A proton-gated cation channel involved in acid-sensing

R Waldmann, G Champigny, F Bassilana, C Heurteaux… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Acid-sensing is associated with both nociception1 and taste transduction2. Stimulation of
sensory neurons by acid is of particular interest, because acidosis accompanies many …

Cellular mechanisms of melatonin action

J Vanecek - Physiological reviews, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Vanecek, Jiri. Cellular Mechanisms of Melatonin Action. Physiol. Rev. 78: 687–721, 1998.—
The pineal hormone melatonin is involved in photic regulations of various kinds, including …

Cytophysiology of fish chromatophores

R Fujii - International review of cytology, 1993 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses cytophysiology of fish chromatophores, with
emphasis on the chromatophores of class Osteichthyes. The chromatophores are …

A plus-end-directed motor enzyme that moves antiparallel microtubules in vitro localizes to the interzone of mitotic spindles

C Nislow, VA Lombillo, R Kuriyama, JR Mclntosh - Nature, 1992 - nature.com
MITOSIS comprises a complex set of overlapping motile events, many of which involve
microtubule-dependent motor enzymes1, 2. Here we describe a new member of the kinesin …

Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mediates inactivation of MPF and CSF upon fertilization of Xenopus eggs

T Lorca, FH Cruzalegui, D Fesquet, J Cavadore, J Méry… - Nature, 1993 - nature.com
IN vertebrates, unfertilized eggs are arrested at second meiotic metaphase by a cytostatic
factor (CSF) 1, an essential component of which is the product of the c-mos proto …

The physical and cellular mechanism of structural color change in zebrafish

D Gur, AS Moore, R Deis, S Pang, X Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Many animals exhibit remarkable colors that are produced by the constructive interference of
light reflected from arrays of intracellular guanine crystals. These animals can fine-tune their …

Novel heterotrimeric kinesin-related protein purified from sea urchin eggs

DG Cole, SW Chinn, KP Wedaman, K Hall, T Vuong… - Nature, 1993 - nature.com
KINESIN heavy chain and kinesin-related polypeptides (KRPs) comprise a family of motor
proteins with diverse intracellular transport functions1–7. Using pan-kinesin peptide …

Evidence that myosin activity opposes microtubule-based axonal transport of mitochondria

D Pathak, KJ Sepp, PJ Hollenbeck - Journal of Neuroscience, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurons transport and position mitochondria using a combination of saltatory, bidirectional
movements and stationary docking. Axonal mitochondria move along microtubules (MTs) …

Direct interaction of microtubule-and actin-based transport motors

JD Huang, ST Brady, BW Richards, D Stenoien… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
The microtubule network is thought to be used for long-range transport of cellular
components in animal cells whereas the actinnetwork is proposed to be used for short-range …

Comparative anatomy and physiology of pigment cells in nonmammalian tissues

JT Bagnara, J Matsumoto - The pigmentary system: physiology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The terms “chromatophore” and “pigment cell” are equivalent, although the
former is usually applied to lower vertebrates and the latter to homeotherms (birds and …