Metal ions as regulators of the conformation and function of the tumour suppressor protein p53: implications for carcinogenesis.

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The p53 protein is a multi-function nuclear factor that is activated in response to multiple forms of stress and controls the proliferation, survival, DNA repair and differentiation of cells exposed to potentially genotoxic DNA damage. Loss of p53 function by mutation is a frequent event in human cancer, and is thought to result in the capacity of cells to acquire and accumulate oncogenic mutations during the...

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