Regulation of E2Fs and senescence by PML nuclear bodies

PML nuclear bodies.

PML nuclear bodies are matrix-associated domains that recruit an astonishing variety of seemingly unrelated proteins. Since their discovery in the early 1960s, PML bodies have fascinated cell biologists because of their beauty and their tight association with cellular disorders. The identification of PML, a gene involved in an oncogenic chromosomal translocation, as the key organizer of these d...

PML nuclear bodies in the pathogenesis of

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 2.1. The PML gene 2.2. PML nuclear bodies (PML-NBs) 3. PML-NB disruption and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) 3.1. t (15;17) associated APL and PML-NB disruption 3.2. Alternative APL Fusions 3.3. Homodimerization of the APL fusion proteins 3.4. Is forced dimerization of RARA and transcriptional repression sufficient for leukemogenesis? 4. Evidence supporting PML-NB...

Viruses as hijackers of PML nuclear bodies.

Promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies (PML-NBs) are discrete interchromosomal macromolecular structures. The integrity of this dynamic nuclear subcompartment critically depends on the presence of the name-giving PML protein. Among the permanent or transient residents of PML-NBs are various regulatory proteins, including Sp100, CBP, pRb, HIPK2, RAD51 and p53. PML-NBs are frequently targeted by v...

Down Regulation of DHFR Promoter Activity by PML Transcription Repressor

Re-Evaluating Cell-Cycle Regulation by E2Fs

Activation of E2F transcription factors is thought to drive the expression of genes essential for the transition of cells from G1 to S phase and for the initiation of DNA replication. However, this textbook view of E2Fs is increasingly under challenge. Here we discuss an alternative model for how E2Fs may work.