p53 A Guardian of the Genome and Beyond

• Other Authors: Anwar, Mumtaz (Editor), Farooq, Zeenat (Editor), Tauseef, Mohammad (Editor), Avin Balaji Ragunathrao, Vijay (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2022
• Subjects: Medical genetics; Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

p53 is a protein that plays an important role in the regulation of cell division and thereby offers protection to the cell against malignant transformation. This is the most well-studied and most appreciated role of p53, due to which the protein is famously known as the "guardian of the genome....