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 …

[HTML][HTML] RBF and Rno promote photoreceptor differentiation onset through modulating EGFR signaling in the Drosophila developing eye

MJ Sukhanova, LJ Steele, T Zhang, GM Gordon… - Developmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
The retinoblastoma gene Rb is the prototype tumor suppressor and is conserved in
Drosophila. We use the developing fly retina as a model system to investigate the role of …

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 …

Role of Drosophila retinoblastoma protein instability element in cell growth and proliferation

JS Elenbaas, R Mouawad, RW Henry, DN Arnosti… - Cell cycle, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The RB tumor suppressor, a regulator of the cell cycle, apoptosis, senescence, and
differentiation, is frequently mutated in human cancers. We recently described an …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Retinoblastoma family protein promotes normal R8-photoreceptor differentiation in the absence of rhinoceros by inhibiting dE2F1 activity

L Steele, MJ Sukhanova, J Xu, GM Gordon… - Developmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The retinoblastoma gene Rb is a prototype tumor suppressor which is conserved in
Drosophila. Although much is known about the roles of Rb in cell proliferation and …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitination of retinoblastoma family protein 1 potentiates gene-specific repression function

N Raj, L Zhang, Y Wei, DN Arnosti, RW Henry - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
The retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor family functions as a regulatory node governing
cell cycle progression, differentiation, and apoptosis. Post-translational modifications play a …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of apoptosis of rbf mutant cells during Drosophila development

M Tanaka-Matakatsu, J Xu, L Cheng, W Du - Developmental biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Inactivation of the retinoblastoma gene Rb leads to defects in cell proliferation,
differentiation, or apoptosis, depending on specific cell or tissue types. To gain insights into …

[HTML][HTML] Single cell RNA-sequencing identifies a metabolic aspect of apoptosis in Rbf mutant

MM Ariss, AB Islam, M Critcher, MP Zappia… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The function of Retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (pRB) is greatly influenced by the cellular
context, therefore the consequences of pRB inactivation are cell-type-specific. Here we …

Conserved RB functions in development and tumor suppression

GM Gordon, W Du - Protein & cell, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The variety of human cancers in which the retinoblastoma protein pRb is inactivated reflects
both its broad importance for tumor suppression and its multitude of cellular functions …