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p53

Posted by ahsanur on 07 Sep 2010 at 17:03 GMT

p53
http://ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000889#article1.front1.article-meta1.abstract1.p1

p53 (also known as protein 53 or tumor protein 53), is a tumor suppressor protein that in humans is encoded by the TP53 gene.[1][2][3] p53 is important in multicellular organisms, where it regulates the cell cycle and, thus, functions as a tumor suppressor that is involved in preventing cancer

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