p53 tumor suppressor

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Cell Cycle subtree

'Guardian of the genome': transcription factor activated by DNA damage, hypoxia, oncogene stress. Induces cell-cycle arrest (p21), apoptosis (PUMA, BAX), senescence. Mutated in ~50% human cancers.

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