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Biological significance of a small highly conserved region in the N terminus of the p53 tumour suppressor protein.
Journal of molecular biology - 2 Nov 2001
Liu W L, Midgley C, Stephen C, Saville M, Lane D P
Abstract excerpt
The p53 tumour suppressor protein plays a central role in maintaining genomic integrity in eukaryotic cells. The most significant biological function of p53 is to act as a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor, which can induce the expression of a variety of target genes in response to diverse stress stimuli. The p53 protein contains six highly conserved regions, one of which, termed Box I, is...
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