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Replication of ONYX-015, a potential anticancer adenovirus, is independent of p53 status in tumor cells.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1998
Rothmann T, Hengstermann A, Whitaker N J, Scheffner M, zur Hausen H
Abstract excerpt
The 55-kDa E1B protein of adenovirus, which binds to and inactivates the tumor suppressor protein p53, is not expressed in the adenoviral mutant termed ONYX-015 (i.e., dl1520). It was reported that the mutant virus due to a deletion in E1B is able to replicate only in cells deficient for wild-type p53. Accordingly, dl1520 is currently being evaluated as a potential tool in the therapy of p53 deficient cancers. In...
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