G1 arrest and differentiation can occur independently of Rb family function

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 809-825

  Wirt, Stacey E ^a   Adler, Adam S ^a   Gebala, Véronique ^a   Weimann, James M ^a   Schaffer, Bethany E ^a   Saddic, Louis A ^a   Viatour, Patrick ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^a   Chang, Howard Y ^a   Meissner, Alex ^b   Sage, Julien ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P107; PROTEIN P130; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GESTATION PERIOD; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA-LIKE PROTEIN P107; RETINOBLASTOMA-LIKE PROTEIN P130; TERATOMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78349240083     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201003048     Document Type: Article

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