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SUBMITTER: Hermeking H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC15783 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hermeking H H Rago C C Schuhmacher M M Li Q Q Barrett J F JF Obaya A J AJ O'Connell B C BC Mateyak M K MK Tam W W Kohlhuber F F Dang C V CV Sedivy J M JM Eick D D Vogelstein B B Kinzler K W KW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20000201 5
The prototypic oncogene c-MYC encodes a transcription factor that can drive proliferation by promoting cell-cycle reentry. However, the mechanisms through which c-MYC achieves these effects have been unclear. Using serial analysis of gene expression, we have identified the cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) gene as a transcriptional target of c-MYC. c-MYC induced a rapid increase in CDK4 mRNA levels through four highly conserved c-MYC binding sites within the CDK4 promoter. Cell-cycle progression ...[more]