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The effect of mutations on peptide models of the DNA binding helix of p53: evidence for a correlation between structure and tumorigenesis.
Biopolymers - 1 Mar 1999
Trulson J A, Millhauser G L
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppresser protein p53 has been called the "guardian of the genome." DNA damage induces p53 to either halt the cell cycle, allowing for repair, or initiate apoptosis. P53 is mutated in over 50% of human tumors and it has been proposed that many tumorigenic mutations are deleterious to p53 because they induce local unfolding. To explore this hypothesis, peptide models have been developed to study...
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