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The Ink4a/Arf locus operates as a regulator of the circadian clock modulating RAS activity

ABSTRACT: Upon perturbations by RAS and by shBMAL, differential effects on the circadian phenotype were observed in wild type and Ink4a/Arf knockout MEFs which could be reproduced by modelling simulations and correlated with opposing cell cycle fate decisions.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Angela Relógio

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5943 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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The Ink4a/Arf locus operates as a regulator of the circadian clock modulating RAS activity.

El-Athman Rukeia R Genov Nikolai N NN Mazuch Jeannine J Zhang Kaiyang K Yu Yong Y Fuhr Luise L Abreu Mónica M Li Yin Y Wallach Thomas T Kramer Achim A Schmitt Clemens A CA Relógio Angela A

PLoS biology 20171207 12

The mammalian circadian clock and the cell cycle are two major biological oscillators whose coupling influences cell fate decisions. In the present study, we use a model-driven experimental approach to investigate the interplay between clock and cell cycle components and the dysregulatory effects of RAS on this coupled system. In particular, we focus on the Ink4a/Arf locus as one of the bridging clock-cell cycle elements. Upon perturbations by the rat sarcoma viral oncogene (RAS), differential e ...[more]

PMID: 29216180

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The Ink4a/Arf locus operates as a regulator of the circadian clock modulating RAS activity

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The Ink4a/Arf locus operates as a regulator of the circadian clock modulating RAS activity.

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