Proteomics of the nucleolus

Proteomics: The Nucleolus Weighs In

Numerous studies have indicated that the nucleolus is involved in a variety of cellular processes besides its well-known function in ribosome biosynthesis. A recent study describing the nucleolar proteome opens the way to new avenues of research on this important nuclear suborganelle.

Proteomics Analysis of the Nucleolus in Adenovirus-infected Cells□S

Adenoviruses replicate primarily in the host cell nucleus, and it is well established that adenovirus infection affects the structure and function of host cell nucleoli in addition to coding for a number of nucleolar targeted viral proteins. Here we used unbiased proteomics methods, including high throughput mass spectrometry coupled with stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (...

The nucleolus.

When cells are observed by phase contrast microscopy, nucleoli are among the most conspicuous structures. The nucleolus was formally described between 1835 and 1839, but it was another century before it was discovered to be associated with a specific chromosomal locus, thus defining it as a cytogenetic entity. Nucleoli were first isolated in the 1950s, from starfish oocytes. Then, in the early ...

The nucleolus

Are they always about? Not necessarily. They come and go, disappearing in mitosis from late prophase until telophase. During this period, some nucleolar antigens, including RNA polymerase I and topoisomerase I, remain associated with tandemly repeated clusters of ribosomal RNA genes on the condensed chromatin — these chromosomal regions are presumptuously known as nucleolar organising regions (...

Application of Proteomics Technologies in the Drug Development Process