Embryo stability and vulnerability in an always changing world

A Hamdoun, D Epel - … of the national academy of sciences, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Contrary to the view that embryos and larvae are the most fragile stages of life, development
is stable under real-world conditions. Early cleavage embryos are prepared for …

Microevolution and ecotoxicology of metals in invertebrates

AJ Morgan, P Kille… - Environmental science & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Risk assessment of metal-contaminated habitats based on responses in the field is
complicated by the evolution of local, metal-resistant ecotypes. The unpredictability of …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse cellular functions of the Hsp90 molecular chaperone uncovered using systems approaches

AJ McClellan, Y Xia, AM Deutschbauer, RW Davis… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
A comprehensive understanding of the cellular functions of the Hsp90 molecular chaperone
has remained elusive. Although Hsp90 is essential, highly abundant under normal …

A rhizosphere fungus enhances Arabidopsis thermotolerance through production of an HSP90 inhibitor

CA McLellan, TJ Turbyville, EMK Wijeratne… - Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The molecular chaperone HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN90 (HSP90) is essential for the
maturation of key regulatory proteins in eukaryotes and for the response to temperature …

An Improved, Bias-Reduced Probabilistic Functional Gene Network of Baker's Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

I Lee, Z Li, EM Marcotte - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Probabilistic functional gene networks are powerful theoretical frameworks for
integrating heterogeneous functional genomics and proteomics data into objective models …

Evolvable signaling networks of receptor tyrosine kinases: relevance of robustness to malignancy and to cancer therapy

I Amit, R Wides, Y Yarden - Molecular systems biology, 2007 - embopress.org
Robust biological signaling networks evolved, through gene duplications, from simple,
relatively fragile cascades. Architectural features such as layered configuration, branching …

Hsp90 selectively modulates phenotype in vertebrate development

PL Yeyati, RM Bancewicz, J Maule… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Compromised heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) function reveals cryptic phenotypes in flies and
plants. These observations were interpreted to suggest that this molecular stress-response …

Phenotypic Diversity and Altered Environmental Plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana with Reduced Hsp90 Levels

TA Sangster, A Bahrami, A Wilczek, E Watanabe… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
The molecular chaperone HSP90 aids the maturation of a diverse but select set of
metastable protein clients, many of which are key to a variety of signal transduction …

Neuronal signaling modulates protein homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans post-synaptic muscle cells

SM Garcia, MO Casanueva, MC Silva… - Genes & …, 2007 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Protein homeostasis maintains proper intracellular balance by promoting protein folding and
clearance mechanisms while minimizing the stress caused by the accumulation of misfolded …

Hsp90—from signal transduction to cell transformation

MA Brown, L Zhu, C Schmidt, PW Tucker - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2007 - Elsevier
The molecular chaperone, Hsp90, facilitates the maturation and/or activation of over 100
'client proteins' involved in signal transduction and transcriptional regulation. Largely an …