Article
The nuclear affairs of PTEN.
Journal of cell science - 1 Feb 2008
Planchon Sarah M, Waite Kristin A, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
PTEN encodes a major tumor-suppressor protein that is a dual-specificity phosphatase. Inactivation of PTEN has been shown to be involved in heritable and sporadic cancers. Mutation or deletion of PTEN, historically the most commonly identified mechanisms of inactivation of tumor suppressors, is found only in the minority of sporadic non-cultured primary cancers, which indicates that there might be other, novel...
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