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Disruption of the p53-Mdm2 complex by Nutlin-3 reveals different cancer cell phenotypes.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2008
Arva Nicoleta C, Talbott Kathryn E, Okoro Danielle R, Brekman Angelika, Qiu Wei Gang, Bargonetti Jill
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INTRODUCTION: Mdm2 inhibits p53 transactivation by forming a p53-Mdm2 complex on chromatin. Upon DNA damage-induced complex disruption, such latent p53 can be activated, but in cells overexpressing Mdm2 because of a homozygous single nucleotide polymorphism at position 309 (T --> G) of mdm2, the complex is highly stable and cannot be disrupted by DNA damage, rendering p53 inactive. METHODS: To determine whether...
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