Recent findings indicate that p53 regulates the expression of the tumor suppressor gene maspin, providing new mechanistic information about the factors that negatively regulate tumor cell metastasis.
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Hendrix, M. De-mystifying the mechanism(s) of maspin. Nat Med 6, 374–376 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/74624
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