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Evasion of the p53 tumour surveillance network by tumour-derived MYC mutants.
Nature - 11 Aug 2005
Hemann Michael T, Bric Anka, Teruya-Feldstein Julie, Herbst Andreas, Nilsson Jonas A, Cordon-Cardo Carlos, Cleveland John L, Tansey William P, Lowe Scott W
Abstract excerpt
The c-Myc oncoprotein promotes proliferation and apoptosis, such that mutations that disable apoptotic programmes often cooperate with MYC during tumorigenesis. Here we report that two common mutant MYC alleles derived from human Burkitt's lymphoma uncouple proliferation from apoptosis and, as a result, are more effective than wild-type MYC at promoting B cell lymphomagenesis in mice. Mutant MYC proteins retain...
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