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RB, the conductor that orchestrates life, death and differentiation.
Oncogene - 28 Aug 2006
Khidr L, Chen P-L
Abstract excerpt
The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene was the first tumor suppressor gene identified in humans and the first tumor suppressor gene knocked out by targeted deletion in mice. RB serves as a transducer between the cell cycle machinery and promoter-specific transcription factors, its most documented activity being the repression of the E2F family of transcription factors, which regulate the expression of genes...
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