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p53 upregulation is a frequent response to deficiency of cell-essential genes.
PloS one - 31 Dec 2010
Danilova Nadia, Kumagai Asako, Lin Jenny
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BACKGROUND: The role of p53 in the prevention of development of embryos damaged by genotoxic factors is well recognized. However, whether p53 plays an analogous role in preventing birth defects from genetic mutations remains an unanswered question. Genetic screens for mutations affecting development show that only a fraction of developmentally lethal mutations leads to specific phenotypes while the majority...
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