title: Cell cycle regulation by the retinoblastoma family of growth inhibitory proteins.
abstract: The retinoblastoma family of growth-inhibitory proteins act by binding and inhibiting several proteins with growth-stimulatory activity, the most prominent of which is the cellular transcription factor E2F. In higher organisms, progression through the cell division cycle is accompanied by the cyclical activation of a number of protein kinases, the cyclin-dependent kinases. Phosphorylation of retinoblastoma family proteins by these cyclin-dependent kinases leads to release of the associated growth-stimulatory proteins which in turn mediate progression through the cell division cycle.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute,Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Beijersbergen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016213:Cyclins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases