The role of tumour suppressor genes in ovarian cancer
The role of tumour suppressor genes, in particular p53 and DCC, was investigated in human ovarian cancer. p53 codes for a DNA-binding nuclear phosphoprotein whose expression, in the wild-type form, is essential in the control of the cell cycle. Loss of function of this gene by mutation allows unrest...
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University of Aberdeen
1993
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259601 |