title: Regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation by Myc.
abstract: Myc is a nuclear phosphoprotein which controls cellular proliferation, most likely by regulating gene activity. The finding that the neuronal model cell line PC12 lacks the Myc DNA binding partner, the Max protein, and the demonstration that Myc is a repressor of gene activity as well as a transactivator, lead to models for Myc action in regulating cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, NYU Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hopewell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacGregor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nerlov
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Ziff
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016716:PC12 Cells; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C499329:Max protein, rat; C067850:Myc associated factor X; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors