Description
Full-length recombinant human p73 gamma was expressed by baculovirus in Sf9 cells using an N-terminal GST tag.
Scientific Background: p73γ is a member of the p53 family of transcription factors which are involved in cellular responses to stress and development. There are four isoforms of p73 (p73α, p73β, p73δ and p73γ) which differed in their abilities to form homodimeric and heterodimeric interactions with each other and with p53 (1). The p73 isoforms also differed in their abilities to activate transcription of the p21(Waf1) promoter and to inhibit colony formation. The p73 protein is expressed at very low levels in normal tissues and is differentially expressed in a number of tumors. p73 is a stress-response gene that activates transcription of p53-responsive genes and inhibits cell growth in a p53-like manner by inducing apoptosis (2)