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p53 protects against skin cancer induction by UV-B radiation.
Oncogene - 22 Jul 1999
Jiang W, Ananthaswamy H N, Muller H K, Kripke M L
Abstract excerpt
To assess the role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in skin carcinogenesis by UV radiation, mice constitutively lacking one or both copies of the functional p53 gene were compared to wild-type mice for their susceptibility to UV carcinogenesis. Heterozygous mice showed greatly increased susceptib...
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