Transcriptional repression by Myc.
The Myc oncoprotein is a transcription factor that can both activate and repress genes. Transcriptional activation by Myc is well understood, but, by contrast, the mechanisms through which Myc represses transcription have remained elusive. Recent evidence suggests that complex formation by Myc with a zinc-finger transcription factor, Miz-1, plays an important role in mediating repression by Myc. The findings might explain how Myc interferes with cell-cycle arrest in response to TGF-beta, APC and DNA damage.
Wanzel
Michael
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Institute for Molecular Biology and Tumour Research (IMT), University of Marburg, Marburg 35033, Germany.
Herold
Steffi
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Eilers
Martin
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D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D017491:Genes, APC / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D037941:Silencer Elements, Transcriptional / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C107961:ZBTB17 protein, human