Development of a genetic sensor that eliminates p53 deficient cells

TP53 is mutated in many cancers, a system to detect and selectively eliminate p53 mutant cells is an attractive therapeutic strategy. Here, the authors present a genetic sensor that can detect p53 activity and is coupled to the thymidine kinase gene, which can activate the drug Ganciclovir, resultin...

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Main Authors: Jovan Mircetic, Antje Dietrich, Maciej Paszkowski-Rogacz, Mechthild Krause, Frank Buchholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01688-w