The Pbx family of proteins is strongly upregulated by a post-transcriptional mechanism during retinoic acid-induced differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-14

  Knoepfler, Paul S ^a   Kamps, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hox; Neuronal differentiation; Pbx; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

PBX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; TRETINOIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030978977     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00669-2     Document Type: Article

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