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    Cancer Res. 1995 Jul 15;55(14):2988-94.

    Complex structure and regulation of the P16 (MTS1) locus.

    Stone S, Jiang P, Dayananth P, Tavtigian SV, Katcher H, Parry D, Peters G, Kamb A.

    Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 84018, USA.

    The p16 gene (P16, MTS1, CDKN2) encodes a negative regulator of the cell cycle. Molecular genetic techniques have been used to explore the role of p16 in normal development and cancer. Two transcripts derived from the p16 gene with distinct protein coding potentials are described. The previously undescribed transcript form has the same exons 2 and 3 as the p16-encoding mRNA but contains a different exon 1. The human p16 transcripts are detected in various tissues, and the ratio of the transcripts is regulated in both a tissue-specific and cell cycle-specific manner. The P16-derived mRNAs are probably generated from separate promoters, and transcription from one of the promoters appears to be regulated, at least in part, by the retinoblastoma gene product.

    PMID: 7606716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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