The E2F family: Specific functions and overlapping interests

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4709-4716

  Attwooll, Claire ^a   Denchi, Eros Lazzerini ^a   Helin, Kristian ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell cycle; E2F; pRB; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 11244276992     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600481     Document Type: Review

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