p53 gene

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Introduction

The most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene is the p53 gene, mutated in roughly 50% of tumors, including sporadic osteosarcomas, soft tissue sarcomas, brain tumors, leukemias, & lung carcinoma & breast carcinoma

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References

  1. Malkin et al Science 250:1233 1990
  2. Harris Science 262:1980 1993
  3. Dhakshinamoorthy S & Jaiswal AK, Oncogene 21:5301, 2002

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