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Mutant p53 can delay growth arrest and loss of CDK2 activity in senescing human fibroblasts without reducing p21(WAF1) expression.
Experimental cell research - 1 May 2003
Wyllie Fiona, Haughton Michele, Bartek Jiri, Rowson Jan, Wynford-Thomas David
Abstract excerpt
Functional wild-type p53 is required for human diploid fibroblasts (HDF) to enter an irreversible growth arrest known as replicative senescence. Experimentally, abrogation of p53 function by expression of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 or disruption of a key downstream effector p21 by homologous recombination both extended HDF life span. However, although sufficient to extend life span, p21 down-regulation is...
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