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Pinning a change on p53

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An enzyme-induced conformational change is now implicated in activating the p53 protein, one of a cell's prime movers in preventing tumour development.

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Figure 1: Regulation of p53 protein by Pin1, as suggested by the results of Zheng et al.1 and Zacchi et al.2.

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