in Differentiating Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells by Using Gene Trap Mutagenesis and Site-Specific Recombination Irmgard S. Thorey, Katrin Muth, Andreas P. Russ, Jürgen Otte, Armin Reffelmann, and Harald von Melchner Mol. Cell. Biol. October 1998 18: 6164 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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