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p53 and MDM2 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Matsumura T, Yoshihama Y, Kimura T, Shintani S, Alcalde R E
Abstract excerpt
The p53 tumor suppressor gene is the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer and is a frequent abnormality in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its precancerous lesions. MDM2 (murine double minute-2), a new proto-oncogene, may be associated with p53 gene products and may negatively affect the transcriptional activating function of p53. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of MDM2 and its...
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