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MDM2 SNP309 accelerates tumor formation in a gender-specific and hormone-dependent manner.
Cancer research - 15 May 2006
Bond Gareth L, Hirshfield Kim M, Kirchhoff Tomas, Alexe Gabriella, Bond Elisabeth E, Robins Harlan, Bartel Frank, Taubert Helge, Wuerl Peter, Hait William, Toppmeyer Deborah, Offit Kenneth, Levine Arnold J
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The importance of the p53 stress response pathway in the suppression of tumor formation is well documented. In a previous report, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP309 T/G) was found in the promoter of the MDM2 gene resulting in higher levels of MDM2 RNA and protein and, consequently, in the a...
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