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Transgenic mouse with human mutant p53 expression in the prostate epithelium.
The Prostate - 15 Sept 2004
Elgavish Ada, Wood Philip A, Pinkert Carl A, Eltoum Isam-Eldin, Cartee Todd, Wilbanks John, Mentor-Marcel Roycelynn, Tian Liqun, Scroggins Samuel E
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BACKGROUND: Apoptosis is disrupted in prostate tumor cells, conferring a survival advantage. p53 is a nuclear protein believed to regulate cancer progression, in part by inducing apoptosis. To test this possibility in future studies, the objective of the present study was to generate a transgenic mouse model expressing mutant p53 in the prostate (PR). METHODS: Transgene incorporation was tested using Southern...
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