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[When p19ARF finds a partner or new "dangerous liaisons"].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jun 1998
Larsen C J
Abstract excerpt
In man, the MTS1 (multiple tumor suppressor 1) locus has been located on chromosome band 9p21 and encodes two unrelated genes, p16INK4a and p19ARF that both act, through different mechanisms, as cell proliferation inhibitors. The inhibitory mechanism of p19ARF has begun to be elucidated by the finding that the protein has the ability to bind the mdm2 oncoprotein. mdm2 is implicated in the degradation of p53 and...
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