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Monitoring eIF4F Assembly by Measuring eIF4E-eIF4G Interaction in Live Cells
Published on: May 1, 2020
c-Myc and eIF4F constitute a feedforward loop that regulates cell growth: implications for anticancer therapy
Chen-Ju Lin1, Abba Malina, Jerry Pelletier
1Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
The Myc/Max/Mad family of transcription factors and the eukaryotic initiation factor 4F (4F) complex play fundamental roles in regulating cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and oncogenic transformation. Recent findings indicate that the role of Myc during cell growth and proliferation is linked to an increase in eIF4F activity in a feedforward relationship, providing a possible molecular mechanism of cell transformation by Myc. Developing therapeutics to inhibit eIF4F and/or Myc could be a potential treatment for a wide range of human cancers.
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