A bistable Rb-E2F switch underlies the restriction point

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Yao, Guang ^a,b   Lee, Tae Jun ^c   Mori, Seiichi ^a,b   Nevins, Joseph R ^a,b   You, Lingchong ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

EID: 43149108161     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1711     Document Type: Article

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