LIN37 is a component of the DREAM (or LINC) complex which represses cell cycle-dependent genes in quiescent cells and plays a role in the cell cycle-dependent activation of G2/M genes [1-2].

1: Evolutionarily conserved multisubunit RBL2/p130 and E2F4 protein complex represses human cell cycle-dependent genes in quiescence. Litovchick L, Sadasivam S, Florens L, Zhu X, Swanson SK, Velmurugan S, Chen R, Washburn MP, Liu XS, DeCaprio JA; Mol Cell. 2007;26:539-551. PMID:17531812

2: LINC, a human complex that is related to pRB-containing complexes in invertebrates regulates the expression of G2/M genes. Schmit F, Korenjak M, Mannefeld M, Schmitt K, Franke C, von Eyss B, Gagrica S, Hanel F, Brehm A, Gaubatz S; Cell Cycle. 2007;6:1903-1913. PMID:17671431