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The regulation of MDM2 oncogene and its impact on human cancers.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 1 Mar 2014
Zhao Yuhan, Yu Haiyang, Hu Wenwei
Abstract excerpt
Tumor suppressor p53 plays a central role in preventing tumor formation. The levels and activity of p53 is under tight regulation to ensure its proper function. Murine double minute 2 (MDM2), a p53 target gene, is an E3 ubiquitin ligase. MDM2 is a key negative regulator of p53 protein, and forms an auto-regulatory feedback loop with p53. MDM2 is an oncogene with both p53-dependent and p53-independent oncogenic...
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