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Chaperoning of mutant p53 protein by wild-type p53 protein causes hypoxic tumor regression.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Jan 2012
Gogna Rajan, Madan Esha, Kuppusamy Periannan, Pati Uttam
Abstract excerpt
Mutant (Mt) p53 abrogates tumor suppression functions of wild-type (WT) p53 through mutant-specific, gain-of-function effects, and patients bearing Mt p53 are chemoresistant. The dominant negative effect of p53 mutants results from their aggregation propensity which causes co-aggregation of WT p5...
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