Cytoplasmic Prep1 interacts with 4EHP inhibiting Hoxb4 translation.

Homeobox genes are essential for embryonic patterning and cell fate determination. They are regulated mostly at the transcriptional level. In particular, Prep1 regulates Hox transcription in association with Pbx proteins. Despite its nuclear role as a transcription factor, Prep1 is located in the cy...

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Main Authors: J Carlos Villaescusa, Claudia Buratti, Dmitry Penkov, Lisa Mathiasen, Jesús Planagumà, Elisabetta Ferretti, Francesco Blasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2664923?pdf=render