Complete loss of wild-type TP53 in a nontransformed human epithelial cell line is preceded by a phase during which a heterozygous TP53 mutant effectively outgrows the homozygous wild-type cells.

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HMT-3522 is a spontaneously immortalized cell line derived from a fibrocystic breast lesion. After continuous accumulation of genetic changes, the cell line was transformed from a nontumorigenic to a malignant phenotype. One of the earliest genetic aberrations is a missense mutation of codon 179 (His179Asn) in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 leading to outgrowth of a cell type expressing only the mutant form of...

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