Let-7 miRNAs act like tumor-suppressors down-regulate the translation of Ras & targets oncogenic transcription factor MYC

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

p53 amyloid aggregates,

No transport from cytoplasm to the nucleus

Escape proteasome degradation

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

The amyloid aggregation of p53 demonstrated by biophysical techniques:

X-ray diffraction 

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

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Mutations in three broad classes of genes play key roles in cancer induction: 

Proto-oncogenes genes
Tumor-suppressor genes
Genome maintenance genes

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Dominant gain-of-function mutations in proto-oncogenes and recessive loss-of-function mutations in tumor-suppressor genes are oncogenic.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Mutations in three broad classes of genes play key roles in cancer induction:
Proto-oncogenes genes
Tumor-suppressor genes
Genome maintenance genes

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Dominant gain-of-function mutations in proto-oncogenes and recessive loss-of-function mutations in tumor-suppressor genes are oncogenic.