La mutagénesis a gran escala en ratones con deficiencia de p19 (ARF) y p53 identifica los genes del cáncer y sus

Anthony G Uren1, Jaap Kool, Konstantin Matentzoglu

  • 1Division of Molecular Genetics and Cancer Genomics Centre, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Cell
|May 20, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio identifica más de 300 genes asociados con el cáncer mediante la detección de mutaciones que colaboran con los supresores de tumores p53 o p19ARF. Los hallazgos revelan interacciones genéticas complejas y potenciales oncogenes / supresores de tumores en todas las especies.

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