We are improving our search experience. To check which content you have full access to, or for advanced search, go back to the old search.

Search

Please fill in this field.

Search Results

Showing 1-20 of 10,000 results
  1. Introduction: Regulatory processes, an emerging feature in intracellular membrane traffic

    The subject of this volume is the molecular mechanism of the intracellular membrane trafficking, a central eukaryotic cell biological process. In the...
    Chapter
  2. Functions of Rab GTPases in organelle biogenesis

    Rab GTPases regulate diverse aspects of the biogenesis of secretory and endocytic organelles. The conformational changes that accompany GTP binding...
    Christopher G. Burd, Ruth N. Collins in Regulatory Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Transport
    Chapter
  3. Advanced Targeting Strategies for Murine Retroviral and Adeno-associated Viral Vectors

    Targeted gene delivery involves broadening viral tropism to infect previously nonpermissive cells, replacing viral tropism to infect a target cell...
    Julie H. Yu, David V. Schaffer in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  4. Nonviral Delivery of Cancer Genetic Vaccines

    The potential use of genetic vaccines to address numerous diseases including cancer is promising, but currently unrealized. Here, we review...
    Steven R. Little, Robert Langer in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  5. Production and Formulation of Adenovirus Vectors

    Adenovirus vectors have attracted considerable interest over the past decade, with ongoing clinical development programs for applications ranging...
    Nedim E. Altaras, John G. Aunins, ... Jayanthi J. Wolf in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  6. Molecular Conjugates

    Molecular conjugates are nanometer-sized entities consisting of synthetic materials (lipids, polycations, targeting agents, and so on) and nucleic...
    Jeremy Heidel, Swaroop Mishra, Mark E. Davis in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  7. Regulation of SNARE assembly by protein phosphorylation

    Protein phosphorylation is emerging as an important regulatory mechanism that controls the secretory pathway. It enables coupling between the...
    Adina Weinberger, Jeffrey E. Gerst in Regulatory Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Transport
    Chapter
  8. Molecular mechanisms in clathrin-mediated membrane budding

    Clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) form at the plasma membrane where they select cargo for endocytic entry into cells. CCVs also form at the trans-Golgi...
    Brigitte Ritter, Peter S. McPherson in Regulatory Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Transport
    Chapter
  9. Tethering proteins in membrane traffic

    In eukaryotic cells, protein secretion and the transport of materials between membrane-bounded organelles require efficient and accurate delivery of...
    Chapter
  10. Regulation of exocytotic events by centrosome-analogous structures

    Centrosomes, spindle pole bodies, and related structures, generally termed microtubule organising centres (MTOCs; Pickett-Heaps 1969), are best...
    Chapter
  11. Adeno-associated Virus as a Gene Therapy Vector: Vector Development, Production and Clinical Applications

    Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has emerged as an attractive vector for gene therapy. AAV vectors have successfully been utilized to promote...
    Joshua C. Grieger, Richard J. Samulski in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  12. Lentiviral Vectors

    We review the use of lentiviral vectors in current human gene therapy applications that involve genetic modification of nondividing tissues with...
    Nils Loewen, Eric M. Poeschla in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  13. Plasmid Vaccines and Therapeutics: From Design to Applications

    In the late 1980s, Vical and collaborators discovered that the injection into tissues of unformulated plasmid encoding various proteins resulted in...
    Marston Manthorpe, Peter Hobart, ... Alain Rolland in Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery Systems
    Chapter
  14. Regulating membrane curvature

    Membranes of living cells are subject to a variety of shape changes. Membrane deformation is essential for cell division, locomotion, organelle...
    Chapter
  15. Phosphoinositides and membrane traffic in health and disease

    The phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) are collectively known as the polyphosphoinositides (PIs) and they were originally...
    Anna Godi, Antonella Di Campli, Maria Antonietta De Matteis in Regulatory Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Transport
    Chapter
  16. The function of Sec1/Munc18 proteins – Solution of the mystery in sight?

    Members of the Sec1/Munc18 (SM) protein family form a central part of the machinery responsible for transport vesicle docking and fusion. Their...
    Maria Kauppi, Jussi Jäntti, Vesa M. Olkkonen in Regulatory Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Transport
    Chapter
  17. SUMOylation of nuclear receptor Nor1/NR4A3 coordinates microtubule cytoskeletal dynamics and stability in neuronal cells

    Background

    Nor1/NR4A3 is a member of the NR4A subfamily of nuclear receptors that play essential roles in regulating gene expression related to...

    Jonathan Gagnon, Véronique Caron, André Tremblay in Cell & Bioscience
    Article Open access 13 July 2024
  18. The resistance switching performance of the memristor improved effectively by inserting carbon quantum dots (CQDs) for digital information processing

    As an emerging information device that adapts to development of the big data era, memristor has attracted much attention due to its advantage in...

    Tianqi Yu, Jie Li, ... Zhiwei Zhao in Nano Research
    Article 13 July 2024
  19. Platelet-Rich Plasma Promotes the Expansion of Human Myoblasts and Favors the In Vitro Generation of Human Muscle Reserve Cells in a Deeper State of Quiescence

    Stem cell therapy holds significant potential for skeletal muscle repair, with in vitro-generated human muscle reserve cells (MuRCs) emerging as a...

    Axel Tollance, Alexandre Prola, ... Thomas Laumonier in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
    Article Open access 13 July 2024
Did you find what you were looking for? Share feedback.