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Nuclear PTEN-mediated growth suppression is independent of Akt down-regulation.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jul 2005
Liu Juinn-Lin, Sheng Xiaoyang, Hortobagyi Zsuzsanna K, Mao Zhenyu, Gallick Gary E, Yung W K Alfred
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The tumor suppressor gene PTEN is a phosphoinositide phosphatase that is inactivated by deletion and/or mutation in diverse human tumors. Wild-type PTEN is expressed both in the cytoplasm and nucleus in normal cells, with a preferential nuclear localization in differentiated or resting cells. To elucidate the relationship between PTEN's subcellular localization and its biologic activities, we constructed...
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