Publication Date:
1994-06-03
Description:
The terminal differentiation of mammalian muscle cells requires the tumor suppressor retinoblastoma protein (Rb). Unlike their wild-type counterparts, multinucleated myotubes from mouse cells deficient in Rb (Rb-/-) were induced by serum to re-enter the cell cycle. Development of the myogenic phenotype in Rb-/- cells correlated with increased expression of p107, which interacted with myogenic transcription factors. Serum-induced cell cycle reentry, on the other hand, correlated with decreased p107 expression. Thus, although p107 could substitute for Rb as a cofactor for differentiation, it could not maintain the terminally differentiated state in Rb-/- myotubes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schneider, J W -- Gu, W -- Zhu, L -- Mahdavi, V -- Nadal-Ginard, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jun 3;264(5164):1467-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8197461" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Blood
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Cell Cycle
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Cell Differentiation
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Cell Line
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Culture Media
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Gene Expression
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Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs
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Humans
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Mice
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Muscles/*cytology/metabolism
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Myogenin/metabolism
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*Nuclear Proteins
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Proteins/genetics/*physiology
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Retinoblastoma Protein/genetics/*physiology
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Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107
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Transcriptional Activation
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Transfection
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
