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Rescue of embryonic lethality in Mdm2-deficient mice by absence of p53.
Nature - 9 Nov 1995
Jones S N, Roe A E, Donehower L A, Bradley A
Abstract excerpt
The Mdm2 proto-oncogene was originally identified as one of several genes contained on a mouse double minute chromosome present in a transformed derivative of 3T3 cells. Overexpression of Mdm2 can immortalize primary cultures of rodent fibroblasts. Human MDM2 is amplified in 30-40% of sarcomas, and is overexpressed in leukaemic cells. The Mdm2 oncoprotein forms a complex with the p53 tumour-suppressor protein and...
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