| Literature DB >> 19776745 |
Wan-Jin Lu1, James F Amatruda, John M Abrams.
Abstract
Evolutionary patterns indicate that primordial p53 genes predated the appearance of cancer. Therefore, wild-type tumour suppressive functions and mutant oncogenic functions that give celebrity status to this gene family were probably co-opted from unrelated primordial activities. Is it possible to deduce what these early functions might have been? And might this knowledge provide a platform for therapeutic opportunities?Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19776745 DOI: 10.1038/nrc2732
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Cancer ISSN: 1474-175X Impact factor: 60.716