Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, May 13th, 2004
"The mammalian F-box protein Fbw7 and its Caenorhabditis elegans counterpart Sel-10 have been implicated in the ubiquitin-mediated turnover of cyclin E as well as the Notch/Lin-12 family of transcriptional activators. Both unregulated Notch and cyclin E promote tumorigenesis, and inactivating mutations in human Fbw7 suggest that it may be a tumor suppressor. To generate an in vivo system to assess the consequences of such unregulated signaling, we generated mice deficient for Fbw7," researchers at Harvard University wrote.
"Fbw7-null mice die around 10.5 days...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2004-05-13)
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