Article
Role of Mxi1 in ageing organ systems and the regulation of normal and neoplastic growth.
Nature - 4 Jun 1998
Schreiber-Agus N, Meng Y, Hoang T, Hou H, Chen K, Greenberg R, Cordon-Cardo C, Lee H W, DePinho R A
Abstract excerpt
Mxi1 belongs to the Mad (Mxi1) family of proteins, which function as potent antagonists of Myc oncoproteins. This antagonism relates partly to their ability to compete with Myc for the protein Max and for consensus DNA binding sites and to recruit transcriptional co-repressors. Mad(Mxi1) proteins...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Kidney
- Male
- Mice
- Neoplasms
- Organ Specificity
- Phenotype
- Prostate
- Transcription Factors
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
