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Germline analysis of thymidine/guanidine polymorphism at position 309 of the Mdm2 promoter in malignant melanoma patients.
Melanoma research - 1 Aug 2009
Gluck Iris, Simon Amos J, Catane Raphael, Pfeffer Raphael, Schachter Jacob, Rechavi Gideon, Bar Jair
Abstract excerpt
p53 is a major tumor suppressor gene, frequently mutated in human cancer, but rarely mutated in malignant melanoma (MM). Mdm2, the major negative regulator of p53, is overexpressed in 50-60% of MM patients, by an unknown mechanism. Single nucleotide polymorphism at position 309 of the Mdm2 promoter correlates with increased Mdm2 levels and reduced p53 activation. We speculated that guanine at position 309 (G309)...
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