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The apoptotic and transcriptional transactivation activities of p53 can be dissociated.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire - 1 Jan 1997
Bissonnette N, Wasylyk B, Hunting D J
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that the apoptotic response of cells following DNA damage requires p53 expression. Wild-type p53 protein levels increase in response to DNA damage and its growth-suppressive action is thought to be mediated by transcriptional activation of the p21/WAF1/CIP1 gene, the product of which is a potent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases. The mechanism by which elevated p53 levels lead to...
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