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Prohibitin and the senescent phenotype.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Jan 2000
Dell'Orco R T, McClung J K, Jupe E R, Liu X T
Abstract excerpt
Prohibitin is an evolutionarily conserved gene that has antiproliferative activity, is ubiquitously expressed, and appears to be essential for cell survival. The gene codes for a 30 kD, post-synthetically modified protein located primarily in the mitochondria. It functionally inhibits cell cycle traverse and DNA synthesis, but its mechanism of action is presently unknown. Prohibitin is proposed to be a member of...
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