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c-Myc recruits P-TEFb for transcription, cellular proliferation and apoptosis

Oncogene volume 22, pages 5707–5711 (2003)Cite this article

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c-Myc promotes cellular proliferation, sensitizes cells to apoptosis and prevents differentiation. It binds cyclin T1 structurally and functionally from the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb). The cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (Cdk9) in P-TEFb then phosporylates the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II, which is required for the transition from initiation to elongation of eukaryotic transcription. Inhibiting P-TEFb blocks the transcription of its target genes as well as cellular proliferation and apoptosis induced by c-Myc.

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We thank members of our laboratories for reagents and helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by the grants from the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation and the NIH.

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    Satoshi Kanazawa & B Matija Peterlin

  2. Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Laura Soucek & Gerard Evan

  3. Department of Molecular Genetics, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan

    Satoshi Kanazawa & Takashi Okamoto

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Kanazawa, S., Soucek, L., Evan, G. et al. c-Myc recruits P-TEFb for transcription, cellular proliferation and apoptosis. Oncogene 22, 5707–5711 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1206800

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