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Regulatory mechanisms of tumor suppressor P16(INK4A) and their relevance to cancer.
Biochemistry - 28 Jun 2011
Li Junan, Poi Ming Jye, Tsai Ming-Daw
Abstract excerpt
P16(INK4A) (also known as P16 and MTS1), a protein consisting exclusively of four ankyrin repeats, is recognized as a tumor suppressor mainly because of the prevalence of genetic inactivation of the p16(INK4A) (or CDKN2A) gene in virtually all types of human cancers. However, it has also been shown that an elevated level of expression (upregulation) of P16 is involved in cellular senescence, aging, and cancer...
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