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p53 family members in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Feb 2010
Machado-Silva Alice, Perrier Stéphane, Bourdon Jean-Christophe
Abstract excerpt
p53 is a much studied transcription factor which has a key role in the maintenance of genetic stability. It belongs to a larger family of genes including two other highly related proteins, p63 and p73. The p53 pathway has a vital role in the prevention of cancer formation and is ubiquitously lost in a high percentage of human cancers. In 60% of cancer cases this occurs via p53 gene mutation. In the remaining...
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