Involvement of the retinoblastoma protein in brown and white adipocyte cell differentiation: Functional and physical association with the adipogenic transcription factor C/EBPα

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Puigserver, Pere ^a,b,c   Ribot, Joan ^a   Serra, Francisca ^a   Gianotti, Magdalena ^a   Luisa Bonet, M ^a   Nadal Ginard, Bernardo ^b   Palou, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; C EBP ; Cell growth; Differentiation; pRB

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LIPID; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0031793107     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80079-4     Document Type: Article

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