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Nucleolar Arf sequesters Mdm2 and activates p53.

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It is shown that Arf binds to the product of the Mdm2 gene and sequesters it into the nucleolus, thereby preventing negative-feedback regulation of p53 by MDM2 and leading to the activation of p 53 in the nucleoplasm.
Abstract
The Ink4/Arf locus encodes two tumour-suppressor proteins, p16Ink4a and p19Arf, that govern the antiproliferative functions of the retinoblastoma and p53 proteins, respectively. Here we show that Arf binds to the product of the Mdm2 gene and sequesters it into the nucleolus, thereby preventing negative-feedback regulation of p53 by Mdm2 and leading to the activation of p53 in the nucleoplasm. Arf and Mdm2 co-localize in the nucleolus in response to activation of the oncoprotein Myc and as mouse fibroblasts undergo replicative senescence. These topological interactions of Arf and Mdm2 point towards a new mechanism for p53 activation.

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Bmi-1 is required for maintenance of adult self-renewing haematopoietic stem cells.

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Requirement of JNK for Stress- Induced Activation of the Cytochrome c-Mediated Death Pathway

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Modes of p53 regulation.

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The Pezcoller lecture: cancer cell cycles revisited.

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High-efficiency transformation of mammalian cells by plasmid DNA.

TL;DR: A simple calcium phosphate transfection protocol and neo marker vectors that achieve highly efficient transformation of mammalian cells are described and linear DNA is almost inactive in mammalian cells.
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Oncogenic ras Provokes Premature Cell Senescence Associated with Accumulation of p53 and p16INK4a

TL;DR: It is shown that expression of oncogenic ras in primary human or rodent cells results in a permanent G1 arrest, and that the onset of cellular senescence does not simply reflect the accumulation of cell divisions, but can be prematurely activated in response to an onCogenic stimulus.
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Mdm2 promotes the rapid degradation of p53

TL;DR: It is proposed that the Mdm2-promoted degradation of p53 provides a new mechanism to ensure effective termination of the p53 signal.
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A new regulatory motif in cell-cycle control causing specific inhibition of cyclin D/CDK4

TL;DR: P16 seems to act in a regulatory feedback circuit with CDK4, D-type cyclins and retinoblastoma protein, and inhibits the catalytic activity of theCDK4/cyclin D enzymes.
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Regulation of p53 stability by Mdm2

TL;DR: It is shown that interaction with Mdm2 can also result in a large reduction in p53 protein levels through enhanced proteasome-dependent degradation, which may contribute to the maintenance of low p53 concentrations in normal cells.
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