Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that regulate the growth of cells, and they play an important role in preventing the development of cancer cells. When ...
suggesting that SOCS-1 may act as a tumor suppressor. Binding of cytokines to their receptors results in the dimerization of receptor complexes and activation of the Janus family of protein ...
People inherit two copies of each gene - one from each parent - an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function ...