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Apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (ASPP2) heterozygous mice are tumor-prone and have attenuated cellular damage-response thresholds.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Mar 2009
Kampa Kerstin M, Acoba Jared D, Chen Dexi, Gay Joel, Lee Hunjoo, Beemer Kelly, Padiernos Emerson, Boonmark Nataya, Zhu Zhiyi, Fan Alice C, Bailey Alexis S, Fleming William H, Corless Christopher, Felsher Dean W, Naumovski Louie, Lopez Charles D
Abstract excerpt
The expression of ASPP2 (53BP2L), a proapoptotic member of a family of p53-binding proteins, is frequently suppressed in many human cancers. Accumulating evidence suggests that ASPP2 inhibits tumor growth; however, the mechanisms by which ASPP2 suppresses tumor formation remain to be clarified. T...
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