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Functional Analysis of Src42A in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster
(2023)
Src42A is one of the Src family kinases (SFKs) present in Drosophila melanogaster. In mammals there are 8 SFKs and so far, a loss of function analysis of SFKs were difficult to conduct due to their functional redundancy. In Drosophila, there are only two SFKs namely Src42A and Src64B, the former is essential for embryonic development and the latter is a non-essential gene. Since Src42A is supplied as a maternal component, the zygotic mutant were showing defects in later developmental stages, because the contribution ...
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Functional analyses of Dph1•Dph2 in synthesis of diphthamide, a clinically relevant modification on eEF2
(2024)
Diphthamide is a unique post-translational modification of a conserved histidine on the eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (eEF2). During translation elongation, eEF2 induces translocation of codon-anticodon duplexes across the ribosomal decoding center. Diphthamide is involved in fine-tuning of this process by stabilizing the codon-anticodon duplex and maintaining reading frame accuracy. Initially, diphthamide was identified as the target for diphtheria toxin, enabling ADP-ribosylation of eEF2 and resulting ...
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Molecular mechanisms controlling the precision of chemokine guided cell migration
(2007-06-21)
By the end of the first day of embryonic development, zebrafish primordial germ cells (PGCs) arrive at the site where the gonad develops. In our study we investigated the mechanisms controlling the precision of primordial germ cell arrival at their target.
We found that in contrast with our expectations which were based on findings in Drosophila and mouse, the endoderm does not constitute a preferred migration substrate for the PGCs. Rather, endoderm derivatives are important for later stages of organogenesis keeping ...
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Ash dieback : the pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and other fungi associated with stem collar necroses of common ash
(2024)
The ascomycete Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has caused devastating damage to the
common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in Europe in recent decades, resulting in considerable
economic and ecological losses. The ash dieback pathogen is native to Asia, where it lives
mainly as a saprobiont in peaceful coexistence with the Asian ash species Fraxinus mandshurica. Symptoms of the fungus in common ash include wilting of the leaves with subsequent dieback of shoots, twigs and branches, as well as damage to the stem base. These stem ...
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Einfluss verschiedener Lipidstoffwechselwege auf die Entwicklung von Dictyostelium discoideum
(2024)
In den meisten Organismen spielen Lipid Droplets (LDs) eine positive Rolle beim Überleben einiger Stress-Bedingungen wie Nahrungsmangel. Axenisch wachsende D. discoideum haben keine LDs, sie sind „lean cells“, aber nach der Zugabe von 200 μM Palmitinsäure (PA) zum Kulturmedium synthetisieren die Zellen nach 3 h hunderte von LDs und werden zu „fat cells“. Überraschenderweise sterben die fat cells während der Nahrungsmangel-induzierten Entwicklung ab und bilden daher kaum Sporen. Neben dem Hauptneutrallipid Triacylglycerol ...