Reactivation of mutant p53: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential.

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The p53 tumor suppressor gene is the most frequently mutated gene in cancer. Most p53 mutations are missense point mutations that cluster in the DNA-binding core domain. This results in distortion of core domain folding and disruption of DNA binding and transcriptional transactivation of p53 target genes. Structural studies have demonstrated that mutant p53 core domain unfolding is not irreversible. Mutant p53 is...

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