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Replicational stress selects for p53 mutation.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Sept 2007
Marusyk Andriy, DeGregori James
Abstract excerpt
p53 is a critical mediator of cellular responses to a variety of stresses. Given the frequency of p53 mutations in human malignancies and that disruption of p53 has been implicated in chemoresistance, understanding the factors that select for p53 disruption is important both for understanding tumor evolution and for designing cancer therapies. While it is widely believed that genotoxic stress selects for p53...
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