PUBLICATION
Tob genes in development and homeostasis
- Authors
- Jia, S., and Meng, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070529-1
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 236(4): 913-921 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Jia, Shunji, Meng, Anming
- Keywords
- Tob, BTG, antiproliferation, embryo, development
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Embryonic Development/genetics*
- Gene Expression
- Germ Cells/cytology
- Homeostasis/genetics*
- Humans
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/physiology*
- Learning
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/physiology
- Neoplasms/genetics
- Osteogenesis/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 17304515 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Jia, S., and Meng, A. (2007) Tob genes in development and homeostasis. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 236(4):913-921.
Abstract
Members of the Btg/Tob protein family share a conserved N-terminal region that confers the activity to inhibit cell proliferation. Tob1 and Tob2 proteins, which constitute a Tob subfamily, have a longer C-terminal region than BTG proteins. Apparently, genomes of invertebrates and teleost species contain only a single Tob locus, whereas genomes of mammalian, avian, and amphibian species contain two Tob loci (Tob1 and Tob2). Tob genes are expressed in oocytes, sperm, early embryos, and various adult tissues, depending on the species. Recent reports indicate that Tob proteins play important roles in spermatogenesis, embryonic dorsoventral patterning, osteogenesis, T-cell activation, and learning and memory. Accumulating evidence supports the hypothesis that Tob proteins act primarily as transcriptional repressors in several signaling pathways.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping