The RNA-binding protein Sam68 is a multifunctional player in human cancer

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bielli, Pamela ^a,b   Busà, Roberta ^a,b   Paronetto, Maria Paola ^c   Sette, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRM PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOXANTRONE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA1; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN SAM68; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 80051951015     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: 14796821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ERC-11-0041     Document Type: Review

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