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C. elegans FOG-3/Tob can either promote or inhibit germline proliferation, depending on gene dosage and genetic context.
Oncogene - 23 May 2013
Snow J J, Lee M-H, Verheyden J, Kroll-Conner P L, Kimble J
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Vertebrate Tob/BTG proteins inhibit cell proliferation when overexpressed in tissue-culture cells, and they can function as tumor suppressors in mice. The single Caenorhabditis elegans Tob/BTG ortholog, FOG-3, by contrast, was identified from its loss-of-function phenotype as a regulator of sperm...
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