The p21waf1 / cip1 promoter — driven luciferase reporters (pGL3 derivatives)
containing point mutations in six Sp1 elements, (Mut1) p21 - Luc, (Mut2) p21 - Luc, (Mut3) p21 - Luc, (Mut4) p21 - Luc, and (Mut5 / 6) p21 - Luc and the parental wild - type reporter, (Wt) p21 - Luc, were kindly provided by Dr. D. Kardassis (Department of Basic Sciences, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; ref.
The Cancer Gene Census (CGC) database
contains 547 such gene across various cancer types.5 Remarkably, few driver genes having specific
point mutations appear to be sufficient to rewire signalling networks in cancer, 1 which at the same time shows that — at least from the mutational side — cancer does not consist of an «infinite» number of different diseases, and in many cases treatment options targeted against driver genes might be transferred from one case to the next.