p53 isoforms change p53 paradigm

Mol Cell Oncol. 2014 Dec 31;1(4):e969136. doi: 10.4161/23723548.2014.969136. eCollection 2014 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Although p53 defines cellular responses to cancer treatment it is not clear how p53 can be used to control cell fate outcome. Data demonstrate that so-called p53 does not exist as a single protein, but is in fact a group of p53 protein isoforms whose expression can be manipulated to control the cellular response to treatment.

Keywords: SRSF1; cancer; cdc2-like-kinase; clk; p63; p73; splicing.