P63 is a suppressor of tumorigenesis and metastasis interacting with mutant p53

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1487-1499

  Melino, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; metastasis; p53; p63; p73; tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

DEATH RECEPTOR 4; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P63; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 80051789515     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.81     Document Type: Review

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