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Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 606391
doi:10.3814/2010/606391
Research Article

Stimulation of p53 Transactivation Ability by Nicastrin in Mouse Fibroblasts

1Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
2Department of Molecular and Tumor Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
  • Received 2009-07-14
  • Revised 2009-09-14
  • Accepted 2009-09-27

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