Tumor-suppressing gene works by restraining mobile genetic elements that can lead to genomic instability

Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

The most commonly mutated gene in cancer, p53, works to prevent tumor formation by keeping mobile elements in check that otherwise lead to genomic instability, researchers have found.

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