Inactivation of p53 and life span extension of human diploid fibroblasts by mot‐2

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Normal human lung fibroblasts were transfected with expression plasmids encoding mot-2, an hsp70 family member that is associated with the immortal phenotype. After the empty vector-transfected controls had become senescent and positive for senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-beta-gal), the mot-2-expressing cells continued to proliferate for an additional 12-18 population doublings and showed a young...

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