Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, September 1st, 2004
A team of European researchers report, "Human tumors are believed to harbor a disabled p53 tumor suppressor pathway, either through direct mutation of the p53 gene or through aberrant expression of proteins acting in the p53 pathway, such as p14(ARF) or Mdm2.
"A role for Mdmx (or Mdm4) as a key negative regulator of p53 function in vivo has been established. However, a direct contribution of Mdmx to tumor formation remains to be demonstrated."
In the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, the researchers...
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