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Skp2 is required for survival of aberrantly proliferating Rb1-deficient cells and for tumorigenesis in Rb1+/- mice.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Wang Hongbo, Bauzon Frederick, Ji Peng, Xu Xiaoliang, Sun Daqian, Locker Joseph, Sellers Rani S, Nakayama Keiko, Nakayama Keiich I, Cobrinik David, Zhu Liang
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygosity of the retinoblastoma gene Rb1 elicits tumorigenesis in susceptible tissues following spontaneous loss of the remaining functional allele. Inactivation of previously studied retinoblastoma protein (pRb) targets partially inhibited tumorigenesis in Rb1(+/-) mice. Here we report that inactivation of pRb target Skp2 (refs. 7,8) completely prevents spontaneous tumorigenesis in Rb1(+/-) mice. Targeted...
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