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Tissue-specific expression of SV40 in tumors associated with the Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Oncogene - 27 Jul 2001
Malkin D, Chilton-MacNeill S, Meister L A, Sexsmith E, Diller L, Garcea R L
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of wild-type p53 tumor suppressor function is the primary mechanism of tumor initiation in Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) individuals with germline p53 mutations. Tumors derived from LFS patients frequently retain the normal p53 allele, suggesting that alternative mechanisms in addition to gene deletion must be involved in inactivating wild-type p53 protein. DNA tumor viruses, such as SV40, target p53...
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