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An unusual gene dosage effect of p27kip1 in a mouse model of prostate cancer.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Mar 2005
Abate-Shen Cory, Shen Michael M
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the p27kip1 cell cycle inhibitor is downregulated in a wide range of carcinomas, yet it is rarely inactivated completely. Our recent studies of a mouse model of prostate carcinogenesis have revealed that cancer progression is enhanced by a two-fold reduction in p27kip1 gene dosage, but is unexpectedly inhibited by further decrease in p27kip1 activity. This paradoxical finding may explain the unusual...
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