Ha-ras-1 oncogene mutations in mammary epithelial cells do not contribute to initiation of spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis in rats

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2519-2524

  Cha, Rita S ^a,c   Guerra, Leticia ^d   Thilly, William G ^a   Zarbl, Helmut ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029850969     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.11.2519     Document Type: Article

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