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Loss of dE2F compromises mitochondrial function.
Developmental cell - 25 Nov 2013
Ambrus Aaron M, Islam Abul B M M K, Holmes Katherine B, Moon Nam Sung, Lopez-Bigas Nuria, Benevolenskaya Elizaveta V, Frolov Maxim V
Abstract excerpt
E2F/DP transcription factors regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis. Here, we investigated the mechanism of the resistance of Drosophila dDP mutants to irradiation-induced apoptosis. Contrary to the prevailing view, this is not due to an inability to induce the apoptotic transcriptional program, because we show that this program is induced; rather, this is due to a mitochondrial dysfunction of dDP mutants. We...
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