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A recent study suggests that animal viruses encode suppressors of RNA-mediated silencing (Li et al.
Mutations in unc-129 , a member of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) superfamily, were identified as genetic suppressors of ectopic UNC-6 signaling [ 7].
In support of this notion, the p27 protein has been identified as a target of viral oncoproteins [ 5 6 ] . However, unlike traditional tumor suppressors, the p27 gene rarely shows homozygous inactivation in cancer cells [ 7 8 9 ] , a finding that points towards alternative mechanisms of p27 inactivation.
The requirement for tight regulation, easy titration and minimal background expression is particularly important in the study of genes such as tumor suppressors or cell cycle regulatory genes for which cell lines stably expressing the product can rarely be made.
Frequent cytogenetic abnormalities suggest that tumor-modifying genes (oncogenes or tumor suppressors) may be driving selection for the amplification or deletion of these particular genetic regions [ 6, 11, 12, 34, 35, 36].