Diversification of retinoblastoma protein function associated with cis and trans adaptations

R Mouawad, J Prasad, D Thorley… - Molecular Biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Retinoblastoma proteins are eukaryotic transcriptional corepressors that play central roles in
cell cycle control, among other functions. Although most metazoan genomes encode a …

Integrated stability and activity control of the Drosophila Rbf1 retinoblastoma protein

L Zhang, Y Wei, I Pushel, K Heinze, J Elenbaas… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
The retinoblastoma (RB) family transcriptional corepressors regulate diverse cellular events
including cell cycle, senescence, and differentiation. The activity and stability of these …

Evidence for Autoregulation and Cell Signaling Pathway Regulation From Genome-Wide Binding of the Drosophila Retinoblastoma Protein

P Acharya, N Negre, J Johnston, Y Wei… - G3: Genes …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor protein is a transcriptional cofactor with essential
roles in cell cycle and development. Physical and functional targets of RB and its paralogs …

Distinct developmental expression of Drosophila retinoblastoma factors

SA Keller, Z Ullah, MS Buckley, RW Henry… - Gene expression …, 2005 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor proteins are important regulators of the cell cycle
and are implicated in a wide variety of human tumors. Genetic analysis of RB mutations in …

Genome-Wide Analysis of Drosophila RBf2 Protein Highlights the Diversity of RB Family Targets and Possible Role in Regulation of Ribosome Biosynthesis

Y Wei, SS Mondal, R Mouawad… - G3: Genes …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
RBf2 is a recently evolved retinoblastoma family member in Drosophila that differs from
RBf1, especially in the C-terminus. To investigate whether the unique features of RBf2 …

Paradoxical instability–activity relationship defines a novel regulatory pathway for retinoblastoma proteins

P Acharya, N Raj, MS Buckley, L Zhang… - Molecular biology of …, 2010 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The Retinoblastoma (RB) transcriptional corepressor and related family of pocket proteins
play central roles in cell cycle control and development, and the regulatory networks …

Regulation of cell lineage specification by the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor

SX Skapek, YR Pan, EYH Lee - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Early studies of the retinoblastoma gene (RB) have uncovered its critical role as a regulator
of the G 1/S cell cycle phase progression. Surprisingly, genetic approaches in mammals and …

Retinoblastoma family 2 is required in vivo for the tissue-specific repression of dE2F2 target genes

O Stevaux, DK Dimova, JY Ji, NS Moon, MV Frolov… - Cell Cycle, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In higher eukaryotes, the Retinoblastoma and E2F families of proteins control the
transcription of a large number of target genes. Here, we have mutated the second …

Rb deficiency during Drosophila eye development deregulates EMC, causing defects in the development of photoreceptors and cone cells

MK Popova, W He, M Korenjak… - Journal of cell …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb) regulates various biological processes
during development and tumorigenesis. Although the molecular mechanism by which pRb …

Defining a new vision for the retinoblastoma gene: report from the 3rd International Rb Meeting

SM Rubin, J Sage - Cell Division, 2013 - Springer
The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (Rb) pathway is mutated in most, if not all human
tumors. In the G0/G1 phase, Rb and its family members p107 and p130 inhibit the E2F family …