sentences:  Transfection with mutant p53 was not shown to strongly repress the survivin promoter.More luciferase constructs were prepared with varying degrees of deletion from the 5' end of the survivin promoter region.At one point, there was deletion that caused the survivin levels to be indifferent to the presence of the p53 over-expression plasmid, indicating that there is a specific region proximal to the transcription start site that is needed for p53 suppression of survivin.