WAF1 gene, PIC1, CIP1, SDI1

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Introduction

p53-inducible gene. The rate of WAF1 gene mutations is very low; WAF1 inactivation in tumors may occur largely via aberrations in transcriptional regulation by p53[4]. However, a point mutation in WAF1 from a bladder carcinoma that produces a stop codon is described[4].

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References

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