How the Other Half Lives: What p53 Does When It Is Not Being a Transcription Factor

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It has been four decades since the discovery of p53, the designated ‘Guardian of the Genome’. P53 is primarily known as a master transcription factor and critical tumor suppressor, with countless studies detailing the mechanisms by which it regulates a host of gene targets and their consequent signaling pathways. However, transcription-independent functions of p53 also strongly define its tumor-suppressive...

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