However, no mutations were found in the KRAS gene itself or the tumor
suppressor genes during the 15 - month period of cigarette smoke exposure.
Not exact matches
HDAC5, the
gene suppressor, did not prevent addiction - like behaviors from forming, but it did prevent later drug seeking and relapse
during abstinence — at least in rodents.
After working on the genetics of yeasts
during a Ph.D. in pharmacy at the University of Valencia, Gil moved to the United States for a postdoc on human
suppressor genes.
«A way to stabilize haploidy in animal cells: Mammalian haploid cells present problems
during mitosis that limit their viability; the removal of the p53 tumor
suppressor gene increases the survival rate of these cells thereby stabilising their haploid state.»
Many tumor
suppressor and receptor
genes have been reported to be hypermethylated and transcriptionally silenced
during the development of different types of cancers.
During his 11 years of extensive work experience in the fields of cell and cancer biology (including work on the famous tumor
suppressor gene BRCA1), and biochemistry he has successfully published in peer - reviewed journals such as Molecular and Cell Biology and Cancer Research.