Retinoblastoma protein
Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) is a tumour suppressor protein which acts as a cell cycle checkpoint at G1 phase. pRb prevents progression of damaged cells from G1 phase to S phase of cell cycle to disable abnormal cell replication which might develop benign or malignant tumour.[1][2] By binding to and inactivating the transcription factors that allow cells entering S phase, pRb can suppress cell replication and keep the target cell in G1 phase.[3]
References
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- ↑ Emmi Rotgers1, Mirja Nurmio1, Sheyla Cisneros-Montalvo and Jorma Toppari1fckLRUniversity of Turku, Turku, Finland (April 2, 2016)Endocrine Society's 98th Annual Meeting and Expo, April 1–4, 2016 - BostonfckLRLBSat-11:fckLRRetinoblastoma Protein Negatively Regulates E2F3 Transcription Factor to Maintain Adult Sertoli Cell Quiescence
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