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Transcriptional regulation of Sox2 by the retinoblastoma family of pocket proteins.
Oncotarget - 20 Feb 2015
Vilas Jéssica M, Ferreirós Alba, Carneiro Carmen, Morey Lluis, Da Silva-Álvarez Sabela, Fernandes Tânia, Abad María, Di Croce Luciano, García-Caballero Tomás, Serrano Manuel, Rivas Carmen, Vidal Anxo, Collado Manuel
Abstract excerpt
Cellular reprogramming to iPSCs has uncovered unsuspected links between tumor suppressors and pluripotency factors. Using this system, it was possible to identify tumor suppressor p27 as a repressor of Sox2 during differentiation. This led to the demonstration that defects in the repression of Sox2 can contribute to tumor development. The members of the retinoblastoma family of pocket proteins, pRb, p107 and...
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