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ReviewGenes & development2020

p53 tetramerization: at the center of the dominant-negative effect of mutant p53.

Jovanka Gencel-Augusto, Guillermina Lozano

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Review in Genes & development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. iScience · 2026
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  2. Revisiting tumor immunogenicity through the lens of mutant p53: Implications for cancer immunotherapy.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  4. The p53 Isoforms as Potential Biomarkers in Different Cancer Entities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jovanka Gencel-AugustoGenetics and Epigenetics Graduate Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1333-415X
Guillermina LozanoGenetics and Epigenetics Graduate Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8985-4886
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

PATHWAY OF TUMOR SUPPRESSIONR01CA047296 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI GUILLERMINA LOZANO · 1993 to 2026
$8.0M
Role of p53 Missense Mutations on Tumorigenesis in VivoR01CA082577 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LOZANO, GUILLERMINA · 1999 to 2024
$7.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA047296NCI NIH HHS R01 CA082577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The p53 tumor suppressor functions as a tetrameric transcription factor to regulate hundreds of genes-many in a tissue-specific manner. Missense mutations in cancers in the p53 DNA-binding and tetramerization domains cement the importance of these domains in tumor suppression. p53 mutants with a functional tetramerization domain form mixed tetramers, which in some cases have dominant-negative effects (DNE) that inactivate wild-type p53. DNA damage appears necessary but not sufficient for DNE, indicating that upstream signals impact DNE. Posttranslational modifications and protein-protein interactions alter p53 tetramerization affecting transcription, stability, and localization. These regulatory components limit the dominant-negative effects of mutant p53 on wild-type p53 activity. A deeper understanding of the molecular basis for DNE may drive development of drugs that release WT p53 and allow tumor suppression.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMutation, MissensePolymerizationProtein DomainsProtein StabilityProtein TransportTumor Suppressor Protein p53DNA-Binding ProteinsTumor Suppressor Protein p53tetramerizationtranscription factortumor suppressor

Identifiers

PMID32873579
PMCPMC7462067
OpenAlexW3081842013

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