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SUBMITTER: Agromayor M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2649264 | biostudies-other | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Agromayor Monica M Carlton Jez G JG Phelan John P JP Matthews Daniel R DR Carlin Leo M LM Ameer-Beg Simon S Bowers Katherine K Martin-Serrano Juan J
Molecular biology of the cell 20090107 5
The last steps of multivesicular body (MVB) formation, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 budding and cytokinesis require a functional endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery to facilitate topologically equivalent membrane fission events. Increased sodium tolerance (IST) 1, a new positive modulator of the ESCRT pathway, has been described recently, but an essential function of this highly conserved protein has not been identified. Here, we describe the previously unc ...[more]