Tumor Suppression by p53: Is Apoptosis Important or Not?

The mechanisms by which p53 suppresses tumor growth remain ill defined. In this issue of Cell Reports, Timofeev et al. (2013) and Valente et al. (2013) reveal context-dependent contributions of p53-dependent apoptosis to its tumor-suppressive function.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hestia Mellert, Joaquín M. Espinosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124713002283