AG Gallant
Dr. Peter Gallant

Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Biozentrum
Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg
Raum B 308
Tel: 0931 31-88814
Fax: 0931 31-84113
peter.gallant@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
The transcription factor Myc was initially identified as a potent proto-oncogene in vertebrates. Later it was shown to control a variety of physiological processes during normal development, most notably cellular growth and proliferation. These different activities of Myc can be largely explained by the nature of its transcriptional targets that have been identified in recent years. Much less is known, however, about the molecular mechanisms how Myc controls the expression of these targets in vivo.
Research
Molecular mechanism of transactivation by Myc in Drosophila Usefull Links: Flybase Bloomington Stock Center Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center (VDRC) SFB 1047 "Insect Timing"
Publications
Latest:
Jennifer M. Gerlach, Michael Furrer, Maria Gallant, Dirk Birkel, Apoorva Baluapuri, Elmar Wolf, and Peter Gallant (2017) PAF1 complex component Leo1 helps recruit Drosophila Myc to promoters, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705816114