Emerging roles of MCPH1: Expedition from primary microcephaly to cancer

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 98-105

  Venkatesh, Thejaswini ^a   Suresh, Padmanaban S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly; BRIT1; Cancer; DNA repair; Glioblastoma; MCPH1; MiR 27a; OSCC; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

MICROCEPHALIN 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CENTROSOME; DNA REPAIR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE MUTATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MICROCEPHALY; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OVARY CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE PRIMARY MICROCEPHALY; BRIT1; CANCER; DNA REPAIR; GLIOBLASTOMA; MCPH1; MIR-27A; OSCC; OTITIS MEDIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; MITOSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTITIS MEDIA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84898006415     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2014.01.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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