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A somatic mutation of the p21(Waf1/Cip1) gene in a human adrenocortical adenoma.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Iida S, Fujii H, Moriwaki K
Abstract excerpt
The p21(Waf1/Cip1) protein, an inhibitory protein of cellular growth and DNA replication, is induced by the p53 tumour suppressor protein. Any mutations or deletions inactivating the protein may result in unregulated cellular growth. In one aldosterone secreting adrenocortical adenoma, we found a heterozygous deletion of a 111-base-pair (bp) fragment of the p21 cDNA. This deletion resulted in a truncated p21...
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