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Tuberin activates the proapoptotic molecule BAD.
Oncogene - 19 Oct 2006
Freilinger A, Rosner M, Krupitza G, Nishino M, Lubec G, Korsmeyer S J, Hengstschläger M
Abstract excerpt
TSC1, encoding hamartin, and TSC2, encoding tuberin, are tumor suppressor genes responsible for the autosomal dominantly inherited disease tuberous sclerosis (TSC). TSC affects approximately 1 in 6000 individuals and is characterized by the development of tumors, named hamartomas, in different organs. Hamartin and tuberin form a complex, of which tuberin is assumed to be the functional component. The TSC proteins...
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