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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the MDM2 gene disrupts the oscillation of p53 and MDM2 levels in cells.
Cancer research - 15 Mar 2007
Hu Wenwei, Feng Zhaohui, Ma Lan, Wagner John, Rice J Jeremy, Stolovitzky Gustavo, Levine Arnold J
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Oscillations of both p53 and MDM2 proteins have been observed in cells after exposure to stress. A mathematical model describing these oscillations predicted that oscillations occur only at selected levels of p53 and MDM2 proteins. This model prediction suggests that oscillations will disappear in cells containing high levels of MDM2 as observed with a single nucleotide polymorphism in the MDM2 gene (SNP309). The...
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