obsolete DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in transcription of p21 class mediator (obsolete GO:0006978)
OBSOLETE. A cascade of processes induced by the cell cycle regulator phosphoprotein p53, or an equivalent protein, resulting in the induction of the transcription of p21 (also known as WAF1, CIP1 and SDI1) or any equivalent protein, in response to the detection of DNA damage.