Loss of Wild-Type p53 Bestows a Growth Advantage on Primary Cortical Astrocytes and Facilitates Their in Vitro Transformation

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 1995, Pages 2746-2751

  Bögler, Oliver ^a   Huang, H J Su ^a   Cavenee, Webster K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P53;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029020027     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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