›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 90-93.

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Research Progress of p63 Gene and its Relationship with Tumor

YU Tian-ming, HAN Li-mei, LIU Jia   

  1. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110886, China
  • Received:2011-11-14 Online:2012-07-20 Published:2012-07-16

Abstract: p63 gene is one of tumor suppressor gene p53 family members. It displays high homology to p53 gene. The structure of p63 is more complex than p53. It has two different promoters and many different introns splicing modes, p63 gene encodes many kinds of p63 isoform proteins. These p63 isoforms perform their diverse biological functions in different tissues and different developmental phases. This paper introduces researching progress of p63 genetic structure, biological functions and the relationships with tumors.

Key words: p63; isoform; structure; function; tumor

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