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What gene is responsible for tumor suppression?

A)beta-galactose
B)p53
C)aplha-globin
D)beta-globin

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The answer is p53.

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User Thierry J
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Answer is p⁵³

The p⁵³ is a gene that also known as TP53 or tumor protein. The p⁵³ protein is a phosphoprotein made of 393 amino acids. The human p⁵³gene is located on the seventeenth chromosome. This gene is very important for cells in multicellular organisms because it codes for a protein that regulates the cell cycle and hence functions as a tumor suppression. p⁵³ has been described as "the guardian of the genome", referring to its role in conserving stability by preventing genome mutation.

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