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SUBMITTER: Nalam RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2775940 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nalam Roopa L RL Andreu-Vieyra Claudia C Braun Robert E RE Akiyama Haruhiko H Matzuk Martin M MM
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) 20091009 11
Retinoblastoma protein (RB) plays crucial roles in cell cycle control and cellular differentiation. Specifically, RB impairs the G(1) to S phase transition by acting as a repressor of the E2F family of transcriptional activators while also contributing towards terminal differentiation by modulating the activity of tissue-specific transcription factors. To examine the role of RB in Sertoli cells, the androgen-dependent somatic support cell of the testis, we created a Sertoli cell-specific conditi ...[more]