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Activation of translation complex eIF4F is essential for the genesis and maintenance of the malignant phenotype in human mammary epithelial cells.
Cancer cell - 1 Jun 2004
Avdulov Svetlana, Li Shunan, Michalek Van, Burrichter David, Peterson Mark, Perlman David M, Manivel J Carlos, Sonenberg Nahum, Yee Douglas, Bitterman Peter B, Polunovsky Vitaly A
Abstract excerpt
Common human malignancies acquire derangements of the translation initiation complex, eIF4F, but their functional significance is unknown. Hypophosphorylated 4E-BP proteins negatively regulate eIF4F assembly by sequestering its mRNA cap binding component eIF4E, whereas hyperphosphorylation abrogates this function. We found that breast carcinoma cells harbor increases in the eIF4F constituent eIF4GI and...
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