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Use of p53 transgenic mice in the development of cancer models for multiple purposes.
Experimental lung research - 1 Dec 2000
Lubet R A, Zhang Z, Wiseman R W, You M
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppressor gene p53 is perhaps the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer, being mutated in a high percentage of colon, breast, skin, bladder, and many cancers of the aerodigestive tract. Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, who routinely have a germline mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene, are at high risk for lung cancer, confirming its intimate role in lung tumorigenesis in humans. In...
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