Nuclear lamins: laminopathies and their role in premature ageing

JLV Broers, FCS Ramaekers, G Bonne… - Physiological …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
It has been demonstrated that nuclear lamins are important proteins in maintaining cellular
as well as nuclear integrity, and in maintaining chromatin organization in the nucleus …

Current insights into the formation and breakdown of hemidesmosomes

SHM Litjens, JM de Pereda, A Sonnenberg - Trends in cell biology, 2006 - cell.com
Hemidesmosomes are multiprotein adhesion complexes that promote epithelial stromal
attachment in stratified and complex epithelia. Modulation of their function is of crucial …

SUN1 interacts with nuclear lamin A and cytoplasmic nesprins to provide a physical connection between the nuclear lamina and the cytoskeleton

F Haque, DJ Lloyd, DT Smallwood… - … and cellular biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Nuclear migration and positioning within cells are critical for many developmental processes
and are governed by the cytoskeletal network. Although mechanisms of nuclear-cytoskeletal …

The inner nuclear membrane protein Emerin regulates β‐catenin activity by restricting its accumulation in the nucleus

E Markiewicz, K Tilgner, N Barker… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
Emerin is a type II inner nuclear membrane (INM) protein of unknown function. Emerin
function is likely to be important because, when it is mutated, emerin promotes both skeletal …

SUN-domain proteins:'Velcro'that links the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton

YB Tzur, KL Wilson, Y Gruenbaum - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2006 - nature.com
The novel SUN-domain family of nuclear envelope proteins interacts with various KASH-
domain partners to form SUN-domain-dependent'bridges' across the inner and outer nuclear …

UNC-83 IS a KASH protein required for nuclear migration and is recruited to the outer nuclear membrane by a physical interaction with the SUN protein UNC-84

MD McGee, R Rillo, AS Anderson… - Molecular biology of the …, 2006 - Am Soc Cell Biol
UNC-84 is required to localize UNC-83 to the nuclear envelope where it functions during
nuclear migration. A KASH domain in UNC-83 was identified. KASH domains are conserved …

KASH-domain proteins in nuclear migration, anchorage and other processes

K Wilhelmsen, M Ketema, H Truong… - Journal of cell …, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
The nucleus in eukaryotic cells can move within the cytoplasm, and its position is crucial for
many cellular events, including migration and differentiation. Nuclear anchorage and …

Nuclear titin interacts with A-and B-type lamins in vitro and in vivo

MS Zastrow, DB Flaherty, GM Benian… - Journal of cell …, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
Lamins form structural filaments in the nucleus. Mutations in A-type lamins cause muscular
dystrophy, cardiomyopathy and other diseases, including progeroid syndromes. To identify …

Emerin-lacking mice show minimal motor and cardiac dysfunctions with nuclear-associated vacuoles

R Ozawa, YK Hayashi, M Ogawa, R Kurokawa… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is an inherited muscular disorder clinically
characterized by slowly progressive weakness affecting humero-peroneal muscles, early …

Multiple roles for emerin: Implications for Emery‐Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

JM Holaska, KL Wilson - … Biology: An Official Publication of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
X‐linked Emery‐Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X‐EDMD) is inherited through mutations in
EMD, which encodes a nuclear membrane protein named emerin. Emerin is expressed in …