MINI-E1A GENES AND GENE PRODUCTS

摘要

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the suppression of oncogenic transformation, tumorigenesis and metastasis. The present invention discloses functional domains of E1A responsible for the suppression of transformation, and provides mini-E1A constructs that can be used for tumor suppression. The invention also discloses methods for the novel use of mini-E1A in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs and/or tyrosine kinase inhibitors.