Tumor-prone phenotype of the DDB2-deficient mice.
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SUBMITTER: Yoon T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2892891 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jan
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Tumor-prone phenotype of the DDB2-deficient mice.
Yoon Taewon T Chakrabortty Amit A Franks Roberta R Valli Ted T Kiyokawa Hiroaki H Raychaudhuri Pradip P
Oncogene 20050101 3
DDB2 is an essential subunit of the damaged-DNA recognition factor DDB, which is involved in global genomic repair in human cells. Moreover, DDB2 is mutated in the repair-deficiency disease xeroderma pigmentosum (Group E). Expression of DDB2 in human cells is induced by P53, BRCA1 and by ionizing radiation. The DDB2 protein associates with transcriptional activator and coactivator proteins. In addition, DDB2 in conjunction with DDB1 associates with cullin 4A and the Cop9/signalosome. We generate ...[more]
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