Discovering Che-1/AATF: A new attractive target for cancer therapy

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Iezzi, Simona ^a   Fanciulli, Maurizio ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle regulation; Cellular stress; Che 1 AATF; DNA damage response; Survival; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOPTOSIS ANTAGONIZING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P73; RNA POLYMERASE II; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TUMOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE 101 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

EID: 84927138565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00141     Document Type: Article

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