Mutation of p53 in head and neck squamou
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Genevieve A. Andrews; Sichuan Xi; Rebecca G. Pomerantz; Charles J. Lin; William
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background. The p53 protein, a well‐known tumor suppressor that functions primarily as a transcription factor, initiates cell cycle arrest and apoptosis after genotoxic stress. The antiapoptotic regulator Bcl‐2 is a downstream modulator of p53‐induced apoptosis. Loss of function of