Chapter 8, Problem 9WIO

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The mutation in the gene encoding p53 be associated with high risk for cancer.

Concept Introduction:

Gene p53 is also called as the tumor protein that code for a protein that regulates the cell cycle and thus, functions as tumor suppression. It plays an important role in multicellular organisms to suppress cancer. This gene is located on the seventeenth chromosomes. It is the phosphorylated protein made up of 393 amino acids.