HMTERF4 knockdown in HeLa cells results in sub-G1 cell accumulation and cell death

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 372-379

  Yu, Min ^a   Dai, Jie ^a   Huang, Weiwei ^a   Jiao, Yang ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Wu, Min ^b   Tan, Deyong ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell proliferation; HeLa cells; mitochondrion transcriptional regulation; mitochondrional transcription termination factor 4; subcellular location

Indexed keywords

MTERF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DEATH; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; G1 PHASE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79955461687     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmr020     Document Type: Article

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