The Rap family of small GTPases regulate the adhesion of cells to extracellular matrices. Several Rap-binding proteins have been shown to function as effectors that mediate Rap-induced adhesion. However, little is known regarding the relationships between these effectors, or about other proteins that are downstream of or act in parallel to the effectors. To establish whether an array of effecto...

Caveolae are 50-100-nm membrane microdomains that represent a subcompartment of the plasma membrane. Previous morphological studies have implicated caveolae in (a) the transcytosis of macromolecules (including LDL and modified LDLs) across capillary endothelial cells, (b) the uptake of small molecules via a process termed potocytosis involving GPI-linked receptor molecules and an unknown anion ...

The cellular localization of Babesia bovis rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) and its erythrocyte-binding affinity were examined with anti-RAP-1 antibodies. In an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test, RAP-1 was detectable in all developmental stages of merozoites and in extracellular merozoites. In the early stage of merozoite development, RAP-1 appears as a dense accumulation, which late...

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This study is one of the few to characterize immunohistochemically the distribution and localization of Receptor-Associated Protein (RAP) in human autopsy brain. The results show prominent cortical neuronal localization. RAP is clearly identified in large neuronal dendritic/axonal processes. RAP is expressed in both large pyramidal and smaller interneurons. Occasional, much less frequent RAP is...

RAP (Remote Assistant for Programmers) is a Web and multi-agent based system to support remote students and programmers during common projects or activities based on the Java programming language. RAP helps users to solve problems proposing information extracted from dedicated repositories and forwarding answers received from other users, recommended as experts. Its peculiar characteristic is t...

The gene encoding Babesia bovis rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) was used to develop an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure specific antibodies against B. bovis. The B. bovis RAP-1 gene was subcloned into a baculovirus transfer vector, and the RAP-1 protein was expressed in insect cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus. The recombinant B. bovis RAP-1 of 65 kDa was de...

The ability of rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina to confer partial protective immunity in cattle has stimulated interest in characterizing both B-cell and T-cell epitopes of these proteins. It was previously shown that B. bovis RAP-1 associates with the merozoite surface as well as rhoptries and expresses B-cell epitopes conserved among otherwise antigen...

The 39-kDa receptor-associated protein (RAP) is a molecular chaperone for the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP), a large endocytic receptor that binds multiple ligands. The primary function of RAP has been defined as promotion of the correct folding of LRP, and prevention of premature interaction of ligands with LRP within the early secretory pathway. Previous examination o...

Microtubules turn over rapidly arc Kirschner recalls that the mid-1980s “was a very innovative time.” While the era was giving rise to stonewashed jeans and rap music, cell biology was entering new territory as it finally went molecular. For cell biologists who, like Kirschner, were interested in the cytoskeleton, there was an even more exciting possibility: the modification of interesting prot...