Regulation of cell proliferation by the E2F transcription factors

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-35

  Helin, Kristian ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEASOME; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031886093     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80058-0     Document Type: Article

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